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How To Protect Your Small Business From Identity Theft

Posted by Gayle Kesten 03:28 PM ET | Jun 23, 2009

With friends, family, and co-workers like these…In the spirit of opening your eyes but not inducing paranoia, when small businesses fall victim to identity theft, someone they know is more often than not the guilty party whose tampering has a direct impact on their credit standing.

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System Mechanic Speeds Startup Of Slowpoke PCs

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:11 PM ET | Jun 5, 2009

Make coffee. Pack lunch. Wake son. Those are just a few of the tasks I can cross off of my to-do list during the time it takes to get my laptop started each morning.

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5 Free Tools That Find Your Deleted Data

Posted by Gayle Kesten 08:00 AM ET | May 11, 2009

You know that burning feeling deep in your belly when you realize you've misfired an inappropriate or scathing email (statement, not question). It's the same one that strikes when you realize some important data has gone missing from your computer.

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BillFLO Takes The Tedium Out Of Invoice Entry

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:54 PM ET | May 4, 2009

So many tasks, so little time. Aiming to automate one that small-business owners know all too well, a startup in San Francisco has introduced a hosted service that eliminates the need to manually enter invoices into your accounting system.

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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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This Lawyer Loves Her Bento 2 Mac Database Software

Posted by Gayle Kesten 06:20 PM ET | Mar 3, 2009

When San Francisco attorney Grace Suarez decided life was too short to be vexed by Windows Vista, Apple's iMac became her lifeline. But no matter how much Suarez loved her new computer, finding easy-to-use database software to develop her case management system was more a matter of trial and error.

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Google PowerMeter Might Be Worth Your Energy

Posted by Gayle Kesten 03:36 PM ET | Feb 10, 2009

A home-office-based friend of mine is fanatical about unplugging all of the outlets in his house when they're not in use. No doubt he's cutting down on his electric bill, but his family is, let's say, a little less gung-ho, especially when, TV remote in hand, they sink into the couch and find it doesn't work because the power strip is turned off. On the other side of the room.

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Google Bolsters Gmail With Offline Accessibility

Posted by Gayle Kesten 09:43 AM ET | Jan 30, 2009

Google doesn't want a little detail like lack of an Internet connection stop you from using your e-mail.

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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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Easy Ways To Secure Your iPhone

Posted by Gayle Kesten 12:18 PM ET | Dec 8, 2008

Q3 sales for smartphones may have gone in the same direction as the rest of the economy, but let's not overlook the one bright spot that's as shiny as the screen on a brand-new iPhone.

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HP Promotion Features One-Stop-Shop Total Care Access Card

Posted by Gayle Kesten 09:40 AM ET | Nov 11, 2008

HP's Total Care program is now even total-ier with the introduction of a card loaded with goodies intended to help grow, protect and manage your small business.

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Microsoft Marks Down Windows Home Server

Posted by Gayle Kesten 03:08 PM ET | Nov 10, 2008

Microsoft has lowered the price on Windows Home Server -- good news for home-based businesses with up to 10 computers running Windows XP or Windows Vista.

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Survey Says: Zoomerang Can Bring You Closer To Your Customers

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:48 AM ET | Oct 31, 2008

Holding onto the customers you have and convincing them to spend more is top of mind, to be sure. One more tip I'll throw into the mix of advice: try Zoomerang, an online-survey maker, to find out what's on your clients' minds.

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15 Inexpensive VoIP Options

Posted by Gayle Kesten 02:59 PM ET | Oct 28, 2008

I promised my folks I'd never (publicly) knock their limited know-how about technology, so let me say how EXTREMELY IMPRESSED I am that they're using a VoIP service to cut down on their long-distance phone bills.

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Free Apps For Your iPhone

Posted by Gayle Kesten 12:25 PM ET | Oct 27, 2008

Now that my cell-phone plan is up and I'm free to choose a new one sans penalty, InformationWeek's roundup of cool Web applications for the iPhone or iPod Touch is putting me in an Apple kind of mood.

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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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Getting Through the Workday: Life Hacker to the Rescue

Posted by Naomi Grossman 09:02 AM ET | Aug 26, 2008

Anyone running a small business knows it's the seemingly "little" things -- the unintuitive spreadsheets, the complicated file storing system, the daily calendar that won't sync with anything -- that uses up so much of your precious time. But there is always a better way to do things -- and chances are Life Hacker knows what it is.

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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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Microsoft Offers Free Tech Support to Convince Small Biz to Buy Vista

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:20 PM ET | Jul 8, 2008

Thinking about buying a Windows Vista machine? Do so between now and Sept. 30, and Microsoft will throw in free technical support, tools and coaching.

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Scream and Run: 5 Google Products To Avoid

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:06 PM ET | Jun 16, 2008

Just because Google is so pervasive that it has transformed to verb status doesn't mean you should drink every cup of Kool-Aid the search giant offers.

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Security Warning For Windows Users Running Safari

Posted by Gayle Kesten 03:17 PM ET | Jun 2, 2008

The classic one-two punch has gone high tech: Microsoft is cautioning customers against using Apple's Safari browser to access the Internet from their Windows Vista or XP machines due to yet another flaw involving Internet Explorer.

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Wednesday's Woman: A Rocker Girl's Journey to Tech CEO

Posted by Naomi Grossman 12:12 PM ET | May 28, 2008

Who says rock and roll girls can't have high tech careers? Certainly not Cyndee Sugra, CEO of Studio 7 Media -- a tech development and design firm -- by day and lead guitarist for ElectroSonic, an indie rock band, by night. Sugra's career path, from full time rock musician to running a small business to doing both, demonstrates one woman's ability to integrate her diverse talents to ensure that she can indeed have it all.

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Time's Running Out for Windows XP

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:58 AM ET | Apr 4, 2008

Whether you're running the Home or Professional version of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, keep these dates in mind.

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