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Lenovo Refreshes Notebooks, Preps Netbook

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:18 AM ET | May 26, 2009

While the rest of us were flipping burgers on the grill, Lenovo has served up a laptop lineup with price points sure to make many a small-business owner's mouth water.

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Notable Netbooks For Small Businesses

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:47 PM ET | May 5, 2009

Small is all might very well be the new thin is in.

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Is Green Tech Worth The Investment?

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:07 PM ET | Apr 6, 2009

Purchasing green technology -- certainly the right thing to do for our planet -- doesn't necessarily come cheap. What's a small-business owner to do?

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HP Launches Microbiz Store Online

Posted by Gayle Kesten 03:27 PM ET | Jan 26, 2009

HP has cut the ribbon on an online specialty shop for home-based microbusinesses.

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Highlights From The Consumer Electronics Show

Posted by Gayle Kesten 02:50 PM ET | Jan 12, 2009

What do the camcorder, Microsoft Xbox, and home media server have in common? The trio made their debut at one of the annual Consumer Electronics Shows (CES), the latest iteration of which wrapped up Sunday.

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Your Small Business In 2009

Posted by Gayle Kesten 12:40 PM ET | Jan 5, 2009

Like my entire family smushed into my parents' spare bedroom this time last week, so, too, can small businesses expect their space to crowd with more startups in the coming year.

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Rounding Up The Year-End Roundups

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:54 PM ET | Dec 23, 2008

Santa's not the only one who's making a list. The Web is overflowing with lists of best-ofs. I continue to be mindful of the ones I present here on Small Biz Resource -- my radar always on the lookout for quality over quantity.

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It's Time To Float Your Business To The Cloud

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:53 AM ET | Oct 24, 2008

If you're still purchasing new software to run your business, then you may want to stop, stop, and stop. A hosted alternative could save you a chunk of cash and make your life a whole lot easier.

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A Babe In The Woods Goes In Search Of Tech Support

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:02 PM ET | Sep 26, 2008

I have never appreciated the sound of silence more than today. In fact, I feel like a huge weight has been taken off my shoulders or, if you will, out of my arms.

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Dell Serves Up PowerEdge Server For Small Biz

Posted by Gayle Kesten 02:51 PM ET | Sep 9, 2008

In the market for your first server? Then Dell wants you.

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bMighty's New Imaging How-To Center -- Pretty As A Picture

Posted by Fredric Paul 04:11 PM ET | Jul 21, 2008

Small offices can quickly become overwhelmed with reams and reams of paper documents. But it doesn't have to be that way. bMighty's brand new Imaging How-To Center can show you how to leverage document imaging to save space and save money.

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Apple Rolls Out iPhone 3G

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:22 PM ET | Jul 11, 2008

Back in the day, I camped out for tickets to see Bruce Springstein and Hall & Oates. So I really can't fault Mac fans for wanting to be among the first to buy the new iPhone.

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Guard Your Laptop While Traveling

Courtesy of Business Know-How 08:23 AM ET | Jul 3, 2008

While traveling by train from Philadelphia to Atlantic City, I sat near a man who spent a portion of the time working on his laptop, but then fell asleep with his laptop on the seat beside him.

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Apple Unveils 3G iPhone

Posted by Gayle Kesten 07:58 AM ET | Jun 10, 2008

Fans of the "i" will be happy to know Apple's next-gen iPhone is just one month away from availability.

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Is Tech Support A Scam?

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:40 PM ET | May 29, 2008

This week's New York State court decision finding Dell guilty of fraud confirms what many small businesses always suspected: Tech support is a scam.

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Analyst Puts Foot in Mouth About HP's New Low-Cost Laptops

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:19 AM ET | Apr 8, 2008

HP is about to ship a super-small, low-cost laptop that could be a viable option for businesses that don't need a heavy-duty computer.

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Hot Off the Press From Xerox

Posted by Gayle Kesten 10:28 AM ET | Feb 4, 2008

I work a flight above my all-in-one printer. It's not the worst setup in the world, and running up and down those 15 stairs several times a day is sometimes all the exercise I get.

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CES: A Roundup of Roundups

Posted by Gayle Kesten 02:28 PM ET | Jan 14, 2008

General consensus around the Web seems to be that last week’s Consumer Electronics Show fell short of earth-shattering. With that in mind, a few intrepid conference-goers did us an extra big favor by helping to separate the digital wheat from the digital chaff.

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More Cost-Effective Storage For The SMB Enterprise

Posted by Judy Mottl 09:01 AM ET | Dec 27, 2007

The belief that data storage has to be an expensive proposition is dying a quick death as vendors push out more options with enticing pricetags.

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A Gift Of Support That Could Come In Handy

Posted by Judy Mottl 02:18 PM ET | Dec 19, 2007

The holidays are prime time for new computer purchases and the day after Christmas thousands of people are typically screaming about missing cables, installation hurdles and network drivers that won't work. But one vendor hopes to make the day after Christmas a little bit jollier.

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A $199 PC at WalMart

Posted by Naomi Grossman 09:56 AM ET | Nov 1, 2007

Hey, want to buy a new PC for under $200? If you're willing to enter Linux territory, you can.

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Hello Microsoft? I Need a Tech Guy

Posted by Naomi Grossman 01:59 PM ET | Oct 3, 2007

Pity the small business owner. You can't afford a tech guy, you usually don't need a tech guy, but when something goes wrong, boy do you wish you had one.

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Back Up Made Easy

Posted by Judy Mottl 07:00 AM ET | Sep 28, 2007

Backing up data is a headache for everyone, whether you've got five users or 5,000 because it's just one of those things you tend to push off and then cry about your procrastination once disaster strikes.

I know because I've been to data loss hell and back.

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The Best Laptop You Shouldn't Own

Posted by Cora Nucci 05:39 PM ET | Sep 24, 2007

For about $200 you'll soon be able to buy a laptop that comes with a web browser, a word processor, camera, built-in wireless, flash memory, open source operating system, and more.

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Danger: Hard Drive Crash Looming. Are You Ready?

Posted by Naomi Grossman 08:00 AM ET | Sep 17, 2007

Anyone who has experienced that heart-stopping, gut-wrenching moment when your cursor suddenly stops responding and then the reboot doesn't take knows that the crash of a computer's hard drive can happen anytime.

Once you've experienced that kind of (data) loss, your innocence is gone, but for many small business owners the experience doesn't translate into getting prepared in case it should happen again.

But it can.

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