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    Architecting CSS

    With nearly ubiquitous standards support among modern browsers, we’re turning to CSS to handle presentational heavy lifting more than ever. The more we rely upon CSS, the larger and more complex CSS files become. These files bring with them a few maintenance and organizational challenges.

    www.digital-web.com/articles/architecting_css/


    Firefox extensions for geeks

    Mozilla’s Firefox browser is a great tool for surfing the Net. And thanks to a growing number of free Firefox extensions, it’s an especially good tool for people who want every possible ounce of browser power.

    www.macworld.com/2006/09/secrets/octgeekfactor/index.php


    How to Encrypt Passwords in the Database

    If you are developing a password-protected web site, you have to make a decision about how to store user password information securely.

    www.webcheatsheet.com/php/md5_encrypt_passwords.php


    5 Quick and Easy Ways To Stop Blog Spam Before It Hits Your Blog

    Unless your Lisa Picarille from Revenue Magazine ( check the trackbacks on this whoper )you know that you would have to be a idiot to automatically approve all comments and trackbacks on your blog right? Well Even that is a pain in the ass so I made a list of ways to stop the spam before it gets that far.

    Link here.


    Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0

    With the start of the new school year, many teachers and students are seeking new products and technologies to help them through their upcoming academics. With the increase of teachers using blogs and wikis, and students networking and utilizing online tools, the demand for easier and more efficient ways of learning is on the rise. To me, the growing interest for web-based learning is amazing, which brought me to thinking; what if I were to consolodate some of the helpful online products and services that can help students, teachers and administrators alike?

    www.solutionwatch.com/512/back-to-school-with-the-class-of-web-20-part-1/


    Mini Linux PC breaks $100 barrier

    Taiwanese integrator E-Way Technology Systems is shipping a tiny, 200MHz x86-compatible mini PC for $99, in single quantities. The TU-40 is passively cooled, comes with 128MB of RAM, and can run lightweight versions of Linux, such as Puppy, the company says.

    www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6372429785.html


    Hard Drive Data Recovery Guide

    Killed a hard drive without backing up? This guide helps you recover the data.

    If you’ve been using computers for a decent amount of time there is a good chance someone has told you that data stored on a hard drive is not exactly safe. I’m here to assure you that this is indeed true.

    tech-hints.org/?q=node/3


    Nifty Corners: rounded corners without images

    This is the original article. The technique has been improved with better browser support and a lot of new features. The new article has been published on the 6th of April 2005. You can read it here. The final version is Niftycube.

    Rounded Corners with CSS are a hot topic in web design: I think that there are hundreds of articles on them. This page is intended to present the solution I came up, that doesn’t requires images, extra markup nor CSS. Let’s start.

    www.html.it/articoli/nifty/index.html


    Netgear’s Breakthrough SSL VPN Gateway

    In a previous article, I wrote about a software-based open-source SSL VPN solution called SSL-Explorer, which can turn a PC on your network into a very nice full-featured VPN gateway. This time we will take a look at the ProSafe SSL VPN Concentrator 25 SSL312, a newly-available hardware-based remote access SSL VPN solution from the folks at Netgear. Figure 1 below shows the front of the device where the Ethernet ports, power light, test light, and LEDs are located.

    www.tomsnetworking.com/2006/09/26/netgear_ssl312_ssl_vpn_gateway_review/


    How to install and configure Windows Vista RC1 on VMware Workstation and VMware Server

    It seems that there are still so many out there having problems installing Windows Vista RC1 on VMware Workstation. It turned out that my workaround is not the best solution to this problem. Some readers mentioned it here. Thanks for that! In this post, I will also give some additional tips on how to configure Vista RC1 on VMware Workstation and Server.

    Link here.