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WebReference Update: August 6, 2007

New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:

FEATURE: Creating Your First Ajax Application

OTHER VOICES:

• Accessing and Updating Data in ASP.NET 2.0: Updating Basics
• Introducing the Google Ajax APIs
• What's new in SQL 2008 - Part 1

NET NEWS:

• Web 2.0: 'Generally Worthless'
• The Semantic Web Goes to Work
• FCC Commissioner: US Playing "Russian Roulette With Broadband and Internet"

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FEATURE: Creating Your First Ajax Application

This article will show how to construct a complete, working Ajax application. As with any Ajax application, it will make use of an HTML document, JavaScript routines, a server-side routine (PHP), and a callback function to deal with the returned data.

[ Read the entire article ]

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OTHER VOICES

• Accessing and Updating Data in ASP.NET 2.0: Updating Basics

  This article series, by Scott Mitchell, examines how to work with data using ASP.NET 2.0's data source controls. This particular article looks at using the SqlDataSource and GridView controls to update data.
  4 Guys from Rolla

• Introducing the Google Ajax APIs

  Get the scoop on Google's powerful JavaScript Ajax APIs, Ajax Search, and Ajax Feed. Learn how to easily embed rich Internet search and Feed content gathered by Google into your Web pages with just a few lines of JavaScript.¹
  Developer.com

• What's new in SQL 2008 - Part 1

  SQL Server 20008 will be released approximately February of 2008, along with a new version of Visual Studio and Windows. This article will highlight some of the new features and benefits found in SQL Server 2008.
  Database Journal

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NET NEWS

• Web 2.0: 'Generally Worthless'

  Reporter's Notebook: Author Andrew Keen confronts critics, warns Web 2.0 is 'a really scary thing.'
  internetnews, August 3, 2007

• The Semantic Web Goes to Work

  You better figure out what the Semantic Web is and soon, because its concepts have graduated from academia and are starting to contribute to your competitor's bottom line. But don't worry; you're covered.
  internetnews, August 3, 2007

• FCC Commissioner: US Playing "Russian Roulette With Broadband and Internet"

  FCC Commissioner Michael Copps shows up in Chicago to argue that US broadband policy is "so poor that every citizen in the country ought to be outraged."
  Ars Technica, August 3, 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: August 6, 2007

URL: http://www.webreference.com/new/070806.html