Nicholas Kolakowski

Daniel Tello, a blogger and analyst, leveraged data supplied by volunteers to arrive at an estimation of 120,000 iPads sold via Apple’s Website March 12, the inaugural day that Apple opened the device to preorders. That number included 50,000 iPads sold within a single two-hour period. The iPad is slated to go on sale April […]

Microsoft re-emphasized at the MIX 2010 conference in Las Vegas that its upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series devices would not be backwards-compatible with current Windows Mobile applications, a situation attributed by one executive to the company needing to deliver the new smartphone operating system on an accelerated timetable. “We do recognize that there are a […]

Apple’s iPad continues to stoke third-party developer interest as the tablet PC’s April 3 launch approaches, according to analytics firm Flurry, which posted new numbers suggesting a continued rise in the number of mobile applications being developed for the device. “Over six weeks since Apple announced the iPad, Flurry continues to measure a significant increase […]

Oracle released two new components for its Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Imaging and Process Management 11g and Oracle Forms Recognition, on March 15. The new applications allow businesses to automate document- and image-centric processes such as claims processing. Specifically, Oracle Forms Recognition apparently possesses the ability to recognize and categorize the structured and semistructured documents […]

Microsoft’s news this week primarily existed in the online and mobile arenas-fitting, considering the company’s increased focus on those spaces as it attempts to develop viable businesses apart from its flagship desktop software applications. On March 9, Microsoft rolled out its redesigned MSN homepage, with a stripped-down layout and a focus on integrating social-networking services […]

Apple made the iPad available for preorder March 12, three weeks before the tablet PC is due to be released. With that announcement, the tablet PC mass-consumer segment kicks into higher gear, as the much-hyped devices are readying to hit the market after months of anticipation. Apple faces competition on two fronts. By giving the […]

Apple made its much-hyped iPad tablet PC available for preorder on the morning of March 12, three weeks before the device’s actual release. The iPad’s success or failure will likely influence, in a substantial way, whether the nascent movement to make tablet PCs a common consumer item becomes an established trend. Apple is apparently imposing […]

Plastic Logic CEO Richard Archuleta reportedly sent an e-mail to customers who had preordered the Que, the company’s e-reader, saying that shipments had been delayed until summer. In the March 11 missive, according to online reports, Archuleta blamed the delay on a need to fine-tune the device and “enhance the overall product experience.” Unlike other […]

From the Bubble to the Burst: A Look Back at 25 Years of Dot-Com by Nicholas Kolakowski Name: NetscapeDuring its mid-1990s heyday, Netscape occupied the lions share of the Web browser market, but found itself enveloped in the infamous “browser wars” against Microsofts Internet Explorer. In November 1998, AOL acquired Netscape for $4.2 billion, but […]

Barnes & Noble will release an e-reader application specifically for Apple’s upcoming iPad, said an executive posting on the bookseller’s official blog. Paul Hochman, manager of content and social media at BarnesandNoble.com, wrote March 11 on the company’s Unbound: Nook and BN eReader blog: ““Designed specifically for the iPad, our new B&N eReader will give […]

Opera Software released a beta of Opera Mini 5, the next version of its mobile Web browser, for Google Android on March 11. The announcement comes exactly a week after Opera announced it would release the same application for Windows Mobile 5.x and 6.x smartphones, indicating that the company is committed to maintaining its mobile-browser […]

Microsoft faces another request from seven browser companies to alter its “Web browser choice screen” for European users of Windows. Originally introduced on March 1 to sidestep concerns from the European Commission, the EU’s antitrust regulatory body, about the bundling of Internet Explorer 8 with copies of Windows, the ballot screen allows EU users to […]