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Many PHP developers are seeking a solution in counting number of returning rows from a result set using SELECT statement. The PDOStatement::rowCount( void ) function only works for DELETE, INSERT and/or UPDATE statements by counting affected rows. So that's out. To help you out there are two solutions I found to be most efficient (if you found other ones please post them so we can all learn from

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During previous ComScore statistics Bing was breathing down Yahoo's neck in search engine competition within United States. Now, finally, Microsoft's search engine (Bing - a.k.a Bing Is Not Google) has become more popular than Yahoo. According to company's analytic data in December of 2011, Microsoft Bing received 2.75 billion search requests within United States while Yahoo received 2.65 billion

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If you have Windows 7 on your desktop computer then it's a little difficult to find how to disable your computer from hibernating or going to sleep after a period of time. The steps are quite simply actually, here they are: 1. Open Control Panel 2. Change "View by" from Category to Small icons 3. Locate and click on Power Options 4. By default Balanced radio button is selected - so click Change

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Pick a cloud in the sky. Aim and shoot at it with a laser. Result, pouring rain. Sounds unreal, doesn't it? But researchers of the University Zheneva found proof that this is possible. This technology is not the first attempt to initiate artificial rain but possibly the most ecologically safe method of doing it. Technology to create rain has been around for quite a while now. Actually, you can

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One of the best ways to achieve high quality traffic to your website is through word of mouth. In digital world this can be achieved through social networking websites. Today, Facebook is ranking the highest among social networks. Using Facebook you can share website links to your friends and they can share to their friends, etc - chain reaction effect. How to install Facebook like button on

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Happen to be a victim of the issue battery not charging even though power supply is plugged-in I managed to get it solved. The steps are simple: 1. Shut down your laptop. 2. Unplug the power supply cable from the laptop. 3. Disconnect power supply from the power outlet. 4. Remove battery from the laptop. 5. Leave everything apart for about 10 minutes. 6. Assemble everything back together. 7.

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Few weeks ago Ninteno officially announced that someone penetrated unauthorized access to their server. Nintendo is currently investigating the hack but it's safe to say that no data has been stolen. A group of hackers, called LulzSec took the initiative to be responsible for Nintendo's hack on their Twitter page. LulzSec also mentioned that they had no intention of damaging the server and only

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Firefox and Chrome web browsers allow users to manually resize textarea input. If you would like to disable that option, then update your CSS stylesheet with the following command: textarea { resize: none; } That's all.

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Prepared statement is currently one of the safest techniques to manipulate your database. The only problem is SQL statement has to be compiled first and then you have to populate/bind your parameters/values. Here is how to create dynamic prepared statement in PHP. This example assumes you have setup database connection using PDO. Requirement: $host = "..."; $username = "..."; $password = "...";

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ASUSTek Computer added few more netbooks in their collection. New netbooks ASUS Eee PC are the first of their kind, equipped with AMD Brazos and AMD Fusion. ASUS Eee PC 1015B model has 10.1-inch screen (1024 x 600 resolution), Windows 7 Starter operating system, has single core AMD C-30 processor with 1.2 GHz frequency, and AMD Radeon HD 6250 video card. Also, netbook has 2 GB virtual memory,

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Potential miss-communication between AMD and manufacturing company caused new line of video cards Radeon HD 6790 to have increased number of ROPs. This video card is designed to have only 16 out of 32 active blocks of rasterization in 40 nm technology Barts. While this, so called, problem is a great advantage for end consumer it's very frustrating for AMD because it slows down line of

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Micro-Star International (MSI) is releasing new line of portable laptops, MSI FX420 and MSI FX 620DX built on mobile Intel Huron River platform. F series laptops look very sleek and have great performance. Laptops have Intel Sandy Bridge processors, NVIDIA or AMD video card, THX TruStudio Pro sound system, Blu-ray or DVD Super-Multi, and USB 3.0 port. Cinema Pro is used to enhance video and

