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• Archives

  • 2010
    • September (1)
      • Apple’s Validity: The iPad and Your Business
    • August (22)
      • Internet Explorer Gains Market Share, Privacy Criticism
      • The 4 Main Ingredients for Small Business Online Success
      • Windows 7 Security Features for Small Businesses
      • As IT Hiring Continues to Improve, What Kind of Skills Are Companies Demanding?
      • The Best Kind of Complaint? RIM Fights for Its 'Too Secure' Network
      • Small Businesses Get 55% More Traffic With a Blog
      • Link Building and its Basic Function: Getting Found
      • Largest Patch Tuesday for Windows Users
      • A Job for Experts or Enthusiasts? The Idea of Empowering Consumer IT Solutions
      • Now is the Time for Small Business Start-ups
      • Visa Upgrades Network to Help Small Business Owners
      • Bing Market Share Surges One Year After Formal Launch, Possibly Overtakes Yahoo
      • Microsoft's Arc Touch Mouse: Productivity Booster or Bummer?
      • 5 Internet Threats that Could Put Your Small Business at Risk
      • A Balancing Act: Website Designs Fit for Search Engines & Users
      • Small Business Strategy: Utilizing Location-Based Mobile Services
      • 10 Pointers on How Small Businesses Can Create, Promote, and Maintain a Blog
      • Chicago among Top 5 Zip Codes for Entrepreneurial Success
      • Microhoo a Year Later: Has the Search Alliance Changed the Industry?
      • 4 Ways Small Business Can Utilize Google Realtime Search
      • Top Technology Companies Leaving Over 20% of Vulnerabilities Unpatched
      • 5 Ways to Branch Out Your Small Business, One Link at a Time
    • July (19)
      • How Small Businesses Can Take Advantage of Mobile SEO
      • Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Going Strong But Faces Adversity
      • Your Social Media Experience as a Small Business
      • How Large Corporations Are Influencing the Small Business Scene
      • Firefox 4 Beta Shows Off Improved Interface, Still Not Quite Speedy
      • How Professional Online Networking Adds to the Value of Your Small Business
      • As Tech Job Demands Grow, So Does Your Small Business
      • Can Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Make a Difference in Mobile Enterprise?
      • The Human Side of Small Business – Keeping Your Employees (and Yourself) Balanced
      • The Five Cs That Make Small Business SEO Work
      • Go Blog About It! 6 Reasons Why Your Small Business Should Maintain a Blog
      • Move Over, iPhone: 5 Reasons Android Now Works for Small Enterprise
      • 500 Million Reasons Small Businesses Should Join Facebook
      • Apple Targets the Small Business Market
      • Increase in IT Spending Points to IT Innovation
      • Firefox Impresses Users with Interface and Security Updates
      • 4 Reasons Why Small Businesses Should Build Local SEO
      • President Obama Promotes the Power of Small Business
      • Volunteering with A.C.T. – Assurance Cares Together
    • June (21)
      • Google Supposedly Drops Windows for “More Secure” OS
      • Will Android Overtake Blackberry in Enterprise?
      • The Upcoming Generation of IT – Social Networking and Generation Y
      • Zero-Day Flaw Affecting Adobe Flash, Reader
      • Heads Up Chicago Small Business: SEO is King of Budget-Minded Marketing
      • Small Business Sees Rise in Confidence
      • We Ask Again: Will Google’s Caffeine Affect SEO?
      • 5 Lessons Small Businesses Can Learn From the BP Oil Spill
      • 3 Reasons Small Business Owners Should View SEO Like a Car
      • 5 Most Overlooked Aspects of a Small Business Website
      • Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect: A Future Small Business Tool?
      • 4 Simple Tactics to Promote a Small Business and Build Connections
      • One Year and 3.7 Billion Phishing Emails Later – Is Your Identity Protected?
      • Three Advancing Areas of Enterprise Hardware
      • Email Etiquette – 5 Tips on Small Business Communication
      • New Collaboration Tool From Salesforce Pushes Notion of Social Enterprise
      • Strength in Small Business IT Brings Strength in Innovation
      • Microsoft’s Bing, Internet Explorer 9 Making Quiet Advancements
      • Hey Chicago, You’re the Next Silicon Valley
      • Three Reasons Why Facebook SEO Isn’t Important For Small Business (Yet)
      • Beware and Recognize Phishing/Virus Attempts!
