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WebReference Update: December 6, 2007
New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:
FEATURE: How to Make Money from BloggingOTHER VOICES:
- Data Encryption in SQL Server 2005 Â Part 1
- VTD-XML: A New Vision of XML
- The Google Widget Toolkit's Ajax Recipe: Less JavaScript, More Speed
SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: Design of Desire
NET NEWS:
- Embedded Linux Seen as Ready For Prime Time
- Adobe's PDF Now an ISO Standard
FEATURE: How to Make Money from Blogging
Want to make money from blogging? Check out this article which explores the options open to you as a blogger, as well as the different revenue and affiliate programs available.
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OTHER VOICES
- Data Encryption in SQL Server 2005 Â Part 1
SQL Server 2005 provides four methods of encryption. Part one of this article covers encryption and decryption by passphrase.
Database Journal - VTD-XML: A New Vision of XML
XML parsing has been stuck in the mud through cumbersome implementations of the DOM and SAX models. The VTD-XML model provides a new XML access method that both exceeds all existing parser models and also is easy to use.
Developer.com - The Google Widget Toolkit's Ajax Recipe: Less JavaScript, More Speed
The co-creator of the Google Widget Toolkit (GWT) explains how his team plans to release a GWT version that compiles faster Ajax code than a JavaScript expert could write by hand.
DevX
SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: Design of Desire
Website for a documentary "about buying and selling. About why we buy, how designers and marketers influence what we buy, and how individuals are using market ideas, tricks, and tools to market themselves." Features audio and transcript of the program, a "spendthrift-tightwad" survey, photo tour of retail design and photos of the American shopping experience, and feature articles about consumer behavior and marketing. [Source: LII]
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NET NEWS
- Embedded Linux Seen as Ready For Prime Time
It's one thing for a vendor to claim that Linux is ready for the embedded development market. It's quite another to have a multi-year study involving hundreds of projects and over 1,300 developers report it.
internetnews, December 6, 2007 - Adobe's PDF Now an ISO Standard
PDF has been approved by the ISO to become the ISO 32000 standard, pending the review of comments made during the balloting process. If ratified, the PDF specification will be under the ISO's control, rather than Adobe's.
Ars Technica, December 5, 2007
That's it for this Thursday. I'll have more for you next time.
Lee Underwood
Newsletter Editor, WebReference.com
lunderwood(at)jupitermedia.com
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