Nathan Eddy

Although worldwide PC shipments are projected to total 367.8 million units in 2010, a 19.2 percent increase from 308.3 million units shipped in 2009, research firm Gartner reduced their forecast for second-half 2010 PC growth to 15.3 percent, approximately two percent below the previous forecast, in light of the uncertain economic outlook for the United […]

The battle of the smartphones is once again heating up, with Samsung Mobile announcing sales of its Google Android-powered Galaxy S smartphone have reached 1 million in the US after only 45 days of release. The phone went on sale Aug. 15 and features a 1 GHz Hummingbird processor along with 8-16 GB internal memory, […]

Wireless broadband services provider Clearwire announced the debut of Rover, a pay-as-you-go 4G mobile broadband service the company is marketing as ideal for “digitally addicted youth” who are tired of slow speeds, binding contracts and overpriced service. Rover is priced at $5 a day, $20 a week or $50 a month for unlimited 4G Internet […]

Networking solutions specialist Brocade announced the availability of application delivery hardware and software solutions specifically designed for small and midsize businesses. The new extension to the Brocade ServerIron ADX 4000, an entry-level chassis solution that provides Layer 4-7 switching performance and helps enable midmarket companies to increase their flexibility and scalability benefits through a modular […]

According to Social Network Gaming, the most recent report from the IT market research company The NPD Group, 20 percent of the U.S. population ages six and older reported having played a game on a social network in the past three months. his equates to 56.8 million U.S. consumers, which the company’s report concluded was […]

Printing and imaging expert Eastman Kodak Company announced the newest addition to its line of All-in-One (AiO) Inkjet Printers, the ESP 9250, which is designed to deliver professional levels of performance while maintaining Kodak’s low-cost ink system. The printer, aimed at consumers and SMBs (small and midsize businesses), is currently available for $249.99. The ESP […]

While Apple may be enjoying brisk sales of its touch screen iPad tablet, with more than 3 million of the devices sold since the launch earlier this year, Samsung is gearing up to debut a rival of its own, in a form factor that sits neatly between the iPad and Apple’s popular iPhone smartphone. Images […]

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenue in the worldwide server market increased 11 percent year over year to $10.9 billion in the second quarter of 2010. The firm said this is the second consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth and the fastest quarterly revenue growth since 2003, as […]

According to IT research firm AMI’s latest worldwide SMB Cloud Services Practice, there are roughly 750,000 (12 percent) small businesses and 20,000 (24 percent) medium-size businesses already using software as a service (SAAS). In addition, the survey found by looking at today’s SAAS users, 78 percent of small businesses and 31 percent of midsize businesses […]

NASA announced its Kepler spacecraft, launched in March 2009, has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet crossing in front of, or transiting, the same star. The transit signatures of two distinct planets, named Kepler-9b and 9c, were seen in the data for the sun-like star designated Kepler-9, the space agency […]

Security firm Panda Security’s anti-malware laboratory PandaLabs has discovered that in 2010, 25 percent of new worms have been specifically designed to spread through USB storage devices connected to computers. These threats can copy themselves to any device capable of storing information such as cell phones, external hard drives, DVDs, flash memories and MP3 players. […]

Social relationship management services specialist Sprout Social announced the launch of its SRM platform, which offers the tools that businesses might need to effectively manage a multinetwork social media presence within a single user interface to bolster online brand marketing and promotions. The solution combines contact management and Web monitoring with integrated, automatic cross-posting to […]