Cupertino

Twas the Night Before iPhone 3G

And all through the line, not a geek was stirring they were all happily in recline. lawn chairs, and coolers, and credit cards they aw...  Read more

Regus Group Launches Business Lounge

The new California-based center offers business resources in a coffeehouse setting.  Read more

Videoconferencing for the Rest of Us

A close-up look at some new technology making the face-to-face phone call affordable.  Read more

The Apple Tree

How Apple Computer contributed to the founding of more than 100 companies by its employees.  Read more

IncQuery: My Business Is at a Crossroads

What to do when the economy takes its toll on your company, a customer's check bounces, you're making an essential hire, or you're preparing to sell your bus...  Read more

U.S. Leads World in Cyber Crime

March 19, 2007 -- The United States is the source of more malicious computer activity than any other country, according to a report relea...  Read more

The Inc. Network: Reader Responses

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Mail

Readers react to recent Inc articles, including Anne Stuart's "The Pita Principal," D.M. Osborne's "Dear John," Norm Brodsky's "Groundhog's Day," an...  Read more

The Tie That Binds

Microcomputer to mainframe and micro to mini communications are hot topics today -- with good reason. For many growing companies, these links could provide a...  Read more

The `800' Versus `900' Quandary

Some views on the use of '800' versus '900' numbers by companies providing technical assistance.  Read more

Cupertino, We Have a Problem

It's called the economy. Just as Apple (based in Cupertino, CA) is Read more

Good Stuff Inside

An overview of the articles in this month's issue, including a look at the antiheroic company featured in Michael Hopkins' cover story and the new business e...  Read more

Still the Land of Opportunity

Inc's Editor-in-Chief offers some thoughts from an entrenpreneur on the opportunities in the United States.  Read more

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales Growth '77-'81 ...  Read more

Blackberry Vs. iPhone Smackdown: Round 392

Watching Blackberry and iPhone duke it out is the new black. Windows vs. Mac is soooo five minutes ago. Ding Ding! Here they are coming out of the...  Read more

Apple Bytes

It's been a busy week in Cupertino, CA at the Apple mothership. Here's a quick recap of the top headlines there. For starters if you were planning...  Read more

New iPhone 3GS Not So Hacker Proof

It's a good thing the "S" in iPhone 3GS stands for "speed" and not "security". Otherwise, Apple might have to rename it. As it is, the name is the...  Read more

Slouching? Measure Your Security Posture

There is an optimal "security posture" for a business -- the approach your business takes to security, from planning to implementation, from hardware to netw...  Read more

Accounts Receivable: Phoning Slow Payers Pays Off

A management expert offers some tips on how to get slow payers to pay and what slow payments might mean.  Read more

Defense Software Companies Look Election-proof

With the Democrats pledging to eliminate "big-ticket" defense-budget items, many defense contractors have reason to hope that President Reagan and the Rep...  Read more

It's Time To Join The Computer Age

You've heard it before, but this time it's true. Even the smallest businesses can use these tiny machines and off-the-shelf programs productively.  Read more

Apple Gets an iSpanking - Rebates All Around

Listen up! If you owned an Apple Powerbook around 2001, you may be eligible for a $25 to $75 rebate that is part of a class action settlement over fritzy ...  Read more

The Basics: What is a Firewall?

Firewalls are made for hardware, software and mobile users –- which one is right to protect your business?  Read more

IT Luke Warm To Snow Leopard

Apple's latest version of their Mac Operating System (Mac OS X Snow Leopard) is getting loads of buzz and press and great reviews. Let's face it, the folk...  Read more

India's Twitter?

A clever intern shows us that ...  Read more

Tandem And Cray In Tandem

Not long after the first INC. 100 was published in 1979, the presidents of two computer companies on the list spent a week together in Europe making prese...  Read more

The Way We Woz

As the saying goes, with friends like these... The other Steve that co-founded Apple offered a few choice criticisms about the latest products com...  Read more

Apple Announces Press Conference on iPhone 4

Nero, I mean Steve Jobs, is apparantly ready to lay down his fiddle while Rome, I mean Cupertino burns. Apple, last night, announced it will hold a press ...  Read more

An Investors Guide to This Year's Inc. 500

Which companies on the 2007 list are poised to hit it big? The money guys weigh in.  Read more

Prophets Of The New Age

Imagine, if you can, what your world would be like without Frederick W. Smith. With the creation of Federal Express Corp., Smith did more than build himse...  Read more

Can I Help With That?

When it makes sense to partner with a rival. Plus: There's gotta be a better way than selling door-to-door.  Read more

Sales Rewards for `Real' Revenues

Compensating sales reps based on sales to consumers instead of distributors.  Read more

The Basics: What is Encryption?

Encryption in e-mail and other digital files can protect data from prying eyes.  Read more

How to Counter the Norton Counterfeits

Cupertino, CA -- Would you buy a fake Rolex wristwatch for $50 out of someone's coat, in a back alley? Would you buy counterfeit software, for a ...  Read more

State of the Art: Internet Interfaces

A look at three start-ups taking different approaches to the Internet market.  Read more

Apple and Batteries - What Gives?

FYI... The new Macbook Air will apparantly be hitting the shelves of Apple stores tomorrow. As lon...  Read more

Apple's Worst Kept Secret Finally Coming True

Urban geeks with more money than sense get out your lawn chairs and sleeping bags. The 3G iPhone cometh; soon! In fact, they are expected to hit Apple and...  Read more

Imagining a Post-Steve Jobs World

What will Apple look like without its visionary CEO? Plus, Ashton Kutcher's latest venture, the most influential women in tech and the rest of the day's news.  Read more