Monthly Archives: February 2012

Oracle makes improvements to open source MySQL database engine…

MySQL… It’s the open source database that runs much of the web. From WordPress blogs (like this one) to hundreds of thousands of e-commerce and other sites, MySQL has proved to be not just a solid performer that could compete with expensive alternatives like MS SQL Server or Oracle’s own database system, but a much desired [...]

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Audio and video on the web: where we stand now

A working musician and recording studio owner wondered elsewhere how he could get the highest quality audio samples of his work onto his website. He wanted, if possible, to use a minimum of 24 bit/44.1 kHz audio files… 44.1 24 bit uncompressed audio has a bandwidth of ~2117 kbps (~2.1 Mbps). With a rockin’ server [...]

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