Nicholas Kolakowski

NEW YORK-SAP used a high-profile presentation to unveil version 4.0 of its business intelligence and enterprise information management solutions from its SAP BusinessObjects platform, in a bid to compete more heartily in the enterprise against Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and other tech giants. In keeping with current trends, the updates emphasize support for mobile devices and […]

For a long time, it seemed, your typical enterprise PC lacked the stylishness-not to mention, in some cases, the processing power-of its sleek consumer cousins. Over past few years, though, manufacturers began injecting a little more chic into their business offerings. This could have been a response to Apple, whose laptops’ and desktops’ sleek lines […]

Apple has issued invites for a March 2 media event centered on the iPad. The invite itself features an iOS calendar icon for March 2, its upper-right corner peeling away to reveal the edge of an iPad. The general presumption among media and bloggers is that Apple will use this event to unveil the next-generation […]

Microsoft is apparently pulling its first Windows Phone 7 update for Samsung smartphones, until it can solve a technical issue that stalled an unknown subset of users’ devices. “We have identified a technical issue with the Windows Phone update process that impacts a small number of phones,” a Microsoft spokesperson wrote in a Feb. 23 […]

Apple could be gearing up to unveil the next-generation iPad March 2, according to an All Things D report. If that holds true, then media invitations should be imminent. All Things D’s Kara Swisher is basing that March 2 date on unnamed “multiple sources.” A little later Feb. 22, The New York Times reported that […]

Apple’s refreshed MacBook Pros won’t represent a major redesign or feature upgrade, predicts one analyst firm. That report comes as rumors of the new MacBook Pro’s release reach a crescendo. “We expect refreshed models with faster processors; however, we do not expect a dramatic redesign,” Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray, wrote in a […]

Microsoft is investigating reports that the latest Windows Phone 7 update is causing problems for an unknown subset of users. Microsoft first made the update available Feb. 21, describing it to media as a “smaller infrastructure update that will help future updates.” The company’s roadmap suggests a much-anticipated update, introducing cut-and-paste and faster mobile-application loading, […]

Microsoft and Nokia dealt with the reverberations from their newly announced partnership this week. Whatever the ultimate success of the deal, which will see Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 software ported onto Nokia devices, Microsoft did earn one early benefit from the rumors heading up to the Feb. 11 announcement: According to new data from analytics […]

Apple’s in-app subscription plan could encounter resistance from a source much bigger than streaming-music companies or book publishers: the U.S. government. According to a Feb. 18 Reuters report, Department of Justice regulators “have kicked off an early-stage inquiry into Apple’s change of policy.” The European Commission is apparently pursuing a similar course, with a spokesperson […]

Apple’s next iPhone: smaller! No, wait, rewind: Apple’s next iPhone will be cheaper, but not smaller! The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times publish their share of iPhone rumors, usually based on unnamed sources “close to Apple,” but usually those reports correspond in their broader details. That was until this week, at least, […]

Microsoft is releasing an on-premises and partner-hosted version of its Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. Meant to complement the on-demand, cloud-based version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, the on-premises version reiterates how, despite having pushed its very public “all in” cloud strategy for months, Microsoft still needs to sell to a customer base that hasn’t yet […]

Microsoft is unveiling Bing Bar 7, a redesigned and updated version of its search-engine toolbar. The Bing Bar not only gives users easy access to a search bar, but also their Facebook and email accounts. For those users who opt to do so, the new Bing Bar will continue its predecessor’s trend of sending their […]