Nathan Eddy

Liftoff Here’s a look at the nighttime liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon spacecraft, from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Oct. 7. Observing Fans of the mission take photos of the CRS-1 Dragon launch to the ISS from Cape Canaveral, which lifted off at 8:35 p.m. ET. SpaceX HQ […]

While Apple’s full-size iPad tablet offers a host of connectivity options, including wireless as well as 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) capability, a report by the British newspaper The Guardian quoted unnamed industry sources as saying that a widely anticipated smaller version of the tablet, a 7.85-inch device unofficially dubbed the iPad Mini, would only […]

Unlike the good old days of Watergate when people actually had to break into offices to leak information, email is the top culprit when it comes to government data leaks, according to a study by MeriTalk, an online resource for government IT and sponsored by software company Axway. Entitled “The Encryption Enigma,” the report looks […]

Networking management and infrastructure specialist Netgear on Oct. 9 announced the launch of the ProSafe Next-Gen Edge M5300 series, a family of stackable managed Gigabit switches designed to satisfy 10-Gigabit Ethernet backbone requirements. The new line features two embedded 10-Gigabit uplinks, 10 Gbase-T (RJ45) and SFP+ (fiber), and two additional 10-Gigabit input/output (I/O) bays for […]

The number of tablets designed to run Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system increased today with Acer’s announcement of the Iconia W510 tablet, sporting a 10.1-inch high-definition Gorilla Glass 2 display with 10-point touch and a wide viewing angle, up to 18 hours of battery life when connected to the keyboard dock housing an extra […]

Datacenter capacity in the United States grew by slightly more than 1 percent as larger data center environments continued to rise despite the economic slowdown, according to IT research firm IDC’s report, U.S. Datacenter 2012-2016 Forecast, which provides a census of U.S. datacenters by size, sophistication and ownership. The total number of all types of […]

With Google Android handsets and the Apple iPhone 5 dominating the smartphone market, Nokia is looking to get back into the game it was once master of with the release of the Lumia 810 exclusively on T-Mobile’s network. The Lumia 810, which T-Mobile said would become available in the coming weeks, runs Microsoft’s new Windows […]

More rumors surrounding Apple’s unofficially named “iPad Mini,” a smaller version of its popular tablet, continue to surface, this time from a report in The Wall Street Journal, which quoted unnamed component suppliers in Asia as saying they have received orders from Apple to build more than 10 million of the smaller tablets in the […]

Businesses are leaving themselves exposed to potential litigation or compliance issues due to a lack of clear-cut corporate email archiving and retention policies, according to a Loudhouse Research survey sponsored by cloud-based email management Mimecast of IT decision makers across a range of company sizes and industry sectors and regions. The sample consisted of 200 […]

Mobile technologies, such as laptops, smartphones and now tablets, are helping to increase productivity among workers, but small-business owners are frustrated about the lack of relevant applications that can help them effectively run their companies, according to a new report. The report, conducted by Harris Interactive and Bank of the West, found nine out of […]

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Mobile handset manufacturer Samsung surprised analysts by posting third-quarter guidance indicating a higher quarterly profit for the three-month period ending in September, with operating profits up 91 percent to 8.10 trillion won ($7.3 billion). An aggregate of 32 analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg predicted the company’s operating profit would be 7.58 trillion won. Analysts said […]