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Quick Ajax Training
TechNet Ajax web casts have a ton of Ajax related training videos that can help out security folks, and developer folks better…
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The Con in Conversation
The con in conversation is that it often means conversion, at least when marketers say it. Conversion of opinion and perception, conversion of loyalty and trust and in many cases, hopefully, conversion of dollars and cents. There's nothing new here really, conversion through conversation has been around for, well, centuries. It's the stuff of philosophy, religion, politics, education, and yes, business too.
First Great Windows Vista PowerToy
Microsoft’s Brandon Paddock has independantly written the first amazing PowerToy for Windows Vista, one that takes the search function of the Start menu and tricks it out, called Start++. What Start++ does is extend the search to let you run all these search shortcuts from the Start menu search box. For instance: Wikipedia search: Type “w washington”, and you will launch Wikipedia, and search for…
Skirmish in the Digital Media War
A major kerfuffle has broken out in the UK between Virgin Media and satellite broadcaster BSkyB, with customers of both services losing out as the ham in the metaphorical sandwich. At midnight last night, a deadline expired for both companies to come to an agreement on licensing rights and fees for Virgin to include some of Sky’s content in the range of TV channels included…
Developer Workflow – Microsoft Ahead
In reading my 1,331 RSS items (as reported by Google Reader) today I found one by Scott Barnes where he noted that Ryan Stewart, who covers the rich Internet application space better than most anyone, noted that Microsoft was ahead in terms of developer workflow. Absolutely.
Yahoo Paid Inclusion Gets a Facelift
Yahoo has revamped its paid inclusion program and it appears to be the forefront of a push to revitalize this archaic submission format. More on the history of paid inclusion and my opinion later, for now let us review the changes. What Does it Cost to Submit to Yahoo?
