Nicholas Kolakowski

Google plans to reshoot all images of Japan for its Street View service, an offshoot of Google Maps that allows users to navigate a location at eye-level, after complaints that the original photos violated the collective privacy. The new images, to be taken at some unannounced future point, will incorporate lower camera angles. Google collects […]

Apple has issued an update for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard that includes general operating system fixes to security, video playback and other areas. According to Apple, the product versions affected by the Mac OS X 10.5.7 update are Mac OS X 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4, 10.5.5 and 10.5.6. The update can be installed […]

Google is again trying to show how much it loves a reduced carbon footprint. A posting on the official Google blog takes pains to demonstrate just how much energy a standard search actually burns. Earlier in 2009, a Harvard University physicist made news by stating that executing two Google searches on a computer can generate […]

SAP and Hewlett-Packard have collaborated on speeding up business transactions for messages sized from 7MB to 15MB, with HP rolling out the first server-based XML accelerator designed to speed the mapping of XML messages within the SAP NetWeaver Process Integration technology. The HP XML Accelerator speeds up the execution of mapping programs within SAP NetWeaver […]

Google used its annual Searchology event May 12 to announce a handful of new search products, many under the umbrella of the new Google Search Options, which the company says allow users to hunt for information online in a more granular manner. Google Search Options will be accessible via Google’s home page. Once a search […]

SAP will roll out SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, designed to give workers within an organization near-instant access to business data via a user-friendly search interface. The new SAP search tool is scheduled to hit the market in summer 2009, although SAP has not disclosed a specific release date yet. SAP BusinessObjects Explorer allows rapid search through […]

Yahoo may build a data center in western New York, creating jobs for a depressed local economy. State officials including U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer have been in talks with the search-engine giant over building the facility, which could be as large as 60,000 square feet and employ between 50 and 100 people. While describing a […]

Microsoft will issue up to 10 test updates to the Windows 7 Release Candidate this week. The patches will be released on May 12. Their purpose, as Microsoft spokesperson Brandon LeBlanc wrote in a corporate blog posting, is to “verify our ability to deliver and manage updating of Windows 7 in certain real-life scenarios.” “These […]

Amazon.com rolled out a new version of its Kindle for iPhone application May 11 that allows smoother navigation of the Kindle Books library. A new page in the Kindle for iPhone application, accessible by clicking the “Get Books” button, allows users to scan titles by name, author keyword and category. In addition, the iPhone App […]

SAP announced on May 11 that it intends for an undisclosed sum to purchase Clear Standards, a company that designs applications for measuring greenhouse gas emissions. If everything goes according to plan, the acquisition will be completed in June 2009. The applications designed by Clear Standards fit into a current trend, followed by a number […]