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) officially announced the release of Radeon HD 6790 for sale, which should be a good competitor for NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 550 Ti. This model is built on PCI Express 2.1 x16 and is covered with black casing, it also uses double-layered cooling. The core of this marvelous piece of beauty is built on Barts LE chip with 800 multi-threaded processors, and 40 textured

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I-O DATA HDCA-UT model is enclosed using black case with measurements 185 x 120 x 39 mm, weighs 1.1kg and is available in 1 or 2 terabytes (TB). I-O DATA HDPC-AU weighs 350 grams, comes in five different colors with measurements 75 x 112 x 14 mm. Available in sizes of 320, 500, 640 or 750 GB. I-O DATA TB-XT - case is a combination of blue and silver with measurements of 18 x 69.6 x 8.6 mm,

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Microsoft representatives announced the release of Windows Home Server 2011. Operating system is ready, fully functional and ready for deployment. Microsoft Developer Network subscribers will receive access to new OS before everyone else. Windows Home Server 2011 will be on sale starting May of this year. Unlike the previous version, this one supports 19 different languages, including Chinese,

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Independent studio Crate Entertainment published a preview of RPG game Grim Dawn. This video shows a preview of game concept for Grim Dawn. The game resembles Diablo, especially the second project. The only main different between these two games is Grim Dawn has a lot more blood effects than Diablo. Currently Grim Dawn is only in its development stage but so far it looks like a great game.

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WinMount has updated their application which is used to work with .zip and .rar files. Instead of extracting/unpacking files to find what you need simply mount your archive as a virtual drive and access all of its information. It's much faster than having to wait while a gigabytes of information unpack, in result having duplicate content on your computer. WinMount supports more than just

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Ubuntu team has announced the release of first beta version towards the big release of mega operating system, called 11.04 and known as Natty Narwhal. During the development stage of Ubuntu 11.04 programmers spent enormous amount of time on user interface, performance, stability and security of OS. The core of Ubuntu 11.04 is updated with Linux 2.6.38 and a single all supporting platform Unity.

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Google is actively working on their web browser Chrome. Mozilla is also forcing the release of final version. This summer users will finally get Chrome 12 as well as Firefox 5. These version will include: increased productivity, fixed bugs, and optimization. Also, interface changes. Recently Google announced a compilation of Chrome browser for developers version 12.0.712.0. Among all the new

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Company Crunchy Logistics published a video in which they show the first 8.5 m long bar stand, the top of which is covered multi-sensor display. Sensor panel accepts commands from unlimited number of points. This spectacular display will lighten up any modern interior. Control panel currently supports a few effects which are triggered when someone or something touches the panel. Effects are,

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Company Chieftec presented their new power supply, called Nitro 88+, which differs by its cable connections and 80Plus Silver certification. Chieftex Nitro 88+ is aimed for use in gaming systems. Nitro 88+ power supplies include one line of +12 V, 140-mm fan and followed ATX 12V 2.3 standard. Announced time frame of operation is 100 thousand hours. This line of power supplies includes 650, 750

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Micro-Star International (MSI) has officially announced the release of thin portable laptop MSI X-Slim X370, which implements the use of AMD Brazos platform and AMD Fusion concept. Laptop weighs at 1.4kg (including 4-element battery) and measures at 324 x 227 x 22.8 mm. Also, laptop uses Windows 7 Home Premium Windows operating system and: Accelerated processor AMD E-350 and AMD E-240 (both

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Four Asian designers presented a new universal look on batteries; combining USB plug with normal triple-A batteries. The name given to this innovation is Continuance. Using USB plug batteries may be used for their direct reason - to power other devices, such as: flash lights, alarm clock, phones, etc. Placing a USB plug into a battery makes each unit very expensive to acquire so Continuance

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Defender virus - isn't actually a virus and it doesn't harm your computer it just prevents you from using your computer. Defender is a small application written for marketing purposes for users to purchase anti-virus software from that advertising company. Once you're infected with this virus every window and application you had opened will be closed, access to any installed applications will be

