Nathan Eddy

After several months of sales declines, the video game industry posted some good news for the month of March, recording a 6 percent rise in overall sales compared with the same period last year. According to The NPD Group, which tracks the industry’s economic performance, the sales in March totaled $1.52 billion, up from $1.44 […]

Toshiba, Seagate, Iomega Offer 1TB, 500GB Compact Storage Devices by Nathan Eddy Toshiba 500GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Dive ($77.54) This stylish, ultraportable storage drive offers 500GB of space and is capable of storing up to 142,000 digital photos, 131,000 digital music files or 410 downloaded digital movies. Also included is a complete system […]

Despite a federal appeals court ruling that concluded the Federal Communications Commission lacked the authority to regulate the Internet, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee, told lawmakers the ruling would not affect the body’s decision to go ahead with the National Broadband Plan. Entitled “Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan,” the […]

The technology spending freeze of late 2009 is showing signs of thawing among small to medium-size businesses, according to a survey by networking management specialist Spiceworks. The vast majority is seeing overall IT budgets and spending rise in the first half of 2010, according to the survey, State of SMB IT April 2010. The survey […]

Office printing specialist Lexmark International announced results from a survey, which identified popular printing problems facing small to medium-sized businesses. The survey was conducted by MarketTools in the United States on behalf of Lexmark and was fielded in June and November of 2009 and surveyed business users. Small businesses reported that buying expensive printer ink […]

Printing and imaging company Lexmark International announced the formation of Lexmark Government Solutions, along with a program aimed at helping federal agencies reduce their environmental footprint. Government Solutions is focused on enhancing the company’s ability to service and support federal government agencies, helping them reduce expenses, enable secure information sharing and reduce environmental impacts. Lexmark […]

FedEx Office, an operating company of FedEx Corp., announced an alliance with Canon U.S.A., a subsidiary of Canon, and Hewlett-Packard to create a network of printing and imaging capabilities, giving customers access to new technologies and an extensive machine fleet. Beginning next month, FedEx Office (formerly FedEx Kinko’s) will utilize Canon and HP as sole-source […]

Citing the strong demand for iPad tablets in the United States during its first week of sales, Apple announced it made the “difficult decision” to postpone the touch screen device’s international launch date by a month. The iPad is now expected to launch in several European countries, the U.K., Australia, Canada and Japan at the […]

Opera announced its mobile browser, Opera Mini, has been approved for iPhone and iPod touch on the Apple App Store and will be available as a free download within 24 hours, depending on the market. Some of Opera Mini’s features include Speed Dial, which gives users the ability to reach their favorite sites with one […]

Super Micro Computer, a provider of application-optimized server solutions, is demonstrating its new Twin architecture server solutions optimized for cloud computing. Based on the SBI-7226T-T2 blade, the company’s TwinBlade server supports up to 20 dual-socket server blades per 7U enclosure. The hardware is combined with dual 40G bps InfiniBand, FCoE or 10GbE switches and dual […]