Nicholas Kolakowski

WASHINGTON, D.C.-You can’t doubt Microsoft’s public enthusiasm for tablet PCs, at least among management. During the company’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference here July 12, a variety of executives have taken the stage to proclaim tablets as the way of the future, along with the cloud, and Microsoft’s intention to seize that burgeoning market in the […]

Windows XP has been given a reprieve by Microsoft-at least, when it comes to users’ ability to downgrade to the popular but aging operating system. Originally slated to terminate within 18 months of Windows 7’s general release, or the availability of Windows 7 Service Pack 1-a beta of which appeared July 12-end-user downgrade rights for […]

WASHINGTON-Microsoft announced the second public beta for Windows Intune, its security and management tool for IT administrators, on July 12 here at its annual Worldwide Partner Conference. Microsoft officials indicated during meetings with eWEEK that the tool was now aimed at the enterprise, in addition to the small and midsize businesses targeted by the first […]

Rumors of employee layoffs dominated Microsoft’s week, along with discussion about the short life and brutal death of the company’s Kin phone. Microsoft officials declined to officially comment on rumors that the company is laying off a small number of employees, following the July 1 beginning of the new fiscal year, but online reports and […]

When users first began complaining about the iPhone 4’s reception issues-namely, that touching the device’s exterior antenna rim seemed to kill its signal-Apple’s initial response was succinct: Hold the phone differently, or buy a bumper for it. “Gripping any mobile phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance, with certain places being worse […]

Microsoft’s Bing continued its pattern of incremental gains, according to research firm Experian Hitwise, which reported the search engine grew to occupy 9.85 percent of the U.S. search engine market in June. That represents a 7 percent change from May, when Hitwise estimated Bing’s share of the market at 9.23 percent. Meanwhile, Google continued to […]

Now that the iPhone 4 has been released, the blogosphere seems to have shifted its conjecture-making abilities to a new target: the iPod Touch. A representative for U.K. retailer John Lewis sparked off a flurry of speculation by predicting, during a Christmas sales presentation, that the next version of the iPod Touch will include a […]

Apple iPhone 4 vs. iPhone 3GS, Android Smartphones by Nicholas Kolakowski Antenna Rim Some users have reported touching the iPhone 4s antenna rim causes their reception bars to flatten—an issue thats caused no end of headaches for Apple, which says the problem lies in the phones software as opposed to its hardware. The company promises […]

Google’s Internet Content Provider License has been renewed by the mainland Chinese government, reported the search-engine giant, two days after Beijing officials reported that the application was under review but with no firm deadline for approval. The relationship between Beijing and Google has been rocky in recent months, following a March cyber-attack that the company […]

Apple will sell 20 million iPads in 2011, predicts a new research note from Barclays Capital, as manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard and Dell try to catch up in the burgeoning tablet PC space. “We project that media tablets (which are not currently in our PC unit model)-the most significant of which being the Apple iPad-will […]

Google Android was the only smartphone operating system to see its U.S. subscriber percentage increase in the three-month period between February and May 2010, according to new data from research firm comScore. Microsoft, Research In Motion, Apple and Palm all saw their share of the market decline during those three months, but not precipitously. Although […]

YouTube is now offering a beta version of Leanback, a previously announced service that automatically plays videos in a continuous stream, providing visitors with a television-style experience. Videos in the endless stream are chosen based on the user’s YouTube settings and preferences, such as their subscription content. “Just as the name implies, YouTube Leanback is […]