While ATT has delayed iPhone tethering it is now available in Canada. The setup is straightforward: you start by using the USB cable, connect the iPhone to your computer, then activate the function on the iPhone. Speeds are not the greatest, but fast enough to make you almost forget you’re using a 3G connection.

Now you can be the first to get that awesome deal or curbside freebie you spotted on craigslist while on the go. Of course, using your laptop while driving is a definite no-no.

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Update: we’ve noticed these ads are now using Flash Video.

Anyone can setup a Google Adsense account and get paid for displaying advertising on their website. However, a rash of misleading ads are currently running on various social network websites with outrageous claims such as “I’m Happy I Lost My Job” – “Make $ 15,000/month” – “I got $ 11,668.05”.

Each one of these ads points you to a fake blog where rags to riches stories are told and huge checks displayed proudly. Fact is, they are clones and the proof can be gathered quickly.

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Validation, Cross-Browser Checking

• HTML 2 Txt - html2txt: online service to convert web pages to plain text
• W3C HTML validator - This is the W3C Markup Validation Service, a free service that checks Web documents in formats like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards.
• Jigsaw - Enter the URI of a document (HTML with CSS or CSS only) you would like validated.
• Backwards Compatibility Checker - Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer
• Header Checker - Enter a URI for a webpage and we’ll tell you what the headers for that page are. This is useful to check the status code for a webpage for SEO purposes. Read the rest of this entry »
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PHP

• Official Php site - PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
• Predefined variables - Since PHP 4.1.0, the preferred method for retrieving external variables is with the superglobals mentioned below. Before this time, people relied on either register_globals or the long predefined PHP arrays ($HTTP_*_VARS). As of PHP 5.0.0, the long PHP predefined variable arrays may be disabled with the register_long_arrays directive.
• CakePhp - Cake is a rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like ActiveRecord, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC.
• PEAR - PEAR is a community-driven project governed by its developers. PEAR’s governing bodies are subdivided into the PEAR Group, Collectives, and a President.
• Smarty template engine - One of Smartys primary design goals is to facilitate the separation of application code from presentation. Typically, the application code contains the business logic of your application, written and maintained in PHP code. 

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MySQL / SQL

• Official MySQL Documentation - The MySQL Reference Manual covers most areas of MySQL use. This manual is for both MySQL Community Server and MySQL Enterprise Server. If you cannot find the answer(s) from the manual, you can get support by purchasing MySQL Enterprise, which provides comprehensive support and services.
• PhpMyAdmin - phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields, manage privileges,export data into various formats and is available in 50 languages. GPL License information.
• PosgreSQL docs - PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source relational database system. It has more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness.
• PhpPGAdmin - phpPgAdmin is a web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL. It is perfect for PostgreSQL DBAs, newbies and hosting services.
• SQL Notes - Some helpful hints on administrating and working with major linux sql-databases.

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SEO / SEM

• Keyword suggestion tool - This is a handy little tool will show you the results of your query from both Wordtracker and Overture for determining which phrases are searched most often.
• Keyword tracker - This utility can be used to check search engines (currently supporting Google, Yahoo and MSN) for search engine ranking and track those ranking historically, which as you probably know is critical when doing Internet marketing for your website(s).
• Co-op ad network - Many sites have a lot of content for users which could be used for a shared advertising network. So the way I figured it, is why not use it and create the first cooperative advertising network (it’s free by the way).
• Overture keyword tool - Not sure what search terms to bid on? Enter a term related to your site and we will show you.
• Wordtracker - With Wordtracker you’ll know which are the best keywords to drive more traffic to your sites.

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