Nathan Eddy

Internet music site BlueBeat.com, which bills itself as trying to “stop the insanity of overpriced online music,” is no longer carrying the entire catalog of songs from legendary rock band The Beatles. EMI Group, a British music company that owns the rights to the songs, filed a copyright infringement claim against the site and its […]

Dynamic Network Services, a Domain Name System provider, announced the release of Content Delivery Network Manager, aimed at cost-conscious companies that require Website traffic routing and global server load balancing. CDN Manager is built on the Dynect Platform’s global DNS server network. Using IP anycast technology and a global footprint of 12 points of presence […]

Caspio has announced a new version of Caspio Bridge, a cloud computing platform for creating Web applications without programming. Version 6.5 now features enhanced data import, additional natively supported file formats, SEO-enabled database deployment, expanded support for multitable views, smart AutoValues and other upgrades. The company is offering a free trial of the platform, and […]

A survey by the Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community found Americans are not as isolated as has been previously reported. Contrary to the assumption that Internet use encourages social contact across vast distances, the survey found that many Internet technologies are used as much for local contact as they are for distant communication, and […]

Security firm McAfee has announced the release of a new version of its Email and Web Security Appliance, aimed at helping SMBs protect against Web-based threats, manage Web and e-mail traffic and usage, and reduce system administrator requirements. Version 5.5 of the McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance, expected to be available globally later this […]

Business communications firm Nortel announced the release of the latest version of its Business Communications Manager (BCM) software, which includes new unified communications (UC) capabilities, including unified presence, and greater simplicity with the introduction of a common software stream for its BCM50 and BCM450 solutions. Nortel estimates that unified communications can help businesses realize cost-savings […]

Taiwanese handset maker HTC announced the launch of the HD2 smartphone in Europe and Taiwan and said the device, which boasts a 4.3-inch touch screen, Windows Mobile 6.5 OS and Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon mobile processor, will reach U.S. shores in early 2010. HTC, however, did not specify an exact date or carrier. The smartphone is […]

Business continuity firm QuorumLabs announced the release of onQ, a disaster recovery solution that provides one-click recovery from a storage, server or entire site failure. The onQ solution is currently available in dual-appliance configurations starting at $20,000, or via a monthly subscription model, the company said. The appliance maintains ready-to-run, up-to-date virtual machine clones of […]

Broadband services provider RCN announced Nov. 4 that RCN Business Services is expanding its data product suite by introducing wideband cable modem offerings through the rollout of Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification 3.0 technology to the SMB market. The company plans to launch in Manhattan and in portions of Boston, due to the company’s […]

According to the Apple-focused blog OS X Daily, Apple is expanding its “Mac software on Mac hardware-only” fight beyond iTunes and Palm Pre compatibility and to the chip set: The company is supposedly preventing support for the Snow Leopard operating system on the Intel Atom processor, which is commonly used on netbooks. Based on information […]