By Kent Sharkey on 6/26/2008 2:57 PM

Give Microsoft a problem, and you'll soon find them developing multiple solutions. Take synchronization. We've already covered the Synchronization Services, but there are many other teams working on this problem. The Windows Live team have provided their answer, in the form of a Beta of Live Mesh.

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By Kent Sharkey on 6/9/2008 3:26 PM

Just about every application you can imagine needs some way of storing data, thus the importance of tools like Access, Oracle and SQL Server. Lightweight applications can make use of a simple text or XML file, while larger, more complex applications need a full-fledged database. There are some applications that sit in the middle: too much data for a simple file, while you don't want to go through the effort of installing a service just to store some data. Enter the latest edition of SQL Server: Compact Edition.

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