Nathan Eddy

A quarterly survey of more than 12,000 midmarket companies by small business social network MerchantCircle finds just 23 percent of merchants believe that the worst of the recession is behind us, though only 5.7 percent expect their businesses to fail. The survey found that 47.3 percent of merchants disagree or strongly disagree with the statement, […]

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest machine, successfully circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time, following the reactivation of the device on November 20. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), a Geneva-based particle physics laboratory which built the LHC, spent more than a year repairing the $10 billion device, built with […]

E-mail marketing, event marketing and online survey firm Constant Contact’s annual survey of small and midsize businesses found 52 percent of participating businesses in the Small Business Holiday Outlook Survey expect holiday sales to increase over last year. The statistic marks a large increase over last year, when less than a third of respondents were […]

E-mail marketing company Implix announced the release of GetResponse Developer Zone, a portal dedicated to helping small and midsize businesses integrate the company’s GetResponse e-mail marketing API platform with in-house applications, databases, e-commerce shopping carts, CRM, and CMS systems to improve targeted marketing capabilities and increase campaign return on investment. Developer resources are available for […]

Glowpoint, a provider of managed services for telepresence and video conferencing, announced the release of ScheduleSync, a feature that synchronizes customer desktop calendaring and scheduling software with Glowpoint’s customer Web portal. ScheduleSync integrates with Microsoft Exchange and allows SMB (small and midsize business) customers to schedule and manage telepresence and video conferences from their desktop […]

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, the Geneva-based particle physics laboratory, announced the Large Hadron Collider is operating once again. Following more than a year of repairs, CERN researchers said the particle accelerator, which cost $10 billion to construct, successfully circulated beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time. The project was brought […]

The latest report by research firm T3i Group’s InfoTrack for Converged Applications (ICA), which tracks voice and unified messaging (UM), found global mailbox shipments decreased by more than 4 million during the first six months of 2009 (down 28.4 percent) compared with the first half of 2008. Manufacturer revenue dropped even more sharply year over […]

Data security and management solutions company Paragon Software Group announced the release of their latest disaster recovery, system migration and virtualization software program, Backup & Recovery 10 Suite. The solution mirrors the characteristics of Paragon’s Drive Backup Professional product line with a minimalist -set and forget’ policy found in Paragon’s System Backup. The Suite offers […]

Eight iPhone Apps to Ease Holiday Travel Stress by Nathan Eddy FlightTrack ($4.99) This app gives you access to real-time flight status from around the world, as well as weather radar updates, route maps and push alerts. Users can check gate numbers, delays and cancellations, and search by aircraft type, speed and altitude. Theres also […]

Storage specialist Cloud Engines announced the release of the latest version of Pogoplug, a box-shaped device that connects up to four external hard drives to the Internet and allows users to access and share content (files, music, photos, and video) from a Web browser or enabled mobile device without a monthly fee. The company is […]