Small Business Computing Staff

Smallbiztechnology.com: How To Develop Website Content – Assign A Company Reporter Smallbiztechnology.com riffs on an idea from Infusionsoft’s blog, suggesting that small companies should assign one employee to be the company reporter. The post includes a list of duties, such as conducting interviews, shooting videos and soliciting guest bloggers. “Developing content for your web site […]

CNet: Review – Manage Online Passwords With Updated RoboForm 7 The new version of RoboForm is cleaner and simpler to use and adds support for Google Chrome and Opera 10 browsers. It’s free for a limited version, $29.95 for a single-user pro version. “Managing the passwords for all the Web sites you use is a […]

Entrepreneur: Updating Your E-mail Marketing For 2011 The ascendancy of social media is a game changer for e-mail marketers. Gail Goodman’s suggestions for “socializing” e-mail marketing include making every message shareable, and using your social presence to kick-start an e-mail marketing campaign. For email marketers, there only appeared to be one major trend that mattered […]

Small Business Trends: Roundup – Everything For Your Virtual Small Business This roundup includes articles on everything from the basics of starting and running virtual businesses, to outfitting the virtual business with online software tools, to conducting marketing online. “Are you running a virtual business? Thinking about starting one? The good news: you don’t need […]

Entrepreneur: Review – EditMe Online Colloboration For SMBs EditMe includes a number of applications, including file sharing and collaboration, sales planning, task management and scheduling. Small businesses can choose which features to use and EditMe hosts the customized online app. “Plenty of software tools can help you and your employees collaborate online. But Maynard, Mass.-based […]

PCWorld: Apple Devices No Longer Get Free Pass From Hackers PC World magazine’s Tony Bradley reports on a study from security software firm McAfee predicting that Apple products, which were never as secure as users believed, will increasingly become targets for hack attacks. One other area of increased vulnerability will be social media sites. “McAfee […]

PCWorld: Top Ten Security Applications Ranked PC World tested ten top security applications to determine which offered the best combination of security and performance (minimal drain on resources, speed). The winner was perennial market leader Symantec Norton Internet Security 2011. The other big name, McAfee Internet Security 2011, came well down the list. (With links […]

Engadget: Review – Lenovo IdeaPad U260 Ultraportable Laptop Joanna Stern liked almost everything about this new ultraportable, especially the sleek styling and the power of its Intel Core i5 processor, but battery life of about 3 hours is unacceptable, she says. “We mean this with no disrespect to Lenovo, but when you first lay eyes […]

PCWorld: New Business Apps For Users Of Google’s Chrome Browser The five Chrome add-ons reviewed here include one that automatically searches the Web for information about contacts in your Google contacts list and another that lets you create simple slide presentations for showing in a browser window and post them on the Web. “To visit […]

PC: IE9 Vs. The Rest: The New Browser War There are a lot of problems with today’s browsers that need fixing, Dvorak says. Will the competition sparked by the release of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 push developers to fix them? “Cue the new browser war. Maybe it will help fix all of the annoying problems […]

ITBusinessEdge: Lessons For SMBs From WikiLeaks Revenge Attacks The DDoS attacks by WikiLeaks supporters are an example of hacktivism, but the mechanisms could as easily be used for less idealistic purposes. SMBs need to be aware of threat and protect themselves. “You’ve heard the story about the WikiLeaks-inspired distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks by […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Survey: How Small Businesses Are Using Social Networking The survey, by SaleSpider, a provider of social media marketing services, shows, among other things, that 63 percent of respondents believe social networking sites are helping to drive sales and increase revenue. They can’t all be wrong. “Business social networking service, SaleSpider, recently conducted […]