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net tuts+ just published a really good list of 30 amazing apps for developers on Mac OS X. I think I should add here at least 2 good applications. One is the Text Editor Smultron and the Fire Bug plugin for Firefox.

Release candidate 1 of PHP 5.3 just came out. There are a lot of nice things in PHP 5.3, for example namespaces.

Nettuts published a list of 10 rare HTML tags. Some of them you should know and use.

If you're looking for some MySQL Administration and Development Tools, here is a nice list of the most usefull tools from Smashing Magazine.

One great tool I haven't know yet is MySQL Workbench. It's also available for Mac OS X and there is a free community version. With this tool it's possible to create DB diagrams and directly import and export SQL dump files.

SEO is still a big subject in web development. CSS Tricks wrote a list of ten points about simple SEO optimization. The subject is a complicater, but it's a good idea to start with small steps.

With the second link it's possible to analyze the own page. Then it gives automatically some good hints what you could optimized or fix.

I just stumbled over a NetBook solution from AlwaysInnovating. It's a NetBook where you with touch screen and it's also possible to detach the screen.

George Godula talks in his guest post on TechCrunch about social platforms in China. Most social platforms in China were first only copies of Facebook or MySpace. But now QZone is probably the biggest social network in the world.

Smashing Magazine shows in its article "Design To Sell: 8 Useful Tips To Help Your Website Convert" some nice tips how to improve a webpage in the way to sell more.

Jim Plush from Panasonic wrote an article about using Zend Framework in an Enterprise environment. He talks about migration code, testing and why Zend Framework could be a good choice for Enterprises.