Nathan Eddy

Dice, a career Website for technology and engineering professionals, issued its monthly report on the number of tech jobs available in the United States, which according to the company’s data stood at 82,867 as of July 1, with full-time positions making up 50,591 spots and contract positions occupying 35,331 positions. Part-time openings stood at 1,647, […]

Cloud-based email security company SMX has signed a global agreement with Symantec, integrating Symantec’s Brightmail software into the SMX anti-spam and antivirus cloud-based solution. The SMX platform targets large international systems integration vendors and ISPs looking for an anti-spam and antivirus service to offer under their own brand and local infrastructure. SMX co-founder and CEO […]

A recent survey has found that 32 percent of companies believe the cost savings associated with cloud computing outweigh security considerations for their organization, up from 26 percent in 2010. In addition, 69 percent of respondents would be more likely to consider cloud vendors that are PCI- or FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act)-compliant, compared […]

Revenue for U.S. consumer and small and midsize business technology-support services will jump by nearly a factor of three in the next five years, and U.S. households will account for more than 40 percent of the $30 billion market, according to new data from Parks Associates. Broadband service providers, in particular, are driving this growth, […]

Starting with its June 28th release, Microsoft’s hosted productivity and collaboration suite, Office 365, is poised to make a big splash with U.S. small to medium-size businesses, which IT analytics firm AMI-Partners considers businesses with under 1,000 employees. Priced at only $6 per user per month, SMBs get all of the Office Suite applications (Word, […]

The space shuttle Atlantis launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida July 8 for the last time, bringing to a close the space agency’s 30-year shuttle program. During the 12-day mission to the International Space Sation (ISS), Atlantis and its crew will deliver the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for […]

Verizon Wireless and Motorola Mobility announced the availability of the Droid 3 by Motorola, which sports a dual-core 1GHz processor, full QWERTY keyboard and Google’s Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” operating system. The handsets will be available online and through Verizon Wireless Communication Stores by July 14 for $199.99 with a new two-year customer agreement. The Droid […]

While network operator Verizon Wireless is causing a stir this week by announcing the end of unlimited data plans, to be replaced with a three-tiered pricing structure, the company also unveiled a slew of applications, tools and online tutorials aimed at educating its customers and giving them the ability to check their data consumption habits. […]

Verizon this week replaced its $30-a-month unlimited plan with three new plans with varying data limits. The new pricing structure offers customers monthly plans of $30 for 2GB of data, $50 for 5GB of data and $80 for 10GB of data. A $10 plan for 75MB of data is available to customers with feature phones […]

Small business jobs rose slightly in June as employers added 45,000 positions to their payrolls. Hours worked and compensation also both increased by 0.2 percent. These were among the results of this month’s update of the Intuit Small Business Employment Index, covering the period between May 24 and June 23. The monthly report found that […]

Consumer electronics giant Sony’s S1 and S2 tablets, powered by Google’s Android operating system, have been revealed in greater detail through the release of a teaser video showcasing the products’ design and capabilities. The 80-second video, the second in a series of five, shows a high-tech Rube Goldberg-like contraption activating various features on the tablets. […]

Network operator Verizon Wireless confirmed the end of its unlimited data plans, to be replaced with a tiered pricing structure, as a flood of smartphones, tablets and other bandwidth-hungry devices descend on the company’s network. The new pricing structure offers customers monthly plans of $30 for 2GB of data, $50 for 5GB of data and […]