Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Microsoft is reaching out to nonprofessional programmers with a revamped line of developer tools, including a free version of its forthcoming SQL Server database. As expected, the company launched the ...

Microsoft unveiled plans Tuesday to release stripped-down versions of its Visual Studio developer’s tools and SQL Server database in an attempt to appeal to nonprofessional programmers. The ...