Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Business-App Developers: Pay Attention to Oculus Rift
Those who know about Oculus VR, maker of the Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset, assume that the company (along with third-party developers) will devote the bulk of its time and attention to gam… -
Steve Ballmer Authored Your Blue Screen of Death
Millions of people have shrieked in horror and dismay at Microsoft’s infamous “Blue Screen of Death,” which appears in response to critical software and hardware failures. What fewer people know—… -
Taking the Ice Bucket Challenge... With Liquid Nitrogen
As a trend, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge seems a bit played out—who hasn’t yet dumped a bucket of icy water over his or her head for charity? But that didn’t stop Canadian chemist Muhammad Quresh… -
Startup Worries: When Your Software Needs People
When done right, software is far more profitable than any product manufactured from physical materials: Once you’ve built your app or program, you can copy it an infinite number of times at no ad… -
Is This the New Windows 9 Logo?
Microsoft just accidentally—or “accidentally”—leaked a logo for Windows 9. Microsoft China posted the image to Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo, along with a note: "Microsoft’s latest OS Windows… -
Watch This Guy Survive a Fireworks Blast in a Metal Suit
Labor Day is nigh, and with it the official end of summer. It’s time to pack away the umbrellas and beach towels, and perhaps spend a few minutes flipping through photos of all the fun times you… -
Adult Women Outnumber Teenage Boys Among Gamers
More adult women play video games than boys 18 or younger, according to a new study by the Entertainment Software Association (PDF). That might come as a surprise to casual followers of the video… -
Amazon’s Fire Phone Might Be a Flop
In June, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduced the Fire Phone, the online retailer’s first smartphone. Unlike Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets, which compete at the low end of the touch-screen market, the… -
Watch Twitter’s Hilarious Recruitment Video
A couple years ago, Twitter decided to have a bit of fun with its employee-recruitment process, producing a hilarious parody of those cheesy recruitment videos we’ve all sat through: https://www.… -
‘Swing Copters’ and the Danger of App Copycats
Game developer Dong Nguyen has launched Swing Copters, a follow-up to his blockbuster Flappy Bird. Within a day of Copters hitting the iOS and Android app stores, rival developers released what s…