Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Facebook’s PayPal-Style E-Payments Could Raise Privacy Concerns

  [caption id="attachment_11593" align="aligncenter" width="618"] In order for such a system to work, Facebook would need millions of users' credit-card info on file.[/caption] Facebook is reported…
• Gmail Isn’t Violating Anyone’s Privacy

  [caption id="attachment_11588" align="aligncenter" width="610"] Not even the recipients are reading this one.[/caption] Google finds itself in the crosshairs of a class-action lawsuit alleging th…
• BlackBerry Tumbles in Smartphone Sales Rankings

  [caption id="attachment_11571" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Nokia has bet everything on Windows Phone, which surpassed BlackBerry for the first time in Gartner's sales rankings.[/caption] Day…
• The Next Big Data Battle: Utilities

  [caption id="attachment_11525" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Analytics could make energy-generating windmills more efficient.[/caption] IBM has announced what it calls “an advanced power and w…
• Apple iPhone’s Share of the Smartphone Market Declines

  [caption id="attachment_11496" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Apple's iPhone.[/caption] Apple’s share of the smartphone market is declining, according to new data from IDC. But that’s nothing f…
• Will the Feds Harm the Cloud Computing Industry?

  PRISM and other federal surveillance programs could end up costing the U.S. cloud-computing industry billions of dollars, suggested a recent report from the Information Technology & Innovation Fo…
• Lavabit, Silent Circle Email Shutdown: What’s Next?

  [caption id="attachment_11487" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Lavabit's message.[/caption] On August 8, anyone attempting to login to Lavabit found the secure email service’s homescreen replace…
• Citrix Shipping Way to Customize Golden Image

  Citrix Systems plans on introducing a new version of its XenClient desktop hypervisor-based virtual desktop next week with better server-based management and support for virtual storage. The new…
• Pentaho, Splunk and the Great Machine-Data Blending

  [caption id="attachment_11448" align="aligncenter" width="500"] There are a lot of ghosts in the machines.[/caption] Pentaho and Splunk have announced a new collaboration over machine data, with…
• Amazon Opens Kindle Fire to HTML5 Web Apps

  Amazon has opened up its Kindle Fire tablet to HTML5 Web apps. The online retailer’s newly released tools for HTML5 Web apps include a Web App Tester (complete with debugging tools and a producti…