      • According to FCC, VoIP Service ‘Important and Rapidly Growing’
      • Three Benefits Tablets Can Bring to the Small Business Sector
    • May (16)
      • Passwords and Privacy: 5 Password Manager Options
      • Saving Time and Money with Mobile Apps
      • Google’s New Search Page Layout and Its Effect on SEO
      • Offsite Backup Saves Time, Money and Frustration
      • Patch Tuesday: A Pair of Critical Fixes
      • Technology & Small Business Viewed as Most Positive Influence on U.S.
      • Three Thoughts on Choosing an IT Company
      • 17th Annual Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon on Saturday, June 12, 2010!
      • Small Businesses Benefit from Helpful Agencies
      • 5 Tips on Maximizing Social Media ROI
      • VoIP Proves to be Effective Cost-Cutter
      • Small Business Owners Feel Personally Fulfilled
      • Wireless: Evolving Tool or Security Nightmare?
      • IT-Business Convergence: The Key to Company Evolution
      • Google Analytics Offers Choice of Opting Out
      • Scientist ‘Infected’ Himself with Computer Virus, Stands on Principle
      • Soluto: The Solution to PC Frustration?
    • April (18)
      • April 1st – An Important Lesson in Content Production & Retrieval
      • What Does “Cloud” Mean to You?
      • FCC Can Not Enforce Net Neutrality – What Happens Next?
      • Is There a “Cyberwar” Around the Corner?
      • Small Businesses Get Their Way with Yelp
      • Social Networking Gone Wrong – Is Anonymity a Reliable Reputation Builder?
      • Another Heavy Tuesday – Critical Patches from Microsoft, Adobe
      • Will Social Networking Kill Off Email?
      • Power Down: The ROI of Decreasing Utility Waste and Pollution
      • Work Smarter: 10 Firefox Extensions to Improve Efficiency
      • Microsoft Gets Busy Rolling Out Office 2010 , Windows InTune, Fix It
      • Saving Money – As Easy As Choosing Your Font
      • More Hardware Investment Means More IT Spending
      • McAfee Glitch Shutting Down Corporate Computers Worldwide
      • Passwords and Privacy : 3 Tips to Better Manage Your Private Content
      • Using Analytics Efficiently – 5 Ways to Improve Employee Production
      • Gmail vs. Exchange – Will Cloud Services Cut Costs?
      • Optimizing LinkedIn: Features & Opportunities for Your Small Business
    • March (22)
      • Mac Continues to Invade Enterprise
      • The Internet Browser Revolution
      • Enterprise Wants a Piece of Windows 7 Growth
      • Search Engine Giant Google Fails its Own Test, Offers its SEO Pointers
      • Excited About Windows Phone 7? More Details Coming Soon
      • While Office 2010 Gets a Launch Date, Google has its Sights on Enterprise with Chrome OS
      • Beware: Counterfeit Intel Processors
      • Technology Adjusting to Success of Small-to-Midsize Businesses
      • Patch Tuesday: Slow, But Still Very Important
      • Will Bing Turn into a Significant Search Engine?
      • Celebrating 25 Years of Dot Com Has its Drawbacks
      • IE9 Now Available for Test Drive
      • Businesses Begin the Windows 7 Migration
      • National Broadband Plan – How Will It Affect Small Business?
      • Attention SMBs: Microsoft Makes Windows 7’s XP Mode Available Without Virtualization
      • Chicago Avoids the Top 10 Riskiest Online Cities
      • Is Ubuntu’s Lucid Lynx Concentrating on Aesthetic or Functionality?
      • New Office Communications Server for Microsoft around the Corner
      • Hungry Hungry Hackers Conquer IE8 on Windows 7 (Among Other Feats)
      • Most Dangerous Search Terms According to McAfee
      • Microsoft and Apple Releasing Critical Updates
      • iPhone for Verizon – A Small Business Game Changer?
      • AMD, Intel Unleash New Processors, Look to Power Small Businesses
    • February (19)
      • Microsoft Azure Platform Opens to Public
      • Would It Benefit Your CIO to Blog?
