Darryl K. Taft

To Develop for Windows 8 Visual Studio 2012 contains all the tools you need to develop apps for Windows 8, from templates, to designs, to testing, to debugging. Blend now comes with the Visual Studio installation providing visual tools for creating Windows store apps using HTML/CSS and XAML. Using these tools, you’ll find everything you […]

Visual Arrange Arrange the order of photos or videos in albums just the way you want. Contextual Toolbar With the new SkyDrive, you need fewer clicks to do what you want. SkyDrive.com A new, modern design for desktop and tablet browsers along with new features. SkyDrive for Android Upload, access and share files on SkyDrive […]

In another one of its technological breakthroughs, IBM Research has set a world record for photovoltaic energy conversion. An article on the IBM Research blog, written by IBM Research photovoltaic (PV) scientists Teodor Todorov and David Mitzi, describes how IBM’s Materials Science team has partnered with Solar Frontier, Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK) and DelSolar to […]

ActiveState has announced the release of Stackato 2.2, the latest version of its private platform as a service (PaaS) for the enterprise. Stackato 2.2 supports WebSocket APIs, offers JBoss compatibility, provides management views for mobile devices, accommodates high-availability architectures and is available free for limited production use, ActiveState said. Corporate IT has long struggled to […]

Acer Aspire S3 At 13mm, the Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook is one of the thinnest Windows 7-based notebooks on the market. Enjoy life on the go with Innovative Acer Green Instant-On technology, which provides instant-resume functionality and ensures battery longevity, while Acer Instant Connect delivers Internet access in 2.5 seconds. This techno-wonder comes in an […]

IBM has announced plans to acquire Texas Memory Systems, a maker of high-performance flash memory solutions. Big Blue announced Aug. 16 that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held, Houston-based TMS. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move will bolster IBM’s already significant storage solutions portfolio. IDC estimates the […]

Microsoft has made the final version of Windows 8 available to developers and IT pros. Developers and IT pros can download Windows 8 from the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and TechNet. The Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version of the new operating system is available via these channels for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, but general consumers […]

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 to the Web. Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 are the tools that form the backbone for developing on Windows 8, and Microsoft has released them more than two months ahead of the Oct. 26 planned release of Windows 8 to give developers a head start […]

Getting Started: Define the Big Data Starting Point and Compelling Business Drivers Structured and unstructured data are growing at an annual rate of 60 percent, according to IDC. Enterprises are awash with data, easily amassing terabytes and even petabytes of information in all forms—sensors, photos, videos, online transactions, and cell phone signals, to name a […]

Rackspace has announced the release of Rackspace Private Cloud Software, powered by OpenStack and code-named Alamo. The new offering is designed to make it easy for organizations to install, test and run a multi-node OpenStack-based private cloud environment. The software, which uses the same OpenStack compute platform, Nova, that runs Rackspace clouds, is available as […]