Small Business Computing Staff

New York Times Personal Tech: Giving Electronic Commands With Body Language LAS VEGAS — The technology industry is going retro — moving away from remote controls, mice and joysticks to something that arrives without batteries, wires or a user manual. It’s called a hand.

New York Times: E-Mail? Free. Internet? That’ll Cost You. Everybody wants to be connected, and most major airlines in the United States have made bets that in-flight Wi-Fi Internet service will be a profitable sideline, or at least a worthwhile brand enhancer. As the year started, about 700 commercial airliners were outfitted with Wi-Fi by […]

InformationWeek SMB: Researcher Rates Mac OS X Vulnerability ‘High’ Flaw in versions 10.5 and 10.6 can be exploited by a remote attacker, says SecurityReason. But is Mac vulnerability “wishful thinking” for security makers looking to open new markets? Proof of concept exploit code was posted today by a security researcher at SecurityReason to demonstrate a […]

PCWorld Latest Technology: Oki’s Color Laser MFP Is Fast, but Output and Design Fall Short The Oki MC360 color laser multifunction printer arrives in the low-cost end of the category ($549 as of 1/8/2010), offering better-than-average speed, especially compared with the lower-priced Brother MFC-9320CW. It also has some nice features. Unfortunately, Oki’s careless documentation and […]

InformationWeek SMB: CES – Sony Unveils Four Vaio Laptops Vaio Z notebooks will ship with Intel’s latest Core i5 or Core i7 processors. Sony has unveiled four Vaio laptops, including an eco-friendly mini-notebook and a high-end ultra-portable with Blu-ray optical disc player and solid-state drive. The company’s latest mobile PCs were unveiled at the Consumer […]

SMB News from Network World: Five Big Tech Trends The Consumer Electronics Show may be over, but the devices shown off last week in Las Vegas gave us a glimpse of where technology is headed this year. CES had its highlights, letdowns, and oddball gimmicks; but looking at all the coverage there were five trends […]

PCmag@Work: Broadcom Targets SMBs with Latest Routers Broadcom Corporation has unveiled a series of single-chip 802.11n routers aimed at the small and medium-sized business market. The entry-level BCM5357 and mid-level BCM5358 single-chip 2.4G routers include support for 802.11n networks. The BM5358 adds I2S, NAND, and wireless voice gateway support. The BCM47186, meanwhile, is a simultaneous […]

SMB News from NetWork World: MSI netbook has two touchscreens MSI is demonstrating a number of prototype PCs and laptops on its CES stand, including two dual-screen netbooks. The products use two touchscreen LCDs which could be used in a couple of different ways. One could display a touchscreen keyboard with the other operating as […]

smallbiztechnology.com: How Locally Oriented Businesses Can Get More Leads Online Think about businesses that are primarily focused on acquiring local leads – the businesses that advertise in the yellow pages, for example. Lawyers, doctors, accountants, bike shops, plumbers, “handy-men”, house maids and other services all want local customers. Although more and more people are using […]

The staff over at Wi-FiPlanet.com shot past the turkey and stuffing to dive head first into holidays that involve gifts. They’ve complied a list of Wi-Fi presents they’d like to open…why not take advantage of their technical expertise and holiday avarice to plan one of your own? Whether or not you put up a tree […]

You’re so busy running your business you barely have time to think much less surf the Web for handy sites to make your life easier. Fortunately, Andrew Lock does it for you. This week’s crop of Nifty Clicks can help you with home or office repairs, conducting surveys, editing PDFs and researching just about any […]

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