Microsoft and its partner developers are gearing up for the release of the latest in their incarnation of web browser, Internet Explorer. This release, in the 15th year since IE 1, will be the 9th instalment of the much used (51% market share) browser.

Currently on Microsoft Windows 2003? Running IIS 6?

II’S Express’ No – not a revival of the 80′s British dance act but a new release from Microsoft …. IIS Express is a lightweight installable version of the popular web hosting platform Internet Information Services (IIS) 7, which can run on XP and above operating systems.  Features and benefits include: Lightweight and easy to [...]

Over at the Windows Server Divison Team WebLog, news that a couple of new addons for IIS have been released. Take advantage of these new technologies and the latest Windows Server operating system and see your site soar up the rankings!

Developers looking to take advantage of the new features in R2 should be delighted to hear about a new training kit made available for download by MS.

Over at MS they’re developing a whole load of web addons (as discussed in previous WebPI post). This particular little number might be useful for the wider community of developers who might not need such automated tools to configure their servers. Bing Maps beta (http://www.bing.com/maps/) MSDN: Developing a Silverlight Application Using Bing Maps Web Services [...]

This week, Microsoft launched their Web Platform Installer 2.0 tool. This simple to use, extremely lightweight piece of software allows end users to quickly and easily install a plethora of free Web Platform software. See here for information and download: http://www.iis.net/webpi What’s great about this is that it really does make it a lot easier [...]

With all the hype surrounding Windows Server 2008 it was easy to get dazzled by the bright lights of the big new features like its built in virtualization capabilities, the server core offering and the all new install process. In the mix with all this was IIS 7.0.

New US President Barack Obama’s first term in office starts today and he is expected to deliver sweeping resolutions to many key issues. One of those key battle grounds is the argument pitching the major ISPs against advocates of Net Neutrality. Now, depending on which side of the argument you’re speaking to, this contest could [...]

A while ago the Web was in the grip of robots. Take two of the classic web searches (no, not those two, this is a family blog) – consumer electronics and celebrities. I’d be searching for a USB powered keyboard warmer and the latest pictures of Brian Blessed, and all I’d get was a hundred [...]