      • Breaking Through the Condescending IT Image
      • Beware: Rogue iPhone Apps that Steal Data
      • On the Right Track: IE 8 World’s Most-Used Browser
      • The Dangers of Using a Public Wi-Fi Network
      • Build a Strong Brand alongside a Booming Business
      • TLS/SSL Flaw Found in Windows
      • Can Your Company Benefit from Google Buzz?
      • Windows Patch Tuesday Update Producing Blue Screen
      • Can IT Boost Your PowerPoint Creativity?
      • Firefox Poised to Penetrate IE Stronghold as Primary Enterprise Browser
      • Free Version of BlackBerry Enterprise Server Coming Soon
      • Adobe Issues Out-of-Band PDF Updates
      • Google Buzz May Be Black Hat SEO Haven
      • Microhoo is Official, but Don’t Expect Changes Quickly
      • Small Business Blogging: Benefits and Drawbacks
      • Social Media Thrives On Small Business Innovations
      • Adobe Releases Critical Security Update for Download Manager
      • WiMAX & LTE Networks Bringing VoIP into Big Picture
      • Creating a Smartphone Application – For Enterprise Use
      • Three Big Reasons to Take a Minute to Upgrade Your Browser
    • January (9)
      • Microsoft Announces Pricing for Office 2010
      • Keep an Eye Out for Microsoft Windows Patch this Tuesday
      • Microsoft Announces IE Security Hole Believed to be Involved in Google Attacks
      • FireFox 3.6 RC2 Released Sunday
      • Will 2010 Bring "Hybrid Clouds" ?
      • Microsoft Investigates Internet Explorer Flaw - Again
      • IT Spending to Increase in 2010
      • Why Your Social Media Image Matters – Especially for SEO/SEM
      • Windows Mobile 7 Demo to Appear Next Month
      • The iPad - How Will 'it' Affect IT?
      • To Enterprise or Not - Tech Analysts Split on iPad
      • Google Sets Sights on Enterprise Version of Nexus One
      • Beware: Latest Search Malware Threat – ‘Apple iPad’
  • 2009
    • December (10)
      • Beware: Top Ten Riskiest Domains
      • Important Microsoft IE Security Update Coming Tuesday
      • Copenhagen Climate Talks Spawn Flurry of Positive Green Tech Activity
      • Microsoft Claims BitLocker Security Hole is Only Dangerous in “Highly Unlikely Situations”
      • Beware: Koobface.GK “Christmas Worm”
      • Last-Minute Holiday Gift Deals
      • Mozilla Releases Important Security Update for Firefox
      • Entrepreneurs: Internet Usage Still Somehow Continues to Climb
      • Nexus One ‘Google Phone’ Expected at January 5th Android Event
      • McAfee says Adobe Will be a Bigger Hacker Target than Microsoft in 2010
    • November (13)
      • Microsoft Opens World-Class Data Center on Chicago's Outskirts
      • Reminder: New Chicago Area Code to be Active on November 7
      • Latest T-Mobile Outage is Fixed
      • Windows 7 is More Secure, but You Still Need Antivirus
      • Attention eCommerce: Reliable Search can Aid Conversion Rates
      • Apple Releases Snow Leopard Update v10.6.2
      • Google Maps Launches Flu Shot Finder
      • Upgrading Obsolete Systems can Save Huge Amounts of Money, but Do Your Research First
      • Next Generation Collaborative Tools are Changing How We Interact
      • Let Switchfast Help with Holiday Shopping!
      • Verizon Doubles Early-Termination Fee for Smartphones
      • Beware: Dangerous iPhone Worm
      • Future of the Internet Browser: Speed is King
    • October (12)
      • Use Copyscape to Protect your Reputation with Google
      • Non-Profits: Upgrade to Windows 7 for free through TechSoup
      • Beware Keylogging: The Latest Phishing Fad
      • Beware "Chicago Marathon 2009 Results" Malware
      • Good SEO Takes Time, but the Results are Well Worth the Wait
      • Google’s Postini Outage Affects Many United States Users, Now Resolved
      • MicroStrategy Offers Free Business Intelligence Software
      • Windows 7 is Imminent, the Internet is Buzzing
      • Lifehacker posts Master List of Windows 7 Shortcuts
      • ICANN to bring non-English web addresses to the internet in 2010
      • Smartphone sales to surpass laptop sales by 2012
      • Free Software Scans Twitter Links for Malware
    • September (10)
      • Gmail Outage Blamed on a Capacity Calculation Error
      • SEO vs. Yellow Pages: Times are Changing
      • Exchange 2007 Support May be Snow Leopard’s Killer Feature
      • eMarketer: SMBs Prefer Digital Media Over Traditional Media
      • Workplace Computers: To Lockdown or Not to Lockdown?
