Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Whatever Happened to Office for iOS?
When it rolled out Office 365 Home Premium earlier this week, Microsoft touted the cloud productivity suite’s many supposed advantages, including its support for up to five devices on a single li… -
Apple’s 128GB iPad Could Threaten Laptops, Surface Pro
Apple will add a 128GB iPad to its tablet portfolio—and anyone wanting that super-sized storage capacity better prepare to pay a hefty price, with prices starting at $799 for the WiFi-only versio… -
BitTorrent Launches Syncing Service
Call it Battle of the Sync Services: not to be outdone by Mega, Dropbox or any number of other platforms that allow users to synchronize files across multiple devices, BitTorrent has introduced B… -
Microsoft Earnings Hint at Major Challenges Ahead
Some of Microsoft’s key revenue drivers—namely its business and entertainment divisions—experienced notable declines in revenue last quarter, a potential sign of trouble for the company as it str… -
DNA: The Ultimate Hard Drive
When it comes to storing vast amounts of data, your options are fairly limited. You can choose a “traditional” hard drive with spinning disks, more newfangled Solid State Drives (SSD), or—if you… -
Wolfram Alpha Updates Facebook Analytics Features
Wolfram Alpha has upgraded its Personal Analytics for Facebook module, giving users the ability to dissect their own social-networking data in new ways. Launched in 2009, Wolfram Alpha bills itse… -
Big Data Hype is Imploding: Gartner Analyst
Big Data is plunging into a “trough of disillusionment” that will dissuade many companies from pursuing analytics technology, according to a Gartner analyst. Gartner regularly updates what it ter… -
Microsoft’s Tablet Strategy, Take Two: Surface Pro Coming Feb.
Microsoft has announced that its Surface Pro tablet, loaded with Windows 8, will arrive on store shelves Feb. 9. The Surface tablets represent a considerable gamble for Microsoft. Rather than sel… -
Amazon Launches New EC2 Instances for Hungry Applications
In its quest to grant companies and developers a thoroughly ridiculous amount of cloud-computing power, Amazon has launched yet another EC2 instance for in-memory computing. The new High Memory C… -
Firefox OS Smartphones Arriving for Developers
For quite some time Mozilla has been working on Firefox OS, a lightweight mobile OS based on HTML5. Now it’s whipped the curtain back from the first developer preview phones, developed by Geeksph…