PROGRAMMING HELP, PROGRAMMING TUTORIALS, PROGRAMMING ARTICLES

This week, Apple founder and recently-former CEO Steve Jobs lost his years-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He leaves behind many who mourn him and a creative technological legacy that has changed lives throughout the world.

Wednesday marked a major shakeup in the Apple hierarchy, as the company’s CEO and co-founder officially resigned. He will be replaced by Tim Cook, who previously held the title of Apple’s chief operating officer.

In response to user feedback, Google Chrome Developer Tools has seen some recent improvements in terms of some of its existing features, and some new ones as well. Chrome Developer Tools is partly developed via the WebKit open source project. It offers users a stable environment for optimizing and debugging web applications or websites that run in Google Chrome.

With so much to choose from in the way of Internet browsers, competitors need to find ways to stand out from the crowd. Google's latest release, Chrome 6, stands out by satisfying its users' need for speed.

The open source community has a new tool to tinker with thanks to the release of Fedora 13 from the Fedora Project. The Fedora Project is a group dedicated to bringing free open source software to the public. They are continuing to do so with this current release, which comes just half a year after the release of Fedora 12.

If you're interested in installing the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, you'll want to know that the Knoppix installer can save you a lot of trouble. This article walks you through the process. It is excerpted from the book Knoppix Hacks, Second Edition: Tips and Tools for Hacking, Repairing, and Enjoying Your PC, written by Kyle Rankin (O'Reilly, 2009; ASIN: B002QX441K). Copyright © 2009 O'Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission from the publisher. Available from booksellers or direct from O'Reilly Media

As the iPad nears its shipping date, iPad developers are flocking to the Objective-C platform and Apple's SDK 3.2

In this conclusion to a five-part series on building a LInux wireless access point, you'll learn how to manage the details, such as DNS caches. This article is excerpted from chapter four of the Linux Networking Cookbook, written by Carla Schroder (O'Reilly; ISBN: 0596102488). Copyright © 2008 O'Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission from the publisher. Available from booksellers or direct from O'Reilly Media

In this fourth part of a five-part series on building a Linux wireless access point, you'll learn about firewalling, routing, and more. This article is excerpted from chapter four of the Linux Networking Cookbook, written by Carla Schroder (O'Reilly; ISBN: 0596102488). Copyright © 2008 O'Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission from the publisher. Available from booksellers or direct from O'Reilly Media.

In this third part of a five-part series on building a Linux wireless access point, you'll learn several different ways to secure your servers, so you can choose the level of security that best suits your needs. This article is excerpted from chapter four of the Linux Networking Cookbook, written by Carla Schroder (O'Reilly; ISBN: 0596102488). Copyright © 2008 O'Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission from the publisher. Available from booksellers or direct from O'Reilly Media.

In this second part of a five-part series on building a Linux wireless access point, you'll learn how to set up name services, set static IP addresses, and more. This article is excerpted from chapter four of the Linux Networking Cookbook, written by Carla Schroder (O'Reilly; ISBN: 0596102488). Copyright © 2008 O'Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission from the publisher. Available from booksellers or direct from O'Reilly Media.

Over the past few years, wireless networking has made everyone's lives easier, thanks to being able to connect to the Internet just about anywhere. If you run a Linux shop and want to go wireless, this five-part series will show you how to set up a wireless access point. It is excerpted from chapter four of the Linux Networking Cookbook, written by Carla Schroder (O'Reilly; ISBN: 0596102488. Copyright © 2008 O'Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission from the publisher. Available from booksellers or direct from O'Reilly Media.

You might scoff at the idea of using PostgreSQL to replace your Oracle database, but when you look inside the numbers you can save a lot of money. Migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL might make sense for you.

If you're looking for a way to control or restrict access to your Linux-based applications, you might want to look at SELinux. This extension has been around since Linux kernel 2.6 and can help you with your access issues.

The on-again, off-again relationship between Microsoft and Yahoo! appears to be back on, though cautiously. The announcement about the ad partnership between MSFT and YHOO should be announced by Thursday Morning.