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Packt uses Twitter to reach out to new authors

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By kshipras - Posted on 17 March 2010

Packt publishing is reaching out to potential authors through Twitter. The @packtauthors account features the latest book ideas, topic areas, author interviews, reviews, and anything else Packt thinks authors and future authors will want to see.

 

Packt launched a new twitter account to tweet about new writing opportunities arising at Packt. Developers and technical people interested in writing technical books are invited to follow @packtauthors.

 

Most technical publishers expect authors to deliver detailed book proposals, with very little guidance on the sort of proposals likely to be accepted. Packt is turning this on its head by openly proclaiming the sort of topics and titles they’re most interested in right now, and inviting interested authors to get in touch with a simple email.

 

“We are planning to publish more than 200 books this year and will be inviting authors to write them. We’ll tweet about specific book ideas that need authors, topic areas that we’re looking into, interesting links, and anything else we think authors and future authors will want to see,” said David Barnes, Author Relationship Manager at Packt Publishing.  “Follow @packtauthors so you can be the first to discover our latest writing opportunities.”

WP Blackberry: Version 1.1: Comment Notifications, Geotagging, Gestures, and more !

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By Wordpress Planet - Posted on 17 March 2010

We are happy to announce that WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.1 is now available. 
Thank you to the tens of thousands of  users who have provided invaluable feedback and feature enhancement ...

IBM Says It Paid Japan Taxes in Full, Will Appeal Assessment

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By CMS Report - Posted on 17 March 2010

International Business Machines Corp.’s Japan unit will appeal an assessment of any taxes owed. The company paid all taxes required under Japanese law in full and its transactions adhere to the ...

Madoff geeks charged for writing book-cooking code

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By CMS Report - Posted on 17 March 2010

'House 17' and the secret algorithm A federal grand jury has indicted two computer programmers on fraud and conspiracy charges for developing programs used by Bernard Madoff to cook the books in ...

Palantir: DrupalCon San Francisco: The Palantir Track

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By Planet Drupal - Posted on 17 March 2010

The results are in, and it looks like Palantir will be all over DrupalCon San Francisco, which kicks off in just under five weeks.  Nine of us will be on hand to spread the Drupal love (and some ...

Hosted Drupal CMS Planned for Midyear - PC World

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By CMS Report - Posted on 17 March 2010

Hosted Drupal CMS Planned for MidyearPC WorldAcquia hopes to make a hosted version of its Drupal open-source content management system widely available in about ...and more »

Umbraco @ MIX10 Wrap Up

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By CMS Report - Posted on 17 March 2010

As the umbraco team heads home we consider what MIX means for umbraco - and
its all good.  MIX is a fantastically exciting event for web
developers and especially for those of us who have based ...

FTC member: Google's 'irresponsible conduct' with Buzz

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By CMS Report - Posted on 17 March 2010

FTC Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour says she doesn't believe consumer privacy played any significant role in Google's thoughts when releasing Buzz. Originally posted at Technically Incorrect

Red Hat to be cloud facilitator, not fluffer

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By CMS Report - Posted on 17 March 2010

Databases and the agony of choice OSBC  Red Hat will help others build clouds, but is unlikely to following operating-system rival Microsoft by becoming a cloud service provider itself.… Web ...

Test drive 104 new Professional-grade tests for web standards

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By CMS Report - Posted on 17 March 2010

The Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview build marks an important milestone in the development of the next version of Internet Explorer.  A significant part of the platform preview is ...

Expect fireworks Thursday in Viacom vs. Google

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By CMS Report - Posted on 17 March 2010

Information is coming in three-year copyright battle that is "potentially embarrassing" to both sides, sources say. Originally posted at Media Maverick

Google upgrades Chrome across the board

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By CMS Report - Posted on 17 March 2010

Google updates Chrome for most of its multiple versions, with some critical security fixes coming to the stable Windows version and bookmark fixes for the Mac. Originally posted at The Download Blog

Update: Google adds tools to simplify Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps migrations

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By CMS Report - Posted on 17 March 2010

Google has created a free tool to simplify and automate the migration of e-mail, calendar and contacts data from Microsoft Exchange servers to its Google Apps collaboration and communication ...

Should Honesty Be the Policy in Your Office?

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By CMS Report - Posted on 17 March 2010

Would I lie to you?

Probably not, but forgive me for preserving the option. Would you conceal a damaging truth from your boss? I wouldn't presume to guess. But one person's "discretion" is ...