Nicholas Kolakowski

Amazon.com announced on Jan. 6 that it would introduce a new version of its large-screen e-reader, the Kindle DX, with global wireless capability that will allow e-books to be delivered wirelessly to the device in over 100 countries. The announcement itself came less than a day before the opening of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) […]

If a smartphone and a netbook somehow managed to get together and produce offspring, the result could very well resemble the new Lenovo Skylight, the first ARM-based “smartbook” to feature the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset platform. The clamshell-shaped device will rely on AT&T’s 3G mobile broadband service for connectivity, in addition to built-in WiFi. Lenovo designed […]

E-readers were one of the hottest items for consumers during the holiday 2009 shopping season, and they may become one of the big hits of this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, at least based on the companies rolling out their own versions at the event. Given that e-readers have been hailed by some […]

Spring Design announced on Jan. 5 that users of its Alex e-reader will have access to Google Books, days before company is to debut the device at the Consumer Electronics Show, held Jan. 7 to 10. The collaboration allows access to more than 1 million Google Books online or for download through Alex’s Web browser. […]

During the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, Microsoft will be highlighting a number of initiatives, including the launching of certain flagship products on which its future revenues at least partially depend. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer plans on giving a keynote address on the evening of Jan. 6, along with Robbie Bach, […]

Ahead of this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, Lenovo announced a refreshed series of ThinkPad laptops with features designed to appeal more broadly to the consumer market. In addition to the new ultrathin ThinkPad X100e and the AMD-processor-powered ThinkPad Edge, the company’s classic ThinkPad line has been expanded by four models. While the ThinkPad line’s traditional […]

Samsung announced a new series of netbooks ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas later this week, with features designed to both make the devices more rugged and connect them to the Internet on a speedier basis. The new devices include the Samsung N210, N220, N150 and NB30. All four models include 10.1-inch […]

When the Consumer Electronics Show kicks off in Las Vegas Jan. 7, technology companies large and small will crowd into the Las Vegas Convention Center and auxiliary sites to show off their latest wares. With about 110,000 attendees and nearly 3,000 exhibitors, it’s fair to say the three-day event will be epic. Keynote addresses will […]

With declining revenues and robust competition in many of its product areas, 2009 was not exactly a banner year in Microsoft’s history. Will 2010 be any better? Redmond can certainly look toward a few bright spots: Both Windows 7 and Bing, its search engine, experienced disaster-free launches followed by solid early adoption rates, which could […]

In contrast to many tech companies dampened down by the recession, Apple experienced rising revenue and profits throughout 2009, buoyed by strong sales of its various product lines. But those sorts of shareholder-heartening numbers rely on a constant base of innovation, and Apple will likely need to keep evolving in order to effectively counter competitors […]

Spring Design will debut the Alex, its e-reader, in a two-day rollout during the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. While a wide variety of electronics will also make their debut during the convention, Spring Design’s Alex may attract a good deal of media attention due to its somewhat controversial nature: Spring Design is alleging in […]

Like a souffl??« puffing on hot air, rumors of an Apple tablet continued to rise over the long holiday weekend, buoyed by absolutely no official comment from the company itself over whether it intended to produce such a multitouch device in 2010. Apple-centric blogs, notably MacRumors, have sniffed out that Apple may have possibly acquired […]