White House Backs NASA Plan for Vehicles. The plan would rearrange the components of the space shuttle into a new design expected to be more powerful and safer. By WILLIAM J. BROAD. [NYT > Technology]

By 2050, an Urban Planet. Scientific American projects what the world will look like in 2050, and it is going to be a far different place for businesspeople to deal with. By PAUL B. BROWN. [NYT > Technology]

Book Review: Creating Customer Evangelists. Creating Customer Evangelists written by Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba is a brilliant work about turning your customers into a powerful sales force. Customer Evangelists are the ideal Return Customers that will come back to your business and bring their friends. This book outlines several key ways you can utilize… Continue reading Book Review: Creating Customer Evangelists

9rules for a Successful Business. I got the great news this week that ReturnCustomer.com has been invited to join the 9rules network. This network consists of a large collection of top quality sites on numerous different topics. It is an honor to be a member! If you aren’t familiar with the 9rules network, I invite… Continue reading 9rules for a Successful Business

Industries that Don't Seem to Understand the Web. While there are plenty of businesses that don’t seem to understand that the web can do amazing things for them, there are some cases where an entire industry seems to not understand the full potential of the web. I use the word “industry” loosely. Here’s my list.… Continue reading Industries that Don't Seem to Understand the Web

File Backups and Sharing Made Easy. TextDrive, where I happily host all of my sites, has released a new web-based product, Strongspace that is essentially a remote hard drive. Unfortunately, there’s no free account, but it’s worth the money if you need a secure remote backup and file sharing solution. For $8 a month, I… Continue reading File Backups and Sharing Made Easy

eWEEK: Microsoft Scraps Old Encryption in New Code. The Redmond, Wash., software company instituted a new policy for all developers that bans functions using the DES, MD4, MD5 and, in some cases, the SHA1 encryption algorithm, which is becoming “creaky at the edges,” said Michael Howard, senior security program manager at the company, Howard said.… Continue reading Microsoft Scraps Old Encryption in New Code

Fall's coming: Clean that sty. Top 10 Things To Do During Nesting Month – Great tips from Apartment Therapy on reclaiming your fetid little nest for Autumn. [43 Folders]

Getting the PDC CTP of WinFX installed.. Off the web – How to get a WPF development box going (order matters) if you are downloading everything from the web. 1. Operating System Required – Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista 5219 (not Windows Vista beta1!) 2. WinFx CTP installationThis installs WinFX on the machine…end users… Continue reading Getting the PDC CTP of WinFX installed.

Easy. The fifth element of COFFEE Design is Easy. How is Easy different from Friendly? Easy is about making things simple; Friendly is about making people smile. Of course, there is a lot of overlap between the two … [Leave It Behind > Brian Bailey]