Ensure a Fast Internet Connection When You Need It

Rather than running around the house shutting down all of your computers next time you're experiencing a little lag on Xbox Live or Skype is breaking up on you, you can set up Quality of Service (QoS) rules on your router to distribute bandwidth to your different gadgets and applications based on your priorities. Today I'll show you how.

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The Complete iPhone Unlock Star Wars Timeline

As we wait for the release of the new firmware that according to Apple will brick all unlocked iPhones —hits update for the 75,453rd time— here's the promised Star Wars-themed timeline which narrates the quest for the free software unlock, complete with dates, links and commentary.

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Yes, this Lizard is real, alive, and not stoned.

And - you guessed it - found in Hollywood, where everyone (and everything) is laid back.

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The PHP Toolbox: 20+ PHP Resources

With WordPress 2.3 launching this week, a bunch of themes and plugins needed updating. If you’re not that familiar with PHP, this might present a slight problem. Not to worry, though - we’ve collected together 20+ tools for you to discover the secrets of PHP.

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40 Unusual Websites you should Bookmark.

Undiscovered webservices that are original, rather unique, unusual, useful, free, and must-be bookmarked type. You won’t find any collaboration, storage or ToDo service here. Enjoy! A Must Read

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Set up a Web server cluster in 5 easy steps

Construct a highly available Apache Web server cluster that spans multiple physical or virtual Linux® servers in 5 easy steps with Linux Virtual Server and Heartbeat v2.

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15 Web Addresses for Wasting Time ... View At Your Own Risk!

There’s a lot of articles around about how to make your time more productive. But some days I really don’t want to be productive, and while I should get off my chair and go outside instead I find myself killing time online.

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Got a fresh Mac? Start HERE

Not having most of these tools is like having half a Mac.

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15 Really Cool Things Most People Don't Know About PHP

I saw the first article on Digg and was disappointed by that list. Here are 15 interesting and unknown features of PHP that will make you more productive and take advantage of the new OO features in PHP5.

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10 things you didn’t know about PHP.

Here’s a short list of cool features that might have slipped under your radar.

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Masters of The Blogosphere: 30 Most Popular Blogs Ranked by Traffic Data

A complete list of the top 30 most popular blogs ranked by a combination of Inbound Links (Yahoo Site Explorer), U.S. Compete and Quantcast traffic data, and Alexa rank. The data gives you a real insight into these blogs success which will allow you to judge the relative success of your own blog.

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A torrent of threads: Sun launches UltraSPARC T2, a.k.a. Niagara 2

Sun could shake up web serving with its newest processor, the UltraSPARC T2. In terms of throughput, SPEC benchmarks show that the new chip is a performance per watt beast.

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Stand-up/Daily Scrum: focus on achievement and commitment

How to have a good daily Scrum meeting.

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Cold fusion errors - null null, The error occurred on line -1., and java.la

Coldfusion has awesome error handling descriptions, but some errors are pretty cryptic. This helps explain some.

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Squash bugs in PHP applications with Xdebug

The Xdebug extension for PHP helps you autopsy your application when an error or crash occurs. Learn how to use Xdebug to trace the call stack, analyze memory usage, and comb through the contents of arguments and variables.

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What's Better than Mouseovers? How About Scrollovers. Download This Script

Scrollovers are a way to quickly and easily add flare to your web pages, giving your users an experience they weren't expecting.Integration of Scrollovers into your web site couldn't be easier, even if you’ve already built the site that you want to include Scrollovers on. In just minutes you will be able to have them appearing on your own pages

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100 Essential Resources for Web Developers

A Web developer's life is hard enough without having to be constantly on the hunt for good web-dev resources. After using these, you may still have 99 problems, but developing ain't gonna be one.

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Highly Addictive 'Drawing' Puzzle/Ball Game

OK, well I've been playing this for 45 minutes straight. Enough said right there.

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Next-Gen iMacs and More Coming Tuesday, New iPod Mid-September

"Someone close to the Infinite Loop Mothership just sent us a tip of what to expect at the Apple event this Tuesday: according to him/her/it, Steve Jobs will announce newly-designed iMacs —as expected— but apparently there will be a lot more."

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FUTURAMA returns November 27th

The first of four feature-length DVD movies will arrive in stores on November 27th!

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120+ Web Development Resources - Web Development Toolbox

"...a list of over 120 web development resources to make your life easier."

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