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1. XPLORING XML: The Meanings of XML - DTDs, DCDs and Schemas 2. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: The Pulse of Web 3D Entertainment 3. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Working With Windows 4. NEW LINKS: Web Authoring FAQs, HTML Reference Collections 5. OTHER VOICES: * Tricks & Data, Flash Yin & Yang * How XHTML Will Reduce Your Coding Tasks Today * So What's A $#!%% Regular Expression, Anyway?! 6. NET NEWS: * Wireless Multimedia Forum Formed * Online Retailing - Alive and Kicking * Shopping Cart Program Leaves Back Door Open * Keyware Launches Biometric Authentication Toolkit * Doing the Jailhouse Rock * Spammers Staying One Step Ahead

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. XPLORING XML: The Meanings of XML - DTDs, DCDs and Schemas

Don't be scared by the schema. The syntax and semantics of XML are the sources of its strength. Join our Xpert as he reveals the secrets of XML data and structure definitions. By Michael Classen.

http://webreference.com/xml/column10/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: The Pulse of Web 3D Entertainment

Our reporter on the virtual beat puts your finger on the pulse of Web 3D technology. Dive back into the excitement and chaos of the Web 3D scene with Rob Polevoi.

http://webreference.com/3d/lesson90/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Working With Windows

The Doc's been staying up late nights compiling this massive tutorial of window handling in JavaScript. You'll be ready to make the rounds after completing this internship! By Dr. Yehuda and Tomer Shiran.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. NEW LINKS: Web Authoring FAQs, HTML Reference Collections

>Web Authoring FAQs

You've got frequently asked questions, we've got frequently applied answers. It's a perfect match, made possible by our list of authoring FAQs.

http://www.webreference.com/authoring/faqs.html

>HTML Reference Collections

Need to climb over an HTML challenge? There's mountains of information about HTML available, but where to start? Our list of reference collections will launch you up that peak.

http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/html/collections.html

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. OTHER VOICES: Tricks & Data, Flash Yin & Yang, How XHTML Will Reduce Your Coding Tasks Today, So What's A $#!%% Regular Expression, Anyway?!

>Tricks & Data, Flash Yin & Yang

So you've finally started to get a handle on Flash. You're making mouse trails and twirling text galore, and you're itching to move on to the next level. This intermediate tutorial takes you there as it walks through a sample Flash development project. http://www.wdvl.com/Multimedia/Flash/Yin-n-Yang/ WDVL.com, 000417

>How XHTML Will Reduce Your Coding Tasks Today

A look at the newly W3C-suggested "Xforms", and how they'll change the way you code your Web pages. http://www.zdnet.com/de ead/stories/articles/0,4413,2542400,00.html ZDNet.com, 000413

>So What's A $#!%% Regular Expression, Anyway?!

To experienced programmers and Unix-heads, regular expressions are powerful tools. To newcomers, they look like cartoon swearwords, and have encouraged more than their fair share of real-life cursing. Get a grip on the powerful but sometimes obscure techniques of regular expressions. http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Administration/RegExp/ DevShed.com, 000412

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. NET NEWS: Wireless Multimedia Forum Formed, Online Retailing - Alive and Kicking, Shopping Cart Program Leaves Back Door Open, Keyware Launches Biometric Authentication Toolkit, Doing the Jailhouse Rock, Spammers Staying One Step Ahead

>Wireless Multimedia Forum Formed

Focused on ensuring the interoperability of protocols in the wireless multimedia and Internet market, a group of nearly 20 communications industry vendors have formed the Wireless Multimedia Forum. http://www.internetnews.com/streaming-news/article/0,2171,8161_342031,00.html InternetNews.com, 000417

>Online Retailing - Alive and Kicking

Amid reports of a shakeout in online retailers, there's a glint of good news. A new study from trade association Shop.org predicts that sales from online retailing will almost double, jumping from $33.1 billion in 1999 to $61 billion this year. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2550942,00.html ZDNet.com, 000417

>Shopping Cart Program Leaves Back Door Open

The developer of the Dansie Shopping Cart is accused of building a software backdoor into the program that could give him or hackers complete control of the server on which it's installed. http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,2171,4_340591,00.html InternetNews.com, 000413

>Keyware Launches Biometric Authentication Toolkit

Biometric security products can't guarantee 100 percent authentication, but Keyware Technologies hopes their new toolkit will help tighten online security. Keyware's LBV (layered biometrics verification) Internet Toolkit will allow software providers to add biometric voice and fingerprint authentication to traditional security applications that protect Internet servers. http://www.idg.net/idgns/2000/04/14/UPDATEKeywareToLaunchAuthenticationToolk.shtml IDG.net, 000414

>Doing the Jailhouse Rock

Interested in those powerful new tools for swapping MP3 files? So's the FBI - and the crackdown begins next month. http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,16248,00.html PCWorld.com, 000412

>Spammers Staying One Step Ahead

Thought you were safe from spam advertising when your computer was shut off? Think again. The spammers have found a way to hit on- line users from a new direction - their new net-enabled cell phones. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/2000-04/11/023l-041100-idx.html WashingtonPost.com, 000411

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