Darryl K. Taft

Microsoft has provided additional guidance to enterprises on the value of its upcoming Windows 7 operating system. In a March 4 blog post, Gavriella Schuster, Microsoft’s senior director of product management for Windows Client, laid out some more of the company’s positioning around Windows 7 for enterprise users. Said Schuster: ““There’s been a lot of […]

MontaVista Software has announced Meld, a new community for developers of embedded Linux devices, which enables device developers to connect and share information on embedded Linux development. In addition, MontaVista announced support for the Moblin Linux stack and Intel Atom processor. MontaVista officials said Meld provides a forum for developers of all skill levels to […]

The Linux Foundation and SourceForge have announced that the Linux Foundation will be the new host for Linux.com, taking over the editorial and community stewardship for the site. The two organizations will collaborate to create a vibrant and long-lasting community destination for Linux users and developers. The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to […]

Research In Motion has announced the name for its new application storefront- BlackBerry App World. In an advisory to the press, a RIM spokesperson said the BlackBerry App World storefront will go live for developers by 10 p.m. EST on March 4. RIM’s new application storefront will be the equivalent of similar services such as […]

Google on March 3 launched Google Code Labs, which the company described as “a home for developer products still in their early stages of development.” The site will, among other things, provide developers with clarity about the company’s APIs that are still being developed. A Google spokesperson said the goal of Google Code Labs is […]

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, has announced the Linux Foundation Training Program, which will kick off with courses taught at the Linux Foundation’s Annual Collaboration Summit April 8-10 in San Francisco. The effort comes at a time when developers in other sectors are being cut from work […]

Now that Microsoft has leveled a lawsuit against TomTom in what many see as a shot across the bow at Linux and open-source software, open-source experts such as Bruce Perens and Jim Zemlin are weighing in with their views of the situation. In a piece written for Datamation, Perens, who created the Open Source Definition […]

The Eclipse Foundation announced on March 2 the release of Eclipse Riena 1.0, “a platform for developing multitier rich client applications based on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) and Equinox.” Prior to this release, Riena was an Eclipse incubator project. As a mature Eclipse project, Riena 1.0 “provides a set of major components and […]

Plaintiffs in the “Vista Capable” class-action lawsuit that was recently decertified as a class action have filed new papers in their case under narrower criteria in an attempt to regain class-action status. In a ruling on Feb. 18, Judge Marsha Pechman of the U.S. District Court in Seattle said the lawsuit could go forward, but […]

Celebrating Black History in Technology by Darryl Taft Celebrating Black History in Technology In commemoration of Black History Month, eWEEK has decided to identify a group of African-Americans—and one African—that has gained achievement in the technology industry. As far as company representation, IBM has seven of its employees on the list, while Microsoft has only […]

Bucking the trend of falling revenues from many in the technology sector, cloud computing powerhouse Salesforce.com saw a 34 percent jump in revenue to $290 million for its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Jan. 31. The cloud-based CRM specialist announced results for its fiscal fourth quarter and full fiscal year on Feb. 25, noting the […]

With Windows 7 beta testers expressing frustration about not getting enough information on the upcoming operating system, Microsoft’s Windows 7 engineering chief is trying to address some of the concerns. In an impassioned Feb. 25 blog post, Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president for the Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group at Microsoft, responded to Windows […]