Nicholas Kolakowski

LAS VEGAS-If there’s one thing that the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show will be remembered for, it’s as the show where tablet PCs of all stripes made their appearance in the mainstream. Whether as ultra-portable multitouch devices, or else e-readers that perform more traditional computing functions such as Web surfing, tablets proved to be one of […]

Miniature Might at CES: Tablets, Netbooks from HP, Acer, Others by Nicholas Kolakowski No Title Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled three tablet PCs due for release in 2010 during his Jan. 6 keynote address: one from Pegatron, one from Archos and one (far right) from Hewlett-Packard. Although Ballmer declined to give the HP device a […]

LAS VEGAS- During his Jan. 7 keynote address at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show here, Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini suggested his company would be throwing its hat into a number of high-profile rings in coming months, including a smartphone based on the company’s “Moorestown” infrastructure, an online applications store for netbooks, and even […]

Plastic Logic formally unveiled the Que, its lightweight entrant into the ever-more-crowded e-reader market, on Jan. 7 at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Originally announced in July, Plastic Reader’s e-reader will target business travelers and other highly mobile professionals, with its creators emphasizing the device’s ability to download and display Microsoft Word, […]

Microsoft has asked for a review of a recent court decision, apparently wanting all 11 judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to review the complaint against it by Toronto-based i4i. On Dec. 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided to uphold the verdict in a patent-infringement […]

Intel introduced its 2010 Intel Core Processor family at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, highlighting the integration of graphics onto the processor and Intel Turbo Boost Technology, which automatically accelerates a PC’s performance based on workload. The offerings detailed during the company’s presentation included the new Intel Core i7, i5, […]

Microsoft’s Ballmer Displays Tablet PCs, New HTC Phone, Video at CES by Nicholas Kolakowski No Title The stage for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmers keynote address at CES was heavily reminiscent of the stage he used to launch Windows 7 back in October 2009: heavily loaded with hardware from Microsofts partners and bright colors. No Title […]

LAS VEGAS-If it’s flat and computes, apparently, it’s bound to be a hit at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. That’s one conclusion that can be drawn by the sheer proliferation of tablet PCs, laptops with tablet-style functionality and e-readers at the event being held here this week, which will draw an estimated 110,000 people. On […]

Killer Smartphones at CES: Nexus One, Motorola Backflip, HTC HD2 by Nicholas Kolakowski No Title Googles much-hyped Nexus One smartphone resembles the HTC Droid Eris. It is powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, runs Google Android 2.1, weighs a mere 130 grams and features a 3.7-inch display. No Title The Nexus One includes a number […]

LAS VEGAS-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used his Jan. 6 keynote address at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to give details on some of Microsoft’s initiatives heading into 2010, push the Windows-based ecosystem and demonstrate a tablet PC from Hewlett-Packard.During the keynote, Ballmer referred to 2009 as a year of “economic turbulence,” implicitly […]

Lenovo Offers New Notebooks, Netbooks, ‘Smartbooks’ at 2010 CES Lenovo Offers New Notebooks, Netbooks, ‘Smartbooks’ at 2010 CESBy Nicholas Kolakowski No Title Lenovo’s Skylight is the company’s newest smartbook model, with a 10.1-inch high-resolution display, 10 hours of battery life (at least in theory), a 1.3-megapixel camera, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz ARM II CPU, and […]

LAS VEGAS-Research In Motion on Jan. 6 announced the BlackBerry Presenter, a device that plugs into a projector or monitor to allow the user to give PowerPoint presentations from a BlackBerry smartphone. The announcement comes as RIM and other tech companies head here to demonstrate their latest products at the Consumer Electronics Show, held Jan. […]