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Read The Jakarta Post Headlines RSS Feed using PHP and DOMDocument Class

One of our reader was asking about how to read RSS feed from The Jakarta Post headlines (www.thejakartapost.com). Their RSS service is located at http://www.thejakartapost.com/channel/headlines/feed. Here is the PHP code to read their RSS feed.

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<?php
// script name: rss_reader_jakartapost_headlines.php
// coder: Sony AK Knowledge Center – www.sony-ak.com
 
header(’Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8′);
 
// [...]

UK Citizens Petition For Government IE6 Upgrade

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Businesses Count the Cost of Social Networking

A recent UK survey discovered that employees were wasting 40 minutes per week on social networking websites. Craig discusses whether it has become a significant problem and whether blocking is a viable solution.

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Could The Internet Win the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize?

The Internet has been nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. Could this be the first award ever given to an invention rather than a person or an organization?

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Mozilla Releases Firefox Mobile 1.0

The first version of Firefox Mobile has been released for Nokia N900 mobiles. Craig takes a look at the new browser and examines its future potential.

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Mobile workers can discover best places to work

Thanks to Pam for the heads up about this new app in the app store, WorkSnug.

WorkSnug uses Augmented Reality to connect mobile workers to the nearest and best places to work in the city. We’ve visited and rated hundreds of workspaces, assessing noise levels, power provision, community feel, even the quality of the coffee. [...]

Factors affecting Google Search position

I thought it was strange when I noticed that the search result position of a customer’s site, Eureka Financial, varies depending on whether the customer was logged in or not to their Google account. It should be noted the customer is running Adwords campaigns for their site.
But it gets even stranger – can you believe [...]

Making the web more readable – in one click

The Readability bookmarklet is by far the most useful bookmarklet I’ve used. A must try for anyone who spends an inordinate amount of time reading stuff on the web

How to Block Flash

I wish I hadn’t waited so long to install the ClickToFlash plugin, it totally improves the web experience. The idea is simple, all flash animations are paralyzed by default To view flash, including videos like youtube, etc, you have to click to play. A lot healthier for the laptop, no more CPU running [...]

Build a Buzzword Bingo Card in PHP

Bored in meetings? Worry no longer. Raena demonstrates how to ease the pain of meetings by creating your own buzzword bingo game using a scrap of beginner PHP.

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