News and Information Blog 08 05 2008

Beginner's Introduction to Perl 5.10, Part 2

Perl 5 has come a long way in the past few years. The newest version, Perl 5.10, added several new features to make your programs shorter, easier to maintain, easier to write, and more powerful. Here's how to start using files and strings in modern Perl.

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Share, Store and Backup Files On Demand

Egnyte, a new on-demand service, aims to give small businesses a simple, affordable way to share and save files, anywhere, anytime.

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Tighten Your Copy Or Lose Your Visitors

If you're spending plenty of money and time on marketing and advertising, be wary of landing pages that veer into undue verbosity.
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Online Marketing Potpourri

Because I’m feeling a little scattered today, this blog entry is a veritable potpourri of stuff.
Google has opened its television ad program to all marketers. The company has been testing the TV Ads platform, which uses an auction model, since June of 2007. The analytics include how many seconds consumers were tuned into an ad (per impression) and how many consumers watched from start to finish. The program allows businesses to reach upwards of 13 million Dish Network households from 94 different cable networks.

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GTECH parent posts 23.1% rise in 1Q profit

ROME and PROVIDENCE – Lottomatica S.p.A. and subsidiary GTECH Corp. reported a first-quarter profit of $84.6 million (€55.4 million), an increase of 23.1 percent from the year-ago $69.2 million (€45 million), on total revenue that rose 3.2 percent to $691.2 million (€448.5 million). Earnings per share rose to 43 cents (€0.28) from the year-ago 35 cents (€0.23).

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