Nicholas Kolakowski

Microsoft has made Windows Server “8” beta available to IT administrators and developers. As with all its major pre-releases, Microsoft is pushing the beta to the widest possible audience in order to receive tons of feedback, the better to refine the product ahead of final release. Among its multiple capabilities, Windows Server “8” includes robust […]

Cisco Systems used the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, to debut its Small Cell Gateway, which will allow operators to seamlessly manage user activity across heterogeneous access networks. The device, which is based on Cisco€™s ASR 5000 Series Mobile Multimedia Core Router, integrates 2G/3G/4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and femtocell networks with WiFi networks. […]

Apple€™s iPad has dominated the consumer tablet market since its inception, but that hasn€™t stopped any number of competitors from taking their own runs at the crown. For the past several months, tablet after tablet€”usually running Google Android, with occasional exceptions such as webOS€”has entered the arena as an ostensible €œiPad killer€ only to suffer […]

The next step in Microsoft€™s march toward Windows 8€™s final release has arrived, with the upcoming operating system€™s €œConsumer Preview€ (a fancy term for beta) now available for download. The Consumer Preview can be found in a special area on Microsoft€™s Website. The beta€™s ISO files (for those who wish to install it on another […]

Microsoft Windows Phone devices will soon include Good Technology€™s Good for Enterprise security solution, which includes Federal Information Processing Standard-certified (FIPS-certified) 192-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption for end-to-end mobile messaging. In theory, that will allow Windows Phone to capitalize more fully on the trend of workers using their personal smartphones within work environments. That […]

Microsoft is prepping for its big moment: the unveiling€”and probable launch€”of the Windows 8 €œConsumer Preview€ (a fancy name for beta) at this year€™s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Windows 8 faces not one, not two, but three separate challenges in its quest to prove a worthy successor to Windows 7. The first challenge […]

Apple will host an iPad-related event March 7. €œWe have something you really have to see. And touch,€ reads the invitation sent to the media, which includes an image of a finger touching the calendar app (conveniently set to Wednesday the 7th) on an iPad screen. For some weeks, the rumor mill has buzzed eagerly […]

The third pillar of Microsoft€™s Windows Phone pricing strategy is apparently underway. High-end Windows Phone devices represented the first pillar. However, in the year-plus since Microsoft began rolling out offerings in that price range, the company€™s overall share of the smartphone market refused to budge. Granted, users abandoning the now-antiquated Windows Mobile contributed a fair […]

Apple’s next iPad could cost a premium over the current version, at least according to a pricing sheet that appeared on Chinese microblog Sina Weibo. The Apple-centric blog MacRumors drilled down into that sheet in a Feb. 27 posting. “The iPad 3 costs $80 more for the equivalent Wi-Fi models,” it concluded, “and $70 more […]

Apple€™s victory over Motorola Mobility in a German appeals court allows it to keep selling the iPhone and iPad online. Apple apparently made an offer for patent-licensing terms that the court found agreeable; and according to one analyst, if Motorola turns down that revised agreement, it could pose substantial risks for both it and soon-to-be-parent-company […]