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View eMag March 2010, Issue #201003: March Issue    None
View eMag February 2010, Issue #201002: Feb Issue    None
View eMag January 2010, Issue #201001: New Year Issue   
Sub-Title: Geolocation: Step by Step
Geolocation: Step by Step

I need to perform a search for all the (jobs, contractors, appraisers, deli's) within 50 miles of my home.  How can I do that?

This tutorial will guide you through the process step-by-step and provide you with the ability to input any two zip codes and get back the distance based on latitude and longitude.

The skills and tools needed for this task are simple...

  • basic MSSQL skills
Knowledge Base Topic: 407 - SQL Servers
Group: 36 - DBA
View eMag December 2009, Issue #200912: December Issue   
Sub-Title: RAD Studio Tour Visits Sacramento
None
View eMag November 2009, Issue #200911: November Issue   
Sub-Title: New Prestwood Study Tests
New Prestwood Study Tests

Our upcoming Prestwood Certified area is now in beta. Check out our new study tests!

Knowledge Base Topic: 267 - Computer Community
Group: 51 - Community
View eMag October 2009, Issue #200910: October Issue   
Sub-Title: Windows 7 Pricing Announced
Windows 7 Pricing Announced

The Windows 7 Home, Professional, and Ultimate editions will retail at a lower price than Vista. The upgrade pricing is available for XP and Vista users but XP users will have to perform a clean install.

Knowledge Base Topic: 481 - Windows 7
Group: 37 - Win Users
View eMag September 2009, Issue #200909: September Issue   
Sub-Title: Is Native Code Irrelevant?
Is Native Code Irrelevant?

With Microsoft heavily evangelizing .NET, and Sun continuing to improve Java, many a developer and customer are torn between targeting native machine code or a just-in-time compiler.

Here we take a quick look at that particular state of the union...

Knowledge Base Topic: 412 - General Coding Concepts
Group: 35 - Coding
View eMag August 2009, Issue #200908: August Issue   
Sub-Title: It's Done: Borland is No More
It's Done: Borland is No More

Micro Focus buys Borland. The decline of Borland is now complete.

Knowledge Base Topic: 480 - General News & Trends
Group: 40 - Industry
View eMag July 2009, Issue #200907: July Issue   
Sub-Title: Survey on SDK Documentation
Survey on SDK Documentation

A survey was sent to software developers and other software professionals to ask what was important in SDK documentation and where they would like to see improvement. The results indicated that the current state of typical SDK documentation is "Fair", which was the middle choice of five ("Excellent" to "Unusable"). The answers to multiple choice questions indicated that overviews, API references, sample code, and tutorials were all considered high importance, whereas blogs and forums were considered less important. When asked to write what they considered important, sample code was mentioned in 61% of the responses and overviews were mentioned in 30% of the responses. Also mentioned as important were help getting started, explanations of why something should be used, accuracy of information, and the ability to find information easily.

Knowledge Base Topic: 304 - Technical Writing
Group: 41 - Tech Writing
View eMag June 2009, Issue #200906: June Issue   
Sub-Title: Prestwood moves to a new office!
Editor: mprestwood
Quick Tips: Writing a Marketing Plan

Marketing plan is the first prerequisite once the company decides with bringing the product to the market. It is important to analyze market conditions, growth aspects before starting to release any product. A marketing plan document is a good start and plays a very important role in understanding the market better. This plan discusses several different aspects of marketing strategy.

View eMag May 2009, Issue #200905: May Issue   
Sub-Title: Oracle Buys Sun: Java Under New Management
Oracle Buys Sun: Java Under New Management

Oracle to purchase Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion. The driving force behind this deal was Oracle's desire to acquire Java and Solaris.

Knowledge Base Topic: 480 - General News & Trends
Group: 40 - Industry
View eMag April 2009, Issue #200904: April Issue   
Sub-Title: 20 Reasons to Own a Website
20 Reasons to Own a Website

List of 20 reasons why you need to be on the Internet including to establish a presence/advertise, serve your customers, network with staff and vendors, to support your customers 24 hours a day, to reach the media, and to serve your local market.

Use these reasons as an Internet and email marketing guide for your web site. Does your website fully utilize each applicable reason?

Knowledge Base Topic: 366 - Getting Started
Group: 57 - WWW Owners
View eMag March 2009, Issue #200903: March Issue   
Sub-Title: Make Other Web Sites Drive Up Yours!
Make Other Web Sites Drive Up Yours: Do-it right!

Having lots of other web sites host links to your site is a great way to make search engines regard your site as important, or relevant.  It helps ensure high visibility for your site when Internet visitors use search providers to find content related to your site.

There are several ways to accomplish this, but you must tread carefully: The wrong techniques can backfire - with serious consequences.

