Nicholas Kolakowski

IdeaPad P1 The IdeaPad P1 features a 1.5GHz Intel processor and a 10.1-inch screen. It runs Windows 7. Stylus Unlike other tablets on the market, which emphasize fingers as a means for input, Lenovo is highlighting the IdeaPad P1s compatibility with a stylus. IdeaPad K1 The IdeaPad K1 features a dual-core, 1GHz processor from Nvidia, […]

Lenovo is plunging into the tablet market with three new devices that run Google Android and Windows 7. Unlike other tablet manufacturers, which seem dedicated to challenging the Apple iPad with devices aimed primarily at the consumer market, Lenovo seems keen on tailoring its offerings to both the consumer and business spheres. Lenovo’s tablets include […]

Microsoft is offering a bounty for the operators behind the Rustock botnet, which the company helped disable in March. Before it went offline, the botnet was capable of sending billions of spam emails per day. In exchange for information that leads to the identification, arrest and conviction of those individuals, Microsoft is now willing to […]

Droid 3 Front The Droid 3 arrives nearly two years after the launch of the original Droid. It boasts Android 2.3 (code-named Gingerbread) and a dual-core 1GHz processor, along with a physical QWERTY keyboard. Droid 3 Rear The Droid 3 also includes an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p video capture. Comparisons In this side-by-side comparison, you […]

Two years ago, Motorola’s original Droid rumbled its way onto the smartphone stage. Everything about the device, from its blocky form factor to the way it bellowed “DROID” when turned on, positioned it as the aggressive counterpart to the sleek, curvy iPhone. A little less than two years later, Motorola is rolling out the Droid […]

The FBI has apparently searched several homes across the country as part of a broader investigation into the hacker group Anonymous and arrested several suspected members. According to The Wall Street Journal, the FBI was seeking out individuals “in their late teens and early 20s.” Fox News reported that 30 to 40 search warrants had […]

Apple reported significant growth in iPad and iPhone sales for the fiscal 2011 third quarter, on its way to quarterly revenues of $28.57 billion and net profit of $7.31 billion. In all, Apple sold 20.34 million iPhones during the quarter, a year-over-year increase of 142 percent. It also sold 9.25 million iPads, good for a […]

Mozilla wants the enterprise to know it cares. “We are re-establishing a Mozilla Enterprise User Working Group as a place for enterprise developers, IT staff and Firefox developers to discuss the challenges, ideas and best practices for deploying Firefox in the enterprise,” read a July 19 post on The Mozilla Blog. “The group will have […]

Research In Motion is denying reports that it plans on discontinuing the WiFi-only version of its PlayBook tablet. “Rumors suggesting that the WiFi version of the BlackBerry PlayBook is being discontinued are pure fiction,” a company spokesperson wrote in a July 18 email to eWEEK. “Over the past month, the PlayBook has launched in 16 […]

Microsoft already owns a minority stake in Facebook. That’s paid some dividends for Redmond, mostly in the form of new social-networking features for Bing and a new channel for its recently acquired Skype. But investment in Facebook aside, will Microsoft consider building a social network of its very own? That was an idea floating around […]

Rumors of a low-cost, contract-free iPhone are emerging ahead of the company announcing its fiscal-year 2011 third-quarter results July 19. Apple launched the iPad 2 in the first half of the year, and the thin tablet proved a bestseller. Based on the strength of that and other devices in its portfolio, most analysts expect Apple […]

Apple scored a victory in its intellectual-property battle against manufacturer HTC, with the U.S. International Trade Commission ruling the latter violated two of Apple’s patents. The ITC’s July 15 ruling is preliminary, and could still be reversed by the full commission. Nonetheless, HTC’s statements following the decision suggest the company is digging in for a […]