Small Business Computing Staff

Entrepreneur: Search Engine Advertising Showdown – Bing vs. Google A new combined Yahoo and Microsoft Bing pay-per-click platform may give Google AdWords a run for its money – and be a better bet for SMBs. “If pay-per-click advertising makes sense for your business (and it does for most), then you’re probably already using Google AdWords. […]

PC Magazine: Launched – Dragon Naturally Speaking 11 Speech Recognition With Naturally Speaking, you can use your voice to dictate documents or send commands to your computer. Speech recognition has been around for well over a decade and keeps improving incrementally. Maybe it’s finally good enough for every-day use. Nuance Communications, today unveiled Dragon NaturallySpeaking […]

PC Magazine: Recipe For A Successful Laptop Purchase Lance Ulanoff doesn’t talk about features but qualities – things like stability of image (consistency from one laptop to another to simplify management), security, robustness, etc. “Like almost everyone else I know, I spend an inordinate amount of time talking about cool, new sexy gadgets. Yet, when […]

PCWorld: Review – Dell Studio XPS 7100 Desktop PC With an AMD multi-core processor, loads of memory and a fast graphics card, this tower PC, priced from $699 (but over $1,500 for reviewed configuration), scored high on PCWorld’s benchmark tests. “Priced at just over $1500 (as of August 1, 2010, as configured), the Dell Studio […]

Wired: BlackBerry BlackPad To Heat Up Tablet PC Market Wired magazine presents convincing evidence that RIM (Research in Motion) is indeed close to launching an iPad rival that could make the business tablet market more interesting – or confusing. “Research In Motion is moving closer to the production of its tablet called the ‘BlackPad’. The […]

PCWorld: Protecting The Data On Your Smartphone A look at various solutions for protecting smartphones against attack, finding them when lost or stolen or wiping vital data if they can’t be recovered. “Whether you leave your phone in a taxi or a thief on a bicycle swipes it right out of your hand, what can […]

PCWorld: Intacct: New SaaS ERP Kid On The Block Most companies keep track of project hours and expenses using spreadsheets. Intacct offers a better way. “Joining fellow on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor NetSuite, Intacct is taking aim at services-based businesses with a new product and partnership. Intacct’s Project Accounting application, now generally available, will […]

Wired: Google Android – A Few Fix-ups Needed Wired magazine’s Gadget Lab staff make five suggestions on things Google needs to fix about Android. “Any day now, the Evo 4G is going to get an over-the-air update to Android 2.2 (aka Froyo), complete with marquee features such as the ability to play Flash video and […]

Social Media Today: Tumblr Blogging For Newbies Tumblr has become the free blogging site of choice among journalists and some high-profile publications, including Newsweek. Could it be the right one for your small business? “Tumblr has been in the news a lot lately. Last month the blogging platform became a top 50 site with over […]

PCWorld: Battery Optimizer Keeps Your Laptop Ticking Longer In one test with a Toshiba laptop, Battery Optimizer saved 28 minutes of battery time. Price: $30. “Battery Optimizer ($30, feature-limited demo) is a small application designed to perform various tasks that improve battery life on a laptop PC. The first thing it does when you start […]

ZDNet: Second Look – Lenovo ThinkPad X201 Convertible Tablet Priced from just under $1,500, this model comes with two multitouch screen options. Competes well with its main competitor, an HP model, but looks clunkier. “In previous posts, I took a second look at convertible tablet PCs and tested out one of HP’s latest entries in […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Panasonic Launches Laser MFPs For Under $200 These models are the first from Panasonic to include Ethernet connectivity for network sharing of printing and scanning. Prices range from $129 to $189. No release date has been announced. “Panasonic is launching three value-priced A4 laser MFPs aimed at the home office, small office, […]