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.
<b>Datamation:</b> "Despite all the talk about the mythical Year of the Linux Desktop, somewhere in the last few years, free software passed a milestone without anyone noticing."
<b>Howtoforge:</b> "Ubuntu Tweak is a tool that lets you change hidden Ubuntu settings, for example: hide or change the splash screen, show or hide the Computer, Home, Trash, and Network icons, change Metacity, Nautilus, power management, and security settings, etc."
<b>Standards Blog:</b> "While CIA Agent Carl Cummings was being taught to heel, Frank was sitting at his kitchen table, tapping away at the cramped keyboard of a cheap netbook connected to a neighbor’s unsecured WiFi network. Even this was risky, he reminded himself, so this brief session would have to be his last until he moved on."
<b>ZDNet:</b> "In a Globe and Mail report, the insurance industry wants to use sites such as Facebook to collect and use background information collected to contradict any evidence you have used in your claim for damages."
<b>System 76:</b> "System76 has partnered with a non-profit, Kids on Computers, to help bring computers and free and open source software to disadvantaged kids."
IT security organizations are spending too much on data protection for compliance but not enough on securing key trade secrets, the real crown jewels of corporate data.
EBay has rolled out intelligent customer support on its eBay.com site. We tell you how the VirtuOz virtual agent works to resolve problems for ecommerce buyers and sellers.
<b>eWeek:</b> "2010 marks the 10th anniversary of Linux for the mainframe. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Bill Claybrook delves into the 10-year history of Linux for the mainframe..."
<b>Enterprise Storage Forum:</b> "We've all probably heard more than we want to hear about clouds this week, thanks to EMC World, but there are some things you need to think about if you're considering adopting a cloud model as part of your storage networking architecture."
<b>The Register:</b> "Open-source CRM developer SugarCRM has been snared by the dark, so-called brilliance of Apple's whip-tongued chief executive Steve Jobs."
<b>The Open Road:</b> "And according to Google VP Andy Rubin, the more the search giant blankets the industry with competing Android-droid based mobile handsets, the more likely Google is to hit its expected value of market dominance over Apple's iPhone."
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.
Recent studies may have you thinking that it’s time to give up the blog and focus on Twitter or Facebook. But don’t be rash. Search engine optimization is a major benefit of keeping a business blog.
Usually an article like this one will start out with the technical word "scaling". Unfortunately, like health care reform, everyone can't always agree on what they mean by it, or even what the goal is. Learn how to make your database faster, stronger, bigger and better in this article that uses words we can all agree on.
Marcin Policht delves deeper into the specifics of SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2's Integration Services by presenting the most straightforward method of creating SSIS packages using Import and Export Wizard.
Today's server hardware is so powerful that quite often we find stand-a-lone SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing Machine) servers in different clustered and non-clustered configurations. Learn how to expand this type of system with additional hardware and DB2 UDB EEE database partitions.
You've decided to move some of your server room assets to a colo. Now you must decide what to move and how to do so with minimal impact on the business.
<b>GamePolitics:</b> "While Iran has been making a concerted effort of late to beef up its presence in the international game market, developers located there still must oversome a series of obstacles to create videogames."