Nicholas Kolakowski

In 2009, Microsoft unveiled Windows 7. The operating system had a dual mission: erase the bad memories associated with Windows Vista, which in its early days was met with derision from an extremely vocal subset of customers and businesses, and replace the solid-but-aging Windows XP. A couple months before Windows 7 hit store shelves, Apple […]

Microsoft€™s Windows 8 stands to benefit from solid sales of Amazon€™s Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble€™s Nook Tablet, according to a new report from research firm IHS. That report notes Apple€™s shipments of 15.4 million iPads during the fourth quarter of 2011, and estimates that Amazon came in second with 3.9 million Kindle Fire […]

Notes Apple’s upcoming Mountain Lion lets users jot down notes, insert photos and images, and share them with friends or colleagues. Notes interoperate with iCloud, updating across the users’ range of devices. Notification Center Mountain Lion will offer a hub that consolidates email, messages, reminders and alerts. Reminders The Reminders app, well, reminds users of […]

Apple’s iPad 3 Current rumor suggests that Apple will debut the next iPad in early March. Whatever the features of the iPad 3 (as everyone’s calling it at the moment), the device will almost certainly reinforce Apple’s dominance of the space and cause trouble for any newcomers like Windows 8. Samsung Tablets Although sales numbers […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook used a Feb. 14 keynote at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco to offer some insights into both the iPad and the tablet industry as a whole. After praising the iPad€™s effect on the tech industry overall, Cook suggested that quality, and not a low price, is […]

Cisco Systems will appeal the European Commission€™s approval of Microsoft€™s Skype acquisition, potentially kicking off a messy legal battle between tech behemoths. €œWe respect the European Commission, and value Microsoft as a customer, supplier, partner, and competitor,€ Marthin De Beer, senior vice president of Cisco€™s Video and Collaboration Group, wrote in a Feb. 15 posting […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook offered some hints about the direction of Apple TV, as part of his much-circulated Feb. 14 keynote at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco. After cautioning that he €œwouldn€™t want to go into detail about future stuff,€ Cook conceded that €œwe need something that could go more […]

Microsoft€™s presence in the enterprise will erode in coming years as workers gravitate increasingly toward tablets and smartphones tethered to the cloud, according to an analyst report from Forrester Research. Apple will prove the main beneficiary of the trend, as its mobile products gain increased traction within businesses large and small. €œMicrosoft is still a […]

Apple is developing an 8-inch iPad, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. The paper cited unnamed officials from Apple€™s suppliers for the information. €œThe Cupertino, Calif.-based company has shown them screen designs for a new device with a screen size of around 8 inches,€ read the Feb. 14 article, €œand said […]

Apple€™s iPad 3 could make its debut March 7. At least, that€™s the prediction of iMore, which cited the ever-popular unnamed sources €œwho have been reliable in the past.€ Whether or not that source proves accurate, the information dovetails neatly with a prediction from AllThingsD (which also cited an unnamed source) that Apple€™s next iPad […]