Nicholas Kolakowski

Microsoft hopes to have Bing powering Yahoo’s backend search by the end of 2010, according to an executive, in accordance with a 10-year search-and-advertising deal signed by the two companies last summer. “We’re hopeful to go prior to the holidays, we’ve publicly announced that were going to shoot for that,” Bill Koefoed, Microsoft’s general manager […]

Apple lowered the price of its iPhone 3GS, its smartphone recently eclipsed by the June 7 debut of the next-generation iPhone 4. On Apple’s Website, the iPhone 3GS now retails for $99 for the 8GB model, with preordering set for June 15 and general availability on June 24. Loaded with Apple’s newest smartphone operating system, […]

Microsoft is announcing that Office for Mac 2011 will be available only in a 32-bit version upon its release later this year. That contrasts with Office 2010, Microsoft’s latest productivity software for PCs, which features both 32-bit and 64-bit support. According to Microsoft, that sole 32-bit version for Macs is primarily the result of a […]

Microsoft is outlining the policies for Windows Phone Marketplace at its TechEd Conference in New Orleans, hoping that third-party developers will be encouraged to build mobile applications for the platform when it debuts on a variety of devices later in 2010. Those policies include the inevitable bans on controversial content, similar to those enacted by […]

Oracle is announcing the availability of Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite 11g, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware that combines a number of the company’s backend components, including process and records management, into a single system. The applications in question include Oracle Universal Content Management 11g and Oracle Universal Records Management 11g, unveiled June 8, […]

Microsoft is using its TechEd Conference in New Orleans to push its upcoming smartphone platform, Windows Phone 7, as an evolution in business communications. The company hopes its offering will compete effectively against both Apple and Google, despite CEO Steve Ballmer’s recent admission of missteps in the mobile space, and appeal to the same business […]

Apple’s debut of the iPhone 4 during the company’s 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 7 was somewhat anticipated, thanks to the leaks of two prototype devices in the months leading up to the announcement. However, the next-generation smartphone’s design and array of features managed to reasonably impress many of the analysts covering the event. […]

Microsoft announced June 7 the availability of Office Web Apps on SkyDrive for users in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Ireland. The ability to view and edit Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote documents online, via the browser, precedes the consumer release of Office 2010 by a week, and suggests the importance that […]

When Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes the stage at the company’s 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco June 7, the general expectation is that he’ll unveil the next-generation iPhone. Unlike previous Apple releases, however, some element of surprise has likely been lost, thanks to leaks of device prototypes earlier this year. In April, tech […]

Microsoft’s Bing has been added to the iPhone, Apple announced during its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) on June 7, joining Google and Yahoo. “Microsoft has done a real nice job on this,” Jobs reportedly told the audience during his keynote address, according to live blogs of the event. However, Google will remain the default search […]

Microsoft plans on releasing Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in July, according to reports from the company’s TechEd 2010 conference in New Orleans, which kicked off July 7. The conference, which runs through June 10, focuses on both developers and enterprise users, and features speeches from Microsoft executives such […]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs took to the stage June 7 at the company’s 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco to announce the much-expected next-generation iPhone. The device represents Apple’s hopes of staying ahead in the consumer smartphone market, where it finds itself challenged by not only traditional competitors such as RIM’s BlackBerry franchise, […]