Nathan Eddy

A Look at Sony Ericsson’s ‘Green’ C109, Naite Handsets Flash Mob The C109’s five-megapixel camera includes advanced features such as a Xenon flash, video recording and stabilizing, red-eye reduction, up to 16x digital zoom and face-detection technology for group photos. Green Is the New Black (or White) The C109’s green features include recycled plastic parts […]

Exploiting the concept of green technology has worked its way to the top of many companies’ marketing priorities, and Sony Ericsson is no exception: This week the handset maker announced two environmentally friendly mobile phones, including one with a 5-megapixel camera. The two models, part of the company’s GreenHeart environmental program, have a 15 percent […]

According to a recent survey by Charlotte, N.C.-based Agility Recovery Solutions and Hughes Marketing Group, small and midsize businesses are woefully unprepared for disasters and are being misled by existing data backup plans.The 2009 Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Survey conducted interviews with more than 700 business owners and executives throughout North America. The results […]

A report from Nielsen Online shows the total minutes spent on social networking sites has increased 83 percent year-over-year, while user time on social networking powerhouse Facebook increased its user minutes nearly 700 percent year-over-year, growing from 1.7 billion minutes in April 2008 to 13.9 billion in April 2009, making Facebook the top social networking […]

Sure Payroll released its monthly Small Business Scorecard, which showed a rise in small business optimism during the month of May. Based on the company’s latest survey of small business owners, 73 percent of respondents indicated they are optimistic about the small business economy, up from 66 percent in April.Michael Alter, president of the Glenview, […]

Eight Page-Turning E-readers from Amazon.com, Sony, iRex, More While Amazon.com’s Kindle 2 and large-format Kindle DX are dominating e-reader media coverage, casual users of mobile e-reader devices and business-focused users alike have a few other options. iRex Technologies offers two large-screen models, one boasting a 10.1-inch diagonal display, and Plastic Logic plans to debut an […]

Despite the growth of the notebook market among businesses, survey results from market intelligence firm IDC suggest brand loyalty among midmarket companies continues to wane, especially among small businesses.According the survey, nearly 30 percent of small firms (fewer than 100 employees) and more than 45 percent of medium-sized businesses (100-999 employees) plan to purchase notebook […]

Apple has issued a slew of critical patches for its QuickTime media player and updated the digital media application iTunes. Version 7.6.2 of QuickTime received the majority of patches, targeted at patching holes that allow maliciously crafted files to perform unexpected application terminations or arbitrary code executions.The iTunes upgraded software now supports iPhone and iPod […]

E Ink, the electronic paper company that provides the electronic display technology used by Amazon’s Kindle e-reader (among others) announced its primary business partner, Taipei, Taiwan-based Prime View International (PVI), has acquired it for $215 million. E Ink and PVI currently support nearly 20 eBook manufacturers worldwide. In addition to electronic books, E Ink’s Vizplex […]

Electronics giant and handset manufacturer Samsung is gearing up to offer snap-happy consumers a 12-megapixel camera phone, the Pixon12. When the phone comes to market in Europe this month, it will be the world’s first 12-megapixel camera phone with full-touch screen.In addition to the full-touch 3.1-inch AMOLED screen, the Pixon12 has a Dedicated Camera Power […]