Nathan Eddy

More Chinese are using the Internet than ever before, with more than 500 million users in China accessing the Web, according to a report by the state-run China Internet Network Information Center. The report said the number of people using the Web rose 12 percent in December to 513 million people. The report also provides […]

Online shoes and apparel outlet Zappos, owned by e-tailing giant Amazon, has suffered a massive data breach that may have affected more than 24 million of its customers. The company apologized for the occurrence and stressed the database that stores customers’ critical credit card and other payment data was not affected or accessed. However, the […]

Research in Motion (RIM), the company behind BlackBerry smartphones and the struggling PlayBook tablet, faces a new security threat after Ben Nell, a consultant with the Intrepidus Group, and colleague Zach Lanier, a principal consultant with Intrepidus, announced the flaw during the Infiltrate Security Conference in Miami this week. The security flaw allows hackers to […]

Voltage Security, a provider of data-centric encryption and key management, and Ingenico, a provider of payment solutions, announced they have partnered to help simplify end-to-end payment data protection at the point of sale. The move aligns Voltage data protection technology with Ingenico Telium series devices to combat card fraud and reduce the PCI card data […]

Booming sales of ultrabooks spurred by strong support from Intel will drive “explosive” growth in the market for cache solid state drives in the coming years, with shipments set to soar more than a hundredfold by the end of 2015, up from less than one million units in 2011, according to an IHS iSuppli Storage […]

Toshiba Portege Z830 Series Toshiba’s 13-inch Portege Z830 typifies ultrabooks: It weighs less than 2.5 pounds, is 0.63 inches thick and incorporates under-the-hood features, such as a solid-state drive (SSD). Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE Samsung will launch a version of the Galaxy Tab that supports Verizon’s 4G Long-Term Evolution network. It will feature a […]

As cloud computing continues to gain acceptance in emerging markets, service providers-such as telcos, multiple system operators and hosters-are well-positioned to gain mindshare and become an important route to market (RTM) for small to medium-size businesses acquiring cloud solutions, according to a report from IT research firm AMI-Partners. The company’s recently released 2011 Route-to-Market Opportunity […]

Personal content management solutions provider Primadesk, announced the launch of their flagship product, an Internet and mobile application that provides users with centralized access to their range of digital data dispersed across multiple online services, after successful beta testing. The Primadesk app helps bring order to online life, enabling users to search, manage and back […]

ICANN, the organization responsible for managing and coordinating the Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure that every address is unique and that all users of the Internet can find all valid addresses, announced its continued intent to open up the DNS with new generic top-level domains (TLDs), with one of the categories of top-level domains […]

Computer maker Dell has unveiled its ultraportable XPS 13 notebook, a compact 13.3-inch ultrabook featuring an edge-to-edge hardened Gorilla Glass, near “frameless” display and powerful battery life. Starting at just under 3 pounds and less than a quarter-inch at its thinnest point, the XPS 13 offers Intel technology such as Rapid Start and Smart Connect. […]

Led by multibillion-dollar strategic deals from Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), SAP (NYSE:SAP), Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN) and others, technology acquirers increased mergers-and-acquisitions spending for the second year in a row, according to IT analytics firm 451 Research. Acquirers spent $219 billion to purchase 3,690 IT, telecommunications and Internet companies around the […]

Hewlett-Packard is bringing a new level of manufacturing sophistication to the increasingly competitive ultrabook space with the release of its Envy 14 Spectre, which the company is showing off at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas. The ultrabook features lightweight, scratch-resistant glass on the lid, display, palm rest and HP ImagePad. The […]