Knowledge Base Topic: 377 - Website Promotion
Group: 57 - WWW Owners
View eMag February 2009, Issue #200902: Feb Issue   
Sub-Title: I.T. Strategies for Hard Times
I.T. Strategies for Hard Times

Difficult economic periods call for hard decisions. It's easy to be tempted to cut back on your I.T. expenditures but that can be a major mistake.

I.T. is the goose that's been laying the golden egg for businesses -for decades, now.  You don't want to starve the goose; you want to tune it up. It's crystal-clear that computing has enabled businesses to reduce costs, and increase productivity.

Knowledge Base Topic: 91 - Coding Services
Group: 59 - Client
View eMag January 2009, Issue #200901: New Year Issue   
Sub-Title: New Random Pages Feature!
Editor: mprestwood
Small Screen Version: pda.prestwood.com

Go to pda.prestwood.com for the small screen version of PPC with small screen features such as a random tidbit browser for studying on the go! All pages are specially designed to look as good as possible on your tiny-screen phone, iPhone, Blackberry, PocketPC, or Palm. To get started, browse to pda.prestwood.com with your PDA-ish device.

Knowledge Base Topic: 267 - Computer Community
Group: 51 - Community
View eMag December 2008, Issue #200812: December Issue   
Sub-Title: Introducing Delphi Prism. The new Delphi.Net!
Editor: mprestwood
Introducing Delphi Prism. The new Delphi.Net!
Delphi Prism targets .Net and Mono and is based on the Visual Studio.Net IDE.
Knowledge Base Topic: 184 - Delphi Prism
Group: 58 - Prism
View eMag November 2008, Issue #200811: November Issue   
Sub-Title: Job Postings Now Free!
Editor: mprestwood
Job Postings Now Free!
Employers can now post a job and contact potential employees for free!
Knowledge Base Topic: 319 - Employers! Help
Group: 51 - Community
View eMag October 2008, Issue #200810: October Issue   
Sub-Title: Spend Your Points!
Spend Your Points!
It's time to spend your member points!
Knowledge Base Topic: 267 - Computer Community
Group: 51 - Community
View eMag September 2008, Issue #200809: September Issue   
Sub-Title: Consolas - The Best Fixed Width Font!
Editor: mprestwood
Consolas - The Best Fixed Width Font!
Fixed-space fonts are valuable and desireable in programming editors, because they can allow precise block selection and it's what programmers spend hours every day looking at. Courier and now Courier New have been the standard for years, but now there's another font you should consider.
Knowledge Base Topic: 241 - Windows Vista
Group: 37 - Win Users
View eMag August 2008, Issue #200808: August Issue    None
View eMag July 2008, Issue #200807: July Issue   
Sub-Title: Bill Gates Retires!
Bill Gates Retires!

On Friday, June 27, 2008, Bill Gates retired from Microsoft. Mostly.

Knowledge Base Topic: 480 - General News & Trends
Group: 40 - Industry
View eMag June 2008, Issue #200806: June Issue    Embarcadero Technologies To Acquire CodeGear

Borland no longer owns Delphi, C++Builder, JBuilder, Interbase, etc.

Knowledge Base Topic: 480 - General News & Trends
Group: 40 - Industry
View eMag May 2008, Issue #200805: May Issue   
Sub-Title: 13 Ways to Secure Your Website
Security Tips: 13 Ways to Harden Your Code

13 things you can do to make your code more secure, general advice about the rest of it, PLUS YOUR COMMENTS and experiences.

Knowledge Base Topic: 188 - Website Scripting
Group: 30 - Web Design
View eMag April 2008, Issue #200804: April Issue   
Sub-Title: Process: Software Artifacts
Process: Software Artifacts
The term software artifact has a general meaning in software development process. Several processes have used this term as part of their process. This article focuses on both the general definition and a specific implementation in PSDP Online.
Knowledge Base Topic: 311 - PSDP Analysis
Group: 49 - PSDP
View eMag March 2008, Issue #200803: March Issue   
Sub-Title: Paradox 9 Power Prg Books -- buy back.
Editor: adamlum
Better Printing at Prestwood!
Knowledge base articles, message board posts, etc. now print cleaner.
Knowledge Base Topic: 267 - Computer Community
Group: 51 - Community
View eMag February 2008, Issue #200802: Feb Issue   
Sub-Title: Vista Virtualization: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Editor: mprestwood
Application Virtualization: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Virtualization is a concept greatly expanded in Vista. This article discusses the impact of Application Virtualization on you development. It can have a huge impact on how the programs you write will behave when installed on Vista.
Knowledge Base Topic: 187 - Desktop Databases
Group: 36 - DBA
View eMag January 2008, Issue #200801: New Year Issue   
Sub-Title: psSendMail Version 2 ships!
Editor: mprestwood
psSendMail Version 2 ships!

Following on the great success of v1 of psSendMail, v2 builds on that foundation to meet the emailing needs of today's developers. As a bonus, we have not raised its price!

Knowledge Base Topic: 137 - psSendMail DLL
Group: 52 - Prestwood

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