Develop web Applications using the MVC CakePHP Framework with New Book + Sample chapter

A new book that teaches users a step-by-step introduction to rapid web development using the MVC CakePHP framework has been announced by Packt Publishing. Written by Anupom Syam and Ahsanul Bari, the book aims to assist PHP programmers to develop and deploy well-crafted and robust web-based applications with the open source MVC CakePHP framework.

CakePHP is an open source web application framework written in PHP. It uses well-known design patterns and provides a structured framework that enables PHP users to develop robust web applications, without any loss of flexibility. The user can code faster, better, and it makes writing Web 2.0-style applications easier.
The book introduces the user to installing the MVC Framework and building his first application, and follows with looking at each main component of a CakePHP application in detail. The book also teaches how to build Web 2.0 style applications using a case study application. PHP Magazine Readers can download freely the chapter 4 Controllers: Programming. Application Logic [PDF 909KB]

Big Buck Bunny

Big Buck Bunny tells the story of a giant rabbit with a heart bigger than himself. When one sunny day three rodents rudely harass him, something snaps... and the rabbit ain't no bunny anymore! In the typical cartoon tradition he prepares the nasty rodents a comical revenge.
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Vimeo: Video online HD

Vimeo a major player in the field of online video today announced support for sending and playback of video in HD format. The high quality of the new format is really impressive and Vimeo is the first to support High Definition. Think that the resolution of online video is 1280 × 720… enough to see everything full screen without loss of quality. Of course… it takes a little 'of banda to be able to see movies!

Teen Social Network myYearbook Gets $13 Million

myYearbook, a social network for teenagers that launched in 2005, has raised $13 million in a Series B funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, US Venture Partners, and First Round Capital. The new round brings the company’s total funding to $18.6 million.
myYearbook says it sees 10 million unique visitors monthly, and also makes the claim that it is the third largest social network in the US. (Not quite. It is only a fraction of the size of MySpace or Facebook, and Bebo and imeem also attract more monthly unique visitors. According to comScore, myYearbook had 4.5 million unique visitors in June, versus 5.2 million for Bebo and 6.4 million for imeem). When we last wrote about them, there was speculation that the site may have more high school users than Facebook. This is almost certainly no longer the case. Facebook has seen dramatic growth since that time, with 37.4 million uniques in June, with 10 percent of those between the ages of 12 and 17, says comScore. MyYearbook has a larger percentage of users in that age group (23.8 percent), but less than a third as many total.
Still, myYearbook continues to produce impressive stats if you look at Hitwise, with 384% in year-over-year growth.
The site intends to use the money to further expand its feature set and reach out to new members. As part of the deal, Norwest Venture Partners’ Sergio Monsalve will join the company’s board of directors.

Source: TechCrunch

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Jajah Launches Instant Chinese/English Voice Translation

Jajah, a popular VoIP service provider, has released a new English/Chinese translation service called JAJAH.Babel just in time for the Olympic Games. The service, which was developed in conjunction with IBM, allows users to call a free number to get a near-instant translation of spoken sentences. The service isn’t meant for voice calls abroad - instead, it’s a handheld translator. After speaking your message into the phone, you hand it to the person you’re speaking with, and the phone spits out the translated message.
Using the service is fairly simple, and should work from any phone line:
How does JAJAH.Babel work? From English to Chinese or in reverse:Dial JAJAH.Babel from any phone. U.S. local access number: +1.718.513.2969Choose which language you want your message translated into (either English to Chinese or Chinese to English)Say your message and press #You will be able to confirm that your message was properly understood by the system.The message will automatically be played back in Chinese. If you wish, simply hand your phone to the other person or put the phone on loudspeaker so they hear the message.The other person can then record a message in Chinese, following the steps above, and you will hear their message in English.
To help test the service I recruited TechCrunch intern Matthew Schulz, who is fluent in Chinese. His conclusion was that it worked surprisingly well. The translation from English to Chinese sounded a little bit awkward, but the meaning was obvious. As for speech detection, the service had some trouble when he spoke Chinese in his normal tone, but when he enunciated a bit more than usual the results were almost perfect.
For now, the service is limited to translations between English and Chinese Mandarin, but the companies plan to release new languages in the near future. You can get more information about the service along with more local access numbers here.

Source: TechCrunch

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Social Travel Site TripSay Opens Up To The Public

After about four months in private beta, social travel site TripSay is now open to all travelers. TripSay combines travel search with user-generated travel guides and ratings. When you enter a city or place, it comes up on a map, along with recommendations from other TripSay users that can be sorted by restaurants, hotels, bars, beaches, transportation, sights, and other categories. I described the service in my initial review:
TripSay combines social recommendations with a travel search engine that auto-suggests cities, pubs, hotels, and the like as you type them in. They appear as icons on a map, with a photo (pulled from Flickr) and description on the side, a tag cloud below, and minifeed of all the places you and your friends have rated or recommended. The detail page for each city shows other TripSay members who have visited, tips from members, the most interesting Flickr photos tagged with the name of the city, links elsewhere on the Web, and a list of the top-rated places shown on a map.
Since then, the site has added a few more features, including better editing tools, ways to collect and save your favorite tips, group message boards, and the ability to filter recommendations by groups. And, of course, it’s kept its signature rating system, which goes from smiley face to a full moon. TripSay competes with Dopplr, Driftr, and many other social travel sites, but it is worth a look.

