Nathan Eddy

Users of social networking sites are giving away vital information about themselves and their whereabouts that is being used by professional burglars to establish a list of targets. So found a survey sponsored by British insurance firm Legal & General and conducted by Opinion Matters, an independent pan-European market research agency. The report, “The Digital […]

Data protection specialist Iomega, a subsidiary of EMC, announced the next generation of its quad-drive desktop network-attached storage (NAS) appliance, the Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d, aimed at small to medium-size businesses (SMBs). Based on EMC technology, the ix4-200d NAS appliance provides up to 8TB of networked storage that integrates with existing infrastructure for expanded storage, file-sharing […]

Satellite radio service company Sirius XM Radio debuted a device that turns Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch digital music player into a receiver for satellite radio signals. The Sirius XM SkyDock, which the company said will retail for $120 when it launches in the fall, acts as a dock by plugging into the base of […]

According to a survey by information technology research firm Gartner, the worldwide combined printer, copier and multifunctional printer shipments market totaled 51.3 million units in the first half of 2009, a 20.2 percent decline over first half of 2008 shipments. The report found while not a single region was spared the downward trend, the emerging […]

Sage North America, part of The Sage Group, a global supplier of business management software and services, announced the availability of Sage MAS 90 and 200 Extended Enterprise Suite v1.3, the latest Sage business application available on Applianz technology. The offering is aimed at small and medium-size businesses looking for ways to reduce costs and […]

The popular video-sharing Website YouTube, owned by Google, announced an expansion of the YouTube Partnership Program (YPP), first launched in December 2007. While the partnership had previously focused on prolific users who regularly produce videos that reach a wide audience, the expansion of the program will now include individual “one-off” videos from individual users on […]

Web hosting company Midphase announced the results of a survey of 3,000 of their customers, revealing nearly 60 percent of their small and midsize online businesses had been affected by the recession with 58 percent indicating a revenue drop from between 5 percent to more than 60 percent. One of the main reasons, cited by […]

According to a report from information technology research company Gartner, worldwide semiconductor revenue is on track to total $212 billion in 2009, a 17.1 percent decline from 2008 revenue of $255 billion. The firm said the forecast was better than the second quarter projections when Gartner projected semiconductor revenue to decline 22.4 percent this year. […]

While reports of an impending announcement of a tabletlike device from Apple continue to consume the Internet, new information suggests since CEO Steve Jobs’ return to active duty at the company, his focus has been on the production and launch of such a device. The Wall Street Journal quoted sources “familiar with the situation” as […]

Our increasingly media- and technology-saturated world is leading people to a state of constant multitasking that puts the human cognition system in a disruptive state. So claims an article published in the latest edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the official journal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. The report-“Cognitive […]

Server system solutions specialist Super Micro Computer, Inc. announced the launch of Server Building Block Solutions that deliver 6Gb/s SAS 2.0 performance. The launch includes eight systems plus five serverboard platforms, two SuperBlade servers and three Universal I/O (UIO) cards. These new product lines incorporate the company’s latest LSI 6Gb/s SAS controller IC, 6Gb/s SAS […]

A report from market research analyst and consulting company Techaisle found that small to midsize businesses will spend $3.6 billion in 2009 on remote managed services, which is up 9.2 percent from 2008. Overall SMB managed services spending will grow by 8.8 percent in 2009 to $14.3 billion, and SMBs will account for nearly half […]