Computers

• Five Tips to Make Your Hardware Last Longer

  At a time when few businesses can afford new equipment, there are several ways to get longevity out of your desktop.
  Minda Zetlin

• The Right Touch: Touch-Screen PCs

  Some small businesses can thrive with the help of touch-screen computers, such as restaurants or businesses that dispatch salespeople to different locations. Here's a rundown on what you need to know about this touchy subject.
  Marc Saltzman

• When One Monitor Isn’t Enough

  Business people who’ve made the switch say using two monitors -- or even more -- make them more productive. And they swear they’d never go back.
  Michelle V. Rafter

• How to Delete Data before Trashing Old PCs

  Companies are tossing their old tech like crazy lately with all the upgrading going on. But businesses need to make sure they don't throw the baby out with the bathwater -- meaning all that sensitive business data on the old hard drives.
  Bill Pfleging

• More Efficient Computing

  The key to using technology more wisely in your business is to enable it to make your work day more efficient. Here are ways to make sure IT isn't costing you time.
  Andrea Peiro

• Steps to Better PC Power Management

  Many businesses already know about energy-efficient laptop computers that can help extend battery life. But new hardware and software technologies are available for desktop PCs, too, helping to trim power consumption at office.
  Marc Saltzman

• How to Make the Switch to Mac

  Apple is making serious in roads at long last with business users due to a perfect storm: Vista's woes, excitement about the iPhone, and promised enterprise applications for the iPhone. Here's what you need to know to switch.
  Renee Oricchio

• Five Features No New Laptop Should Be Without

  A look at some of the newer laptop features worth considering for you and your growing business, including integrated wide area networking, solid state drives, and security components.
  Marc Saltzman

• Tech to Take Printing Jobs In-House

  New types of printer systems targeted at the small and mid-sized business market are designed to encourage the businesses to print materials that they would have formerly outsourced to a print shop.
  Todd Wasserman

• The Case for Standardized PC Configuration

  Making sure all your company's desktops and laptops are running exactly the same software can hold down maintenance costs, keep IT staff happy, and help equipment last longer.
  Minda Zetlin

• Tech Talk: Tablet PCs Save Construction Time

  A Boston-based construction company discovered that equipping managers out in the field with tablet computers shaved hours, days and potentially weeks off of construction projects.
  Elizabeth Wasserman

• Reenergizing Sluggish Computers

  Not every small business can just buy replacement computers when their office machines slow down. There are simple steps, however, that can breathe new life into old PCs.
  Linda Wilson