Nicholas Kolakowski

Apple could deliver future updates to iOS 5 devices over the air, according to a new blog report. According to Apple-centric blog 9to5Mac, which cites “multiple sources,” the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system will feature over-the-air iOS updates. Both Verizon and AT&T are reportedly “in talks” over how this would work, since both […]

Were you one of those Windows Phone 7 users who, frustrated with Microsoft’s slow pace of updates, used a homebrew solution to download software tweaks ahead of their official push-out? Yes? Then you might have a slight issue. “Despite the fact that many people have claimed that an unofficial update mechanism worked fine for them,” […]

Should Microsoft buy Research In Motion?That question rears its head periodically, but it’s receiving additional focus after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage during this week’s BlackBerry World conference to announce the latest in a series of partnerships between the two companies. “While Microsoft will support the top phone platforms with our cloud services,” […]

Apple’s new iOS 4.3.3 Software Update is designed to fix the location-tracking “bug” that caused the company so much recent controversy. “This update contains changes to the iOS crowd-sourced location database cache,” reads an explanation posted on Apple’s iTunes service. Those changes include a reduction in the size of the cache, a total deletion of […]

Microsoft has issued a first-ever security update for Windows Phone 7. Back in March, attackers requested nine valid digital certificates from Comodo, an entity that issues SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates, and managed to receive one before the account was shut down. Comodo said it noted no attempts to use the certificates, which could have […]

Rumors abound that Amazon is prepping a tablet PC for release later in 2011, the latest courtesy of a DigiTimes report. According to that May 3 report, Quanta Computer recently “received OEM orders from Amazon for its reported tablet PC” which will apparently receive a touch screen from E Ink Holdings. Monthly orders during the […]

Microsoft has issued a Release Candidate for Windows Thin PC, a platform that allows users to “repurpose” their PCs into thin clients running a locked-down version of Windows 7. “Customers like the reduced footprint of WinTPC. The machines they will likely use it on often have less disk space than brand-new machines, and WinTPC helps […]

Apple may indeed delay the next iPhone until later in 2011 or beyond, according to a new report. That would represent a radical adjustment from the company’s usual habit of releasing the latest version of its smartphone every summer. The blog MacRumors posted May 4 about an unnamed reader who “received word from an AT&T […]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage at this year’s BlackBerry World Conference to announce that Bing will serve as the integrated search and mapping service for Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smartphones. “While Microsoft will support the top phone platforms with our cloud services,” Ballmer told the audience, “we’re going to invest uniquely in the […]

Research In Motion is using its BlackBerry World 2011 conference to tout several new additions to its PlayBook tablet. But can these updates increase adoption of the device, which faces substantial competition from Apple’s iPad and the growing family of Google Android devices? Those additions include Video Chat and a Facebook app. The latter could […]

The Compound Within hours of bin Ladens death, Google Maps users had marked the location of his compound in Abbottabad. Proximity Abbottabad has a reputation as a quiet, orderly part of Pakistan, home to any number of retired Pakistani army officers. Google Maps reveals several schools, hospitals and universities (including Pakistans equivalent of West Point) […]

Microsoft may be experiencing some additional issues with its Windows Phone 7 updates. “We’ve temporarily stopped sending updates to [Samsung] Omnia7s,” Michael Stroh, a writer for Microsoft’s Windows team, wrote April 28 in the comments section of The Windows Blog. “The team discovered a technical issue with the update package for this model. The work […]