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WebReference Update: December 12, 2005
New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:
1. FEATURE: Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours, 3rd Edition: Part 12. FEATURE: Perl Format Primer
3.OTHER VOICES:
- Interview: Greg Isaacs, Director, eBay Developers Program
- Create a Java TOC2 Class to Communicate with AIM
- Tapping the Power of Google's AdSense Bidding
- Sun to The Head of The Class?
- Developer Tool Helps Push More Mobile Content
- Yahoo Acquires Social Network Del.icio.us
1. FEATURE: Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours, 3rd Edition: Part 1
This excerpt takes a look at addressing and linking XML documents.
Additional topics include understanding XPath, referencing nodes,
attributes and subsets, as well as XPath functions, the Role of XPath
and more.
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2. FEATURE: Perl Format Primer
In this short tutorial, Dan Ragle examines the main core functions
used to create formatted reports with the Perl language: format, for
the insertion of data elements into formatted report lines; and write,
which outputs the formatted results to a file or STDOUT for
examination.
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3.OTHER VOICES
- Interview: Greg Isaacs, Director, eBay Developers Program
The relevancy and impact of eBay after 10 years on the scene is still being felt. At the heart of its growth is its Developer Program, which enables third parties to create and profit from applications that tap into eBay's vast marketplace.
E-Commerce.com, December 7, 2005, - Create a Java TOC2 Class to Communicate with AIM
Instant messaging is more than a great way to keep in touch: It's a full-fledged business tool and there are plenty of reasons that you might be interested in extending your favorite IM service into a custom chat application. But if you choose AIM, you'll need to be armed with some detailed information about its brand new protocol.
DevX, December 7, 2005, - Tapping the Power of Google's AdSense Bidding
Google has added some new features to its AdWords system. Here's how to take advantage of them.
ClickZ, December 9, 2005,
4. NET NEWS
- Sun to The Head of The Class?
If there were a question of whether computing machines running multi- core processors can disrupt the current licensing landscape, Sun Microsystems answered it last week when it launched the new UltraSparc T1 machines.
internetnews.com, December 9, 2005 - Developer Tool Helps Push More Mobile Content
Java-based Akira Publisher 2.0 facilitates audio, video, RSS feeds, blogs and more.
internetnews.com, December 8, 2005 - Yahoo Acquires Social Network Del.icio.us
In its latest acquisition of a social networking service, Internet powerhouse Yahoo Inc. on Friday devoured del.icio.us Inc., a startup that enables people to more easily compile and share their favorite content on the Web.
Yahoo/AP, December 10, 2005
That's it for this Tuesday. I'll have more for you next time.
Lee Underwood
Newsletter Editor, WebReference.com
lunderwood(at)jupitermedia.com
Created: December 13, 2005
URL: http://www.webreference.com/new/051213.html

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