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When you print out a document, the printer is usually fairly close by–if not sitting next to the computer, then perhaps down the hall or in an adjacent room. But it’s also possible to print across the Internet to a printer in another location, and a relatively straightforward way to gain this capability (it works […]

BOSTON (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp will release a free version of its dominant Office software that users can access over the Web, catching up with products that arch rival Google Inc launched three years ago. The world’s largest software maker will offer a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software and a note-taking program with the same […]

SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) – Google Inc plans to attack Microsoft Corp’s core business by taking on the software giant’s globally dominant Windows operating system for personal computers. Google, which already offers a suite of e-mail, Web and other software products that compete with Microsoft, said it would launch a new, free operating system that […]

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HP is adding to its small business lineup with new unified data storage systems, SANs and a bundled offering that makes server virtualization adoption easier. The new HP StorageWorks X1000 unified systems and X3000 gateways are based on Microsoft’s new Windows Storage Server 2008 operating system unveiled earlier this month, along with HP ProLiant G6 […]

Though tools such as Microsoft’s SharePoint can contribute to more streamlined processes in the workplace, what’s hard is changing employee actions and perception. Here are five tips to help your workforce adapt and accept portals as collaborative, successful ways of working. Each organization has its own unique culture, which can become a fundamental driving force. […]

Businesses of all sizes have more data in more places these days. Planning a strategy that ensures that digital information is safely stored, easily available and regularly backed up is something small businesses ignore at their own peril. Hoping to sell small businesses on a modular approach, Netgear, a familiar name to many small business […]

BOSTON (Reuters) – Web-based business software sales are growing briskly, even as most of the industry stalls, as the segment pioneered by Salesforce.com Inc (CRM.N) benefits from the weak economy and fading concerns about security. Gartner Research now expects 2009 sales of so-called cloud-based software to grow 22 percent to a record $8 billion, a […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co, the world’s top PC maker, is launching a new line of inexpensive business laptops with fresh features targeting users at small and medium-size companies. The HP ProBook s-series, which starts shipping globally on Tuesday, is the company’s new mainstream business notebook, following the release of its higher-end, lightweight EliteBook […]

(Reuters) – Verizon Wireless will start selling a netbook — a cheaper, more basic version of a notebook — as early as next quarter, Bloomberg said, citing a person close to the project. The devices are being developed with more than one PC maker, the news agency cited the person as saying. Price and plan […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Apple said on Tuesday it is updating its iMac and Mac mini desktop line of personal computers with prices starting at $599. The new line of desktop computers includes a 24-inch iMac with twice the memory size and twice the storage of the previous generation 20-inch iMac, but is priced at […]