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PHPBuilder: "The associative array -- an indispensable data type used to describe a collection of unique keys and associated values -- is a mainstay of all programming languages, PHP included.

In fact, associative arrays are so central to the task of Web development that PHP supports dozens of functions..."

Boxee, the popular home theater PC program, has received another serious blow in its quest to become a living room mainstay, as the release of its much-anticipated Boxee Box has been pushed back to November of this year.

In fact, the delay might prove fatal to Boxee’s set-top hardware.

Internetnews: "The open source dynamic language PHP has been a mainstay of the Web application delivery landscape for the past decade, but only in recent years has it made serious inroads into enterprise IT development."