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• Smarter Celeno Wi-Fi chip manages device throughput

  New firmware for Celeno's Wi-Fi chips lets home gateways and routers control transmission times for clients, improving throughput.

• Cybercrooks target SMBs with new types of attacks

  As money and corporate information have morphed from hard currency and blueprints to digital files, small and midsized businesses have become the new banks to rob. In fact, bank robberies across the U.S. have plummeted from 9,400 in 1991 to just 3,870 last year. As Doug Johnson of the American Bankers Association puts it: "As more and more transactions become electronic, more bank crimes become electronic."

• 25 must-have technologies for SMBs

  Running a small business isn't easy. I know. I run one. As a freelance writer, I’ve learned that you need to run your writing career as if you were running a business.

• Is Yahoo's telework ban shortsighted or savvy? Data says both

  Employee morale will plummet, key people will quit, and efforts to enhance collaboration will backfire, critics said of CEO Marissa Mayer's decision to end telecommuting at Yahoo. But not all data comes to the same conclusions.

• CHARGE: Power-related gift ideas for the holidays

  While battery technology makes slow advances, at least we have other ways of keeping our gadgets up and running when either at home or on the road.

• WORK: Gift ideas for the office (or home office)

  With today's flexible workstyles, your office can be in a corporate workspace or the dining room table of your home. No matter the place, sometimes you need more than just a notebook and a mouse to get things done - so we're here to help.

• Tablets used widely for business, says Social Nuggets survey

  Your employees' promises that they'll use a company-issued tablet for business purposes is probably on the up and up, according to the research firm Social Nuggets.

• Web service guards SMBs against smartphone expense gotchas

  A new self-service Web portal combined with a smartphone app now lets small and midsize companies track their current <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/smartphones.html">smartphone</a> usage against carrier plans, without having to wait for a monthly bill.

• Cisco urged to fold more than Flip

  Flip shouldn't be Cisco's only fold in the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041211-cisco-shutter-flip.html?hpg1=bn">challenging consumer market</a>, industry watchers say.

• Cisco fights for 'fair share of SMB pie' with unified communications gear

  NEW ORLEANS -- Cisco this week unveiled two unified communications products optimized for small and midsize businesses, a market Cisco admits it needs to increase share in.

• Cisco Linksys routers still don't support IPv6

  It's hard to fathom why Cisco hasn't added IPv6 to its Linksys consumer routers yet, but the company has promised support will come this spring.