Archive: April 2004

April 30, 2004

Intranets.com is one of those companies birthed (1999) in the "glories" of the dot-com explosion, tried "we'll get zillions of eyeballs and make money

However, Intranets.com, like Intuit and Microsoft, has top notch management and knows how to change course, and shift strategy when...

April 30, 2004

Wireless Tops List of CIO Priorities

News Factor Network writes "Technology for technology's sake" and "keeping up with the Joneses" are phrases rarely heard from today's...

April 30, 2004

CEOs Learn the Technology Ropes

Business Week writes Burned by pricey projects with scant returns in the '90s, chief execs are now savvier and watch...

April 30, 2004

Hey, boss: I'm not slacking, I'm telecommuting

Telecommuting can be great for employees (more flexibility) and businesses (less money on office space). But make sure you produce...

April 29, 2004

Free wireless Internet planned for Washington Mall

See, you SHOULD have wireless access in your mobile device. Wireless access is gaining traction everywhere. CNN writes Frisbee-throwers and...

April 29, 2004

Report: SMBs Outspending Big Firms on I.T.

News Factor writes Small and mid-size businesses are outspending their larger brethren on I.T. and plan to increase their...

April 29, 2004

My First Linux Server

If you are looking for your first, all purpose file server, it's easy to instinctively choose a server from HP,...

April 29, 2004

NetSuite Adds Agriculture Vertical Customer Wins

I usually do not include full press releases, but this press release clearly showcases the benefits of technology in a...

April 28, 2004

As you look to outsrouce your technology realize that "Companies Finding Some Computer Jobs Best Done in U.S."

The NY Times writes ...For many of the most crucial technology tasks, they find that a work force operating within...

April 28, 2004

Calls of the Wild - The phone business is in turmoilócellular is growing, and now every line into your home...

April 28, 2004

MCI sees green in securing small businesses

With an increase in threats to a business' network, it is very important to secure it. A business can...

April 28, 2004

palmOne introduces two color Zire handhelds

I use the Tungsten E, but the Zire family of Palm PDA's can work just as well for many. Geekzone...

April 27, 2004

CeBIT America 2004 Pre-Registration Up 18% vs. This Time Last Year

Well some may have thought that the tech show industry was going down...but CeBit is on the rise. Here's a...

April 27, 2004

Intranets.com is HOT

I've just got off the phone with Rick Faulk, Chief Executive Officer, of Intranets.com. He sounds excited and should...

April 27, 2004

Search-Boosters For Your PC

Finding the best search tool for your PC will save you a lot of time. Business Week's Stephen Wildstrom writes...

April 27, 2004

Text messaging reaches new high

I've tried text messaging on my cell phone, but I just found it too slow to peck and pick...

April 27, 2004

All take, no give: why collaboration fails

ZD Net's Rafe Needleman writes Recently my team at work embarked on a big project, one that involved a...

April 27, 2004

Product Review: IBM Thinkpad R51

IBM's note book computers are one of the best on the market. I have one (which I got used...

April 27, 2004

Companies Launch War Over Web Messaging

IM does have its uses, as I have written about in the past. But personally, it's more of a...

April 27, 2004

PC Sales Aid Microsoft, but Legal Expenses Hurt Profits

NY Times writes Microsoft reported solid quarterly gains in revenue and operating income yesterday, providing further evidence of increased demand...

April 27, 2004

Revamped About.com launches

About.com is one of the best sites on the 'net for information. Google is great for wide ranging searches....

April 27, 2004

The black lining to Symantec's silver cloud

Symantec is a great company but in its quest to serve the slave masters of Wall Street it wants...

April 27, 2004

PKWARE Introduces SecureZIP for Windows

PKWARE, Inc., recently announced SecureZIP for Windows, the fourth generation of its Windows-based security solution and the first from the...

April 27, 2004

IOGEAR Eliminates the Need for Multiple Office Printers

Small and Home Office (SOHO) users can now wirelessly print from a Bluetooth-enabled computer or PDA using IOGEAR's new Bluetooth...

April 27, 2004

StartupNation(R) Kicks-Off Small Business Month with 'Success in the U.S.' Tour

Jeff and Rich Sloan, StartupNation(R) co-founders and two of the country's top small business experts, will provide small business advice...

