Microsoft slips out another database beta
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Microsoft has released another interim version of its forthcoming SQL Server 2005 database and has introduced a free management tool.
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Some eZ components news as passed on by Tobias Schlitt today - they've released the second beta for this 2006 edition of the component system:   In this second beta of the eZ components 2006.2 the major highlights are the addition of a flash driver for the Graph component, the addition of many new features to the IMAP transport in the Mail component, and support for PostgreSQL and SQLite for the DatabaseSchema component.   You can get the latest information about the release here (as well as updated docs) and a full changelog for the release can be found here and the one for beta1 (with more of the 'cool features' listed) here.
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Open-source database to jump from beta testing to production within three months.
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Microsoft Corp has issued further details of new reporting and business intelligence features that it plans to introduce into its present and future SQL Server relational database platform.
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Microsoft Corp. released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SQL Server 2005 on Tuesday, a free upgrade [&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/servicepacks/sp2.mspx"&gt;available for download&lt;/a&gt;], in addition to new virtualization licensing for the database.
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Microsoft has announced the availability of Beta 2 of its SQL Server 2005 database, which will include support for AMD's 64-bit Opteron CPU and Intel's 64-bit Itanium chip.
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Microsoft releases the next beta version of Windows Server 2008, which adds options for installing Microsoft's newest Web server.
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Finally emerging from beta after Microsoft told an already anxious customer base in May of last year it would eventually be available early in first quarter 2007, Service Pack 1 of Virtual Server 2005 R2 has at last emerged from beta. But some customers looking for a feature that Microsoft brochures said it has may be disappointed today to learn they really should have said it's a feature that SP1 supports (big difference): Volume Shadow Services.
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To help ensure that Windows Server 2008 won't lack for compatible software, Microsoft released a beta version of a tool that can check whether applications will work with the upcoming OS.
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Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is offering the latest iteration of its 64-bit computing platform, announcing the release of beta software for PCs and servers. The release marks the next step in the software giant's efforts to address the needs of high-end customers.
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Microsoft is offering a preview of its next-generation SQL Server 2005 database by providing an interim version of the product to customers.
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Microsoft will announce Thursday morning the release of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2. According to Scott Guthrie, the general manager of Microsoft's Developer Division, the release will be nearly feature complete  and will likely be the last major release before the product is released to manufacturing in preparation for its launch on February 27, 2008.
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Microsoft is putting off the shipping date for SQL Server 2005, also known as &quot;Yukon,&quot; and instead will release an incremental beta app called &quot;Community Technical Preview.
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MySQL developers turn to an unlikely source for database tool: Microsoft. Patch readies Linux for cell phones, DVD players. Also: SGI visualizes Linux.
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The final version of DB2 Viper 2, a major upgrade to DB2 9 database software, will be available by the end of this year.
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Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that it will leave out some planned features from its next major operating system to meet a goal of rolling out a new version of Windows in the second half of 2006.
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WITH GOOGLE nipping at its heels, Microsoft has just released a beta edition of its new MSN Desktop Search application. Like Google&#39;s very similar product, Desktop Search builds an index of documents and e