Small Business Computing Staff

Is your office drab, uninspiring and outdated? Have you ever wished that you could have a small office do-over? Well wish and wait no more, designer Thom Filicia of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” could come knocking on your door to help make-over your small office. Xerox and Entrepreneur Magazine have teamed up to […]

According to Gartner Dataquest, Canon currently owns the top slot in the U.S. copier market. Research indicates that Canon is the number one brand in color laser copiers for 2003. Building on its position as the top-ranked brand in the U.S. color laser market, Canon USA this week unveiled a pair of color-enabled multifunctional products […]

A California Internet service provider filed suit Friday in the first action under the recently enacted federal Can Spam Act, naming BobVila.com as the defendant. San Francisco attorney John Fallat filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of Foster City-based ISP Hypertouch. It alleges Sacramento-based BlueStream Media […]

There are two ways to deliver customer relationship management (define) systems. The applications can be hosted by a third-party service outside of an organization, or deployed and managed by in-house IT staff. Of course, with Siebel’s newest version of CRM solutions, small businesses have a third option — they can do one or the other, […]

Cheap is often seen as a disparaging word — it smacks of caveat emptor — let the buyer beware. But cheap can by synomynous with being a bargain, particularly in the case of the Satellite S270 wireless notebook PC, Toshiba’s latest low-end laptop introduced this week. Toshiba’s digital products division offers three different families of […]

A T1 is a high-speed digital connection operating at 1.544 megabits per second. In telecom speak a T1 is synonymous with a DS1. The technology was first developed by AT&T in 1957 and implemented in the early 1960’s as a way to network long-haul voice systems together. The development of DS1 connections allowed telephone companies […]

ACCPAC, a subsidiary of Computer Associates, this week launched a major upgrade to its customer relationship management (CRM) online subscription service. ACCPACcrm.com hosted service now features the major benefits of ACCPAC CRM on-premises version 5.6. New features include single-click integration with Microsoft Outlook, a friendlier user interface, and additional reporting options. ACCPACcrm.com users now have […]

Toshiba’s Digital Products Division recently introduced its next generation of lightweight notebook PCs. The Tecra M2 is a stylish portable PC designed for small- to-medium sized businesses that demand mobility and connectivity — without sacrificing performance. Weighing as little as five pounds, the Tecra M2 features an impressive battery life — up to 11.5 hours […]

On April 14, many small businesses covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) will be required to comply with new privacy rules regarding privacy protections for their employees. The Information Technology Solution Providers Alliance (ITSPA) advises small- to medium-sized businesses that are “covered entities” to take HIPAA requirements very seriously. HIPAA, signed […]

This week Novell announced the general availability of Small Business Suite 6.5, the latest version of Novell’s complete networking solution suite for small businesses. Small Business Suite 6.5 includes full versions of Novell’s networking and collaboration products, making big-business networking capabilities attainable on small-business budgets. Novell Small Business Suite 6.5 will also feature licenses for […]

On January 4 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a consumer hotline to assist alleged victims of a Web cramming scam operated by Miami-based Epixtar Corporation and several of its subsidiaries, including one formerly known as “SBA Online.” To date the FTC hotline has received about two-dozen inquiries from small businesses owners. Cramming refers to […]