CopperLicht, fast WebGL JavaScript 3D Engine

WebGL is getting hot after being supported by modern browsers Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Now you can even create amazing apps with CopperLicht, a fast JavaScript 3D engine for creating games and 3d applications in the webbrowser. It uses the WebGL canvas supported by modern browsers and is able to render hardware accelerated 3d graphics without any plugins.

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Key features :

  • 3D World editor: CopperLicht comes with a full 3D world editor named CopperCube.
  • Many supported 3D file formats: .3ds, .obj, .x, .lwo, .b3d, .csm, .dae, .dmf, .oct, .irrmesh, .ms3d, .my3D, .mesh, .lmts, .bsp, .md2, .stl. and more, see below.
  • Incredibly fast: CopperLicht is highly optimized and able to render and animate even huge 3d scenes.
  • Simple API: CopperLicht is a SceneGraph based 3D engine, and a lot of examples and tutorials are available to show you how it works.
  • Binary compilation: Unlike other WebGL 3D Engines, CopperLicht compiles your 3D meshes into a small, binary file which downloads quickly, reducing bandwith usage for your users. Simply import your 3D files into the CopperCube editor and publish it as CopperLicht scene.
  • Totally free: CopperLicht is free to use. Just download and go!


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ItsNat Natural Ajax v0.7 Released

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ItsNat is a server centric Java AJAX web framework with the same style of programming as the client, because ItsNat approach is “The Browser Is The Server” (TBITS). ItsNat simulates a Universal W3C Java Browser in the server, client events are sent to the server via AJAX and converted to W3C Java DOM Events, changes in DOM server are automatically sent to the client as JavaScript updating the client DOM. In ItsNat templates are defined using pure X/HTML or SVG files with no logic. View logic is coded in pure Java using Java W3C DOM APIs promoting reuse and the goodness of Object Oriented Programming.

This release, 0.7, is highly focused on SVG, these days web technologies like HTML 5 and SVG are trying to achieve the same Flash capabilities tanks to browser makers and projects like SVGWeb sponsored by Google.

ItsNat v0.7 adds first class support of SVG in native browsers and Internet Explorer using a broad range of plugins: Adobe SVG Viewer (v3 and v6), Renesis 1.1, Savarese Ssrc, SVGWeb and Batik as applet. Savarese Ssrc also provides XUL to MSIE.



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PCI 101: Getting Started on the Path to Compliance

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was developed by the major credit card companies to help prevent credit card fraud and security vulnerabilities and threats. Companies that process, store or transmit payment card data must be PCI DSS compliant, and must validate compliance periodically.

During this event, a Trustwave expert will describe in detail the 12 requirements and how to meet the terms of the PCI DSS. Level 4 merchants and those who are just beginning the compliance cycle will find this webinar useful.

Please join Trustwave by registering for this event at Register for the North and South American Session.

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Meet the latest open source software developer: Facebook?


That’s right. Facebook is a technology company, serving billions and billions of pages each week (actually, over 100 billion per week, but I couldn’t resist a nod to Carl Sagan and McDonald’s). And doing so efficiently. So it should come as no surprise that the company has developed some unique software. On Feb. 2, the company released HipHop for PHP.

What is HipHop for PHP? Facebook describes it as:

…a source code transformer. HipHop programmatically transforms your PHP source code into highly optimized C++ and then uses g++ to compile it. HipHop executes the source code in a semantically equivalent manner and sacrifices some rarely used features — such as eval() — in exchange for improved performance. HipHop includes a code transformer, a reimplementation of PHP’s runtime system, and a rewrite of many common PHP Extensions to take advantage of these performance optimizations.

This is a fascinating look behind the scenes of arguably one of the most successful websites ever (and certainly, one of the most successful PHP-based websites). But do so quickly before Google, Oracle or someone with higher revenues and / or stock valuation decides to snatch Facebook up…

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InfoWorld compares 8 PHP IDEs


InfoWorld reviews 8 PHP integrated development environments (IDEs): ActiveState’s Komodo IDE, CodeLobster PHP Edition, Eclipse PHP Development Tools (PDT), MPSoftware’s phpDesigner, NetBeans IDE for PHP, NuSphere’s PhpED, WaterProof’s PHPEdit, and Zend Studio. Comparison factors include ease-of-use, tools, web & SQL support, documentation, installation and value.

And the winner is…

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Nuke Player v0.4 Developer Snapshot videos

Two video (HD) of Nuke Player v0.4 Developer Snapshot. First video is preview Flash player and HTML 5 video admin config, next video is a preview embed media configuration. Automatic parse supported video portal link’s.

Final version comming soon…

Are you using my modul? Please check this Survey.

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NukeLive 1.0 is the first software developed for Php Nuke

NukeLive 1.0 is the first software developed for Php
Nuke, created by Queen_live78 allows viewing of data on portals created
with PHP Nuke, graphic style analog clock widget Vista with convenience,
possibility of Background. installation carefully read
the manual. Compatible with Win XP / Vista / 7 – Bit 32-64

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PHP TestFest 2009 Winners

Winners of elePHPhants

  • Mark Schaschke TestFest London May 2009
  • Patrick Allaert Belgian PHP Testfest 2009
  • Rafael Dohms testfest PHPSP on 2009-06-20
  • Guilherme Blanco testfest PHPSP on 2009-06-20
  • Fabio Fabbrucci Italian PHP TestFest 2009 Cesena 19-20-21 june
  • Rodrigo Moyle testfest PHPSP on 2009-06-20
  • Edgar Ferreira da Silva testfest PHPSP on 2009-06-20
  • Marco Fabbri PHPTestFest Cesena Italia on 2009-06-20
  • Jason Easter Testfest 2009 2009-06-20
  • Simon Westcott PHPNW Testfest 2009

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Makara Leverages Virtualization to Simplify Cloud Application Management

Makara’s Cloud Application Platform, now available as a developer release, helps developers easily deploy, scale and monitor mission-critical applications in the cloud

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. – February 2, 2009 – After months under the radar, Makara today unveiled a brand new approach to cloud computing’s most difficult problem: application deployment and management. Rather than retrofit system management software designed for traditional application environments to the cloud, Makara’s Cloud Application Platform leverages the virtual layer to allow developers to rapidly deploy, scale and monitor applications in cloud environments. The product is freely available today as a developer release at www.makara.com.

“The widespread adoption of cloud computing is hitting a wall in terms of ROI because companies are not able to effectively manage applications, both inside and outside the enterprise, in a cloud environment. No one’s going to run mission-critical apps without management, not in the data center and definitely not in the cloud,” said Tim Guleri, Managing Director of Sierra Ventures. “Makara’s Cloud Application Platform provides that missing link, enabling developers to deploy their apps and make them work with full management capabilities. Makara will get the cloud past the ROI hurdle.”



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Google Drops IE6 support from Google Apps

In an email sent to Google Apps Admins, Google Apps team are dropping old browsers support from Google Apps in order to improve their products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance. As a result, in 2010, support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers will be phased out.

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We plan to begin phasing out support of these older browsers on the Google Docs suite and the Google Sites editor on March 1, 2010. After that point, certain functionality within these applications may have higher latency and may not work correctly in these older browsers. Later in 2010, we will start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar.

Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and above. If you are still using an old browser somewhere it’s time to change, since it’s no more supported anywhere and Google is making a good step to encourage people using new supported and more secure browsers.

If the Google Apps team delivered more than 100 improvements in 2009, I think this number will be beated in 2010 to deliver the best and most innovative collaboration products for businesses.



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