Small Business Computing Staff

PCWorld: Beware Cloud Computing Security Risks PC World quotes security analysts, cites a recent Gartner report and recounts the case of one small business to make the point that it’s critically important to ensure cloud service providers are doing everything they should to keep your data secure – before you sign up for the service. […]

Smallbiztechnology.com: Free Tools For Building Better Web Sites A round-up of free software and services available online for building and managing Web sites – the transcript of a video Smallbiztechnology.com produced for 12HoursOfTech, part of Internet Week. “Binoj Daniel of IT2Max and CodeRewind speaks about tools for building better Web sites. The video and transcript […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): New Cloud Apps From Infor The Infor24 initiative will produce Microsoft Azure-based versions of Infor’s expense management, asset management and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)products. “This week, Infor, announced the release of Infor24, an initiative to deliver cloud-based versions of its most popular business products. Infor chose Microsoft’s Windows Azure as its preferred […]

Entrepreneur: How To Do Online Video Right What does it take to create quality marketing videos for your Web site or YouTube? Easy. Quality planning, quality production, quality distribution, quality interactivity and quality sharing. “Your success with online video boils down to one thing–quality. But there’s a lot more to the quality of an online […]

PCWorld: PowerDesk Pro – A Better Windows Explorer PC World’s Preston Gralla says PowerDesk Pro does “a supremely better job than Windows Explorer.” Price: $40, free to try. “Looking for a better way to manage files and your hard disk than Windows Explorer? Then give PowerDesk 8 Professional ($40, 14-day free trial) a look. This […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): Preview Of New Windows Small Business Server Coming Soon The new Aurora edition of Small Biz Server is an affordable and easy-to-use “first server” option for small businesses. It will deliver traditional and cloud capabilties, a first for Microsoft. “Yesterday, at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington DC, Microsoft announced the release […]

Engadget: Review – Toshiba Portege R705 Ultraportable Laptop Engadget’s reviewer calls this new ultraportable laptop from Toshiba “a 3.2-pound, Core i3-powered stunner that’s less than half the price of past Porteges.” Given that it also has a 500GB hard drive and promises 8.5 hours of battery life, the enthusiasm may be justified. “Stuck on the […]

CNet: New BlackBerry Backup Utility From RIM BlackBerry Protect is the first native backup utility from RIM – third-party products are available – and it’s free. “There have been a few third-party applications that provide some combination of remotely backing up, restoring, and locating an errant BlackBerry smartphone, but no in-house service crafted by BlackBerry […]

PCWorld: A Free App Is A Beautiful Thing A discussion of and roundup of ‘Labs’ programs from major developers offering useful free applications such as Microsoft’s Power Tools and Speed Launch. “What, you’re not using Microsoft Speed Launch? It’s a free application that lets you instantly launch any application, Web site or document using any […]

ZDNet: Microsoft Gives Windows XP A Reprieve Microsoft has extended the cut-off date for downgrading for free from Windows 7 to Windows XP SP2. We’re frankly stumped on why anyone would want to do this, but now you can do it until 2015. “On the eve of Microsoft pulling the plug on support for Windows […]

Entrpreneur: 5 Useful Business Apps For iPhone A selection of five business apps for iPhone that won’t break the bank – some are free – and could really help your business. They range from expense tracking to payroll to an app that lets users exchange contact information by bumping iPhones together. “Apple’s iPhone has more […]

New York Times: Roll Your Own Android Apps With New Tool From Google The idea behind Google App Inventor for Android, available starting Monday, is to enable users to develop their own applications for the Android mobile operating system. “Google is bringing Android software development to the masses. The company will offer a software tool, […]