Computer Technology


Cheap Alternatives to PowerPoint

These three presentation tools, SlideRocket, Zoho Show, and Impress are like PowerPoint, only free  Read story

How to Start a Software Company

You don't always have to be a tech geek. Like any industry, you just have to identify an unmet need.  Read story

A Laptop Bag for Every Purpose

Even speeding through security  Read story

A New Way to Access Files Remotely

GoToMYPC and LogMeIn are tools that let you access your files from anywhere  Read story

Finding Part-Time and Independent Sales Reps

Tips for filling part-time sales jobs  Read story

Managing: How to Work More Like a Start-Up

Rekindle that startup spirit with agile development  Read story

Security: Free Antivirus Software

AVG This easy-to-use program kills viruses and spyware and stops users from going to webpages that have been infected with hostile softw...  Read story

How Fast Should My Inventory Turn?

The quicker inventory turns, the less cash you tie up.  Read story

Free!

Why pay for recruiting software? Build a career website, accept applications online, and track all your interactions with job candidates using a ...  Read story

One Company's Budget: Getting Back Into Shape

An exercise equipment retailer overhauls the IT department budget, swapping old programs for hosted applications.  Read story

The Portability Revolution

Four netbooks for business users  Read story

The Number-Cruncher

America is drowning in a sea of debt. Aaron Patzer created a program to simplify people's finances -- and help them make smarter spending decisions.  Read story

MIT Springboard Sends Internet Company Aloft

University's business-plan contest catapults two students into entrepreneurship. For the CEO they hired, it's deja vu The old saw...  Read story

Software That Cuts Legal Fees

When Munchkin, a $15 million designer and marketer of baby bottles and other products for infants, needed a secondinternational-distribution agreement, Ch...  Read story

Net " Spam Patrol" to Police Junk E-Mail Solicitation

Junk e-mail solicitations -- called "spam" -- aren't just the bane of Internet users; they're also the target of criticism from Internet marketing profess...  Read story

Groupware Reality Check

Warren Puyarena, the information technology manager of Porter Keadle Moore, says the price of installing and maintaining a groupware system can be conside...  Read story

Why Hackers Love Small-Business Networks

Most Internet users know by now that hackers can target any account. But the conventional wisdom is that hackers are only looking for "interesting" target...  Read story

" Talk Is Cheap, Literally"

There are codes your phone company would prefer you didn't know--codes that would give you access to cheaper long-distance carriers that bypass your prima...  Read story

Block that Megabyte

With increasing numbers of dancing babies, holiday greeting cards, and space games whizzing through cyberspace as E-mail attachments, servers across the c...  Read story

$500 Start-up Becomes Software Market Leader

When they first hit the market personal computers seemed to produce more problems than they solved. Executives in particular were put off by the necessit...  Read story

The Little Engines That Could

When managers want business information, many now routinely look on the Internet. They use search engines like Alta Vis...  Read story

Now You Can Talk To Your Wheelchair

Not long ago, a quadriplegic at the Veterans Administration Prosthetics Center in New York City moved his motorized wheelchair and its mechanical arms usi...  Read story

New Ideas for Fighting Spam

An organization focused on controlling spam has come up with new proposals that give Internet service providers more effective weapons to fight unsolicite...  Read story

You Think You Can File an Accurate Tax Return, Do You?

When it comes to paying taxes, independent professionals should consider if they can tackle the project themselves.  Read story

Plan for Success

Wrapped up in writing a business plan? Whether you're stalled on the first page or polishing the final draft, the Web's business plan resources can help. ...  Read story

By the Numbers: Choosing Software

When it comes to purchasing new software, many businesses make the mistake of buying whatever's low cost and easy to teach. But Matthew de Ganon, a founde...  Read story

Ensure the Quality of Your Information Systems

Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality by Larry P. English John Wiley & Sons, 518 pages, $44....  Read story

A Buyer's Guide To Personal Business Computers

The following 14 personal business computers can handle a variety of useful business applications. Yet they involve no more setup than a component stereo...  Read story

Ann Winblad: My Biggest Mistake

ANN WINBLAD Cofounder of and partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, in San Francisco, which has more than $500 million in...  Read story

The New Software: A Powerful Ally

These little disks can help you analyze finances and manage information.  Read story

Find Affiliate Programs Related to Your Product or Service

There are thousands of affiliate programs to choose from, but like so many other things on the Web, locating the right program for you can be difficult. T...  Read story

The UCITA: An Act Designed to Squash Your Rights

The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA), a commercial code for software licenses and other computer information transactions, is picking...  Read story

Where to Purchase Banner Advertising

Many businesses make the mistake of blindly purchasing banner ad space without understanding how their target audience searches for their products or serv...  Read story

Who Wants Your New Product?

Companies waste precious dollars selling to the wrong prospects.  Read story

Software Development Agreements -- Just Hold Your Nose and Write One

The late movie producer Samuel Goldwyn, a Russian immigrant with a shaky command of English, was famous for his malapropisms. Perhaps his most famous, and...  Read story

Can A Little Computer Solve All Your Problems?

Personal computers are limited. Here's how to figure out what those limits mean to you.  Read story

Attracting Search Engines: What Not to Do

Intentionally launching a Web site that could not be found in any of the major search engines would be a lot like opening a mail-order business and not pu...  Read story

The Myth of Gateway Pages

How many of you think the best and/or only way to get top placements on the search engines is to create gateway pages (aka doorway pages or bridge pages)?...  Read story

The Birth Of An Industry

Working in their attics, basements, and garages, seven entrepreneurs tacked together a totally new industry.  Read story

Software Arts Wrote The First Best-seller

Dan Bricklin and Bob Fanskton cracked the micro-software market wide open with a program called VisiCalc.  Read story