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Technology in the '08 US Presidential Election
In the mists of the potential collapse of the entire world economy, we are going to compare Obama's and McCain's policies on ... technology! We're geeks, what would you expect? We all supported Ron Paul, so we already knew about the impending economic doom... Anyhow, here we take a look at each ticket's policies on net neutrality, broadband availability and speed, promoting research, online privacy, intellectual property and patent reform, and incorporating technology into the government.
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Web Browser Testing 101
The web browser market has grown: Opera, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Seamonkey, Konquerer, K-Melon, Netscape... and the list goes on. So many browsers! How are you going to test in all of them? Wait, you don't even have IE6 on your computer anymore! You don't have a Mac, how do you test in Mac browsers? Don't worry! There is a sensible way to approach browser testing. Read on to find out!
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Why Open Source?
Open source software is uprooting the long-held software markets of proprietary vendors to provide businesses of all sizes with affordable, practical software solutions. Powerful CMSs, such as Drupal, Joomla, and Wordpress, are becoming increasingly practical software solutions. Here Miranda discusses the advantages for a business to use open source software. Make open source part of your future!
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Net Neutrality: Preserving the Free Internet
The freedom of the Internet is under attack by the telecommunication companies of the world, but particularly in North America. Net neutrality is essential in order to maintain the frontier-aspect of the Internet, allowing everyone to play on a level playing field. Without net neutrality being mandated by law, the Internet as we know it will cease to exist.
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Digital Rights Management
Your tracks do not play on your iPod, your car stereo will not play your music from your subscription service ... nearly all of us have experienced the criminalising restrictions of DRM. Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a growing technology that is having a huge effect on the technology world. But is there any alternative that provides a fair deal to consumers and to record companies? Of course!
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Interview: Greg Lubbelinkhof of BudgetHost
Ethan interviews Greg Lubbelinkhof of BudgetHost, a Canadian web hosting company. Greg has owned a web hosting company in the past and has extensive experience in the hosting field. He advocates reliable servers, quality support, and focus on customer relationships.
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Global Variables
Globals are variables that can be accessed in any context of an application. Globals present the risk of creating complex and mutual dependencies, making your code twisted and tangled. Learn here about the dangers of using global variables and why/how you should dismiss them entirely.
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SQL Injections
Allowing users to input unescaped data into your application can lead to the dangerous vulnerability of a SQL injection. SQL injections can completely cripple your database, making them a major security risk. Here Doug discusses what SQL injections are and some practical methods to prevent them.
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Four Cool Development Apps for OS X
OS X developers, if you are looking to break into web development or continue your saga, you are going to need certain applications to assist you. Learn about four cool development applications for OS X: Smultron, MAMP, GIMPshop, and Cyberduck. All free. All open source. All useful.
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Top Ten Don'ts of Usable Web Design
What makes a website unusable? Large media files? Complex navigation? Inconsistency? How about all this and more! Find out here as Ethan tells us the top ten don'ts of practical usability.
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Interview: Heath Row and Gil Hildebrand of Squidoo
Squidoo is a Web 2.0 project created by Seth Godin, where everyone is an expert. Learn more about this new publishing platform in this interview with Heath Row and Gil Hildebrand of the Squidoo team.
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Using the PHP Manual
While programming, have you ever needed a function to carry out a certain task, but you did not remember it? Where could you have found it? Learn how to navigate the function pages of the PHP manual to the fullest extent, so that you will never experience this problem again!
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Search Engine Positioning Index
Measuring the difficulty and merit of a given positioning status is extremely useful for search engine optimizers. With no published index to measure search engine positioning results, what do you do? Here Sergio provides you with an easy to use search engine positioning index!
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Choosing a Domain Name 101
Are you purchasing a domain any time soon? Learn how to pick the perfect domain name, from the length, relevancy, hyphenation, and extension. Do not make the mistake of choosing a poor domain!
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Too Easy JavaScript - Event Handlers [7]
Learn how to make your code react and respond to user triggered events in Too Easy JavaScript Part 7. DOM event handlers allow you to portably listen and respond to events, such as mouse clicks and focusing on an element.
