Small Business Computing Staff

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Celestix Networks introduced its Celestix Orion Security Appliance for small businesses, home/branch offices, telecommuters, and consumers. The Orion is pre-licensed with security software developed by SofaWare Technologies and based on Check Point Software Technologies’ VPN-1R/FireWall-1R software. The Celestix Orion promises world-class security and extraordinary ease-of-use at a breakthrough price […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com BenQ (formerly Acer Communications and Multimedia) announced the latest addition to its LCD display lineup, the Professional Series FP882 flat panel features a wide viewable angle and a large 18.1-inch screen size. The ergonomic LCD monitor is designed to integrate futuristic design with user-friendly functions. The FP882 is designed […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com More than $700 million in online sales were lost to fraud in 2001, representing 1.14 percent of total annual online sales of $61.8 billion, according to GartnerG2, a research service from Gartner, Inc. Online fraud losses for 2001 were 19 times as high, dollar for dollar, as fraud losses […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com U.S. Robotics announced its complete line of 22 megabits per second (Mbps) wireless access networking products, which promise to deliver a performance increase and backwards compatibility with popular 802.11b 11 Mbps products. The U.S. Robotics 22 Mbps Wireless Access PC Card, U.S. Robotics 22 Mbps Wireless Access PCI Adapter […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Adobe Systems Incorporated is now shipping Adobe Photoshop 7.0. This latest Photoshop, according to Adobe, delivers a comprehensive toolset for users to meet creative or production challenges and complete the widest variety of image-editing tasks. Known for its precision and excellent output for print, Web and other media, Photoshop […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com According to Intuit, of the 1.4 million small business retailers in the United States, 80 percent use rudimentary tools such as calculators and electronic cash registers to manage their businesses. With these retailers in mind, Intuit launched its QuickBooks Point of Sale Solution for Retailers, a PC-based point of […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com McAfee.com, a provider of Web security services, announced the launch of its McAfee.com SecurityCenter, a new service comprised of a free set of security tools designed to alert, inform and protect Internet users, as well as access to free trials to security solutions. The SecurityCenter may benefit consumers and […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Belkin introduced its Hi-Speed Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 Upgrade Kit (F5U900 — ESP $79.95) that lets users connect to new hi-speed and older low-speed USB devices. According to the company, the kit includes everything users need to upgrade their desktop computers to the fast speed of USB 2.0 […]

Eric Grevstad www.hardwarecentral.com We’ll have to recalibrate our price-guessing unit. When we took Gateway’s Solo 5350XL notebook out of the box, we noted its features – a 14.1-inch, active-matrix display; Intel’s 1.06GHz mobile Pentium III; 256MB of SDRAM; swappable-bay design with DVD/CD-RW combo drive; Windows XP Professional — and thought, “Hmm, probably around $2,200 … […]

By Tessa Wegert Finding new ways to accurately and effectively reach an advertiser’s target market is a mammoth business. Being first to market with the latest and trendiest method of targeting is what drives many publishers and ad networks. It’s a competition that buyers revel in, as we’re always on the lookout for ways to […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Epson says that it has released the lightest 3-LCD projectors ever made with the greatest brightness-to-weight ratio currently on the market. With brightness rated at 2,000 ANSI lumens, the EPSON PowerLite 730c may be the industry’s brightest projector in the sub-4.4-pound category, while the new PowerLite 720c offers the […]

By Jim Geier www.80211-planet.com If your wireless LAN applications require high performance, then you’re probably facing a decision on whether to use 802.11a or wait for 802.11g. Before making the choice, you need to fully understand what both of these standards have to offer. Let’s compare and contrast these two competing technologies and then see […]