Nathan Eddy

As NASA’s final two space shuttle launches loom on the not-too-distant horizon, the fears of many of those who work in the shuttle industry are coming true: NASA’s main space contractor, United Space Alliance (USA), announced that the company will lay off about 15 percent of its current space shuttle workforce, effective Oct. 1, 2010.USA […]

Research firm the Nielsen Norman Group has added a twist to the successful, if brief, history of electronic reading devices such as Amazon’s Kindle and the recently launched Apple iPad: After conducting a survey of 24 Kindle 2 and iPad users, Jakob Nielson, co-founder and principal of the Group, found readers took longer to get […]

Internet security provider Webroot announced it has acquired BrightCloud, a Web content classification and security services provider. Webroot will use the purchase to integrate BrightCloud’s technology with its own proprietary malware detection and security-as-a-service (SAAS) technologies designed to protect consumers and small to medium-size businesses worldwide.Founded in 2005, BrightCloud provides Web reputation and content classification […]

A survey conducted by eMedia on behalf of Centrix Software found business organizations are unaware of the full potential of IT infrastructure. According to the survey, knowing how frequently an application is being used from a company’s IT infrastructure is a challenge for most IT managers: 54 percent of respondents could give this information but […]

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the formal adoption of Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0, with the hallmark feature, low energy technology. The SIG said this final step in the adoption process signals to Bluetooth SIG members that the organzation’s Qualification Program is now open for qualification of all Bluetooth product types to the […]

According to Frost & Sullivan’s “North American VoIP Access and SIP Trunking Services Markets” report, the market earned revenues of $717.3 million in 2009 and it is estimated to reach $3.9 billion in 2016. The report predicts the market will continue to build on its “impressive, downturn-defying” 40.1 percent growth in user base and 22.3 […]

Collective intelligence and idea management software specialist Imaginatik has unveiled Portfolio Monitor for Idea Central, a customizable module designed to provide project leaders, managers and participants in Idea Central events the ability to track ideas as they evolve throughout a project’s lifecycle. Portfolio Monitor offers Idea Central users visibility into current and past projects, allowing […]

NASA announced, “The ISS Progress 38 cargo resupply ship successfully docked to the aft end of the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module at 12:17 p.m. EDT Sunday,” saying the docking maneuver was “executed flawlessly by Progress’ Kurs automated rendezvous system.” NASA continued, “The Progress spacecraft carries 1,918 pounds of propellant, 110 pounds of oxygen, […]

“Skyhook Wireless, provider of the Core Location platform, today announced that Samsung will deploy Skyhook’s technology across multiple mobile devices,” Skyhook said in a news release July 2. “The first handset to launch with Skyhook embedded will be the Samsung Wave” smartphone, first announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. “The Wave is […]

The last launch of NASA’s storied space shuttle program has been pushed back to Feb. 26, 2011, the space agency has reported. Space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which will deliver spare parts to the orbiting facility, will be the 36th mission to the station. NASA also announced space shuttle […]

The video game industry took another, more modest hit in May, falling 5 percent over the same period last year to $823.5 million, down from $865.7 million in May 2009, according to research firm NPD Group, which tracks the industry. However, strong sales of two video game software titles, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Red […]

The world enterprise telephony platform and endpoint market is estimated to have shipped 37.3 million enterprise telephony lines, 12.6 million units of Internet protocol (IP) desktop phones, and 12 million IP desktop communication clients in 2009, according to a report from research firm Frost & Sullivan. The report noted that although 2009 was a “very […]