Microsoft BizTalk 2010 RTMs and more Redmond-related tidbits from around the Web

Microsoft BizTalk 2010 RTMs and more Redmond-related tidbits from around the Web Mary Jo Foley: So many Microsoft-related tidbits today, and so little time to write them all up. Here are a few that caught my eye during my daily content-consumption rounds, including updates on BizTalk Server 2010, IE 9 requirements, Google’s Chrome Frame IE impersonator and more…. Thu Sep 23 12:48:49 PDT 2010 Microsoft pushing yet more new Hotmail features to users Mary Jo Foley: The Hotmail Wave 4 refresh, which Microsoft execs said was completed in early August, is turning into more of a rolling rollout. Thu Sep 23 09:35:57 PDT 2010 Microsoft lifts licensing restrictions on Office 2010 contact-management feature Mary Jo Foley: Ever since Microsoft launched Office 2010 this past summer, I’ve been hearing from small-business users who were dismayed with Microsoft’s new licensing restrictions on its updated Business Contact Manager (BCM) component. Microsoft has heard the gripes, too, and on September 23, said they were addressing them. Thu Sep 23 09:06:27 PDT 2010 Microsoft to add Visual Basic to its Windows Phone 7 dev-tool list Mary Jo Foley: Until today, Microsoft’s advice to developers interested in writing Windows Phone 7 applications was to use C#, Silverlight or XNA. But on September 23, Microsoft officials said they’d be adding another requested tool to the Windows Phone 7 arsenal: Visual Basic. Thu Sep 23 08:24:37 PDT 2010	All about Microsoft An unblinking eye on Microsoft   Recommended Straight Talk about Agile, ALM, and Cloud Listen to Forrester analyst Dave West and Kevin Hancock, Director of Services at CollabNet, address the most current trends, challenges, and frequently asked questions on Agile development, application lifecycle management (ALM), and the cloud. Whitepaper | Category: Webcasts