Nicholas Kolakowski

Apple’s iPad will appear in Verizon Wireless stores starting Oct. 28, the same day it goes on sale in archrival AT&T’s retail locations. This marks yet another set of sales channels for the bestselling tablet PC, which will also debut at Walmart Oct. 15. While AT&T has enjoyed a lock on both the iPad and […]

Yahoo, Novell, Sprint, Motorola Execs Overpaid: Report by Nicholas Kolakowski THE OVERPAID Name: Carol BartzCompany: Yahoo The report named Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz “the highest-paid CEO at an Overpaid 25 company.” Her 2009 compensation was $39 million. Name: Ronald HovespianCompany: Novell Hovespian received $5.2 million in total fiscal-year 2009 compensation, low by CEO standards, but […]

Apple could sell 45 million iPads in 2011, according to a new analyst report. In addition, the company is working to expand iPad adoption ahead of competing devices’ entry into the market. “We continue to believe the Apple iPad will be one of the most coveted gifts this holiday season,” Brian White, an analyst with […]

Could Yahoo find itself an acquisition target? That seems to be the question drifting around the Web, following news that a handful of private equity firms were exploring the prospect of teaming with AOL or News Corp. for a Yahoo takeover. Yahoo’s stock price leapt upward, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Justin Post […]

Apple’s iPad will be available in Wal-Mart stores starting Oct. 15, giving the company yet another sales channel for the popular tablet PC, which faces the prospect of increased competition by the end of the year. Wal-Mart apparently plans on selling the iPad “for the same price as other retailers,” according to Reuters. Target already […]

Microsoft is planning a software tool that will sync its upcoming Windows Phone 7 with Macs. “Later in 2010 Microsoft will make a public beta available of a tool that allows Windows Phone 7 to sync select content with Mac computers,” reads a statement from the company e-mailed to eWEEK. As other news sites have […]

Apple has sent media invites to a “Back to the Mac” event at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters Oct. 20, igniting the rampant speculation that accompanies most of the company’s announcements. According to the invite, attendees will get a glimpse of “the next major version of Mac OS X.” The invite also includes the partial image […]

Microsoft and Facebook are partnering on a set of new social-search features accessible via Bing. The features will also activate for Web results on Facebook, which are powered by Bing. One new feature, Liked Results, displays the Websites and links “liked” by a Facebook user’s friends. If you search in Bing for “Halo: Reach,” for […]

Verizon Wireless is reportedly prepping its network to transmit simultaneous voice and data, in anticipation of carrying the iPhone in early 2011. However, Verizon executive Brian Higgins gave the Wall Street Journal no idea of when such capability would be active on the company’s network. “I think there are fringe cases where something like that […]

Oracle, Yahoo and a handful of other tech giants found themselves singled out by research firm Glass Lewis & Co.’s latest “Pay Dirt” report, which details which executives are underpaid or overpaid relative to their companies’ overall performance. The firm assembled its lists of “Overpaid 25” and “Underpaid 25” companies from the S&P and Russell […]

HTC, Dell, Samsung, LG Show Off Windows Phone 7 Devices by Nicholas Kolakowski Windows Phone 7 Introduced Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduces Windows Phone 7 during the New York City presentation. AT&T Smartphones Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO of AT&T’s Mobility and Consumer Markets group, introduced his company’s upcoming smartphones to the audience. […]

Windows Phone 7, Kinect, Xbox 360 Will Mark Microsofts Holiday Season by Nicholas Kolakowski Microsoft and Mobile Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer demonstrates Windows Phone 7 for media and analysts. Microsoft hopes to regain market share in the mobile space, where it faces fierce competition from the likes of the Apple iPhone and Google Android devices. […]