Small Business Computing Staff

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Panicware, a developer of PC privacy software and technology, recently announced its new Panicware.NET Online Services. Panicware.NET Online Services is a web-based service that lets users clean up Internet and PC files, including search terms and visited web sites. The service is designed to quickly remove visited URLs, browser […]

By Bob Woods America Online says its AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) has more than 140 million registered users. A recent Jupiter Media Metrix study, meantime, puts AOL’s various IM services – the stand-alone AIM application that works via the Internet and the AOL Messenger used in conjunction with its proprietary online service – in the […]

By Sharon Gaudin A recent survey of devout Web surfers shows that people’s online expectations have skyrocketed over the last few years and they’re quick to reject any Web site that doesn’t keep up. “Expectations are equally high regardless of whether people are online for work reasons or for personal reasons,” says Michael Reene, chairman […]

by Alex Goldman The market for inexpensive webhosting appliances has been heating up recently as IBM, the big blue behemoth, and Xoasis Networks, a plucky startup, entered the market. Xoasis builds boxes from components supplied by recognized brand name manufacturers at a price it hopes will intrigue buyers, while IBM used branding muscle to place […]

MicronPC announced the addition of a new desktop computer to its business desktop product line – the ClientPro 325. According to the company, its ClientPro 325 is MicronPC’s most popular class of managed-desktop computer and is based on a flexible design that can be configured from an entry-level desktop computer to a high-end performance PC. […]

By John P. Mello Jr. While more and more shutterbugs are switching from old-fashioned film to digital photography, they’re finding it difficult to desert one part of the legacy technology they’re leaving: hard copies of their images. These new lambs to the digital fold are looking for ways to create prints as quickly as their […]

By Tig Tillinghast The cheapest media rate isn’t always the cheapest media buy. Agencies have to learn that the hard way. Different types of buys with different types of sites have a significant effect on how much time and money an agency must spend to manage the campaign. When both agency and media costs are […]

Privacyware, the security and privacy solutions unit of PWI, announced the availability of version 3 of Privatefirewall, the company’s Internet security solution for desktop and mobile PCs. According to the company, its Privatefirewall 3.0 delivers unmatched online security, simple “out-of-the-box” performance, easy advanced configuration, and a low price. Privatefirewall is designed to protect Internet users […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com CyberSource Corporation, a provider of electronic payment and risk management solutions for enterprise businesses, announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Concord EFS, an electronic payment processor. Concord will resell the CyberSource Small Business solution to its small and medium-sized clients and prospects. The joint offering […]

www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Staff Digital cameras are traditional cameras at their core, but they take and store images electronically, without relying on film. The result is that you can snap a picture, and immediately see what it looks like by viewing it in the camera’s color LCD screen (in many cameras, this also acts as the viewfinder). […]

By Lonny Paul Everyone wants to be connected faster and 802.11a answers the call. D-Link now provides a robust 802.11a access point which has robust security and encryption and provides much higher data throughput rates than that of 802.11b. The D-Link DWL-5000AP provides a highly-secure network environment and also provides users with a faster connectivity […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced that it will deliver an integrated retail management solution for small to medium-sized retail businesses (SMBs) via the acquisition of Sales Management Systems Inc. (SMS), a provider of retail point-of-sale (POS) technology. Microsoft plans to offer a comprehensive solution that integrates SMS’ QuickSell series […]