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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft plans to provide programmers with an interim version of its Visual Studio 2005 development tool and to release its server-based speech software next week. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is ...

National Instruments has introduced ComponentWorks, a package of add-on control, display, and analysis libraries that you can use to enhance or customize Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual C/C++ for ...

I was recently trudging along a trail to fish for some trout in a remote Northwest Montana mountain lake when I met a guy coming out. Whereas I was gasping up the rocky path in military surplus camo ...

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 ...

Microsoft today said it is readying a tool that will let non-programmers develop desktop- and cloud-based business apps. Called Visual Studio LightSwitch, the tool is wizard- and template-based, ...

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 ...