Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

That was almost 50 years ago; since then, Microsoft has embraced open-source software. In recent years, Microsoft has started releasing some of its classic operating systems and programs as open ...

Visual Basic .Net might not be the coolest programming language to know, but it remains popular and has now reached its highest position on the Tiobe index of top programming languages. In the ...

Wipro's Designit CEO Mikal Hallstrup tells me about acquiring the consulting firm of Visual Basic creator Alan Cooper, just as AI begins to shake up UX Designit, the global design consultancy acquired ...

The TIOBE Index is an indicator of which programming languages are most popular within a given month. Each month, we examine ...

Alex Foyt is already a veteran of creating online games at the age of 12, boasting 98 titles in six years, including a survival challenge that involves dodging carrots and chickens falling from the ...

Microsoft updated its programming languages strategy, confirming that Visual Basic will remain a going concern even though it's still relegated to second-rate status when compared to C# and F#. The ...

VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - Jan 21, 2013) - Dynamsoft Corp., a developer of scanner programming libraries and JavaScript webcam plug-ins, has made available its new Dynamic .NET TWAIN SDK for .NET ...

At a developer conference next week, Microsoft will hand out a "technology preview" of the development tool as well as release new software. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

Whether you're writing the next hit computer game or creating a simple drawing program, you may need to know where a user's mouse cursor lies on the computer screen. Visual Basic developers have a ...