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When making a flash game, it's always nice to have believable physics. However, having to code your own physics engine is not always so nice. The good news is... you don't have to. Here is a list of AS3 class libraries that make simulating physics relatively easy.

We all know the importance of having a Web site rank well in search engine results for searches on specific keywords/phrases. If your Web site doesn’t have a page appearing in the top 10 search engine result positions (SERPs) the chances of someone clicking on your listing, and actually visiting your site, drop dramatically. If you’re not in the top 20 you have almost no chance that someone will scan through the SERPs that far to find your page.

Papervision3D is a high performance 3D engine for Flash. It features linear texture mapping, optimized for rendering speed and quality. It’s also been designed to be simple and easy to use.

Yesterday saw the launch of Cuil (pronounced ‘cool’), the new search engine that’s been set up by ex Google employees as a direct competitor to the search giant.

Heard of Google? or Yahoo!? ... of course you have. Also you know exactly what they do. But why should you just let Google or Yahoo or other search engines take all the glory. Why not try yourself and make your own Search Engine in PHP and MySQL. Ok, you won't beat Google.. but you can have a really good try.

On widgiland you can find thousands of widgets for every platform: start pages, blogs, desktop, mobile. Users can surf it by platform, category or search engine. IWidget developers can promote their widgets for free. On W-Space you can publish articles about your widgets or post your questions to the community.

Changes that Firefox 3.0 will have on web developers. The author hits on Javascript changes because of the new DOM engine, CSS changes and more.

Another search term that we are experimenting with in regards to SEO. Should be on the first page of Google within a week if all goes as planned.

Expression Blend 2 SP1 Preview has been released! You can download it from here.
3D Graphics With Silverlight by Matthieu LABAN - 3D samples for Silverlight are getting better and better. This time Matthieu displays his flight track using the cool Kit3D engine available on Codeplex. Live demo is also available, but keep GPX files handy...