Networking Basics: What’s a Firewall?
Security expert Michael Horowitz explains firewalls and why they’re important for home and small business networks.
Upgrading to Wireless N on a Budget
Its draft or beta status has been as prolonged as Google Gmail's, but that doesn't mean you should wait for the higher performance of 802.11n networking. Eric Geier finds complete kits just either side of the $100 mark.
2009 Awards: Readers Pick the Best Small Business Tech Tools
Our roster of winners includes the best tools to help small business owners curb costs and improve efficiency. Whether you're looking for hardware, applications, security or e-commerce technology, the top vote-getters deliver the goods.
Don't Ditch That Broadband Connection
Switching to VoIP phone service can save money without suffering the returning to the sloth and hassle of dial-up Internet access.
Meet the Finalists: Excellence in Technology Awards
Step right up and cast your ballot for the best that technology has to offer small business. Take your pick from twenty categories and more than 100 hardware and software products and services. You decide the winners.
Excellence in Technology Awards: Call for Nominations
Looking to increase efficiency and cut costs? Technology can help, and so can you. We're looking for the best hardware, software and services for small businesses. Nominate the products that help your business thrive.
Safely Share Your Wireless Access
Thinking of sharing your home (or small business) WLAN? Aimed at first-timers, this thorough primer on Wi-Fi basics explains security, routers, the various flavors of 802.11 and other essentials.
Demystifying a Small Business Network
Running your business over a network -- even if it's only to share Internet access -- can help you be more productive and efficient. We take a look at the basic components of a network and how they all fit together.
Windows Home Server: At Home in the Office
Don’t let the name throw you. The new crop of Windows Home Server devices could be just what your business needs: Easy-to-set-up centralized storage and backup you can access from within your network or remotely via the Web.
What You Need to Know About Cookies
While used primarily by Web sites as a means of identifying you to customize your Web experience, not all cookies are sweet and delectable. We show you which cookies to crumble.
What Is A Router?
Without a router you couldn't get on the Internet much less send e-mail or surf the Web. Here's the 411 on this basic, but vital piece of any network.
E-mail Attachments: Size No Longer Matters
If you need to send lots of large files, your options can be complicated and pricey. YouSendIt.com offers a solution it says is easier, cheaper and more secure.
Three Roads to Network Printing
Having a printer for each computer on your network is usually overkill. A better use of money and space is to set up a networked printer that everyone can share. This week, we explore three printer-sharing methods and discuss the pros and cons of each.