April 26, 2004

How To Find Old E-mail

I often have this problem in using Eudora. While there are programs one can download to search gigabytes of hard...

April 26, 2004

Network Associates To Change Name, Sell Sniffer

Information Week writes It's selling its network and application-performance application to two private equity firms; when the deal is complete,...

April 26, 2004

Flexibility Comes Relatively Cheap - Wireless Networking

WiFi can be a liberating tool for corporate offices and on the road entrepreneurs. I've set it up in my...

April 26, 2004

Pssst, Computer Users... Want Some Candy?

Computer security, especially by those who are not techies or very security conscientious is something that at times is taken...

April 26, 2004

Google Vs. Yahoo!

Frobes magazine writes Back in the simpler, more innocent mid-1990s, Internet searches were seen as a loss leader. As Piper...

April 26, 2004

Analyst 'confirms' impending Treo 610

Well the Handspring/Palm Treo 600 was a hit. I'm sure the Treo 610 will be no less. The Register is...

April 26, 2004

A Plan for Wireless Telecommunications Network for lower Manhattan

Sometimes in disaster, good things are birthed. The NY Times is reporting that A WIRELESS telecommunications system that would keep...

April 26, 2004

Online Chatting Is a Dumb Waste of Time

I've installed MSN Messenger on my PC but hardly use it. Email is what I prefer as, I find text...

April 23, 2004

Why you shouldn't turn off your PC

ZD Net's Brian Cooley gives his insight on this age old question. He writes My position in the debate:...

April 23, 2004

IBM Wants to Be Your IT Department

Smallbusinesscomputing writes It's a fact of life: Small and mid-sized businesses face many of the same technology-related challenges that...

April 23, 2004

Everybody Wants a Bite Of Google

The Washington Post writes Wall Street's appetite for Google's anticipated stock offering promises to spark a feeding frenzy reminiscent...

April 23, 2004

NetSuite Announces Increased Margins for Solution Providers to Reward High Achievement

To continue NetSuite's success in enabling Solution Providers to deliver integrated on-demand software to end-users around the world, NetSuite today...

April 23, 2004

Sun To Sell Java Desktops via Wal-Mart Site

Linux vendors, want to get a larger piece of the consumer and small business pie. However, the market is just...

April 23, 2004

ZoEmail's bold goal ó 'the demise of spam' ó gets off to a strong start

I like ZoEmail's spam blocker better than any I've seen before. Challenge/response systems set up too high a barrier and...

April 23, 2004

Software maker plays mobile hand

I hate to think that Microsoft Office, with Corel's Word Perfect a very distance second place, are the only games...

April 22, 2004

Libraries Wired, and Reborn

Be you a library , an oil company or a law office - using technology as a tool to grow...

April 22, 2004

Used Cellphones Find a Market Among Bare-Bones Users

Cell phones are really useful tools. However, most of us do not need the latest, greatest, most expensive, gadget filled...

April 22, 2004

Gateway mulls possibility of more job cuts--source

I've always said that Gateway is going to have to get smaller - unfortunately - if it wants to live...

April 22, 2004

IDT uses Wi-Fi to offer cheaper cell service

I think it is just amazing the benefits and capability that wireless technology, especially Wi-Fi enables. USA Today is reporting...

April 22, 2004

Who Should Keep Out The Hackers?

I applaud the governments initiatives in keeping the nations computer secure. But at the end of the day security managers...

April 22, 2004

Add a Cordless Phone, but Not Interference

Yesterday a friend called me to explain that his wireless network did not have the range he thought it should...

April 21, 2004

RadioShack to Offer Sprint Small Business Services

RadioShack Customers Can Now Take Advantage of Sprint's Special Wireless Pricing Plans and Small Business Solutions Sprint (NYSE:FON) (NYSE:PCS) today...

April 21, 2004

Gateway could cut work force by half

Cnet writes Hoping to turn a profit by year's end, Gateway executives are crafting a restructuring plan that could reduce...

April 21, 2004

eFax forced upgrades?

I got an email from eFax informing me that I had exceeded the amount of incoming faxes allowed by the...

April 21, 2004

Software makers ready desktop lockdown

Cnet is reporting that All it takes is a quick run through the headlines to see why some software makers...

April 21, 2004

MCI Must Keep Hold on Customers

This is an interesting point. MCI, while it was in bankruptcy, lowered prices to keep customers. But now that...

