Nicholas Kolakowski

Apple plans on holding its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 7-11 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, the company announced on April 28. The event will certainly be dominated by the iPhone OS 4 and the iPad, and the next version of the iPhone may also make its debut. “This year’s WWDC offers developers […]

Microsoft and HTC announced an IP (intellectual property) agreement April 27 that will see the phone manufacturer license Microsoft’s patented technology for use in its smartphones running Google Android. In exchange, HTC will pay undisclosed royalties to Microsoft.Since launching its IP licensing program in 2003, Microsoft has entered more than 600 licensing agreements with companies […]

For enterprise users, how will Research In Motion’s new BlackBerry 6 operating system match up against Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7? That question could become particularly important, given that many firms are beginning to engage in a long-awaited tech refresh after months or years of pinched IT budgets. While Windows Phone 7 is targeted more […]

General Electric’s Healthcare division will integrate its patient-monitoring platform into wireless VOIP (voice over IP) phones, pager and DECT handsets designed by Ascom Wireless Solutions, under an agreement announced April 27. The technology merger will enable a hospital-centric wireless messaging system capable of sending alerts and providing patient information to caregivers on the move. A […]

The saga of lost Apple device alleged to be an iPhone prototype, and tech blog Gizmodo’s much-read dissection of said device, extended into another week after police raided Gizmodo editor Jason Chen’s California home and removed several computers. Gizmodo’s parent company, Gawker Media, supposedly paid an unnamed source $5,000 for the device, allegedly misplaced in […]

Microsoft announced the release to manufacturing April 27 of its Windows Embedded Standard 7, which allows manufacturers to utilize Windows 7-based components for the creation of specialized devices such as industry-specific handhelds. The company had originally released a beta of the platform under the name Windows Embedded Standard 2011 in September 2009. “With the release […]

Advanced Micro Devices announced the release of the AMD Phenom II X6 processor and AMD 890FX chipset, intended for high-powered processes such as 3D visualization, on April 27. The company also announced availability for the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition processor, which it claims as its fastest and most tunable desktop-processor offering. “With […]

Microsoft kicked off its Convergence 2010 conference in Atlanta with the announcement that Microsoft Dynamics GP, its ERP platform for midsize businesses, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM, its enterprise-management platform, would be integrated to connect the two systems’ business intelligence and productivity tools. In addition, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online will receive several new updates in May, […]

Microsoft issued on April 26 Volume 8 of its Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, which attempts to paint a comprehensive portrait of the world’s IT security scene for the second half of 2009. Data for the report comes from around 500 million computers worldwide, in addition to a variety of online services such as Bing. Perhaps […]

Apple iPad owners can now enter Israel without fearing the device will be confiscated. The tablet PC had previously been banned due to its WiFi capability, according to Israel’s Communications Ministry, being in noncompliance with the European wireless standards that Israel follows. According to Reuters, the 20 iPads confiscated by Israeli customs have been released […]

Yahoo will preload its mobile services on Samsung phones running the proprietary Bada and Google Android operating systems, according to an agreement announced April 26. Under the terms of the Yahoo-Samsung agreement, services preloaded on the devices will include e-mail, calendar and instant messaging. “We’re thrilled to deepen our relationship with Samsung and look forward […]

Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader shipped slightly more units in March than Amazon.com’s Kindle, according to a new report by Digitimes Research, even as the two retailers escalate their battle for the increasingly mainstream e-book market. According to Mingchi Kuo, an analyst with Digitimes Research, the Nook “accounted for 53 percent of e-book readers shipped […]