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PHP Development Team has announced an updated version of PHP 5.3.6. This is - a very popular and widely used scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. The language is very popular, particularly because it has a lot to do with Java, C and Perl, and because it enables developers to quickly write dynamically generated pages. This release

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The Japanese company Renesas commented on the rumors about the lack of USB 3.0-controllers. Indeed, the lack of first-generation chips uPD720200 producer confirmed, but the controllers of the second generation uPD720200A until everything is in order. But because of the energy policy of Japan motherboard manufacturers may feel the lack of USB 3.0-chips after May. After Renesas announced the

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For users who need not only a powerful and beautiful but durable laptop, Toshiba has introduced a series of 13.3-inch Portege R835. New items are made in the case of magnesium alloy, which allows you to soften the blow, and provides increased protection against mechanical damage. Model R835-ST3N01 includes protected from splashing the keyboard, display with 1366 x 768 pixels and LED

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Orders for the production of tablets Motorola Xoom in the first quarter of 2011 reached approximately 700-800 thousand pieces: the first half of March, the company Motorola has already placed orders for about 200 thousand of these tablets, but only for March delivery may reach 400-500 thousand units . In February, according to component suppliers, it shipped about 200 thousand Xoom. However

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DICE studio published this small video clip for Battlefield 3. In the clip developers show how a group of soldiers eliminate a sniper. Video Games | Battlefield 3 | Fault Line: Episode 2Xbox 360 | PlayStation 3 | Nintendo Wii | PC Games To kill the sniper, soldiers had to slowly relocate while hiding behind blocks and crawling on their stomaches. Unfortunately, no one had appropriate weapons for

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Google Cr-48 was the first netbook with fully functional Chrome OS. Now, Sony is getting ready to release their own laptop specifically designed for Chrome operating system. Google Chrome OS is internet dependent using applications, such as: Gmail, Google Docs, Dropbox, etc. Sony is developing their own laptop under VAIO brand with Chrome OS. Design wise this laptop will resemble Cr-48 with

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WordPress - the biggest blogging platform for millions of users online received the baddest DDoS attack in history. In result, thousands of blogs became unavailable. According to Automattic (motherboard company), during DDoS attack servers were receiving a few million packets of information per second. Attack was made on all three data-centers which are located in Chicago, San-Antonio, and

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The release of TeamViewer is now available - simple solution for remote desktop connection or administration. This application is very unique because it doesn't require complex configurations or installation to get create a connection between two individual computers. During application execution each computers receives an identifier which is used to connect to it. All you have to do is enter the

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Using FlashRip utility you can record, save and convert any online video. Application supports Flash video transferred through HTTP and RTMP protocols, Windows Media (for HTTP, MMS, and RTSP protocols), Real Audio and Real Video (HTTP and RTSP). FlashRip allows automatically save video and audio as well as converting to MP3, AVI, FLV, WMV and other formats. FlashRip is available in two version:

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Firefox 4 beta-version twelve has been released. It has over seven thousand corrections which improved browser's performance and stability. Also, version twelve has enhanced support for Flash and different plug-ins. Primary updates for FireFox 4 are: JagerMonkey - new, much fast engine for processing JavaScript; The use of Direct3D 9, Direct3D 10 and OpenGL to accelerate web-page visualization;

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We notice how fast mobile phones expand their functionality from simple calling features to computer like capabilities. Well, wait no more, AdvanceTC is the first company to present pocket pc Magic W3 under Windows 7 control. Tiny computer with phone capabilities, we can hardly call this a smart phone. Magic W3 works on Atom Z530 processor with 1.6 GHz frequency, virtual memory consists of 1

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The release of white iPhone 4, even with hundreds of rumors going around, never happened. Well, it's too late now because soon the next version of iPhone will be released - iPhone 5. Again, if we trust every post and article we read online. There are rumors going around that Apple's partner Wintek is going to produce white panels for new version of iPhone smart phone. Aside from Wintek, there

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Auto manufacturers start to recognize that traditional cars will sooner or later will be replaced by electronic cars. Gas stations will be replaced by battery charging stations. Reason being, electric cars cause less threat to pollution and environment in general - but still have threat potential. For that reason, designer Vasyl decided to peak into the future where cars don't need gas or power

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Reuters agency has previously reported a delay in the release of Apple iPad 2 which resulted in Apple's stock to go down by 2.7%. Recently Reuters announced a correction which indicates their "previous" report was inaccurate and iPad 2 will be released as schedule in month of April. Yuanta Securities company from Thailand, which announced the possibility of delaying Apple iPad 2 release.

