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1. FEATURED ARTICLE: Extreme HTML Optimization 2. EXPLORING XML: XMLHierMenus: When XML and DHTML Unite 3. DOC JAVASCRIPT: OLE Automation in JavaScript 4. MOTHER OF PERL: Moniker 0.2 5. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: 3D E-Commerce With MetaStream 6. DHTML LAB: Smooth Animation Using DHTML 7. HELP WANTED: Design Columnist 8. NEW LINKS: Intranet Resources, Source Code Optimization/Obfuscation 9. OTHER VOICES: * Tips to Improve ASP Application Performance, * Security Technologies Part Three, * Flash Point: Make Mouse Trails 10. NET NEWS: * AOL Starts New Year With Megamerger Bang * Failed Blackmail Attempt Leads to Credit Card Theft * IBM to Use Linux System in Internet Software * LoudCloud Puffs Up * 25th Anniversary of the Altair
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. FEATURED ARTICLE: Extreme HTML Optimization
Bungee jumping become boring? Sky surfing going stale? Have we got the extreme sport for you! Extreme HTML Optimization (EHO). As yet unrecognized by the International Olympic Committee EHO is nevertheless the sport of wily Webmasters worldwide. By Andrew King.
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/html/optimize/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. EXPLORING XML: XMLHierMenus: When XML and DHTML Unite
Learn how to use XSL to transform XML data into various forms, even our own hierarchical menus! By Michael ClaÃen.
http://webreference.com/xml/column3/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. DOC JAVASCRIPT: OLE Automation in JavaScript
Imagine being able to access and control Windows applications (like Word, etc.) using JScript! The Doc shows you how. By Dr. Yehuda Shiran.
http://webreference.com/js/column55/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. MOTHER OF PERL: Moniker 0.2
Monitor Net services with Moniker! Moniker is a simple command- line Perl script that is used to monitor services like HTTP, POP, NNTP, SMTP, and IMAP on local or remote servers anywhere on the Internet. Version 0.2 adds the ability to use a CSV file to specify the servers/services to monitor, and email address to notify. By Jonathan Eisenzopf.
http://www.webreference.com/perl/scripts/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: 3D E-Commerce With MetaStream
MetaCreations' MetaStream technology features dynamic resolution of 3D models for scalable yet high quality flybys, ideal for product previews. E-Commerce, meet the future of Web 3D. By Robert Polevoi.
http://webreference.com/3d/lesson83/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. DHTML LAB: Smooth Animation Using DHTML
Do your animations dawdle? Have your smooth moves gone herky jerky? Fear not Bunky, Morten Wang shows how to make your pages dance to a brand new beat.
http://webreference.com/dhtml/column28/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. HELP WANTED: Design Columnist
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. NEW LINKS: Intranet Resources, Source Code Optimization/ Obfuscation
>Intranet Resources
Designing and developing for an intranet takes a different approach. Change your viewpoint with our list of links. http://webreference.com/intranet/
>Source Code Optimization/Obfuscation
Got bandwidth? Tired of the world wide wait? Don't criticize, optimize! Supercharge your site with these code-crunching resources. http://webreference.com/programming/optimize/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. OTHER VOICES: Tips to Improve ASP Application Performance, Security Technologies Part Three, Flash Point: Make Mouse Trails
>Tips to Improve ASP Application Performance
Srinivasa Sivakumar offers lengthy tips and sample code for improving ASP application performance. Keys to improving HTML page performance reach beyond the usual client hardware/bandwidth issues and into 10 detailed suggestions about how to handle images, frames, and redundant tags. http://www.15seconds.com/issue/000106.htm 15Seconds.com, 000106
>Security Technologies Part Three
Part three in a four part series on security technology. This week, Mark Merkow takes a look at how Intrusion Detection Systems can help to bolster the effectiveness of routers and firewalls by standing as a sentry over Internet traffic. http://ecommerce.internet.com/outlook/article/0,1281,7761_277291,00.ht ml E-Commerce Guide, 000107
>Flash Point: Make Mouse Trails
As a lightweight streaming media format, Flash 4 is perfect for creating fascinating visual effects. Learn to build an interesting mouse trail generator as an introductory tutorial exercise. http://www.builder.com/Graphics/FlashPoint/123099/ Builder.com, 991231
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10. NET NEWS: AOL Starts New Year With Megamerger Bang, Failed Blackmail Attempt Leads to Massive Credit Card Theft, IBM to Use Linux System in Internet Software, LoudCloud Puffs Up, 25th Anniversary of the Altair
>AOL Starts New Year With Megamerger Bang
In the first blockbuster deal of 2000, America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc. Monday agreed to merge in a stock deal worth $350 billion. The companies plan to create the world's largest fully integrated online and offline media and communications company. http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article/0,1087,8_278451,00.html InternetNews.com, 000110
>Failed Blackmail Attempt Leads to Massive Credit Card Theft
A 18-year-old Russian cracker claims to have breached the security of online music store CDUniverse.com, and obtained a database containing more than 300,000 customer records. After being rebuffed in his attempts to blackmail CDUniverse's management, the cracker posted the credit card information on a publicly accesible website. http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,1087,4_278091,00.html InternetNews.com, 000109
>I.B.M. to Use Linux System in Internet Software
IBM today announced that all of its powerful network computers will be able to run on the Linux operating system, embracing the fast- growing rival to other Unix formats and Microsoft's Windows as the best platform for Internet commerce. http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/01/biztech/articles/10soft.html NYTimes.com (free registration required), 000110
>LoudCloud Puffs Up
As LoudCloud prepares to reveal more details about its hush-hush offerings, co-founder Marc Andreessen apparently is tapping into his Netscape heritage to bolster the company's ranks. http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2419049,00.html ZDNet.com, 000107
>25th anniversary of the Altair
The folks over at Slashdot clued us into the fact that it's the 25th anniversary of the Altair 8800, widely considered to be the first personal computer. Although officially for sale in late 1974, it was the January 1975 feature article in Popular Electronics that served to expose the Altair to the nascent computer hobbyist community. With only 256 bytes (yes, bytes) of RAM, and operating at a screaming 2 MHz, the Altair helped launch both the home computer revolution, as well as a small company then called "Micro- Soft", whose first product was a version of BASIC for the Altair (with the super 16 KB memory upgrade, of course). http://www.smh.com.au/news/0001/11/bizcom/A17320-2000Jan10.html http://slashdot.org/articles/00/01/10/0735230.shtml SMH.com.au, Slashdot.org, 000111
That's it for this week, see you next time.
Andrew King Managing Editor, WebReference.com update@webreference.com
Eric Cook Assistant Editor, WebReference.com ecook@internet.com
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