Using PHP for the Creation of SVG Images
Using PHP for the Creation of SVG Images As with many of the pages on my Web site, my SVG images are in fact created via PHP scripts. I often end up including many of those images on other pages, but not always using the same size or colors, so making them customizable on a case-by-case basis is a useful thing. Find out how to use this effective tool in your PHP arsenal!
Administering MySQL Databases on the Web Using PHP
This week you'll learn how to access a database from the Web using PHP. Inserting new items into the database is similar to getting items out of the database. You follow the same basic steps: make a connection, send a query, and check the results.
Orbius: Social Computing for Business
This year has seen several young companies -- including Orbius -- offering to harness the power of social networking for business.
Can Your Vendor Weather Hard Times?
'Tough financial times can wipe out unstable vendors, leaving you stuck with worthless support contracts and unsupported gear. How do you judge which businesses are most likely to last through a downturn?'
Cool Tool for Asterisk Developers
PIKA's WARP appliance comes with all the software and hardware needed to create the voice applications of the future.
Review: WFT-1 Wi-Fi Component Tuner
The WFT-1 Wi-Fi Component Tuner ($240) from Sangean works as an Internet radio, FM tuner, and media player, but it won't play high bit rate audio files and lacks an FM seek function.
Is IT Offshoring an Overhyped Myth?
A new survey suggests that the extent of offshoring is greatly exaggerated. But the statistics are ambiguous.
Effective Leadership in Tough Times
As the economic picture gets bleaker by the day, many CIOs are wondering just how they are going cope. Budgets will surely be cut at some point, staff may have to be let go, projects once deemed mission-critical may no longer garner the same support as in better times; basically, leading IT in a recession is going to be a new and bitter experience for many.
There is More Than Just a Little Touching...
The way you interact with a personal computing device is changing and is about to change even more with lots of touching and even a little hidden video.