Nicholas Kolakowski

Microsoft Office 2010, the newest version of Microsoft’s office productivity suite, will be launched as a free online service for subscribers of Microsoft Live. The move is a potentially radical one for Microsoft-a company whose market dominance has traditionally been based on desktop-centered applications-and represents a direct counter to Google and other companies that have […]

The nation’s scientists see H1-B visa issues as a major barrier to scientific achievement, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. Some 56 percent surveyed felt that issues with the visa process for foreign students and scientists represented a massive impediment, second only to the 87 percent who saw lack of funding […]

The media cycle of past few days has been dominated by word of Microsoft‘s apparently imminent demise at the hands of Google Chrome OS, the search-engine giant’s newly announced operating system initially intended for mininotebooks, known popularly as “netbooks.” While predictions of the death of Windows may be premature, Microsoft may already be in the […]

Microsoft has launched Silverlight 3, the newest version of its rich Internet application (RIA) technology, meant to challenge Adobe on its own Flash-centric turf. The release comes on the eve of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, scheduled to start July 13 in New Orleans. In addition to a high-powered lineup of speakers including Microsoft CEO […]

Certain key features of Microsoft Bing, the company’s new search engine, have been integrated into the Quick Add feature of Hotmail. With Quick Add, the Bing-enhanced functionality includes the ability to insert video, maps, images and listings into e-mails. After running a Bing search and selecting the relevant content, the user simply needs to click […]

Microsoft’s Bing search engine owned 5.25 percent of the U.S. online search market in the four weeks ending June 27, growing at an average rate of 25 percent per week, according to research company Hitwise. However, Google and Yahoo remained atop the search engine heap, with 74 percent and 16.2 percent, respectively. The same study […]

Microsoft plans on issuing free CRM Accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics CRM that will help businesses pull data from social networks, Web interaction channels and other sources, as well as reduce overall costs. The accelerators will be released at an unannounced date within the next few weeks. “These new accelerators expand the capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics […]

A new survey by research firm Gartner shows that not everyone in the enterprise is overwhelmed with love for software as a service, even as it becomes an increasingly mainstream aspect of business life. According to the attendant survey, much of the dissatisfaction stems from less-than-ideal interactions with SAAS. The survey found that 58 percent […]

Microsoft and its Windows operating system could potentially face a long-term threat from Google Chrome OS, the search engine giant’s newly announced operating system initially intended for mininotebooks, known popularly as “netbooks.” Google’s announcement of the operating system, which it plans to make available to consumers in the second half of 2010, certainly contained tidbits […]

Microsoft July 8 promoted Steven Sinofsky, a 20-year veteran of the company, to president of the Windows Division. He previously led the Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group. In his new position, Sinofsky will oversee both engineering and marketing for Windows, Windows Live and Internet Explorer, core properties of the company. Sinofsky assumes his role […]

T-Mobile MyTouch 3G with Google Android Debuts in New York T-Mobile is relying on the customization possible with Google Android to give it an edge in the increasingly competitive smartphone arena. The MyTouch 3G also includes the ability to multitask and run multiple applications simultaneously, an advantage also held by the Palm Pre but not […]

For the price of a fast-food burger, Sprint and Best Buy are offering a netbook-provided customers sign a two-year data contract along with the virtually free device. The netbook in question, a Hewlett-Packard Compaq Mini 110-c1040DX with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and a 160GB hard drive, will be available only through Best Buy stores; […]