Darryl K. Taft

Microsoft and Aspen Avionics have signed a patent-licensing agreement that gives Aspen broad access to the latest Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT). exFAT is a modern file system from Microsoft that facilitates large files for audiovisual media and enables seamless data portability and an easy interchange between desktop PCs and other electronic devices. The agreement […]

Boingo Wireless, a provider of WiFi software and services worldwide, announced an agreement with Transit Wireless to manage and operate WiFi Internet services within the New York City Subway System. WiFi access in the subway stations will gradually roll out over the next five years, the company said. The agreement will eventually allow New York […]

IBM (NYSE: IBM) is introducing new offerings to make it easier for business partners and clients to create “patterns of expertise,” a new software capability first introduced as part of IBM’s PureSystems family of expert integrated systems. IBM announced these new patterns at its IBM Impact 2012 conference in Las Vegas on April 30. These […]

The Apache Software Foundation recently announced Apache TomEE v1.0, an updated edition of the popular Apache Tomcat application server suited for the cloud. Apache TomEE is the Java Enterprise Edition 6 Web Profile-Certified edition of Apache Tomcat, the most popular Java application server software, with more than 70 percent market penetration within the enterprise. A […]

Xamarin has ported Google€™s Java-based Android software to use C# and the .NET framework. In light of the ongoing legal battle between Google and Oracle over Java, this development proves that there are options for Google if Oracle triumphs. The research project, called XobotOS, ported Android 4.0 from Java/Dalvik to C# to explore the possibilities […]

Dolby Laboratories has announced that Microsoft has selected Dolby Digital Plus for the audio for Windows 8 on tablets and PCs. Dolby officials said the addition of Dolby Digital Plus enables the playback of Dolby-encoded content across a growing number of devices. And the May 3 announcement underscores the role that Dolby Digital Plus plays […]

Oracle has announced that it has made Java 7 the default version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) available to consumers on Java.com. On May 2, Oracle said it will now begin the process of upgrading its user base to the Java 7 release. Over the next several months Java users will be automatically upgraded […]

With Windows Phone developers clamoring for as much information as they can get about the development platform for the Microsoft phone operating system, the software giant plans to hold a Windows Phone Developer Summit in June. Microsoft announced its intent to hold a Windows Phone Developer Summit in San Francisco on June 20 and 21. […]

IBM (NYSE:IBM) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Tealeaf Technology, a provider of customer-experience analytics software that helps organizations to gain intelligence and react more swiftly to consumer trends. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed, but IBM said it expects the deal to close in the second quarter of 2012, subject to […]

Walter Isaacson Walter Isaacson, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, as well as the biographer of Ben Franklin, Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs, talks about the commonalties among the three men, including their drive to innovate. Isaacson on Jobs Isaacson talks about Jobs’ penchant for compelling people to take on difficult tasks by telling […]