Darryl K. Taft

Adobe Systems Inc. is the latest high-tech company to venture into the burgeoning world of Web services. The San Jose, Calif., company announced its entrance last week with a free update to its existing technology that brings dynamic imaging to Web services. The update allows Adobe AlterCast to deliver dynamic imaging to Web services and […]

They have battled for more than four years, and last week, Microsoft Corp. and the Department of Justice found themselves in court again. But this time, the two were on the same side, joining a contingent of settling states in U.S. District Court here to defend a consent decree hammered out late last year to […]

WASHINGTON—A U.S. District Court judge has delayed for a week the trial between Microsoft Corp. and the nine states that didnt join the settlement between the Redmond, Wash., software giant and the Department of Justice. A concerned Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly postponed the trial this morning after learning that the states had changed some of the […]

WASHINGTON – After more than four years of protracted legal wrangling on opposite sides, Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Department of Justice were back in court Wednesday, this time on the same side. The former combatants, along with a contingent of settling states, combined to put on a rigorous battle to defend a settlement hammered […]

BEA Systems Inc. is making a major push to convince developers that it is the place to create Java-based applications. At its user conference last week, BEA released its much-anticipated Java development environment, WebLogic Workshop, which had been code-named Cajun. BEA officials said WebLogic Workshop simplifies J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) development for the broad […]

The latest release of Macromedia Inc.s Flash-rich client technology is aimed at merging the skills of Web designers and developers. The San Francisco companys Flash MX, unveiled this week, enhances the Flash development environment with support for video, application components, accessibility and Internet-enabled appliances. Macromedias announcement comes a week after Adobe Systems Inc., of San […]

Adobe Systems Inc. on Monday announced its foray into Web services with a free update to its existing technology that brings dynamic imaging to Web services. The free update is to its Adobe AlterCast, which delivers dynamic imaging to Web services and supports the major Web services architectures and application server platforms, such as Sun […]

Borland Software Corp. on Thursday announced that it has adopted a new policy banning outside auditors from performing non-financial consulting services for the company. For Borland, this means that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, the current auditor for the software development tools maker, can only perform financial consulting services for the company. Borlands move comes as more companies, […]

Inktomi Corp. is rolling out new software designed to accelerate Web performance on the desktop. The Foster City, Calif., company also is signing a deal with America Online to fuel adoption of the new technology. Inktomi on Wednesday announced Inktomi Personal Edge, which extends the companys Internet accelerating Web performance technology to the desktop. The […]

BEA Systems Inc. this week made moves to boost its presence at both the low and high ends by acquiring a Java Virtual Machine company and extending mainframe support for the BEA WebLogic application server. At its BEA eWorld 2002 developer conference in San Diego, BEA announced the purchase of Appeal Virtual Machines AB, a […]