Nicholas Kolakowski

Apple may have launched an investigation into an internal manager’s alleged kickback scheme with Asian suppliers, but Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) is declining to say whether it will investigate the matter on its own. The Apple manager accused of accepting bribes and kickbacks, Paul Shin Devine, will enter court for a bail hearing […]

Verizon plans to cast its hat into the mobile-multimedia ring, according to reports, which suggest the communications provider has developed an application that will stream live television programming onto iPads and other portable devices such as tablet PCs and laptops. The application will apparently be offered in 2011 to the company’s FiOS customers. “Technologically, there’s […]

Microsoft Bing saw its percentage of U.S. online searches hold steady between June and July, according to new data from Experian Hitwise. Depending on how one interprets that data, either Microsoft’s search engine has staying power in its long-term battle against Google-or else Bing’s offerings are losing traction for robust growth among users. During that […]

Microsoft continues to ramp up its Windows Phone 7 strategy, with a new online series of tutorials aimed at game and app developers. The software company also announced its intention to make the upcoming smartphone platform a go-to destination for mobile gaming, raising its competitive profile against not only the Apple iPhone but also portable-games […]

Microsoft has released preview builds of its Windows Home Server, codenamed Vail, and its Windows Small Business Server, codenamed Aurora. The new Vail build adds native support for Mac OS, and can be downloaded here. Other features include improved multi-PC backup and restore, simplified setup, media streaming outside a home or office, and a variety […]

If Research In Motion hoped its BlackBerry Torch 9800 would prove an instant success, new sales estimates may leave the company disappointed: according to analysts at RBC Capital Markets and Stifel Nicolaus, the new smartphone sold only 150,000 devices over the weekend. According to the Wall Street Journal, the analysts arrived at that estimate after […]

Two of Apple’s Asian suppliers have launched their own investigation into an Apple manager’s alleged kickback scheme, according to Reuters, while another protested its innocence in the matter. Paul Shin Devine, a global supply manager for Apple, was arrested Aug. 13 and charged with 23 counts related to the supposed $1 million worth of kickbacks. […]

An Apple manager is due in federal court Aug. 16, after his arrest last week for allegedly accepting $1 million in kickbacks from some of the company’s Asian suppliers. Paul Shin Devine, a global supply manager for Apple, was arrested Aug. 13 and charged with more than 23 counts related to the alleged kickback scheme, […]

Google has vowed to “strongly defend” open-source standards and its Android operating system from an intellectual property lawsuit by Oracle, which sued the search-engine giant Aug. 12 for allegedly infringing on seven patents and other copyrights related to Java. And while much of the Oracle-Google drama relates to open source, some have been asking whether […]

Intel plans on acquiring Texas Instruments’ cable modem product line, in a bid to increase the chip maker’s presence in the cable industry and its electronics. Intel will supply those electronics with system-on-a-chip products based on its Atom processor. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Intel’s broad strategy is to integrate those system-on-a-chip […]

Dell has agreed to acquire IT storage provider 3PAR for approximately $1.15 billion, a move that will likely help Dell propel its enterprise strategy. 3PAR develops virtualized storage solutions with an emphasis on features such as thin provisioning. Dell will incorporate 3PAR into a storage portfolio that includes PowerVault, EqualLogic and Dell/EMC. Dell claims that […]

Microsoft had its biggest-ever patch on Tuesday, Aug. 10 and issued 14 new security bulletins. Eight of those were rated “critical,” of which four addressed high-priority vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft’s MPEG Layer-3 audio codecs, and the Cinepak Codec used by Windows Media Player. And they say August is a […]