Victor's Blog about the Web, Security and Life

The web for me is a hobby where standards and best practices are daily bread. Security is a concern that everybody must be aware of its details for IT in general, and the web in particular, to be a safer place. My life, on the other hand, is that of a regular Lebanese citizen where politics and social issues are discussed on a daily basis. I hope you enjoy reading my blog and make sure to drop me a comment about any topic you find interesting.

PHP-GTK: Is PHP Seeking Java and .NET Competition?

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victor | 29 April, 2008 06:48

Let's face it: PHP rocks when simplicity is in mind. One major ex-barrier for PHP Software development, though, was the inability to use any graphical client except the browser. Unlike Java and .NET, PHP programs were only accessible through web browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc.) with support for XHTML. We all know that GUI production using XHTML is harder than normal drag-n-drop GUI editors like .NET and JAVA.

Nowadays, PHP-GTK is very promising to deliver GUI software applications using PHP. PHP-GTK is platform independent and uses an architecture "somehow" similar to that of the JAVA engine architecture. You write your program using PHP and the PHP-GTK plugin (installed separately for the Operating System) takes care of executing the program for you.

In this article, I will discuss some of the points that PHP must take into serious consideration before being considered eligible for the competition. I will also discuss the points of strength and current points of weakness in this domain.
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Google Adwords Phishing Emails

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victor | 05 April, 2008 20:13

This is just an alert about emails that are being sent to many people that I know regarding Billing Information for Google Adwords. The email is asking people to visit a website that looks exactly like the Google Adwords website and asks visitors to login and update their credit card information. Pay attention not to fall for this.

Moreover, I will list below the URLs of the emails contained in the link with the hope that they get blocked soon:

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