Music piracy is rife all over the internet. Record labels and artists claim they are loosing millions to piracy, and illegal downloads. Now Google have announced that you can download free music legally.

There are thousands of programming languages out there. Many are aimed at a particular industry with a particular purpose. But what makes a programming language popular? I would venture to say that the top programming languages would stand out for their job marketability and wide use, and developer support.

When trying to discus which is the most popular programming language, we can become emotional, entering into a battle that rivals religion sport or politics. Often times there is no need to debate, the language of choice is pre-chosen. Example of when a programmer needs to update a legacy system or a existing system written in a particular language.

Some time in your SQL life you are goimg to need running totals in order to produce a graph or report. There are many different ways toachive this. I had to do the running totals in  a SQL View, because the final view was being used by a report, which I had no control over.

No, Windows is not a virus. Viruses have certain characteristics. Lets compare these with Windows to disprove that theory,

Acronymns make it easier for us to remember things. I remember in school, when studying, I would try and make important points into acronyms to remember them. South Africa like their acronyms. They will find weird acronyms for every organisation, process or idea. The IT and computer industry is not without their fair share of acronyms. Here is a list of acronyms from the IT industry in a way you might not have read before.

DevDays 2009 is finished. Just returned from the Johannesburg event and came away feeling little bit enlightened but also disappointed somewhat. It was no doubt the largest DevDays yet. Well the largest that I have been to. With over 1200 attendees, and three tracts to choose from, we were sure spoilt for choice.

Keyboard shortcuts do help us save time now days. Following a brief post on keyboard shortcut combinations for international characters. Here are some more common keyboard shortcuts. Some you might well be aware of, some not.

If you ever use international characters such as ã, è, ï,ñ, then you know what a pain it is to get these characters to appear in your document. If you use these frequently then I bet you wish that there were some keyboard shortcut you could use, instead of using the dreaded Symbol window. Wouldn’t it be better if these characters were at your fingertips as apposed to being buried inside the Symbol window.

Is there such a difference? Can a blogger be a writer, and can a writer be a blogger. Should a blogger be a writer.