Nicholas Kolakowski

Cisco added a new Flip digital video camera to its lineup, the SlideHD, which records up to four hours of high-definition footage and snaps open to offer a 3-inch widescreen for instant viewing. In addition, the $279.99 unit offers 12 hours of storage for videos and still images. The SlideHD represents yet another addition to […]

Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader will be available through Best Buy stores starting April 18, as the bookseller finds itself squeezed on two competitive fronts by Amazon.com’s Kindle e-reader and Apple’s newly launched iPad tablet PC. Under the terms of the agreement, a selection of PCs and smartphones sold through Best Buy will also include […]

Microsoft’s upcoming Kin One and Kin Two smartphones, aimed at a younger demographic, could benefit from the rising popularity of social networking; moreover, the phones’ success or failure could serve as a barometer for the fortunes of Windows Phone 7, the smartphone franchise that Microsoft plans on launching near the end of 2010. The Kin […]

Oracle’s recent release of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System 11.1.2 marks another round in the company’s recently frantic release pattern, with its large number of additions and applications again hinting at a strategic desire to expand its middleware stack. The new applications baked into Oracle EMP System 11.1.2 include Oracle Hyperion Disclosure Management, Oracle Hyperion […]

Microsoft’s new Kin One and Kin Two smartphones, aimed at a younger audience, were unveiled during a high-profile presentation in San Francisco on April 12, with journalists in New York City following along via live video feed. Both devices, whose features emphasize social networking, will make their U.S. debut exclusively on Verizon in May; the […]

A number of high-profile tech companies, ranging from Google and Apple to IBM and Intel, are being probed by federal investigators for their hiring practices, according to the Wall Street Journal. At issue is whether those companies’ alleged agreements to not poach each other’s employees constitute a breach of antitrust laws. The April 9 article […]

Microsoft’s Kin One, Kin Two Smartphones Coming to Verizon by Nicholas Kolakowski No Title The Kin One features a sliding form-factor, a touch screen, a mono speaker tuned for speakerphone and 4GB of memory. No Title The Kin One also includes what Microsoft claims is a “compact keyboard for one-handed texting.” No Title The Kin […]

Microsoft unveiled Kin One and Kin Two, two smartphones targeted at a younger demographic, during several high-profile presentations in San Francisco and New York on April 12. The devices, which seem to be the culmination of the long-rumored “Project Pink,” incorporate cameras, touch screens and sliding QWERTY keyboards to create what is supposedly a social-networking-optimized […]

Apple’s “iAd” mobile advertising platform, introduced April 8 along with a variety of other updates to the upcoming iPhone OS 4, may generate billions of dollars for the company once fully integrated into the iPhone’s mobile apps. During a presentation at Apple’s Cupertino, Calif., headquarters, Apple CEO Steve Jobs displayed a slide suggesting that the […]

News from Microsoft and other tech companies this week was largely eclipsed by Apple, whose iPad tablet dominated headlines during its first days in general release. Nonetheless, a number of rumors surfaced related to several large Microsoft projects, including a Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and “Project Pink,” the company’s long-speculated branded smartphone initiative. After […]

Apple’s iPad may be adept at displaying multimedia content and e-texts, but it’ll have a harder time dealing with gravity and sudden blows, according to Rapid Repair, which regularly publishes an online teardown of the electronic devices it repairs. “The weight, size, and novel ways of using these devices will put them at risk for […]

Research In Motion launched the public beta of a Twitter for BlackBerry application April 8, expanding a limited preview that had been running since early February. Features include notifications of new tweets and reply/mentions on the BlackBerry Messages list and Twitter application icon, as well as a “splat” on the BlackBerry home screen ribbon. Users […]