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WebReference Update: November 10, 2005
New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:
1. FEATURE: Review: Blosxom2.OTHER VOICES:
- Prevent Googlewashing From Harming You
- Web Analytics: Focus on Optimization in 2006
- MDX Essentials: The DRILLDOWNMEMBER() Function
4. NET NEWS:
- Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and ASP.NET 2.0 Launched!
- ICANN Working to Resolve U.N. Issue
- Happy Birthday, Firefox 1.0
1. FEATURE: Review: Blosxom
If you spend any amount of time on the Web, it's a pretty safe guess
that you've heard of blogs. Basically, a blog is an online journal,
but it's used for a wide variety of applications, such as businesses
keeping their customers updated on current products, political topics,
news blogs and more. This review takes a look at Blosxom, a popular
blogging script.
[Read the entire review ]
2.OTHER VOICES
- Prevent Googlewashing From Harming You
Brian Livingston explains how to prevent the wholesale theft of your online content and how to keep search engines from penalizing you when your work is legally excerpted elsewhere.
Datamation, November 8, 2005, - Web Analytics: Focus on Optimization in 2006
Working on next year's budget? How to discover the largest potential optimization opportunities.
ClickZ, November 8, 2005, - MDX Essentials: The DRILLDOWNMEMBER() Function
Architect Bill Pearson returns to expose the MDX DRILLDOWNMEMBER() function, kicking off an extended examination of the mechanics of drilling up and down within MDX.
Database Journal, November 7, 2005,
3. SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: Daily SuDoku
The object of this puzzle (popular in Japan, and spreading through the
UK and the U.S.) is "to insert the numbers in the boxes to satisfy
only one condition: each row, column and 3x3 box must contain the
digits 1 through 9 exactly once." This Web site includes a daily
puzzle, a puzzle archive, a FAQ, a message board, and a daily puzzle
for children.
[Visit the Web site! ]
4. NET NEWS
- Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and ASP.NET 2.0 Launched!
On November 7th, 2005, .NET 2.0 (including ASP.NET 2.0), Visual Studio 2005, and SQL Server 2005 were released to the world, escaping the Beta cocoon they have resided in over the past year and change.
4 Guys from Rolla, November 7, 2005 - ICANN Working to Resolve U.N. Issue
ICANN's board of directors wants to hold a special meeting to discuss strengthening government representation.
internetnews.com, November 9, 2005 - Happy Birthday, Firefox 1.0
The Mozilla Foundation was grinning from ear to ear Wednesday. Its precocious Web browser, Firefox 1.0, is one year old. In terms of popularity, media coverage and impact, the Web browser enjoys a position any startup technology would envy. In roughly a year's time, Firefox 1.0 has amassed 100 million downloads.
internetnews.com, November 9, 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 10, 2005
URL: http://www.webreference.com/new/051110.html

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