Darryl K. Taft

Google has announced that in addition to supporting the Subversion and Mercurial version control systems, Google Code Project Hosting now supports Git. Git is a popular distributed version control system (DVCS) like Mercurial, and it is used by many popular projects including the Linux kernel and Android. In a July 25 blog post on the […]

Mozilla has begun work on a new Web-based mobile operating system that will rival the efforts Google has taken with its Chrome OS, except the Mozilla operating system will target smartphones and tablets as opposed to netbooks. The new Mozilla project is known as Boot to Gecko, or B2G, and its goal is to build […]

With its WebSphere 8 software shipping, IBM is claiming a leadership role in the business-integration software space. In a July 25 press release, IBM officials noted that research firm Gartner recently named IBM the leading software vendor for the tenth consecutive year in the $17.6 billion application infrastructure and middleware software market, with a 32.6 […]

Microsoft and SUSE, an independent business unit of The Attachmate Group, have announced a four-year extension of the interoperability agreement struck nearly five years ago between Microsoft and Novell. The agreement for broad collaboration on Windows and Linux interoperability and support will extend through Jan. 1, 2016, with Microsoft committed to invest $100 million in […]

IBM has announced new cloud-based collaboration services to help U.S. federal government organizations adopt social computing. The new set of social collaboration services, delivered on IBM’s Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)-compliant Federal Community Cloud, addresses the administration’s drive to adopt a “cloud-first” policy which is designed to help the government improve its overall IT […]

AT&T saw a dip in its second-quarter profits despite registering more wireless subscriptions than anticipated and experiencing an overall boost in smartphone users, including Apple iPhone and Google Android users. For the quarter ended June 30, AT&T’s revenue totaled $31.5 billion, up more than $680 million, or 2.2 percent, versus the year-earlier quarter. However, the […]

As president and CEO of data warehouse appliance maker Netezza, Jim Baum is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company, as well as overseeing its day-to-day operations, global product development, sales and marketing. Baum worked to take Netezza public in 2007, leading it through 14 quarters of growth and ultimately driving the acquisition […]

Oracle’s patent infringement lawsuit against Google heated up at a tense court hearing that demonstrated just how far apart the two sides remain. At a July 21 hearing in San Francisco characterized as “testy” by one report, U.S. District Judge William Alsup chided both sides as unreasonable and at various points called Google “ridiculous” and […]

Microsoft has released a bunch of new goodness for Windows Phone 7 developers, including the rollout of the new App Hub developer portal. App Hub is where developers manage their account, change settings, submit applications and stay up-to-date on Windows Phone. And Microsoft has updated the App Hub for its “Mango” release of the phone […]

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Google is shutting down its Google Labs site, which hosts experimental projects the search giant has in the hopper. In a July 20 blog post, Bill Coughran, senior vice president for research and systems infrastructure at Google, announced the phasing out of Google Labs, saying, “While we’ve learned a huge amount by launching very early […]

Adobe Systems announced the availability of Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 Editor in the Mac App Store. Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 Editor, based on the industry-standard Adobe Photoshop, features photo-editing tools that enable users to extend ordinary photos to professional-quality images. “The powerful capabilities in Photoshop Elements 9 Editor complement iPhoto perfectly, for users who want […]