April 21, 2004

Cellular execs say go slow on high-speed wireless

While mobile high-speed internet access is good, at $80 per month it's expensive and might not be widely adopted by...

April 21, 2004

RSS readers offer new ways to keep up with the Web

If you want to get a LOT of information, then consider RSS. USA Today writes Noticed those little orange boxes...

April 20, 2004

TEC Launches SMB Accounting Software Evaluation Center

Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) has formed an alliance with Solutions, publisher of The Accounting Library to provide organizations in the...

April 20, 2004

Banishing Obsolete Software

Over the years, most businesses will accumulate a box or more of software. Much of it old, rarely used...

April 20, 2004

'Phishing' scams luring more users

Cnet writes, Phishing is an Internet scam in which unsuspecting users receive official-looking e-mails that attempt to fool them into...

April 20, 2004

Make Outsourcing Work For Your Small Business

Outsourcing, the process of letting another company do a particular service for your business, can help your business or greatly...

April 20, 2004

What's wrong with Internet phones

While there are a lot of positive things about "Voice over the Internet" ZD Net's Rafe Needleman writes that all...

April 20, 2004

Managing "Virtual" People

Being able to communicate with teams of people, or even a staff of one, is so easy. However, how can...

April 19, 2004

In a Fast-Moving Web World, Some Prefer the Dial-Up Lane

Well, I can't say I prefer dial-up, but it's not that bad at times. I use it in my home...

April 19, 2004

"Spyware" emerges as new online threat

Cnn Money is reporting that Add another online hazard to the list: spyware. Programs that hide in users' computers...

April 19, 2004

Pirated programs cause problems for users, industry

Kim Komando writes Spam advertisements hawking popular software titles at bargain-basement prices are flooding the Internet. More often than...

April 19, 2004

Sprint, AT&T Wireless announce wi-fi agreement

You know it and I know it, but for those who don't - wireless Internet access is exploding. Ensure your...

April 19, 2004

IE toolbars offer more than mere searches

I use Google's toolbar as it stops pop-up advertising which is annoying to say the least. Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press,...

April 19, 2004

Wireless Data Now Mainstream For Consumers

Information Week is reporting that About 54% of U.S. consumers who responded to an In-Stat/MDR survey use some form of...

April 19, 2004

Ramon and Entrepreneur Magazine

Today Ramon Ray, Technology Evangelist, Smallbiztechnology.com was interviewed for an upcoming article in Entrepreneur Magazine....

April 19, 2004

Surge In DSL Pushes Broadband In The Home

Internet Week is reporting that it's no big revelation to hear that home broadband use is up -- 60...

April 16, 2004

Don't Go to Your PC, Let Your PC Come to You

So I guess Gotomypc has even more competition now! RemotelyAnywhere announced today the availability of LogMeIn (www.LogMeIn.com) -- the easiest,...

April 16, 2004

CompUSA Names D-Link as Networking Vendor of the Year

D-Link, the global leader in the design and development of connectivity and communications technologies for the digital home and...

April 16, 2004

Hear Ramon on the Radio...

Ramon Ray, Editor of Smallbiztechnology.com speaks with Jim Blasingame, the small business advocate, about wireless computing. Jim Blasingame, the small...

April 16, 2004

A Solid, Inexpensive System for Basic Computing Needs

Just as you wouldn't buy a Bentley to go grocery shopping, you don't need a tricked-out, high-end desktop for...

April 16, 2004

PCs teeming with spyware - EarthLink

ZD Net is reporting that Earthlinksays that each PC scanned by its free audit service during the first three months...

April 16, 2004

Lindows Offers Free OS Download

Linux, offered by "Lindows" might be just great and fine, however, offering Lindows as a free download is NOT good...

April 16, 2004

Business demand boosts worldwide PC shipments

USA Today is reporting that Worldwide PC shipments continued double-digit growth in the year's first quarter as more businesses replaced...

April 16, 2004

Nextel Woos Early Adopters with Fast Wireless

Wireless is great but wireless broadband is even better. Imagine, having a mobile device with HIGH SPEED internet access. Most...

April 15, 2004

What advice would you give to a young entrepreneur?

Here's a question posted by a reader? I was seriously thinking about starting a really small business as a learning...

