Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Are Mobile Devices Ready for Big Data?

  [caption id="attachment_6587" align="aligncenter" width="517"] Zoomdata offers just one example of how Big Data visualizations are being formatted for mobile viewing.[/caption] While many pundits…
• Cisco May Sell Off Linksys: Bloomberg

  Cisco could sell off its Linksys division, according to unnamed sources speaking to Bloomberg Dec. 16. Those sources apparently told the news service that Linksys “is likely to fetch much less th…
• Will Tablets Kill Off E-Readers?

  Are e-readers doomed? A research note earlier this week from IHS iSuppli suggested that, after years of solid growth, the e-book reader market was “on an alarmingly precipitous decline” thanks to…
• Power-Utility Analytics Will Hit $3.8 Billion a Year by 2020: Report

  Spending on power-utility analytics could hit $3.8 billion a year worldwide by 2020, according to a new forecast by GTM Research. Utility companies will employ a broad array of analytics tools, r…
• Seattle Wants Google Fiber-Style Network

  [caption id="attachment_6565" align="aligncenter" width="561"] Seattle's vision for a citywide high-speed network begins with a demonstration project in 12 neighborhoods.[/caption] In November, G…
• Google Zeitgeist 2012 Lists World’s Top Searches

  [caption id="attachment_6537" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Google built all this, at not-inconsiderable expense, so you could find out more about Gangnam Style.[/caption] Google has spent yea…
• Oracle Acquiring Utility-Analytics Firm DataRaker

  Oracle plans on acquiring DataRaker, builder of a cloud-based analytics platform for electric, gas, and water utilities. Oracle plans on combining DataRaker’s technology with its own Oracle Utili…
• Yahoo’s Flickr Steps into Instagram, Twitter Photo Battle

  [caption id="attachment_6510" align="aligncenter" width="548"] When you really need to add a dash of pretension to your cat photos, you can't go wrong with a filter.[/caption] Now this is just ge…
• Facebook Assists FBI in Botnet Takedown

  Facebook apparently helped the FBI take down a massive botnet, according to the agency. The Butterfly Botnet, which linked together some 11 million compromised PCs, involved malicious folks from…
• Gmail, Chrome Outage Highlights Dangers of Shared Infrastructure

  [caption id="attachment_6474" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Google's Apps Status Dashboard.[/caption] By this point, pretty much everyone who spends time online is used to the occasional email…