Small Business Computing Staff

ZDNet: Latest Adroid Smartphone From T-Mobile – HTC myTouch 3G Slide Besides the slide-out keyboard, the other main differences between this and the earlier myTouch 3G are some minor software features. myTouch 3G Slide is available in June. No pricing yet, but it will probably sell in the $150 to $250 range. “T-Mobile was the […]

PCWorld: GoodSync2Go Pro: A Simple Way To Synch 2 PCs You synch files to a USB flash drive then put the drive in the other PC and reverse the process. But this reviewer points out that Sugar Sync, an online service, does the same thing for free. “If you’ve got more than one PC, you […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Best Business Laser Printers For SMBs Printers from Brother, HP, Lexmark and Samsung priced from $200 to $900. All get four out of five stars or better. Top rated: the $200 Samsung ML-2851ND. “The day will no doubt come when monochrome lasers go the way of mono inkjets (yes, Virginia, early inkjets […]

Entrpreneur: The Power Of Social Shopping Social shopping sites such as Kaboodle, ShopWiki and others claim to provide consumers an online shopping experience that’s similar to or better than they would have in a store. “Earlier this year, Giantnerd, a Boulder, Colo.-based outdoor gear and apparel e-tailer, spotted some consumer complaints on both its website […]

ITBusinessEdge: GFI Offers Backup Solution For Cloud-phobic SMBs Ranging up in price from $288 for one server and five workstations, the GFI backup solution offers big-company features including 256-bit AES encryption, a secure Web-based administrative interface and support for a wide range of backup targets. “Looking for a new backup solution for your company, but […]

PCWorld: First-look Review – iPad 3G Tablet A review originally published at MacWorld magazine, mostly laudatory, detailing the differences, physical and in terms of functionality, between the Wi-Fi iPad released in April and the new Wi-Fi-plus-3G models. “At last, the prophecy has been fulfilled: the second half of the coming of the iPad is upon […]

InformationWeek SMB: Business Continuity Planning For Small Business Includes a prescription for creating a disaster recovery plan – quick bullet points: identify critical needs, use trusted advisors, automate where possible, test annually. “Not to be Chicken Little or anything, but just because the sky isn’t falling now doesn’t mean it won’t sooner or later. So […]

PCWorld: Preview – New Secure Removable Storage Products From Immation The new products all feature security and encryption features and have some level of Federal Information Processing Standardization 140 (FIPS) certification. “Removable storage vendor Imation on Monday announced a new line of products ranging from hard drives and flash drives to Blu-ray Discs and removable […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Zendesk And Salesforce – Tighter Integration Makes Them More Powerful New components in the Zendesk hosted customer service solution tie it more tightly into Salesforce, making it easier for account reps using Salesforce to get details about their customers’ open support issues. “Zendesk has recently added a new and improved Salesforce integration […]

Entrpreneur: A Short Course On Avoiding Data Security Breaches It doesn’t matter how small your business, you’re vulnerable to attack if you don’t follow these procedures: take stock of what you have, only save what you need, lock what you save, pitch what you don’t need and plan for the worst. “One of the most […]

InformationWeek SMB: Why You Should Follow Microsoft Into The Cloud This interview-based article looks at SaaS applications such as the new Web version of Office 2010, but focuses on Azure, Microsoft’s long-term bet on the notion of on-demand hosted computing. “Microsoft’s cloud computing strategy is a tale of two clouds. There are its popular software-as-a-service […]

MessageLabs: How To Keep Your E-mail Confidential Makes the case for e-mail encryption services, recounts case studies of costly security breaches and explains laws requiring encryption. There are also state-specific versions of the whitepaper available. (Registration required.) “Companies of all sizes transmit most confidential business information via email. If that data falls into the wrong […]