============================================================ ------ PCMag.com Small Business Update ------ ------ for the week of November 18, 2004 ------ ------ www.pcmag.com/smallbusiness ------ ============================================================
============================================================ ********** Sponsored by McAfee ********** Why strain your IT resources monitoring viruses and reacting to each emerging security threat? McAfee (R) brings next-generation intrusion prevention solutions (IPS) to businesses of any size. Learn more about the affordable and scalable protection available to defend your business. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120365-0-0-0-1 ************************************************************ ============================================================ Welcome to this week's Small Business Update newsletter, dedicated to bringing you the latest information on technology that can help you manage, grow, and protect your business. IN THIS ISSUE: * Feature: Small Business Survival Guide * Cover Feature: Choose Your Next PC * Review Roundup--Supersonic Search Engines * Security--Beware the Not-So-Merry Phishmas * First Looks Review: Astaro Delivers Business Security Software * First Looks Review--Firefox 1.0 ============================================================ Feature: Small Business Survival Guide For your small operation, every dollar and every minute counts, and taking time out to manage technology seems an impossible added burden. But mom-and-pop shops don't have to go without digital tools that can help them run better. We present over 80 services and software products that assist you in managing money, employees, customers, contacts, e-commerce, data, and more. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120368-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Cover Feature: Choose Your Next PC PC Magazine is known for extensive comparative reviews that pack in dozens of products to give you a broad idea of what's out there, but also distill the information in a way that lets you quickly narrow the field to exactly what you need. In our latest effort, we review 47 hot PCs to help you find the perfect machine--laptop or desktop--for you. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120371-0-0-0-1 Plus: Our new PC benchmark tests and how we tested http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120374-0-0-0-1 Summaries of features for: High-end desktops http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120377-0-0-0-1 Midrange desktops http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120380-0-0-0-1 All-in-One Desktops http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120383-0-0-0-1 High-end laptops http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120386-0-0-0-1 Mainstream laptops http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120389-0-0-0-1 Value laptops http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120392-0-0-0-1 Ultraportables http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120395-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Review Roundup--Supersonic Search Engines To the modern mariner on the sea of information, the ancient seafarer of Coleridge's famous poem might recast his elegant words to: "Data, data everywhere, nor any drop to drink." The vast ocean of information holds knowledge with the power to float a business, but you might as well be searching for a few lone bottles of fresh water plying the endless waves. Like the sailor of old, though, we have saviors--search engines that seem to have almost supernatural powers of discovery. One or more of these five can help you safely navigate. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120398-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Security--Beware the Not-So-Merry Phishmas What an opportunity! You can win a beautiful 2004 Mercedes- Benz CL-Class CL55 AMG, and all you have to do is sign in to your eBay account through this convenient form. Your car--and a bridge to drive it over--both will be in the mail. Need we say more? Out Security Watch Letter tells you how to protect your business from this and other digital demons. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120401-0-0-0-1 Also: Need info about past threats? Try our Security Watch Letter archive. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120404-0-0-0-1 And: Keep your guard up the easy way: Subscribe to our Security Watch Newsletter. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120407-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ First Looks Review: Astaro Delivers Business Security Software We don't have much to say about Astaro Security Linux 5 beyond "Get it." Our review, on the other hand, has plenty to say about this all-in-one Editors' Choice software security solution. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120410-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ First Looks Review--Firefox 1.0 We can't really outdo what the executive summary in our review of the free Mozilla Firefox 1.0 says about the software: It's a lean, mean browsing machine. If all you want to do is surf the Web quickly, wax up this board. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120413-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ The PCMag.com Bookstore PC Magazine's Windows XP Solutions Ever wish they'd consulted you before they designed Windows XP? Sure, it's a great system, but there's this one feature that makes you crazy. Or that annoying problem that keeps occurring. Well, you can rely on Neil Randall and your friends at PC Magazine to correct that oversight. Here's the complete compendium of solutions to the things that bug you, threaten your security, slow you down, or other-wise prevent Windows XP from running like it should. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120416-0-0-0-1 PC Magazine Guide to Home Networking Ready to plunge into creating your own home network? Reading this book is like having PC Magazine contributing editor Les Freed drop by and set the whole thing up for you. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120419-0-0-0-1 More Books http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120422-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Tech Jobs http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120425-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120428-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ DevSource http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120431-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Free White Paper Download Brought to you by Netopia The Competitive Advantages of Multi-Platform Remote Control Organizations that intelligently manage their enterprise environment possess an inherent competitive advantage by achieving faster resolution of IT-related problems, increased employee productivity, and highly efficient operations. Explore how the right remote-control application is one of the most cost-effective and efficient solutions for achieving your competitive IT advantage. Get more information now! http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1258-16-61-22817-120434-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Upcoming Events ============================================================ Ziff Davis Media Unveils An Exclusive Security Virtual Tradeshow! This live, two-day Virtual Tradeshow will highlight the leading security threats facing your company and provide you with the necessary safeguards on how to combat future attacks! Hear from security experts such as Dan Larkin, Unit Chief, Internet Crime Center at the FBI and Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple Computer and many more! Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st, 2004. 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