Aiming to reach a larger audience of software developers, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced slimmed-down “Express” editions of its Visual Studio developer tool for specific programming languages.

Expression Design 4, Microsoft’s vector graphics design tool, has been quietly killed and is no longer available for sale nor will there be any new versions developed by Microsoft. The software is now ...

As part of the launch of its flagship database and development tool, Microsoft on Monday is expected to unveil a program to entice Web hosting companies to use its server software, an important avenue ...