Should you Put your PCs Out to Pasture?

PC shipments to businesses are expected to be substantial in 2004, with a projected 12.7% increase compared with 2003, according to International Data Corp. This is good news for corporate users who have been waiting patiently to invest in much-needed PC upgrades.

Injecting Client-Side Script from an ASP.NET Server Control

While, technically, all of a Microsoft ASP.NET server control's functionality can be performed on the server-side, often the usability of a server control can be greatly enhanced by adding client-side script. For example, the ASP.NET validation Web controls perform all validation checks on the server-side. However, for uplevel browsers, the validation Web controls also emit client-side script so that validation can be performed on the…

Gmail And Its Optimizers May Hurt Online Publishers

OK, how many times have you searched online today? Now, how many times have you checked your email? If Gmail passes through the gauntlet of privacy activists and gets the number of users it will take to provide real value to advertisers, then AdSense in Gmail will become a crucial product in the advertising mix.

Branding Your Business Part I

Branding is the process of creating a specific strong, memorable image and identity for your business. Besides utilizing good design and media that will help sell your product or service and stick in consumers' minds, a good brand should inspire loyalty and confidence in your company by emoting specific responses and associations in your target audience.

File and Email Encryption with GnuPG (PGP), Part Two

Jumping right in, let's create our PGP public/private key pair. I'll use GnuPG, the Gnu Privacy Guard, available at http://www.gnupg.org, and which is very likely already available with your Linux distribution. If you want to use older free or commercial PGP versions, the commands are very similar. Any GUI front end will also have the same functionality.