Darryl K. Taft

CloudBees, a provider of a Java platform as a service (PaaS), announced that the company has been elected to the Java Community Process (JCP) Executive Committee. The JCP is an open, participative process established in 1998. Its mission is to foster the evolution of the Java platform, in cooperation with the international Java developer community. […]

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) announced it has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against New Relic in the Eastern District Court of New York for allegedly infringing on three CA patents. CA is seeking undisclosed damages for lost profits and legal costs and is asking the court for an injunction against New Relic prohibiting the infringement of […]

Build Is Here to Stay The Build 2012 conference is only the second Build event Microsoft has held. In 2011, Microsoft held what was supposed to be a one-time developer event focused on Windows, primarily Windows 8, development. And Microsoft insisted that the conference, held last year in Anaheim, Calif., should not be identified as […]

REDMOND, Wash. — Infragistics, a maker of design and user experience (UX) software, has announced a new Windows 8 user interface toolset, NetAdvantage for Windows UI. NetAdvantage for Windows UI is a set of WinJS HTML and WINRT XAML controls that take advantage of the latest Microsoft operating system. Whether building business or lifestyle and […]

Times Square Takeover Microsoft Surface played a big part in a Times Square billboard takeover that took place early Oct. 26, 2012, as part of the Windows 8 launch. Work Microsoft is everywhere in Times Square late on the night of Oct. 25 as customers await midnight so they can get their hands on the […]

Google has announced that its third annual Google Code-In contest for teenagers will kick off Nov. 26. Google Code-In is an international contest to introduce 13- to 17-year-old pre-university students to open-source software development. Prizes include certificates and T-shirts, and 20 grand-prize winners will win an all-expenses-paid trip to Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., […]

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft gave developers a taste of things to come with Windows Azure by delivering a preview of the new Windows Azure Store and demonstrating how Windows Azure can provide a common back end to power Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 apps. The preview of the Windows Azure Store includes a catalog […]

Build’s Big Tent Microsoft pitched a big tent on an open field on its campus to provide space for the more than 1,000 developers on hand to attend the company’s premier developer conference for Windows 8 and other Microsoft platforms. A Mess Hall for Developers Microsoft pitched a second tent, which looked like a military-style […]

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft kicked off its Build 2012 conference with a little bit of news and a lot of fanfare and developer love. For the news, the software giant announced the delivery of its Windows Phone 8 Software Development Kit (SDK), and for the love, Microsoft announced that each attendee would receive a 32GB […]

Windows 8 Enterprise Windows 8 Enterprise edition is a version of the new OS devised for enterprise users. Windows 8 Enterprise features include all the capabilities that customers get with Windows 8 Pro plus premium features designed to provide the mobile productivity, security, manageability and virtualization needs of today’s businesses. Windows To Go Windows To […]