Why Upgrading Software Is Good For Your Health: The Case of IE

One of the most annoying and challenging aspects of being a computer user is that computers are really not easy to use. Over time we adapt our natural way of movement to the computer's limitations and learn how to do "ctrla+c" to copy or patiently wait for the computer to boot up or even worse we expect Word to crash while in the midst of revising a long contract.

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Repel Electronic Thieves: Take Proper Steps to Protect Computer Data

Protecting electronic data should be a primary concern for all business owners, considering the ever-present threat of computer-based data theft. According to findings from a 2007 survey conducted by AT&T (www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=24878), about one-fourth of small businesses are not concerned about data security. The report also indicates 10 percent of small businesses leave data completely unsecured, 32 percent believe that wireless data doesn't present security concerns and 17 percent take no precautions to guard against wireless security threats.

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Blogs As Your Search Marketing Investment

A lot of business people tend to over look blogs as a great marketing investment. Think about all the times your personally go to search for something, you type in your keyword and up pops 100’s of related topics so you scroll through until you find something that catches your eye.

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Keeping Your Domain Current

When you fail to keep your domain current, or you let it lapse, someone comes swooping and purchases your old name and then attaches it to a site that is loaded with advertisements and collects all of the hit’s to the new site. To avoid letting your domain lapse, I’ve included a few tips below on how you can keep your domain current.

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Internet Business Ideas for the Savvy Entrepreneur

There are many entrepreneurs who have started successful, profitable online businesses.

Some online business ideas come from people who are already running a similar business offline. Many retail shops have caused their sales to go through the roof by adding an online presence.

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Personal Business in the Workplace: Where to Draw the Line

Most employees spend some time at work doing personal business such as paying bills or shopping online. But how much is too much, and how do you know when to draw the line?

The Internet has made handling personal tasks at work much easier than it was before.

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March Madness - Are Your Workers Working...or Surfing?

Those of us who are not QUITE young enough to have grown up online might remember the days where only one or two employees in the office had computers with web access due to some specific job responsibility. Solitaire and minesweeper were the most dangerous desktop diversions. Now, pretty much every office worker is connected to the Internet, and lost worker productivity, bandwidth hogged by non-business applications, and exposure to malware are all nasties that can tag along with that access.

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Squeezed!

Small businesses have to decide whether creating a Web site for mobile devices is worth the expense

By ROGER CHENG

Small businesses are wondering if they should think smaller.

As consumers increasingly surf the Internet on mobile devices such as cellphones and BlackBerrys, small firms have to decide whether to build or remake Web sites to accommodate them. The investment may be hefty, but so is the risk of ignoring an expanding market.

Traditional Internet sites are sometimes difficult, if not impossible, to view in their entirety on a cellphone screen, especially if they have large graphics, video and interactive features that aren't compatible with mobile browsers. As a result, more businesses are designing and formatting their content especially for smaller screens.

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Three Ways To Advertise On The Internet For Free

Advertising your business on the Internet doesn't have to be expensive. In fact, it does not have to cost you anything at all. Every savvy business owner is always on the lookout for ways to stretch their ad budget to get the most possible exposure at the least possible cost.

Here are three ways you can promote your business without spending a dime.

1. Volunteer for an interview on Blog Talk Radio. Blog Talk Radio is a popular Internet radio channel featuring bloggers from across the Internet. The hosts of these radio shows are continually creating new programs and they are always on the look out for guests to interview for their listeners. You can search the shows on Blog Talk Radio by category to find one (or more) in your niche. Contact the show's host and find out if you can be interviewed for an upcoming broadcast. You will get the opportunity to discuss how and why your business will benefit the show's listeners, as well as advertise your website link. If you find your business is suited for this type of exposure and you enjoy the experience, you can even create your own Blog Talk Radio show and promote your business via Internet radio on a regular basis.

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GoDaddy.com CEO Shares Success Advice

So this string walks into a bar and hops up on one of the bar stools and says, “Hey bartender, give me a beer.”

Bartender looks at the string and says, “Sorry, we don’t serve strings here.”

Rejected, the string leaves the bar, but the next day decides he’ll try something different. He ties himself into a knot and frays each of the ends. Then he strolls back into the same bar, hops up on a bar stool and says, “Hey bartender, give me a beer.”

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File Access: Remote, On Premise, Online and More

Egnyte is a service that enables you to have access to your files, remotely. You can easily share files with others and have complete access to your documents anywhere you can get access to a web browser and/or the Internet . What's also neat is that in the same way you access your "c:" drive "p:" drive or other drive letter (be it a USB key, hard disk or file server) you can access your hosted Egnyte drive as well.

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2 Google Strategies To Earn More Income With Your Internet Small Business

Google has a huge influence on the Internet scene these days. They are constantly helping Internet small business owners by creating useful, revolutionary methods to help with online success. Two items that have greatly contributed to the success of Google, namely Adsense and Adwords, are the subject of this article as they are an important addition to any Internet small business.

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