| SME NEWS HEADLINES | ISSUE 20 | 15 DECEMBER 2006 |
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Inkjet Cartridge Wars
Your printer was inexpensive, but the cost of ink and toner is out of whack. This article, taken from SmallBizResource, report on why it costs so much to print, and what's being done about it.
If you're like me, you feel the same raw, burning, sinking sensation every time your inkjet printer notifies you that it is out of ink. Didn't I just change the ink cartridge last month? Probably. But households and small businesses can print hundreds of pages and photographs a month -- and enterprises can go into the thousands. That's a lot of ink. Which translates into a lot of dollars.
Banks more keen to take plunge in start-up market
Traditionally banks have not been active in the start-up market in the past due to the high risk associated with a business that has no track record.
Green NGOs bemoan cabinet's biofuel plan
TWO nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) yesterday bemoaned what they said was lack of consultation in the development of government's biofuels strategy.
Pay-as-you-go office space for the SME
It began with pay-as-you-go airtime and filtered through to pay as you go bandwidth. These commitment free methods of subscribing to all sorts of services have seen the growth of a newfound trend. No contracts, no obligations. The introduction of number portability last month only goes to enforce this trend.
Google Mini and OmniFind make find information on your intranet easier
In October Google Mini was launched – a search engine application which runs an internal search of your organisation information intranet. |
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 Win a wireless PCI adaptor - and wirelessly extend
your home network
Wireless routers are now the standard hardware supplied by Telkom when a new ADSL line is installed. The implication of a wireless router means that one can connect to the internet using either the plug in cable, or connect via the wireless network.
To win one of these handy devices, simply fill in the required fields by clicking here. |
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Warwick Smith-Chandler [Editor]
Louise le Riche [Assistant Editor]
Storm Buckingham [Editorial Assistant]
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