Small Business Computing Staff

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Coming Soon: Google Buzz for Work “The big news today is the unveiling of Google Buzz, the search company’s attempt to take back a little of that sweet, sweet social networking that Facebook and Twitter seem to own. It crams all sorts of social tools into Gmail. And since Gmail is also […]

ZDNet All About Microsoft: Microsoft’s Windows 7 chief: It’s not us; it’s your batteries “Microsoft’s President of Windows has weighed in about the reports of alleged problems with PC batteries coming from some Windows 7 users. Steven Sinofsky posted to the Engineering Windows 7 blog about the battery-notification issue on February 8. If you want […]

KI Technology Group: Tip #1 for saving money on computer support “Over the next couple of weeks, I have decided to post a series of suggestions that will help you save money on your computer support. These tips will also help you evaluate whether or not you are working with the right computer support company […]

PCWorld: Fujitsu LifeBook T4410 “Fujitsu’s LifeBook line has produced some impressive contenders among tablet PCs, and the Fujitsu LifeBook T4410 rates as a solid and versatile performer for business users. With a glut of multitouch-friendly tablets (including the vaunted Apple iPad) promising to revolutionize the way we compute, it’s easy to forget that convertible laptops […]

The LaunchPad: Windows 7 – A Quick Primer on the Cost to Upgrade “So now that Windows 7 has hit the market and starting to make its way into business networks, whats the judgement? Mostly, a definite improvement over previous versions of Windows. However, there are some caveats and facts that your should be aware […]

PCWorld: IBM Launches Eight-core Power7 Processor Servers “IBM on Monday launched its latest Power7 processor, which adds more cores and improved multithreading capabilities to boost the performance of servers requiring high up time. The Power7 chip has up to eight cores, with each core able to run four threads, IBM said. A Power7 chip can […]

PCWorld: Apple iPad Price Cut: Blunder or Brilliance? “If Apple is really considering price cuts on its just-introduced iPad, the best advice is to make them before launch, not after. Not today, or tomorrow, but a price drop a week–or even a day–before it goes on sale might give the iPad an incredible boost. I […]

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ZDNet: Can Sony compete against Apple’s iPad with its own tablet PC? “Everyone seems to be getting into the tablet PC game, hoping to steal some mind (and wallet) share from Apple’s iPad, and that includes Sony. According to reports from PC World and the Financial Times, Sony’s CFO Nobuyuki Oneda recently stated that ‘Sony […]

PCWorld: Google Eyes Social Net Role for Gmail “Google is reportedly on the verge of making Gmail behave more like Facebook and Twitter, with a service allowing users to share status updates, video and photos with friends. The move would mirror one made by Yahoo, which lets mail users post status updates. But Google will […]

ZDNet: Lenovo ThinkPad X201T tablet with Core i7 CPU coming soon? “Intel’s latest launch of mobile processors is yielding more laptop refreshes, such as a number of Lenovo ThinkPads. Last week, the Core i3 CPU suited up for the new ThinkPad T410i, T410si and T510i, and now Engadget is reporting that the ThinkPad X201T convertible […]

PCWorld: Microsoft Patches Coming Tuesday: Brace Yourself “Here are two keys words for Microsoft Windows shops to remember come this Patch Tuesday: “six” and “restart.” Six is the number of a critical bulletins Microsoft will release on February 9 that affect all the currently supported versions of Windows on both the desktop and server.”