Small Business Computing Staff

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Central Command, a provider of PC anti-virus software and computer security services released its monthly listing of the top twelve viruses reported for November 2002. The report, coined the “Dirty Dozen”, is based on the number of virus occurrences confirmed through Central Command’s Emergency Virus Response Team. The list […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com The McAfee Security division of Network Associates introduced small business editions of its Active Virus Defense and Active VirusScan product bundles. The new product editions are designed to provide small and medium businesses with an edge against virus attacks by including the management and reporting capabilities of ePolicy Orchestrator, […]

By Eric Grevstad The young ‘uns come running to sit on our lap by the fire and hear our stories – well, actually they say they’d rather run into the fire than hear our stories, but we remember, anyway, about the first HP LaserJet printer back in ’84. A whopper, it was, easily half as […]

By Nick Usborne Over the last few months, my speaking work has brought me into contact with lots of people producing online newsletters – for companies, nonprofits, and academic institutions. There is no doubt the design, creation, and delivery of online newsletters are becoming a great deal more sophisticated. Useful information is being shared, links […]

By Jim Geier You’ve probably heard the story by now that 802.11 wired equivalent privacy (WEP) (define) is broken and just about anyone can compromise wireless LAN (WLAN) resources. What you’ve heard is absolutely true, especially if you don’t implement techniques that will counter the known weaknesses. With any WLAN, you need to consider policies […]

Preliminary e-shopping figures are being calculated as the big season closes in and a joint survey conducted by Shop.org and BizRate.com found that 60 percent of retailers posted revenue increases of 25 percent or greater during the first two weeks of November compared to the same period last year … and most consumers still have […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Ulead Systems, a developer of video editing, image editing and DVD creation software, introduced Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2.0, the latest version of the company’s DVD creation software. According to the company, DVD MovieFactory 2.0 gives home and office users an affordable and easy-to-use tool for sharing videos and digital […]

By Beth Cox A new industry report on the persistent fraud problem that dogs e-commerce merchants, from the giants like Amazon.com down to mom-and-pop storefronts, predicts that crooks and deadbeats will create losses of an estimated $285 million over the holiday season in the United States. The good news is that fully two-thirds of U.S. […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com ClickTracks announced the release of version 3.0 of ClickTracks Analyzer, the site metrics tool. According to the company, Version 3.0 maintains the visual user interface of previous versions and the same price point while adding functionality to the program. The latest version is designed to integrate suggestions and comments […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Gateway has introduced a new compact case option for its E-Series managed PCs for businesses and institutions with space constraints. The small form factor Gateway E-2000 and E-4000 PCs are 35 percent smaller than their micro tower equivalents, yet still provide the upgradeability, maintenance and expansion benefits of larger […]

By Paul Rubens The days when companies were content to have a great-looking, functional and heavily trafficked Web site are long gone. Today, a Web site must deliver measurable results. That reality has created a strong market for Web analytics software programs that analyze visitor behavior, enabling a company to optimize a site’s structure and […]

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols If you’re like me and you believe that a firewall belongs on a box of its very own-not with a router, not on a PC-then SonicWALL has a pair of appliance firewalls that will tickle your fancy and fit your bill: the SOHO3 and the TELE3. The only real difference between […]