Archive: May 2004

May 31, 2004

Got Wireless? Got security?

As you go about installing a wireless network in your business, it is VERY important that you secure it. There's...

May 31, 2004

Online retailer - it's now boom and not bust

Well, the brave (and some stupid) venture capitalists and entrepreneurs who made the first stakes in the online world can...

May 31, 2004

Linux. What keeps Microsoft up at night

If there's one thing that keeps Microsoft up at night - it's Linux. For years Microsoft has been able to...

May 31, 2004

Microsoft more than software: Catching Spammers

Spam is a real pain, and it's only increasing. Fortunately, most of it is caused by only a few hundred...

May 31, 2004

High speed internet - easier than ever

Getting reasonably low cost and high speed access to the Internet gets better every quarter. Costs are coming down,...

May 29, 2004

NY Enterprise Report - newly launched

I'm happy to announce that the New York Enterprise Report has recently published it's first issue. Its first issue...

May 29, 2004

Smart Computing. A great tech mag for learning about tech

I had been reading Smart Computing Magazine for some time, but then about a year or more ago, I unsubscribed....

May 28, 2004

Does Information Technology Matter anymore?

I've been reading Nicholas Carr's "Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage" and although I...

May 28, 2004

Security Update for Windows

Microsoft has released a major security patch that fixes critical holes in Windows XP, 2000, NT 4.0 and Windows...

May 27, 2004

iPass Teams With IBM to Sell iPass Mobile Connectivity Services to IBM ThinkPad Customers

iPass announces iPass Inc. (NASDAQ:IPAS) announced today an agreement with IBM's Personal Computing Division to work together on sales of...

May 27, 2004

Will your next PC run Linux

Listen, it's no doubt that Linux is gaining momentum. For servers - Linux is definitely a viable alternative to Microsoft...

May 26, 2004

Upgrade Your Office Systems Without Losing Your Mind

From Smallbusinesscomputing.com Paul Consani, the first half of Consani Seims Ltd. ó a Vancouver, Washington-based, 12-person firm that brokers...

May 26, 2004

Gates Says Business Blogging Is Serious Business

Smallbizpipline writes When Bill Gates starts talking about blogs, you know it's time to take the technology seriously as...

May 26, 2004

Corel Sharpens Focus On Small Business

I've already covered this issue a few weeks ago, but here is more coverage from Smallbizpipline. On the heels of...

May 26, 2004

StartupJournal.com Says Online Auctions Offer Entrepreneurs Opportunity to Start a New Business

Both employed and unemployed professionals, who hope to start businesses of their own one day, have discovered a shortcut to...

May 26, 2004

The power of USB

Forbes writes The physical format of the thumb drive--USB connector at one end, plastic case at the other--has suddenly...

May 26, 2004

The cost of protecting your identity

Cnn writes With identity theft rampant, we need to be cautious with our personal information. But consumer advocates say...

May 26, 2004

Software subscriptions more - packages less

Selling software as a service, in monthly subscriptions is going to happen more and more, while selling packaged software...

May 26, 2004

Microsoft Stretches Product Support

News Factor writes - Microsoft says it will offer an expanded product-support lifecycle policy, providing customers with a minimum of...

May 25, 2004

Upcoming articles...

Showstoppers report Mirra Personal Server Review Peach Tree 2005 review Timeslips 2005 review Remotely Access your data...

May 25, 2004

Digital Experience - pre-Cebit tech showcase

Last night I attended Digital Experience a pre-Cebit technology showcase held every year prior to PC EXPO and more recently...

May 24, 2004

How To Catch Hackers: A Captains Guide

CXO Today writes ëKnow your enemy' - an unwritten rule that every soldier swears by - is quickly turning...

May 24, 2004

The Distributor vs. the Innovator

(left) Vyomesh Joshi, the executive vice president in charge of Hewlett-Packard's imaging and printing group, says the printing of...

May 24, 2004

Zone Alram to include Anti-Virus tools

Cnet is reporting that Security software maker Zone Labs updated its desktop firewall on Monday, adding new features that...

