IT Support: Where Do Micro Small Businesses Get Theirs? by Joshua Feinberg
Before you even print up your business card or pick your company name, you need to know where you fit into the whole competitive marketplace of IT support. You don’t want to make a lot of expensive mistakes so you don’t take up a lot of money and time to fix later on. ... Micro Small Businesses Use Volunteers for IT Support The huge thing about micro small businesses is that they depend on volunteers. ... But you can use micro small businesses as stepping stones. ... Micro small businesses have 1-10 PC, anywhere from 100,000 to a million dollars US annual revenue.

Creative Zen MP3 Player by Brian Lupichuk
The Creative Zen MP3 Player is a really cool and eye-catching MP3 player to date! The exciting new ZEN Micro is a micro-sized player and treats you to an amazing array of electrifying colors to choose from. This micro-sized mp3 player was recently awarded the prestigious "Best of DigitalLife... Curved to fit: ZEN Micro's feels great when you hold it in your hand, scrolling through thousands of your favorite songs. ... You can also keep email addresses, calendar notes in your home or office PCs with the ZEN Micro.

Small Business Disaster Preparedness - How to Survive a Catastrophe by Michael Riley
"Disaster preparedness" sounds dry, even dull ... until your business takes a major hit from circumstances beyond your control. The sudden devastation shakes you to the core. What do you do? According to The Gartner Group, an IT industry consulting firm, four out of ten businesses hurt by... But you can keep your business from becoming another statistic! ... These three steps - backing up your data, insuring what you can't afford to lose, and networking with other service providers - will protect your business from most unnecessary harm due to disaster.

Will New Batteries Make Laptops Truly Mobile? by Titus Hoskins
Current laptops or notebook computers have one major obstacle to overcome: short battery life. Despite their sleek style and ever increasing higher performance levels, laptops have never been truly mobile. With batteries averaging around 3 to 5 hours of usable power, most laptops are limited in... Read more on Photovoltaic Solar Cells here: www.konarka.com What we will probably see in the future is a hybrid of the two technologies, micro fuel cells and photovoltaic solar cells, working in tangent to give laptops an energy source that never runs out.

Pocket PC and iPod Technology Gap Closing? by Damian Julien
Pocket PC owners, if Microsoft has its way, will hopefully have little to envy of their iPod toting brethren in the near future. According to a TechNewsWorld article, Microsoft brashly announced plans to develop software to combat iPod and iTunes proliferation with their own software, Zune. ... Creative seems to have its hands full, especially with news of Apple iPod and Creative Zen Micro patent disputes among other worries. ... This foray into the music software business seems to be an unusual move for Microsoft.

Who Knew – Intel Cuts 1,000 in Management by Nan Wood
The computer and chip makers have had their problems in recent years. Intel, in an effort to become more efficient, is cutting management jobs. The competition is stiff and fewer personal computers are being sold. According to Chuck Mulloy, Intel’s spokesman, this is an action in a continuing... Advanced Micro Devices Inc., a smaller rival company, is challenging the supplying of microprocessors, which is Intel’s core business. ... Since the demand for PCs is slowing and AMD is taking away business, Intel is focusing on cost reducing and eliminating inefficiencies.

7 Ways To Tell If Your Business Has Outgrown Microsoft Outlook by Jeffrey Alexander Brathwaite
Here’s a question for you. What did you use to send email before there was a program called Microsoft Outlook? I for one used a program called Eudora for windows. Not that many people know about Eudora but it was once the best email clients there was on the market way back in 1996. ... Take time to test drive each alternative and see which one works better for your type of business. ... These two broadcast email services are ideal for the micro to small businesses who can’t afford to outsource entirely but do want some of the responsibility of the sending of the email off their hands.

IT Consulting: What Defines a Sweet Spot Client? by Joshua Feinberg
While there is no set definition in IT consulting of a sweet spot client, there are some signs that will tell you whether a prospect is a candidate. Ask the following questions to determine which of your clients will be long-term relationship material: 1. ... Once the prospect goes beyond micro small business and begin to add the real server, the company will have much more advanced IT needs that will drive them into position to become a sweet spot IT consulting client. ... Once the company is doing that much business, IT will become critically important, and the business will listen to...

Choosing the Right Antivirus Program to Protect Your Computer by Hung Lam
In today’s high-tech world, there are thousands of computer viruses lurking, waiting to infect YOUR computer. If your computer is not protected, any of these malicious viruses can sneak into your computer and do some serious damage. Viruses have been known to replicate and clog email systems,... My third choice is Trend Micro PC-cillin. ... If you run a business that has a company network with multiple computers and need antivirus protection, consult a network security expert about choosing the right protection for your company.

Will Widgets Invade Your Desktop? by Jim Edwards
Computers have an interesting way of stealing your time in small increments. What do I mean? Ten minutes of spam sorting per day equates to over 60 hours a year deleting email. Five minutes per day spent looking for your to-do list comes out at over 30 hours a year of unproductive time. ... Though most of the widgets you'll find at these sites are not business related, they represent a trend toward micro-specialization in software development. ... The answer to increased productivity and micro-time management may not lie in "bigger and better", but in "smaller and specialized." Widgets,...