Monthly Archives: March 2008

WordPress 2.5 has been released WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback (tags: blog blogging blogs … Continue reading →

Amazon Web Services Blog: New EC2 Features: Static IP Addresses, Availability Zones, and User Selectable Kernels “We just added three important new features to Amazon EC2: Elastic IP Addresses, Availability Zones, and User Selectable Kernels.” (tags: amazon aws cloud ec2 … Continue reading →

Why HD movie downloads are a big lie | George Ou | ZDNet.com “The carriers are in a strategic position to be close enough to the customer that they can actually deliver true HD-quality IPTV with some level of video … Continue reading →

Open source performance testing tools A list of open source load testing looks (tags: architecture performance optimization opensource testing QA tools software web) Parosproxy.org – Web Application Security A application used for web security assessment (tags: security web applications Browser … Continue reading →

Amazon.com Completes Tender Offer For Audible “Amazon said it now owns about 90% of the outstanding shares in the Wayne, N.J., spoken-word digital-content provider.” (tags: Amazon Audible Acquisitions Business 2008) Ultimate Web Analytics Comparison Resources – Web Analytics World “What … Continue reading →

Annual Report Photographer David Tejada “The f-Stops Here”: Building a Ring Flash step by step ring flash DIY tutorial (tags: Photography strobist tutorial photo HOWTO ringflash DIY) Flickr Photo Download: How to build a cheap ringflash Cheap ringflash build instructions … Continue reading →

Crane Collapse in Manhattan Kills at Least 4 – New York Times “A crane towering over a high-rise construction site on the East Side of Manhattan collapsed in a roar of rending steel on Saturday afternoon, raining death and destruction … Continue reading →

5 Reasons Why Amazon Is Calling Audible “Here are a few of the ways that Audible’s purchase will help out the leading online retailer.” (tags: Amazon Audible Acquisitions Business retail ecommerce digital media) Breaking Google Captchas for a Day – … Continue reading →

The Associated Press: AOL to Pay $850M for Social Network Bebo “AOL, the Internet arm of Time Warner Inc., said Thursday it will pay $850 million in cash to acquire social media network Bebo, which has total global membership of … Continue reading →

HTML Reference (beta) “Welcome to the SitePoint HTML Reference (beta)! We’ve worked hard to make this the most detailed and up-to-date reference on the subject available.” (tags: html reference webdesign documentation xhtml webdev)

Cloning XP with Linux and ntfsclone Backing up an XP partition using Knoppix and ntfsclone (tags: HOWTO Knoppix Linux Windows XP utilities)

BuddyPress “BuddyPress will transform a vanilla installation of WordPress MU into a social network platform.” (tags: wordpress socialnetworking socialsoftware socialmedia opensource PHP) Music exec: “Music 1.0 is dead.” Ted Cohen, a former EMI exec who used the phrase, “music 1.0 … Continue reading →

CTO Handbook — How to care for and feed your CTO – Red Canary “VP Dev is crankier than even the crankiest of CTOs. That’s because Veeps keep it real, they shelter developers from the CTO and other C-types and … Continue reading →

TNS buys Compete “Today Taylor Nelson Softres (TNS) announced the acquisition of Compete. TNS is a $2 billion world leader in market information and insight, headquartered in London. Together Compete and TNS are creating the world’s first and largest fully … Continue reading →

Podcasting News: Limelight Loses Patent Infringement Suit With Akamai “The judgement found that Limelight was infringing on Akamai’s content delivery patent. As a result, the jury awarded Akamai a staggering $45,526,946 in damages, plus interest.” (tags: CDN Akamai Limelight lawsuit … Continue reading →