Darryl K. Taft

LOS ANGELES-Microsoft has announced plans to deliver Office Web applications-lightweight versions of Office, delivered through browsers. In an interview with eWEEK at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference here, Takeshi Numoto, general manager for Office client at Microsoft, said as part of a strategic shift toward embracing Web-based solutions, Microsoft plans to deliver Office Web applications. […]

LOS ANGELES-Despite all the talk about Microsoft’s new Windows Azure cloud computing strategy, somebody has to be in charge of actually making sure that “cloud” stays up and running. That somebody is Debra Chrapaty. Indeed, when Chrapaty joined Microsoft six years ago, Windows Azure was but a glimmer in Microsoft’s eye. But because she ran […]

Images of Microsoft Office Web Applications No Title Editing a PowerPoint presentation in the PowerPoint Web application. No Title Editing a Word document in the Word Web application. No Title Editing in an Excel spreadsheet in the Excel Web application. No Title Editing OneNote notes in the OneNote Web application. No Title Viewing a PowerPoint […]

LOS ANGELES-Microsoft showed its first full public demonstration of Windows 7 at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference here on Oct. 28. Microsoft officials said Windows 7 extends developers’ investments in Windows Vista and encourages the creation of new applications and services for the Windows platform. The company also delivered a pre-beta build of Windows 7 […]

LONDON-Nokia is in the personal computer business and don’t you forget it. Kai Oistamo, executive vice president of devices at Nokia gave a keynote at the Symbian Smartphone Show here on Oct. 22 titled “The Future of Computers.” It was originally titled “The Future of Smart Phones,” but Oistamo said he changed it because “it […]

LONDON-What does it take for an established “closed” vendor to shift midcourse and adopt an open-source model? Well in the case of Nokia and its pending acquisition of smart phone operating system maker Symbian, the cost may be $300 million a year. That’s how much Symbian earned in royalties last year from sales of its […]

Microsoft is holding its first Professional Developers Conference since 2005, and it promises to be a cloud fest and a coming-out party for Windows 7, among other things. As many have reported, based on sources and the PDC agenda, both Microsoft’s foray into the cloud and Windows 7 will be big parts of the show. […]

LOS ANGELES — Microsoft delivered on its promise to provide developers with the core components of its “Oslo” modeling initiative and has released other Oslo-related resources on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). At the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference here, Burley Kawasaki, director of product management in Microsoft’s Connected Systems Division, said Microsoft delivered Community Technology […]

LOS ANGELES-Microsoft has unveiled its broad cloud strategy, formerly known internally as “Project Red Dog” and now known as Windows Azure. At the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference here, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, announced Windows Azure, the cloud-based service foundation underlying its Azure Services Platform, and highlighted this platform’s role in delivering a software-plus-services […]

Sun Microsystems released Java Standard Edition 6 Update 10 on Oct. 21 and Danny Coward, chief architect of Sun’s Client Software Group, checked in for an interview with eWEEK Senior Editor Darryl K. Taft to talk about the future of the Java platform. How is the role of Java changing and what are we seeing […]

Sun Microsystems recently announced the availability of Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Update 10, also known as Java SE 6u10. Sun officials said the new release, announced Oct. 21, improves the usability and performance of the Java Platform on desktop computers. Consumers, developers, and partners can download Java SE 6 Update 10 here. New features […]

Microsoft has launched a new developer-oriented site called DevLabs. S. “Soma” Somasegar, the senior vice president of Microsoft’s Developer Division, blogged about the new initiative, which focuses on innovation in the developer ranks. “Some innovations take a very long time to get just right before we know that they will truly cause a shift in […]