Microsoft AJAX CDN launched
Microsoft has announced the launch of a Content Delivery Network to provide caching of AJAX libraries.
This service is available for free and does not even require any registration.
Microsoft added that this service can be used by both commercial and non-commercial projects.
The company added in a blog posting:
The [...]

Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta comes with PHP, WordPress!
Microsoft is now offering a beta of their updated Microsoft Web Platform Installer.
Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta is now available for download from the company’s website.
It comes bundled with some surprise elements such as the PHP language and some of the most [...]

Oxite: Open Source CMS solution from Microsoft
Microsoft is taking on the free CMS platforms out there with the launch of Oxite open source CMS platform.
The company describes Oxite as an open source web content management platform.
It is developed using the new ASP.NET MVC framework provided by Microsoft.
The company claims that it can be used [...]

Microsoft launches Web Application Installer
Software giant Microsoft has launched Web Application Installer which is designed to compliment their existing product named Web Platform Installer.
Web Platform Installer enables a server administrator to install and configure entire web platform stack.
It can install products like .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, IIS7.0 and Extensions, IIS FastCGI, Visual Web Developer 2008, [...]

Microsoft to deliver JQuery JavaScript library with Visual Studio
US based software giant Microsoft has said that they would be delivering their Visual Studio suite with the JQuery JavaScript library.
Microsoft said that this library would be one of the libraries used to implement higher-level controls in the ASP.net Ajax Control Toolkit.
They would deliver the library as [...]