Visual Studio 2008, codenamed Orcas, has been in development since before the release of its predecessor, Visual Studio 2005. The new version is aimed at, and has been developed alongside, Windows ...

Microsoft released Visual Studio 2008 to MSDN customers for downloading, making it the first of the "big three" platforms of the coming "Global Launch Wave." Microsoft today released Visual Studio ...

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It's been three years and a whole lot of betas and CTPs, but the next version of Microsoft's flagship Visual Studio IDE is finally here. As reported by RDN Senior Editor Kathleen Richards, Visual ...

One of the new features that will be part of Visual Studio 2008, previously code-named Orcas, is the ability for developers to target different frameworks from within the upcoming integrated ...

Microsoft officials said earlier this month that they would release to manufacturing the final Visual Studio (VS) 2008 code before the end of November. Looks like they're on target. According to a ...

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Microsoft today released Visual Studio 2008 to MSDN customers for downloading, making it the first of the "big three" servers of the coming "Global Launch Wave" to be available. Along with VS2008, the ...

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Accompanying .Net Framework 3.5 also available for download to MSDN subscribers now with disk versions to be offered in the next few weeks Microsoft has released to manufacturing its Visual Studio ...

Microsoft has announced that the next version of Visual Studio, previously known by the code name “Orcas,” will now be formally known as Visual Studio 2008. Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2008 will become ...