Small Business Computing Staff

Intuit, the maker of QuickBooks, has released three new additions to its payroll services offerings designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses manage their payroll and human resource tasks more efficiently. Included in the expanded trio of office productivity tools is Complete Payroll for QuickBooks Online Edition, E-File & Pay for QuickBooks Do-it-Yourself Payroll, and […]

Microsoft this week announced changes to the pricing of several products in its Office XP family of business productivity programs. The price cuts are designed to give home office and small business customers improved purchasing options that help address both business and economic needs. This reduced pricing for full package products comes at the same […]

You can’t just toss them in the dumpster — computers and monitors are filled with components containing hazardous elements such as lead, arsenic and mercury. Then there’s business data that needs to be painstakingly removed — or at least rendered inaccessible. If you find that your small business is saddled with stacks of old computer […]

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) small business economic trends is a monthly survey of small business owners’ plans and opinions. In the biggest single-month increase in the history of the survey, the NFIB Research Foundation’s Index of Small Business Optimism jumped an unprecedented 5.3 points in April. This increase bests even the leaps […]

HP introduced the Compaq Presario Widescreen Notebook X1000 PC series this week featuring a high-resolution 15.4-inch wide aspect ratio display that breaks new ground in the way mobile users can approach graphics-intensive and multimedia applications. The Presario X1000 is ideal for working on multiple applications side by side or when editing with digital images and […]

Symantec started taking orders for Norton Internet Security 3.0 for Macintosh this week. The updated program is designed to safeguard Mac users from the viral ills of the Internet. The latest version of the software suite includes new parental control features and a personal firewall in addition to all the latest virus-killing tactics. Norton Internet […]

Watchfire Launches Free Online Testing Service Kurant Offers Canadian Version of StoreSense Mobile E-Mail: Necessity or Luxury? Watchfire Launches Free Online Testing Service Watchfire, a Mass.-based provider of Web site management software and services, launched WebXACT this week, a free online service that allows users to test single pages of Web content for quality, privacy […]

Dell kicked off its 2003 Dell Total Business Tour, a 38-city tour across the country designed to help small and medium sized businesses get up close and personal with new technologies. Dell provided on-the-ground technology expertise for small and medium businesses starting in Houston this week. Dallas and Fort Worth are next in line as […]

Buried under the countless partnership announcements, product debuts and press releases are a pair of wireless local area network products that could be of interest to small- and medium-sized businesses. NETGEAR launched its new ME103 ProSafe Wireless Access Point, designed to provide enterprise-class capabilities and security features at mid-market pricing. NETGEAR also launched a line […]

In a move to bring a low-cost integrated IT solution to small business, EmergeCore Networks debuted its new IT-100 device, dubbed “IT in a Box,” at N+I in Las Vegas this week. The IT-100 combines 20 gigabytes of storage with a router, four-port switch, firewall, wireless access point, FTP server, multiple domain support, e-mail server, […]

Brother recently released a new lineup of flatbed laser multi-function print products designed for small and home office use, as well as small business workgroups. The new models MFC-8420, MFC-8820D and MFC-8820DN, provide five different functions — plain paper faxing, laser printing, digital copying, color scanning and PC faxing. Designed with a flatbed scanning area […]