From growing your email list to creating an online community, a contest can be a valuable small business marketing tool. Strutta CEO, Ben Pickering, offers Web shop owners' tips for running online contests.
<b>Sulamita Garcia:</b> "I have many heroes that inspired me to go ahead. Valorie Aurora, Telsa Gwynne, Pia Waugh, Akkanna Peck, Carla Schroeder, so many... but today I would like to talk about two women, who were the most inspiring for me from the beginning. One is a historical figure, other you may not know."
Virtual servers can lower your computing and operational costs and increase efficiency and flexibility. But there's a lot to consider before jumping in. Here are six tips to help you plan effectively.
Virtual servers can lower your computing and operational costs and increase efficiency and flexibility. But there's a lot to consider before jumping in. Here are six tips to help you plan effectively.
Virtual servers can lower your computing and operational costs and increase efficiency and flexibility. But there's a lot to consider before jumping in. Here are six tips to help you plan effectively.
A load test gives the database administrator quite a lot of valuable information and may make the difference between poor and acceptable application performance. Here are some proactive tips to make your IBM DB2 production implementation a success.
<b>Datamation:</b> "Google doesn't get embarrassed too often, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just dealt it a loss of face by rejecting its application for a trademark for the Nexus One smartphone."
The Linux/Free Software/Open Source world is cram-full of first-class security applications. Best of all, they're not just for Linux, but protect Mac and Windows too. Cynthia Harvey collects 75 to share with us.
<b>Jimmy Burnett:</b> "The truth is, Linux isn't a gaming machine and isn't designed to run games, although there are some popular titles with Linux support such as Call of Duty Modern Warfare."
<b>Inatux:</b> "Games have become the topic of late. Osmos developers wonder whether there is enough market share for GNU+Linux game ports to be worth the cost, but they aren't the only ones. It's been discussed time and time again, is a GNU+Linux -- or really any Unix or Unix-like -- port worth it?"
<b>OpenAttitude:</b> "The road to running a 100% Linux shop started for yours truly last year when I dumped my MacBook for a cheap and cheerful Eee PC; it proved itself worthy of world travel during Nokia’s N97 24/7 tour."
In this piece, Bill Hatifield will introduce you to the Flickr API, point out some highlights and write an application using the .NET framework that retrieves and displays a user's photos.
<b>Open...:</b> "Here's a big win for open source: the Italian Constitutional Court has approved a law in Piedmont giving preference to open source, ruling that it is not anti-competitive:"