Nathan Eddy

Networking and communications giant Cisco Systems announced an update to the Linux-powered WRT54GL router, the Linksys by Cisco WRT160NL Wireless-N router. The router is currently available and retails for $119. Among the features is Wireless-N’s Multiple In, Multiple Out Mimo technology, which uses the signal reflections that confuse wireless technologies to boost range and reduce […]

Small business owners in Australia, Japan and Korea are seeing continued growth of voice over IP and triple play services, strong competition among 3G mobile operators in their telecommunications sector markets and the uptake of fiber-to-the-premises services, according to a report from research firm Access Markets International Partners. The report also noted big strides have […]

The latest survey and monthly hiring index released by online payment company SurePayroll shows small business owners are optimistic about future economic prospects and continue to hire workers for their businesses. Nationally, small business hiring was up 0.7 percent in the second quarter, a slowdown from the first quarter 2009 when we saw a hiring […]

Ten Additional Ways to Geek Out Your Office by Nathan Eddy HunterGatherer iPhone Case & Laptop Sleeve ($49.95-$59.99) Incase and Arkitip partnered with New York-based design company HunterGatherer to produce a stylish carrying case for your laptop and iPhone. According to founder Todd St. John, HunterGatherer “often creates things that have -naturalness to them, but […]

Networking solutions firm SMC Networks has announced the availability of its TigerAccess Extended Ethernet Switch and TigerAccess Extended Ethernet CPE. The TigerAccess VDSL2 Extended Ethernet solution enables the deployment of voice, video and data access with bandwidth speeds up to 100M bps over existing Category 1, 2 or 3 wiring. The products are aimed at […]

Computer maker Lenovo announced its latest line of servers, the ThinkServer TD200 and TD200x tower servers as well as the RD210 and RD220 rack servers, all aimed at small to medium-size businesses. The new servers come with several choices of Intel Xeon 5500 Series processors and expanded memory and storage. The ThinkServers are also equipped […]

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard announced updates to and expanded availability of HP Access, its small to medium-size business assistance program. Part of the HP Total Care program, HP Access provides customers with discounts, free software and services, offers, and training tailored to fit the needs of SMBs. HP Access members are also now eligible to receive […]

Communications market research firm Infonetics Research recently released a slew of security software reports that revealed virtualization and cloud computing are growing trends in the content security market, worldwide network security appliance and software revenue dropped and software as a service is driving breakout growth in the managed security market. Starting with the first quarter […]

Marketing automation software firm Infusionsoft announced a partnership with PowerPay, an e-commerce processing specialist. Under the agreement, Infusionsoft’s customers will be able to utilize of PowerPay’s payment processing solutions without any set-up fees. Additionally, Infusionsoft customers will have priority access to a dedicated toll free support line.Infusionsoft said e-commerce lies at the heart of the […]

A survey by online payroll service PayPal suggests high shipping costs, security concerns and a lack of convenience are hampering online transactions. The survey revealed that nearly half (45 percent) of online shoppers have abandoned their carts multiple times in the past three weeks, with the average cost of abandoned goods in U.S. shopping carts […]