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 Lenovo ThinkCentre for Worker Bees
More than Just Backup
Dell's Highly Configurable Business Laptop
TurboTax Is Still Tops
Free, Easy, Web-Based PDF Editing
The Perfect Fit for Emerging Markets Is Smartphones
PCMagCast: How to Migrate Data Safely and Effectively
Security Watch: Antispyware Frauds and Misleading Ads
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Lenovo ThinkCentre for Worker Bees
Looking for the perfect machine to upgrade your small-business PCs? This compact desktop PC from Lenovo, the ThinkCentre a61e, shows that you can have energy efficiency as well as an easy-to-live-with business PC, making it a good choice for your mainline workers. Get all the details in the full review.
More than Just Backup
It's scary but true: Your hard drive could die at any moment. But if you've got a drive image, relax--you'll save not only your data but also your apps, drivers, and all the settings that make your machine yours. These five drive-imaging programs can make a byte-by-byte duplicate of your full hard drive. Read all the reviews to see which is best for you.
Dell's Highly Configurable Business Laptop
Among business laptops, the Dell Latitude D630 definitely plays with the big boys--those being Lenovo and Compaq. The system boasts a 14-inch widescreen, highly configurable Intel parts, and terrific battery life. Plus, a laundry list of green credentials makes this notebook an eco-friendly choice for your office. Read the full review on PCMag.com.
TurboTax Is Still Tops
Hurray, it's tax season! This time of year is often met with groans of frustration, headaches, and dread. TurboTax is an impressively complete tax solution for home and business, hitting all the bases of ease of use, accuracy, and thoroughness. Read the full review on PCMag.com to find out why it's still our Editors' Choice in the category.
Free, Easy, Web-Based PDF Editing
Let's face it: Not everyone wants to download Adobe Acrobat to manage and edit their PDF documents. PDFEscape is a free Web app that allows you to upload any PDF document from your system or from the Web and gives you a wealth of tools you can use to edit your document. Head over to AppScout to read all about it.
The Perfect Fit for Emerging Markets Is Smartphones
Tim Bajarin is always on the lookout for the next big thing, be it a trendy new gadget or the next realm of tech development. As he sees it, low-cost PCs have their place, but smartphones are the most important personal-computing platform in the developing world. Read his column to find out why.
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PCMagCast: How to Migrate Data Safely and Effectively
As small- and medium-sized businesses store more and more rich media files, and face ever more stringent requirements for backing up and archiving data, they often need to migrate their data from one type of storage media to the next. This upcoming PCMagCast will help your business find the storage devices and media that can best serve your capacity and growth needs. Learn more and register for this free Web event, taking place Thursday, February 28 at 2pm Eastern.
Security Watch: Antispyware Frauds and Misleading Ads
At the top of the field of research into spyware, adware and deceptive Internet practices you'll find Ben Edelman, on the faculty of Harvard Business School in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit. Edelman's latest research could be of use to you; it's about the anti-spyware software and deceptive practices of C-NetMedia. Head to Security Watch to find out what he learned about this leader in anti-spyware.
Plus: What is the Latest Version of Thunderbird?
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