Andrew Lock reveals a great marketing tool to find copywriters, interviews author Nick Nanton about celebrity branding for entrepreneurs and shares a lesson on tying ads to current events.
<b>Tux Radar:</b> "And with Linux and free software making a name for itself in the world of big business, many more people are testing the feasibility of switching small and home office software to their open source equivalents."
While Microsoft's Silverlight 4 won't be officially released until next month, an almost-ready-for-primetime "release candidate" version is now available for download.
<b>Linux Gaming News:</b> "After a short testing beta Osmos from Hemisphere Games has finally arrived to GNU/Linux ! Osmos only costs $10 so you cannot afford not to buy it !"
<b>Tech Drive-in: </b>"Amarok was my favorite for a long time. I gave a try at the latest Amarok 2.3.1 in Ubuntu, and I have to say, this is impressive work. Amarok is slowly getting back to its past glory and Amarok 2.3.1 is another huge leap."
Adobe® Flash® Catalyst™, a new professional interaction design tool, is designed to bridge the gap between design and development by helping designers create interactive designs using the Adobe® Creative Suite® tools they already know.
New zero-day flaw could enable attacks on Microsoft's SharePoint Server if a user clicks a booby-trapped link, giving new meaning to the term SharePoint collaboration.
Anyone who has spent a fair amount of time working with databases comes to realize that common tasks like backups and data transfers should be run from a script rather than interactively. In this tutorial, we will be writing a common batch file to back up a table to a file.
<b>OSNews:</b> "You mentioned (pre-interview) your organization is looking at making a move to Linux servers. What operating system have you been running and what prompted the change?"
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>Sure, it's Secure:</b> "When your earnings depend on one fragile system--whether it's Windows running all your computers or one cash crop--you're always one devastating bug away from disaster."
<b>Linux Journal:</b> "I hate having to change. I do not know a lot of people that really enjoy it, but there are just certain aspects to change that bug me"
<b>Serverwatch:</b> "Red Hat is updating its flagship Linux server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to version 5.5 providing performance and feature improvements."
Learn how to create a simple, online storefront, which can be used as a foundation to build more sophisticated online shopping carts, with PHP and MySQL.