Nicholas Kolakowski

Microsoft has drawn allies from some of its biggest rivals, including Google and Apple, in its long-running patent-infringement battle against Canadian firm i4i. Those two companies have joined Facebook, Yahoo, Intel and a host of others in filing nine “friend of the court” briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to those firms, other […]

Can Research In Motion’s PlayBook take market share away from the Apple iPad? At first glance, that appears to be a question designed expressly to bait hardcore Apple fans. Indeed, the media seems duty-bound to weigh every upcoming tablet device for its viability as an “iPad Killer,” whether the competitors’ specs are even vaguely comparable. […]

Dell plans on launching its 7-inch tablet within the “next few weeks,” according to a company executive quoted Sept. 29 in The Wall Street Journal. That executive, Dell Greater China President Amit Midha, also suggested that a Dell 10-inch tablet would make an appearance within the next six months to a year. “It was showed […]

Borders will sell the new Kobo Wireless eReader, in a further attempt to carve market share away from Amazon.com’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook. The e-reader market has expanded rapidly over the last year, resulting in a combination of falling device prices and new hardware additions-and putting pressure on all competitors to match each […]

Wolfram Alpha, a search engine designed to offer definitive-and usually numerical-answers rather than links, will launch a native Google Android application to accompany the upcoming T-Mobile G2 smartphone Oct 6. The application is similar in function and appearance to the versions already available for the Apple iPhone and iPad. The Wolfram Alpha App for Android […]

Apple iPad vs. RIM PlayBook Could Be Real Title Fight by Nicholas Kolakowski Apple iPad Since its April launch, the Apple iPad has come to dominate the consumer tablet PC market. That has led a variety of competitors, ranging from Dell to Samsung, to plan their own tablet offerings. RIMs Enterprise Play As opposed to […]

Apple is the most written-about company when it comes to media coverage, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. Some 15.1 percent of the technology stories posted between June 2009 and June 2010 focused on Apple, versus 11.4 percent for Google, 7.1 percent for Twitter, 4.8 percent […]

Research In Motion announced the BlackBerry-themed PlayBook, its 7-inch entrant into the tablet PC market, during a Sept. 27 presentation at its annual DevCon conference. In keeping with BlackBerry’s traditional focus on business users, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis reportedly termed the PlayBook the world’s “first enterprise-ready tablet” and said it would “amplify” his company’s smartphones. […]

Sharp has decided to toss its hat into the burgeoning e-reader ring, unveiling two devices along with a cloud-based e-bookstore. Although the company plans to market the hardware and service in Japan, the growing U.S. market for e-readers could provide an enticing target for expansion in coming months. Sharp claims it will have 30,000 periodicals […]

Microsoft will launch its first Windows Phone 7 devices Oct. 21, according to reports circulating online. “Microsoft will hold several launch events worldwide on October 21 to introduce its latest Windows Phone 7 handsets,” the tech blog Neowin posted Sept. 26, citing unnamed sources. “Microsoft is planning to hold an open house event in New […]

Microsoft tweaked its cloud offerings this week, introducing new features to Office Web Apps, Bing and Hotmail designed to give those services further advantage over Yahoo and Google. Updates to Hotmail include a new e-mail attachment size of 25MB, support for viewing Dailymotion and Justin.tv videos from within an e-mail, and subfolders for more precise […]

Another week, another story about Apple supposedly working on a 7-inch iPad. This newest rumor comes courtesy of Shanzai.com, which claims to have sources inside Chinese factories tasked with producing the device. “Yes, there will be a 7″ tablet, yes it’s well underway in terms of product development and in fact it’s a finished product,” […]