Feature Story: Hacking JavaScript for Fun and Profit: Part II

In Part 1 of this series, Myles gave us a taste for how to manipulate sprites on the screen. In this fascinating follow-up, he reveals the end product of some extreme JavaScript hacking—recreating the classic Mario Brothers platform game! Read more…

News & Trends

10 Must Have Tools for Communicating with Clients

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Communicating your clients is a necessary evil of contract web development, design, programming, writing, or any other freelance art form. Our round up of ten must have web-based tools below will help you better communicate with clients, and and help you keep your sanity. Read more…

HelpingKind.org: A Pay It Forward Marketplace

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People helping other people is an old idea, but in today's hustle-bustle, impersonal world of online communications, it may actually seem novel. The idea certainly has legs, though, says Dave Dalton, which is why he started a marketplace for people to trade good deeds. Read more…

If Twitter Charges, Users Would Pay: Survey

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Would you pay to use Twitter? An unscientific survey conducted today found that about 50% of users would pay $5 per month or more for the service. Another survey found that a quarter of users would pay to remove ads if the service started putting them in feeds. How about you? Read more…

NASA Tests First 'Deep Space Internet'

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What do you get when you mix Vint Cerf, NASA, and a spacecraft zipping around space 20 million miles from Earth? The first interplanetary Internet, of course! NASA reports today on the successful trial of the first deep space Internet communications network. Read more…

Yahoo! Launches BrowserPlus, Plans to Open Source It

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Yahoo!'s cross-browser RIA platform BrowserPlus official crawled out into the public today, promising a way to enable "in-browser desktop applications," which is a fancy way of saying that it allows developers to add desktop-like functionality to web-based apps. Read more…

The Downside of Free

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The freemium revenue model, in which limited versions of web services are given out for free with more feature rich versions sold for a price, can make you a lot of money as an app developer. But there are some pitfalls you should be aware of. Read more…

Central Desktop Launches Enterprise Version

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SaaS collaboration and project management tool Central Desktop announced the release of a new enterprise version of their software. The enterprise package includes an SLA, Saleforce.com integration, and most importantly, a new Workflow manager. Read more…

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Design

Feature Story: The Art & Science Of CSS is FREE to Download!

For the next 14 days, one of SitePoint's most popular books is available to download for FREE. Just follow us on Twitter, and you'll receive a PDF of the top selling "The Art & Science Of CSS." No strings attached! Read more…

Tech

Feature Story: 6 Steps to Professional Podcast Publishing

A couple of weeks ago, I offered up 8 Professional Podcast Production Tips. If you followed those, you should have a professional-sounding show all ready for the world to hear. But how do you get it out there? Read more…

Business

Feature Story: Yang Steps Down As Yahoo! CEO

Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang is stepping down as chief executive, ending a rocky reign marked by his refusal to sell the Internet company to Microsoft Corp. for $47.5 billion — more than triple Yahoo's current market value. Read more…