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By MikeH : 26 April 2010 - 07:40 AM

I have been trying to use my iPad as a business tool rather than a large iPod Touch. Two apps have distinguished themselves for practical business use. Roambi, which I explained why I like it here, is...

By bigred1 : 02 December 2009 - 05:29 AM

AS 3 is a much richer framework (more underlying functionality) than AS 2. ActionScript development is a part of both Adobe Flash Professional and Adobe Flex Builder. AS 2 is a nearly deprecated softw...

By macslocum : Today, 04:53 AM

Here's a tip included in "iPad: The Missing Manual." It's okay, you can admit it. You've tried and tried and tried, but you just can't deal with the iPad's flat glass typing surface. Your finge...

By adfm : 05 April 2010 - 04:38 PM

Are you looking for a way to get the O'Reilly ebooks you currently own in ePub format on to your iPad? Follow these three easy steps and you'll be reading your favorite titles with iBooks in n...

By filmbilly : 21 April 2010 - 02:00 PM

Bill Scott and Theresa Neil are ace UI designers that hosted an O'Reilly Master Class that deep dives the principles and patterns for rich web interfaces. Here's a chapter from their new class that d...

By adfm : 28 April 2010 - 10:57 AM

Did you know you could configure Ubuntu to use the keyboard to control the mouse cursor? In this excerpt from Robin Nixon's Ubuntu: Up and Running you'll see just how easy it is to implement. ...

By odewahn1 : 28 April 2010 - 08:33 AM

In the 1980s movie Superman II, the evil General Zod and his companions are trapped in the Phantom Zone, a prison that looked like a pane of glass. Once the villains are sucked inside, they're do...

By MikeH : 28 April 2010 - 08:01 AM

If you have purchased a copy of Keynote for the iPad, you may want a quick way to get presentations built for the device. I use my laptop, a MacBook Pro, and use Keynote there to build most of the pre...

By adfm : 28 April 2010 - 06:41 AM

Creating a PDF with PHP can be relatively straightforward. However, knowing what library to use and how to deal with errors can help you cut back on the tedious work associated with generating a PDF...

By macslocum : 28 April 2010 - 05:01 AM

Translating iPhone design to the iPad isn't as simple as it initially appears. The larger screen size presents one obvious difference. But developers/designers must also consider new use cases and the...

By macslocum : 23 April 2010 - 05:01 AM

Here's a tip included in O'Reilly's upcoming title "iPad: The Missing Manual." Before you begin ... You'll need to check off a few boxes in iTunes in order to get full functionality. Go to iTune...

By kbnotes : 26 April 2010 - 07:15 AM

Chris Beckett posted this article on his SharePoint Bits blog recently. He explains how to add custom WCF services in SharePoint 2010. Customizing WCF Services in SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2007 pro...