Nathan Eddy

Apple has ratcheted up the rhetoric over the issue of jailbreaking, or unlocking, its popular iPhone smartphone. While the Copyright Office is currently reviewing a request by the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation, Apple filed a response to questions the office sent the company for its regular review of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright […]

A survey conducted by 1&1 Internet, a subsidiary of United Internet, found small to medium-size business owners risk unnecessary spending due to confusion over the cost and effort involved in Web hosting and 84 percent of SMBs pay too much for Web hosting. The results from a study of more than 1,800 U.S. SMBs suggest […]

Virtualization company VM6 Software announced the release of Virtual Machine ex (VM6 VMex) Version 2.0 for remote office and branch locations. VMex leverages Microsoft Hyper-V to create an internal cloud to provision, consolidate, manage and protect all of the ROBO workloads. The company said the solution does not require any specialized skill sets other than […]

Bookseller Barnes & Noble has announced a partnership with mobile carrier AT&T to provide complimentary Wi-Fi Internet access in B&N’s stores across the United States. Customers can also use the in-store Wi-Fi to access B&N’s collection of 700,000 titles, which it claims is the world’s largest e-bookstore. All customers shopping in B&N stores can now […]

Internet security provider Webroot announced the release of Webroot Web Security Software-as-a-Service (SAAS) and Webroot Email Security SAAS with enhancements including Web browsing quotas to enforce Internet use policies and a new Webroot Email Encryption Service to secure sensitive e-mail communications. The offerings are aimed at small to medium-size businesses looking for a SAAS-based solution […]

A recent survey conducted by DYMO, part of the Global Technology Business Unit of Newell Rubbermaid, indicates small business owners are more motivated than ever to reach their goals, despite prolonged economic stress. Nearly one in three are more stressed at work than ever because they feel like they can’t get everything done that needs […]

Cloud-based security solutions firm Panda Security has announced the availability of its line-of-business security solutions, which includes Panda Security for Business, Panda Managed Office Protection, Panda Managed Email Protection, Panda GateDefender SB, and Panda GateDefender Performa. All products, available now, integrate improved SAAS (software-as-a-service) functionality and leverage Collective Intelligence, an online, real-time database that stores […]

Destination marketing firm Development Counsellors International, which specializes in tourism and economic development marketing, announced the results of a report on how destination organizations are leveraging social networking site Twitter to draw interest and visitors to their cities. Baltimore, Fort Lauderdale, New Orleans, San Francisco and Tampa Bay are the top U.S. destinations to market […]

IBM today made available a package of data protection products aimed at providing small to medium-size businesses with affordable information protection tools. The package is backed by financing from IBM Global Financing, the company’s lending and leasing business segment. The IBM Comprehensive Data Protection Solution Express (CDPS) includes Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Center software, a […]

Rumors surrounding Apple’s potential tablet PC, about which the company has so far kept silent, continue to sweep across the Internet, most recently with a report from Apple blog Apple Insider that the company is “racing toward” a 2010 release date for a 3G tablet-style computer. Quoting unnamed sources at Apple, the blog said critical […]