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WebReference Update: July 23, 2007

New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:

FEATURE: Using Ubuntu on the Desktop
FEATURE: Partial Page Rendering Using Hidden IFrame

OTHER VOICES:

• .NET Tip: Take Advantage of Interfaces
• SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 3: Installation
• Perform SQL Queries Using Google-Style Syntax

NET NEWS:

• Bandwidth Report: Google Dominates Top Video Sites
• Silverlight 1.0: Following a Flash Playbook?
• Microsoft and Ask.com Tag-Team

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FEATURE: Using Ubuntu on the Desktop

This excerpt is taken from "The Official Ubuntu Book." Written by expert leading Ubuntu community members, the book covers Ubuntu 7.04 from start to finish: installation, configuration, desktop productivity, games, management, support, and much more. This chapter excerpt covers using the desktop. If you haven't tried Ubuntu yet, check out what you're missing.

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FEATURE: Partial Page Rendering Using Hidden IFrame

Partial page rendering removes the need for the entire Web page to be refreshed as the result of a postback. Instead, only regions that have changed are updated, speeding up user interaction with the Web site.

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OTHER VOICES

• .NET Tip: Take Advantage of Interfaces

  Stop writing more code than needed. You can streamline your code if you use interfaces. You will be able to write simpler, more flexible, and more maintainable applications when you apply interfaces.
  Developer.com

• SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 3: Installation

  This installment describes the installation process of different versions of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition in more detail, including changes introduced in its Service Pack 2.
  Database Journal

• Perform SQL Queries Using Google-Style Syntax

  How would you like to enable searching of your SQL Server data using Google-style syntax instead of Transact-SQL? Because of the commonality of the Google search syntax, most web users find it simple to construct a query using it. This article will show how to implement a .NET class library to perform a full-text search on a SQL Server table using Google-style syntax.
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NET NEWS

• Bandwidth Report: Google Dominates Top Video Sites

  With its acquisition of YouTube, Google now dominates the top ten video sites on the Internet in unique users, stickiness, and growth. Despite accounting for a small fraction of files on the Internet, web videos account for a disproportionate amount of traffic. Meanwhile broadband penetration among active Internet users grew to 83.23% in US homes in June.
  Website Optimization, July 19, 2007

• Silverlight 1.0: Following a Flash Playbook?

  Users will soon get their hands on Microsoft's Silverlight 1.0 release. Is it enough to challenge Flash's dominance?
  internetnews, July 20, 2007

• Microsoft and Ask.com Tag-Team

  Microsoft has announced that it will change its current Web search privacy policies in response to concern over online privacy and advertising industry consolidation. They're also pairing with Ask.com to push privacy standards
  Ars Technica, July 23, 2007

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

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

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Created: July 23, 2007

URL: http://www.webreference.com/new/070723.html