============================================================ ------ PCMag.com Small Business Update ------ ------ for the week of December 23, 2004 ------ ------ www.pcmag.com/smallbusiness ------ ============================================================
============================================================ ********** Sponsored by McAfee ********** Why strain your IT resources monitoring viruses and reacting to each emerging security threat? McAfee (R) brings next- generation intrusion prevention solutions (IPS) to businesses of any size. Learn more about the affordable and scalable protection available to defend your business. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1360-16-61-22817-134309-0-0-0-1 ************************************************************ ============================================================ Welcome to this week's Small Business Update newsletter, dedicated to bringing you the latest information on technology that can help you manage, grow, and protect your business. IN THIS ISSUE: * First Looks Review--Motorola MPx220: A Powerful Windows Smartphone * First Looks Review--HP Color LaserJet 5550dtn: Color Printing at Super-Tabloid Size * Information Rescue--Solutions: Get Back a Deleted Outlook Contact * Security Alerts--Security Watch Newsletter: Microsoft, Cisco, and Others Confess Security Holes * Cover Feature--Best of the Year: 2004's Top Products * First Looks Preview--Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting beta: Redmond Finally Gets it Right ============================================================ First Looks Review--Motorola MPx220: A Powerful Windows Smartphone If you have to carry a device around for business, you want it to be as versatile as possible. That's the idea behind Smartphones, and the Motorola MPx220 ably carries the idea into reality. A powerful processor, bright screen, surprisingly good camera, easily accessible mini-SD memory slot, and many other features take you well beyond making calls to let you check e-mail, swap instant messages, keep a calendar, and much more. Read our in-depth review to learn how much power you can hold in the palm of your hand. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1360-16-61-22817-134312-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ First Looks Review--HP Color LaserJet 5550dtn: Color Printing at Super-Tabloid Size If your business does heavy graphics or desktop publishing, clear a space--a large one. This HP color laser can handle paper up to 12.05 by 18.5 inches, letting you output full-bleed, tabloid-size proofs, but you'll have to carve out a 28.3 by 24.8 section of floor space. In return, you'll get surprisingly high-quality, and for photos, amazing speed. Read our full labs review. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1360-16-61-22817-134315-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Information Rescue--Solutions: Get Back a Deleted Outlook Contact Losing any data is bad for business, but losing contact information can be an especially hard blow. What you think is lost, though, might just be hiding. If so, we can tell you how to retrieve it, but you have to act quickly. Read our Solutions tip now, before you need it. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1360-16-61-22817-134318-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Security Alerts--Security Watch Newsletter: Microsoft, Cisco, and Others Confess Security Holes The holidays often bring great bounty with them, but it's not always good. This year, a number of major tech vendors have announced serious problems that threaten your security. Luckily, we have bountiful information on the new threats and how to protect yourself. Don't delay. Read our Security Watch Newsletter now. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1360-16-61-22817-134321-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Cover Feature--Best of the Year: 2004's Top Products You want your business to have the best technology you can afford, but researching all the categories of products and services is a full-time business in itself. We make it our business so you don't have to make it yours. Find the premier tech helpers in minutes instead of hours. Read our report on 2004's top products. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1360-16-61-22817-134324-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ First Looks Preview--Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting beta: Redmond Finally Gets it Right Anyone at all familiar with the tech sledgehammer that is Microsoft knows that it often hits the nail squarely on the head--after crushing its customers' thumbs on the first few tries. Now, once again, after untold numbers of bookkeepers have sacrificed their opposable digits, Microsoft has finally got something that could prove a real challenger to Intuit's QuickBooks. Microsoft Small Business Accounting is slated for release in late 2005, and from our extensive look at the beta, we'd say it looks like the software giant has taken the gloves off, and it's finally safe to take yours off. Read our in-depth review to see if you'll be switching corners in this fight. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1360-16-61-22817-134327-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ The PCMag.com Bookstore PC Magazine's Windows XP Solutions Ever wish they'd consulted you before they designed Windows XP? Sure, it's a great system, but there's this one feature that makes you crazy. Or that annoying problem that keeps occurring. Well, you can rely on Neil Randall and your friends at PC Magazine to correct that oversight. 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