IE9 will close performance gap, Microsoft says

Microsoft today claimed that its next browser, IE9 (Internet Explorer 9), has nearly closed the JavaScript performance gap between itself and rivals made by Mozilla and Google, even though the browser has been in development only a few weeks.

Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft's president of Windows and Windows Live, acknowledged that Microsoft had catching up to do. "We know we have a lot of work to do in some areas of performance," Sinofsky said today at the PDC (Professional Developers Conference).

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Will IT pros walk out the door en masse?

IT professionals asked to do more work for less pay and fewer benefits might be able to forgive their employers' financial choices, but industry watchers say high-tech workers won't soon forget being treated poorly during the most recent economic recession and will look to find other employment opportunities as soon as the recovery gets und

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Microsoft shows off Silverlight 4's feature list at PDC

Microsoft revealed on Wednesday ambitious plans for the next version of its Silverlight browser plug-in technology for rich Internet applications, including faster startup times and software development improvements as well as more capabilities for running applications outside of a browser.

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NSA role in Windows 7 development raises privacy concerns

The National Security Agency (NSA) worked with Microsoft on the development of Windows 7, an agency official acknowledged this week during testimony before Congress.

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Tech workers take H-1B case to Supreme Court

After losing two lower court decisions, a group of tech workers are turning to the U.S. Supreme Court in their fight against a federal decision that extended foreign student visas from one year to 29 months.

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