Nicholas Kolakowski

What lessons can be learned from Apple’s supposed loss of an iPhone prototype, besides, “Never let one of your software engineers get smashed and accidentally leave a prototype on a bar stool?” If the device reportedly found in a German beer garden north of San Jose, Calif., and carefully dissected by tech blog Gizmodo April […]

Microsoft’s week ended on a strong positive note, with the company reporting that its fiscal 2010 third-quarter earnings had climbed 6 percent, year-over-year, to $14.50 billion. According to Microsoft executives on an April 22 earnings call, that rise in income was due largely to sales of Windows 7, although the company also saw upticks in […]

Barnes & Noble announced a software update for its Nook e-reader, complete with new features such as a Web browser and games, on April 23.The new features include the beta version of “Read In Store,” which allows Nook users to browse the retailer’s library of e-books for free at any Barnes & Noble location, with […]

Smartphones, PCs Go Green for Earth Day 2010 by Nicholas Kolakowski No Title Lenovo claims that its ThinkCentre M90p, with its combination of Energy Star compliance, ThinkVantage Power Manager feature and 42 percent post-consumer materials, is a particularly eco-friendly desktop. No Title Hewlett-Packards All-In-One PCs are energy-efficient and composed of 90 percent recyclable materials. No […]

Microsoft executives are saying they see the beginning of a long-heralded business IT refresh, and suggested during an April 22 earnings call that it could persist for a number of years. While Microsoft reported increased spending on its business products during the third quarter of fiscal 2010, revenues for the Microsoft Business Division remained lower […]

Microsoft, Facebook Launch Docs for Facebook Beta by Nicholas Kolakowski No Title Facebook and Microsoft launched the beta version of Docs for Facebook in conjunction with the start of Facebook’s f8 conference in San Francisco. No Title Docs offers users many of the typical Office tools to put together their Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. […]

Amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader will debut in a limited number of Target stores starting April 25, before rolling out to more of the retailer’s locations throughout 2010. The announcement underscores the increased competitiveness between the Kindle and other e-reader devices such as Barnes & Noble’s Nook and the Apple iPad, both of which are offered at […]

One enterprising programmer has accomplished something likely capable of sending a certain Cupertino, Calif.,-based CEO’s teeth on edge: run Google Android on a first-generation iPhone. David Wong, who also operates as “planetbeing,” even posted an April 21 video on the “Linux on the iPhone” blog showing the Android boot. “It should be pretty simple to […]

Microsoft reported positive news during its fiscal 2010 third-quarter earnings call on April 22, with revenues climbing 6 percent year-over-year to $14.50 billion. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share also rose by double-digit percentages, which the company seemed to attribute to continued strength in Windows sales along with positive traction in other […]

Microsoft has released its Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 to users with touch-screen devices. The Touch Pack comprises six applications designed take advantage of the operating system’s multitouch capabilities: three games and three Microsoft Surface applications. “Until today, the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 was only available for OEMs to put on new […]

NEW YORK-Oracle unveiled Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g, a platform that consolidates various systems management and support tools with an integrated interface, during an April 22 presentation at the Guggenheim Museum. “Traditional systems management products don’t address the complexities of modern data centers,” Richard Sarwal, Oracle’s senior vice president of Product Development, said in a statement […]

Even as the iPhone continues to help drive Apple’s substantial revenue growth, new features in the smartphone’s upcoming version could allow the company to drill into entirely new business areas, including video social networking and conferencing. On April 19, tech blog Gizmodo posted an extensive breakdown of a device, reportedly found in a California bar, […]