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Users of Gmail and other Google services are now capable of previewing files with extension PSD right in their browser without external applications, plug-ins or the need to save image on hard drive. From now on Google Docs Viewer supports 12 types of file formats: Microsoft Excel (.XLS and .XLSX) Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 / 2010 (.PPTX) Apple Pages (.PAGES) Adobe Illustrator (.AI) Adobe

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GALAXY Microsystems Ltd. announced the release of new video card called KFA2 with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 graphics adapter. KFA2 GeForce GTX 460 WHDI model stands out with its intergrated WHDI (Wireless Home Digital Interface) module from AMIMON which allows wireless video data transfer from desktop computer to HD TVs using uncompressed video with 1080p resolution. Signal reaches up to 30 meters

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iSwifter decided to surprise Blizzard fans and implement StarCraft 2 into Apple iPad platform. At first, it may seen like playing the game without a mouse is difficult but honestly iPad is the ideal platform for this game. YouTube already contains a live video which is 7 minutes long of a person playing StarCraft 2 on iPad. StarCraft 2 was released this summer of 2010. Since the release,

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Just like the accelerated model GTX 460, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE is equipped with two power supply inputs. Although, Inno3D company presented a new model GTX 460 SE Green Edition which has only one external power supply input. New graphics accelerator is called Inno3D GeForce GTX460SE Green 1GB. The card is slightly less in size than standard graphics cards. GTX 460 SE contains the following

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Interceptor Entertainment team launched a website dedicated to Duke Nukem 3D. Developers announced gathering of resources to create this shooting game. In the future, developers will release a beta-testing project where gamers will be able to battle on two maps using a set of pre-defined types of weapons. Developers will bring life to once forgotten game using upgraded graphics and advanced

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A few Call of Duty: Black Ops fans decided to put myths to the test. To show you these tests, they made a video with various viewing angles. Final conclusion for Call of Duty: Black Ops (and its myths) is: you can destroy a flying rocket using shotgun, you can dive over a flying rocket, take down chopper which delivers ammunition, and much more. Check out the video below:

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Kinect, the awaited Xbox 360 controller is setting records. It is now known as most sold product on black-Friday competing with Apple iPad and Apple iPhone 4. Microsoft states, they sold 2.5 million controllers in the first 25 days. Microsoft predicted to sell about 5 million controllers by the end of this year (2010). Kinect controller is being sold in 60 thousand retail stores in 38 different

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ADATA Technology Co. has announced the release of their new USB Drive on USB 2.0. ADATA S101 model weighs only 4 grams and has a nice design with dimensions: 33.5 x 16.5 x 6.5 mm. The outer layer of USB drive is covered with black leather and uses a special sliding mechanism for convenience. Developers were able to achieve such small and compact sizes using Chip on Board technology. ADATA S101

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After Apple has openly admitted signal problems with first iPhone 4 almost every other manufacturing brand announced that this has never happened to their phones. Recently after this, Apple uploaded a video online of many other smart phones losing signal if held in a certain way. A video posted by AdvancedSafetyDevice shows a deadly grip for HTC HD7 which causes loss of signal to smart phone.

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Epic Monkey has been recently released for Nintendo Wii. Even Game Trailers appreciated the work completed by game developers of Junction Point Studios. This is the first game where the very popular Mickey Mouse will be the main role. The game is played through manipulating decorations of the world. Mickey uses a paint brush to remove walls, doors, and/or add additional structures to pass through

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Boss in Sony's research development area Anton Mihajlov stated his opinion regarding Star Wars on Xbox 360 with Kinect implementation. Anton's concerns that gamers will not experience full game effect of playing the game when the gamer has nothing in his hand. Move, on the other hand is more likely to provide gamers with a feeling of actual participation in the game play when using lightsaber.