May 23, 2004

Inside an email scam

Fleet bank and other financial services and most importantly their customers are under increasingly attack from scammers trying to...

May 23, 2004

Be careful when you synchronize data with your PDA

Last night I synchronized data between my PDA my notebook computer. But what I should have done was changed Palm...

May 22, 2004

Earthlink tech support fails

Thursday my wife and I celebrated our tenth year of marriage. Friday we stayed for the weekend at the...

May 20, 2004

Bye Bye - Gotomypc

Well today I cancelled my Gotomypc.com subscription as I was not using it that much and didn't' see a need...

May 20, 2004

A Palm-Size Bridge Eliminates the Computer as Middleman

The NY Times writes Digital cameras, MP3 players and tiny U.S.B. flash-memory drives have made it easier to transport...

May 20, 2004

Web sites are for EVERY business - even farmers

The IS NOT just for hi-tech geeks. But "old fashioned" farming and ANY business, can benefit from using the...

May 20, 2004

How Are Script Kiddies Outwitting I.T. Experts?

News Factor writes "Ten years ago, you needed good programming skills to write a virus, but today there are...

May 20, 2004

Symantec to Acquire Brightmail

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), the global leader in information security, today announced that it has signed an agreement to...

May 19, 2004

IBM's latest projectors - giving what Dell is missing

IBM today announced its new featherweight microportable projector, the 2.4-pound M400. Although 30 percent smaller than its predecessor, the...

May 19, 2004

Six Steps to Stop: Sophisticated Spam Scam That Starts Identity Theft

PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THESE TIPS. THEY COULD SAVE YOU FROM A LOT OF HEADACHE IN THE FUTURE A...

May 19, 2004

Small Businesses at Risk for Data Disasters

What Imation has offered here is nothing special and stuff you've probably read a lot of times. However....for those who...

May 19, 2004

Maximizer Awarded 2004 CRM Excellence Award from Customer Inter@ction Solutions

Maximizer Software Inc., a leading provider of proven and affordable customer relationship management (CRM) and contact management solutions, was awarded...

May 19, 2004

Best Software Completes Integration of ACCPAC

On 10 June 2004, Best Software will be issuing an announcement with further information about ACCPAC Best Software, the leading...

May 19, 2004

Best Buy - competition from all over

To ensure the sales stay brisk and to keep the competition, not just Circuit City, but eBay, Dell, Wal-Mart and...

May 19, 2004

Palm users can now access BlackBerry info

Now Palm OS licensees will be able to make connections between their Palm PDAs and RIM BlackBerry servers. The BlackBerryÆ...

May 19, 2004

Closing down Wi-Fi in Seattle

Cometa Networks, a Seattle based provider of wireless internet access is shutting down. Several retailers, such as Barrier Motors, 45...

May 18, 2004

Take a survey. Give your insight.

Would please take a few minutes and give your input for a short survey for smallbiztechnology.com Would you please take...

May 18, 2004

Laplink Extends Remote Access to Pocket PC

Laplink Controller is a must have application for every Pocket PC user. From their desktop/notebook screen, users can view and...

May 18, 2004

Create a Web Presence with Just a few mouse clicks

StartupJournal.com writes how businesses can use online web site creation tools to build their web sites. In MOST cases I...

May 18, 2004

Using Databases to Get Customers

Business week has published another great article on the power of using databases in your business. BW writes Chances...

May 18, 2004

Newsletters - make your customers love them

Business week has an EXCELLENT article on a business that is producing a very successful newsletter. The article reads It...

May 18, 2004

New Dell Printers Take Aim At HP

Dell is moving ahead, with full steam, on its printer strategy. Forbes digs deeper and helps us understand how Dell...

May 17, 2004

The pains of technology!

I just finished installing D-Link's wireless PCI adapter network card in a Windows 2000 desktop computer. The first time...

May 17, 2004

Elance Online Extends Its Services Marketplace to Enable 'Everyday' Project Outsourcing

Elance Online(TM) (www.elanceonline.com) today launched the "Everyday Outsourcing Center," an extension of the world's-largest services marketplace to provide diverse businesses...

