Small Business Computing Staff

ZDNet: Preview – HP Slate Tablet PC It features much that iPad doesn’t, including USB port, memory card slot and front-facing camera, but the price makes it something of a gamble, Kingsley-Hughes says. “After endless speculation and teasing, HP’s Slate goes for sale. It’s yours for $799. So what does $799 buy you? Intel Atom […]

Small Business Trends: Barcodes Or RFID – Pros and Cons For Small Businesses The conclusion reached in this article – part of a series sponsored by UPS – is that barcodes probably make more sense for small businesses because they’re considerably cheaper, but RFID does offer potential productivity benefits. “You can hardly have a discussion […]

Wired: MacBook Air – Is The Sexy, Slim Notebook Suitable For SMBs? While it’s form and design are seductive to say the least, the MacBook Air ultimately isn’t worth its $1,000 price, Wired reviewer Brian X. Chen says. It’s jut not powerful enough. “Don’t call the MacBook Air a netbook: Steve Jobs will slice you […]

Entrepreneur: Getting The Right Tech Support For Your Small Business Before they make big plans for the future with a prospective tech support supplier, small businesses should get to know the company on a trial basis first, the author says. “Managing technology comes last on the to-do list for many small companies. You want to […]

PCWorld: Review – Asus K72DR-A1 Dekstop Replacement Laptop This product, described as “an excellent multimedia machine” with a “superb” keyboard, gets three stars out of five. Overall performance was not great, especially on games, the reviewer says. “Sometimes you just need a second PC, and the Asus K72DR may just fit the bill. Asus’ budget […]

Entrepreneur: Social Media Marketing For Local Businesses: 3 Tools Shane Gibson makes the case for local businesses to use social media marketing tools such as FourSquare and Twitter Search to go after nano-markets, highly targeted and personalized market segments. “With 500 million people on Facebook, 150 million on Twitter and every Fortune 500 company represented […]

PCWorld: Battle For The Palmtop – Windows Phone 7 vs. Android And iPhone Windows Phone 7 brings some interesting new elements to the table that Android and iPhone don’t have says reviewer Daniel Ionescu. The article looks at the main differences among the three leading smartphone operating systems. “The iPhone and Google Android devices had […]

Engadget: Review – Windows Phone 7 Smartphone Operating System The new Microsoft smartphone operating system shows great promise and has much about it to like and even love, Engadget says, but it still needs work. With links to reviews of specific WP7 phones. “Have you been looking for the definitive review of Windows Phone 7? […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Enter QuickBooks Accounts On Your Smartphone While Mobile Canvas QuickBooks Connector works with the current QuickBooks smartphone app, launched on October 9, and allows you to enter several different kinds of data not supported by the earlier app. “The death of paper in the office continues with today’s announcement of a series […]

ZDNet: Dell Launches New High-Performance XPS Laptops The new models offer enhanced graphics adapters and Intel i5 processors and start at $899 (XPS 14), $849 (XPS 15) and $949 (XPS 17). “Dell hasn’t released laptops under the XPS brand alone (as opposed to the Studio XPS lineup) for some time, but the series is back […]

Entrepreneur: Milo – Using The Web To Promote In-Store Shopping Visitors to the Milo.com site place orders online, but pick up their purchases at the local retailer. Milo also links to the retailers own site. “Read It The Daily Bark is Milo’s robust blog that keeps visitors abreast of retail news, shopping trends, local deals […]

Wired: Apple Launches New MacBook Air Mini Laptops The new MacBook Airs are thinner and lighter and promise better battery life, and with a future operating system upgrade will also offer multitouch touchscreen functionality. “CUPERTINO, California — Apple on Wednesday released a major upgrade for its mini notebook, the MacBook Air, splitting it into two […]