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After the release of Portal in 2007 designer Harrison Krix created an exact replica of the virtual portal gun. December 7 in Seattle, is going to be a Child's Play Charity fond in which participates around 60 different hospitals. We don't know initial price of Portal Gun but estimates have been made that it's within four digit range. After viewing the video you'll notice the designer has

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Team Group company based from Taiwan announced release of new hard drive design in Ferrari style. Design and concept has been presented during Computex 2010 in June. The key feature of TP1023 is its design. Casing resembles Ferrari style and colors (black and red). Also, Team Group placed their logo in the shield like piece just like Ferrari logo. Dimensions: 140.7 x 86.5 x 23.2 mm. New hard

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Unofficial rumors indicate Apple is planning to upgrade their MacBook Pro in April 2011. MacBook Pro (if it comes out) will have a new 512 GB hard drive which supports Light Peak technology delivering file transfer at 10 GB/s (in future possibly increasing to 100 GB/s). As you may know, Light Peak technology is being developed by Intel and Apple as an alternative to USB 3.0. Earlier this year

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The game is not officially live, follow this link: CLICK HERE TO WATCH

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UEFA Champtions League matches will be broadcasted live on November 23, 2010. There are total of eight matches mainly going on at the same time (20:45). Be sure to check these games out. We will be posting a link to watch each match live online for free. There will be many streaming links, select the one which works best with your internet connection. Some of those links will require external

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Saturday, November 20, 2010 On Saturday November 20th there are two Serie A games. First game AS Roma vs. Udinese - 12:00 ET. Second game AC Milan vs. Fiorentina - 14:45 ET. Watch AS Roma vs Udinese For Free Online - click on the link (links will be available 30 minutes to an hour before game start) Watch AC Milan vs Fiorentina For Free Online - click on the link (links will be available 30

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Only today, watch AC Milan vs Inter live game on numerous channels across the web. No registration, no payment required. Enjoy! Page: http://pc-technic.blogspot.com/p/inter-vs-ac-milan-serie-live-game.html

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At one point or another you will have to generate a separate combo box for each row retrieved from database or just a large sum of combo boxes in general. Creating unique variable names for each combo box is possible but a hassle and a waste of time. Therefor, I present to you an example on how to generate and process multiple combo boxes on the same page. Here is the code, explanation is below

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It seems like quite a few people still don't know how to exit various loops. It's really easy and there are two ways you can do this. First: when you reach a point where you would like to break out of a loop, it would be an if statement most likely just use command "break" to exit the loop. The "break" command just exits the current loop not all loops if you have them nested. This command works

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Here is a straight up example on how to effectively call the function file_get_contents() and properly handle its errors with exception handling. If you're not familiar with exception handling here is the basic run down. 1. We set the link into $url variable which we want to parse. 2. Using try{} block we test our code for errors. 3. Our variable $page_contents has a symbol '@' in front of

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UPDATE (June 4, 2011): After writing a parsing script in PHP I stumbled on a bad coding technique which kept crushing my script along with the browser (Firefox). This problem was noticed after running my script for longer than an hour. The real problem is not in time it took the script to execute but the amount of output being printed to the screen. Problem: by using ob_flush() and flush()

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The first and main reason why I like PHP so much is because of its flexibility. There is no need to define, cast, convert variable types all the time. PHP does it for you automatically which makes it so easy to work with. To continue the following basic tutorial you have to make sure PHP is installed on your machine along with virtual host. Personally, I use EasyPHP. One file, one installation

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When you're in the process of writing code occasionally you will save your work and run the script to see what you have so far. This generally works if you're working with basic variables and arithmetic but when it comes down to arrays and objects the programmable way would be to use foreach or for loop to get results printed on the page. Well, there is an easier way to get what you want. To