May 17, 2004

Small Businesses Fuel Economy With Help From Technology

Microsoft Celebrates National Small-Business Week Recognizing Contributions Made by America's Small Businesses With New Services and Tools According to the...

May 17, 2004

Microsoft Business Solutions Announces Technical Readiness Resources for Retail Partners

Offerings Include Implementation and Customization Guides, Hands-On Labs, E-Learning Tools and Retail Insights Newsletter Microsoft Business Solutions today announced the...

May 17, 2004

Where do you want to work tomorrow?

ZDNet's Rafe Needleman reviews Microsoft's office of the future, Center for Information Work. He writes Recently, I paid a...

May 17, 2004

The NY Times answers Spontaneous restarts can result from a number of problems, including a worm or virus, a bad...

May 17, 2004

WordPerfect Office Upgrade Breaks Little New Ground

Corel IS positioning Word Perfect to compete head to head against Microsoft. It's a risky endeavor. On one hand selling...

May 17, 2004

Why Blogger is so good

Scotsman.com reviews the history of Blogger.com and why it's stil lone of the best blogging tools on the markte. Scotsman.com...

May 17, 2004

Product Review: Sharp Zaurus SL-5600

There's two main types of Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) on the market. Microsoft Pocket PC (Toshiba, Casio, HP, and other...

May 17, 2004

IBM and Cisco plan joint Internet phone service

IBM and CISCO will team up to offer joint Internet phone services. With IBM's huge presence in the enterprise technology...

May 15, 2004

High Alert: Security Flaws Found in Symantec Software

Dear Small business owner. Once you buy software - don't ignore it but frequently update it if updates are available...

May 14, 2004

More about Radio Shack and Vonage

Vonage is obviously a special company. It's made a HUGE and powerful alliance with Radio Shack and is getting more...

May 13, 2004

Best Software, CCH Tax and Accounting Announce Alliance Delivering New Solutions to Accounting Marketplace

Best Software and CCH Tax and Accounting announced that they have entered into an agreement to provide complementary products and...

May 13, 2004

Radio Shack and Vonage - powerful distribution

Vonage, the marketing powerhouse for voice over the Internet Protocol services has teamed up with Radio Shack to distribute...

May 13, 2004

Latest Two-Way Radio From Motorola is a Perfect Gift for Active Families

Although this product is markted to families, I'm sure it could work just fine for some small businesses also. Motorola's...

May 13, 2004

Avoiding Launch Disasters

ZD Net writes We all know that new products and technologies require investments of both cash and overhead with...

May 13, 2004

Google continues to evolve its advertising

Well Google used to only serve text based advertising to web sites. I got an email today that Google...

May 13, 2004

EmergeCore's IT-in-a-Box - more than networking (that cat's out of the bag)

Emerge Core recently added a CRM application to its network appliance. I wondered about this move...a hardware vendor moving in...

May 12, 2004

New Constant ContactÆ Version Coming to a Browser Near You!

I've used ConstantContact for several years for Smallbiztechnology.com's email newsletter and it continues to get better. Here's there press release:...

May 12, 2004

Maximizer Software Ships Maximizer 8 for Individuals and Small Businesses

Maximizer Software Inc., a leading provider of proven and affordable customer relationship management (CRM) and contact management solutions, is now...

May 12, 2004

CDW's Sales Increase 31 Percent in April 2004

CDW is a great retailer. Easy to work with and competitive prices. CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDWC) , a leading provider of...

May 12, 2004

LAPTOP Magazine Selects Verizon Wireless for LAPTOP Editors' Choice Award for Best Overall Carrier

Congrats to Verizon. Guess what - I agree with LapTop magazine! Bedford Communications, Inc.'s LAPTOP magazine announced that Verizon Wireless,...

May 12, 2004

CRM - EmergeCore stealthly brings it into SMB's

While some companies bring CRM applications to their customers via the front door and market it as a CRM product,...

