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Here’s an interesting blog post I came across via zerokspot. Blackboard, a dominant player in the e-learning market, has been granted a patent on E-learning. This could threaten open source players like Moodle who provide e-learning platforms on the internet. Another example of how the US patent system is actually going around killing innovation! On [...]
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Looking for a good weather script to put up on your site? Here’s a very good one from Collin Grady, which pulls weather data from the weather.com servers and caches it locally in a MySQL database. The image below is from an actual implementation of Collin’s PHP Weather which I setup to test it out. [...]
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Have you taken a look at the latest from Google – Google Code Project Hosting? Google Code Project Hosting is an open source project repository similar to Sourceforge. Unlike Sourceforge, Google’s interface is clean and simple to use. They’re using SVN (Subversion) for source control. Links: Google Code – Project Hosting Google Code – Project [...]
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Firewall Leak Tester RemoveWGA enables you to remove the Microsoft “Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications” tool, which is calling home and connect to Microsoft servers every time you boot. Futures updates of this notification tool will (officialy) setup the connection rat (tags: software util windows) PECL4WIN :: The PECL Windows Repository PECL Dlls for windows (PHP [...]
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Here’s an interesting read from Thomas Myer on encryption of data using PHP. “In this increasingly virtual online world, you have to be careful to protect your data. Learn the basics of encoding and encrypting important bits of information, such as passwords, credit card numbers, and even entire messages. Get an overview of what it [...]
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Here’s a new image hosting service from CNET which allows you to host images for your blog / site / ebay auctions. They also allow you to upload your images to an album if you signup for a webshots account. Do take a look at their terms of service before you start uploading your images [...]
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Justin Silverton has some tips over at his blog on how to improve performance of OO PHP code. “The following tips can help in optimizing object-orientated PHP. 1. Initialise all variables before use. 2. Dereference all global/property variables that are frequently used in a method and put the values in local variables if you plan [...]
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Heard about Flash remoting? It’s a method for Flash to communicate with a web application server. Here’s how Macromedia defines Flash remoting: “Macromedia Flash Remoting MX provides the connection between Macromedia Flash and your web application server, making it fast and easy to create Rich Internet Applications. With its powerful yet simple programming model, you [...]
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Here’s a news item from Cnet stating that Zend plans to launch the 1.0 version of Zend Framework during the next PHP Conference in October. “Zend announced the open-source Zend Framework at the company’s 2005 PHP conference and plans to release version 1.0 or a preview version of it at the next show on Oct. [...]
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Want to get your Web applications scanned for security? Here’s a new service from Mayflower GmBH called Chorizo! You can sign up for a free account to scan one site. They also have a paid version if you’d like to scan more sites. Once you sign up for the service, all you have to do [...]
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