Darryl K. Taft

Coverity has announced the availability of a new report detailing the continued improvement in the quality and security of open-source software. San Francisco-based Coverity on May 20 announced the availability of its Scan Report on Open Source Software 2008. The report is based on research done on the company’s Scan site. The Coverity Scan site […]

With some sort of Microsoft-Yahoo deal back in the works, I can only think about what, if anything, it could mean for developers. OK, the prospect of an outright acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft seems to be off, but the companies are still talking about some kind of “deal.” Some say they think it’s about […]

DETROIT – As a follower of the technology industry, particularly the developer world, you can’t help but feel welcome in the house that Pete built-Peter Karmanos, that is. I’m talking about Compuware headquarters in downtown Detroit. I went there May 15 for the launch of “Compuware 2.0,” the rebranding of the 35-year-old company to focus […]

Dueling developer conferences next month pose a quandary not only for some journalists but for some developers alike. Early in June, both IBM Rational and Microsoft will hold their annual conferences aimed at developers, both in Orlando and both during the very same week. IBM is holding its annual Rational Software Development Conference (RSDC) at […]

DETROIT-As part of its effort to re-focus as a more solutions-oriented company with greater responsiveness to customers, Compuware is instituting new agile and open-source development practices that will help the company react faster to changing business requirements and customer needs. Paul Czarnik, vice president of technology architecture at Compuware, told eWEEK the Detroit-based company is […]

DETROIT-Motown, the birthplace of music legends, knows how to rock. Now the city’s largest IT company is showing how it plans to rock the technology world. Compuware, a 35-year-old software company based here, announced plans May 15 to refocus the company to better serve its enterprise customers and realign its products and services toward a […]

Adobe Systems has released a public beta of Flash Player 10, the next release of the company’s Flash Player rich Internet technology, code-named Astro. San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe announced the Adobe Flash Player 10 beta on May 15, and the technology is available on Adobe Labs, said Tom Barclay, senior product marketing manager in Adobe’s […]

BALTIMORE-In this era of Internet connectivity, businesses must prepare for what is becoming the almost-inevitable data breach, according to a pair of chief privacy officers for major financial institutions. At the IntrusionWorld Conference and Expo co-located with the Web Services Security & SOA Conference here May 13, Joel Tietz, chief privacy officer at AXA Financial, […]

Novell and the Mono community announced the first public release of Moonlight, an implementation of Microsoft’s Silverlight RIA (rich Internet application) platform for Linux. In a May 13 blog post, Miguel de Icaza, vice president of developer relations at Novell and head of the Mono project, said: “Today we are making the first public release […]

BALTIMORE-SOA security gets more complex in the world of hosted services, cloud computing and software as a service. But approaches and specifications like Enterprise Integration Security Patterns, Web Services-Policy and Web Services-Security help alleviate some of the complexity. In a keynote at the Web Services Security & SOA Conference and Expo here, Eric Newcomer, chief […]

With much fanfare, Microsoft on May 12 released a beta of Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 that offers a number of customer-driven features. S. Somasegar, senior vice president of Microsoft’s Developer Division, said in a blog that the service pack beta “enables an improved developer experience by adding a number […]

Microsoft has announced a service pack for Office 2008 for Mac and said it is bringing back Visual Basic for Applications for the next release of the Mac office suite. The software giant’s Macintosh Business Unit introduced Service Pack 1 of Office 2008 for Mac on May 13. The release provides increased stability, security and […]