Small Business Computing Staff

PCWorld: Dell’s New 27-Inch IPS Monitor Now Shipping PCWorld gives Dell’s new high-end monitor a good notice – quality like an iMac, without the glare. “Dell ‘s highly-anticipated IPS LCD display began shipping this week. The 27-inch monitor packs in a high-resolution display in addition to serving up a whole host of input options. The […]

Small Business Trends: Does Your SMB Do These 8 Things? Insightful advice – everything from focusing on a niche to ‘crafting’ a story to embracing technology. Required reading. “I spend a lot of time talking to small business owners and startups. I speak with them through my SEO consulting company, during phone calls about social […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Staples Wants to Supply SMBs, Too The office supplies chain will offer bundled solution sets and services to small-medium enterprises including printer management plans and outsourced IT management. “On Thursday, Staples is expected to launch Staples Technology Solutions, part of the Staples Advantage division. The goal for the organization is to be […]

PCWorld: Blogging Is Out, Facebook Is In, Study Finds New data from Pew Research Center shows that older and younger adults active online have markedly differing preferences in how they communicate. You need to know where your market is most likely to be active to reach them. “Just like red wine and classical music, blogging […]

ZDNet: The Windows 7 honeymoon is over “Thanks to the power of hindsight, it’s now quite apparent that Windows Vista was hated by a large proportion of the people who came into contact with the beleaguered OS. In contrast, Windows 7 has been receiving almost endless praise (even before anyone outside of Microsoft was even […]

MacWorld.com: Epson Workforce Pro GT-S50 “The WorkForce Pro GT-S50 from Epson is a desktop document scanner. It has a 75-sheet automatic document feeder and scans both sides of a sheet of paper in one pass, at resolutions up to 600 dpi and 24-bit color. The GT-S50 is a little larger than most desktop document scanners, […]

PCWorld: Oracle Launches Worldwide Cloud-computing Tour “Oracle has officially put both legs on the cloud-computing bandwagon, recently launching a roughly 50-date global road show on the topic for developers and system administrators. The move stands in contrast to CEO Larry Ellison’s well-publicized mocking of cloud computing, which he has deemed a rebranding and conflation of […]

PCWorld: Box.net Upgrades IPhone App, Announces New API “Box.net provides cloud-based file-sharing and collaboration tools aimed at business users. A variety of iPhone apps already integrate with the service. Of course, Box.net offers an iPhone app of its own as well, and on Monday the company announced that the app has been upgraded with oodles […]

ZDNet: Google Buzz goes mobile, except for BlackBerry and webOS “I am not very interested in any service that can’t be taken with me on my mobile phone so after seeing Sam’s coverage of Google Buzz I immediately started searching for how I could use it on my smartphones. There are actually a couple of […]

The Wall Street Journal: Pint-Size Peripherals Scan or Print at a Price “It’s often said that less is more. If only this were true for computer devices like printers and scanners, which take up a lot of desktop real estate. The reality is that small, stylish, portable versions of these gadgets are often pricey and […]

SMB News from Network World: Users dispute Microsoft’s explanation of Windows 7 battery problems “Windows 7 does not ruin notebook batteries or issue premature warnings that the power is exhausted, Microsoft ‘s head of Windows said Monday in response to customer complaints. Within minutes, Windows 7 users who have experienced those problems disagreed, calling the […]

BusinessWeek – Small Business: When the Domain Name You Want Is Already Taken “I want to use my company’s name, plus dot-com, for my Web site. But that name is already taken. It will expire later this year. Is it possible for me to reserve it so nobody else can get it or renew it? […]