Nathan Eddy

Government, enterprises, and small and midsized businesses have new tools for safeguarding critical data on removable storage media with enhancements to Imation’s Defender Collection Software Suite. At the 2011 Storage Visions Conference held this week, Imation announced additional Defender Collection software functionality that allows for central management, PC-based removable storage management, storage device management and […]

Vertical Communications announced the release of MBX IP, a converged IP-telephony system designed for small to medium-size businesses. The offering completes Vertical’s telephony lineup, which includes SBX IP and Wave IP, and provides a pathway for existing MP-5000, FX-II and XTS IP systems, supporting traditional endpoints, IP endpoints and VOIP (voice over IP) SIP (Session […]

Vai Technologies, a manufacturer of power efficient x86 processor platforms, on Jan. 4 announced its latest Via Nano X2 processor for mainstream PC markets. Based on a 40-nanometer fabrication process, the Via Nano X2 delivers better computational performance and improved multitasking ability without consuming more power. The company said the processors are targeting a range […]

Mobile technology is advancing the cause of mixing business and pleasure, or at least providing small business owners with the opportunity, according to the fifth Annual National Staples Small Business Survey. The online survey found 60 percent of small business owners admit to spending more time holding their mobile devices than the hand of their […]

Imation announced its roadmap for its high-performance RDX removable hard-disk-drive system at the 2011 Storage Visions Conference this week. The lineup based on the RDX storage platform is aimed at helping small and midsize businesses store, protect and connect business data. Imation said the RDX portfolio–designed for backup, disaster recovery, and the enabling of secure […]

Wirefly, an Internet authorized retailer of cell phones and cell phone plans, released its annual list of its top 10 best-selling cell phones during the 2010 holiday shopping season and offered up its predictions for cell phone trends that will shape the mobile and wireless industry in 2011. Smartphones seemed to be on everyone’s gift […]

Sales and marketing automation solutions specialist ViVOforce announced the launch of two products designed to meet the marketing and sales challenges of small to medium-size business clients and enterprise clients. Both products are provided as a SAAS (software-as-a-service) application, meaning they can be provisioned and deployed without the need of an IT department. The company […]

While it might not sound as harrowing as the legendary Y2K bug that threatened to melt down every computer on the planet (depending on whom you talked to), Apple iPhone users rang in the New Year with a glitch in the clock application of their devices that caused the alarm function to stop working after […]

Mobile phone manufacturer HTC joins the growing list of companies planning to roll out tablet devices in the wake of the Apple iPad, if a trademark filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is any indication. The company filed the trademark for the “Scribe” handheld electronic device on Dec. 26. “This will provide an […]

The launch of the space shuttle Discovery remains on track for early February, despite the need for additional repairs to the shuttle’s fuel tank, according to NASA officials. The 26-year-old Discovery, which has been in orbit 38 times and is the senior citizen of the U.S. space program, is to be retired after the final […]

Book seller Barnes & Noble announced that with millions of Nook e-reading devices sold, the line has become the company’s biggest bestseller ever in its history. The new Nook color Reader’s Tablet, introduced just eight weeks before Christmas, is the company’s No. 1 selling gift of the holiday season. Barnes & Noble also announced that […]

It was truly the year of the social network, as Facebook topped the list of most-searched terms on the Internet for the second year in a row, according to Experian Hitwise, a part of Experian Marketing Services. The company, which analyzed the Top 1000 search terms for 2010, said the word “facebook” accounted for 2 […]