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To Buy Or Not To Buy Equipment?

That is the question, especially now that tax reform has made equipment leasing attractive for a growing number of companies  Read more

High Costs Of Free Software

High Costs Of Free Software. It is true, as reported in "The Software Free Lunch" (Executive Micro, June), that many excellent programs exist in the public d...  Read more

Breakthrough in Computer Design

A major departure in computer design could rekindle entrepreneurship in the industry.  Read more

Mobile Messages

Mobile Messages. The lumber and chicken-wire antenna on the roof of Gary Noreen's car drew a lot of attention on southern California freeways last fall. ...  Read more

How To Find The Database You Need

A look at the best business database software programs.  Read more

The Major Business Database Vendors

A look at the major business database providers  Read more

Portability Eases The Burden

Portability Eases The Burden. Thomas Ledbetter acquired a portable Hyperion personal computer in November. Previously, the president of Pennvest Corp., a 20-...  Read more

A Winning Combination for the Personal Computer

Mitch Kapor of Lotus discusses the advent of personal computing in the business world  Read more

New Options In Office Printers

Whether you are looking for speed, low cost, high quality, or all three, there is probably a machine on the market that fills the bill.  Read more

Printers: How Fast Do You Want It?

Printers: How Fast Do You Want It?. The printer is often the most expensive component in the system, but it's the easiest piece of hardware to choose. There ...  Read more

Buy a Copier at a Bargain Price

If you need a photocopier but can't afford to pay hundreds of dollars for a new one, here's an idea you may want to copy.  Read more

An Apple On Every Desk

How Apple Computer has inaugurated the workplace of the future  Read more

Small Business Innovation: The Need Is Critical, The Time Is Now

"In the past 15 years of economic turbulence small business has proved more flexible and adaptable than the giant corporations. Small companies have provided...  Read more

Big Corporations Seek Small Businesses' Help

Reversing the usual pattern, nearly 20 large companies in Cleveland this spring began soliciting small business vendors for supplies and services. Instead of...  Read more

Pollsters Find Small Business Pessimistic

If you believe the findings of a lot of the polls of small business people and surveys of chief executive officers these days times are tough.  Read more

One Way To Pick New Markets

One leading indicator of an area's prevailing business climate is newspaper help-wanted advertising.  Read more

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Easy On The Eyes

Glare from video display terminals can cause VDT users eyestrain and headaches. Economical steps can be taken to reduce this glare at work stations:  Read more

Speeding Up Technology With Liquid Crystals

The liquid crystals used in the digital displays of watches and hand-held calculators move at speeds measured in tenths of seconds. By increasing that speed ...  Read more

From the Very Beginning, Apple Was Born to Grow

Apple Computer founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak always expected to get big. Their company was staffed, financed, and designed as if success was a certai...  Read more

6 Great Touchscreen Computers

The computer mouse is nearing extinction, thanks to Microsoft's new touchscreen-friendly Windows 7 operating system. Since its release, hardware companies ar...  View slideshow

How to Make Money on Twitter Tip #1: Turn Followers Into Creators

The company: SkinnyCorp, which owns online T-shirt retailer Threadless. Based in Chicago and fo...  Read more

The 2009 Inc. 500: The Best of the Websites

Striking the balance between a website that looks good and is also functional can be tough, but these Inc. 500|5000 companies have met the challenge.  View slideshow

The Business Owner's Social Media Tool Kit

A look at how entrepreneurs can boost their business using blogs, social networking sites, multimedia, and online review sites.  Read more

Online Consumers Happiest With Google

In a study, the now-public search engine out-ranks Yahoo, others in customer satisfaction.  Read more