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July 31st, 2006

Find Expert Technical Help Fast and Free

Qunu is a free software and technical assistance support site - with a funny name.

What is Qunu really? It is not a forum. Qunu is a next-generation expertise matching service. We use instant messaging to connect — in real time — people who have software or tech-related questions with experts who are passionate and […]

July 28th, 2006

Small Business Computing Roundup

Here are some great articles from SmallBusinessComputing:

Google Tools & Services Summarized
Storage for Nothing, Backup for Free
16 Steps to a Healthy (Secure) Network
Cymphonics Small Business Security Appliance (review)

July 27th, 2006

How to Connect Your Cell Phone to a Wireless Router

Need to connect more than one device to the Internet? No WiFi in sight? Check out the Kyocera KR1 Mobile Wireless Router. This device will take the EV-DO card from your cellular carrier and then provide 802.11g wireless connectivity (or 4 direct connect) to nearby devices. It can directly connect (via USB) to some […]

July 26th, 2006

Keep Customers Up to Date with FeedXS

If you’ve been reading this blog and have learned about the value that RSS feeds give to a business of any type, geographic focus, or subject matter. So why don’t you have a feed to keep your customers up to date on your latests offerings, sales, educational information, and new products? If you thought creating […]

July 25th, 2006

Automated Selling with Edegio - Structured Blogging part 2

Structured Blogging - Part 2:
In the previous post we saw how structured tagging can create a standard way for feed and aggregation sites to extract specific types of information from websites and blogs all over the Internet. These aggregators can then organize the information in such a way as to assist those who are looking […]

July 24th, 2006

Can Structured Blogging Help Your Business?

The Structured Blogging Initiative announced last year by PubSub Concepts boldly stated: “Structured Blogging will change the very foundation of the Internet by eliminating the limitations of Web publishing and searching tools.” (The full press release can be read here.) Structured Blogging is all about giving bloggers the tools to create and syndicate structured […]

July 21st, 2006

Remote Multimedia Access for your Linux Server

Remote Access
I recently took a look at LogMeIn for the PC remote desktop. If you are a Linux person then you most likely were using VNC, which is a great little utility, but suffers from performance issues. If you can relate to that - then check out FreeNX. The Linux and Solaris versions are (as […]

July 20th, 2006

Skype Conferences for up to 500 People

. . HighSpeedConferencing by Vapps now lets Skype users have anywhere from 5-500 simultaneous users in a conference call — for Free. You can even have regular phone users join the conference (but they have to pay a little bit).

No registration is required, people can just join in […]

July 19th, 2006

Web-based Bookmark Manager

Here is a useful free site I have been using recently: iKeepBookmarks.
iKeepBookmarks is a web-based bookmark manager that allows you to upload your bookmarks on the web for free. You can access them at any time, from any computer. I used it recently to move my bookmarks when I changed laptops (unexpectedly!)

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July 19th, 2006

56 Blog Traffic Tips, Venture Capital, and eBay Info

Seth Godin has a great post called How to Get Traffic for Your Blog. He lists 56 things to consider.
Here are the first 10:
- Use lists.
- Be topical… write posts that need to be read right now.
- Learn enough to become the expert in your field.
- Break news.
- Be timeless… write posts that […]

July 18th, 2006

Free Linux CDs

The Linux Store is offering FREE Linux Distribution Disks mailed to your business (or home). They are doing this in order to “help spread Linux and open source software around the world”. They still would like donations to keep the project going, especially for places that don’t have access to broadband to download the […]

July 17th, 2006

Microsoft Outlook Alternative and Free .pst Synchronization

Essential PIM is a Microsoft Outlook Look-and-Feel Alike.
It has a calendar, To-Do lists (tasks), Notes, Contacts, Outliner, and includes some additional features that you probably wished you had in Outlook. Even the Today Screen looks awfully familiar!

First of all here are two important aspects of Essential PIM:

Two-way synchronization with […]

July 14th, 2006

2 Free Books - AdWords made EZ and The Virtual Handshake

My New Feature: Freebies for Friday

Get “The Virtual Handshake” Free! For a limited time only, you can download a free e-book version of The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online by David Teten and Scott Allen in PDF format. You can also get the hardcopy from Amazon Here.

The Virtual Handshake has received […]

July 13th, 2006

Build a Portal with Zimbio

You can create a topic-based portal in about 10 minutes using Zimbio. These portals are some sort of cross between start page, wiki, and social bookmark site.

With Zimbio your portal can contain any of these features:
Group Blog
Photos
Link rolls
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July 12th, 2006

10 Things to Do with a USB Flash Drive

Here is a quick list of many great things you can do with a USB Flash Drive with references to support my claims.
If you think of other ways to leverage these little bits of ubiquitous technology - drop a comment!

(1) Boot Linux
If you want to boot Linux to test it out, or use […]

July 11th, 2006

Free Firewall, AntiSpam, AntiVirus, AntiPhishing, and Backup

Yes - you heard correctly, FREE licenses for life from Comodo Group.
Their Free Software for personal use includes:
Comodo Personal Firewall
Comodo AntiVirus
Comodo BackUp
Comodo iVault (keylog prevention)
Comodo AntiSpam
Comodo Verification Engine (Anti-phising)

And […]

July 10th, 2006

19 Video Storage Sites Summarized

While I still think that video isn’t for every business, I may be proven wrong on that eventually. If you create videos for marketing, tutorials, or customer and employee communications, you may want an easy (and cheap) way to store and distribute these files. Here is a list of websites that will allow you to […]

July 8th, 2006

See VerusNova Article on Yaro’s Blog

Take a look at my friend Yaro Starak’s blog Entrepreneur’s Journey this week.

He was kind enough to post an article I wrote called “The Mysterious Art of Idea Generation.”

July 7th, 2006

BaseCamp versus activeCollab

If you are familiar with Basecamp Project Collaboration Web2.0 software, then activeCollab will look very familiar. This OpenSource project apparently set out to be a free replacement for Basecamp. It is currently in alpha, and there is an online demo to try out.

This software is not a hosted service (at this time) and is […]

July 6th, 2006

Small Business Blogging - Free eBook

Announcing a VerusNova Original.
I have taken the 7-part series that originally appeared here last spring and enhanced and updated it into PDF ebook format.

Blogging for Business - A Small Business Guide to Getting Started.

This ebook is free when you Register HERE and then click on the Free Report Logo in the right column, […]