Small Business Computing Staff

Engadget: Review – HP Mini 5103 Dual-core-powered Netbook Engadget was impressed, but points out that some recent competitors, including the Dell Inspiron M101z, are faster on speed tests. “We realize keeping up with HP’s model numbers can be as hard as keeping tabs on say, Lindsay Lohan’s run-ins with the law, but the 5103 is […]

ZDNet: Microsoft Cloud Services Suffer Outages ZDNet’s ‘All About Microsoft’ blog reports on recent “unplanned downtime” for “Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) and Exchange hosted services – now confirmed by Microsoft. My post late last week about unplanned downtime for Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) seemingly has opened the floodgates for more similar […]

PCWorld: New Norton Security Products For 2011 New features include the ability to delete fake anti malware software and the ability to assess a potential Internet download based on its reputation. “Norton on Wednesday announced its 2011 versions of its Norton Internet Security suite and Norton Antivirus software. Norton also announced a new application–Norton Power […]

Social Media Today: Location Services – 5 Ways Your Small Biz Can Play Suggestions for how small businesses can profitably get involved in the location services craze include creating virtual rewards programs, getting involved in group buying offers and advertising on mobile coupon networks. “Location based check-in type services are this year’s overhyped topic – […]

Smallbiztechnology: Small Business E-mail – Hosted Or On Premise? The article provides some useful analysis of the question, but consider the main source: an executive at Intermedia, a provider of hosted Microsoft Exchange e-mail services. “Most smaller businesses have an email host, host their email for them. Whether it’s Cbeyond, Intermedia, Google or one of […]

PCWorld: Review – Livecage Online Conferencing Livecage lets you do online Web, audio and video conferences, and also upload audio and video recordings to the Web (from conferences or pre-recorded) for later viewing. It even has a pay-per-view function. “LiveCage isn’t like other online conferencing services. That’s because online conferencing isn’t all it does. You […]

Small Business Trends: iPad For Small Businesses – Pros, Cons Could you ditch your laptop and get along with just an iPad. Small Business Trends says many small businesses are using iPads but it’s no laptop replacement. “The iPad is a huge success. According to the research firm iSupply, Apple will sell roughly 13 million […]

PCWorld: Samsung Galaxy Tab Tablet Computer – Hands On PC World’s Harry McCracken liked some of what he saw when playing with a pre-production demo unit of the Samsung Tab, but it’s still a work in progress, he says. “Thursday morning at the IFA show here in Berlin, I attended a Samsung press conference and […]

Entrepreneur: The Everything-In-One-Box SMB Tech Solution The focus of this article is Business Central from Sutus, but the article also references similar products from Allworx and Critical Links. “Do you dream of giving Microsoft, Cisco, Avaya, Nortel, Symantec and all the rest of the pain-in-the-you-know-what techno giants the old heave ho? Well, potentially, now you […]

PCWorld: Top Ten Linux Distributions – A Guide The top ten ‘distributions’ – branded, customized versions – of Linux featured here include Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Linux Mint. “One of the most confusing things for the newcomer to Linux is how many distributions, or versions, of the operating system there are. Ubuntu is the one […]

Small Business Trends: SEO Best Practices For SMBs The most common SEO mistakes Lisa Barone spotlights include using duplicate title tags, not having enough content and not including keywords in URLs. (You’ll have to read the article to find out what all of that means.) “I’m not an SEO expert. Lucky for me, my partners […]

Entrepreneur: Bot Alert – Securing Your Network Against Thieves & Spies Bots have become an Internet scourge. This article gives you step-by-step instructions for eradicating them. “One of cybercriminals’ favorite ways to carry out criminal activities is through botnets. They use spam, phishing attacks, or malicious websites to infect computers, turning them into “bots” or […]