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WebReference Update: November 3, 2005
New this week on the Web:
1.OTHER VOICES:- Reading RSS feeds in PHP: Part 2
- Monitor CPU Usage of All Running Processes: Part 1
- The TCO of Web Analytics Solutions: Part 1
- Where Tagging Works: Searching for a Good Game
- ListControl Items, Attributes, and ViewState
3. NET NEWS:
1.OTHER VOICES
- Reading RSS feeds in PHP: Part 2
This month we continue with part 2 of our Reading RSS feeds in PHP tutorial by Ian Gilfillan. Ian shows you how to create two feeds, combine them and display them on one page -- in the correct date order!
PHP Builder, November 3, 2005, - Monitor CPU Usage of All Running Processes: Part 1
MAK demonstrates how to keep track of the CPU load history on each running process that is running on SQL Server.
Database Journal, November 2, 2005, - The TCO of Web Analytics Solutions: Part 1
Calculating the total cost of owning a Web analytics solution. Part one of a two-part series.
ClickZ, November 3, 2005, - Where Tagging Works: Searching for a Good Game
A new site jumps on the tagging bandwagon and actually ends up with useful search results. Why? Because it's narrowly focused on a specific topic and has a large degree of agreement among its user community.
Search Engine Watch, November 2, 2005, - ListControl Items, Attributes, and ViewState
This article examines how to augment the code examined from a previous article ("ListControl Items and Attributes") to persist the ListItem attributes in ViewState. Read on to learn more.
4 Guys from Rolla, November 2, 2005,
2. SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: It's Cheerioke Time!
General Mills wants people to burst into song over its new Yogurt
Burst Cheerios. The cereal manufacturer launched an online promotion
that lets people customize an animated character and then sing along
to a tune. Visitors to the site can change the hair, skin tone, mouth,
makeup and accessories of a "virtual Cheerioke star." Simple sliders,
icons and color pickers let users create styles from sweet to bizarre.
The characters are created using technology from Oddcast. Next, they
can select one of three songs and sing along to music playing on the
PC. The voice can be recorded directly to the PC with an attached
microphone; alternatively, users can dial a toll-free number, sing
into the handset, then save the performance to a server. Once the
performance is saved, a Cheerioke user can watch the Oddcast character
sing in his or her own voice. The animation's head bobs, the eyes move
and the lips open and close in time to the vocals.
[Visit the site! ]
3. NET NEWS
- NET Framework 2.0 Available for Download
The long road to Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and the .NET Framework 2.0 is finally winding down. Microsoft had just released the final versions of these products to manufacturing. While VS.NET and SQL Server 2005 are only available to MSDN subscribers, the .NET Framework 2.0 and SDK are free for anyone to download.
ASP 101, October 28, 2005 - Review: PHP Auction XL 3.0
Have you ever wanted to run your own "real" auction site? I'm not talking about an eBay store or something on Amazon, I'm talking about your very own auction site that you control, host and manage, where you set all the rules. Well you can, thanks to a powerful feature-rich program called PHPauction.
ECommerce-Guide, November 1, 2005 - PHP Users at Risk?
A new patch is out for a prior version of open source scripting language PHP, which addresses a recently-discovered security issue in version 4. But the current version of PHP 5 may also be at risk from vulnerabilities that aren't currently patched in that version.
internetnews.com, October 31, 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: November 3, 2005
URL: http://www.webreference.com/new/051103.html
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