Small Business Computing Staff

PCWorld: Windows 7 Service Pack On Its Way Microsoft says Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) won’t have any new features but will consolidate all updates and fixes to date and add a few others. The final version will likely be ready by the end of the year. “Microsoft today said that it would ship […]

ITBusinessEdge: How To Become A Proactive SMB Network Manager Mah’s suggestions include keeping better inventory of IT gear, mapping your network and keeping in mind future growth when sizing and buying for a network. “I was poring through some tips on how SMBs can protect their network by Michael Dragone at WindowsITPro. While article was […]

PCmag@Work (Small Business): PC Mag’s Awesome Web Sites For SMBs PC magazine’s selection of a half-dozen useful sites for SMBs includes blogs and specialty ezines, from the very tech-y to the more general and low-tech. “While we love being your main information resource for all things pertaining to small business technology, there are many other […]

Wired: Battle Of The Mobile OS’s: iPhone 4 V. Android 2.2 This article compares iPhone 4 and Android 2.2 features and also provides link to additional coverage by Wired of the iPhone OS 4 launch, including a hands-on photo feature illustrating new features. “The competition between Apple and Google is getting intense as the two […]

PCWorld: New USB 3.0 Hard Drives From Iomega Iomega has launched a range of new external storage products that exploit new USB 3.0 technology, which delivers up to 10 times the throughput of USB 2.0. Capacities from 500 GB to 2 TB. “Iomega has become the latest vendor to add SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to its […]

Small Business Trends: Search Engine Optimization Tips From The Experts SEO gurus talk about choosing domain names well, creating trust, relevance in keywords, using words customers use to describe your business and so on. Nine experts, nine tips. “Ignore the search engines at your peril. Today, with so many people flocking online to research purchases, […]

PCWorld: Securing Your PCs Against Adobe Vulnerabilities Recently reported vulnerabilities in both Acrobat Reader and Adobe’s Internet multimedia software, Flash, have security experts scrambling for fixes and protections. “Adobe has been very successful at establishing its products as cross-platform, operating system agnostic tools for delivering content. Unfortunately, those same attributes are also attractive reasons to […]

InformationWeek: Product Roundup – Wi-Fi 802.11N Routers If you’re in the market for a new Wi-Fi router, this piece will give you an instant overview of what’s available from the top manufacturers, but not a lot more. “ASUS RT-N13U At a push of a button this multifunction device can switch it from being a router […]

ZDNet: Exploiting New Technology To Accelerate Performance A summary of and excerpt from a white paper (linked here) from Oliver Marks’ consulting firm, Sovos Group, prepared for the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston next week. “With the big US Enterprise 2.0 conference a week away, some more thoughts on accelerating business performance with the effective […]

PCWorld: Microsoft – Big Patch Coming Tuesday Three of 10 updates in the latest monthly installment of patches are rated ‘critical,’ the highest level of vulnerability, meaning you’ll want to make sure you you get them installed as soon as possible. “Microsoft today said it will deliver 10 security updates next week to patch a […]

The New York Times: Why AT&T’s New Mobile Data Plan Isn’t A Money Grab AT&T has eliminated popular unlimited data plans for new customers (existing customers can hang on to them), but Pogue says the new metered plans could actually save you money. “I don’t know if you’ve seen the frantic blog headlines, but they […]

PCWorld: More iPad-killer Android Tablets Surface One of the new tablets to emerge is just a working prototype, but the Odroid-T from South Korea’s Hardkernel will appear in June – no price yet. It uses a Samsung S5PC110 1GHz chipset and includes external GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0 and Micro-SD slot. “Two 10.1-inch touchscreen […]