Small Business Computing Staff

By Gretchen Hyman Offline retail establishments may be crying foul over the weak economy this holiday season but Internet retailers and outlets struck gold this year with record sales, a strong indication, say Internet retail analysts, that consumers are generally more satisfied with the online shopping experience and will come back for more. Los Angeles-based […]

By Patricia Fusco The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently teamed up with Iron Mountain to provide data backup and recovery services to its 90 regional offices located across the country. Since the SBA was founded in 1953, the agency has helped nearly 20 million small businesses get up and running. Through its management programs, […]

By Declan Dunn Want to make 2003 a good year? Start with a new focus on improving ROI and lowering customer-acquisition costs by focusing on performance. If you pay CPM, make it perform. If you run a CPA campaign, prove it works, so your affiliates will roll it out widely. The funny thing about most […]

By Mike Harwood As recently as two years ago, appliances were being touted as the next big thing to hit the business landscape. Today, although they are not perhaps as popular as some people would have us believe, appliances are becoming an increasingly common sight, due partly to changes in attitude, but perhaps more so […]

By Roy Santos For years, desktop systems have always turned to the PCI network adapter to connect. It has been the choice of network administrators and even home networking enthusiasts. It’s fast, cheap, and secure. Still, some balk at having to open their systems and thus opt for slower external network adapters whether wireless or […]

By Patricia Fusco Despite increased efforts to curb credit cart fraud, online retailers in the U.S. will lose nearly $500 million this holiday shopping season alone, according to a study conducted by Gartner, Inc. Gartner analysts forecast that $160 million will be lost this holiday season to fraud, and approximately $315 million will be lost […]

By Patricia Fusco Just one-inch-thick and weighing only three pounds, the sleek new tablet PC forged from a union between Gateway and Motion Computing features a large 12-inch-plus display that’s easy to view in a variety of environments. The tablet PC design couples the flexibility and mobility of a simple note pad with the full […]

By Tessa Wegert Each year as the holiday season approaches, we all grab our pencils (or PDAs, as our crowd is inclined to prefer) and go through the ritual of compiling our wish lists – those gift-giving guides designed to help out indecisive family and friends through their escapades at the mall. As a rule, […]

By Jim Geier When wireless LANs first became available in the early 1990s, primary applications were wireless bar code solutions for needs like inventory control and retail price marking. Data transfers for these types of applications don’t demand very high performance. In fact, 1Mbps data rates are generally sufficient to handle the transfer of relatively […]

Wayne Kawamoto ACCPAC International announced the release of Simply Accounting 2003, the new version of its integrated accounting program for small businesses. Simply Accounting 2003 offers small businesses an accounting system that includes payroll and e-commerce features, for as little as $39.99. The Simply Accounting 2003 Pro version adds multi-user, multi-currency, and time billing capabilities […]

NetLedger announced new migration capabilities that will let businesses switch from Salesforce.com’s legacy stand-alone SFA application. Called the Legacy SFA Switch Program, NetLedger’s offering includes products, a migration wizard, and license credits that are designed to make it easy for businesses to move from an isolated salesforce management application to the company’s integrated business management […]

By Martin Lindstrom Sometimes, irony is the best way to break down barriers. And sometimes, it can be the best tool in the brand-building battle. We’ve all resorted to irony to defuse a tense situation. After a fight or grave discussion, a good joke or funny comment can break the ice and put everything back […]