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WebReference Update: October 18, 2007

Developer News Microsoft Shows Off Silverlight 4, IE9 Plans Metasploit Expands Vulnerability Test Framework HyperCard Reborn?

New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:

• MS Windows PowerShell and SQL Server 2005 SMO: Part 10
• Semantic Web as Competitive Advantage
• Oracle RAC Benchmarking with SwingBench 2.2

• Oracle Patches 51, Updates
• Amazon's 1-Click patent picked apart by US Patent Office
• Dot-com Fever Stirs Sense of Déjà Vu

FEATURE: Review: SiteAssist 3.0

Designing Web pages can be a time consuming endeavor, especially if you have to start from scratch. Fortunately, if you use Dreamweaver, you can make use of SiteAssist, a Dreamweaver extension that allows you to build customized templates using table-based or CSS layouts.

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OTHER VOICES

• MS Windows PowerShell and SQL Server 2005 SMO: Part 10

  This installment of the series illustrates how to use PowerShell scripts in conjunction with SMO and parameters to Generate an SQL Server Script.
  Database Journal

• Semantic Web as Competitive Advantage

  U.K.-based identity-protection firm Garlik is betting its business on the emerging technology?s benefits.
  SemanticWeb

• Oracle RAC Benchmarking with SwingBench 2.2

  Tarry Singh discusses why benchmarking is important and offers an overview of SwingBench 2.2, a free Java based utility, to stress test Oracle databases.
  Database Journal

SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: The Living Room Candidate

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NET NEWS

• Oracle Patches 51, Updates

  Oracle's October Critical Patch Update (CPU) addresses 51 vulnerabilities spread across the company's product portfolio, a marked improvement over last October's update. The quarterly release also introduces an update to the system it uses to score the severity of vulnerabilities.
  ASP News, October 17, 2007

• Amazon's 1-Click patent picked apart by US Patent Office

  The US Patent Office has dealt a blow to Amazon over its controversial "1-Click" shopping cart patent. The patent, which Amazon filed for in 1997, was used in Amazon's case against Barnes & Noble in 1999, wherein Amazon accused the competing bookstore of patent infringement. Now, the USPTO has rejected 21 of the 26 claims in the patent, leaving only five as "patentable."
  Ars Technica, October 17, 2007

• Dot-com Fever Stirs Sense of Déjà Vu

  Internet companies with funny names, little revenue, and few customers are commanding high prices. And investors, having seemingly forgotten the pain of the first dot-com bust, are displaying symptoms of the disorder known as irrational exuberance.
  International Herald Tribune, October 16, 2007

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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