Archive: November 2002

November 27, 2002

AFFINITY INTERNET ACQUIRES BIGSTEP, ADDING AWARD-WINNING WEB HOSTING BRAND FOR SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES

My spin:I guess I'm late with this news....but better late than never for those who didn't know (I wonder if...

November 27, 2002

News Factor: Is Anything Left of Novell?

My spin:Those small businesses who have invested in Novell should carefully read this article. Once a darling of the networking...

November 27, 2002

News Factor: Microsoft Unveils Licensing Discounts To Counter Linux

My spin:So, there's one thing we know...Microsoft does NOT want to lose customers! Microsoft also is offering zero percent financing...

November 26, 2002

News Factor: Report: Small Biz Needs Full Functionality

My spin:If you're a frequent reader of Smallbiztechnology.com this is not news to you....but read it again, and again and...

November 25, 2002

D-Link Climbs BusinessWeek's Rankings of the Top 100 Information Technology Companies

My spin:Good job D-link IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Link, the worldwide leader in manufacturing of Broadband, networking, and...

November 25, 2002

NY Times: A Conundrum for Hewlett: How to Angle Its PC Business

My spin:I dont' think HP is dumbe for competing head on with Dell.....it could be a very smart move. Did...

November 25, 2002

Could Dell services push get too pushy?

Dell Computer may find itself reaching for too much of a good thing--at least in the eyes of some of...

November 22, 2002

Calendar, address, task management on a Mobile Phone

My spin:PDA's have much of the glory when it comes to organizing one's data. However this solution, which is not...

November 22, 2002

IIRUSA's 6th Annual Wireless Networking Summit, IN-BUILDING WIRELESS 2003, set for Metro Washington New York, NY, November 22, 2002 --...

November 22, 2002

Rein In The Bits & Pieces With TexNotes 3.0

Lelystad, The Netherlands - The boss just sent you an e-mail asking for a copy of a client's original comments...

November 22, 2002

Verizon takes Wi-Fi to the office

My spin:Nothing new hear...except to note that wireless is GROWING! Verizon Communications is turning up the heat in the telephone...

November 22, 2002

Is Microsoft king?

Infoworld's Ephraim Schwartz's 18 Nov article entitled, "I see dead companies" is something all vendors who have the remotest inclination...

November 22, 2002

Microsoft warns of security hole

My spin:What can I say...but take what reasonable precautions you can. The software giant has warned users of a significant...

November 20, 2002

Business 2.0 - Linux for the Rest of Us

My spin:I think this MAY be a stretch, but... With the long-awaited emergence of dirt-cheap new applications, the desktop alternative...

November 20, 2002

Small Businesses Turn to Elance Online for Help in Crafting the Perfect Business Plan

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Elance, Inc. announced today that the number of business plan projects awarded through Elance...

November 20, 2002

New Pocket PCs: Don't let Dell make you look stupid

My spin:Anchor Desk's David Coursey slam Dell for its "slimy" marketing practices.... BUT THERE'S ONE THING I definitely don't like...

November 20, 2002

Gateway Expands Managed PC Lineup - By Shrinking It

My spin:I doubt this one announcement will help Gateway, but I hope a series of positive innovations and changes, no...

November 20, 2002

Corel Corporation Appoints Vice-President, Channel Sales

My spin:Just when you wonder if Corel is on its last breath or not...hope comes through! Former Microsoft Sales Director...

November 20, 2002

RingCentral Introduces 800-Works ô - An Affordable Toll-Free 800 Voicemail and Fax Service For US and International Small Businesses &...

November 20, 2002

Send Invoices with "Instant-Pay" button electronically! : G7 Announces VersaCheckô SmartInvoice 7.0

My spin:I have a weekness for things like this: simple but useful. There's serveral companies offering this such as Intuit's...

November 20, 2002

FileMaker and ServiceObjects Announce Free Web Services For FileMaker Pro 6 Users

My spin:Web services and its cousin XML are growing in use. In fact today, I'm just reading up on creating...

November 19, 2002

TechWire: Technology Convention in Buffalo is Canceled

My spin:Is this a pre-cursor to Comdex? Internet World? PC EXPO? Buffalo, NY -- The Buffalo News reported on Tuesday...

November 19, 2002

News Factor: Sidekick Delivers a Hip-Top Design Twist

My spin:Danger's Sidekick...what's there not to love about it? Danger's Sidekick is a wallet-size wireless Web device with a built-in...

November 18, 2002

NY Times: A Shift in Focus for Hewlett-Packard Ads

My spin:This is what differentiates boys from men...HP will spend hundreds of millions on advertising, smaller companies can't come close...

November 18, 2002

Cnet: Gateway takes to tablets

My spin:I wish Gateway all the best, but why would they take the time and expense to go through this...

November 18, 2002

NetLedger Launches New Channel Programs

My spin:See, I told you , selling through "the channel" is important SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing...

November 18, 2002

News Factor: The Ease and Difficulty of Building an E-Commerce Site

My spin:Building an e-commerce web site is SIMPLE (for the most part). The harder part is customer service, fullfilment, and...

