Nicholas Kolakowski

Apple’s 3G-enabled iPad will ship by May 7 for U.S. customers who purchase now, according to the company’s Website. That’s three days before Apple unveils pricing and opens preorders for the international version of the iPad, which the company says has been delayed due to high demand. Those who preordered a 3G-enabled iPad soon after […]

A combination of strong iPhone, Mac and iPad sales could help Apple post strong quarterly numbers April 20, according to analysts. That follows on the heels of reports that Apple sold more than 500,000 iPads during the tablet PC’s first week of general release. During an April 8 news conference at the company’s Cupertino, Calif., […]

Microsoft’s week started off with the unveiling of its Kin One and Kin Two phones, aimed at a younger and social-networking-happy demographic, at a high-profile stage event in San Francisco on April 12. Journalists in New York City followed along via live video feed, which showed Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division, […]

Apple has apparently asked a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist to resubmit an iPhone app previously rejected because of its satirical nature. Mark Fiore’s animations, which are featured on SFGate.com and lampoon public figures such as President Obama, reality TV stars and Wall Street titans, were previously deemed objectionable by Apple’s app review committee. According to an […]

Oracle announced April 16 the acquisition of Phase Forward, which builds health care IT and life-science applications, in a cash merger worth about $685 million. The deal adds to Oracle’s health care IT portfolio at a time when the company is seeking to position itself as an end-to-end systems provider in a number of market […]

Opera Mini for iPhone has been downloaded onto more than one million Apple devices, according to an April 15 press release by Opera, making it the top-ranked mobile application in Apple’s App Store. The app was originally released on April 13. Opera had originally submitted the free, iPhone-centric version of its mobile browser to Apple […]

Note to tech-savvy travelers: Avoid bringing your iPad to Israel, at least for the time being. New regulations dictate that devices entering the country be confiscated with all due speed, apparently due to their WiFi capability. Israel’s Communications Ministry has cited the iPad’s non-compliance with European wireless standards, which Israel follows, as the specific reason […]

Microsoft announced plans April 15 to investigate allegations of labor violations at a Chinese factory building its products, in response to an April 13 report by the National Labor Committee. However, that same report suggests the factory’s management has a system for disguising potential violations before audits, putting into doubt the efficacy of any investigation. […]

Microsoft has promised to investigate allegations of massive labor violations at a Chinese factory building its products, as detailed in an April 13 report by the National Labor Committee, a nonprofit non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to drawing attention to labor and human rights abuses. “Over the past three years, unprecedented photographs of exhausted teenaged workers, […]

Microsoft ended support for Windows Vista RTM, the original and patch-free version of its much-maligned operating system, on April 13. Those who want to continue using a supported version of Vista will need to update their copies with service packs. “What does ‘End of Support’ mean?” Eric Ligman, global partner experience lead for Microsoft’s Worldwide […]

Microsoft’s internal IT services have been outsourced to India-based Infosys, which plans on providing the company with help desk, desk-side services, and infrastructure and application support through multiple centers worldwide. “Infosys demonstrated that it understood our transformational goals by introducing a flexible and innovative end-to-end approach to manage our support infrastructure,” Jim BuBois, general manager […]

Apple said April 14 that it had delivered more than 500,000 iPads during the tablet PC’s first week of general release, exceeding the company’s internal predictions. The demand reflected by those sales, coupled with “a large number of preorders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April,” has led to a postponement […]