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EA representatives announced the release of beta installer for Medal of Honor is available on FileFront. Testing has started today. To connect you'll need an access code. For more information on testing the beta version go here. Medal of Honor will take the gamer nine years back, in the center of Afghan conflict. Main hero will lead a team of various personnel. Player will play a role in small

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Today June 21, 2010 the release of the long time waited Apple iOS 4 has happened. The software update will be available on iTunes to everyone for free who owns iPhone, iPod Touch and iPhone 4. Apple iOS 4 brings users a new experience and functionality, including iPhone's 4 FaceTime and multi-threading for last years iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch third generation. iOS 4 does not support previous

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Corsair released a new version of their product Flash Padlock 2. The first flash device had an 8GB storage capacity and a locking code. This time developers introduced a new version of Flash Padlock 2 which has twice the memory. Flash Padlock 2 has a pretty hit proof casing with 2.0 USB interface. Device uses a cap to protect the USB connector from getting damaged. To protect your personal

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Mark Lamia openely said that Call of Duty Black Ops will be left as a single player game. He also indicated that developers will find a place for multi-player gaming later on. Many gamers will be disappointed with this decision as multiplayer plays a major role in gaming and the last version Call of Duty World At War has full multiplayer capabilities. Call of Duty Black Ops has to be the

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The new version from LG Software Innovations is better than ever. This utility uses CPRx technology for fixing errors allowing 1CLICK DVD Copy to duplicate DVD with bad sectors and high protection level. Application smoothly by-passes any protection and creates a one-to-one copy of your DVD disc. 1CLICK DVD Copy includes options to burn your new DVDs or just rip DVD content onto your hard drive.

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Vista Codec Package is the new release for Windows Vista. This package has all the latest codecs which supports most popular video files for Windows Vista, including DVD. The package does not include media player itself because you can use your default player. After installing Vista Codec Package file association does not change. The last version has updates for ffdshow, gabests filter, WebM

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A new release of Win7codecs for Windows 7. The package includes all the latest codecs which allows you to play all video files for Windows 7. The release does not include media player itself because after installing this package you can use any player you want on your computer. Using an interactive interface you can change file association on the fly and multi-layered sound. The last version has

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If you haven't installed PHP and cURL properly first please look in the previous post on how to setup those two languages. I'm not going to bore you with text and just post the script up as an image and then describe what exactly I've done below. And here is the proof that the script uses the actual proxy settings. As you can see the IP address that appears on the second screen shot is

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Hey guys, I have stumbled upon a problem where I had to take advantage of the cURL language to use proxy. I didn't want to use sockets as I read it would be the longer way. I've spent over four hours trying different methods, testing different pieces of code to achieve a simple goal which is to be able to surft a page using PHP with Proxy. Finally, after installing a bunch of DLL files,

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A new version of Windows 7 Manager has been released. The program contains around 30 utilities built to increase performance and security in your operating system. Windows 7 Manager shows detailed information regarding computer components and currently working processes. Using this application you will be able to speed up Windows 7 booting performance as well as shutting down sequence, perform a

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Mark Lamia recently announced that his team is very happy that they are finally allowed to take on a new challenge in developing Call of Duty: Black Ops. He states that developers enjoy working on the World War 2 theme and advancing into a further stage of their game development allows them for some additional artistic creativity. Black Ops will take gamers to a new gaming level where users will

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According to Atari (official website) the new version Test Drive Unlimited 2 will be released September 24, 2010 in Europe. In United States, the game will be released September 21, 2010. The website already started to generated pre-orders for Xbox 360 and PS3. For pre-ordering gamers there will be a bonus of a new car with a yellow body and a beautiful interior. Soon we'll be able to get our

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GV-R575SL-1GI received a new cooling system which (according to the developer) is 25% more effective. New card is built-on 40-nm processor GF100 chip with 352 processors. Graphics adapter GV-N465UD1GI supports DirectX 11 Shader Model 5.0 and OpenGL 4.0, nVidia 3D Vision and nVidia 3D Vision Surround. This model will be quite interesting to the super quite fans. Users that like to keep their

