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Decoding RSS

Besides culling information, RSS allows businesses to broadcast it. Here's how.  Read more

Pulling in Profits

New RSS software makes it easier to gather intelligence on clients and competitors.  Read more

Don't Get Hooked

Everyone's seen the subject lines in his or her inbox: "Chase Customer Service" or "EBay account suspension." The subject lines are meant to prompt you to...  Read more

The Secrets of E-mail Stash

What you need to keep versus what you'd better toss.  Read more

The Government's Take on E-mail

Regulators have (surprise) thought up lots of rules governing e-mail. It's your job to figure out which ones cover you.  Read more

5 Things You Didn't Know About E-mail

Informative tidbits that might change how you think about e-email.  Read more

Is Instant Messaging an Instant Menace?

IM, e-mail's little brother, isn't just for teenagers anymore. But it's not completely housebroken.  Read more

The Complete Guide to E-mail

E-mail is--well, yes, it's your excuse for carrying a BlackBerry. But it's also the essential business tool. A complete guide to keeping your system...  Read more

The Rules You Make about E-mail

The most important part of an e-mail system isn't the software. It's the rules you make about using it.  Read more

How to Avoid Scammers, Spammer and the Rest of the Bad E-guys

Before anything else, you need to know who the bad guys are and how to keep them the hell out.  Read more

Qualcomm Eudora 6.2

Inexpensive and easy to manage, but with some growing pains.  Read more

IBM Lotus Notes 7.0

A safe and secure corporate alternative.  Read more

Microsoft Outlook 2003

The corporate standard.  Read more

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0

Totally free and open-source, but lacking some key functions.  Read more

Software Buyer's Guide

Self-service: buy the right system.  Read more

Spam Glossary

How to talk like a chicken-boner: a junk e-mail glossary.  Read more

5 Ways to Avoid the Junk Mail Folder

Your tightly focused cybermarketing effort is somebody else's #@%! junk e-mail. Here's how to make sure your brilliant stuff gets to the people you're trying...  Read more

The Skinny on Survey Software

Want to know what consumers think? Put down the comment cards and poll them online instead.  Read more

The Survey Says...

Want to know what consumers think? Put down the comment cards and poll them online instead.  Read more

Microsoft's Small Business Mission

Sept. 28, 2005 --On Sept. 21, Microsoft announced that it had reorganized its corporate structure to streamline product development and co...  Read more

Look Ma...No Cubes!

Look Ma...No Cubes! Do you know the perfect person for your company's key job opening but they live in another state and can't pick up and move...  Read more

What FACTA's Latest Disposal Rule Means for Businesses

The latest ruling by the Federal Trade Commission governing the 'Disposal of Consumer Report Information and Records,' also known as the Disposal Rule, ca...  Read more

Security Lapse

Or, how I stopped worrying and learned to love hackers, bugs, and other high-tech miscreants.  Read more

Microsoft Targets Vertical Markets

July 11, 2005 --Microsoft has announced that it will increase its focus on industry specialization, creating software products targeted fo...  Read more

Usenet: Where the Pros Go For Open Source Help

Forget web forums. If you really want support for open source, fire up your newsreader.  Read more

A Better Way to Surf?

Firefox fans say the new Web browser is more secure than Internet Explorer. Should your company switch?  Read more

A Second Act for CRM

Customer relationship management software is back -- and worth another look. Really.  Read more

Five Ideas to Watch

...including sunscreen wipes and a new way to say "I love you!"  Read more

Open Source: It's Not Just for Geeks Anymore!

No one is quite sure how to define fire, but everyone knows what is it. Open source software is the same. Like fire, we know what open source does, we kno...  Read more

Senate Moves to Ban Sneaky Spyware

Congress takes on the force behind unwanted pop-up ads.  Read more

Bill's Excellent Adventure

Suddenly, Microsoft cares. If you run a small business, this may be just what you've been waiting for.  Read more

Bill's Excellent Adventure

Suddenly, Microsoft cares. If you run a small business, this may be just what you've been waiting for.  Read more

Safe Specs

The way the security-industry experts see it, if you're a small-business owner, Internet security is your problem. Not your IT department's problem...  Read more

Mad Cow Doesn't Scare This Rancher

A top rancher's mad cow moment.  Read more

What's Next: Data Disasters

If litigation requires you to produce every e-mail your employees have written about a given topic, could you do it? If not, you could be looking at jail tim...  Read more