Nicholas Kolakowski

Microsoft is working to ensure Windows 8 enables Hyper-V, which will give machines the ability to virtually run multiple 32-bit or 64-bit x86 operating systems at the same time. Windows 8-the code name for Microsoft’s next operating system-will reportedly arrive sometime in 2012. This is a useful tool for developers who need to switch between […]

Could Amazon’s Android tablet revive interest in the 7-inch form factor? TechCrunch’s MG Siegler recently had the opportunity to play with a version of Amazon’s full-color tablet for an hour, and did his best to describe its capabilities; it has a custom Android user interface and deeply integrates content from Amazon, including the Cloud Player […]

T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom AG is allowing customers to preorder the iPhone 5, according to Bloomberg. However, the preorder process lacks any mention of a release date or device specs. Although Apple has remained customarily tight-lipped about its plans for the next-generation iPhones, rumors generally point to a September or October unveiling for the […]

Some Windows users must really hate that ribbon. Windows and Windows Live division president Steven Sinofsky took to the Building Windows 8 blog Sept. 2 to defend the choice of including the “ribbon” user interface in the upcoming operating system. “We chose the ribbon mechanism, and to those that find that a flawed choice, there […]

Microsoft plans on releasing the next version of Windows Intune, its cloud-based IT management platform for midsize businesses, Oct. 17. The new release will include features present in the July 2011 beta, including the ability to remotely scan PCs from the administration console, give administrators read-only access to view PC information, and more options for […]

Hewlett-Packard will divide its webOS arm into two separate units that will report to different areas of the company, according to two leaked memos that have made their way onto the Web. HP acquired webOS as part of its takeover of Palm in 2010. The manufacturer originally had big plans for loading the operating system […]

Microsoft spent much of the past week beating the drum for two of its biggest projects: Windows 8 and Windows Phone. Microsoft’s official “Building Windows 8” blog offers a steady stream of updates about the upcoming operating system’s features and user interface. That the postings have accelerated over the past few days is almost certainly […]

Windows Phone is set to outperform even relatively optimistic analyst projections over the next two or three years, Achim Berg, vice president of business and marketing for Windows Phones, said in comments reported by Bloomberg. Specifically, he termed market forecasts of Windows Phone seizing 20 percent of the global smartphone market by 2015 as “conservative,” […]

How will Microsoft’s Windows 8 match up against Apple’s Mac OS X? Certainly, both operating systems are reflections of their respective companies’ evolving needs and philosophies. In the case of Windows 8, widely expected to be released in 2012, Microsoft finds itself confronted with two considerable tasks: convince a billion-strong user base that it needs […]

For a day or two, it looked as if history was about to repeat itself: for the second time in two years, an Apple employee had lost an iPhone prototype in a California bar, sending the company and police on a mad scramble to retrieve the device. This latest whoopsie supposedly occurred at Cava 22, […]

The Next Galaxy Samsung’s second-generation Galaxy S smartphone runs Google Android 2.3. Gorilla Glass The Samsung Galaxy S II’s 4.3-inch screen is composed of ultra-tough Gorilla Glass, adding to its durability. TouchWiz As with the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, Samsung has “skinned” the Galaxy S II’s Android body with its proprietary TouchWiz interface. Processor A […]

In a bizarre repeat of a similar incident last year, an Apple employee apparently lost an iPhone prototype in a Northern California bar, sparking a frenzied hunt by Apple investigators and San Francisco police. “Apple electronically traced the phone to a two-floor, single-family home in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood,” but failed to find the […]