April 15, 2004

Switching Smoothly From PocketPC to Palm

A NY Times readers asks I use a PocketPC organizer and would like to switch to a Palm. How can...

April 15, 2004

Wireless Tools Buy Time for Mobile Workers

Wireless tools take productivity to another level. You can do your work from any place a wireless signal reaches....

April 15, 2004

Now, more than ever. Why every business should have a web site

In the past, I was not so sure if very localized, service businesses like plumbers, shoe repair shops and...

April 15, 2004

Be your own Wi-Fi hotspot

If your business gets a lot of traffic, you MIGHT want to consider becoming a provider of wireless Internet access....

April 15, 2004

Internet phone business reveals new challenges

Using the Internet to make telephone calls is great for consumers - but governments fear (and are) losing tax revenue....

April 15, 2004

Intranets.com Marks Major Hosted Services Milestone With 200,000 Users and More Than 7,500 Customers Worldwide

Congrats to Intranets.com - you've come a long way! Intranets.com (http://www.intranets.com/), the leading provider of on-demand collaboration services, today...

April 14, 2004

The Great Hosting Debate: Shared vs. Dedicated

Smallbusinesscomputing writes Unless your business runs a massive Web operation, the issue of shared vs. dedicated Web hosting will probably...

April 14, 2004

Amazon.com Launches Internet Search Service

Washington Post is reporting that Online retailer Amazon.com quietly launched an Internet search service Wednesday, jumping into a marketplace already...

April 14, 2004

U.S. Digital Camera Ownership Seen Up 33 Pct in 2004

Reuters is reporting that Forty percent of U.S. households are expected to own at least one digital camera by the...

April 14, 2004

Internet 'Impossible' for Disabled Users

Tech News World is reporting that An investigative report by a government agency in the United Kingdom has revealed many...

April 14, 2004

One in six use wireless Internet, survey finds

USA Today is reporting that One in six U.S. Internet users have logged on using "Wi-Fi" or another wireless technology,...

April 14, 2004

EarthLink Offers Security by Subscription

News Factor is reporting that Internet service provider EarthLink is working with security authority Symantec to deliver antivirus and...

April 14, 2004

Microsoft Warns of Dozens More Holes

News Factor is reporting that Microsoft has issued a group of four updates for various versions of its Windows...

April 13, 2004

Location, location, location? Forget about it

ZDNet report, Rafe Needleman, writes One of the big selling points of Internet telephone services, such as Vonage, is...

April 13, 2004

The best antivirus tool? Cooperation

ZDNet's Robert Vamosi writes Back in the 1980s, the way to avoid computer viruses was to ask, "Whose floppy...

April 13, 2004

McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi

Well now businesses that want to wolf down some McDonald's meals can wireless get work done. Yahoo News is reporting...

April 13, 2004

Google's Gmail may face strong legal opposition

While I am all for our respective legislature protecting us from "bad companies", I think in Google's case the California...

April 13, 2004

Your web browser could be deadly

Sometimes the computing experience can be down right crazy. It's bad enough that users must be cautions of viruses via...

April 13, 2004

Cebit America 2004 - May 25 - 27

Cebit American will once again grace the shores of the USA. This show, although not nearly as big as...

April 13, 2004

Schedule Backups, Synchronize Folders and Share Files - New Web Service Has It All

There's many solutions on the market, but few that do backup, synchronization and sharing. I've been testing out Groove and...

April 13, 2004

palmOne Professional Services Makes Creating Customized Mobile Business Solutions Easier Than Ever Before

The world of mobile computing is powerful and can really be a competitive advantage for businesses that can strategically leverage...

April 12, 2004

A Need for Greater Cybersecurity

Often times security can be a smaller priority for companies than it should be. But company executives need to ensure...

April 12, 2004

Microsoft: Not enough XPerienced PCs

It's no doubt that more people are not upgrading to Windows XP. Sure it's a good operating system, but...

April 12, 2004

Canon to give printers $94 million boost

Printing is a VERY lucrative market. Dell was not mentioned in this article, nor Lexmark. But After HP, Canon and...

April 9, 2004

Consumers eager for Internet phone service

Well here's more on the surging "voice over the Internet" craze. Newsday reads A new survey provides encouragement to the...

April 9, 2004

AOL to offer content to non-subscribers

For years AOL has been a closed and proprietary system, for members only. However, AOL is planning to release...

