Latest SMB Tech How-To

19 September 2013
How-Tos: How to Overcome Small Business Data Recovery Challenges

Data recovery has mattered ever since businesses started relying on PCs in the workplace. Today's common storage options for small businesses all present some disaster recovery challenges. Here's what your organization should do to address them.
09 September 2013
How-Tos: Your Twitter account has been hacked! Here's what to do about it.

Kirsty woke up to find that someone else had taken control of her Twitter account. I tell her how to get it back.
21 August 2013
How-Tos: Fix colour balance on old display

We explain how to improve the colour balance on an older CRT display.
15 August 2013
How-Tos: Use a netbook as a server

We explain how to use a netbook as a server, as well as some of the down sides of a netbook/server. Here's what you need to know about using a netbook as a server in your home or office.
09 August 2013
How-Tos: Split a PDF for free

How to edit a PDF so that you have single PDF documents for each page.
25 July 2013
How-Tos: 6 Google Analytics Tips for Online Marketers and Small Business Owners

Google Analytics lets organizations of all shapes and sizes measure the performance of their websites. There's a lot of data in there--and even more that you can do with that data once you've extracted it. These tips will help you get started with Google Analytics.
23 July 2013
How-Tos: How to get a full-screen Gmail compose window every time

Last week we talked about Gmail's spiffy new inbox-sorting tabs. Today let's look at another new feature, one that's just starting to roll out to users: a full-screen new-message window.
22 July 2013
How-Tos: How to enable or disable Gmail's new tabs

Gmail just rolled out one of its best features in years: Inbox tabs. (Actually, the feature was announced back in May, but is only just now starting to roll out to users.)
How-Tos: Big Data ROI Will Take Time, Clear Goals and Talent

The big data market is expected, by one estimate, to grow more than 30 percent annually until the end of the decade. But more than half of big data projects fail--and even those that do succeed can fall apart if the findings aren't applied to operational efficiencies. Ron Bodkin, CEO of Think Big Analytics, offers advice to help you prevent your business from becoming just another statistic.
09 July 2013
How-Tos: Get a disposable email address from MailDrop

Your email address is like your home address: Never give it out unless absolutely necessary.
08 July 2013
How-Tos: Add checkboxes to an Excel spreadsheet

Tgood37 asked the Answer Line forum how to add checkboxes to Excel spreadsheets, and how to make sure that checking a box will have an effect.
26 June 2013
How-Tos: In-Memory Technology Speeds Up Data Analytics

Long the purview of financial firms looking for an edge as they make lightning-fast transactions, in-memory technology is starting to catch the attention of many firms that conduct real-time analysis.
03 June 2013
How-Tos: Find messages you deleted in Hotmail

Here's how to find an email you accidentally deleted from Hotmail or Outlook.com.
30 May 2013
How-Tos: Restore a corrupted Excel file

Our Helproom Editor helps a reader use Restore Previous Versions and then ShadowExplorer to rescue a corrupted Excel file.
How-Tos: 6 Practical Predictive Analytics Tools

Most analytics tools put data in an historical context. That's all well and good, but if what if you want to use past data to gauge future performance? That narrows your analytics options. These six tools will help you make practical use of your data in order to make business decisions.
23 May 2013
How-Tos: Move contacts from BlackBerry to iPhone

We show you how to transfer business contacts from a BlackBerry to an iPhone.
06 May 2013
How-Tos: Where are recently opened documents in Windows 8?

We explain how to find recently used documents when using Windows 8.
24 April 2013
How-Tos: How to transfer Sticky Notes to a different PC

Sticky Notes can be a really useful program. But what happens to all your useful Notes when you upgrade your PC or laptop? Here's how to take your Sticky Notes with you wherever you go.
23 April 2013
How-Tos: 6 Big Data Analytics Use Cases for Healthcare IT

Making use of the petabytes of patient data that healthcare organizations possess requires extracting it from legacy systems, normalizing it and then building applications that can make sense of it. That's a tall order, but the facilities that pull it off can learn a lot.
18 April 2013
How-Tos: Social Data Warehousing Is Worth the Trouble

Everybody knows data warehousing is big data. But when you want to understand what's really going on with your customers' social interactions, terabytes may seem small. It's a laborious process, but the insight it provides can reap big rewards.

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