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Web service guards SMBs against smartphone expense gotchas
Small and midsize companies can now manage their smartphone expenses with a Web portal and smartphone app from Anomalous Networks. The Web service...
Chrome OS notebooks get the video treatment [video]
Google's new Chrome OS notebook pilot program is certainly hitting a high note with people who are receiving them, as we're starting to see a bunch...
Chrome OS notebooks coming in 2011 [video]
On Tuesday, Google announced that Chrome OS notebooks will be available next year and that diehard fans can apply for a pilot notebook now. The IDG...
WiFi Fans Have Their Say
So many people commented and sent e-mail about last week's column on WiFi I had to check and make sure I didn't accidentally insult Apple or claim...
Wi-Fi Fans Have Their Say
So many people commented and sent e-mail about last week's column on Wi-Fi I had to check and make sure I didn't accidentally insult Apple or claim...
The Wacky World of WiFi
In honor of the 802.11n WiFi standard getting close to arriving after wandering through the desert for 40 years, let's look at wireless. Our focus...
Technology Tuneup for Fal
The fall season for making the green starts now, particularly if you're in retail or connected in a big way to retail, which the majority of small...
Technology Tuneup for Fall
The fall season for making the green starts now, particularly if you're in retail or connected in a big way to retail, which the majority of small...
Nokia to offer Life Tools for rural mobile users
Nokia plans to roll out its Life Tools group of services to more emerging markets following a successful pilot program in India, a company executive...
3G router gets a GUI makeover
NexAira has revamped its 3G router firmware to offer a streamlined GUI for SMB/SOHO business users.
CDW plays technology deus ex machina
Online IT products and services reseller CDW ran a contest last fall called Project Upgrade, sponsored by HP and Microsoft. Small businesses with 50...
Trends coming together make a plan for small businesses
George Peppard said as his character Hannibal Smith on The A-Team, "I love it when a plan comes together." Several trends, if not a plan, are coming...
Upgrade, repair, replace, or limp along?
When money's tight, how do you keep things going and save money at the same time? I think you need a process to decide what to do with equipment that...
Hotspot horrors
Laptops are the main business tool for most mobile workers, and connecting those devices to the Internet via free public Wi-Fi hotspots has become...
Wi-Fi hot spot horrors
Laptops are the main business tool for most mobile workers, and connecting those devices to the Internet via free public Wi-Fi hotspots has become...
Wi-Fi hotspot horrors
Laptops are the main business tool for most mobile workers, and connecting those devices to the Internet via free public Wi-Fi hotspots has become...
Nokia ties with India's HCL to offer more Ovi services
Nokia has tied up with an Indian vendor, HCL Infosystems, to offer mobile value-added services such as navigation, music and other entertainment to...
Microsoft: Zune revenue dropped by 54 percent
Microsoft's fourth-quarter revenue from its Zune platform dropped by US$100 million, a decline of 54 percent on a year earlier.
Settlement reached over scratched 1G iPod nanos
Cast your mind back to the golden yesteryear of 2005. George W. Bush had started his second term; Million Dollar Baby had come away with the Academy...
iPhone, iPod connectivity comes to Singapore Airlines
Australian economy class travellers will be the first to benefit from iPod and iPhone connectivity on Singapore Airlines' newly delivered A330-300...