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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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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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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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Amidst all the glitz of smartphone applications with sparkling graphics and dynamic interfaces, the Plain Jane text message can get a little lost. But the old standby is getting its own set of features sure to grab your attention. Click to see a list of services you probably didn't know already existed on your phone.

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Phone conferences are still relatively new, and sometimes it's painfully apparent that sometimes participants aren't aware how they're affecting the call. Time to lay some ground rules -- here are some of the biggest dos and don'ts about phone meetings.

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.