The big picture: The Windows ecosystem has offered an unparalleled level of backward compatibility for decades. However, Microsoft is now working to remove as many legacy technologies as possible in ...

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 ...

I just had to reinstall my system and I'm trying to get IIS (5.0, I think) configured for the first time in 4 years.<BR><BR>I have some web apps that use Application variables that don't seem to be ...