Nathan Eddy

Semiconductor giant Nvidia announced Optimus, a technology designed for notebook PCs that chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application and automatically routes the workload to either an Nvidia discrete graphics processing unit (GPU) or Intel integrated graphics. The company said notebooks with Nvidia Optimus technology will be available shortly, starting with the […]

Online retail giant Amazon.com has evidently settled its dispute with publisher Macmillian over the price of e-books, as Amazon had relisted the titles from the publishing house after removing them from its online store. The two companies had a disagreement over Macmillan’s request for control of pricing and the ability to offer different books at […]

Resource Edge, creators of TalentHook, a resume spidering solution that boasts thousands of domestic and international resume Websites, announced it had completed a custom integration with BrightMove, a SAAS recruiting business solution. With this update, Brightmove will enable direct use of TalentHook resume search and candidate sourcing tools from within the BrightMove application. This update […]

Online backup specialist Carbonite announced Carbonite Pro, a version of its online backup service specifically designed for small to medium-size businesses. The company, which is offering a free trial of the solution via its Website, uses a tier-based system that charges customers a monthly fee for backup space. Pricing starts at $10 a month for […]

Following Macmillan’s insistence on setting its own rates for e-book prices rather than follow Amazon.com’s preferred $9.99 per title, the chairman and CEO of Hachette Book Group has issued a memo outlining Hachette’s desire to control its own pricing. In the memo CEO David Young explains that a new pricing model has been under consideration […]

Nine years after the launch of the original Xbox gaming console, Microsoft’s Marc Whitten, Xbox Live general manager, announced via a blog post that the company would discontinue the Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox v1 games playable on Xbox 360 and Xbox Originals. The change goes into effect on […]

Security, storage and networking solutions specialist Barracuda Networks announced the launch of the Barracuda NG Firewall. The Barracuda NG Firewall is a line of virtual and hardware appliances designed to protect enterprise network infrastructure, improve site-to-site connectivity and simplify administration of network operations. This product launch is the first since Barracuda Networks’ acquisition of phion […]

A report by the Pew Research Center found since 2006 blogging has fallen in popularity among teens and young adults while simultaneously rising among older adults. Fourteen percent of online teens now say they blog, down from 28 percent of teen Internet users in 2006. The study found this “Millennial Generation” might be exchanging “macro-blogging” […]

ProSecure, the specialized network security brand by Netgear, a networking solutions specialist, unveiled the ProSecure UTM5. The UTM5 is a strongly differentiated gateway security appliance that extends UTM (Unified Threat Management) technology to small businesses, home networks for telecommuters and small branch offices around five users in size. Distributed via the company’s channel partner program, […]

Astute Networks, a provider of bladed storage solutions, announced an update to its Edge Storage Foundation Suite to include support for network attached storage and an enhanced graphical user interface for the Caspian Edge Storage product platform. The Astute Networks ESFS is an extensible storage and systems framework designed for leveraging the open standards of […]