Amazon makes storage service more Web-friendly

Developers can now implement HTML5-based drag and drop uploads to Amazon S3, show upload progress, or update content. Until now, developers needed to run a custom proxy server to support these capabilities. Read More 

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The dramatic shifts in IT -- hello, cloud computing; nice to see you, consumerization -- have expanded the roles and requirements developers handle. Here's how to stay on top of the shifts by working smarter, not harder. Read More 

Twitter to certify third-party apps for businesses

On the heels of controversial changes to its developer platform, Twitter is debuting a certification program for third-party business applications that the company deems particularly good and useful. Read More 

China's biggest search engine Baidu enters mobile browser fight

BEIJING - China's dominant search engine Baidu Inc rolled out a mobile browser on Monday to help secure its share in a mobile Internet market that surpasses the U.S. population in size and to fend off smaller rivals such as Qihoo 360 Technology Co.   Readmore>

EU Commission asks telcos to share radio waves

BRUSSELS - The European Commission is pushing telecoms companies to share the radio frequencies they use for mobile and broadband services as space runs out for rapidly increasing Web use.      Readmore>

Virgin Airlines giving away a free trip into space to its best customer

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If you've ever wanted to vacation in the dark unknown, better start buying plane ticketsAre you the type to save up frequent flyer miles? If so, Virgin Airlines may have something better to offer you than a free trip to visit your in-laws. Today, the company announced that the customer who accumulates the most miles between now and August 7, 2013 will be given a free suborbital space flight courtesy of the company's new Virgin Galactic venture.The contest is meant to reward the customer who flies with Virgin the most, and is a bonus on top of the free trips and seat upgrades that miles are normally exchanged for. And if you fall a couple of flights short of the win, don't kick yourself too hard: The person with the second highest number of miles will get a zero-gravity flight — a brief taste of the high life.Virgin Galactic is expected to start offering two-hour long space tourism flights as soon as 2013. A flight would normally set you back $200,000, but despite the high price tag, there's already a growing list of ticket holders. By winning, you could find yourself hobnobbing with the rich and famous — Stephen Hawking, Ashton Kutcher, and Richard Branson are all slated to blast off during the venture's inaugural year.Read more >

IQ test for PHP

So you think you know PHP, the first choice for anyone putting up a website? Here are 20 questions that dig into the nuances of one of the Web's most popular means of adding intelligence to your HTML files. Read More The PHP IQ test