Here is the first of a new weekly round-up of technology news that small business owners may find informative, useful or entertaining:
- Apple takes iPhone corporate in a big way – A new iPhone update announced this week will provide more functionality for business usage and could transform your phone into the next big computing platform
- Small businesses aren’t worried about technology – Less than 1% of SMEs worry about keeping up with the latest technology
- Spyware infections carry big costs for small businesses – A spyware infection can greatly reduce the productivity of a small business
- Ranking corporate America on identity theft – A comparison of the rates of identity theft incidents for some of the top companies in the US
- Hackers attack MySpace and Facebook – Hackers now see social networking sites as their best target for attacks due to their ‘unsophisticated’ user base
- ‘New patentable idea: a way to invalidate vague patents’ – Patents relating to methods of conducting business (such as Amazon’s “One Click” patent) may no longer be allowed
- PayPal to Safari users: ‘Ditch It’ – PayPal have advised users of the Mac-based web browser Safari to stop using it because it does not guard against ‘phishing’
- Starting up Your Own Company: Brits Chicken Out – More Brits than ever want to start their own business but only 1 in 6 of them will actually do it. The Internet and technology sector was the most favoured choice amongst men
- Small business backup for Windows – A review of one of the methods for protecting your business data
- Review: 7 secure USB drives – A comprehensive review of some of the top USB drives
- UNdata – The United Nations has now opened up all of its statistical databases on every country to anyone who wants it
- Japanese robots enter daily life – Robots are becoming a part of everyday life in Japan, performing simple tasks like directing traffic or greeting visitors
- Winweb – The Online Office Accounting Module has been updated to include Flat Rate VAT
