Small Business Computing Staff

Engadget: Review – Two New Asus Eee PC Models Engadget likes the look and feel of these $350 netbooks, but the performance is nothing to write home about. “You’d think after running into ASUS’s next generation Eee PC 1018P and 1015PE over five months ago at CeBIT, our excitement may have waned for the stylish […]

PCWorld: TrueCrypt – Free, Reliable Encryption Utility Encryption utilities that come with Windows 7 and some USB drives are all very well, but this one comes in versions for PC, Mac and Linux, making it a universal solution. Did we mention it’s free? “Though encryption is a strong way to safeguard passwords, personal information, and […]

PCWorld: Identity Theft Protection – Worth The Price? This article explains how identity theft works and what protection services do – and don’t do. “Todd Davis is best known as the CEO of identity-theft protection company LifeLock who used his own Social Security number in his company’s advertising as a sign of his confidence in […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Collaborative Online Video Production With Market7 A software as a service (SaaS) tool for planning and collaborating on assembly and editing of video productions using only a Web browser. “As video becomes an increasingly important way for businesses to deliver content, Market7, offers video.Market7.com, a Web-based, collaborative video-production service. Video.Market7.com is accessible […]

InformationWeek: Why The Cloud Is More Secure Than Your Own Server InformationWeek’s Andrew Conry-Murray offers four security advantages that cloud computing users enjoy. “1. Running a secure operation requires a lot of attention to administrative detail, which can be challenging for a small IT group. When you’re putting out a dozen fires per day, it’s […]

Small Business Trends: Small Business Project Management With Clutterpad Although not a full-blown customer relationship management (CRM) tool, Clutterpad does provide a great way to input or import contacts and then manage conversations and contacts, says reviewer TJ McCue. “Online project management is a crowded space. It takes a clean approach to stand out and […]

PCWorld: Smartphone Slapdown: iPhone 4 Vs HTC EVO 4G The result: they’re different but more or less equal, says reviewer Mitch Wagner. He went back to his iPhone. “I’ve been using an iPhone for three years now, first the original iPhone then the 3G. I like the iPhone a lot — but I’m not married […]

ZDNet: Windows Phone 7 – An Early Assessment Mobile device reviewer Matthew Miller lists his top ten features of Windows Phone 7 but also comments on what is still missing from the mobile operating system. “I posted my in-depth Windows Phone 7 Technical Preview Guide three days ago and have now passed the one week […]

InformationWeek SMB: Backup Google Apps Data With Backupify For small businesses considering using Google Apps but concerned about potential data loss, Backupify for Google Apps offers something comparable to off-site backups of data on users’ computers and servers. “Using cloud-based services for data avoids traditional business IT concerns of ensuring that locally stored data is […]

PCWorld: Review – Evernote Free Online Note-taking App Evernote integrates a computer application, smartphone app and browser plugin to manage stuff you collect from here and there and generate yourself. PC World gives it 3.5 out of five stars. “According to the video on its Website, Evernote “grabs your info from anywhere and takes it […]

CNet: No Charge For Skype iPhone Calls Skype originally said it would start charging for Skype calls from iPhones, even over Wi-Fi networks. Now it won’t. “Individuals aren’t always right, and neither are companies, which is why we heartily appreciate when corporations gracefully address their errors–preferably while capitulating to user demands. A minor update to […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Turn Spreadsheets Into Web Apps With SpreadsheetWEB v3.0 SpreadsheetWEB allows small businesses to develop applications in the familar Microsoft Office Excel environment and then Web enable them so clients or employees can access and interact with them over the Internet using a browser. “Pagos, Inc.has announced the release of SpreadsheetWEB v3.0, a […]