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Licence to kill: The perils of buying fake software

Posted Friday, August 24, 2007 4:19 PM by Microsoft Small Business
Ram Dhaliwal at the Business Software Alliance (BSA) warns that many businesses are taking unnecessary financial and security risks by using unlicensed software. He says: It is essential for business operations that software they use is legal and licensed... Read More...
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Social networking and recruitment: candidates cautioned

Posted Wednesday, August 22, 2007 11:42 AM by Microsoft Small Business
A survey by security company Sophos reveals that many UK companies are still banning the use of social networking sites in the workplace. About 43% of employees were prevented from using popular sites such as Facebook. Read more: UK employers continuing Read More...
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Free trial: Microsoft Office 2007 Small Business Edition

Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 2:46 PM by Microsoft Small Business
Fancy a freebie? You can try the new (and much easier to use!) Microsoft Office suite of applications free of charge for 60 days. Office 2007 Small Business Edition includes: Word 2007 Excel 2007 PowerPoint 2007 Publisher 2007 Outlook 2007 with Business Read More...
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New Facebook group: Friends of Vista After Hours

Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:00 PM by Microsoft Small Business
As previously reported on this blog, there will be 4 Windows Vista events taking place in September/October so that technology enthusiasts can find out more about the sparkling new Windows operating system. You can now join a Facebook group (it's open, Read More...
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WSJ: Copywriting company gets it write with small business blog

Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 4:15 PM by Microsoft Small Business
From across the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal reports on the usage of blogs by small businesses as a marketing tool. In the article Blog It and They May Come , author Sarah Needleman highlights the case of Get It In Writing , a small business providing Read More...
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Growing Business lists hot Web 2.0 businesses, Innocent Drinks on blogging

Posted Sunday, August 19, 2007 9:03 PM by Microsoft Small Business
Web 2.0 is covered in the July/August edition of Growing Business magazine (£3). In the article "Web 2.0 & what it means for you" ("Trends and ideas behind the latest online businesses - and why you need them too"), Jon Card examines the phenomenon Read More...
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Small business shows the way with travel blog

Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 6:04 PM by Microsoft Small Business
And here's another small business with a blog: Europe a la Carte . Started by travel broker Karen Bryan in 2002, the company offers guides to less well-known travel destinations in Europe. Karen recognised that the Internet was catching on, allowing her Read More...
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Wiggly Wigglers podcasts are blooming marvellous

Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:15 PM by Microsoft Small Business
Recently, I posted thoughts on why small businesses should consider blogging and podcasting. There is a business currently doing both activities, and achieving considerable success as a result, that I would like to mention: Wiggly Wigglers . Wiggly Wigglers Read More...
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Event: Steve Clayton talk on blogging benefits for small businesses

Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:27 AM by Microsoft Small Business
Microsoft's Steve Clayton will be giving the inaugural British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) Breakfast Bites talk in London on 21 September 2007. In his talk, he will be talking about blogging and why small companies " can gain a significant advantage Read More...
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Smart Business Newsletter: Subscribe and choose your content

Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:21 AM by Microsoft Small Business
We will soon be sending out the first edition of our new newsletter, Smart Business. Smart Business will replace the bCentral newsletters of old: Small Business News (weekly), Security Bulletin (fortnightly) and Small Business Issues (monthly). Smart Read More...
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Newly published pages: hosted services and Windows Live Spaces

Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 5:28 PM by Microsoft Small Business
We have new pages on Small Business Centre that you may be interested in viewing - three articles on hosted services and one on my favourite topic of the moment, social networking/Windows Live Spaces. Bon ap! : Unusual benefits of Microsoft Exchange About Read More...
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Windows Vista and Microsoft Licensing courses

Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 4:45 PM by Microsoft Small Business
"School's out for summer," a bedraggled-looking Alice Cooper memorably sang. Education will be making a glorious return in September. Back by popular demand are 4 Windows Vista events - Vista After Hours - held in England and Scotland. To register, click Read More...
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Facebook blocked by businesses, Plaxo launching new Pulse service

Posted Friday, August 03, 2007 5:03 PM by Microsoft Small Business
Social networking site Facebook, now with some 30 million users, is facing a series of challenges. Founder Mark Zuckerberg, just 23 years old, has been accused of stealing the idea for the site, its security has been questioned, a "technical glitch" resulted Read More...
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