Darryl K. Taft

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that it received a record 6,478 patents in 2012, the most patents awarded to any company for the year, according to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. This marks the 20th consecutive year that Big Blue has topped the annual list of U.S. patent recipients. IBM’s 2012 patents come in areas […]

DataStax, which provides a big data platform built on Apache Cassandra, has announced DataStax Community Edition 1.2. DataStax Community Edition 1.2 is based on the latest version of Apache Cassandra, Cassandra 1.2—the massively scalable open-source NoSQL database that was recently released. The new release comes with a free edition of DataStax OpsCenter, a visual management […]

Cloud infrastructure provider Joyent announced that Message Bus, a pioneer of cloud-based infrastructure for email, mobile and social messaging, is able to run its code four times faster on the Joyent cloud. Message Bus recently announced a key partnership with Joyent—which provides high-performance cloud infrastructure for real-time Web and mobile applications—that ensures that the Message […]

Ericsson has announced a new Web development platform that will enable any connected device to be turned into an always-open communications device. The company’s new IP Multimedia Subsystem- (IMS-) based “Web Real Time Communications” (WebRTC) platform enables the development of Web applications that will expand the ecosystem for enterprises and consumers. By enabling any device […]

Samsung Series 7 Chronos Delivering professional performance in a thinner and lighter form factor, the Series 7 Chronos provides enhanced processing power. The system offers 10-finger multi-touch capabilities, enabling people to interact directly with the screen as well as the touchpad and keyboard. With a full aluminum body, the new Series 7 Chronos follows the […]

SAS, IBM and SAP are clear leaders in the big data analytics space, specifically predictive analytics, according to a recent report from Forrester Research. Forrester’s evaluation of general-purpose big data predictive analytics solutions reveals these three leaders, along with five strong performers and two contenders. The Leaders in this Forrester Wave offer a rich set […]

During this year, IT organizations can expect to see a rise in simple and intuitive personal cloud services and fit-for-purpose applications at the expense of more full-featured and complex apps, according to an executive at Progress Software. John Goodson, senior vice president of the product development group at Progress, which produces software that simplifies and […]

A group of software developers dedicated to the F# functional programming language has banded together to form the F# Foundation to advance the language in the enterprise and beyond. According to the foundation’s Web page, the F# Software Foundation (FSSF) exists to promote, protect, and advance F#, and to support and foster the growth of […]

DARPA’s Four-Legged Robots Demonstration In September, DARPA’s Legged Squad Support System (LS3) program demonstrated two robotic “pack-mule” prototypes for Marine Gen. James F. Amos, and DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar. The first platform underwent its initial outdoor test earlier in the year, and matured through continual testing and improvements to the point that two functioning platforms […]

Reservoir Labs announced it has been awarded a research contract with options up to $8.7 million in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Power Efficiency Revolution for Embedded Computing Technology (PERFECT) program. New York City-based Reservoir will be developing software to support new highly power efficient embedded computing devices. Resulting technology will support military […]

Cutting Edge Asynchronous programming is a first-class language feature and turns what is typically regarded as boring, repetitive and error-prone coding into a more simple experience, Friedman said. And anonymous types, lambda expressions, type inference, functional-style programming and LINQ allow developers to write code that is highly expressive and easy to maintain. Powerful Features Object-oriented […]

Microsoft’s C# programming language earned the rank of the No. 1 programming language of 2012, the PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language index revealed. According to the PYPL index, C# had the biggest growth in 2012, rising more than 2.3 percent, by far the biggest growth of any language over the past year, surpassing Java, PHP […]