Small Business Computing Staff

PCWorld: Bug Fix For Google Outlook Sync Tool Comes Sooner Than Expected It was initially expected that the fix for this bug effecting some users of Google’s tool for syncing Google Mail to Outlook would take some days, but the company started rolling out the patch on Wednesday. “Google has found a fix for a […]

The New York Times: A Second Line For Your iPhone That Bypasses AT&T The Times’ tech reporter David Pogue isn’t sure why Apple is allowing the $1 Line2 app to be sold in the Apple App Store because it appears to break the rules and sidestep AT&T. “For a little $1 iPhone app, Line2 sure […]

IDC: Social Media Impacts Retail Customer Behavior If you weren’t convinced of the need to use social media in your retail operations, this report confirms what others have been saying for awhile. “IDC Retail Insights recently released a new report, which gives an overview of the main opportunities being created by social networks for retailing. […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Review – Highly-rated Business Ultraportable Notebook From HP It’s not cheap at over $1,600, but with its low-voltage Intel Core i7 (2.13GHz) processor and 4GB of DDR3, it performs well, and it’s packed with features. Bottom line: four out of five stars. “Business ultraportables encompass a wide range of systems, the smallest […]

ITBusinessEdge: How To Avoid Problems When Implementing Unified Communications SMB Tech columnist Paul Mah continues his series on unified communications (UC) – telephony integrtated with other messaging modes – with an exploration of problems and solutions for small businesses when installing a new UC system. “Having recently explored the topic of whether SMBs need to […]

PCWorld: Trouble With Google Apps-Outlook Sync Tool The bug causes the sync tool to fail to move some messages from Google to Outlook so that users effected by it don’t see messages at all or find them too late when they check their Google client. A fix is on the way. “A bug in Google […]

PCWorld: Preview – Hot New Samsung Android Phone With a fast processor, stunning 4-inch screen and slick Samsung Smart Life touch interface, the Galaxy S may be worth waiting for. It’s expected out this summer. “At CTIA Tuesday, Samsung introduced its most powerful Android phone to date, the Galaxy S. Powered by Android 2.1, the […]

Wall Street Journal: Group Buying: Is This Good For Small Businesses? Consumers band together at Web sites such as Groupon and the sites negotiate deep discounts from local businesses in return for delivering customers in volume. “Last week, I went to my hair salon and paid half of what I usually spend because of a […]

AllBusiness: Does Your Small Business Need A Document Management Solution? Columnist Ramon Ray looks at what document management tools can do for a business and how to select and implement a hosted solution. The focus is on one vendor, KnowledgeTree. “The reception and generation of paper is something that all businesses must simply live with. […]

PCWorld: Access The Enterprise? There’s An App For That WorkBench, developed by Antenna Software, provides access to enterprise CRM and ERP apps, mobile VPN access, over-the-air updates and remote data lock and wipe. AT&T hopes to encourage more enterprise use of the iPhone with WorkBench, an application that enables secure access to enterprise Web apps […]

ITBusinessEdge: Can Unified Communications Sy8stems Benefit SMBs? SMB Tech columnist Paul Mah with further reflections on the potential benefits of products like Intermedia’s recently launched UC product for SMBs. Short answer: yes, you should. “Writing about Intermedia’s new hosted unified communications (UC) offering for SMBs last week got me thinking about the practical benefits that […]

CNet: Attention Firefox Users – You Need This Update The vulnerability, uncovered a month ago, could allow an attacker to crash a person’s browser and run harmful code on their machine. Mozilla released Firefox 3.6.2 late Monday to fix a critical security hole involving Web-based font technology. “‘We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade […]