Nathan Eddy

While exclusive Apple iPhone carrier AT&T fights to extend its exclusive contract, USA Today reports “people familiar with the situation” say Verizon Wireless, which operates the largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, is in negotiations to bring the popular smartphone to its network by next year. This would be the first iPhone to […]

Networking firm Netgear and anti-spam and anti-phishing company Mailshell have announced an agreement to integrate Mailshell’s small-footprint engine for OEMs into Netgear’s ProSecure UTM family of appliances marketed to small and medium-size businesses.Netgear’s new ProSecure UTM (unified threat management) appliances feature a version of Mailshell Anti-Spam optimized for use on embedded computing platforms and includes […]

12 Cost-Conscious Smartphones from Samsung, RIM and … Apple? by Nathan Eddy Palm Centro (from $29.99) This smartphone from Palm is available from AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, and comes in a variety of sporty colors. While the keyboard is small, the 2.25-inch touch-screen display is clear and responsive. The Centro lacks Wi-Fi support and doesn’t […]

Social networking behemoth Facebook announced terms of service changes as the result of a vote the company held to determine whether users supported the adoption of new governing documents. The vote came after users protested previous changes to service, when Facebook seemed to claim users’ data as their own.Approximately 74.4 percent of users who voted […]

Deutsche Telekom announced its stateside subsidiary, T-Mobile USA, has sold one million G1 Android smartphones since its debut six months ago. The phone is powered by Google’s open-source operating system, Android. The announcement was made during the parent company’s earnings announcement earlier this week and was first reported by the blog Telephony Unfiltered.T-Mobile, the U.S.’s […]

Chicago-based telecommunications company U.S. Cellular, the fifth-largest network operator in the United States, began offering the HTC Touch Pro smartphone on its Website this week. The device made its debut at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this February and the Touch Pro was touted as a potential Apple iPhone killer. The company is offering the […]

According to the latest survey from Compass Intelligence on small to medium-size businesses, midmarket companies are negatively affected, but not defeated, by the current recession. The survey also asked SMBs which vendors they thought were the most “SMB savvy,” with Dell, AT&T and IBM topping the list of responses.One of the survey’s key findings is […]

Online retailer Amazon.com is bringing new competition to the high-definition video rental market with Video On Demand HD service, which gives users the option to rent more than 500 HD TV shows and movies. Customers can view the HD content on their televisions through set-top devices including the Roku digital video player, TiVo Series3, HD, […]

Security firm Symantec has announced the impending release of Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition, which is targeted at midmarket companies. The software will be available in summer of this year, the company said.Symantec is touting the software’s preconfigured settings, “streamlined” user interface and built-in tools, which Symantec said are tailored for the small-business environment. […]

Oracle shocked the technology industry on Monday with its sudden acquisition of Sun Microsystems, valued at approximately $7.4 billion. Oracle moved quickly to snatch up the company after IBM and Sun failed to reach an agreement. IBM withdrew its offer worth approximately $7 billion earlier in April.Due to the size of Sun and Oracle and […]