A Beginner's Guide to the New Cookie Law

The law on cookies changes on Saturday within the EU, and designers and website owners are fretting about compliance. Richard Beaumont of The Cookie Collective explains how to keep your site legal.

5 Common E-Mail Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

E-mail managers have a lot at stake. After all, the volume of global electronic messages sent via e-mail dwarfs all other forms of electronic communication, including social networking. Since the inception of electronic mail, which, according to some Internet historians, can be traced to a small mainframe app called 'MAILBOX' from the mid-1960s, human-to-human messages have been created, transmitted and stored in electronic format. But early e-mail administrators could hardly have envisioned the complexity of current e-mail infrastructure and the concomitant maze of technical, security, business and regulatory challenges.

Microsoft: Windows 8 Boots Too Fast for Mere Mortals

Windows 8 boots so fast, users will likely not have time to trigger the boot menu before the PC boots, Microsoft claims. In a blog post this week, Chris Clark, a program manager on the Windows User Experience team, again claimed that Windows 8 will boot in less than 7 seconds on a PC equipped with a sold-state drive.

Read more about Windows 8 on PCMag.com

5 Mobile Metrics That Matter for SMBs

Seeing low usage of your mobile apps? Tons of uninstalls? Focus on these numbers to improve your SMB mobile strategy. Having a mobile strategy doesn't just mean having an app. It should include clearly defined goals for how mobile can positively impact your small and midsize business (SMB)--and which numbers you're going to track to help you get there. Read more on InformationWeek.com

Apple Next iPhone Rumors

The next iPhone details have been trickling out to blogosphere including mainstream outlets such the WSJ, Reuter. The most prominent feature will be a larger screen size that will stretches to 64 x 1136 4” from 640 x 960 3.5”. The change would apparently to be on par with some of the latest Android smartphones featuring large displays that so far, have been well accepted by the consumers. Read more on Solsie.com

Seagate to Acquire LaCie

Storage giant Seagate has announced intentions to buy controlling interest in LaCie, a boutique hard drive and storage company. Seagate has offered to purchase from Philippe Spruch, LaCie's chairman and CEO, and his affiliate, all of their shares, representing 64.5% of the outstanding shares of LaCie. Read more on TuAW.com.

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Java 7 is the latest release for Java that contains many new features, enhancements and bug fixes to improve efficiency to develop and run Java programs. To download Java 7 click here