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 ...

In response to developer feedback, Microsoft Corp. has retreated from some changes to Visual Basic.Net. Microsoft had planned to make the modifications to make Visual Basic (VB) consistent with other ...

Microsoft's latest version of Visual Basic, often called VB.NET, can help you create professional looking desktop applications and websites quickly. That's possible because the .NET framework upon ...

Facing protests from legions of Visual Basic developers, Microsoft is not backing down. But it is taking steps to keep them on friendly terms. Microsoft remains "firm" in its plans to end free support ...