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• ML.Net aims to provide machine learning for .Net developers

  Microsoft's new machine learning framework promises high-level APIs to make model training and predictions easy, along with strong integration of .Net language features

• Microsoft linker tool shrinks .Net applications

  The .Net IL Linker reduces the footprint of .Net apps by discarding unused libraries and references, although it's still in the preview stages

• A new ‘dynamic’: University of Canberra gets closer to students

  The University of Canberra (UC) is on a mission to forge stronger relationships with students and has scooped up Microsoft Dynamics CRM technology in a bid to make it a reality.

• Reserve Bank to deploy new core IT platform

  The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has tendered for a replacement core banking solution that will process in excess of 320 million payment and 25 million collection transactions each year.
  

• Hadoop on Windows Azure: Hive vs. JavaScript for processing big data

  For some time Microsoft didn't offer a solution for processing big data in cloud environments. SQL Server is good for storage, but its ability to analyze terabytes of data is limited. Hadoop, which was designed for this purpose, is written in Java and was not available to .Net developers. So, Microsoft launched the Hadoop on Windows Azure service to make it possible to distribute the load and speed up big data computations.

• Microsoft offers Web server for developers

  Microsoft began shipping this week IIS (Internet Information Services) Express 7.5, a free version of its IIS Web server optimized for developers. The company also unveiled an embedded database upgrade and an open source content management tool.

• Microsoft set to offer Web dev tools

  Making multiple moves in the Web development space, Microsoft is introducing this week both a website building tool for neophytes and the third major version of its MVC (Model View Controller) technology.

• Microsoft launches open source .Net package manager

  Microsoft began offering on Wednesday an early version of NuPack, an open source package manager for its .Net software development platform.

• Microsoft won't stop .Net on Android

  Oracle's patent and copyright lawsuit against Google for its use of Java in Android won't be repeated by Microsoft if .Net is used on the Linux-based mobile operating system instead.

• OutSystems offers agile development for the cloud

  OutSystems is offering a cloud-based version of its agile development platform for building Web applications.

• Open source Ruby, Python hit rocky ground at Microsoft

  Microsoft's open source IronRuby and IronPython projects are shrouded in a dubious future as the last of the full-time IronRuby developers departed the company last month.
  

• Oracle data grid scales .NET to new heights

  A new version of Oracle's data grid software will allow Microsoft .NET applications to scale to the same large multi-server environments long enjoyed by Java enterprise applications, according to Oracle.

• Microsoft stresses Azure cloud apps at TechEd

  Microsoft has added .NET Framework 4 support to the Windows Azure software development kit, making it easier for developers to build web applications in the cloud.

• Aussie Startup plugs in Mono to Active Directory

  An Australian tech startup has filled a missing piece of the open source Mono .Net application environment by integrating it with Microsoft's Active Directory server.
  

• Mozilla unblocks Microsoft add-on for Firefox

  Mozilla has now unblocked a Microsoft add-on thought to pose a danger due to a software vulnerability, but a second add-on remains blocked, the organization said on Sunday.