NetBeans 6.9 is out.

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There's a new release of the the one full-blown IDE that I've managed to stick with.  If Eclipse doesn't fit your style, give Netbeans a spin - I like its inline code completion, the source-code beautifier, and the integration with SVN and Mercurial.  I particularly find the source control usability much better than Eclipse.

After bug fixing period NetBeans 6.9 final build is available. You can download it as usual from NetBeans site. What is new, you can read in this document and also you can watch some new features in NetBeans 6.9 Overview video.

NetBeans for PHP : weblog

Tags: PHP, Programming

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BBC News - World News America - US soccer finds a Hispanic audience

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Overview of how MLS marketing has shifted towards courting the Hispanic market.  D.C. United features heavily, as an example of a team that got it mostly right from the beginning.

"The league had this crazy idea that it was going to be some sort of youth-oriented activity," said Kevin Payne, owner of DC United, a founding MLS team based in Washington DC.

BBC News - World News America - US soccer finds a Hispanic audience

Tags: DC United, Soccer

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World Cup Fever sends Internet usage to record levels

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I wish they'd compared it to traffic during the Olympics.

Today's Web traffic has been classified as "Heavy" for the better part of the day, according to measurements by Akamai. At its peak, traffic for News sites globally started a steady climb about 6 am ET and peaked six hours later, at Noon ET, reaching nearly 12.1 million visitors per minute.

World Cup Fever sends Internet usage to record levels

Tags: Soccer, World Cup

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