Nicholas Kolakowski

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggested that an acquisition of Yahoo would have been “valuable” and that he was glad the two companies “went down the road” last year, according to a Reuters report. Speaking to 1,200 students at Stanford University in a classroom-style speech, Ballmer also characterized the economy as decidedly in downturn mode, saying […]

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone reiterated in a May 6 television appearance that his popular micro-blogging site, which lets users post messages or “tweets” of 140 characters or less, is not for sale. Asked by television personality Barbara Walters as to whether Twitter was indeed open to an acquisition by Google, Microsoft or Apple, Stone said, […]

Google co-founder Sergey Brin posted his 2008 founder’s letter on the official Google blog on May 7, detailing the company’s beginnings and offering a partial road map for its future. In keeping with the search engine company’s recent drum-beating about attempts to make headway despite the recession, notably Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s repeated comments about […]

Google Android, the search engine company’s open-source operating system, will appear on smartphones launched in Canada starting June 2009. The smartphones, HTC Dream and HTC Magic, are being released in that country by Rogers Wireless, one of Canada’s largest carriers. The HTC Magic features a touch-screen, while the HTC Dream interface can be navigated via […]

When Amazon.com decided that the venue for the May 6 launching of its new Kindle e-reader device, the Kindle DX, would be the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University in Manhattan, N.Y., the company could not have chosen a more symbolic spot. That site was occupied in the 19th century by a […]

Dell is offering WiMax, a longer-range wireless broadband service for notebooks and mobile devices, on two of its consumer laptop models: the Dell Studio 17 laptop and the Studio XPS 16 notebook. Dell also suggested in a corporate blog that it was working closely with Clearwire to expand the range of WiMax service from its […]

First Look: Large-Screen Amazon Kindle DX Debuts in New York No Title Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos personally unveils the newest and largest-screened Kindle eReader device, the Kindle DX, in a presentation at Pace University. No Title Kindle eBook sales now account for some 35 percent of Amazon’s total book sales, according to Bezos, who suggested […]

NEW YORK-Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos launched a new Kindle eReader device, the Kindle DX, during a May 6 presentation at Pace University’s Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, a building constructed on the site of the 19th-century headquarters of The New York Times. That particular detail turned out to be especially notable given that Amazon […]

President Obama’s plans for public outreach by the executive branch reached a new level with the announcement that the White House will soon have more social-networking accounts than a 14-year-old kid, including Twitter, Facebook and MySpace pages. In an April 25 address, President Obama suggested that, “To help build a new foundation for the 21st […]

Google plans on releasing a new tool-Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server-that allows users access to their Google apps, including Gmail and Google Calendar, through integrated BlackBerry smartphone applications. The Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server will be available, for free, to all Google Apps Premier and Education Edition customers come July; it […]

Microsoft launched its Windows 7 Release Candidate late on May 4, months before the final rollout of its next-generation operating system. The Release Candidate features several small tweaks over the beta version, particularly in the areas of security and tuning. Microsoft has been pushing Windows 7 particularly hard through a variety of push marketing, end-user […]

Top 10 Killer Google Labs Apps for Enterprise Google Trends This Labs application allows users to view how often a particular term (such as “Microsoft Windows 7”) has been searched for, what media outlets are mentioning it, and the regions, cities and languages citing it most often. Useful for gauging how well a product or […]