Small Business Computing Staff

Mainline: Why And How You Should Implement Desktop Virtualization Mainline is a National Premier Partner of VMware, the market leader in desktop virtualization. This white paper looks at the business case for virtualization and outlines best practices for implementing the technology. (Registration required.) “From small businesses to enterprise organizations, everyone agrees that ultra-low PC prices […]

PCWorld: Gygan File Shring Service Offers Very Fast Downloads Gygan offers up to 1GB of free downloads and it’s very fast, but it’s up against established competitors such as BitTorrent, Usenet, and RapidShare. “Gygan is one of the newest additions into the file-sharing battleground. With so many choices already available–BitTorrent, Usenet, and RapidShare among others–can […]

PCWorld: Printing From iPad – Three Options PCWorld reviews three iPad (and iPhone/iPod Touch) printing solutions: PrinterShare, ePrint and DocPrinter. None is perfect, but they work. “It may not be easy to print from your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, but it can be done–provided you seek out the help of a third-party app. But […]

InformationWeek: Palm Smartphone Platform Gets New Life With HP Take-over – Maybe HP and Palm are both casualties of the smartphone wars, with HP gone and Palm on life support in recent months. Can they join forces to revive Palm’s promising WebOS smartphone operating system? “HP turned the smartphone space on its head Wednesday with […]

ZDNet: iPad Rivals Falling Like Flies: Microsoft Courier Nixed If you were holding off on buying an iPad in hopes some other major manufacturer would come up with something better or cheaper or running Windows 7, you may be in for disappointment. ZDNet Microsoft columnist Mary-Jo Foley discusses reports that Microsoft has killed its Courier […]

PCWorld: Tablet vs. Netbook – Asus Bets On Netbook, But Hedges Asus believes the market for netbooks will continue to be bigger than the market for tablet computers, but it will introduce its own tablets this summer – unless it senses that market demand is not there, in which case it will wait. “Netbook pioneer […]

Entrpreneur: Online Marketing Tools That Work Entrepreneur magazine offers a round-up of online marketing tools, with reviews of Vertical Response, WeMeUs, MailChimp and SalesForce.com. “What are your top strategies for keeping in front of customers in 2010? Chances are, as an entrepreneur, you’re looking to connect with your customers faster and more easily. You want […]

Indicee: Business Intelligence For The Rest Of Us Indicee, a provider of business intelligence (BI) software as a service (SaaS,) makes the case for BI as a service and shows how to analyze whether it makes sense for your organization. “Business intelligence (BI) software and processes lend organizations critical insight. With corporate data consolidated into […]

The New York Times: Keeping Data Safe On An iPad Four tips for securing your iPad, including passcode locking it and signing up for Apple’s MobileMe service and using the Find My iPad feature. “The iPad is a new and wonderful plaything, but it’s also a mini-computer that holds large amounts of your personal and […]

InformationWeek SMB: Making Your Web Site Mobile Friendly A recent survey showed that 98% of the more than 42 million people who carry smartphone use them to surf the Web. Making it easier for them to see the information at your site on their tiny screens will encourage them to come back. “There are 42.7 […]

PCWorld: AT&T Releases Details On iPad 3G Data Plans Details on how AT&T will notify you as you reach your data limit with the 250MB-a-month plan, plus confirmation of free Wi-Fi access at AT&T hot spots. “Apple and AT&T are finally releasing more details about the iPad 3G’s data plan options (PDF). We already knew […]

Wall Street Journal: An Updated Laptop Buying Guide Walter Mossberg’s annual guide to selecting a laptop looks at new processors and graphics technology, talks about pricing and revisits the issue of Mac vs. PC. It’s addressed to ‘consumers’ but applies equally to small businesses. “As consumers open their wallets again to buy new computers this […]