Nathan Eddy

Business management software and services firm Sage North America announced the integration of the latest versions of Sage MAS 500 ERP (enterprise resource planning) and Sage Abra SQL HRMS (human resource management system). The company said the integration of Sage MAS 500 with Sage Abra extends functionality to the HR back office, while improving efficiency […]

Consumer electronics giant Sony announced this week a digital camera accessory-the model IPT-DS1, a camera dock featuring Party-shot technology-and the first two digital cameras to employ Sony’s Exmor R back-illuminated CMOS sensor technology. The TX1 camera will be available in silver, gray, pink and blue this September for around $380, and the WX1 will be […]

Smartphone maker Palm has filed a complaint with the USB Implementers Forum, a nonprofit corporation founded by the group of companies that developed the Universal Serial Bus specification, charging that Apple is infringing on its trade by not allowing the company’s smartphone, the Pre, to connect to Apple’s popular iTunes application. The New York Times […]

A report from global connectivity analysis firm ABI Research released a report predicting the market for managed wireless security services will more than triple in size over the next five years, experiencing a robust, recession-resistant compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27 percent for the years 2008-2014, and exceeding $1 billion at the end of […]

Printer maker Lexmark International announced a line of all-in-one ink-jet printers aimed at small to midsize businesses that include a touch-screen interface and Web connectivity. Lexmark said the printers, eight in all, will be released Sept. 1. The company will showcase its lineup of AIOs at the Lexmark securities analyst open house on Sept. 8 […]

An avalanche of pre-orders for Apple’s operating system Snow Leopard has catapulted the product to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list days after the e-tailer listed the operating system, officially called Mac OS X 10.6 on its Web site. Amazon is offering five versions of the software, including a family pack box set for $229 […]

Coming soon after the launch of their -Ultimate Email’ pack, registrar software and consulting company LogicBoxes announced their Unlimited Hosting Solution at a price of $2.49 per month, The company said it hopes this private labeled hosting solution would help ensure that registrars and Web service providers can retain profitable margins while outsourcing their hosting […]

A report from online payroll service SurePayroll found that while hiring rose 1.7 percent among small businesses in the month of July, salaries, on the other hand, have consistently been trending in the opposite direction. Year to date, the average small business salary has dropped 5.1 percent, according to the SurePayroll Pay Index, which is […]

Two owners of Amazon’s e-reader, the Kindle, are suing the company for breach of contract, intentional interference with their belongings and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Washington Consumer Protection Act. Antoine Bruguier of California and teenage Michigan resident Justin Gawronski filed the suit in Seattle District Court last Thursday. Both […]

IT management software company CA announced a strategy for optimizing IT services by improving the management of next-generation virtualized data centers and private clouds. CA said its solution for unified business service assurance and automation would involve coupling comprehensive availability and performance management for VMware vSphere 4 environments and Cisco virtualized network switches. CA is […]

A study by market research and consulting firm Techaisle found 52 percent of small business owners employing netbooks choose computer maker Asus as the preferred brand, while Dell and HP have higher penetration within midmarket and larger businesses. The survey also found current and potential netbook buyers are more technologically sophisticated than non-netbook owners and […]