Nathan Eddy

Heading into the new year, a majority of small to medium-size businesses are optimistic and are planning moderate changes in 2011, according to a survey of more than 1,000 SMB decision makers. With 84 percent of the SMBs surveyed predicting that sales will increase or remain the same, many businesses are looking to hire new […]

While the age of smoke signals as a means of rapid communication has clearly passed, a partnership between slick computer maker Apple and members of the Cherokee Indian tribe in the United States suggest the spoken language of the country’s native inhabitants won’t be lost to history. The tribe is currently working with the company […]

Facing the wrath of its customer base following a massive service outage earlier this week, voice over IP provider Skype said it would issue refunds to those unable to make calls during the 30-hour shutdown. Skype CEO Tony Bates issued a statement on the company’s blog, apologizing for the service outage and promising compensation. Bates […]

Online retailer Alibaba.com issued silicon cases for an “iPad 2,” sporting a larger space for the device’s speaker as well as a space for a camera on the back of the tablet. The cases, which are offered in several pastel colors, prompted a blizzard of speculation on the Web as to the upcoming features of […]

Technology giant IBM issued a list of predictions of future technologies culled from a survey of 3,000 IBM scientists, Bloomberg reported, pronouncing cities heated by servers, holographic cell phones and advanced city traffic monitoring as among the prevalent technologies of the next five years. Batteries that “breathe” air and the proliferation of environmental sensors were […]

Applications developer Mozilla announced the release of Firefox 4 beta, the latest version of the company’s popular Web browsing application. The beta offers easier account and new device setup for Firefox Sync, expanded support for three-dimensional graphics in the browser, and a revamped Firefox Add-ons Manager, among other features. The streamlined Firefox Sync setup is […]

A malware security report by NSS Labs found Windows Internet Explorer 9 beta caught an “exceptional” 99 percent of the live threats, leading the non-IE pack by 80 percent. Mozilla Firefox 3.6 caught 19 percent of the live threats, down 10 percent from the NSS Labs test conducted in the first quarter of 2010. IE9’s […]

eRacks Open Source Systems, one of the computer server vendors utilizing the new 2.5TB and 3TB hot-swappable hard drives manufactured by Western Digital, announced the release of the eRacks/NAS50 server, which the company said makes petabyte-level data storage within two rack cabinets a reality. Four 9U-height eRacks/NAS50 systems can be housed in a single 42U […]

TelePacific Communications will acquire Covad Wireless, a broadband fixed wireless carrier. TelePacific Communications, a California-based competitive local exchange carrier providing integrated voice and data telecommunications services to the small and medium-size business customer segment in California and Nevada, and MegaPath, a provider of managed IP data, voice and security services in North America, announced a […]

Communications giant Verizon announced small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) in 12 states and Washington, DC are now able to get the fastest mass-market broadband service the company offers. Verizon FiOS Internet for Business boasts speeds up to 150/35 megabits per second, according to a company release, and is delivered over Verizon’s all-fiber-optic FiOS network. FiOS […]

Sales and marketing automation specialist LoopFuse announced the release of OneView v.3.29, which integrates the company’s recently released inbound marketing and search engine marketing features with new Lead Capture Form analytics. OneView, a marketing automation platform, as well as FreeView, the free version of OneView, now provides marketers analysis of which referring sites, search engines, […]

The Open Invention Network, a company formed to enable and protect Linux, extended its community with the signing of KDE and The Document Foundation as licensees. Patents owned by OIN are available royalty-free to any company, institution or individual that agrees not to assert its patents against the Linux System. TDF is the developer of […]