Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Mashery Acquisition Continues Intel’s Diversification
Intel is purchasing API technology firm Mashery, as first reported by ReadWrite and subsequently reported by other publications. If the deal goes through, it will give Intel a deeper presence in… -
Is Social Networking a Big Data Shell Game?
[caption id="attachment_9238" align="aligncenter" width="587"] Yes, they actually filmed this.[/caption] The marketing campaign for Facebook’s Home app has kicked into high gear, with a minute-lo… -
Microsoft, Hon Hai Come to Android Licensing Agreement
Even if Microsoft’s smartphone and tablet offerings fail to gain an audience, the company still earns significant revenues from the sale of Android devices, thanks to the “patent licensing agreem… -
Microsoft’s IaaS Offering Aims at Amazon
Microsoft wants a chunk of Amazon Web Services’ business. The former is making that abundantly clear with the just-announced general availability of its Windows Azure Infrastructure Services, whi… -
Red Hat Launches RDO OpenStack Community
Red Hat has announced RDO, a community-supported distribution of OpenStack running atop Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, and, in the words of the company, “their derivatives.” OpenStack is an op… -
Hacking an Airliner with an Android App
[caption id="attachment_9130" align="aligncenter" width="500"] As if those with a fear of flying needed another reason to stay at home.[/caption] Hacking an airplane’s onboard systems and forcing… -
IBM’s Big Flash Cash: Shot Across Oracle’s Bow
[caption id="attachment_9119" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Flash aims to make "traditional" spinning drives a thing of the past.[/caption] IBM is pumping more money into its Flash technology… -
Windows 8 Partially Responsible for PC Implosion: IDC
PC shipments are tumbling into the basement, and IDC partially blames Windows 8. The research firm estimated worldwide PC shipments in the first quarter of 2013 at 76.3 million units, down 13.9 p… -
How Google Fiber Could Do Some National Good
Within hours of Google announcing that Austin, Texas would be the next lucky recipient of its Google Fiber initiative, AT&T released a statement indicating that it was willing to build a high-spe… -
Rackspace Releases Mobile Cloud Stacks for Developers
Salesforce isn’t the only company pushing new mobile-developer tools this week: Rackspace has announced the release of new mobile cloud stacks, designed to help developers build and deploy mobile…