Nathan Eddy

Wireless technology company Qualcomm announced it is sampling a smartphone chipset family, the MSM7x30, with an emphasis on multimedia performance and supporting high-definition video recording and playback, as well as Lenovo-branded smartbook (a cross between a netbook and a smartphone). The Snapdragon chip is an ARM-based central processing unit (CPU) developed by for use in […]

Research firm IDC has handed out 16 awards to companies excelling in the small to midsize business market sector, including Cisco, IBM and Hewlett-Packard. In the area of market segmentation and customer targeting, Cisco and Network Solutions picked up awards for looking at SMB customers in “new and effective ways” and developing programs to meet […]

Online auction site eBay and the grassroots online classified site Craigslist are flooded with offers of Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming consoles that have been “bricked”, or banned, from the console’s community game play service, Xbox Live. According to a report in Information Week, Microsoft banned up to 1 million consoles after suspecting the devices had […]

Unified threat management solutions company Fortinet announced the release of FortiGate multithreat security appliance that rounds out its small and midsize business family of products with an entry-level edition in the FortiGate-200B. The FortiGate-200B appliance offers a 5 Gigabytes per second (Gbps) firewall and 2.5 Gbps IPSec VPN throughputs. Fortinet is positioning the FortiGate-200B as […]

Computer Alternative Processing Sites (CAPS), a disaster recovery and business continuity company, and eGlobal Insight, a telecommunications company providing emergency voice and data network systems, announced a partnership to offer afailover and notification communication telecom system to small and midsize and enterprise clients. The system includes modular and multifunctional voice and data capabilities and is […]

PC video communication company Logitech International announced it has agreed to acquire privately held LifeSize Communications, a high-definition video communication solutions specialist, for $405 million in cash. LifeSize currently boasts more than 9,000 video conferencing customers across 80 countries in large enterprises, small to medium-size businesses (SMBs), and public health care, education and government organizations. […]

A report from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) found although small business owners still remain skeptical of economic recovery, the organization’s optimism index rose 0.3 points in October to 89.1, 8.1 points higher than the survey’s second lowest reading reached in March. Four of the 10 index components posted gains, two were unchanged […]

Network backup solutions company Arkeia Software announced the availability of Arkeia Network Backup Version 8 in the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS repository as a free small-network package aimed at Ubuntu users. Fully licensed Arkeia Network Backup, Enterprise Edition for Ubuntu can be downloaded from the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS repository by using the Synaptic Package Manager or […]

Search engine giant Google announced that it is working with airports across the U.S. as well as Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, Airport Marketing Income and others to provide free Wi-Fi as “a holiday gift” to travelers now through Jan. 15, 2010. The Wi-Fi accessibility is currently available in 47 airports, including those in Las […]

Worldwide software as a service revenue is forecast to reach $7.5 billion in 2009, a 17.7 percent increase from 2008 revenue of $6.4 billion, according to technology market research firm Gartner, Inc. The company predicted the market would show consistent growth through 2013 when worldwide SaaS revenue will total over $14 billion for the enterprise […]

Networking solutions company Netgear announced the release of the ProSafe Plus family of switches, designed for small and midsize businesses managing a growing network. This line of switches includes two Fast Ethernet versions, the 16-port FS116E desktop switch and 24-port JFS524E rack-mounted switch, and one Gigabit Ethernet version, the 5-port GS105E desktop switch. The Plus […]

A computer mouse designed by WarMouse, in collaboration with OpenOffice.org, will feature 18 programmable buttons and is designed for a variety of software applications, including Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk AutoCAD, Microsoft Office and OpenOffice. In addition the mouse, called the OOMouse, includes an analog joystick and support for as many as 52 key commands. The OOMouse […]