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Intel and Nokia have been actively working on the new operating system MeeGO. First system should be released this year. The most exciting piece of technology which has been presented by Intel was the prototype platform on Moorestown chip with MeeGo operating system. It is really easy to understand and use the device and you can see that for yourself through this video clip. There are two main

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Sledgehammer Games is currently recruiting game developers for the new project of well-known and popular game Call of Duty. Sledgehammer Games is playing the quite game and refuse to release and details about the project. They did mention that the new version should attract audience on a larger scale. While Sledgehammer is staying quite, Treyarch is working hard towards creating Call of Duty:

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Level 5 uploaded a new trailer of the game White Knight Chronicles 2. The game seems like another version of Final Fantasy, which tightly involves the user of magic and high-end technology. The trailer shows air battle between the hero and the villains. The ogirinal version of this game has been greatly criticized. Specialists attacked developers for cheap graphics, boring story line and

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Head of EEDAR (Electronic Entertainment Design and Research) Jesse Divnich says, that Rockstar will announce fifth version of the popular series GTA this year. Jesse says, no one will be allowed to play the game during demostration during E3 2010. Hopefully the game will come out for both consoles, XBOX 360 and Sony PlayStation 3. The fourth version of the GTA series has been released in 2008.

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Recently, professional and detail-oriented users spotted an unannounced HTC communicator. NBH_WM7_AKU6176_WWE_for_HTC_MONDRIAN Model: HTC Mondrian (Cingular USA) AKU: WindowsMobile_7_AKU_6176 Language: 0409_WWE HTC is suppose to become the primary distributor for Windows Phone 7, so without a doubt the first prototypes will be released mainly from this company. No official information

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To start off if anyone recalls the time when RapidShare was sued for hosting copyrighted material uploaded by users. In Germany, the laws are not as anal about copyrighted material as United States' laws. Meaning downloading and uploading is not highly monitored and you can get away with hosting illegal files on your server. The court made a statement in favor to RapidShare indicating that the

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The final version of well promised Windows Phone 7 means to bring back Microsoft's popularity back won't be released soon. But, here are some images of Windows OS on the phone you might enjoy before the product is released. The first time Windows announced this product was during a global congress where Microsoft released their new operating system for smartphones which includes services, like

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Buying this or that product in the store very few ask themselves the manufacturing process the product went through. Consumers trust well established brands and assume that if the product is engineered with highest quality standards then the workers are compensated in the same way. If the same company engineering the product was to manufacture it then very few consumers would be able to afford

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Stuart Hughes is well knows for taking normal gadgets and tranforming them one of a kind devices by embedding dimonds and gold on the surface. This time Hughes decided to take iPad to the new level by covering the back plate of Apple iPad with gold and Apple logo with a 53 expensive dimonds with average weight of 22 carots. The model receiving this kind of attention is iPad Wi-Fi and 3G with 64

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The reality is that everyone knows their computer is open to any hacker attacks so users are equipping themselves with the best anti-virus applications out there. But, how about the new cars with built-in computers which are responsible for almost all the functionality in the car? The following tests showed some interesting results which should be taken into consideration by car manufacturers.

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Acer, third largest global computer production company has announced that in the second half of 2010 the company will release new laptop computers under Chrome OS from Google. But, recent rumors indicate that Acer is planning to make the release sooner than expected. By "soon" we mean close to next month a lot earlier than expected. Also, Google announced that first netbooks with Chrome OS will

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We live in some horrified times especially those of terrorist attacks. Now, don't be surprised when you get fined for joking around with random attacks. Paul Chambers was irritated with the closing of Robin Hood airport in Doncaster Sheffield. In result, Pual Chambers made a post on his Twitter space saying, "Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your shit

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Using Gmail you can drag-and-drop images right into your body of the email message. Using the web-interface you can resize the image on the spot. You can drag and drop the images from anywhere on your PC right into the web browser. This option is available only for Google Chrome at the moment but developers promise to expand this capability over other browsers as well.

