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Make Money Online: FTC’s New Rules of Disclosure

by Mihaela Lica

The new FTC rules stipulate that bloggers must disclose payments from ad companies and reveal any connection they have with advertisers. Are these rules necessary and how do you feel about paid endorsements?

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 | Posted in News & Trends | 15 Comments »

Microsoft Security Essentials: a Review

by Craig Buckler

Microsoft Security Essentials may be free but is it any good? Craig’s not impressed by many anti-virus packages … will it win him over?

Sunday, October 4th, 2009 | Posted in News & Trends | 27 Comments »

Microsoft Release Free Anti-Virus Package

by Craig Buckler

Microsoft’s Security Essentials is a free Windows anti-virus package that has been released this week. Will it tempt you to switch from your current anti-virus software?

Sunday, October 4th, 2009 | Posted in News & Trends | 10 Comments »

Is Software Licensed or Sold?

by Craig Buckler

A US court case has ruled that software is sold – not licensed. How will the ruling affect the software industry?

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 | Posted in News & Trends | 9 Comments »

The 5-for-1 Sale Has Been Extended By 7 Days!

by Shayne Tilley

By popular demand, our five-for-one PDF ebook sale has been extended to run until the 8th of October. If you’ve yet to grab your 5 books, you now have a few extra days to get in on the sale!

Thursday, October 1st, 2009 | Posted in News & Trends | 29 Comments »

Microsoft Slams Google Chrome Frame

by Craig Buckler

It’s hardly surprising, but Microsoft is advising IE users not to install Google Chrome Frame. The reason: it compromises IE’s security! Does Microsoft have a point?

Thursday, October 1st, 2009 | Posted in News & Trends | 18 Comments »

Our 5-for-1 Book Sale is On Again!

by Shayne Tilley

Our 5-for-1 sale earlier this year was so popular that we’ve brought it back. For the next 7 days, you can buy 5 PDFs for the price of 1! The only decision to make now is … which 5 will you get?

Thursday, September 24th, 2009 | Posted in News & Trends | 16 Comments »

Google Captures reCAPTCHA

by Craig Buckler

Google’s world domination continues with the acquisition of reCAPTCHA, the popular web form spam and fraud protection system.

Friday, September 18th, 2009 | Posted in News & Trends | 16 Comments »

Google Fast Flip: Useful or Useless?

by Craig Buckler

Google’s Fast Flip is a new product that the company claims will solve the issue of slow browsing for news and articles. Is there a problem? Has Google cracked it? Craig examines the system…

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 | Posted in News & Trends | 13 Comments »

EU to Investigate Oracle’s Acquisition of MySQL

by Craig Buckler

Here we go again. The European Commission will investigate the Oracle and Sun deal to ensure the future of MySQL isn’t compromised.

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 | Posted in News & Trends | 6 Comments »