Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Satya Nadella Named Microsoft CEO

  [caption id="attachment_16916" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Nadella.[/caption] As widely expected after last week’s rumors, Satya Nadella has been named the new CEO of Microsoft. Nadella is M…
• South Koreans Using Kinect to Monitor DMZ

  The South Korean government is reportedly using Microsoft’s Kinect motion-based game controller to monitor the heavily guarded DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) that separates the country from North Korea…
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  Wolfram Alpha Offers Some Data for Super Bowl XLVIII

  Which football team will win the Super Bowl this weekend? That’s a multi-million-dollar question, given the amount of cash people will bet on either the Seattle Seahawks or the Denver Broncos to…
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  Yahoo Fends Off Email Hacking Attempt

  [caption id="attachment_16820" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Target.[/caption] Yahoo is resetting passwords on Yahoo Mail accounts following an attempted hack. In a posting on its official blo…
• Satya Nadella Is Microsoft’s Next CEO: Reports

  [caption id="attachment_16815" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Satya Nadella.[/caption] Microsoft’s next CEO will be Satya Nadella, if current reports prove accurate. According to Re/code, which…
• Nintendo: Healthcare Provider?

  [caption id="attachment_16774" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Bowl for your lives![/caption] It’s no secret that Nintendo faces significant challenges: revenues are down, rival platforms such a…
• Google’s Motorola Adventure: Stinging Failure, or Slight Victory?

  [caption id="attachment_16761" align="aligncenter" width="618"] The Moto X.[/caption] In August 2011, Google announced it would purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. At the time, Google f…
• Rovio Denies Collaborating with NSA, GCHQ

  Rovio Entertainment, the software company behind the mega-popular “Angry Birds” game franchise, denied in an official statement that it knowingly shares data with the NSA, Britain’s GCHQ, or any…
• Stephen Wolfram on "Her," Artificial Intelligence

  [caption id="attachment_16670" align="aligncenter" width="618"] In the future, your phone will irritate you even more than it does now.[/caption] Spike Jonze’s “Her” is billed as science fiction,…
• Why the Xbox One and PS4 Risk ‘Blockbuster Syndrome’

  [caption id="attachment_16614" align="aligncenter" width="618"] "Gears of War" offers players the chance to meditate peacefully on the nature of compassion.[/caption] Microsoft has acquired the r…