Darryl K. Taft

Microsoft announced plans May 7 to acquire BigPark, an interactive online gaming company the software giant has worked closely with on the development of an exclusive Xbox 360 game. Microsoft officials said the acquisition will bring BigPark’s developers into Microsoft Game Studios, where the team will continue development on the project the BigPark had been […]

Anne Altman is general manager of the IBM System z Platform in IBM’s Systems and Technology Group, responsible for all facets of IBM’s mainframe server business. Before her current position, Altman was the managing director of IBM’s federal government account — IBM’s largest integrated account — where she led an organization of 5,000 IBMers providing […]

Anne Altman, general manager of the IBM System z Platform in IBM’s Systems and Technology Group, shared her views on the future of the mainframe with eWEEK Senior Editor Darryl K. Taft in this second part of a Q&A. For part one, click here. Q: What has the recession meant for mainframe sales? A: All […]

As Microsoft delivers its Windows 7 Release Candidate operating system to the public on May 5, company partners weigh in on the impact of the new platform on their products and customers. More than 10,000 companies have signed up to have access to the tools and resources needed to prepare their products and services to […]

On the same day it delivered the release candidate of its popular upcoming operating system to the public, Microsoft on May 5 announced the second round of layoffs-impacting 3,000 workers this time-which the company started in January. Microsoft announced in January that it would cut up to 5,000 positions and began layoffs that cut away […]

Java development tools maker Genuitec is working on innovative mobile Web development technology that will enable Web developers to build mobile applications for popular platforms, such as the Apple iPhone, without having to learn native development techniques and languages such as Objective-C. Genuitec’s new offering will be known as MobiOne and is expected to be […]

To help highlight the capabilities of its Windows Azure cloud and the Azure Services Platform, Microsoft has announced a contest inviting developers to create innovative applications to run on Azure. As part of the Azure Services Platform Developer Challenge, developers can demonstrate their innovation and creativity by authoring an application (or highlighting an existing application) […]

Microsoft has launched a new site that asks, “Who Knew?” as part of an aggressive campaign to paint Windows as the optimal platform for enterprise middleware and applications, particularly IBM’s WebSphere application server. The site, www.websphereloveswindows.com, includes benchmark data to the effect that WebSphere runs more efficiently and less expensively on Windows Server 2008 and […]

MONTE CARLO — When Nokia launches its Ovi Store marketplace for applications that run on the company’s smartphone, the store will debut with “thousands” of applications, Nokia officials said at the Nokia Developer Summit 2009 here. Eric John, director of marketing for Forum Nokia, the cell phone giant’s developer outreach organization, said there are thousands […]

Nokia N97 Smartphone Goes for the Cool by Darryl K. Taft No Title Nokia N97 smartphone showing AccuWeather application. No Title Nokia N97 with different view of AccuWeather application. No Title Nokia N97 with various applications for custom look and feel. No Title Nokia N97 with Facebook application. No Title From left to right: Nokia […]

Why are there so fewer women programmers than men? Do alpha male geeks keep them away? David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the popular Ruby on Rails Web application development platform recently posed this question in a blog post. Said Hansson: ““I just can’t get into the argument that women are being kept out of programming […]

Nokia Ovi Suite Looks to Entice Developers, Challenge Apple App Store by Darryl K. Taft No Title Nokia welcomes developers to its Nokia Developer Summit 2009. No Title Rob Taylor, global head of Forum Nokia, the developer outreach arm of Nokia, records a video clip of the audience on his Nokia smartphone to post to […]