Small Business Computing Staff

The Wall Street Journal: A Netbook-Tablet Hybrid Reviewer Jonnelle Marte liked some of what she saw, but found the Lenovo hybrid a little slow. She also didn’t like the screen for reading. Bottom line: Marte will hold out for an iPad. (Ah, but an iPad won’t have a keyboard, and this one does. Ed.) “Tablet […]

PCWorld: Tips to Manage Your BlackBerry Apps PCWorld offers how-to tips on juggling multiple BlackBerry apps to get around user memory shortage on most RIM products. In a nutshell: archive apps to an SD card. “One of the major shortcomings of Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry mobile OS is that it requires a user to […]

IT-Director.com: HP rolls out data center services aimed at boosting IT ROI for global SMBs The new HP services are designed to give small and medium businesses with data centers the same kinds of efficiencies, flexibility and return on IT investment as big enterprises. “In a move to tap into the small- to mid-sized business […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Lenovo and Sony: New Business Ultraportables A short short summary with links to recent stand-alone reviews of two highly regarded new ultraportable laptops, plus a link to a PCmag Laptops & Notebooks Product Guide. “The PCMag hardware team recently reviewed two stellar business ultraportable laptops, the Sony VAIO VPC-Z116GXS and Lenovo ThinkPad […]

InformationWeek SMB: How Twitter is Revolutionizing Business The word ‘revolutionizing’ might be over-selling it, but this article, which includes a compelling case study of an entrepreneur inspired and enabled by Twitter, makes a strong argument for the micro-blogging site being a positive force – for at least some businesses. “The buzzed-about social media platform presents […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Cloud Sherpas Gives Google Apps Admins More Control Cloud-based tools allow system administrators to manage many Google Apps accounts from one console and even import or export account information. “The new Web-based tool from a Google Apps migration expert exerts IT control over Google’s businessy Web suite of productivity programs. Cloud Sherpas […]

Small Business Trends: Send Email and Text Messages by Voice: Review of Voice on the Go TJ McCue reviews a new service that lets you phone a computer that transcribes spoken words into text and sends the message wherever you want – e-mail, instant message, social media sites. “Tweet by phone. Now that caught my […]

Smallbiztechnology.com: The Facts About Fax: Why efax Is Excited About the Growth of Fax A Q&A with Mike Pugh, vice president of marketing at J2 Global, owners of eFax, an online fax service. Pugh claims fax use is actually on the rise, although it may be used for different things and in different ways today. […]

IT-Director.com: BriefingsDirect analyst panelists peer into crystal balls for latest IT growth and impact trends The crystal ball gazers come from a variety of analyst and research firms. One interesting nugget: Brad Shimmin of Current Analysis notes that software is a buyer’s market right now. That can’t be bad. “The next BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, […]

PCWorld: HP Compaq 6005 Pro Small Form Factor PC PCWorld lab tests a new HP slim-line desktop PC and gives it high marks. Bottom line: a speedy system for one so small, but with a few flaws. “HP’s Compaq 6005 Pro Small Form Factor PC–yes, that‘s its full name–is about as big a compact system […]

PCWorld: Lenovo ThinkPad Line Adds an Ultraportable:The Thinkpad Edge Reviewer Jason Cross always liked the ruggedness of the ThinkPad line but didn’t think it was very pretty. The new Edge super-light changes all that, he says. “If you’re a fan of Lenovo’s ThinkPad laptop line, you’re willing to put up with a boring industrial design […]

CNet: Read It Later turning bookmarks into news pages Instead of just a list of links, you get a continually updated graphical news digest page that automatically categorizes your links. “Read It Later’s new trick is one that long-time users with little time to waste are likely to enjoy. The bookmarking service, which was designed […]