Reports: Windows 7 heads to RTM July 13
Microsoft will finish Windows 7 a week from today and declare the operating system ready for "release to manufacturing," several Web sites have reported. Read more...

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Java development big part of Oracle Fusion strategy

Unnamed mystery bidder forces Micro Focus to raise offer for Borland

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Opinion: iPhone 3G S? Let's talk about Snow Leopard instead
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Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 shows some leg
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