Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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RIM CEO Heins Talks Possible Hardware Sell-Off, BlackBerry 10
Research In Motion could sell off its hardware arm following the launch of BlackBerry 10, CEO Thorsten Heins told German newspaper Die Welt. (Hat-tip to Slashgear for ferreting out the interview.… -
Nokia Issues 3D Printing Kit for Smartphone Cases
If there’s one technology gaining a lot of hype these days, it’s 3D printing, which lets anyone with the right machinery quickly craft a solid object from a digital model. The 3D printer stacks l… -
The Open Compute Project Could Make Big Data More Affordable
Facebook seems to have shifted its long-running Open Compute Project (OCP) into a whole new gear. At this week’s Open Compute Summit in Santa Clara, the social network and its partners announced… -
Facebook’s Graph Search Kicks Off the War with Google
Google CEO Larry Page didn’t exactly pull any punches in a new Wired interview, especially when it came to his rivals. When asked about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ very public attempt to go “the… -
The 787 Dreamliner Scenario: How Data Can Solve Epic Messes
Following reports of battery failures onboard Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an “emergency airworthiness directive” temporarily grounding the airlin… -
Microsoft Positions System Center 2012 SP1 as Ultimate Backend Manager
Microsoft’s System Center 2012 Service Pack 1, released this week, is the company’s latest attempt to influence the increasingly heterogeneous world of data-center infrastructure. In a January 15… -
ObjectRocket Launches Speedy MongoDB Cloud Service
MongoDB, a document-oriented NoSQL database system, has become increasingly popular among IT pros needing to store and analyze massive amounts of data. So it’s no surprise that more IT vendors ar… -
Optum Labs Will Leverage Clinical Big Data for Patient Care
Health-care technology firm Optum and the Mayo Clinic are launching a new venture, Optum Labs, which will leverage massive clinical and claims datasets to improve patient care. At least in theory… -
LinkedIn, Google, Others Threatened by Facebook’s Graph Search
Since its inception, Facebook has managed to accumulate an extraordinary amount of social data, with its billion subscribers contributing some 240 billion photos and a trillion connections to the… -
EMC Combines Cloud and On-Premise Data Storage
In a bid to fend off competitors offering all manner of storage products, EMC is trying to be all things to all customers, combining its Syncplicity cloud service with its Isilon and Atmos platfo…