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image diff

News - 18 days ago

Was having fun today with idiff.php - a PHP shell script to tell you if two images are visually different by comparing them pixel by pixel. If there's a difference, the script creates a third image - black background with the different pixels in green. Only after writing the script I found that the read more

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New SVG Editor? written in Flash

News - 19 days ago

There is something ironic about an SVG editor written in Flash, but this preview by Tiago Cardoso, written using the inEvo SVG engine is fun to check out. It uses SVG natively and has some cool features like gesture recognition and shape recognition. read more

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The Convergence of Endpoint Security and Endpoint Management

News - 20 days ago

While the concept of consolidation is certainly not new to IT organizations, its application is gradually expanding. This convergence of endpoint security and endpoint management has grown to include not just servers and other hardware, but also IT operations and tools. Evidence of this trend can b read more

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php|works Atlanta

News - 20 days ago

Thanks to everyone who attended my image optimization talk at the php|works + PyWorks conference in Atlanta. And thanks for all the questions! I love questions, feels more natural - just geeks talking to geeks - as opposed to one guy sitting on a podium and talking.
And the slides:
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Scared but Still Got Amazon- or Google-Envy? See Cassatt

News - 21 days ago

Cassatt, the company started by BEA founder Bill Coleman, is redirecting its data center widgetry into creating internal clouds comparable to Amazon or Google out of infrastructure customers already have in-house. Coleman observed that most IT professionals aren’t comfortable outsourcing the missio read more

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JavaScript Hijacking

News - 21 days ago

Although the term "Web 2.0" does not have a rigorous definition, it is commonly used in at least two ways. First, it refers to Web applications that encourage social interaction or collective contribution for a common good. Second, it refers to Web programming techniques that lead to a rich and use read more

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Timing in JavaScript and browsers can?t be trusted

News - 21 days ago

This is officially the week of John. If he delivers top notch posts for the rest of the week he wins an Ajaxian award or something. Maybe we need to bring back the “pack of cards” where each card is an Ajax personality and John gets to be Ace of Hearts or something.
I remember talk read more

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What?s not in HTML 5?

News - 22 days ago

In Mark's latest installment of This Week in HTML 5 he delves into what ISN'T in the spec:

It has been suggested (1, 2, 3, &c.) that HTML 5 is trying to bite off more than it can metaphorically chew. It is true that it is a large specification, and it might benefit from being [...] read more

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yboss - a wrapper for Yahoo?s BOSS API

News - 23 days ago

BOSS - Build Your Own Search Service (the your is silent for reasons I cannot tell you as it would endanger the lives of our agents in the field) is a Yahoo! API to access their search index and get the data back either as XML or JSON. Whilst there is ample documentation available it [...] read more

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Social network marketing - lessons from the elected president

News - 24 days ago

If you haven't heard, there is something called "social network marketing" now, basically using (hopefully not abusing) social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace to make noise about you, your services, etc.
With so many SN sites out there, where is your time and effort best spend? C read more

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