Nathan Eddy

Cloud computing will continue to reshape the IT landscape over the next five years as spending on public IT cloud services expands at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.6 percent from $21.5 billion in 2010 to $72.9 billion in 2015. But the impact of cloud services will extend well beyond IT spending, according […]

Microsoft released findings of a survey concerning an emerging form of Internet scam that targets English-speaking markets and costs victims, on average, $875. In this type of scam, criminals pose as computer security engineers and call people to tell them they are at risk of a computer security threat. The scammers say they are providing […]

Among organizations not currently using a public-cloud-based unified communications service, only 10 percent plan to deploy such a service within the next year, according to the findings of a new survey. Respondents to the survey cited concerns over loss of customization, uptime and security. However, among those organizations that cannot or would not deploy public […]

Mobile operator T-Mobile announced it is doubling the speed of its 4G network in 41 additional markets including Albuquerque, N.M.; Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio; Sacramento and San Diego, Calif.; Salt Lake City, Utah and San Antonio, Texas. Now, customers in 96 markets across the country have access to T-Mobile’s HSPA+ 42 network, enabling faster 4G […]

Acer America has designed its latest notebook PCs-the Aspire Ethos AS8951G and AS5951G-to deliver a high-definition personal theater experience for a range of activities, including graphic-intensive gaming, video streaming and viewing of high-definition DVDs, photography and videos. This is aided by the notebooks’ detachable touchpad that doubles as a remote control. The Ethos AS5951G has […]

National survey findings show that use of social networking sites is growing and that those who use these sites, especially Facebook users, have higher measures of social well-being. In a national phone survey of 2,255 American adults last fall, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that controlling for other factors, a […]

Toshiba America Information Systems’ telecommunication systems division announced the release of IPedge, an IP business telephone system in a Linux-based single-server solution. The platform accommodates multiple unified communication applications on a single server, including call processing, voicemail and unified messaging, native SIP line and SIP trunk support, mobility, survivability, centralized administration of all sites, and […]

Communications giant Comcast and voice over IP provider Skype announced that the companies have entered into a strategic partnership that will enable Comcast customers to communicate with family and friends through HD video calling on their television. Comcast users will soon be able to make and receive Skype video calls from their television, whether their […]

Barnes & Noble Nook Color ($249) Boasting a full color touch screen and WiFi connectivity, this e-reader is perfect for dads who always have their noses buried in a book. Nintendo 3DS ($249.99) Give your father the glasses-free 3D gaming and media gaming experience with the Nintendo 3DS portable gaming console. TK-421 iPhone Case ($39.99) […]

Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, announced a slew of notebooks aimed at consumers and gaming enthusiasts, including the Satellite P700 series notebooks and the Qosimo X770 and X770 3D notebooks. The Qosmio X770 Series starts at $1,199.99 and will be available later this month at major retailers, e-tailers […]

Lenovo’s ThinkServer family expanded with the release of two ThinkServer appliances featuring Intel Xeon processor technology and low price points to suit the needs of small to medium-size businesses. The single processor TS130 and TS430 leverage the latest Xeon E3-1200 processors, which offer up to 30 percent better performance than previous generations. The ThinkServer TS130 […]

Including a 12.1-inch display, a full day (8.5 hours) of battery life, a new dual-core Atom processor, 2GB of memory and a 16GB solid-state drive, the Samsung Chromebook carries a bill of materials of $322.12, according to the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service. When the $12.20 manufacturing cost of the Samsung Chromebook is added in, […]