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SourceForge Blocked In China

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SourceForge, the world’s largest development and download repository of Open Source code and applications, appears to blocked in Mainland China on the eve of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. A screen copy of the command “tracert www.sourceforge.net” shows that the problem is a router inside China Telecom.

The current blocking may be related to the recent [...]

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DB2ASP - Free Access Database to ASP Converter

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DB2ASP generates an Active Server Page framework from an Access database. The framework contains Script subroutines to display and validate html forms and update the selected table or query. This won’t do everything for you but it will jumpstart your development process by automatically generating tedious code.
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So many of the applications I create involve using [...]

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Top Ten Best Firefox Extensions

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Firefox extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality to Mozilla applications. They can add anything from a toolbar button to a completely new feature. They allow the application to be customized to fit the personal needs of each user if they need additional features, while minimizing the size of the application itself (from the [...]

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Mozilla Firefox 3 Launch

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Firefox download day is here! With more than 15,000 improvements, Firefox 3 is faster, safer and smarter than ever before. Firefox 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 34 months. This new platform includes more than 15,000 changes to improve performance, stability, rendering correctness, [...]

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Baidu IM finally available

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After months of preparation and beta testing, Baidu has finally launched its instant messaging system, Baidu Hi.
I have downloaded and installed the program, which is still labelled beta 2.The interface is blueish and clean, and to use it one need to register for a Baidu passport (or use previous access details if one is using [...]

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