Small Business Computing Staff

by Charles H Gajeway No doubt about it, cds have become the medium of choice for publishing documents, data, and presentations. The Rimage Desktop Publisher 800 offers a nifty solution for small-scale CD publishers. The DP 800 is designed to queue several duplicating jobs. With a 12x recorder and a 1200dpi inkjet printer, users are […]

by David Schloss At first glance the powerfile c200 Studio is an unsightly beast; a large, dark slab of hardware. The C200 is the latest in affordable, networked CD/DVD jukeboxes. The Powerfile is tailored to the needs of an individual user or small workgroup, providing access to as many as 200 CDs or DVDs at […]

by Steve Bennett You can pack a lot of printer into a 5.85- by 4.25- by .99-inch package. A surprising amount, as the SiPix A6 shows. This miniature peripheral actually produces highly legible (400dpi), albeit very small output from a PDA or notebook. While you wouldn’t want to print your own version of War and […]

by Victoria Hall Smith If your laptop battery has ever faded on you at the most inopportune moment, you will appreciate Electrofuel’s PowerPad 160. You can rely on this Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) polymer battery for a whopping 16 hours of power. An external battery for portable computers, the PowerPad is about the size of a standard […]

by Joey Latimer The Instagate EX2 is one of the handiest networking devices we’ve seen for small to medium-sized businesses (up to 250 computer users). Marketed as an “Internet Security Appliance,” the laptop-sized EX2 connects between a company network and the Internet, providing firewall-protected access to the Web for all the company workstations while occupying […]

by Jason Compton While working at a refrigeration compressor company, Michael Rogus and Wally DeRouen latched on to the idea that the miniature rod-and-piston design in their employer’s motors would make excellent key chains for the NASCAR crowd. Today, the Cullman, Ala.-based business they created, Motorhead Key Chains, which includes several employees and a network […]

by Jamie McAfee Key Tronic Secure Scanner KeyboardInstead of typing in a password for access to your network or desktop, users can now scan their fingerprints right on the keyboard. The Key Tronic Secure Scanner Keyboard is a standard 104-key keyboard plus an integrated finger scanner. Couple with Identicator Technology’s BioLogon software, and you will […]

by Robert J. Wagman Someday very soon, the Internet as we know it will be thought of as a simple, happy, and orderly place. Or will it? In just a few months from now, for better and for worse, domain-name chaos will hit the Web. Since the beginning of this year, the Internet world has […]

by Chris Sandlund Last spring the Museum of Modern Art in New York held a curious exhibition. The museum did not showcase the masterworks of Picasso, Jackson Pollack, Kandinsky or one of the other modern greats that regularly graces its halls. Instead, it focused on such names as IBM, Steelcase, Apple, and Herman Miller. The […]

by Jeffrey D. Zbar An attorney’s office in Tennessee reduces its paperwork and makes it easier for clients to get the information they need. A Georgia accounting firm keeps traveling employees in touch. A Florida property-management comany saves itself time and legal trouble by improving its human-resources processes. And they’re all using the web to […]

by William Gillis To regulate or not to regulate? Whether the government should institute privacy legislation to protect Internet users has become an increasingly acrimonious issue among lawmakers and lobbyists from both the pro- and anti-regulation camps. The battle reflects the public’s growing concern that their personal information is being indiscriminately tossed around on the […]

by William C. Gillis The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was a landmark piece of legislation, designed to foster competition by providing smaller, independent telecommunications companies access to the telecommunications networks maintained by the incumbent Baby Bell companies. But Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell, for one, doesn’t believe the Baby Bells (companies such as Verizon, […]