Archive for October, 2008

Review: PHP Expert Editor – Script Editing Tool

Friday, October 31st, 2008

For anybody coding or wanting to code in PHP, a decent editor is vital. Sticking with old-fashioned notepad just won’t cut it, what you need is the mothership of editors – and I think I’ve found it! PHP Expert Editor is developed by Ankord Development Group, and is one of the more serious entries in [...]

Review: Google Chrome – Next Generation Browsing

Friday, October 31st, 2008

If you haven’t already tried it, downloading and installing Google’s new Chrome browser would be a wise decision. The logo looks somewhat similar to the Pokéball from that old hit Pokémon. Chrome marks a new era of browsing, for once we have a company thinking outside the box and actually designing a browser that meets [...]

EEStor capacitors could turn your laptop into a powerhouse

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Have you heard of EEStor? They’re a pretty secretive company, but if what they claim is real – they’re going to revolutionise the modern world. One component holding back every portable electronic device today is the battery. The chemical reaction inside a battery puts limits on how quickly it can recharge, and the capacity it [...]

Review: DELL Studio Hybrid – DELL’s Greenest PC

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

There’s just something about DELL, isn’t there? Wherever you go in the world, whatever you watch on the television, DELL seems to crop up everywhere. So it should come as no surprise that the trend that is DELL is taking part in another trend of the world – energy efficiency. Despite being powered by a [...]

(Part 1) PHP & MySQL: How to create a resource system

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

One of the biggest problems faced with content rich websites is how to store the data than enriches them. Therefore, I’d like to offer my solution – something I call ‘the resource system’. Specifically, this is designed for PHP & MySQL, but in theory could be adapted to work with other platforms. The idea is [...]

9 Tips To Speed Up MySQL Tables

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

In designing my content enriched website, I quickly discovered that trying to handle large quantities of data is a real bottle neck that can be a pain to overcome. So here’s a few (unorganised) tips that I think will help: