Andrew Lock outlines must-have small business website design features, offers tips on standing out from the crowd and highlights a marketing lesson from the Four Seasons that you can use for free.
Despite the poor economy, adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process management helped this segment of the software market grow.
<b>Handle With Linux:</b> "If you are looking for a Linux toy that really rocks, your search ends here. This is a stringless digital guitar and it's powered by Linux."
<b>Linux Magazine: </b>"Q: What did one lumberjack say to the other lumberjack? A: Watch those logs. Now, what will you, as a system administrator, use to watch logs? Logwatch, of course."
<b>WorksWithU:</b> "But much more importantly, 2010 marks OpenOffice.org’s tenth year of existence. To celebrate, here’s a look–literally, because there are a lot of screenshots–at how OOo has evolved throughout the decade."
<b>Netstat -vat:</b> "Mandriva Linux announced a new CEO today. Arnaud Laprevote succeeds Stanislas Bois in the top spot at the European Linux vendor."
<b>Linux Planet:</b> "Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols explains why he thinks the recent attacks on IBM patent use by some in the open-source community are way out of line."
<b>Enterprise Mobile Today:</b> "Motorola's planned rollout of the Android 2.1 operating system for its popular Droid smartphone has been delayed indefinitely -- with some reports blaming it on the discovery of a serious bug."
Wonder what turn Access will take in Microsoft Office 2010? Danny Lesandrini explores how the new Access looks and feels, what can and can't be done with it and how steep the new learning curve is going to be.
The final day of PASS offered insights into configuration management, how it helps with Disaster Recovery and Consolidation, and a glimpse in the direction that Microsoft is heading with SQL Server 10.5.
<b>Linux Planet:</b> "Does using a lightweight Linux desktop always mean trading lower resource usage for usability and features? Juliet Kemp reviews LXDE, one of the newest lightweight Linux desktops."
<b>Wired:</b> "More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments."
<b>Tech Source:</b> "I've been looking for a Panorama creator application for my Linux box and bumped into Hugin. It's a free and open-source graphical user interface (GUI) for Panorama tools that's simple, easy-to-use, and gets the job done."
Selling digital goods online is a great, low-cost business for any entrepreneur who creates non-tangible products. We offer five tips to help you choose the right delivery service provider.
Amid intensifying criticism, Facebook is rolling out a new set of simplified controls that CEO Mark Zuckerberg says could arrive as early as next week.