April 9, 2004

NetSuite's Money-Back Claim Draws Scoffs

Now that the "wow" factor of ASPs have faded. ASPs are looking for more ways to differentiate their services....

April 8, 2004

CompUSA sees the future in software-dispensing machine

From SiliconAlley.com - Planted on a main aisle at a CompUSA store and trimmed in stylish brushed aluminum, the SoftwareToGo...

April 8, 2004

Desktop computers finally shrinking

Personally I don't mind the large mini-tower sized computers. I used to think, however that I needed them in case...

April 8, 2004

From Cablevision, Another Way to Carry Your Voice

Voice over the internet phone calling is growing, and growing and growing. The NY Times reports on Cablevision's new service....

April 8, 2004

Spyware - it's not cute or innocent

Spyware, are programs that are put on your computer and you often do not know about it. You can...

April 7, 2004

More on the power of Google

I don't think we'll ever stop seeing articles about how great Google is and the cool searches on can do...

April 7, 2004

How does Symantec deal with most viruses - it gives it to SARA

(Motoaki Yamamura, Symantec's senior development manager, says he sleeps much better these days, thanks to Sara.) USA Today reports...

April 7, 2004

Mounting Business Losses Boost Anti-Spam Market

My previous post is a direct contradiction or warning to this post. So interesting. However, while spam is a...

April 7, 2004

$pam, $pam, lovely $pam

There's a huge political and technical cry against spam and MANY anti-spam companies are getting their share of the anti-spam...

April 7, 2004

Some hospitals resist technology evolution

(Photo - Larry Davis for The New York Times) Systems like this one at Children's Hospital in Seattle display...

April 6, 2004

When doing online advertising...be careful of the trademarks

Judge won't toss out Google, Overture suit Cnet is reporting that U.S. District Judge Denis Hurley said in a preliminary...

April 6, 2004

Groups Slam Google's New E-Mail Service

LEAVE GOOGLE ALONE Listen, Google is offering users a CHOICE. They can use the new gmail service or not. Very...

April 5, 2004

Cable or Phone? Difference Can Be Taxing

Very interesting article from the NY Times on the growing tax debate on cable vs phone companies and taxes. Are...

April 5, 2004

VoIP's broadband bottleneck

If you are going to get phone calls via a broadband connection, then make sure your broadband connection can support...

April 5, 2004

Small car-rental firms take jab at big guys

Another example of how the Internet can help you destroy and blow away your competition. USA Today has an article...

April 5, 2004

Dell knows his niche and he'll stick with it

I enjoy reading about the success of entrepreneurs who have created their own businesses and succeeded. Of course, I guess...

April 2, 2004

Corel to test WordPerfect for Linux

Cnet is reporting that A Corel representative said the company's online store will begin selling a "proof-of-concept" Linux-native version of...

April 2, 2004

Cheaper Directory Assistance

Directory assistance can be expensive if you use it a lot. Well, Easy411 launched today to help ease sticker shock...

April 2, 2004

Gateway Stores Put Out to Pasture

Well, you can't say Gateway does not try. But I guess with the purchase of eMachines Gateway no longer...

April 2, 2004

Sharp ships Linux Wi-Fi PDA in US

You know what's great about innovation? Choices. There's a lot of choice available in the PDA world, so the hard...

April 1, 2004

GoDaddy.com Introduces Virtual Safe Deposit Box

Nothing really special here in what GoDaddy.com is doing. However, for only about $10 per year, for 50MB that's not...

April 1, 2004

Google offers free email

I'm really not sure what to make of this service. Free email, I think its a commodity item and...

April 1, 2004

Wal-Mart, Sun team on Linux PCs

Chinaview.com is reporting that Wal-Mart stores have begun selling PCs manufactured by Microtel Computer Systems featuring Sun Microsystems' alternative operating...

April 1, 2004

Entrepreneurship Courses: It Pays to Pick the School

I know this is not a technology story, but NY Times piece today on entrepreneurialism was good. The article reads...

April 1, 2004

Gates outlines Microsoft security plans

Microsoft can outline all the security plans they want. But nothing is going to be 100% (or even 80%) secure...

April 1, 2004

Losing files on your computer

Over the years, I, like you, have accumulated thousands and thousands of digital files and email messages. I'm a very...