Small Business Computing Staff

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Sony Electronics recently announced its entry level handheld model that will retail for $150. According to the company, the new CLII PEG-SL10 will be ideal for entry-level handheld users and feature a high-resolution (320 x 320), monochrome screen. For mobile users, the CLII PEG-SL10 handheld will come standard with […]

By Eric Grevstad The pace of the printer market makes Intel’s and AMD’s processor progress seem slow. A couple of years ago, no one thought twice about paying $300 or $400 for a color inkjet, and no one expected its speed and print quality to be anywhere near as good as a laser printer’s for […]

By Jeffrey Graham The online advertising industry gets more than its fair share of bad press. For years, mainstream and business media have been announcing the failure and imminent demise of all forms of online marketing. Attacks on Web marketing over the years have sounded a common theme – click rates are declining therefore online […]

By Ed Sutherland Wi-Fi enabled laptop and notebook computers seem to be everywhere. From public hotspots where you order a steaming cup of mocha latti alongside a wireless broadband connection to the family physician with a wireless laptop, using an 802.11b card is becoming as common as last month’s issue of National Geographic in the […]

By Bob Woods Smile, you’re on IM Camera. Logitech has introduced its new IM Video Companion, which lets MSN Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) users send live video while they’re typing instant messages (IM). For those who want to send video, they first log onto and use their MSN Messenger and AIM clients as […]

By Eric Grevstad Some things are just wrong. You don’t eat dessert first. You don’t go out and party with friends on a weeknight. And you don’t put a 2.2GHz desktop processor in a notebook PC, recklessly sacrificing any semblance of battery life for self-indulgent speed. Tell it to WinBook Computer Corp. The Ohio-based laptop […]

By Martin Lindstrom How often have you seen a URL advertised on TV and flown into a frenzy, scrambling to note it so you could check out the site later? How often have you visited such a site only to find the special offer, promotion, or featured product that prompted your interest was nowhere to […]

By Cynthia Flash BioPay makes fingerprint security systems for retailers that cash checks. Some 200 merchants use the Herndon, Va., company’s biometrics fingerprint scanners to verify a check casher’s identity in an attempt to reduce fraud. But just because BioPay sells biometrics systems doesn’t mean its employees use one. BioPay has neither an external biometrics […]

By Gerry McGovern Iterative design is a popular approach to Web site design. It generally involves getting something up quickly, analyzing the results, and making improvements based on that analysis. This can make sense when little is understood about the environment. That’s no longer the case with the Web. Imagine the type of conversations that […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Dell introduced its Inspiron 4150, a high-performance, thin and light notebook computer designed for small businesses and consumers. According to the company, its Inspiron 4150 allows customers to build-to-order a personalized configuration with features like Intel’s Mobile Pentium 4-M processors, three different display resolutions, two hard drive sizes up […]

By Eric Grevstad Probably seen ads from multifunction printer/scanner vendors that offer “convenience copying,” with “convenience” being a euphemism for “no match for a real copier for everyday use, but OK if you need a copy occasionally.” Lately, laptop vendors have been pitching something similar called “casual mobility” – a market segment for computers that […]

By Bryan Eisenberg Relevance. You hear the word all the time. Do you know what it means and how to make it work for you? You experience it every day. You make decisions based on it. Do you implement relevance when trying to get prospects to take action? “Bring me what I want, when I […]