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In the near future we will get to see the next Google phone the step up from Samsung Galaxy Spica (I5700). The new Google phone model will be I5800/I5801. No official announcements have been made regarding the new phone so these are the only characteristics we have so far: Google Android 2.1, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 3.0, touch-screen display with 240 x 400 resolution, 3.5mm audio input,

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Script has been modified and provides a neat example, look here: file_get_contents() exception handling improved Many PHP users are looking for a way to catch the exception from file_get_contents() function. I've had my share of trying to catch one too but the amount of code required to do so is above my level. After countless hours of wasted time I decided to simply ignore the error, like this:

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Many users argue that barebone systems are generally weak in performance because most of the work goes into the customizing the look of the case. I disargee with that fact. Barebone systems allow for easy installation, modification and upgrading over ready-to-go assembled computers which support limited upgrades like RAM and CPU Fan. Here is an example of a desktop pc made in a form of a cube

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Soon to be released Google Nexus One, has few information leaks regarding photography, video, etc. Another interesting news is there is information regarding ROM Nexus One built-on Google Android 2.1 platform. It was installed on Motorola Droid for Verizon operator. Based on the screenshots we can conclude that Android 2.1 will highly differ from version 2.0. There is a new weather widget,

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Few weeks ago I posted a code and a screen shot how to code and use Java's GUI GridLayout. After doing some research I found a great video tutorial on YouTube. Here is the link on how to create and use GridBagLayout. Ever since I watched the video, I've been using GridBagLayout for my projects and it helps a lot. Here is the video, let me know what you think:

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Samsung offers mobile applications for sale through their Samsung Application Store. Obviously before selling the products Samsung conducted a survey asking their users whether they are willing to pay for useful applications. The survey was done in British Columbia, France and Italy. The results are outstanding 42% of the voters would pay for applications for their mobile phones. From the

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We're approching the end of year 2009 and many sites will start publishing their list of top 10 games for 2009. The first publisher became The Time magazine, here is their list of top ten games for 2009: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2; Batman: Arkham Asylum; DJ Hero; Borderlands; New Super Mario Bros. Wii; Geo-Defense Swarm; Scribblenauts; Halo 3: ODST; Assassin's Creed 2; Uncharted 2 You are

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At times when we look at the art work of desktop computers we notice the bright LED lights, large cooling fans and beautiful drawings on the case. But in this case the design of this desktop computer has been manually manufactured using wood and aluminum. There is no bright LED lights or loud fan noises, and it doesn't attract the eye because of it's bright colors the difference here is the nice,

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Apple recently announced an upgrade to their desktop Mac Pro computers. Now, you can upgrade your desktop computer with Intel Xeon 3.33GHz quad-core processors. Additionally, future buyers will able to upgrade their hard drive capacity to 2 terabytes for $550. The default configuration package for this desktop pc comes with a single quad-core Intel Xeon 2.66GHz processor, 640GB hard drive, 3GB

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After surfing online looking for various ways to download music I stumbled upon this website, called Open-Downloads.net. It has a simple yet attractive design. The search function is quite neat as well, I tried some of the familiar artists and was able to find what I needed. On the home page there is a list of top songs which is always updated. There is also a wide variety of artists displayed in

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American company ViON presented craziest flash drive in the world. The device HyperStor-6200 has the capacity of 100 Terabytes. Not only does this device set world capacity record but its transfer speed is outstanding as well. HyperStor-6200 is capable of transferring files at 60 GB/s. The cost of this device is around few hunder thousand dollars. HyperStor-6200 is a desktop device so carrying

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Dr.Web released a new anti-virus update with a graphical interface. Now, the application allows the identification and removal of BackDoor.Tdss.565 trojan program. The update also covers the following utilities: Dr.Web Securiy Space, Anti-virus Dr.Web 5.0 for Windows, Dr.WEb Enterprise Suite, Dr.Web for server files on Windows, Dr.Web CureIt!, Dr.Web CureNet! and also the Anti-Virus Dr.Web

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