Here is this week’s round-up of technology news small business owners may find informative, useful or entertaining:
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Companies May Be Held Liable For Deals with Terrorists, ID Thieves – US small businesses must beware of new legislation that may mean they need to vet their customers more carefully
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A Google Prototype for a Precision Image Search – Google may soon be able to search for images in a completely new way. They also announced plans this week for ‘Google Ocean‘, a 3D map of the world’s seas that will complement Google Earth & Google Sky
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Average Web Page Size Triples Since 2003 – In the past five years the average data per webpage has trebled
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The Mac in business: it’s easier than you think – An article about the growing usage of Mac products in the business world
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Happy spamiversary! Spam reaches 30 – Thirty years ago tomorrow the first ‘spam’ email was sent
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Performance showdown: Flash drives versus hard disk drives – Testing reveals only a tiny speed advantage from solid state drives
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Xerox touts erasable paper, smart documents – New environmentally friendly paper can be re-used 100 times
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Entrepreneurs and Tech Startups: Who’s Doing What When? – A new study shows a large number of new tech startups are owned by entrepreneurs in their 50′s
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Web in infancy, says Berners-Lee – The creator of the Internet believes we are still just getting started and reflects on what would have happened if he had never released the code into the public domain
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Amazon, or online, tax will hurt small business – A tax ruling in New York will also damage Amazon small business affiliates
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Smaller Businesses Learn From Enterprise : Integrating Business and Technology Initiatives Matters – An article examining how SMEs in Canada use new technology
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Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene of crime – A special USB device supplied to the police by Microsoft acts as a back door to all the data on a Windows PC
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Report: Microsoft close to hostile bid for Yahoo – The talks currently remain ‘friendly’, although news this week regarding a fall in Microsoft’s quarterly income may put the deal in jeopardy
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Dell: We’ll install XP for you, even after the deadline – Dell have bravely gone behind the back of Microsoft and will not acknowledge the June 30th XP cut-off date, whilst the release of XP SP3 was delayed this week due to compatibility errors
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Vista struggles to bust out as business customers snub it – It appears to be reaching make-or-break time for Vista and convincing the corporate world to update will be crucial
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Mobiles help SMEs win more businesses – SMEs are embracing mobile technology like the Blackberry to become more responsive to the needs of their customer base
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Modern technology can help small traders to expand business – Businesses in Kenya are starting to realise the importance of technology in helping their SMEs to grow
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Scented text messages patented in Germany – A new mobile phone chip will soon allow you to send messages that smell
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Building your first business website – A helpful article about creating a web presence – don’t forget to check out OnlineOffice for more help