November 18, 2002

News Factor: The Laptop Performance Bottleneck

My spin:Get a good laptop, docking station, external monitor and a few more things... and then ditch your desktop Designers...

November 15, 2002

News Factor: What Is Lindows, Anyway?

My spin: Lindows - Linux with a Windows like interface is still and for a long time will be a...

November 15, 2002

Cnet: Dell tallies a record third quarter

My spin: Dell continues to perform remarkably well. Coming soon...the results of the exclusive smallbiztechnology.com poll - what matters most...

November 14, 2002

New York New Media Technology Showcase

See the photos and my notes....here...

November 14, 2002

KURANT LAUNCHES THE NEXT GENERATION OF STORESENSE FEATURING DATA INTEGRATION WITH QUICKBOOKS PROÆ 2003 PRODUCTS My spin: I told...

November 14, 2002

FrontRange Solutions Inc. Announces New Version of GoldMine Business Contact Manager; Version 6.0 Offers Intuitive Ease-of-Use and Quick Time-to-Value...

November 14, 2002

INTUIT RELEASES QUICKBOOKS SDK v2.0 AT

My spin:Intuit's Developer Network is a KEY part of a strategy to provide solutions to customers and keep them...

November 14, 2002

INTUIT UNVEILS NEW QUICKBOOKS 2003 FINANCIAL PRODUCT LINE

My spin:Just like a perfect choir Intuit continues providing its customers with even more reasons to upgrade - and reasons...

November 14, 2002

AMI-Partners' Study Shows Small and Medium Business Focused IT Channel Partners Exhibited Double Digit Sales Growth Despite Decline in Large Enterpris

I know this is a bit long...but I thought it was valuable to post in its entirety never-the-less -...

November 14, 2002

NY Times: The Old Computer: Upgrade or Retire?

My spin:I've had posts on this issue before, what it never hurts to revisit the issue... IF your PC is...

November 14, 2002

Reuters: Intuit Net Loss Narrows, Raises 2003 Forecast

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Reuters) - Intuit Inc. (INTU.O), which sells software for personal finance and small businesses, on Wednesday...

November 14, 2002

Nexternal and LivePerson Alliance to Deliver Complete Online Sales Platform to Small Businesses

My spin:FYI... NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LivePerson, Inc. , a leading provider of technology facilitating real-time online customer...

November 14, 2002

BuyerZone Enters the Black Zone

My spin:Yes. Yes. Yes. Congrats to BuyerZone...a profitable third quarter - while so many others have failed and are failing....

November 14, 2002

Verizon Wireless' Express Network Named 'Best of What's New' By Popular Science Magazine

My spin:High speed wireless connectivity is only going to increase...as competition heats up keep on the look out for validation...

November 14, 2002

Cnet: Yahoo unveils premium e-mail service

My spin:See....Yahoo wants you (businesses). AOL wants you....everyone's reaching out to small-medium sized businesses. BUT do you WANT THEM? Internet...

November 14, 2002

Gateway Unveils New Money-Saving Tools for Business

My spin:FYI... POWAY, Calif., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gateway, Inc. today announced two key money-saving initiatives for business and government...

November 13, 2002

News Factor: Opinion: Is Windows Cheaper Than Linux?

My spin:So which one is cheaper...it all depends on your individual business and what you'll be doing with the respect...

November 13, 2002

NY Times: New Top-Level Change at AOL Could Foretell Fresher Content

My spin:Back to the basics....AOL and others have been pushing pop up boxes in our faces, streaming media ads and...

November 13, 2002

Tablet PC's - Fast Company Magazine's Company of Friends NY group weigh in

I've compiled comments from the FC Mags, NYC CoF group at smallbiztechnology.com...

November 13, 2002

The Case for OpenOffice

My spin: OpenOffice I'm sure is a good tool for some, but based on my past experiences it's not completely...

November 13, 2002

Roving Releases Constant Contact 6.0 with SafeUnsubscribe

My spin:I use Constant Contact for my own newsletter management and it's definitely a top notch product! Do-It-Yourself Email Marketer...

November 13, 2002

uRoam Announces Small Office Wireless Security Solution

InterJakTM Appliance Delivers Ultra Secure Access for Wireless LANs SUNNYVALE, Californiañ November 12, 2002 - uRoam Corporation, the leader in...

November 12, 2002

Computerized Phones and What They Can Do for You

My spin:Smart phones are great...but really...I want a phone to talk, a PC for "PCing" and a PDA for "pda-ing"....

November 11, 2002

CNet: AOL tailors service to small businesses

My spin:AOL could have done so much better and stopped the flow of businesses to Earthlink much more business friendly...

November 11, 2002

Cnet: Using software to measure software buys

My spin:I wish there were some nice tools like this for smaller businesses. But then again would smaller businesses even...

November 11, 2002

Eight Great Ways To Protect Your Privacy In The Internet Age

Internet Privacy For DummiesÆ offers a wealth of strategies to safeguard your identity and your assets on the PC, the...

November 11, 2002

Compaq (HP's) Michael Capellas to leave

My spin:Capellas..I wish you much success. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ - news) on Monday said Michael Capellas,...

