Nicholas Kolakowski

In the midst of the global recession, most businesses put a lockdown on IT spending. No upgraded hardware or software, executives insisted, until we find a way out of this mess. The problem-or the opportunity, if you’re a software or hardware provider-is that IT infrastructure continued to age in place, until the need for modernization […]

Apple’s iPad will host a tablet-only newspaper created by News Corp starting Feb. 2, according to an invitation circulating among media. That digital publication, the Daily, will cost 99 cents per week. According to Reuters, the original Jan. 19 unveiling date was scrubbed “because of technical glitches.” News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch and Apple Vice […]

Microsoft and Salesforce.com find themselves locked in conflict again, after the software giant filed a lawsuit to stop a former executive from joining its cloud-services rival. Salesforce.com had hired Matthew Miszewski-whose LinkedIn page states his former position as general manager of worldwide government at Microsoft-as senior vice president of the global public sector. That apparently […]

Numberswise, Microsoft’s latest quarterly earnings suggest a lot of upside for the company, with a stronger-than-expected $19.95 billion in revenue and $6.63 billion in net income. However, many of its latest and most high-profile initiatives-including Windows Phone 7 and cloud software-have yet to pay the same sort of real-world dividends as traditional products such as […]

Microsoft is set to announce its latest quarterly earnings after the market closes Jan. 27. Analyst estimates posted by Thomson Reuters suggest the company’s overall sales will hit $19.15 billion, a slight year-over-year uptick, and $5.93 billion in profit. Should the latter number come to pass, it would place Microsoft behind longtime rival Apple, which […]

So, how many Windows Phone 7 devices have sold to consumers? That’s the multibillion-dollar question without an official answer. During this January’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a Microsoft executive told eWEEK that the company had never made a regular habit of releasing comprehensive sales numbers for Windows Mobile, the current smartphone platform’s increasingly […]

Verizon plans on offering a 3G wireless hotspot feature with the iPhone 4 for $20 per month for 2GB data, according to an online report. Brenda Raney, executive director of corporate communications for Verizon Wireless, reportedly confirmed that $20-per-month plan in a Jan. 25 interview with the publication MacWorld, which noted “that’s the same price […]

SAP announced solid quarterly results and financial forecasts for 2011, even as the company seeks to put a bruising court battle with Oracle in the rearview mirror. For the fourth quarter 2010, SAP earned about $5.54 billion in total revenues, with an after-tax profit of around $597 million. While that represented a 27 percent year-over-year […]

Research In Motion could be planning ways for Android applications to run on its BlackBerry devices, according to online rumors. If proven true, that would give BlackBerry users access to hundreds of thousands of applications. However, such a strategy could also confuse developers interested in building for RIM’s proprietary platform. “The company has publicly stated […]

Microsoft has filed a trade complaint against TiVo, accusing the latter of infringing on four patents. Microsoft is asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to stop TiVo from importing its digital video recorders (DVRs). “Microsoft seeks an order excluding TiVo’s infringing set-top boxes and associated software and hardware from entry into the United States,” reads […]

Apple will enable the iPad 2 and iPhone 5 to make wireless purchases, according to an online report. Richard Doherty, director of consulting firm Envisioneering Group, told Bloomberg Jan. 25 that the next-generation iPad and iPhone will feature payment technology leveraging NFC (near field communication), which allows close-range wireless communication between devices. Apple arch-rival Google […]

Developers are increasingly interested in Research In Motion’s upcoming PlayBook platform, at least according to new survey data posted by Appcelerator and research firm IDC. However, that same data suggests the iPad and Android tablets continue to dominate developers’ attention. Appcelerator and IDC surveyed some 2,235 Appcelerator Titanium developers earlier in January on “perceptions surrounding […]