Small Business Computing Staff

PCWorld: How to Integrate LinkedIn With Outlook The new feature lets you see LinkedIn data for contacts right inside Outlook, including photos and profile information. “Beginning today, if you’re a Microsoft Outlook user, you can integrate your LinkedIn network with your Outlook inboxes. This is the fruit of a partnership between Microsoft and LinkedIn that […]

InformationWeek: Staples Launches Business IT Services The new Staples Technology Solutions unit wants to be a “one stop for IT solutions,” delivering products and services that act as an extension of in-house IT departments or even manage entire IT operations. “After gradually beefing up its IT capabilities over the past few years, Staples this week […]

The New York Times: Malicious Software Infects Corporate Computers The Times reports on a botnet that security firm NetWitness has uncovered, and dubbed the “Kneber botnet.” Its apparent purpose: to harvest login information from unsuspecting computer users. “A malicious software program has infected the computers of more than 2,500 corporations around the world, according to […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): If You Need Instruction, GoToTraining Try it free for 30 days. After that, it’s $149 a month ($1,428 annually) for up to 25 attendees, $349 a month ($3,348 annually) for up to 200. “If you’ve ever had to take an online training program, you might have done it with a service like […]

Small Business Trends: Which Type of Twitter Account Should You Create? This post from Internet marketing guru Lisa Barone describes five different kinds of accounts you could create, including ‘the character account’ – you could tweet as a syrup bottle! “There’s nothing difficult about heading to Twitter and creating an account to represent your business. […]

InformationWeek SMB: RIM Intros BlackBerry Server Express For SMBs Express is for companies that don’t need all the bells and whistles of the full BlackBerry Enterprise Server. It supports Exchange 2010, 2007, and 2003 and Windows Small Business Server 2008 and 2003 “Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, introduced on Tuesday the Enterprise […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Salesforce Unveils Chatter Private Beta So far it’s just a private beta trial involving 100 companies, but SF.com’s Chatter will eventually bring Facebook and Twitter-type capabilities to businesses running the company’s cloud computing apps. “Salesforce.com has launched a private beta test of Chatter, which brings Facebook and Twitter-type capabilities to businesses running […]

Aptix: 19 Things to Consider When Selecting an Exchange Provider A useful checklist for SMBs shopping for a hosted Exchange provider – from a company that hopes to win your business. “Web hosting companies, local VARs, regional Systems Integrators, telecom providers, freelance Microsoft Certified Software Engineers, data center companies – the list of vendors offering […]

InformationWeek: 8 Tablet PCs Ready For Enterprise (or SMB) These Windows tablet computers are also fine for SMBs. And as InformationWeek’s Eric Zeman notes, some may be much more useful for businesses than iPad. (Digression alert: Zeman takes his time getting to the products.) “I was in the New York City audience in November 2002 […]

PCWorld: ZyXEL NWA-3166 Hybrid Wireless Access Point The NWA-3166 can function in three different modes, offering SMBs flexibility in how they set up and configure office wireless LANs, at a price they can afford. “Building and maintaining a wireless network isn’t difficult when all of your employees fit around a single access point. Once you […]

SMB News from Network World: Powermat embeds itself in smartphones A new wrinkle from the pioneer of wireless battery recharging: a replacement battery for your smartphone that can be used directly with Powermat charging mats without the need for special sleeve for the phone. “Powermat, a company that specialises in wirelessly charging gadgets such as […]

ZDNet: MSI releases four new budget laptops, including Blu-ray model for $699.99 ZDNet’s laptop specialist provides essentials on a bunch new low-priced laptops from MSI, some based on Intel’s latest Intel Core i3 or i5 processors. “The Windows 7 budget laptop onslaught continues, this time courtesy of MSI, which has launched four new systems that […]