In the Cards
Here's how smart cards--plastic cards that store information on an internal microchip--can help small companies learn about their customers' purchasing behav... Read more
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The Bag Man
Inc. 's Road Warrior reviews two laptop cases that convert to portable offices. Read more
Three Companies, One Discipline
By utilizing technology and mental discipline, CEO John Litwinka is able to run three companies simultaneously, including this year's Inc. 500 winne... Read more
Fruit of the Loom
The co-owner of the Virtual Loom describes how he helped his mother, a textile designer, use graphic-design software to simplify how she gives presentations ... Read more
A Motherboard's Love
In the future, PCs, like presidents, may be able to feel your pain. Or at least they'll recognize it, thanks to new software that lets computers observe a... Read more
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The Buying Game
Many business owners make poor decisions when they purchase information technology, wasting money on products they'll never use or need. Here's how to avoid ... Read more
Paradise by the Dashboard Lighter
Inc.'s Road Warrior reviews the Tripp Lite PowerVerter Ultra Compact Inverter, a box that allows you to power your laptop--as well as other electrical device... Read more
Criminal Record
Comdex brings to the Sands Expo Center, in Las Vegas, a lot of expensive computer equipment and a lot of opportunities for crime. So Frank Strocchia, whos... Read more
Good Apples
Considering technology's rapid advances and built-in obsolescence, it's pretty amazing when a computer company ben... Read more
Taking the Pain out of Purchasing
For Mie-Yun Lee, it started with the pit-marked business cards. It was 1992 and Lee, a research associate at consu... Read more
Words into Type
A product review of Talk Text, from MobileWord. Talk Text allows you to call its toll-free number, dictate a memo, and retrieve the text from MobileWord's We... Read more
Ports of Call
Serial and parallel ports, the holes that transmit data from inside a PC to the outside world, were invented in the nineteenth century. Morse's patented tele... Read more
Sleep Is for Wusses
Mark Landiak, a sales-training consultant, lists five tips for maximizing productivity and squeezing the most work into each day. His advice: sleep less, wor... Read more
Will Peer-to-Peer Serve You?
As soon as you decide to set up a computer network, you'll have to determine if you want a peer-to-peer or client/server network. In a peer-to-peer networ... Read more
Before You Serve Up a Server
As major computer manufacturers aggressively target the small-business server market, you have many server options, whether you're running a computer netw... Read more
Get the Most from Firewall Power
Imagine that your house is surrounded by a huge metal fortress. It has one door, at which a gatekeeper stands and intercepts visitors. He asks them where ... Read more
Telecom Shopping Tips for Soloists
Many business founders are shocked when they suddenly find themselves in charge of MIS, having to decide which computers, office machines, and telephones ... Read more
Are Your Employees Wasting Time?
Looking for an excuse to dump the company fax machine in favor of fax/modem software? Saving employee time may be the answer. At Roddy Temporary Se... Read more
Optimizing Your Electronic Organizer
The right personal information manager (PIM) is an invaluable tool. The computerized datebooks, to-do lists, telephone directories and memo records can be... Read more
Laptop Tips from the LAPD
Some estimates put the number of laptops stolen each year at more than 200,000, and that number doesn't include thefts that go unreported. In fact, busine... Read more
Scan Every File
Robert Slade, author and computer virus expert, explains what viruses are and how to beat them: A virus is any program that reprod... Read more
Respect the Net's Power
The Internet might be the cornerstone of your company's marketing strategy, or it might facilitate communications among employees spread across the countr... Read more
Choose the Right Network for Your Company, Computers and Networks Article
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Wide-Open Spaces
At AGI's Melrose Park, Ill., headquarters, there are no traditional private offices. Instead, workers at the packaging manufacturer operate in an open env... Read more
Don't Erase This Board
As a patent attorney for the Boston law firm of Banner & Witcoff, Charlie Call spent hours in meetings watching his clients scribble technical mumbo-jumbo... Read more
Douse Flamers Online
You can go online to combat negative publicity about your company or products: Act immediately. You may be able to keep a few... Read more
Climb onto the Web, Painlessly
An electronic mailing list delivers information around the world instantaneously, and its cost is a tiny fraction of paper direct mail. It's also an effec... Read more
LAN Preserves the Personal Touch
A computer network can elevate your small company to a higher level, endowing it with the sophisticated information management capabilities of the big guy... Read more
Gamma Tester
Given the fast pace of business, a salesperson needs every edge possible when it comes to personal productivity. Take a genuine gadget guy like Steve Ettr... Read more
Loaded Messages
Great news: Personal communication tools--pagers, cell phones, and voice mail--are speeding up selling cycles for many small businesses. Not-so-great news... Read more
Tales from the Encrypt
Safeguarding computer information from unprivileged eyes isn't a new concept. Encryption devices were invented by the Ancient Greeks and Thomas Jefferson. Read more
Adventures in Never NeverLost Land
Inc.'s Road Warrior abandons maps in favor of the NeverLost global positioning system available in Hertz rental cars. Read more
