Top Tech Moves for 2008

When I get going about the best small business tech gadgets for the New Year, my friend Chris will have none of it.

Running a small business takes every minute of every day, he says. Who has the time to figure out some new computer program?

In his early 20s, Chris ran a successful diner passed on to him by his father.

He did all he could to squeeze some coin out of the labor-intensive retail business: 18-hour days, managing a cast of semi-knucklehead employees and competing with the next Applebee's or Famous Dave's(DAVE Quote). ...