Nicholas Kolakowski

Microsoft€™s Patch Tuesday for March 13 is a relatively light one, consisting of six bulletins€”only one of them rated €œcritical.€ Four other bulletins are rated €œimportant,€ with one deemed €œmoderate.€ Software affected by the €œcritical€ bulletin includes all versions of Windows from XP onward, as well as Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows […]

Microsoft is shutting down its Windows Marketplace for Mobile service for Windows Mobile 6.x, the increasingly antiquated predecessor to Windows Phone. €œBeginning May 9, 2012, the Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace service will no longer be available,€ read a note posted on the Microsoft Answers Website. €œStarting on this date, you will no longer be able […]

Microsoft€™s Windows Phone platform has attracted a fair amount of buzz over the past few months, largely thanks to Nokia€™s steady cadence of new smartphone releases. But that hasn€™t yet translated into any significant gains in Microsoft€™s overall smartphone market share, according to new data from comScore. According to the research firm, Microsoft€™s share of […]

Apple’s new iPad could help solidify its position against other tablets in the marketplace, according to a new analyst report. “We believe Apple will maintain its dominant market share of the fast-growing tablet market despite increased competition,” T. Michael Walkley, an analyst with Canaccord Genuity, wrote in a March 8 research note. “We believe the […]

Within moments of Apple executives unveiling the latest version of the iPad, ripples of confusion began spreading across the blogosphere, centered on one key fact: The new device seemed to lack an official name. Executives onstage had referred to the tablet simply as “the new iPad.” That ran contrary to the buzz heading into the […]

Apple is apparently negotiating with some Android manufacturers to settle long-running patent disputes, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. Apple wants to discuss terms with Motorola Mobility and Samsung, two of the largest producers of Android devices, according to the report, which cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter. However, that […]

The new iPad The new iPad greatly resembles the previous editions, and comes in either white or black. Retina Display The new iPad’s Retina Display boasts 2048 by 1536 resolution. iOS 5.1 With the iOS 5.1 software update, new features include a personal hotspot, a redesigned camera app, and seamless interaction with iCloud, which syncs […]

Apple’s new iPad includes a high-resolution Retina Display, a new A5X processor with quad-core graphics and a 5-megapixel rear camera capable of shooting 1080p video. In an interesting twist, company executives didn’t affix an official name to the tablet during its March 7 unveiling, instead referring to it only as the “new iPad.” Apple CEO […]

Google’s systemic revision of its services continues, with the introduction of “Google Play.” “Starting today, Android Market, Google Music and the Google eBookstore will become part of Google Play,” Jamie Rosenberg, Google’s director of digital content, wrote in a March 6 posting on the search engine giant’s Official Blog. On mobile devices, the update from […]

Apple will launch the new iPad March 16, according to a report on the blog 9to5Mac. The blog drew its information from an unnamed source associated with the Apple Store. In essence, that means the next iPad will launch nine days after Apple€™s March 7 event in San Francisco, when it€™s popularly expected the company […]

Could Apple benefit from releasing a 7-inch tablet? The company€™s reluctance to embrace a smaller tablet form factor is well-known. Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously used an October 2010 earnings call to denigrate 7-inch tablets as inferior to the company€™s 9.7-inch iPad. Before his passing a year later, he almost certainly produced a road map […]

Nokia is attracting a fair bit of buzz for its PureView smartphone, which features a 41-megapixel camera sensor backed by new recording and image technology. However, Nokia€™s Website suggests the device won€™t appear in North America, depriving shutterbugs on these shores from being able to take ultra-high-resolution photographs with a Symbian-powered smartphone. (Engadget seems to […]