19th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
One of the most frequent questions I get goes something like this:
"I don't have a lot of money. How can I start an online business or expose my existing online business to the world without spending a fortune to do it?"
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11th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
The trend for selling video on the Internet "vending- machine-style" got a huge boost with the announcement by search giant, Google, that their online video store opened for business.
On the surface, it appears they'll jus...
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04th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
* Sony Offers "VoIP" *
Electronics giant, Sony, jumped on the VoIP (Voice over IP) bandwagon recently to offer long distance calls through the Internet. http://www.SonyIVE.com
They join a long list of providers competin...
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01st January 2006
Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards
About this time every year I make a few predictions about what will rate "HOT" for the coming year in the online world. Last year, among other things, online audio topped my list for 2005.
This year, 2006, I see full-motio...
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07th December 2005
Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards
Web logs, commonly referred to as "blogs," came into the mainstream about 2 years ago.
Not really a newsletter or traditional html page publishing, blogs resemble more of a web-based diary where the creator records their t...
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02nd December 2005
Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards
When I started writing this column in Fall of 1998, the idea of doing all your holiday shopping online rated quite daring and trendy.
Fast-forward to today and online shopping represents a very sizeable share of all retail...
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23rd November 2005
Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards
Anyone who ever priced the Microsoft Office Suite knows it represents a significant investment.
A quick check of the CompUSA.com website shows Microsoft Office Standard costs $399 and Microsoft Office Professional will set...
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08th November 2005
Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards
One of the great joys of the holiday season involves receiving the stack of catalogs that invariably clog the mailbox at the end of my driveway.
Not withstanding the hernia I get from carrying them to the house, or the thr...
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02nd November 2005
Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards
** Handheld Video **
Apple Computers recently announced the addition of a small video screen to its new iPod, the perennial favorite portable MP3 music player.
Apple's announcement comes as no surprise to many "expert" ...
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26th October 2005
Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards
Has this ever happened to you?
You need a photo for a website, brochure, flyer, or CD / DVD cover.
You buy one of those 100,000 photo and clipart collections on 10 CD-ROMs hoping to find the "perfect" picture, but after...
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14th October 2005
Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards
America Online (AOL) announced recently they will pay as much as 25 million dollars for Weblogs, Inc. (www.weblogsinc.com) in a move to expand their reach even further into the consumer market.
Blogs, also know as weblogs,...
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