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Adobe Creative Suite 2 has been released to many enthusiastic users
and with that release is the companion "Classroom in a Book" title,
published by Peachpit. This review looks at the parts of the book
containing the most relevance for Web developers.
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This article first discusses the common authentication protocols used
by Web servers and then takes a look at how to make programmatic HTTP
requests to a resource that requires authentication.
4 Guys from Rolla, October 26, 2005,
Index covering is a quick and easy solution to many query performance
problems. By just adding a column or two to an index you can
significantly boost a query's performance.
DevX.com, October 20, 2005,
Learn how to use Flash 8's dynamic filter effects, making it possible
to add drop shadows, glows, bevels, blurs, and more to Movie Clips at
runtime.
DevX.com, October 21, 2005,
This September 2005 article describes some baseball behavior based on
superstitions. Examples include the "Curse of the Bambino, which
mercifully ended its reign when the Red Sox won the 2004 World
Series," and the related "Curse of the Billy Goat" associated with the
Chicago Cubs, the "classic baseball superstition [that] requires that
teammates must not talk to a pitcher who is working on a no-hitter,"
and more.
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VeriSign reached an agreement with the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) over a lawsuit filed by the company
in 2004. VeriSign sued ICANN over the suspension of two services it
was looking to provide, SiteFinder and the waiting-list service (WLS).
internetnews.com, October 25, 2005
The UK passed the US for the first time in broadband penetration on a
per-capita basis in August. The US continued its fall to 13th in
broadband penetration among all OECD countries, yet leads all
countries surveyed in total broadband subscriptions.
OptimizationWeek.com, October 25, 2005
The search engine is trying a new way for content owners to submit
their content to Google.
ClickZ News, October 26, 2005
That's it for this Thursday. I'll have more for you next time.
Lee Underwood
Newsletter Editor, WebReference.com
lunderwood(at)jupitermedia.com
Created: October 27, 2005
URL: http://www.webreference.com/new/051027.html