Objects were not always a key part of the PHP project. In fact, they have been described as an afterthought by PHP’s designers. As afterthoughts go, this one has proved remarkably resilient. In this chapter, I introduce coverage
of objects by summarizing the development of PHP’s object-oriented features.

The TangoCMS project has released version 2.2.0 of its web page content management system. Central to the release is resolving some security issues.

Red Hat president and CEO Jim Whitehurst sees opportunities for open source firms that might be putting undue burden on their dwindling IT departments because of the current economic downturn.

Yes, you can do that with Linux… Even if you want to live in an open source world, it's still full of Windows. This month we study strategies for Windows integration.

The famous Unix admin utility known as Top has many imitators. We take a look at some of the top Top tools.

We look at the history of the rootkit, including its newest incarnation, the DR RootKit.

iTalc gives teachers complete control over the digital classroom and integrates the PC as a learning aid and tool.

We get personal with Pygmynote, a simple Python-based personal data manager.