Microsoft Corp.’s just-previewed Sync Framework is a “completely different animal” from Google Inc.’s Gear browser plug-in, the company countered yesterday, rejecting comparisons between its ...

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Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that it did not release the next version of its Sync Framework on Oct. 13, as reported by some news outlets last week. Mary Jo Foley's blog noted last week that an earlier ...

Sometimes, life really is like a box of chocolates. The same can also be said for software upgrades. Take, for instance, Visual Studio 2008. After all its various CTPs and RTMs, I feel like I've been ...