Darryl K. Taft

Microsoft announced Feb. 17 that it will keep its legacy support pricing at 2008 levels this year to help customers control costs during the recession. In a statement, Microsoft said it will maintain 2008 price levels for Custom Support Agreements through 2009. Company officials said this is a break from the standard policy of annual […]

Opera Software and Yahoo have announced a partnership aimed at delivering the Opera Mini Mobile Web Browser to more mobile phone users around the world. Yahoo officials said the company will begin distributing Opera Mini via Yahoo Mobile and also as a standalone download from Yahoo’s mobile Web sites in the near future. The Opera […]

At the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, Adobe Systems made a series of moves aimed at extending the reach of its Flash platform, including joining forces with Nokia to promote the Adobe-backed Open Screen Project. Indeed, Adobe and Nokia announced a $10 million Open Screen Project fund designed to help developers create applications […]

Aptana has announced that it is adding support for Nokia S60 devices and the Nokia Web Runtime to its set of tools and services for streamlining development and delivery of mobile Web applications. Kevin Hakman, director of evangelism for Aptana, said Aptana’s and Nokia’s tools eliminate the need for specialized knowledge and specialized software to […]

The dynamic duo of Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith of Ajaxian.com fame has done it again. This time with a new Web-based code editor called Bespin from Mozilla. The team who joined forces to form the Mozilla Developer Tools Lab last year struck with their first new solution out of the group. “Ben and I […]

Google is now allowing developers to sell applications for its Android platform via the Android Market. In a blog post on Feb. 13, Eric Chu, mobile platform program manager for Google, said: “I’m pleased to announce that Android Market is now accepting priced applications from US and UK developers. Developers from these countries can go […]

Microsoft announced Feb. 12 that David Porter is joining Microsoft as corporate vice president of Retail Stores. Porter will lead the company in rolling out Microsoft-branded stores. “Defining the time frame, locations and specifics for planned Microsoft-branded retail stores will be Porter’s first order of business. The purpose of opening these stores is to create […]

Opera Software plans to debut Opera Turbo, its new, “turbo-charged” way to surf the Internet, at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona held Feb. 16 to 19. Opera Turbo will be available for business customers, and will work with Opera Desktop, Opera Mobile and the Opera Devices SDK (software development kit). The technology works […]

Sun Microsystems has announced the availability of the JavaFX Mobile platform, which enables the Java wireless ecosystem to create solutions that leverage the Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME). Param Singh, senior director of Java marketing at Sun, said what differentiates JavaFX on mobile devices is that JavaFX Mobile delivers rich content and services across […]

Steve Cakebread, whose recent departure from Salesforce.com sparked headlines, has re-emerged as a high-level executive at Xactly, a provider of on-demand sales performance management solutions. Xactly on Feb. 11 announced the appointment of Cakebread as its chief financial and administrative officer. In his role at Xactly, Cakebread will be responsible for financial operations, legal, IT, […]

Microsoft has issued detailed guidance for enterprises considering migration to Windows Vista and Windows 7. In a new blog post on the company’s “Windows for Your Business” blog, Gavriella Schuster, Microsoft’s senior director of product management for Windows Client, issued guidance stating Microsoft’s views on what enterprises should do in terms of moving to Vista […]

Novell’s Mono project on Feb. 11 announced the availability of Moonlight 1.0, an open-source technology that enables Linux and PowerPC Mac users to access Microsoft Silverlight content. Moonlight is essentially an open-source implementation of Silverlight. “Moonlight demonstrates Novell’s commitment to making Linux a first-class platform for multimedia and rich Internet applications. Moonlight provides the platform […]