Source: TechCrunch

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mloovi translates RSS feeds into 24 languages

Mloovi is a new tool which will translate RSS newsfeeds into 24 languages. It does this via Google Translate but the process is utterly seamless. You just put an RSS feed’s URL into the box and that’s it. The service is going to be of great use to bloggers (who can also download a widget to have their blog automatically translated). The translations are not perfect and images and formatting are removed, but they do give you the gist of the article. With the Olympics coming up it should be especially useful to track all the chatter from the myriad of nations attending. The basic service is free, as mloovi inserts one advert into the feed and a premium account which removes ads is planned.
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Twitterfone Releases Full Audio Interface For Twitter

Twitterfone launched in May to let Twitter users post new messages by calling in to a phone number and speaking out what they want to say. The service then converts the message to text and posts it to your Twitter account along with a link to the audio file. Here’s a test message I created at the launch. The service is a great way to leave a quick Twitter message when you’re away from your computer and only have access to a phone - the service offers local number in 19 countries and is expanding regularly. The company says 20,000 people have signed up for the service since launch.
Today Twitterfone will start converting your Twitter messages to audio, too, giving users a full audio interface to the service. As of today, when you call Twitterfone the service offers to let you record a new message, listen to messages from your friends, and reply to messages publicly or privately. Users can listen to the first ten messages.
For now, only English is supported, but Japanese is next up. The service is free and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

If you are a Twitterer, you’re gonna love this. Below is a quick demo video I did via Qik that shows the functionality.

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4D releases 4D Web 2.0 Pack v11 Release 2

4D have recently released a new version of their Ajax Framework, included in this new release a major enhancement with HTML 5, Google Gears and Adobe Air support, In addition to support codeless generation of an Ajax client for the iPhone. Below the press release :
Major release features the world's first Flex-to-Database direct connectivity, iPhone 2.0, HTML 5, Google Gears and Adobe AIR Support
July 24, 2008 - SAN JOSE, CA - 4D, Inc., maker of an integrated software platform that simplifies the process of developing and deploying business applications, announced today the release of 4D Web 2.0 Pack v11 Release 2. The new version, a combination of two products - 4D Ajax Framework and 4D for Flex - brings a powerful set of tools, plug-ins, and components that allow 4D developers to easily harness the power of Web 2.0 technologies, and deliver live web and rich internet applications to browsers, desktops, and portable devices such as the iPhone.
"With the advent of technologies like Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) both Flex-powered and Ajax-driven, the iPhone, Adobe AIR, HTML 5, and Google Gears, web applications are making their way to more mobile devices, desktops and, yes, browsers than ever before,"said Laurent Ribardière, President and founder of 4D.
4D for Flex provides the world's first Flex-to-database direct connectivity. All other Flex-to-database solutions require complicated, overweight middleware solutions. 4D for Flex offers a simple, integrated Flex-to-SQL database direct connection. With zero overhead, 4D for Flex not only provides a revolutionarily simple, integrated architecture, but also high-performance connectivity to 4D Server v11 SQL and other industry standard SQL databases.
4D Ajax Framework is an integrated Ajax framework and application server that combines the power of Ajax and 4D databases, bringing 4D application data to your browser, RIA, iPhone, and more. Using the power of HTML 5 and Google Gears, users can now access their web applications even when they are offline. Fully data-interactive iPhone 2.0 applications can be built with zero coding, or completely enhanced for 100% customized data applications.
"4D's commitment to working with its Web 2.0 Pack customers (in providing timely and responsive solutions) is clearly evident in the 11.2 release," said Steve Orth, President and CEO of Aquila Group. "This feature packed release provides the necessary tools for Developers to quickly - and professionally - bring their applications to the web. It's a required product/upgrade if you are serious about harnessing the power of 4D and Web 2.0!"
4D Web 2.0 Pack v11 Release 2 is available for purchase immediately, with pricing beginning at $599. 4D products are available for download and purchase at http://www.4d.com/.About 4D
About 4D
4D Inc., located in San Jose, CA, offers companies and developers an integrated platform for creating and deploying business applications. The 4D product line is used in more than 50 countries by a network of 7,000 professional software developers and millions of end users. 4D Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of 4D SAS, headquartered in Paris, France. 4D Inc. can be reached at (408) 557-4600, or online at http://www.4d.com/.
All brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders

MS Student With Encarta Premium 2009 [MULTI]

MS Student with Encarta Premium 2009 - Multilingual product version Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2009.

Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2009 - a popular version toolbox designed for pupils and students. It includes everything necessary to self-examination of complex topics and the preparation of homework.

Compatible system: Win2000, WinXP, Vista
Language: Multilingual
Developer: Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation)
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Tarkan - Metamorfoz Remixes (2008)

Artist: Tarkan Album: Metamorfoz (Remixes)
Released: 2008
Number of tracks: 13
Quality of sound: 128kbps

Size: 64 mb

Tracklist:
01] Arada Bir (Be Funkee Mix)

02] Arada Bir (Ozinga Mix)

03] Cat Kapi (Hokenek Mix)

04] Dedikodu (Ozan Dogulu Mix)

05] Dilli Duduk (Suat Atesdagli & Yalcin Ates Mix)

06] Hop Hop (Kivanc K Gangsta Mix)

07] Istanbul Agliyor (Murat Matthew Erdem Mix)

08] Istanbul Agliyor (Hokenek Mix)

09] Pare Pare (Tiesto Mix)

10] Vay Anam Vay (Electrofied Mix)

11] Vay Anam Vay (Elektherock Mix)

12] Vay Anam Vay (Erdem Kinay Mix)

13] Vay Anam Vay (Gurcell Mix)

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Folder Lock 5.9.5

Folder Lock - allows you to protect certain files and folders, hiding them, and thus makes it inaccessible to others' eyes. The size of a file or folder that can be anything - even if, for example, 50 Gb. To get access to hide enough data to run Folder Lock and enter the correct password. Management of the programme is very simple - maintained the method drag & drop (drag -> down -> hidden).

Version 5.9.5, Released on July 7th, 2008:

-- Enhancements and bug fixes to improve the overall security of the program.

Size: 4.19 Mb

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