Small Business Computing Staff

By Joseph Moran Security is an important concern on any network, but it’s especially so for a wireless one where information travels back and forth through the air and is open to eavesdrop and intercept by anyone within range. As a result issues surrounding security come up in almost any discussion of implementing a WLAN. […]

By Thor Olavsrud Microsoft spared no expense launching its new Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system and its partners’ Tablet PCs in New York City Thursday, bringing in author Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter) and actor Rob Lowe to sing the praises of the pen-based computers. Both showed how […]

By Eric Grevstead We’ve grumbled that Microsoft Office has acquired the market-dominance status of a “safe buy” or best-known brand; that it costs more than rivals like Corel WordPerfect Office and OpenOffice.org; and that Microsoft’s periodic upgrades to the suite tend to smooth rough edges or add relatively minor enhancements rather than spectacular new features. […]

By Seana Mulcahy I was shocked to be in a shopping mall just before Halloween only to hear Christmas music and see Christmas trees and loads of those tacky sweaters embroidered with just about every Christian icon. Though the heat is on and online media sells for bargain-basement prices, the online world hasn’t succumbed to […]

By Joseph Moran Before you do anything, including buy a single piece of equipment, the first order of business for your wireless local area network (WLAN) is to determine the type of wireless technology that is most appropriate for your environment. Because each has its own characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses, you’ll find some are better […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Far beyond those mechanical embossing labelmakers that DYMO is known for, the company’s LabelMANAGER PC printer offers a simple way to create and print color labels of any length. If you can use a label printer that works off of a computer to quickly create permanent labels, the LabelMANAGER […]

By Gretchen Hyman Seemingly straight out of a James Bond movie, Sony Electronics released information about the latest addition to its family of fingerprint identification devices, which so far have included the FIU-300, the FIU-710 Puppy, and now the FIU-600. The new FIU-600 model builds on the same encryption technology as Sony’s FIU-710 Puppy, although […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com ClickTracks recently announced its ClickTracks Analyzer that helps web designers, IT workers, and marketers examine how visitors are interacting with their site. The company says that its software superimposes visitor data on top of the actual website, offering a completely intuitive, easy-to-understand view of site activity. According to the […]

By Sean Carton Surfing some blogs lately, I discovered a reference to a new, irritating, and particularly sneaky ad model promoted by Data Shaping Solutions. Billing the new model “neural marketing” (why, I don’t know. I guess somebody thought it sounded cool), Data Shaping Solutions has come up with a way of spamming Web sites’ […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com ViewSonic recently introduced its UltraBrite high-brightness CRT displays. The company says that its G71f+SB, E70f+SB, E90f+SB, A70f+ and A90f+ are designed for users seeking optimal viewing of graphics, games, video and TV (including HDTV), in addition to traditional computer applications. According to the company, the new displays optimize color […]

By Ronald Pacchiano If I was in the market for a new wireless access point the first thing I would do is start looking for products based on the IEEE 802.11a standard. Compared with the older 11Mbps 802.11b products, 802.11a hardware can support data transfer rates approaching 54Mbps. That speed however, comes at a price […]

By Kevin Lee Before I delve into the magic multiplicative power of landing pages, let me provide a timely comment on the latest lawsuit filed against Google, by SearchKing. Every marketer who engages in organic search engine marketing (SEM) hoping to improve traffic levels knows that over time, search algorithms change, as does the tolerance […]