Small Business Computing Staff

Cloud Computing Use Cases Discussion Group: Understanding Cloud Computing And How To Use It This is version 3.0 of the group’s definitive white paper on cloud computing: its various permutations, its use cases, benefits and pitfalls. “The Cloud Computing Use Case group brought together cloud consumers and cloud vendors to define common use case scenarios […]

PCWorld: Atomic Web For iPad – Better Than Firefox? The reviewer says he has switched to Atomic Web from Firefox on his iPad because of the better tabbing functionality and other features such as find in page and full-screen browsing, which are missing from Firefox. “After reading about Atomic Web for the iPad a few […]

PCWorld: Better iPad Printing With Version Of PrintCentral The app allows users to easily print e-mail attachments from the iPad and synch files between iPad and PC over Wi-Fi. “UK- and New Zealand-based developer EuroSmartz has announced the release of version 1.2 of its popular PrintCentral app, which, as the name implies, brings printing capabilities […]

PCWorld: Macs Vulnerable To New Backdoor Attack The new malware code, recently posted on hacker forums, allows criminals to take over infected computers and do whatever they want with them. “Apple antivirus company Intego has discovered a backdoor malware attack targeting Mac users. Able to infect both PowerPC and newer Intel-based Macs thanks to being […]

Small Business Trends: Review – Office Medium Business Social Media & Collaboration Office Medium is a great tool for running small projects and collaborating on document creation. It’s not perfect, says reviewer TJ McCue, but it’s inexpensive and does quite a few things right. “Keeping your team on the same page, in today’s mobile work […]

InformationWeek SMB: Search Engine Optimization – Steering Clear of SEO Scam Artists “The SEO business is 80 percent scam,” according to one commentator. This article tells you how to navigate the shoals of engaging a search engine optimization consultant. “Search engine optimization–the canny use of keywords and other techniques designed to shoot a website to […]

PCWorld: Review – SpeedUpMyPC Software The software works but doesn’t provide enough information about what it’s doing, the reviewer says. Price: $40 (free lmited functionality trial). “SpeedUpMyPC ($40, free feature-limited demo) is a pretty self-explanatory app. It performs various tweaks, modifies your PC, adds in little applets, and empties the trash and temporary files–all in […]

When it comes to buying a small business computer, you need to match the hardware with the task. Employees whose primary jobs revolve round emailing, word processing and other basic computing tasks can more than get by with a lower-end, lower-powered PC. However, if you have employees who perform image or video editing — or […]

ITBusinessEdge: Fax? Does Anyone Still Use Fax? ITBusinessEdge hosts this free white paper from Equisys officially titled, ‘Unconventional Wisdom About Fax Communication.’ We think our title asks the questions the white paper begs. “Although companies regularly use e-mail and other communication technologies for general communication and collaboration, many continue to depend on the security, reliability, […]

PCWorld: HTC Droid Incredible – Verizon’s Ultimate Android Smartphone? It has a bigger screen, faster processor and higher-resolution camera than past Android smartphones, yet it costs the same as the original Droid phone. What’s not to like about that? “There’s the Droid. And the Droid Eris. And now there’s the Droid Incredible, a new Verizon […]

InformationWeek SMB: Business Intelligence On Your iPad – Hey, I Can See It Now BI vendors such as MeLLmo and QlikTech already provided software to show charts and graphs on smartphone screens, but the iPad’s larger screen makes it a more viable mobile platform for BI. “Business intelligence vendors are getting better at delivering charts, […]

Small Business Trends: Build Your Mobile Web Site, And Build It Right Mobile marketing guru Lisa Barone explains the basics of how to ensure that your new Mobile Web site works and pulls in the customers. “You need a mobile Web site. And you know that you do. You’ve been hearing everywhere that THIS is […]