Jamie Bsales

Let the Tablet Wars begin. Apple’s iPad 2 sold out its initial run of an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 units in mere days, and you can’t turn on the television or radio without hearing about the Motorola Xoom or other Android mobile device. The full-court press among device makers is understandable. It is once a […]

If you are looking for an incredibly thin and light small business notebook PC with the right mix of style, portability and affordability, take a look at the Dell Vostro V130. This “ultraportable” laptop measures a scant three-quarters of an inch thick and weighs just 3.4 pounds, which makes it easy to tote as a […]

There’s no shortage of articles on ways to make your small business appear like a larger enterprise to potential clients and customers. From consistent branding to cohesive marketing, such advice is all valid — but sometimes rather abstract. Harder to find is a list of actual products and services that can make it happen. So […]

The most powerful small business contact and customer management software just got better, with new access to business info databases and improved email marketing features. Whether you’re new to contact management software or a long-time ACT fan looking to upgrade, Sage ACT 2011 offers a lot to like. Already arguably the most complete small business […]

Samsung’s Q430 Small Business Notebook Delivers Performance and Style If you don’t have Samsung on your small business notebook shopping list, you should. The Samsung Q430 is a 14-inch mainstream notebook PC ideally suited to the small business buyer looking for strong performance, stylish good looks and plenty of features at an $800 price point. […]

The Acer X1161 and X1261 are affordably priced 3D-capable projectors that weigh less than 5 pounds. (Click for larger image). If you’re thinking about buying a new mobile projector for your small business, be warned: Things have gotten a whole lot more complicated. A few years ago, all you had to do was pick the […]

If you’re the type that feels desktop PCs are so 1990s, Dell has a powerful new notebook PC that may make you forget about mini-tower PCs for good. The Dell Vostro 3700 likely has a larger, higher-resolution screen than you used in the ’90s, and undoubtedly a more powerful processor. And at a starting price […]

Small business entrepreneurs wear many hats, and if you’re reading this Web site, it’s a good bet one of those is that of an IT administrator. But once your company has grown past a couple of PCs and a Wi-Fi router, it’s time to think about a professional solution. You can hire a part- or […]

In a perfect world, a firm of hip, twenty-something art-school grads handles all of your company’s graphics design and image-editing work. Reality, however, dictates that you either have an employee who’s adept at handling the graphics needs of your business, or you handle it along with all your other responsibilities. The Adobe Bridge component of […]

ThinkPad notebooks PCs have long been a standard for employees of large corporations, where the classic black laptops were bought by the pallet-load. But the extra features demanded by enterprise IT departments — standardized docking connectors, common swappable bays, TPM security circuitry, management firmware and software, set-in-stone OS images — often pushed the price of […]

Dell continues to cater to the entrepreneurial set with its latest hardware introductions. Last week the company rolled out a disk-based data backup and recovery solution in a single server: the PowerVault DL2100 Powered by Symantec Backup Exec 2010, The company also continues to update its Vostro family of small-business notebook computers, adding the Vostro […]

Microsoft has announced the impending end of support and ongoing updates for several popular Windows operating system variants, which means no further updates and — more importantly — security patches will be forthcoming. The affected operating systems include Windows Vista with no service packs installed, which loses support as of April 13; support for Windows […]