Nicholas Kolakowski

Google found opposition to its Google Book Search from yet another quarter on May 4: Librarians are arguing that the search engine giant could potentially monopolize the digital book world and violate readers’ privacy rights. The American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Libraries voiced their concerns in […]

Even as enterprises look to cut IT costs and streamline processes, Oracle and SAP have introduced updates to their business-applications portfolios designed to simplify day-to-day business operations. Oracle released Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 on May 4, with added functionality for business fields such as Wholesale Distribution, Public Sector, High Technology, Engineering and Construction, and Professional […]

IBM‘s DeveloperWorks site may be more than a decade old, but the IT giant has decided the old dog deserves to learn a few new tricks: now integrated into the resource are several new social-networking tools allowing designers to collaborate on open standards-based projects. DeveloperWorks includes tutorials, sample code, standards and other resources for open-standard […]

Research In Motion announced on May 4 that its BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 is now generally available. The server, which provides a central link between the company’s BlackBerry smartphones and enterprise systems, includes several IT administrator features designed to make enterprise mobility computing more flexible and robust. The announcement was made at RIM’s eighth annual […]

Oracle introduced new features to its Oracle Beehive enterprise-collaboration platform on May 4, throwing its hat into an increasingly crowded ring of IT companies rolling out new social-networking and collaboration tools for the enterprise.Oracle Beehive, a standards-based platform that delivers e-mail, calendar and other features, now includes team workspaces and instant messaging, as well as […]

Google announced on May 4 two new applications for its Google Latitude service, which allows users to both post their own real-time location on a map while also seeing the position of any other friends who use the service. The new programs expand the service’s functionality by posting the user’s location to either a personal […]

When it comes to the smartphone wars, Research In Motion scored a bit of a coup in the first quarter of 2009, according to research firm The NPD Group, when its BlackBerry mobile device assumed 50 percent of the U.S. smartphone market, beating out Apple‘s iPhone. RIM had a full 15 percent jump in market […]

Five Green Tech Offerings at New York EcoFocus by Nicholas Kolakowski No Title The Sony Bravia HDTV boasts several green features, including a presence sensor that detects via infrared whether anyone’s actually in the room, and, if not, eventually puts the TV in standby mode. An optional hard power source allows the TV to be […]

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 is still in heavy use by the enterprise, but Mozilla Firefox has been steadily gaining share in the desktop browser market, according to a new paper by research firm Forrester. Google Chrome and Apple Safari have also seen adoption by business users, who have been relying “more heavily on […]

Disney will join News Corp., NBC Universal and Providence Equity Partners as a joint venture partner and equity owner of Hulu, the streaming-video Website notable for displaying new TV shows such as “24” and older movies. Hulu now has three major networks and 150 other content providers streaming video on the site. Upon completion of […]

The Justice Department is looking into whether a deal between Google, the Author’s Guild and the Association of American Publishers represents a potential antitrust case. As reported by The New York Times, Justice Department attorneys have been chatting over the past few weeks with Google and other parties involved in the Google Book Search settlement, […]

A new search tool by Google allows users to see certain types of public data, such as the unemployment rate and population, presented as an interactive graph. When searching, if a user pairs a search term such as “unemployment rate” or “population” with a geographical location within the United States (such as “Arizona”), the top […]