Small Business Computing Staff

Gartner: Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments in Fourth Quarter of 2009 Posted Strongest Growth Rate in Seven Years STAMFORD, Conn., January 13, 2010 — Worldwide PC shipments surpassed 90 million units in the fourth quarter of 2009, a 22.1 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2008, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. It […]

ABI Research: Mobile Application Downloads to Hit Five Billion in 2014 ABI Research expects application downloads to reach five billion by 2014. That is an increase from an estimated 2.3 billion applications downloaded in 2009. The growing adoption of smartphones which saw sales rise 20% in 2009, as well as the proliferation of application stores, […]

Amy Wohl: How the Cloud Changes Microsoft’s Business Model Microsoft has announced rental prices for Windows and Office and, at first, I thought this meant they were announcing “cloud” prices for platform providers who want to offer these products. But I seem to be wrong, since virtual versions of Windows and Office are excluded and […]

PCWorld: Best Portable Hard Drives Iomega eGo, Capacity: 500GB 1 of 10 Why we like it: It rules our Top 10 Portable Hard Drives chart. The Iomega eGo 500GB Portable Hard Drive performed well across the board in our PCWorld Labs tests, earning it first place on our Top 10 Portable Hard Drives chart.

PCWorld: Sync Documents to Google Docs With MemeoConnect Memeo and Google today announced MemeoConnect for Google Docs. The cross-platform app allows Google Apps Premier Edition customers to sync documents of any type via Google Docs. It will be available for download as of January 18. Until now, Google Docs has been limited to sharing and […]

PCmag: @Work (Small Business): Netgear Gives Small Biz the Wi-Fi Controller Treatment When big corporations (or schools or the like) with hundreds, if not thousands of employees (or students or the like) want a wireless network, they can’t just toss out an access point (AP) and expect that to be enough. Big businesses embrace a […]

Smallbiztechnology.com: Your Problem Is Not Traffic: It’s Conversion Business owners think that they need lots of traffic to their web sites. However, what they really need, according to Bryan Eisenberg (author, speaker and consultant) is to convert the traffic they have into sales. Someone once said, a great sales person makes less sales calls than […]

Forbes.com: The Benefits Of Virtual Desktops Many small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) will march down Microsoft’sWindows 7 upgrade path. And for many, this means unboxing bright, shiny new PCs and laptops for workers. But the desktop computing market is in a state of flux not seen before, presenting companies with an opportunity to rethink everything. […]

PCWorld: Google Nexus One: Outstanding in Some Ways, but Missing Key Features The coveted “Google phone” is finally here, but the HTC Nexus One ($180 with a two-year contract with T-Mobile, or $530 unlocked; prices as of January 12, 2010) isn’t quite the superphone that Google intimated it would be. It lacks some valuable features–like […]

InformationWeek SMB: Dell Unveils OptiPlex XE For SMB s In Retail, Healthcare The desktop fits into medical carts, video rental kiosks, and retail point-of-sale systems and can withstand high heat, dust, and 24-hour operation. Dell on Tuesday introduced the Optiplex XE desktop for retailers, the healthcare industry, and original equipment manufacturers. The system is designed […]

Entrepreneur Magazine: How To Cut Your Company’s Tech Bills Want to cut down costs within your small business? Office tech is one area where it is really easy to save money. Making a few simple changes and implementing some cheap new technologies can drastically reduce your bills–often simultaneously improving your efficiency and helping you become […]

PCWorld Tech Industry: Slate PCs Cry Out for a Rethinking of Windows Last Wednesday at his CES keynote, Steve Ballmer showed off three examples of what he called “Slate PCs,” from Pegatron, Archos, and HP. He said they were “perfect–perfect–for reading, for surfing the Web, and for taking entertainment on the go.” He then gave […]