Social networks provide ample opportunity for you to communicate with customers. These best practice tips will help you interact with people in a way that builds community, loyalty and — ultimately — your business.
<b>Packt:</b> "From the point we started our scene, we haven't tried any test renders yet to see how our underwater environment looks and I know you're all so eager to try and press that RENDER button (so am I), but let's make sure that we don't waste a second of our time by rendering something that's not worth the button press at all."
The latest Web statistics for search engines show both Bing and Yahoo gaining ground while Google slips. But what is it about the numbers that undercuts those conclusions?
The blank check IT security enjoyed has been pulled off the table as businesses reassess how much they spend to stay safe. Need some data on the mood? McAfee reports nearly three-quarters of SMBs have cut security spending, even though 71 percent believe a serious attack would put them out of business.
<b>OStatic:</b> "Once upon a time, you could buy a laptop or netbook with an Intel chipset and be confident that it would work well with Linux. That changed drastically with the release of the GMA500 video chipset, named "Poulsbo.""
<b>PCLinuxOS:</b> "PCLinuxOS 2010 Edition is now available for download. Features: Kernel 2.6.32.11-bfs kernel for maximum desktop performance. Full KDE 4.4.2 Desktop. Nvidia and ATI fglrx driver support. Multimedia playback support for many popular formats."
<b>Linux User and Developer:</b> "In response to a petition, the Prime Minister has dropped Mandelson’s plans for a controversial ‘three strikes’ rule forcing ISPs to permanently disconnect those repeatedly accused of illegal file sharing by copyright holders."
<b>Enterprise Storage Forum: </b>"While Sun Microsystems may have struggled with making money from its OpenSolaris operating system prior to Sun's acquisition by Oracle, that doesn't mean that others haven't had better success."
Emery Fletcher wonders if Microsoft has not emulated the IBM of old a bit too well, becoming a slow, bloated engine of intimidation, rather than a lean mean innovator.
<b>Free Software Magazine:</b> "The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is up and running as I write and as far as I can tell I’m still here, so it looks like the doomsayers were a little premature. Unless I’m writing this piece from the far side of the singularity of a black hole in a parallel universe."
<b>Open Enterprise:</b> "Europe should be learning from China's example, not sending patronising nastygrams that just makes it look petulant and anachronistic."
<b>Tech Republic:</b> "If you spend any length of time in the shell, chances are you’ve typed the same commands over and over. It’s usually not anything you can necessarily script as the commands may vary slightly on each invocation, but there are certain commands that can be used often with a little variation on each call."
Want to extend your marketing reach more customers than you thought possible for less money than ever before? Author Clara Shih says get into social networking.
<b>Kotaku:</b> "On April 1, Sony removed one of the PlayStation 3’s original features, the option to install an alternate operating system such as Linux, with its latest firmware (version 3.21). Today, one man claims to have reinstated that feature."
Next week Adobe Systems will put its new updater service to the test when it releases the latest security updates for its popular Reader and Acrobat apps.