November 11, 2002

Dell as Brand Name

My spin:Can Dell's brand name make it a success in peripherals as it has been in PC. OR do people...

November 11, 2002

Are Macs Virus-Proof?

My spin:Viruses? On the Mac? Who said that.....well now the secret is out of the bag! Historically, Mac OS users...

November 9, 2002

Two "hidden" copmnanies to watch - Trellix and Kurant

My spin:Trellix and Kurant are two companies tha tmany "end users" have never heard of but I'd guess millions of...

November 9, 2002

SONY's business adv: solutions oriented - what a refreshing!

My spin:I've been hearing Sony's regular advertising on WCBS News Radio 88 here in NYC and it's refreshing to here...

November 8, 2002

CNN: Trying to save the Comdex trade show

My spin:Is Comdex going to go - bye, bye? (FORTUNE.COM) -- Fred Rosen had bad timing. He took over the...

November 8, 2002

Cnet: AMD to aim for business market in 2003

My spin:AMD's in a fierce battle for survival. Can it succeed against Intel's dominance and market forces? Let's hope so....

November 7, 2002

Reuters: Microsoft a Problem for Software Rivals

My spin:Web services will only grow. Some users will support Web services, in its purest form and some will support...

November 7, 2002

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November 7, 2002

News Factor: Should Small Business Go Mac?

My spin:NO. NO. NO. UNLESS - you have a community to support your Mac installation. Let's say you are just...

November 6, 2002

Vertical Markets Split on Mobile OS Adoption: Microsoft and Palm Remain Entrenched, IDC Says

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., November 4, 2002 - Vertical markets continue to deploy mobile solutions in order to increase worker productivity. Although...

November 6, 2002

Iomega Offers Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Bigger Storage Options for the Back Office

My spin:There's absolutely no excuse for a business to not back of their data...here's on solutino you may want to...

November 6, 2002

News Factor: The Trouble with DSL

My spin:DSL is a must for businesses who want to access information much faster than pokey dial up connections...many users...

November 6, 2002

News Factor: Yahoo's Surprising Success Strategy

My spin:Hmmm...as this article points out. Yahoo has very little to lose in its deal with SBC. Personally, I think...

November 6, 2002

Tablet PC's are going to be launched tomorrow...here's a few links about it

Tablet PC: Coming to an Office Near You? Tablet PCs--only for the "bravest"? Studies: Few to use tablet PCs in...

November 6, 2002

Reuters: Too Much Screen Time Can Make Computer Users Sick

My spin:Now you have an excuse to use your computer less! NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The more time...

November 5, 2002

Inc Magazine: Ten Questions You Have to Ask Before Hiring a Computer Consultant

My spin:Joshua Feinberg, joins Inc Magazine as their new tech columnist...here's his first article. (full story)...

November 5, 2002

CNet: Does Corel's life jacket have a leak?

My spin:You heard it in Small Business Technology Report first (not the Corel has a leak though). I think...

November 5, 2002

News Factor: Don't Buy the Windows 98 Forced Upgrade

My spin:Microsoft is discontinuing support for Windows 98, but I wouldn't lose sleep over it. By now, there's problem...

November 5, 2002

IBM technologies to make PCs think for themselves

My spin:Here's the full press release about IBM's new "Think" strategy which it says will differentiate it from its competitors....

November 4, 2002

IBM's computers. Are they better than everyone else's?

My spin:I went to a VERY enlightning IBM briefing and product showcase today and saw some very interesting, useful adn...

November 4, 2002

Antenna System Is Said to Expand Wireless Internet Use

My spin:This is great - MORE HACKERS can get free 'net access (and maybe even access to some corporate jewels!...

November 4, 2002

Instant messaging hits growth spurt

My spin:Cnet having an article about instant messaging, is no big thing, but Inc magazine carried a story about...

November 4, 2002

Future Hacking: How Vulnerable Is the Net?

As a new safety precaution, the organizations that operate the Internet's root servers will add more servers to each...

November 4, 2002

BEST SOFTWARE INTRODUCES SALESLOGIX VERSION 6.0

More than 200 new feature and architectural enhancements drive efficiencies and sales performance for end users and administrators SCOTTSDALE, Ariz....

November 1, 2002

CNet: Report: Don't overspend on technology

My spin:I've been saying this for ages, and any good IT consultant will tell you the same. Sure, you...

November 1, 2002

NewsFactor: Gates's Pen vs. the Keyboard

My spin:This NewsFactor story is very, very interesting as it takes you through Microsoft's internal efforts to re-birth the launch...

November 1, 2002

Cnet: CRM Vendors That Look Out for the Big Guys

My spin: I've touched on this issue in previews posts and your going to hear more and more rumblings...

November 1, 2002

CNet: New Outlook to give spammers the boot

My spin:All I can say is, it's sure about time! Microsoft is taking spam fighting more seriously in the...

November 1, 2002

Washington Post: Moo-vin' On Up - Gateway Ditches Cow Motif for A Sleeker Image

My spin:Gateway has a new image and brand that it will unleash today, but can it work? Will it...