Nathan Eddy

Smartphone and tablet owners are increasingly using their mobile devices—be it an Android handset, an iPad or BlackBerry device—to access various news sources, according to a survey of 9,513 adults sponsored by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. The survey, conducted by Knowledge Networks, included 2,013 tablet users and 3,945 smartphone users. […]

With the rise of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiatives and a growing fear in IT departments that allowing employees to use personal devices for work could open the organization to data security breaches, mobile security specialists are working to provide solutions to protect sensitive information from leaving the company network. KoolSpan, a provider of encrypted solutions for […]

As Nokia seeks to rebound from a period of struggle in which it lost market share, the handset manufacturer announced price cuts for its Lumia 800 and 900 series. Nokia also announced prices in a variety of European countries for its Lumia 820 and 920 handsets, the company’s first smartphones to run Microsoft’s Windows Phone […]

Government regulations, exit strategies and international data privacy led the list of concerns that are eroding business confidence in cloud computing, according to findings from a joint survey by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and ISACA (previously known as the Information Systems Audit and Control Association). In addition to regulatory and privacy issues, a lack […]

Newvem, which provides cloud analytics to Amazon Web Services customers, announced the launch of the latest edition to its suite of cloud analytics services and products, specifically focused on Amazon’s Simple Storage Services, a platform that provides a Web-services interface used to store and retrieve data. The analytics Web application is designed to enable CIOs, […]

Cloud infrastructure specialist Perimeter E-Security is jumping into the burgeoning mobile-device-management market with the launch of Cloud MDM service, a device, application and content management solution for Apple iOS, Google Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Symbian and Windows Mobile devices, designed to help businesses protect company data on employee-owned and company-issued smartphones and tablets. The service […]

With smartphones becoming more sophisticated and encompassing ever more functionality, the average use of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) in these devices is expected to increase by nearly 50 percent this year, according to an IHS iSuppli DRAM Dynamics Market Brief from information and analytics provider IHS. The report found the DRAM configurations dissected in […]

As businesses demand ever more storage drives to fill the volumes of information they generate and receive, Western Digital, a provider of data storage solutions, announced the expansion of its enterprise-class storage offerings with the WD RE SAS and WD RE SATA hard drives in capacities up to 4TB. The 3.5-inch drives are also offered […]

Bookseller Barnes & Noble isn’t resting in the face of renewed competition from other e-reader manufacturers with the release of the 7-inch Nook HD and 9-inch Nook HD+, which start at $199 and $269. Users can access more than three million books, a comprehensive selection of magazines and apps, as well as media content through […]

Print services specialist Xerox announced the launch of a variety of multifunction printers (MFPs) aimed at the small to medium-size business (SMB) market, including the WorkCentre 6605 Color Multifunction Printer, which features built-in color technology, including Pantone Color and True Adobe PostScript 3 for marketing materials. Engineered to have a space-saving footprint, the 6605 also […]

With many computer manufacturers focusing on making the lightest, thinnest and potentially most damage-prone notebooks on the market, Panasonic is going in the other direction, opting to provide road warriors and field agents with durable and versatile machines that can handle a little rough love. Case in point is Panasonic’s update to the semi-rugged Toughbook […]

Shortly after Apple’s long-awaited iPhone 5 release to the public, and despite grumbles over a lackluster in-house mapping application and reports of nicked or damaged handsets being sent to consumers (Apple shipped 5 million iPhone 5s on its first weekend), a teardown of the handset by the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service found the sophisticated […]