Nathan Eddy

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard announced communication, collaboration and networking solutions designed to drive growth for small to medium-size businesses, including storage solutions and online services that help SMBs protect data and manage operations. By unifying messaging, collaboration and telephony technology, HP aims to help midmarket companies capitalize on mobile devices and the flexibility of interactive online […]

The network carrier with exclusive access to Apple’s iPhone might consider taking a page out of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ playbook and respond to customer inquiries with more poise. Technology blog Engadget reported now-former AT&T customer Giorgio Galante received a warning call from an AT&T representative after Galante sent two e-mails to company CEO Randall […]

The Falcon 9 rocket, built by aerospace technology company SpaceX, blasted off on its first test flight June 4, continuing the company’s push to create private vehicles that someday could take passengers and cargo beyond Earth’s boundaries. The rocket reached orbit in about 9 minutes. The Falcon 9 rocket launched into its first test flight […]

Vizioncore, a provider of virtualization data protection and management solutions and subsidiary of Quest Software, announced the availability of vFoglight QuickView, the free edition of its vFoglight virtualization management offering. vFoglight QuickView is a monitoring solution that provides alerts and data to help enable administrators to quickly detect, diagnose and resolve issues within the virtual […]

BillShrink, a search engine that compares millions of product and service options against consumer needs, released the results of a study showing small business owners could end up paying more than $420 million in incremental finance charges this year because their cards aren’t getting the same protections as consumer cards. The company surveyed more than […]

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said he’s pushing for improved mobile broadband during a conference hosted by The Wall Street Journal. He linked mobile broadband and innovation and promised to work toward increasing the available spectrum for the technology, which he said should be “unleashed.”During the D8 tech conference, Genachowski told WSJ tech reporter […]

The multibillion dollar U.S. data transport services market represents promising revenue potential for communication service providers, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 4.6 percent, according to a report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan. The launch of EVPL (Ethernet virtual private line) service by most leading carriers is expected to enhance market […]

More than three-quarters (78 percent) of human resources managers or recruiters who have responsibility in recruiting technology positions are looking to hire IT workers in the next six months, according to the 2010 IT Hire Intelligence Survey conducted by Monster.com, an online career and recruitment resource on behalf of technology services provider Technisource. In addition, […]

The European Space Agency, working in collaboration with Institute of Biomedical Problems in Moscow, initiated Mars500, the first full-length simulated mission to Mars. The mission is to virtually fly to Mars in 250 days, divide in two groups, simulate a landing and exploration of the Martian surface for a month and then end with a […]

The Federal Communications Commission released the results of a survey on the consumer broadband experience, which found 80 percent of broadband users in the United States do not know the speed of their broadband connection. The survey is part of the agency’s overall broadband speed initiative, which involves several bureaus and offices and is being […]

ServiceCEO (formerly known as Insight Direct), a provider of field service management software, announced the release of ServiceCEO Web Edition with features designed to improve scheduling efficiency and business planning. Also new in ServiceCEO Web Edition is a job analysis tool, which provides detailed reports of completed and scheduled jobs by any number of criteria, […]

While technology giant Hewlett-Packard might be cutting back on the number of its employees, the company certainly isn’t reducing the capacity of its monitors: HP announced its first 30-inch monitor to display a range of more than 1 billion colors, the HP ZR30w S-IPS LCD Display. HP said the 30-inch diagonal display, which retails for […]