Nicholas Kolakowski

Can “Windows 8” on a tablet undermine the Apple iPad’s dominance? That’s perhaps the wrong question to ask. Over the past several months, several manufacturers have issued “iPad Killers” designed to dent Apple’s share of the consumer tablet market. Their effect has been less than spectacular, and recently a J.P. Morgan research note suggested those […]

Apple, with its popular iPhones and iPads, became the world’s largest buyer of semiconductors in 2010, according to new research from IHS iSuppli. In the course of claiming that spot, Apple spent $17.5 billion on semiconductors over the course of the year, an increase of 79.6 percent from 2009. That allowed the company to surpass […]

Microsoft is apparently planning to manufacture its own brand of Windows 8 tablet, according to a new report. Citing unnamed “sources from the upstream supply chain,” the publication DigiTimes suggested in a June 8 article that Microsoft will collaborate on the branded tablet with Texas Instruments and a variety of Taiwanese manufacturing partners. “Xbox 360 […]

It’s liable to be the head-to-head matchup of 2012: Microsoft’s next-generation Windows vs. Apple’s next-generation Mac OS X. “Windows 8,” Microsoft’s internal term for its Windows 7 successor, might not prove the final name for the operating system. Nonetheless, the company recently offered the world an early look at how it will differ from any […]

Apple kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference with the unveiling of three new platforms: Mac OS X “Lion,” iOS 5 and iCloud. Combined, this trifecta aims to fulfill the company’s vision of a “post-PC” world, one that emphasizes mobile devices over desktops and laptops. Mac OS X “Lion” includes a baked-in Mac App Store, […]

Microsoft is one of a handful of tech giants publicly backing AT&T’s bid to acquire T-Mobile, according to documents submitted to the Federal Communications Commission. In doing so, Microsoft joins Facebook, Oracle, Research In Motion, Yahoo and others. “Given the network capacity challenges, policymakers must give meaningful consideration to AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile as a […]

iCloud Apples iCloud will ship alongside iOS 5 sometime this fall. With the iCloud service in place, music downloaded onto any one device will also appear on the other devices in the users ecosystem, including iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac and PC.??í Notification Apple plans to make it easy to sync music between those devices. […]

As Microsoft whipped the curtain back for an early look at Windows 8 last week, the size of the company’s gamble was immediately apparent. In place of the “traditional” Windows desktop and Start button, Windows 8 offered an array of colorful tiles designed to be equally tablet- and PC-friendly. “This represents a fundamental shift in […]

Expectations are high that Microsoft will launch Office 365 at the end of June. The cloud-based productivity software represents Redmond’s current best chance at driving back the threat presented by Google Apps and similar platforms. The company has sent media invitations to a June 28 event in New York City, where Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer […]

Mac App Store Mac OS “Lion” includes a baked-in Mac App Store, which offers access to a wide variety of full-screen applications. It is a spiritual descendent of the App Store long available for iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. App Access Clicking the LaunchPad icon in the Mac’s dock will open a grid-like […]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at San Francisco’s Moscone Center June 6 to kick off his company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference. Following his introduction, a series of Apple executives detailed the upcoming Mac OS X “Lion” and iOS 5 operating systems, as well as the company’s iCloud service. New features of Mac OS […]

Apple is reportedly paying big bucks for the privilege of having major music labels sign off on its upcoming iCloud service, according to new reports. Three unnamed sources apparently told the New York Post that Apple had shelled out “between $100 million and $150 million” to license their music to the cloud-based service. CNET also […]