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Desktop Sales Soar On Windows 7 Demand
March 19, 2010 | Apple's all-in-one iMacs also helped make desktop revenue grow faster than laptops in February.
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PC Specs Eased For Win7 XP Mode
March 19, 2010 | Microsoft users no longer need hardware-assisted virtualization to run XP apps in Windows 7.
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Paul McDougall,
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Mobile Mad Men
March 19, 2010 | For small business marketers, the mobile advertising equation is beginning to add up.
By Jason Ankeny
Google Calendar Now Finds Best Meeting Time
March 18, 2010 | Scheduling becomes easier when treated as a search problem.
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Thomas Claburn,
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What's Wrong With My Scanner?
March 18, 2010 | Scanners may be simple devices, but they still malfunction on occasion. Next time you have problems, try these troubleshooting techniques to get your scanner up and running.
By
Scott Koegler
PayPal Offers iPhone Transactions
March 17, 2010 | Money transfers, reimbursements, and account management are a few of the tasks the Send Money app can handle.
By
Antone Gonsalves,
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Google Brings Nexus One To AT&T, Rogers Wireless
March 16, 2010 | The search company says that it's pleased with sales of the device, even as critics declare the Nexus One a failure.
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Thomas Claburn,
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Windows Phone 7? There's An App For That
March 16, 2010 | Microsoft plans to compete head-to-head with Apple in the market for mobile application downloads.
By
Paul McDougall,
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Dot-Com Turns 25: Commercial Blockbuster Just Gets Started
March 15, 2010 | The bubble burst wasn't as bad as people made it out to be, and the new business models, services, innovations, and economic growth it spawned are unprecedented.
By Dr. Robert D. Atkinson,
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Franchises Go Social
March 12, 2010 | Can your franchise benefit from social media? Find out how the best franchises used this medium to their advantage.
By Gwen Moran
Let Your Customers Pay By Credit Card Using Your iPhone
March 11, 2010 | With Square and Mophie Marketplace about to join the already launched PAYware Mobile, business owners will soon have an array of mobile credit card processing options to consider.
By Shannon Suetos
Western Digital Intros Portable Video Drive
March 11, 2010 | My Passport AV plugs into the USB port of a game console, camcorder, TV, digital video recorder or Blu-ray player.
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Antone Gonsalves,
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Bandwidth.com Offers SMBs Free Incoming Calls With PhoneBooth Free
March 10, 2010 | Competing directly with Google Voice, Bandwidth.com introduces free inbound cloud-based phone services with call routing and auto-attendant features.
By
Benjamin Tomkins
Dell Revs Vostro Laptops
March 10, 2010 | The 3000 series sports Intel's latest Core processors, Windows 7, and targets SMBs.
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Antone Gonsalves,
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Google Launches Store For Web Apps
March 10, 2010 | The Google Apps Marketplace will let third-party developers sell their Web apps to Google Apps customers.
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Thomas Claburn,
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Dell Launches New Laptops For SMBs
March 9, 2010 | Dell unveils four new laptops designed for small and medium businesses that lack in-house IT staff.
By
Benjamin Tomkins
RightNow Challenges SaaS Vendors On Pricing
March 8, 2010 | Software-as-a-service vendor RightNow challenges other on-demand suppliers to get on the cloud pricing model.
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Charles Babcock,
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Really Simple Success
March 5, 2010 | Content syndication via RSS is an easy and inexpensive way to drive more traffic to your site.
By Mikal E. Belicove
Social Network Use By Smartphones Jumps
March 4, 2010 | More than 10% of smartphone users connected to a social network in January, up almost 5 percentage points from a year ago.
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Antone Gonsalves,
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Nexus One Vs. iPhone: Clash Of The Smartphones
March 4, 2010 | With Apple and Google engaged in an increasingly heated battle for smartphone supremacy, industry watchers and customers eagerly await every rumored new feature.
By Shannon Suetos
ADTRAN Joins Cbeyond PBX Partner Program
March 2, 2010 | ADTRAN's NetVanta 7000 Series will now interoperate with Cbeyond's BeyondVoice services for SMBs.
By
Benjamin Tomkins
Cloud Security Alliance To Tackle Cloud Standards
March 2, 2010 | Members of the standards body include Novell, Microsoft, Dell, Rackspace, Qualys, HP, Intel, Cisco, McAfee, Salesforce.com, and Symantec.
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Charles Babcock,
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Netgear's New SMB Network Storage Solutions Ready For Virtualization
March 1, 2010 | The 2 new network storage platforms in the Netgear ReadyNAS product line support up to 500 users and are optimized for storage virtualization applications.
By
Benjamin Tomkins
How Twitter is Revolutionizing Business
February 26, 2010 | The buzzed-about social media platform presents a direct channel to customers, a launching pad for new projects and a sounding board for innovation.
By Jason Ankeny
4 Steps To Avoid Social Media Landmines
February 25, 2010 | Many business owners are embracing social media for marketing and customer retention, but don't guard against legal exposure and threats to business reputation. Get started with these four steps.
By Shannon Suetos
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| MacUpdate Offers Business-Friendly Bundle |
The Macintosh software information site MacUpdate has bundled 10 Mac applications together -- some of them very useful for SMBs -- and is selling the lot for $50, a nearly 90% discount. Read Post |
| McAfee Tackles Cloud Security For Cloud Service Providers |
Security vendor McAfee aims to take on concerns about cloud security where the concerns flourish and where the customers are -- among the SaaS providers in the cloud. The goal is not only to up security levels, but also establish a trusted brand. Read Post |
| Cisco Refreshes Switch and Router Lines |
Cisco has been busy lately, wedging itself into new markets, such as energy management and integrated network, server, and data storage devices. Yet, the company has not pushed its bread and butter, switches and routers, completely to the backburner. In fact, the vendor made a broad suite of enhancements to those devices under its Borderless Network initiative. Read Post |
Yelp Reprising Small Business Webinar
Because notice of last week's presentation on using Yelp for small business promotion came too late for many to participate, the company will be re-running it this Thursday. Read Post |
Facebook Tops Google For First Time
The ubiquitous social networking platform continues to grow like wildfire and last week unseated Google as the Web traffic leader for the first time since 2007. Read Post |
Smartphones Shows Signs of Recovery
After struggling most of the year, smartphones ended 2009 with robust growth, according to market research firm ABI Research. While sales of the devices had shown minimal growth through the first nine months, they jumped by 25 in the fourth quarter, so small and medium businesses need to get ready to effectively manage these devices. Read Post |
Meraki Enhances Wireless Cloud Service Security
Cloud services have been very popular among small and medium businesses because it enables them to take advantage of leading edge technology without adding a lot of management headaches. As a result, Meraki, which has been delivering wireless cloud services, beefed up the security features found with its Cloud Controller. Read Post |
New FileMaker Boosts Analysis, Collaboration Features
FileMaker is now shipping FileMaker 11, with new spreadsheet-like features for creating charts and graphs and generating reports, as well as new ways to share and update information. Read Post |
Alfresco To Launch Content Management For SMBs
Enterprise content management and collaboration solution vendor Alfresco has announced its intention to launch a version of its service for SMBs and has opened its Early Access Program for a limited number of businesses to test. Read Post |
Intel Introduces Atom-Based Server Platform
The new low-power-consumption platform is intended for use in servers and network-attached storage systems for small offices and home businesses. Read Post |
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