Nathan Eddy

It’s not your father’s Boy Scouts anymore: The Boys Scouts of America announced the introduction of an ability badge for Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts that boys can earn for displaying a proficiency with playing videogames. In order to earn a belt loop badge, scouts must complete three requirements: Explain why it is […]

In the current economic environment, home-based businesses (HBBs) in the United States are increasingly turning to the Web to boost business, according to a study by research firm Access Markets International Partners, which specializes in midmarket IT, Internet, telecommunications and business services strategy. The study found social networking sites, Websites and Voice over Internet Protocol […]

Integrated silicon solutions specialist Marvell introduced a Gigabit Ethernet switch platform designed for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs). Based on the Marvell Prestera family of packet processors and Marvell Alaska family of Gigabit transceivers, the Prestera 98DX3130 Ethernet switch and Alaska 88E1545 Gigabit Ethernet transceiver ICs are designed to drive down network Ethernet switch power […]

This week the Supreme Court announced it would hear a case to decide whether the state of California has the right to refuse the sale of violent video games to minors. The law in question was passed in 2005 and imposes a $1,000 fine on retailers found selling violent video games to people less than […]

M86 Security, a provider of real-time Web and e-mail threat protection, announced M86 MailMarshal SMTP 6.8, the latest version of its e-mail threat protection software, as well as M86 WebMarshal 6.5.6, which includes support for the latest Windows operating system as well as improvements that enhance the user experience of this software-based secure Web gateway […]

Small and medium-sized businesses across the United States are increasingly relying on new IT solutions to strengthen their operational, marketing and customer engagement activities, according to a new study released April 28 by CompTIA, a trade association for the global IT industry. The organization’s second annual “SMB Technology Adoption Trends” study discovered that a significant […]

NASA announced it is planning to make some changes to the target launch dates for the last two scheduled space shuttle flights. Scientists with the a $2 billion particle detector, or Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) program recently decided to change out the current magnet in the particle physics experiment module that will be attached to […]

Under a $187 million agreement, Verizon Business is providing the U.S. department of Health and Human Services with a range of audio and Web-based collaboration services to help the agency boost productivity among its employees so they can better serve callers. The award was made under the U.S. General Services Administration’s Networx Universal contract, which […]

Netgear, a provider of networking solutions, announced the ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit SSL VPN Firewall (SRX5308), a business-focused firewall that provides in excess of 1G bps performance for under $500, which translates to $0.50 per M bps. As the speed of WAN connections rise, and users turn to virtualization and cloud computing services, Netgear said […]

The 3.5-inch floppy disk’s long, slow, unceremonious march toward its death came to an end on Friday, when Sony announced it will end domestic sales of the disk by the end of the year, and end production of the disks by March 2011. Japan’s Mainichi Daily newspaper reported Sony, which commands a 70 percent market […]

InterCall, a conferencing and collaboration services provider, announced the launch of InterCall Hosted Unified Communications for the small to medium-size business market. The solution will be bundled with InterCall’s audio conferencing, and custom options will be available. As a hosted solution, customers have the ability to leverage the benefits of UC with minimal upfront capital […]

Rackspace Hosting, a provider of hosting and cloud computing, has joined forces with Spiceworks to help small to medium-size businesses manage their Rackspace e-mail hosting services through the free Spiceworks social IT management application. The integrated systems help streamline the jobs of SMB IT professionals by allowing them to monitor and administrate Rackspace cloud e-mail […]