Follow the rules and reap the rewards -- that's the motto for publishing multimedia on the Web. To make sure you're following the letter of the law, begin your investigation with Broadcast 2000 Brings DV Editing to Linux, followed by Broadband Price and Serviceability Top Customer Concerns. Remember that sound is half the show; make it resonate by reading Creating Great Audio for the Web. Then, once you know the rules ... go break 'em.  

Whether you're a developer practicing new Mozilla hacks by rewriting a favorite game, or your child is learning mechanical design with a Lego robot, gaming is for all ages. We begin our play with Building A Game In Mozilla: Part Two followed by Mindstorms in Education. We've included a handy Linux Gaming Resources page to round out the scorecard. Pagman anyone?  

Wireless development is just starting to explode, and if you've wondered how to get into it, we've got a foothold for you. Start Coding: An Introduction to WML gets you to your first Hello Wireless World script and a little beyond. Our Wireless Carrier Technology Roadmap defines all those mystifying terms like GSM, GPRS, and 3G. We have a quick overview of the top Mobile Phone Developer Programs, and a short report from Wrox's recent Wireless Developer Conference in Amsterdam. Ready to get unstrung?  

If you've read Eric Meyer's Web Review articles, then you know what an engaging writer he is. He's also an O'Reilly author and has put together a terrific package of CSS hacks and tools starting with The CSS Anarchist's Cookbook followed by Using CSS as a Diagnostic Tool. What's that? You say you don't trust your web pages to CSS? Eric explains why it's safe to rely on style sheets in What Makes CSS So Great?. Good reading, good stuff, enjoy.   

Apple looks to the Unix world to help modernize its next generation system software: Mac OS X. Begin your exploration with OS X Brings Unix Stability to the Mac, and if you want an OS X terminology primer, refer to Mac OS X Terms and Definitions. Already familiar with OS X? Then dabble with a little "Carbon" code and have some HAL-like fun in Writing a Speech Recognition App in Carbon. Speaking of fun, we tried linking a Windows PC to an Airport network in Connecting PCs to Apple's Wireless Airport. Happy roaming.  

Qt is a developer's GUI toolkit that's enjoying popularity in Europe and catching on in the States. We've assembled a Qt feature package that explores its object-oriented design environment, and its ability to develop applications for both Unix and Windows platforms. Begin your exploration with our introduction, then sit-in on a stirring developer's conversation about Qt, and finish with a detailed article on Qt Designer, Trolltech's new visual design too. Happy programming!  

Computer gaming blazes technology trails that others often follow. OpenGL has been on fire for a long time, and this sophisticated, hardware accelerated, 3D API is supported by all the major platforms. Begin your quest with our introduction titled, Creating Real Time 3D Graphics With OpenGL. Then, construct your first OpenGL application by following the coding trail in Preparing to Build an OpenGL Application, and finish with OpenGL Rendering and Drawing. Let the games begin.   

The question is no longer if your web site is going to be database driven; rather, it's which database are you going to use. Certainly there's life after Oracle, and this week we look at YourSQL Database Just Might Be MySQL, How PostgreSQL Rose to Fame, and to connect your DB we have, Are PHP and MySQL the Perfect Couple? Happy data mining.  

There's a tongue-in-cheek saying in the health care community, "The operation was a success, unfortunately the patient died," that reminds me of our battles against abuses on the Web. Here, we look at a couple solutions beginning with, Shining Light Into the Realtime Blackhole List, and Securing Your Home Network With the Edge Firewall. Mayhem isn't limited to the Web as illustrated in Cell Phone Viruses: The New Frontier. Be careful out there.  

Python's reputation as a friendly, scalable, graphically savvy programming language has its popularity climbing to new heights. This Python package includes Python as a First Language, Python Resources, and Adding Data Visualization to Python for Producing Graphs. And don't forget to visit our Python DevCenter.