Sean Michael Kerner

TORONTO — At the beginning of the Web era, many search queries were only a few keywords in length. Times change, and Web users are now searching by using longer queries of more than three words. As Web searching habits are changing, so is search engine giant Google — with serious implications for how businesses’ […]

Cisco is an enterprise and service-provider networking giant with switching gear that powers the largest networks in the world. This week, however, Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) is going after the other end of the spectrum with its new entry-level Cisco 100 series for smaller businesses. The Cisco 100 series replaces an earlier generation of Linksys-branded devices and […]

For many small business owners, the daily commute involves walking down the hall instead of driving down the highway. But that doesn’t mean they don’t need a wireless network. Who wants to be limited to working in the back bedroom all day? Cisco’s announced a new router, designed to provide a a wireless network that’s […]

If you, like millions of other people, rely on Adobe Reader to download and view PDF files, be sure to read the security story at eSecurityPlanet.com. And while you’re at it, avoid opening PDF files from anyone you don’t know. Users of Adobe Reader and Acrobat PDF documents could be risk from a new zero-day […]

Cisco is rolling out new security, collaboration and storage hardware as part of a $100 million effort targeting small and medium-sized businesses. With the new SMB-focused solutions, Cisco executives said they’re providing features tailored especially for smaller business. This is not enterprise scale technology retro-fitted for smaller players. As part of the effort, Cisco is […]

Apple is updating its Mac OS X to version 10.5.6 with a security patch update that fixes at least 21 security vulnerabilities ranging from a kernel fix to an update for Adobe Flash Player. US-CERT has issued a Technical Cyber Security Alert on the National Cyber Alert System warning about the severity of the Apple […]

Apple Macs have long had a reputation for being free of the viruses and malware that often plagues Windows. But even Apple is now admitting that its customers could benefit from protection from security threats. The company began recommending that users of its Mac operating system to consider using antivirus software in a message on a […]

The office suite, which provides word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications, has long been among the most heavily used applications on users’ desktops. For much of the Windows-centric world, that suite is Microsoft Office, but for open source users, more often than not, the choice is OpenOffice.org (OOo). Today, OOo is out with version 3.0, […]

With everything you have to contend with running a small business, you probably don’t know that the Internet is running of IP addresses. You might not even really care. Except that eventually it will affect you, so listen up. The protocol that let’s you find a Web site (or have customers find yours) is called […]

Many budget-minded small business owners have been intrigued by the Linux operating system – mainly because it’s free. But Linux has never been a consumer option on mainstream hardware from a name brand manufacturer. That is, until now. Dell and Canonical have announced that Dell will ship PCs with Ubuntu Linux pre-loaded. The move follows […]

With all the media emphasis on Internet-related fraud and identity theft, one might think the Internet is a dangerous place for commerce. As it turns out, although the Internet certainly has its risks, incidents of fraud and identity theft from other more traditional means outnumber those online. If recent stats are to be trusted, incidents […]

In case you haven’t noticed, there are a lot of (Networked Attached Storage) devices currently on the market. Many (if not most) of the ones targeted at, and priced for, small businesses are typically single-drive setups used for backup or file serving duties. Yet, single drives don’t offer any real redundancy, so what do you […]