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John Fontana
John Fontana

John Fontana

Senior Editor, Infrastructure

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Recent articles by John Fontana

Microsoft Windows chief decries standards grandstanding

November 19, 2009

Microsoft is in the early stages of IE9 development but they are already focusing on standards and the performance gains they can realize by taking advantage of modern PC hardware.

Microsoft exec: Giving developers free Acer PCs was a push for Windows 7

November 19, 2009

Microsoft shocks PDC attendees by giving them a free tablet PC, but for Microsoft the gift arms a horde of developers with the tools to explore Windows 7's advanced features and expose the possibilities they promise.

Microsoft touts groundbreaking 'clip-on' for Active Directory

November 18, 2009

Microsoft is introducing a directory technology built on a database and designed around a new API that provides developers with a single model for building claims-based access controls into applications that run in the cloud, internally or on devices.

Microsoft flashes cloud management system

November 18, 2009

Almost as a forgotten footnote, Microsoft introduce System Center "Cloud" Tuesday providing little detail other than a name on a slide during the opening keynote of the annual PDC conference.

Microsoft's new lab pushes social networking boundaries

November 16, 2009

The leader of Microsoft's month-old FUSE Lab that focuses on "social experiences" says the goal is to blend research and product development so tangible software or services quickly gets into the hands of users.

Microsoft: Win7 tool includes GPL code; software will go open source

November 13, 2009

Microsoft Friday acknowledged that its Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool does indeed include open source code. To correct the error, the company next week will make the source code and binaries for the tool available under terms of the GPL v2 license.

Syncplicity unveils service to centralize data, collaboration, backup

November 11, 2009

Syncplicity Tuesday unveiled an enterprise online service that gives users a central repository for storing, sharing and backing up all their information.

Firefox, five years out of Phoenix's ashes, aims at mobile, video, offline

November 10, 2009

In November 2004, a skunksworks project called Phoenix turned into a browser called Firefox and now five years later the plan is to rise again, but this time not from ashes.

Patch Tuesday: What the experts say

November 10, 2009

Microsoft released six patches that address 15 vulnerabilities. Here's a look at what security experts are saying about the vulnerabilities, patches and what should concern users.

Novell adds debugger to Mono to help Windows apps get to Linux

November 10, 2009

Novell has released a Mono-based plug-in for Visual Studio that gives developers a debugger to help them use Windows to design applications that will run on Linux..