Small Business Computing Staff

ComputerWeekly.com: Don’t Lose Control Of Your Website And Domain Consultant Alastair Revell, managing consultant at Revell Research Systems, warns SMBs against over-reliance on outside web providers. “Small businesses are at risk of losing control of their websites, due to an over reliance on external web providers. More than half are unable to independently make changes […]

PCWorld: Hands On With The New BlackBerry Operating System PC World’s Ginny Mies puts BlackBerry 6 OS through its paces. Her conclusion: more positives than negatives, but it’s not enough to keep pace with the Android/iPhone competition. “Though BlackBerry 6 OS isn’t a complete overhaul, it adds some much-needed improvements and overall refinement to RIM’s […]

Small Business Trends: Facebook Analytics For Beginners Lisa Barone explains how to use the tools available to measure and assess of your Facebook marketing campaigns. “A marketing campaign is only as good as your ability to measure it. The fans, follows and friends don’t mean anything on their own. It’s what those numbers bring to […]

ITBusinessEdge: An SMB Wi-Fi Primer When Paul Mah’s own home office router gave up the ghost, he went shopping and researched some of the issues small businesses need to consider when setting up a Wi-Fi network. “Earlier this week, the wireless router in my home office gave up the ghost. Beyond the obvious inconvenience and […]

PCWorld: Google Chrome 6 Beta – Faster, Slicker Chrome 6 might perform better than predecessors but one touted new feature, autofill, may create security vulnerabilities, a consultant says. “Google yesterday shifted Chrome 6 into beta, a move that puts the browser one step closer to a stable release. Chrome 6 — specifically version 6.0.472.33 — […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): How To Get More Out Of Microsoft Office 2010 MS Outlook 2010 tips in this online slideshow range from how to insert a screen grab in an e-mail or instant message, to using advanced search features, to how to resend or recall an MS Office message. “Microsoft’s Outlook 2010 got more of […]

PCWorld: Review – Epson WorkForce 520 All-in-One Printer PC World gives this multifunction inkjet printer (MFP) – print, scan, fax, photocopy – three out of five stars, marking it down for mediocre text print quality and the lack of automatic two-sided printing. “The Epson WorkForce 520 color inkjet multifunction printer (with print, scan, copy, and […]

Small Business Trends: Small Business CRM Winners CRM magazine’s annual awards for best software solution for small businesses went to, drum roll please…Salesforce.com. Big surprise. But if you’re in the market for a CRM solution this is a good place to start – it also lists all the runners up. “CRM Magazine’s annual Market Awards […]

PCWorld: The Case Against Google Apps A case study of a small company that switched to Google Apps and regretted it because employees didn’t like the interface and service was poor, among other reasons. “Having been in the enterprise productivity apps game for only three years, Google has made impressive strides with Google Apps, its […]

Laurie McCabe’s Blog: Free Web Conferencing With Dimdim Dimdim uses a freemium model, offering web conferences for up to 20 participants free and charging very little for unlimited conferences and participants. “With the recession stubbornly lingering, many small and medium businesses (SMBs) are still pinching pennies and looking to trim expenses. Dimdim, which provides free […]

PCWorld: Improved – Google Gmail Contacts Manager The changes will appear immediately for individual Gmail subscribers. Users of the Google Apps suite will have to wait. “Google will roll out on Tuesday enhancements to Gmail’s contacts manager, which the company acknowledges has been traditionally the webmail service’s weakest link. Google is confident that the improvements […]

PCWorld: Launched – Motorola Droid 2 Smartphone On Verizon Only in the overheated world of smartphone marketing is this a big deal, but the Motorola Droid 2, announced Tuesday by Verizon, is certainly worth a look if you’re considering going with an Android-powered phone. “After months of speculation and more than a few false alarms, […]