Choosing the best string manipulation function for your PHP development task can be a chore. Here are the ideal solutions to 10 common string-related tasks.
Choosing the best string manipulation function for your PHP development task can be a chore. Here are the ideal solutions to 10 common string-related tasks.
<b>Howtoforge:</b> "This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun VirtualBox 3.1.x on a headless Fedora 12 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI."
<b>Howtoforge:</b> "Speed Dreams is is a free, 3d cross-platform, open source motorsport simulation and racing game, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This guide shows how to install it on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop."
With an HD display and an HDMI port, HP's $400 netbook is all about the video -- at least until we try it and find that an 11.6- rather than the usual 10.1-inch screen is irresistible for everyday productivity, too.
<b>ZDNet Australia: </b>"Every couple of years, Microsoft and its partners get to show off what the technology is capable of and push the limits of live video coverage. This year, the plethora of Canadian channels covering the Olympics were all available live from one website, and the experience was terrific."
With an HD display and an HDMI port, HP's $400 netbook is all about the video -- at least until we try it and find that an 11.6- rather than the usual 10.1-inch screen is irresistible for everyday productivity, too.
When technology goes through a major phase change, many things can and will go wrong. It happened in the 1990s when enterprises first built web sites, and it's happening today with Facebook and other social networking sites. Enter the conundrum of being simultaneously protective and progressive.
Users are limited to two pre-orders, but that makes sense, according to one analyst. The details of the AT&T 3G contract are out as well, despite the fact 3G units are not coming out for another two months.
<b>LWN.net:</b> "But in reality the FLOSS ecosystem relies on a complex legal framework in order to run smoothly and to stand up to proprietary software competition: the various software licenses, contribution agreements, copyright and other "intellectual property" law."
The first part of this two-part article explains how you can use advanced math -- linear least squares -- to find the line that best fits your diverse business data.
Among the big news this week in green data center management: a new industry group is trying to apply open-source principles to the design and build of data centers using new technologies such as green IT, and Viridity Software unveils its EnergyCenter data center.
<b>MakeTechEasier:</b> "Creating a cool space scene can be done in a few minutes once you’ve got the basic method down, and Gimp provides several ways to go about adding random elements to keep things interesting."
Many database shops have no idea of the security breaches that occur across user granted privilege and floating unused synonyms. James Koopmann offers tips for granting privileges explicitly to a user or group of users, and assigning privileges to a role and then granting that role to users.
<b>Harald Welte's Blog:</b> "During the last days, I was working on an introductory paper on how a GSM cellphone actually works. It is titled Anatomy of contemporary GSM cellphone hardware and should provide a good technical text..."