Nathan Eddy

At about 8 a.m. EST this morning, space shuttle Atlantis spacewalkers Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen switched their suits to battery power, signifying the start of today’s 6.5-hour excursion for the STS-132 mission and the first of three planned spacewalks. According to NASA officials, Atlantis Pilot Tony Antonelli will be inside the International Space Station […]

Network infrastructure startup Infineta Systems introduced its groundbreaking system architecture to power a new generation of products to address the urgent need for very high-speed enterprise data center interconnects. At the center of this architecture is Infineta’s Velocity Dedupe Engine, a hardware-based data reduction technology designed to increase levels of throughput, scalability and bandwidth capacity […]

Synology America May 17 launched the DiskStation DS210+, a secure NAS server aimed at small to medium-size business users designed to share and back up data. The company claims the DS210+ is ideal for users who require a reliable data storage solution and high-performance file sharing. The small form factor and its encryption ability make […]

Countdown activities continue on schedule as teams across NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepare for the 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis. The space agency announced Atlantis’ external tank is fully loaded with more than a half million gallons of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. The fueling process started on time […]

GPS-based fleet optimization products and services specialist Navman Wireless announced the addition of route compliance reporting to its OnlineAVL2 fleet tracking software, providing an AVL-integrated SMB solution for monitoring driver adherence to daily routing schedules. Version 10.1 also includes an expansion of OnlineAVL2’s messaging platform for in-vehicle communication between drivers and dispatchers, new vehicle clustering […]

The video game industry experienced its worst year-over-year decline in April since July 2009, and the fourth largest year-over-year percentage decline ever after September 2000, June 2009 and July 2009, with sales falling 26 percent, to $766.2 million, from the same period last year. Year-to-date sales declined 11 percent compared with 2009, with 2010 totals […]

The countdown is on for Friday’s scheduled launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-132 mission. At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians at Launch Pad 39A continued preparations for the liftoff at 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time. The rotating service structure will be moved away from the spacecraft at 5:30 p.m. today. During the […]

Security specialist McAfee announced its strategy to advance the security options for virtualized environments that would provide stronger and optimized security controls helping customers maximize their current and future investments in virtualization. McAfee said it is currently developing a platform and application programming interface to provide a framework that will accelerate and address the specific […]

Business news Website Portfolio.com revealed results of a sentiment, investing and brand-preference study of small to medium-sized business owners in the U.S., conducted by American City Business Journals. The findings reveal shifting investment trends among the one-third of these business owners who rank among the “mass affluent.” The study probed attitudes and investment strategies, and […]

Processor specialist Advanced Micro Devices announced the release of the company’s latest 2010 Mainstream and Ultrathin notebook platforms, along with a desktop platform. AMD’s emphasis for these platforms seems to be on improving the multimedia experience: The company is claiming a Vision-based system with AMD discrete graphics scored 50 percent better than a comparable Intel-based […]

Communications giant AT&T announced Web hosting and design plans aimed at boosting the company Websites of small to medium-size businesses. The Get Me Started and Build It For Me plans are designed to help small businesses with what they need in their Website building efforts, according to the company. Starting at $42.50 a month, the […]

Printing services specialist Ricoh Americas Corporation announced @Remote Office Intelligent Remote Management System, which allows businesses to remotely manage Ricoh devices, optimize device usage and reduce total cost of ownership. This includes collecting device data, receiving and reporting service and toner alerts and enabling remote firmware upgrades. In addition, @Remote’s secured and Web-based reporting portal […]