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Laptop Tips from the LAPD

Jan 1, 1998

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

Jan 1, 1998

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

Jan 1, 1998

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

Jan 1, 1998

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Wide-Open Spaces

Jan 1, 1998

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

Jan 1, 1998

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

Jan 1, 1998

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

Jan 1, 1998

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

Jan 1, 1998

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

Jan 1, 1998

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

Jan 1, 1998

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

Show Time

Jan 1, 1998

David Harris, president of Harris Group, in Kingsport, Tenn., has been adventurous about technology since high tech meant calculators and overhead project...  Read more

Tales from the Encrypt

By Gerard J. Holzmann |  Dec 15, 1997

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

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  Dec 15, 1997

Inc.'s Road Warrior abandons maps in favor of the NeverLost global positioning system available in Hertz rental cars.  Read more

Zero Zero Hour

By Leigh Buchanan |  Dec 15, 1997

The year 2000 bug will affect your computers no matter how small your business is. A look at some methods for testing your systems and the costs you can expe...  Read more

Joined at the Chip

By Leigh Buchanan |  Dec 15, 1997

Everyone's computers may be affected by the Millennium Bug, from corporate giants to small businesses. Here are some tips for protecting your company from a ...  Read more

Case Studies

By Emily Esterson |  Dec 15, 1997

Laptop schleppers are a demanding lot. While Silicon Valley engineers rack their brains to create a better, faster mobile computer, their customers are mo...  Read more

Tick...tick...

By Leigh Buchanan |  Sep 15, 1997

Inc. Technology's editor gives readers her thoughts on the CEO's greatest enemy--time.  Read more

Timing's Everything

By Allison Rosson |  Sep 15, 1997

A CEO recounts how she brought computers online in her office in a short amount of time and how you can do the same.  Read more

Power Struggle

By Cary Lu |  Sep 15, 1997

A technology expert explains how reducing the power a computer needs would truly make it portable.  Read more

Wherever You Go, There You Are

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  Sep 15, 1997

Inc. magazine's executive editor shares with readers his thoughts on E-mail and how it can be improved.  Read more

Air Waves

By Andrew Petrehn |  Sep 15, 1997

The president and pilot of a hot-air ballon firm tells how he is using technology, both aloft and on the ground.  Read more

Interfacing the Facts

By Alan Joch |  Jun 15, 1997

A technology expert wonders if the next universal desktop will be easy to use, and tells why ease-of-use is important.  Read more

Future Computing

By Gary A. Taubes |  Jun 15, 1997

The ultimate business software is here, but you'll have to wait about 10 years to run it.  Read more

Mission Impossible?

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  Jun 15, 1997

An executive editor at Inc. declares the Road Warrior mission: Manufacturers, make things work!  Read more

Is Your Data Safe?

By Sarah Schafer |  Jun 15, 1997

Tips and suggestions for choosing the best security for your company's computer system.  Read more

Wee Windows Computer

By David Abrahamson |  Jun 15, 1997

A U.S. Army major reviews a handheld device that works in the Windows environment, but that may cramp your style.  Read more

Location, Location, Location

By Joshua D. Macht |  Jun 15, 1997

Here's a nightmare scenario: You're far from home, lost and driving through some mountain range on a snowy winter night when suddenly your car dies. Fortu...  Read more

Kicking Paper Cold Turkey: Our Reporter Goes Electronic

By Phaedra Hise |  May 3, 1997

Last month I was out with my friend Ted, who runs a small bicycle-marketing business, and he whipped out a little digital datebook called the PalmPilot to...  Read more

Are You Being Served?

By Sarah Schafer |  May 1, 1997

Here's how to untangle the options available to small businesses in search of a computer server.  Read more

High-Tech Hoods

By Sarah Schafer |  Mar 15, 1997

Criminals have discovered what businesspeople have known for years--automation pays.  Read more

Foreign Power

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  Mar 15, 1997

One of Inc.'s editors tells a cautionary tale of what might go wrong when you take your laptop overseas.  Read more

Log On Before Check-In

Jan 1, 1997

Customer satisfaction can soar if you help customers with their planning. Hospitality Partners, a management company responsible for 10 hotels in the Wash...  Read more

GuruWatch

By Inc. staff |  Dec 15, 1996

A noted business expert tells how small companies can use technology to create a highly competitive workplace.  Read more

Autoharping

By Joshua D. Macht |  Dec 15, 1996

A new safety service available to Europeans that allows traffic condition messages to be transmitted between cars.  Read more