Nicholas Kolakowski

Kindle users now have the option to rent e-textbooks for a certain length of time, according to Amazon. The new feature will preserve that user’s notes and highlights, even after the rental term for the actual e-text expires. Amazon claims that Kindle textbook renters can save up to 80 percent of the list price of […]

For quite some time now, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his executives have been touting an “all in” strategy regarding the cloud. That strategy predicts a gradual transition from desktop-based software to online subscription services, with businesses eventually paying a set amount per month to store their data and launch applications from Microsoft’s servers. In […]

Microsoft’s week focused on its Worldwide Partner Conference, in Los Angeles, as well as offering some new insight into the company’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system. As with past WPCs, the multiday event opened July 11 with a wide-ranging keynote speech from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who gave a comprehensive view of the company’s strategy […]

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has a bone to pick with AT&T’s proposed T-Mobile acquisition. “This is just a bridge too far,” Hesse told eWEEK after a June 16 speech at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business as part of a CTO Forum. “A takeover of T-Mobile by AT&T would be absolutely disastrous for consumers and […]

Could a cheaper Windows Phone change the mobile game for Microsoft? During his July 12 keynote speech at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, in Los Angeles, Windows Phone Division president Andy Lees suggested that advances in technology would put the price of a smartphone capable of running Windows Phone software somewhere between $100 and $150. “We’re […]

Java or Java Developer or J2EE This one seems fairly straightforward. Java remains one of the most influential programming languages, more than 15 years after James Gosling developed it.??í .NET or .NET Developer A software framework developed by Microsoft for Windows, which in turn supports a variety of programming languages. Business Analyst Given the economic […]

More than a third of iPhone owners believe their devices are 4G-capable, according to a new study by Retrevo.com. There’s just one problem with that: Apple’s bestselling smartphone is strictly 3G for the moment. That study used a sample size of 1,000 people “distributed across gender, age, income and location in the United States,” reported […]

Is BlackBerry maker Research In Motion doomed? It’s definitely a trying time for RIM, which faces problems on a number of fronts: Its aging smartphone portfolio is losing market-share to Apple’s iPhone and Google Android, quarterly revenue is softening, and there’s a rising perception among analysts that the company’s executive structure needs to change in […]

Amazon is offering an ad-supported Kindle 3G for $139, a move that might kick off a new round of e-reader price reductions. The device comes with corporate sponsorship in the form of AT&T. “A big thank you to AT&T for helping to make the new $139 price possible,” Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wrote in a […]

Research In Motion executives faced tough questions from investors during a July 12 annual meeting, with co-CEO Mike Lazaridis insisting that a new slate of BlackBerry devices would ultimately help the company triumph in a harsh competitive environment. “We’re going to come out ahead,” he told the audience, according to Reuters. RIM is apparently readying […]

Amazon plans to release an Android-powered tablet in October, according to unnamed sources speaking to The Wall Street Journal. If accurate, this would fulfill longstanding rumors about the online retailer’s plans to produce such a device. As noted in the WSJ’s July 13 report, the tablet will have a nine-inch screen, but lack a camera, […]

Sony has offered a fresh glimpse of its upcoming S1 and S2 tablets, which will enter an already-crowded market at an unannounced point later in 2011. Both tablets rely on a modified version of Google Android. However, nobody’s likely to confuse one device with the other: While the S1 resembles a “traditional” tablet (with a […]