Nicholas Kolakowski

When it comes to tablets such as the Apple iPad, consumers want the ability to read their email, cruise the Web, download some apps and play games-or rather, one specific game that involves hurling some irate birds at nonplussed pigs. However, IT pros, whether they are working for a large enterprise or a small business, […]

As more and more consumers and businesses gravitate toward tablets, the pressure is on Intel to establish a substantial presence in that market. Back in October 2010, Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini declared that his company would use “all of the assets at our disposal to win this segment.” However, the tablet processor market […]

Nokia’s first Windows Phone devices could hit store shelves with the names Sabre and Sea Ray (also spelled as “Searay”). That rumor comes courtesy of Microsoft Canada, which is hosting a Mango App Challenge. At the moment, the Website lists the prize for developing two quality apps for the Windows Phone platform as “a new […]

Windows Phone’s “Mango” update feels like the smartphone platform Microsoft wanted to debut 12 months ago, loaded with tons of features and deeply integrated with services ranging from Twitter and LinkedIn to Office 365. Windows Phone represents Microsoft’s attempt to establish itself as a viable competitor in the smartphone arena. To its credit, Microsoft realized […]

Cloud Like other tech companies, Toshiba is working on cloud technologies for a broad variety of verticals, including city infrastructure and health. Landis+Gyr Toshiba has acquired Landis+Gyr, a company specializing in smart-meter technology, as part of its strategy to develop global services and solutions related to smart homes. Regza AT700 Toshiba executives showed off a […]

Microsoft’s week offered a ton of hot legal action and the much-anticipated arrival of the Windows Phone “Mango” update. First, the legal stuff: In another twist in its high-intensity campaign against botnets, Microsoft asked the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to order VeriSign to shut down some 21 Internet domains […]

Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet costs $209.63 to build, according to an analysis by IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service. That figure includes $191.65 in materials in addition to manufacturing expenses. Amazon plans on retailing the 7-inch tablet for $199. “The real benefit of the Kindle Fire to Amazon will not be in selling hardware or digital […]

We know one thing: Apple is hosting an iPhone-themed event Oct. 4 at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters. Beyond that, speculation abounds about Apple’s plans for moving its smartphone franchise into the future. For weeks, increasing chatter suggested Apple was gearing up to reveal the next iPhone, which the media has dubbed “iPhone 5.” According to […]

Microsoft, seeking to increase the appeal of its Bing search engine with ever-more-specific services, is offering detailed airport maps for searchers. “The new airport maps give you everything you need to navigate your way through your travels,” read a Sept. 29 posting on the Bing Community blog. “Airport maps include information on parking garages, ticket […]

At a high-profile Sept. 28 event in New York City, Amazon unveiled its $199.99 Kindle Fire tablet, a 7-inch device with streamlined access to the online retailer’s multimedia and cloud content. Within a day, it seems, prominent retailer Best Buy started slashing the price of another 7-inch tablet, the BlackBerry-branded PlayBook, by $200. Nor is […]

Microsoft’s cross-licensing deal with Samsung, in which the latter will pay undisclosed royalties for its Android tablets and smartphones, represents a seismic shift in the already-tumultuous smartphone space. Microsoft now has licensing agreements with two of the top Android manufacturers, HTC and Samsung. Although the financial terms of these partnerships are never publicly disclosed, Microsoft […]

Should Research In Motion kill the PlayBook? On Sept. 29, a rumor circulated that RIM was planning to discontinue production of the 7-inch tablet, which runs the company’s QNX-based operating system. RIM shot that down as fiction, with a spokesperson telling Boy Genius Report that the company “remains highly committed to the tablet market.” But […]