After Bizspark for Startups, Microsoft launch WebsiteSpark programme for Web Developers and designers .

Barcamp Cork the 3rd is confirmed for November 14th.

A great service for storing passwords, free online password manager www.passpack.com (Via @alexleonard)

In the wake of a blog post from Pat Phelan, James Corbett kicked off ‘OutVesting‘ whereby people on Twitter pledge to donate 50 Euro along with 99 others to give 5,000 Euro to a startup. In what I believe was under a week, 100 people have already pledged to donate 50 Euro. More on http://www.outvesting.org/

Amazing high speed robotic hand. (YouTube video)

Some research from Red Cardinal about Malware Stats for Irish Web Hosting Companies.

RefactormyCode.com Gget your code improved  or help others improve their code.

Server2Go, Create a server which runs off a CDROM or USB stick, very handy and very free too.

Use FormIgniter to create forms for use with CodeIgniter. It outputs the neccessary model, view and controll code. A great time saver.

Ever wonder about those ads that Google is showing you? Ever wonder what Google knows about you? Have a look at Google Ads Preferences to see what Google thinks your interests are and modify them if you like.

FÁS creates digital media training programme. Currently Dublin only.

Sponsorship for the 2009 web awards are now open.

If you’d like to develop an iPhone app but don’t have the time or staff to do it, take a look at Swebapps - The easy way to build your own app.

Appointed by the Taoiseach, the Innovation Taskforce is requesting submissions by 18 September.

6 simple ways to increase productivity.

Frank from Website Design Cork has published the results of a poll about PDF files in Google Search results.

DesignFellow have released CodeIgniter quick reference cheat sheet version 2.0.

A blog post on Why PHP frameworks matter.

Test your app in any browser from the web. Very useful service.

17 Awesome Web Developer Cheat Sheets, some great cheat sheets, PHP, Ruby, mySQL and more.

Earlier in the week, I wrote about differences in the referral address from Google and Google ‘Caffeine’, Googles new search engine algorithm. On the Blackdog SEO blog, Paul compares the two search tools and has created an excellent tool to compare the results from Google and Google Caffeine.

Code in your browser with PHPanywhere. Theres also a techcrunch article about it.

If you think a website might be infected with the Gumblar virus? Try out this free tool and read this blog post on how to remove it.

Is this the video of the future? 360 degree video.

DesignFellow are giving away a free CodeIgniter Cheat sheet. I have mine printed out and stuck on the wall.

An excellent tutorial from Nettuts, develop an app in CodeIgniter and then developing the exact same app using Ruby on Rails. From CodeIgniter to Ruby on Rails: A Conversion