Visual Studio is sexy. In the world of Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), it stands as a beautiful example of how environments should work. Yet many of the features created to improve productivity, I believe, are largely neglected. Most developers use only a small percentage of the capabilities in this wonderful...

One day,Erica and her husband took the kids out for ice cream, and she noticed a big advertisement hanging above the counter. It said, “Bring in your digital photographs. We’ll put them on ice cream cakes.” She found the manager and asked what was involved. “It’s simple,” she said. “Just bring...

There is a real need for a guide to IMAP. A quick look at relevant mailing lists shows that they are full of questions and problems, indicating that the software solutions now in use...

Too often I hear people say ‘ South Korea ’ and ‘ emerging market ’ in the same sentence, ” said Rich Wickham, the global head of Microsoft ’ s Windows games business. “ When it comes to gaming, Korea is the developed market, and it ’ s the rest of the world that ’ s playing...

Author Bob Davis is a photographer whose high-profile clients include Oprah Winfrey and Eva Longoria, and whose work has appeared in Time, OMagazine, and People. Along with his invaluable professional advice, this beautiful...

Using Force.com, you can build enterprise applications with world-class value, scalability, and reliability--and do it in days or weeks, not months...

Knowledge management (KM) has developed as a field from its roots in data and...

This book is for anyone comfortable using a personal computer who needs to collect and manipulate information. Experience with Microsoft Access 2010 or an earlier version of Access is helpful, but not necessary. The book takes the user from the basic techniques on how to use Microsoft Access 2010 to a strong...

Most anywhere in the developed world, I can use a small rectangular piece of plastic, issued to me by a bank I have never visited, to obtain local currency or purchase goods and services directly from a merchant. The cashier and I may not even speak a common language, and the face of my card may look quite different from those carried...

Given Apple’s advertising budget and ubiquitous ads, plus an enormous amount of media attention, it’s still difficult to determine just what an iPad is. Is it a media player or a business machine? Does it replace a laptop? There are other tablet computers on the market, as well as “netbooks” that act like...