Small Business Computing Staff

PCWorld: How Wi-Fi Attackers Poison Browsers “Public Wi-Fi networks such as those in coffee shops and airports present a bigger security threat than ever to computer users because attackers can intercede over wireless to “poison” users’ browser caches in order to present fake Web pages or even steal data at a later time.That’s according to […]

Social Media Today: ROI calculations are a joke “Our colleagues over at Forrester recently undertook some interesting research regarding content management investment attitudes in 2010 (DM, RM and WCM). The overall finding was along the lines one might expect, ‘72% of respondents intend to expand their use of ECM technologies’… but there was an intriguing […]

Entrepreneur: Which Features Should Your Website Have? “Understanding website functionality can get a little confusing, and deciding what bells and whistles to include on your site isn’t always easy. Here, we discuss three tools used on many of today’s websites. If you’re considering adding them to your site, take some time to think about the […]

Small Business Labs: Siri: A Cloud Based Digital Assistant for the iPhone “Siri is a new generation virtual, digital assistant that is meant to act just like a human assistant. It understands what you say, accomplishes tasks for you and gets better at understanding what you want as you spend more time with it. Initially […]

ZDNet: Windows 7 battery update: Still no conclusive findings “Microsoft and its PC maker partners are continuing to look into battery problems which some Windows 7 users have said they’ve been experiencing. So far, there’s nothing new to report, Microsoft officials said on Friday, February 5, but their investigation is continuing. It’s still unclear exactly […]

Smallbiztechnology.com: Email Marketing 2.0: The Smart Phase of Customer and Prospecting Outreach “Most businesses with any half decent type of marketing have an email newsletter and website. Everyone of them might not have a blog or be active in Twitter, but they definitely would have a web site and email newsletter. Traditionally, email marketing has […]

Entrepreneur: Soup Up Your Social Sales Channels “We get it. You’re already juggling scads of operational, sales, tech, administrative and marketing tasks, and you’re not totally sold on the value of social networking spaces. Are they gigantic time wasters or strong brand-building sales drivers? Multiple experts opine on the benefits (or lack thereof) of social […]

HyperOffice: SaaS Vendor Selection: A Systematic Approach to Selecting a Software-as-a-service Vendor “The moment of software-as-a-service (SaaS) is undoubtedly upon us. The benefits the SaaS approach to software deployment are numerous and compelling, especially for small to mid sized organizations. The ability to have access to powerful technologies, with a minimal financial commitment has opened […]

TriCipher Inc.: Security Considerations using myOneLogin for Web Application Access “Web applications like Salesforce, Google Apps, and many others, are reshaping business technology by moving servers and infrastructure outside the business itself – eliminating system management tasks. And with anytime/anywhere access, business users can now be productive from nearly any location with Internet access. But […]

VMware Inc.: The Benefits of Virtualization for Small and Medium Businesses “Small and medium businesses (SMBs) of all sizes are rapidly adopting virtualization and achieving significant benefits in a number of areas. That is a key finding from our survey of 309 senior business and IT managers at companies with 20 to 1,000 employees in […]

ComputerWeekly.com: Gartner identifies IT trends for 2010 “Cloud computing and social computing will be major issues for CIOs in 2010, with businesses set to relinquish control over some parts of their IT estate as the trends take hold, according to analyst group Gartner. Gartner vice-president Steve Prentice also pointed to the environment, “contextual” computing on […]

ZDNet: HP makes new G62t budget laptop available starting at $599.99 “Without much fanfare, HP has put up the new G62t laptop for sale on its Website. For $599.99, you get a system with a new Intel Core i3-330M processor, 3GB of DDR3 RAM, 160GB hard drive, DVD burner, 15.6-inch LED-backlit display, and Windows 7 […]