SMB Tech News Today; 3/28

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Mar 28, 20071 min

* Tech companies want TV spectrum for WiFi. Tech giants, including the Googlers, the Intelzoids and the Microsoftees, are asking the FCC to let them utilize unused portions of the TV spectrum to offer wireless networking, wireless services (including potential partner possibilities) to the public. FCC will think about it, but probably won't decide until this stuff is up for sale in 2009. (Source: InfoWorld) * D

* Dell wants to be friendly with Web 2.0 SMBs. If your company is banking on Web 2.0 and/or SaaS, Dell wants to design your data center. And to prove it, the company’s put together a consulting service specializing in just that. (Source: PC World)

* Cool SMB marketing: Blurb intros BookSmart Beta. Blurb.com is an online self-publishing service that can be a real boon to SMB guerilla marketing types. The company’s just introed a beta of BookSmart a new suite of authoring tools as well as a back-end networking boost to help speed up file transfers. (Source: Blurb.com)

* TI intros cell phone projector. Texas Instruments used the CTIA Wireless Show in Orlando to demo this handy future gadget: a cell phone that can double as a video projector. Could mean the world to wandering salesfolk tired of lugging around notebooks and mini-projectors. (Source: DailyTech)