      • Non-Profits Gain Free Revenue through GoodSearch
      • SANS Institute: Unpatched Software is Top Security Risk Worldwide
      • IE Now with HTML5 Compatibility, Thanks to Google
      • Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on the "New Normal"
      • Microsoft Offers Free AntiVirus Software
    • August (10)
      • Microsoft Office 2010: What We Know So Far
      • XP Mode: Killer App for Windows 7 Enterprise Adoption?
      • Google, Apple release helpful software updates
      • Is Google’s “Caffeine” a game-changer for SEO?
      • “Hot Content” like Erin Andrews Video Used as Bait for Malware
      • Non-Profits Should Look to Search Engines for Affordable Donor Generation
      • Windows Server 2008 R2 Released to Software Assurance Subscribers
      • Apple to Release Snow Leopard on Friday (8/28)
      • European ‘Cyber-gangs’ targeting small to medium-sized businesses
      • Snow Leopard Not as Secure as Advertised?
    • July (15)
      • Three easy habits to keep your system up and running
      • Be careful what you tweet!
      • Workaround for Microsoft ActiveX Security Vulnerability for IE6 and IE7
      • As a source of customers, the internet has become impossible to ignore
      • Microsoft to release security patches for DirectX/ActiveX on Tuesday (7/14)
      • Microsoft to release Windows 7 to Businesses on September 1st
      • Non-Profits can gain a major edge using a CMS
      • Why you need to be archiving your email right now
      • Google’s Q2 revenue tells us where opportunity lies
      • Service Pack 2 to be released for Office 2008 for Macintosh today
      • Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Switchfast booth at the City of Chicago Treasurer’s Small Business Expo!
      • How to use social media to bring business on no budget
      • Why every organization should utilize an electronic document management tool
      • Microhoo: Microsoft and Yahoo finally agree on a search partnership
      • Beware Rogueware: Fake security software that is becoming big business
    • June (14)
      • Beware: Gumblar virus
      • Spam can be more than just annoying
      • Can Microsoft’s Bing threaten Google's dynasty?
      • Non-Profits should take advantage of free/cheap technology to stay competitive and relevant
      • Green technology isn’t going anywhere but up
      • Rapid growth in mobile technology is changing the face of business
      • High tech lighting can save up to 40%
      • Clearwire to launch 4G WiMax in Chicago this summer
      • A close look reveals unique pricing opportunities for MS Office
      • Windows 7 just around the corner, presale details leaked
      • Nortel sells wireless business, further signals change in telecom landscape
      • Economic downturn has been catalyst for SMB adoption of managed services
      • Another "No Backup" Horror Story
      • Cisco claims big internal savings through telecommuting
    • May (13)
      • Microsoft says that IT is "firmly entrenched as a strategic asset" among small to medium businesses
      • Uncontrollable environmental conditions make the ability to work remotely a powerful tool
      • Plane crash victim escapes with his life and his critical data
      • Sometimes small changes make a big difference
      • Aging hardware can be much costlier to keep than to replace
      • SF Giants: Low maintenance costs and an able feature set prove to be big cost-savers with new VoIP system
      • Quick fix for Internet Explorer 8 crashing with faulting module urlmon.dll
      • Beware Unreliable and Inefficient Data Security Solutions
      • Recent influx of Phishing scams demands caution from internet users
      • Agile Software Development divides big projects into manageable, budget-friendly chunks
      • Lower-priced Windows 7 licenses for netbooks will have maximum spec limit
      • Google: "The Web has won"
      • Good economic news means now is the time to make changes
    • April (3)
      • Instead of Sacrificing Your Assets, Streamline Them
      • Mac Users Should be Aware that Security Threats are Growing
      • Big Microsoft discounts available through May
    • March (1)
      • Going Green Means Saving Green ($$$)

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