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COMPUTERS 
November 29, 2016 IRS Ups Deduction vs. Depreciation to $2,500 for Computers, Phones
The Internal Revenue Service has increased the amount small businesses can expense versus depreciate on their taxes each year. It’s a change that should simplify record keeping and increase the amount of a capital investment you can write off in a year. Specifically, the federal agency has boosted the so-called “IRS safe harbor” limit businesses […]
COMPUTERS November 18, 2016 SMBs Use Mac Computers
Jupiter Research’s Microsoft Monitor blog takes Microsoft to task for restricting access to its support sites to those using Internet Explorer. Apparently the site blocks out anyone using Firefox browser or a Mac. In the process, researcher Joe Wilcox speaks about software usage by small and medium businesses: A recent JupiterResearch survey found a surprisingly […]
COMPUTERS 
November 15, 2016 HP — Taking the Geek out of Computers
Yesterday at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Hewlett Packard (HP) put on an event called The Art of Small Business. The purpose was to announce several new products and partnerships for the small business market. I attended the event and as you probably could guess from the name, the theme was about art. […]
NEWS November 13, 2016 Feds Urge You Uninstall QuickTime from Windows Computers Immediately
As much as we all love the digital world we currently live in, the issue of security is an annoyance we could all do without. One of the latest security risks was announced by the Department of Homeland Security’s United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) with an alert urging customers to uninstall QuickTime from […]
ELECTRONICS November 13, 2016 HP Reinventing Traditional Computers With Mini Desktop PC
0 What you know about the traditional desktop computer, at least on the surface — forget it. HP’s latest entries on the market aim to change what a desktop computer looks like. The company recently introduced the HP Pavilion Mini Desktop and the HP Stream Mini Desktop. Both take the idea of a desktop tower and shrink it […]
COMPUTERS November 10, 2016 SMBs Use Mac Computers
Jupiter Research’s Microsoft Monitor blog takes Microsoft to task for restricting access to its support sites to those using Internet Explorer. Apparently the site blocks out anyone using Firefox browser or a Mac. In the process, researcher Joe Wilcox speaks about software usage by small and medium businesses: A recent JupiterResearch survey found a surprisingly […]
COMPUTERS November 10, 2016 Tablets Are Displacing Personal Computers with Consumers
Customer interaction and payments to your website are more and more likely to be taking place from a tablet or other mobile device. A continued decline in the number of PCs being shipped and presumably bought worldwide shows that tablets are displacing them with consumers, especially in emerging markets. What the Numbers Say A recent […]
COMPUTERS November 10, 2016 Sticky Note Personal Computers
Here’s a cartoon I did a few years ago, and with the launch of the iPad I thought it was a good time to dust it off. I remember I was getting ready to buy a new computer and I could’t decide between a notebook computer (the word “netbook” hadn’t yet emerged) and a tablet. […]
COMPUTERS November 10, 2016 Cell Phones on Steroids — The New Computers
Not long ago the Wall Street Journal ran a trend-spotting article about technology and gadgets of the future(requires subscription). The article interviewed one person who suggested that cell phones have the potential to become the personal computers of the future — but only if telecommunications companies give up control over the hardware: “The personal computer […]
COMPUTERS 
November 10, 2016 Wade Foster of Zapier: When Computers Do More, Humans Create New Businesses
With all of us relying on more and more apps to do business today, it gets complicated to get things done if those apps don’t work with each other. But when these apps do work together, small businesses can not only be more efficient in how they operate, they also can be more creative in […]
COMPUTERS November 10, 2016 HP Reinventing Traditional Computers With Mini Desktop PC
What you know about the traditional desktop computer, at least on the surface — forget it. HP’s latest entries on the market aim to change what a desktop computer looks like. The company recently introduced the HP Pavilion Mini Desktop and the HP Stream Mini Desktop. Both take the idea of a desktop tower and shrink it down […]
COMPUTERS November 10, 2016 Antamedia Software Eliminates Security Risk on Public Computers
You can now safely and securely turn any computer into a self-service kiosk thanks to Antamedia Software — the providers of software for Internet cafe software and WiFi hotspot billing. Antamedia Ultimate Kiosk Software solution essentially locks down parts of a regular computer, allowing the user to leave it open for public use without security […]
