August 2008
With web music fan favorite Muxtape currently out of commission due to "a problem with the RIAA," an open source -- if no more legal -- alternative has appeared: Opentape. Opentape is essentially a... Read More
Nearly four years in development, Google today finally rolled out its Search Suggestions product to the main page of Google.com. Suggest started as a 20% project and was launched on Labs in December... Read More
Last week a commenter asked if there was a way he could filter my posts at SitePoint out in his feed reader. While I sincerely hope he doesn't, he's in luck, because this post will show him exactly... Read More
IE6 turns 7 years old this week. Its successor is almost two years old, and IE8 is on the horizon. So why do so many web sites still support it? Why do so many people still use it? And is it time... Read More
Last week, Microsoft released Photosynth to the world as a free downloadable browser plugin and application. Is it as jaw dropping in practice as it was when the company first demoed it at the TED... Read More
Isaac Dealey is the author of two ColdFusion frameworks: onTap and an object relational mapper called DataFaucet. SitePoint recently had the privilege of sitting down with him for a discussion about... Read More
There is a reason that SitePoint Marketplace seems to be breaking listings records each month -- buyers are just as active as sellers. In July SitePoint saw a record number of listings and bids in... Read More
Spam accounts for 90-95% of all emails. Does the fate of social networks have to mirror that of email? Not if the founders of those sites can help it.Read More
Are you overly reliant upon the alert() statement when debugging JavaScript? James suggests considering the throw() statement, which provides several advantages, including writing debug information... Read More
While everyone else is running away from the newspaper business, Yahoo! is running straight at it. According to an interesting profile from the AFP, Yahoo! is planning to lean on its huge global... Read More
So… did ya miss me? I had an awesome holiday, and have come back to an overflowing feed reader. Although I may touch on some of the big things that happened while I was away, I’m going to... Read More
The wisdom of the crowds has been put to use to do some awesome things already, such as create a huge encyclopedia (Wikipedia), and manage a mutual fund (Marketocracy). But what about the money of... Read More
Interested in trialling a new lead-generation service? SitePoint Services is a vendor-matching service that connects individual companies looking for web development services with qualified vendors... Read More
It’s official—SitePoint readers love quizzes, and they love book giveaways even more. First, we gave you multiple chances to receive a free copy of Jack Herrington’s pocket guide to... Read More
