Nicholas Kolakowski

Microsoft announced July 28 that Adobe Systems will begin informing vendors of software vulnerabilities via the Microsoft Active Protections Program. The announcement comes in conjunction with the opening of the Black Hat USA security conference, at which Microsoft is unveiling a number of products designed to enhance the security of its platforms and applications. Originally […]

Apple is doubtlessly gnashing its teeth after federal regulators ruled July 26 that iPhone owners can legally “jailbreak” their smartphones and use them to run software not authorized by the company-but Apple’s opportunities for recourse may also be limited, according to at least one analyst. “A major part of how Apple assures quality and profit […]

Verizon experienced an outage July 26 that knocked out landline calls in a portion of midtown Manhattan. AT&T’s wireless network in the area was also affected. “A piece of communications equipment (a digital cross connect, to be specific) in one of our Manhattan central offices did not operate normally Monday. Verizon technical teams and our […]

SAP benefited from increased spending on business software in the second quarter, reporting software and software-related revenues of 2.26 billion euro ($2.9 billion) and a net profit of 491 million euro ($638 million). Revenues experienced a year-over-year rise of 16 percent, while net profit rose 15 percent. “Customers continue to invest for growth across large, […]

Apple is refreshing its iMac and Mac Pro and introducing a new Magic Trackpad and LED Cinema Display as part of its periodic hardware update. The devices appeared on the company’s Website July 27. The refreshed Mac Pro includes an option for two Intel Xeon “Westmere” six-core processors, for a 12-core system that runs at […]

Firefox 4’s latest beta will be delayed a week, according to Mozilla, as it undergoes more testing. “Hi! We’re glad you’re interested in Firefox 4 Beta 2-it’s not quite ready yet,” read a posting on the Mozilla Wiki. “Our candidate builds (FTP links below) are still going through quality assurance tests.” The release is now […]

Apple plans on launching the iPhone 4 in 17 countries July 30, including Australia, Italy, New Zealand and Switzerland. The device, which is already available in major international markets such as Japan and Germany, has experienced both massive sales and a fair bit of controversy over its hardware. The full list of 17 countries can […]

Strong demand for the Apple iPad is squeezing LG Display’s supply of screens, according to the manufacturer’s CEO, and could strain inventory of the tablet device as it enters new markets. “Demand keeps growing and we can’t meet it all. Apple may have to delay launches of the iPad for some countries due to tight […]

Symbolically, it could have been a very bad week for Microsoft: As the company headed into the July 22 earnings announcement for its fiscal fourth quarter, a number of Wall Street analysts were predicting quarterly revenues of $15.2 billion. That would be more than enough for most companies, but it would also lag behind Apple’s […]

Apple launched its promised iPhone 4 bumper program on July 23, following weeks of controversy over its next-generation smartphone’s reported antenna problems. Customers and publications had complained that touching the iPhone 4’s exterior antenna rim resulted in dampened reception, a phenomenon that eWEEK was able to reproduce in limited in-office tests. Apple hosted a press […]

Apple announced July 23 that its white iPhone 4 would be unavailable until later this year. That represents the second setback for the smartphone, after a June announcement that it would be delayed until the second half of July. “White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have continued to be more challenging to manufacture than […]

Microsoft’s quarterly revenues of $16.04 billion exceeded many industry analysts’ expectations, and suggested that the economy-at least the portion of it that purchases software-is indeed slowly reviving from the deepest global recession in a generation. However, a deeper analysis of those results also reveals a peculiar dichotomy: despite Microsoft’s “all in” approach to cloud computing, […]