Nicholas Kolakowski

Apple could sell as many as 1 million units of the new iPad on March 16, the first day of its release, according to a new analyst report. €œWe expect Apple to sell more than [1 million] iPads on 3/16, the day the new iPad hits retail stores,€ Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray, […]

Apple€™s next iPhone will support 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) connectivity, according to a new report by DigiTimes. €œA new version of iPhone to be launched in the second half of 2012 is very likely to support LTE as well,€ suggested the publication€™s March 12 article, which cited unnamed €œsmartphone makers€ based in Taiwan. While the […]

Nokia plans on launching a Windows 8 tablet sometime in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to unnamed sources speaking to DigiTimes. The March 12 article suggested that Nokia would outsource the actual tablet production to Compal Electronics, and that the first shipment would total 200,000 units. Sources among €œupstream component suppliers€ predicted that €œNokia€™s […]

While it won€™t necessarily attract the same level of consumer interest as the upcoming Windows 8, Microsoft€™s week featured an announcement of particular importance to a wide subset of IT pros: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 has been released to manufacturing. Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is designed to carve up big data for business-enhancing insights. In […]

The latest version of Apple€™s iPad offers features designed to make it stand out from the competition, including a high-resolution €œRetina Display€ and a rear camera capable of shooting 1080p video. It also supports 4G LTE. Following Apple€™s March 7 unveiling, outside analysts appeared roundly upbeat about the tablet€™s marketplace prospects. €œWe believe Apple will […]

Media tablets will become the world€™s fourth-largest market for semiconductors, according to new data from research firm IHS. That marks a meteoric rise for tablets, which ranked as the thirty-fifth largest semiconductor market in 2010. IHS, which released its new report March 9, expects tablet-semiconductor sales to reach $18.2 billion in 2014. €œThe speed of […]

President Obama has appointed Todd Park as the new U.S. Chief Technology Officer. Previous to the appointment, Park acted as CTO of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he apparently headlined the creation of HealthCare.gov. According to a March 9 posting on The White House Blog, Park will work closely with Tom […]

Dell apparently has its eye on crafting a business-centric Windows 8 tablet. “Having a secure Windows tablet that works with all the Windows applications€”we’re hearing a lot of demand for that, and we think that will be quite attractive,” Michael Dell, CEO of his eponymous company, said on the Bloomberg West television show. That’s unsurprising, […]

Microsoft€™s Patch Tuesday for March 13 is a relatively light one, consisting of six bulletins€”only one of them rated €œcritical.€ Four other bulletins are rated €œimportant,€ with one deemed €œmoderate.€ Software affected by the €œcritical€ bulletin includes all versions of Windows from XP onward, as well as Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows […]

Microsoft is shutting down its Windows Marketplace for Mobile service for Windows Mobile 6.x, the increasingly antiquated predecessor to Windows Phone. €œBeginning May 9, 2012, the Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace service will no longer be available,€ read a note posted on the Microsoft Answers Website. €œStarting on this date, you will no longer be able […]