May 12, 2004

Information + Smiles + Energy = Simply Accounting's Recipe for Success

Gretel Serrano-Tortolani is ACCPAC's Simply Accounting division evangelist to the U.S. Hispanic small business market. (read the full article)...

May 12, 2004

When you know it's time to use two computers?

I have a SONY digital voice recorder plugged into my USP port. I'm now creating a 900MB+ MPEG file using...

May 12, 2004

Laplink Introduces a Faster and More Powerful PDA Synchronization Solution

PDA Sync enables synchronization with Lotus Notes, ACT, or Organizer. You can also synchronize multiple mobile devices to a...

May 12, 2004

Laplink Introduces a Faster and More Powerful PDA Synchronization Solution

PDA Sync enables synchronization with Lotus Notes, ACT, or Organizer. You can also synchronize multiple mobile devices to a...

May 11, 2004

Emerge Core's IT IN A BOX goes international

While much of the attention on US companies is on their mainly US customers, successful companies know that small...

May 11, 2004

More on Corel's bundling deal

Last week, in this space, you read about a new bundling deal. Corel Targets Small and Medium Businesses with New...

May 11, 2004

Mailblocks Busts the Myths About Challenge/Response Technology: The Most Effective Way to Guard Consumer's Email

Mailblocks, makes a strong case for their service, in their press release below, but it's not convincing enough for me....

May 11, 2004

Unplugging the Addiction To Information Overload

David M. Levy, a professor at the University of Washington's Information School in Seattle, tames his addiction to e-mail...

May 11, 2004

CDs, DVDs not so immortal

Mark Irons holds out a damaged music CD. CDs and DVDs might not be as long lasting we you thought....

May 11, 2004

IBM competes with Microsoft on the desktop

News Factor writes In a bid to wrest control of the corporate desktop market from Microsoft, IBM has unveiled...

May 11, 2004

Microsoft says bye-bye to Wi-Fi

Well, Microsoft can't succeed in EVERY category it sell in. Selling wireless networking hardware can be lucrative, as D-Link, Linksys,...

May 10, 2004

Makers of white-box supercomputers hit their stride

Cnet writes Thunder, a supercomputer recently installed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is possibly the second-most powerful computing machine on...

May 10, 2004

Google preps new tool to juice revenue

Cnet writes Search engine leader Google is close to releasing new tools that could expand its profitable keyword-advertising business and...

May 10, 2004

I.B.M. Takes Aim at Microsoft With Server-Based Software

The NY Times writes I.B.M. plans to announce today a software strategy for corporate desktop personal computers and hand-held devices...

May 10, 2004

Make business connections online--the right way

Anchor Desk writes It's trite but true: It's not what you know, it's who you know. You don't get the...

May 10, 2004

Verizon Debuts New Online Self-Service Tool for Advertisers

While Yellow Pages are going away online yellow pages are going to increase in use (along with Google of course)....

May 10, 2004

Tech Depot to Deliver Phoenix FirstWare Recover Pro Network to SMB Buyers

Marketing agreement with division of Office Depot brings comprehensive system and data backup and recovery application to SMBs It's great...

May 10, 2004

Ron Markezich, Microsoft's New CIO: In His Own Words

Microsoft IS not only a technology company, but also one of the largest technology vendors around. Hearing the insight from...

May 10, 2004

Google unveils new-look Blogger

I logged on to Blogger.com today to update my news section (what you are reading now) and was pleasantly...

May 8, 2004

The dumbness of computing...

Initially I was VERY excited about Google's Ad Sense program, which serves Google's text advertising to third party web...

May 8, 2004

AOL has set you FREE!

I read in a NY TImes Circuits newsletter that AOL has now opened up email access to NON-AOL email readers....

May 7, 2004

GoDaddy.com - the Wal-Mart of online services

Dell's doing it. Wal-Mart's doing it. Amazon.com's doing it. Why not GoDaddy.com While Verisign, the largest secure certificate issuing authority,...

