JavaScript Diaries / Web Application Firewalls - WebReference Update

WebReference Update: October 20, 2005

New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:

1. FEATURE: The JavaScript Diaries: Part 10
2.OTHER VOICES:

• Web Application Firewalls: The First Layer of Protection
• Exaggerating Movement with Corel Painter's Zoom Blur Effect
• Safe Multithreading With The BackgroundWorker Component

3. SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: Pretrieve
4. NET NEWS:

• PHP Project Launches Alternative to .NET, J2EE
• Macromedia Buys Mobile UI Specialist
• Sun Updates Jini Starter Kit

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1. FEATURE: The JavaScript Diaries: Part 10

There are four objects that provide information about the environment of the user's system. They belong to the window object: navigator, screen, history and location. These objects are used to obtain information such as screen size and resolution, color depth of the monitor, limited information on the browser history, the URL and more.

[Read the entire article ]

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2.OTHER VOICES

• Web Application Firewalls: The First Layer of Protection

  For targeted attacks, web pages are open doors, writes CIO Update columnist Richard Stiennon of Webroot Software.
  CIO Update, October 19, 2005,

• Exaggerating Movement with Corel Painter's Zoom Blur Effect

  With the Zoom Blur feature in Painter, you can achieve a feeling of speed that rivals the results you get when panning with a zoom lens.
  graphics.com, October 19, 2005,

• Safe Multithreading With The BackgroundWorker Component

  Until the .NET Framework controls are thread safe, you will have to use Control.Invoke and delegates to marshal data from background worker threads to the Windows Form thread.
  developer.com, October 19, 2005,

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3. SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: Pretrieve

Pretrieve's goal was to create a "public record search engine that would make Internet based research free, faster and easier for everyone." They've done just that with the Pretrieve search engine. If you've ever wanted to look up information about yourself or anyone else for that matter, you need to check this site out!

[Visit the Web site! ]

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4. NET NEWS

• PHP Project Launches Alternative to .NET, J2EE

  New project backed by IBM, Oracle, MySQL and Intel looks to drive a new PHP Web application framework.
  InternetNews.com, October 20, 2005

• Macromedia Buys Mobile UI Specialist

  The company wants to improve its mobile UI designs.
  InternetNews.com, October 20, 2005

• Sun Updates Jini Starter Kit

  Latest version available of its developer resource for getting started in grid computing, edge networking and enterprise integration applications.
  InternetNews.com, October 19, 2005

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That's it for this Thursday. I'll have more for you next time.

Lee Underwood
Newsletter Editor, WebReference.com
lunderwood(at)jupitermedia.com

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Created: October 20, 2005

URL: http://www.webreference.com/new/051020.html