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It catches your eye. Your heart goes pitter patter. It's sleek, sports a massive solid state hard drive, three years of on-site warranty service and a blazing fast processor. It's laptop love at first sight ... until you see the $2,000 price tag. Sadly, you come to accept that this relationship just isn't going to work out. The hunt begins, but this time with a $500 cap.

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If you're a small business owner, you may have not heard of the 10,000 Small Business program, but I'll bet you've heard about Goldman Sachs planning to give away $500 million to small businesses.

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Despite the harsh reality of destructive computer viruses, many small business owners and employees still fail to realize how important virus protection is ... until disaster strikes. A computer virus outbreak can completely cripple a company for hours -- even days -- causing irrevocable loss of productivity and hundreds, thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue.

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What do great entrepreneurs have in common? What are the traits that make for an exceptional small business person? After Small Biz expert Steve Strauss attended the World Entrepreneurship Forum, he boiled down his observations and discussions to come up with comes down to these common themes...

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Any time Oprah raves about a product, that company's sales shoot through the roof -- so it's no wonder that small biz owners are sad to say goodbye to this Oprah lottery (of sorts). Click to see what Oprah's move to cable will mean for small businesses in the future.

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So you've probably been using Facebook for a while now -- as in, you're using the website to link up to your old prom date or the people you worked with at your first job. But using it to help run your business? That's another story.

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For those of you who didn't participate in the Cash for Clunkers summer of 2009 when everybody except you seemed to be getting in on the action, it may seem like it's going to be a long winter, especially if now you're in the market for a new vehicle. But life in the post-Cash-for-Clunkers era isn't all bad. If you're thinking of buying a new car for your business or your commute to work, here are some things to consider.

The paperless office ranks right up there with personal jet packs when it comes to future concepts that we can't turn into reality. We still print out sales literature, receipts, proposals, reports and contracts. It's simple enough when you're at your desk in the office, but sometimes it sure would be handy to print when you're at a booth on the convention floor, in a hotel room or at a client's remote business site.

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Starting a business but don't know what mistakes to avoid? Small Biz expert Steve Strauss highlights five of the most common mistakes first-timers make, and how you can set yourself on the right track.