May 7, 2004

South Florida Technology Alliance Assembles Panel of Experts to Tackle Challenging IT Offshoring Issue

The South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) will assemble a panel of experts to tackle one of today's most challenging economic...

May 7, 2004

TechTV lays off San Francisco staff

Cnet writes TechTV told 285 San Francisco employees on Thursday that their jobs are being eliminated, a move that was...

May 6, 2004

Corel bundles Corel Word Perfect with Best Software and Corel Graphics Draw with Wacom

Corel today announced two new bundling deals with Best Software and Wacom designed to deliver even greater value to small-...

May 6, 2004

EXCLUSIVE: GoDaddy.com - to be the Wal-Mart and Dell of online services (developing)...

Stay tuned to this space for the full story (to be published by 9:00am tomorrow)...

May 6, 2004

Outsourcing your IT has its benefits - Customers Completely Protected Against Latest Internet Threat

CenterBeam's ongoing audit of computers and networks under its management shows the company successfully prevented the Sasser worm from disrupting...

May 6, 2004

Getting close to global customers for design inspirations

Smaller companies do not have the resources to send an anthropologist all over the world for design inspirations and research,...

May 6, 2004

UPS Reaches Service Agreement With Yahoo!

Federal Express and UPS are in a see-saw battle to ensure their respective shipping tools are seamlessly embedded in the...

May 6, 2004

Wireless Works up a Willing Following

The Washington Post writes Wireless Internet access keeps getting more popular as consumers and businesses look for affordable ways to...

May 6, 2004

Does Information Technology Matter?

Some, like Mr. Nicholas G. Carr, who write in the Harvard Business Review that IT does not matter, in an...

May 5, 2004

Wireless access continues to expand - now with Sprint

In New York City we have so many choices for wireless Internet access via WiFi. T-Mobile (in Starbucks), Verizon (via...

May 5, 2004

Gateway continues to push down prices

Servers, like desktop computers, are no longer expensive - at all. Gateway released two new servers, which start at only...

May 5, 2004

Linux - it continues to battle Windows

On servers, Linux is growing in use amongst businesses and is a formidable competitor to Microsoft server operating systems. However...

May 4, 2004

GO DADDY Introducses Secure Certificates

Ok, so GoDaddy.com (a great domain registrat by the way) is competing on price in their new Secure Certificate...

May 4, 2004

SCORE offers - The Six Fundamentals of Success

The Service Core of Retired Executives (SCORE) part of the Small Business Administration (SBA) is offering a two hour seminar...

May 4, 2004

Is there life without Google?

Google is a great search engine that I use so often. If I had time to learn how to...

May 4, 2004

Gartner calls CenterBeam "cool"

I'm not sure if CenterBeam is so "cool" per se, but it does have an interesting service. In a...

May 4, 2004

This worm bypasses email

As you scramble to update you anti-virus program, as I suggested yesterday, also make sure the firewalls on your...

May 4, 2004

PayPal makes it easier for programmers to connect

Although PayPal may be considered by the "upper crest' of technology society to be a 'poor mans' e-commerce solution...

May 3, 2004

Handango compiles PDA life stories

If you thought PDAs were only for geeky techies - you are wrong. I encourage you to read up the...

May 3, 2004

Last week, a not so newbie computer user had a something pop-up on his computer screen that said "A...

May 3, 2004

IOGEAR Launches Industry's Shortest Wi-Fi 802.11g Notebook Network Card

Mobile professionals are now free from having to insert and remove a notebook network card each time they want to...

May 3, 2004

There's yet another "major" virus on the loose

Well AS ALWAYS make sure you have an anti-virus program and that it is updated with the latest anti-virus updates....

May 3, 2004

Two Roads Diverge for Three New Handhelds

The hardest thing about purchasing a PDA is deciding which one to purchase. Do you go with Microsoft's Pocket PC...

May 3, 2004

Cell phone rates get "fair"

I had to read information on Sprint's new cell phone rates for minutes over the allocated minutes per month several...

May 3, 2004

Making nice with the resellers

While selling direct is all well and good. Software vendors know that to really do well establishing a strong relationship...