November 2009
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Your Memory
in a Flash
by Mike Hogan
Used with permission from the Microsoft
Small Business Center
Portables: Everybody
wants one. But with portables come issues--issues of weight,
inadequate runtimes and the trauma that data can experience when the
floor breaks a portable's fall. As if those problems weren't enough,
new notebooks will be packing extra weight around the middle: Vista
and Microsoft Office Suite 2007.
Some claim that a dose of
Flash memory is all a portable needs to become a highly functioning
member of computing society. Specifically, the latest generation of
drives from Samsung and Seagate put 128MB or 256MB of Flash cache in
front of your portable's platters so they don't have to spin up as
often to feed the processor. In fact, Samsung's MH80 drive remains
idle 99 percent of the time, says Andy Higginbotham, director of
hard disk drive marketing at Samsung.
This greatly reduces wear
and tear as well as the drive's vulnerability to sudden stops.
MH80's idle platters draw 70 percent to 90 percent less power than a
traditional drive and generate less heat, he adds, letting your
notebook get by with a smaller, cooler-running power plant.
Hybrid hard drives, or
HHDs, also help with Microsoft's new Windows version, which can be
quite a load--especially when running its new Aero interface.
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Upcoming
Expiration of the 2009 ARRA and Section 179
The Economic
Stimulus Act and Section 179 " The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009" has been officially extended. The
Section 179 Deduction increases made available in the Economic
Stimulus Act of 2008 through December 31, 2009, if you have
purchased and installed the equipment.
With the current
news that is all around us it is sometimes hard to justify
opening our pocketbooks and investing in our companies. We all
know that the best way to improve ourselves and our businesses
is to invest time, energy and money in accomplishing our
goals. As the year draws to a close you need to take a look
and see what can be done to improve your business. The
decision to improve may save you money.
With the changes to
the Section 179 Deduction made by the Economic Stimulus Act
signed in February 2008 there are some exciting benefits for
business.
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22 Ways To Work
Quicker on your Computer
Used with permission from the HP Small & Medium
Business Center
Work, family,
friends and a few hours for yourself? Sometimes it seems
impossible to fit everything in one day. If you are looking to
spend less time at your computer and more time somewhere else,
check out these clever keyboard shortcuts.
Windows of
opportunity
If you often work with several windows open
simultaneously, you'll save valuable minutes using these quick
key options.
1. To minimize a
window to your toolbar, press ALT, SPACEBAR and
N.
2. To maximize a window to your full screen, hit
ALT, SPACEBAR and X.
3. To reduce the size of
a window without hiding it, press ALT, SPACEBAR and
R.
4. To close a window, hit ALT and
F4.
5. To go to the last window you had open,
simultaneously click ALT and TAB.
6. To
select one window when you have several open, hold down
ALT, and maneuver by clicking TAB to the window
you want.
To speed up Excel
You can easily
accelerate your spreadsheet skills with
these handy tricks.
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Go Virtual? 9
Questions To Ask
by Christopher
Elliott
reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small
Business Center
Randi Smith-Todorowski's business was in
the wrong place at the right time.
Atlas Martial Arts,
the business she co-founded in Scottsdale, Ariz., was
thriving. But the local economy wasn't. "The enthusiasm was
there," she says. "But people were cutting back on luxury
items, taking second jobs and traveling for work."
So with the end of
their five-year lease imminent, Smith-Todorowski and her
partner did what an increasing number of businesses are doing:
they took their business virtual.
Into the
cloud
It's hard to say precisely how many businesses
are giving up bricks-and-mortar storefronts for Web sites, or
moving "into the cloud" in tech parlance. Counting them is
inherently difficult, says Daniel Meyerov, the chief executive
of Los Angeles-based OnlyBusiness.com.
But there's
anecdotal evidence from Meyerov and other experts that more
businesses are taking a path into the cloud.
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Just
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Quote of the Month
Autumn is a second spring
when every leaf
is a flower.
- Albert
Camus
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