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There are two ways to install AMP (apache, mysql and php) under window environment. In this post, i’ll teach you the easy way to install apache, mysql and php in one bundle. Bear in mind that, this installation is only suitable to be use for developement purposes.

DO NOT USE THIS FOR PRODUCTION PURPOSES!
Visit WAMP server website, download the latest stable release of WAMP Server. At the time i’m writting this post, the stable release version is 1.4.4. Under this stable release it bundle with Apache 1.3.33, PHP 5.04 + PECL, SQLiteManager, MySQL 4.1.10a, and phpMyAdmin. Total file size is 21Mb.

After download the setup file, double click it and follow the onscreen instruction. When the installation going to end, it will ask you to choose your root directory.

Just use the default www folder and click "OK".

After that, it will ask you about your Explorer Location:-

Just use the default one and click open.

Once you finished the installation, WAMP server will be started. You will see a new icon under your system tray.

You can just click on the icon to access the WAMP5’s Menu

The Brown color icon means all services stopped
Yellow color means one service is running
White color means all services are running

Once you see the white color icon, you can launch your browser and visit http://localhost and you will see the screen below.

You are DONE!

So you can start to save your file into the C:\WAMP\www folder and you will see the result.

Forbes just announced the 200 Best Small Companies.

1. Hansen Natural

• Once a staid maker of fruit juices and sodas, the company unleashed a
  beast in 2002 with Monster Energy, a caffeine-loaded drink aimed at
  teens and thirtysomething males.

2. Cognizant Technology Solutions

• Its business is e-business: helping companies migrate from paper trails to electronic statements via the Web.

3. Travelzoo

• Who would believe you could make a thriving Internet business by directing travelers to booking agents?

4. Remington Oil & Gas

• Today it operates 40-plus oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico, which were minimally impaired by Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Rita damaged two rigs.

5. Usana Health Sciences

• Microbiologist Myron Wentz sold out of a viral-diagnostic company he founded and started Usana, a vitamin and supplement multilevel marketer.

6. Forward Industries

• Call them hip protectors. Forward
  makes carrying cases for Razr, the new ultrapopular, ultrathin cell
  phone from Motorola, which accounted for nearly half of the company�s
  third-quarter sales.

7. Laserscope

• Laserscope’s
  trademarked Gemini laser can vaporize moles and skin blemishes, as well
  as assist in hair removal, varicose vein treatments and face-lifts. In
  more urgent medical cases, its GreenLight laser can be used to shrink
  inflamed glands and enlarged prostates and to zap kidney masses.

8. Ceradyne

• With the depressingly high number of roadside explosions and car bombs in Iraq
  and Afghanistan, this diversified ceramics maker pulled in 53% of its
  January-to-June sales from military customers–much of that in body-armor sales.

9. American Healthways

• The company provides services for 21 chronic conditions, offering remote
  monitoring for heart patients and for phone calls by nurses to people suffering
  from conditions, such as asthma and depression. It also reminds diabetics to
  check for swollen feet.

10. Middleby

• Good customer relations and contracts from deep-pocketed customers, like
  McDonald�s, KFC and Papa John�s, helped pull the commercial-kitchen-equipment
  maker out of the fire after negative earnings in 1998.

Click here to find out more about the 200 Best Small Companies at Forbes

Dog lovers attention!!!
Just read an interesting news from a news site. Honda is trying to launch a doggy friendly car!

"WAKO, Japan � Honda Motor Co. has designed a car that’s friendly for dogs � part of the Japanese automaker’s ongoing effort to create vehicles that are easy to use and comfortable to ride in.

A special crate for dogs in the glove compartment allows owners to
interact with their pets while driving. A bigger crate pops up from the
floor in the back seat area and can be folded back into the floor when
it’s not needed. For even bigger dogs, just buckle them up with a
special seat belt to the floor."

Click here to read the full article.