Darryl K. Taft

Maryland ranks as one of the nation’s app industry leaders, according to a study released today by CTIA-The Wireless Association in conjunction with the Application Developers Alliance. The research, conducted by South Mountain Economics and entitled “The Geography of the App Economy,” found that application development is responsible for 8,400 jobs in Maryland, with an […]

The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) has introduced App Privacy Icons, the newest feature of its App Trust Project. The new icons are part of a broad campaign to provide developers with the resources to demonstrate easy-to-understand transparency about the privacy settings and features of their apps. In the increasingly competitive world of mobile apps, […]

IBM unveiled new Power Systems and other technology aimed at helping enterprises improve security, leverage cloud computing and manage big data. As a result of more than $1.4 billion in R&D investment, Big Blue announced its enterprise Power Systems with hardware and software innovations designed to help customers gain business insights fast and securely. These […]

Advanced Micro Devices has announced its participation in an OpenJDK project to enable Java applications to take advantage of graphic processing unit (GPU) acceleration. During a strategy keynote at the JavaOne 2012 conference in San Francisco, AMD announced its participation in the OpenJDK Project “Sumatra” in collaboration with Oracle and other members of the OpenJDK […]

Laplink Software has announced a new release of its PCmover application, which is designed to make it easy to set up a new Windows 8 PC. Laplink said PCmover supports all Windows 8 upgrade scenarios, whether moving to a new PC or upgrading an existing one. According to Laplink, Microsoft only provides support for a […]

IBM announced that it has completed its acquisition of Texas Memory Systems, a privately held maker of high-performance flash memory solutions. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. IBM announced Aug. 16 that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Houston-based TMS, a leading developer of high-performance flash memory solutions. Founded in 1978, […]

Java, C, PHP: 15 Programming, IT Skills That Are Thriving on Wall Street C Wall Street is looking for C language programmers. C is used to support speed of execution, supporting large quantities of data and enabling firms to do real-time simulation and modeling. Java, C, PHP: 15 Programming, IT Skills That Are Thriving on […]

Adobe Acrobat XI: Unraveling the Complexity of Working With Digital Documents The introduction of Adobe Acrobat XI software with cloud services delivers a powerful new version of the industry-standard PDF software for creating, editing, sharing and securing PDF content across devices and platforms. With more information being generated, shared and consumed than ever before, Acrobat […]

Microsoft has announced a new programming language, known as TypeScript, which is aimed at being a better JavaScript for building large-scale, enterprise-class applications. Microsoft aims to tackle big problems for developers, and taking down one of the major knocks against JavaScript is a big deal. So the company enlisted some big names led by Ander […]

Adobe Systems has announced its Adobe Acrobat XI software with cloud services, a new solution that provides enhanced document productivity across devices and platforms. In a meeting with the press, Mark Grilli, senior director of product marketing for Acrobat solutions, said the industry standard for PDF software will now feature complete PDF editing and export […]

According to a recent survey of early Windows 8 adopters, more than half the respondents said they prefer Windows 7. The Forumswindows8.com site conducted a survey of Windows 8 users that indicated a comfort level with Windows 7 that surpassed that of Windows 8, which is not necessarily surprising as they have had much more […]

Microsoft’s Mr. Smith went to Washington to lobby the federal government to relax immigration regulations to allow more technology workers into the country as well as to invest more in cultivating more homegrown tech workers for the U.S. workforce. Microsoft’s Mr. Smith is Brad Smith, the software giant’s executive vice president and general counsel, who […]