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WebReference Update: January 10, 2008

New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:

FEATURE: How to Build a Web Design Business - Part 2
OTHER VOICES:

• Designing an N-Tiered Data Access Layer Using Datasets - Part 1
• DB2 9.5 and IBM Data Studio: Using OLE DB to Integrate Data
• CSS Support in Visual Studio 2008

SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: Catalog Choice
NET NEWS:

• ICANN Fights Naming Loophole
• New Google Patent May Improve Image Search, Adsense, Maps
• SpringSource's Update to .NET Adds Key Java Features

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FEATURE: How to Build a Web Design Business - Part 2

This week we discuss the skills and knowledge needed to succeed as a Web designer, such as knowledge of HTML, CSS, browser issues, programming knowledge, e-commerce shopping carts and more.

[Read the entire article ]

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OTHER VOICES

• Designing an N-Tiered Data Access Layer Using Datasets - Part 1

  In the first part of this three part series on designing an N-tiered data access layer using datasets, David Catherman discusses the pros and cons of using datasets and examines how the dataset generator works in Visual Studio 2005.
  15 Seconds

• DB2 9.5 and IBM Data Studio: Using OLE DB to Integrate Data

  Part 5 of this series introduces the OLE DB function capability available in IBM Data Studio.
  Database Journal

• CSS Support in Visual Studio 2008

  It sure took Microsoft long enough to add decent style sheet support to Visual Studio, but man was it worth the wait.  This article examines the new CSS capabilities available in Visual Studio 2008.
  ASP 101

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SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: Catalog Choice

This is an interesting Web site. It's a "free service that allows you to decide what gets in your mailbox. Use it to reduce your mailbox clutter, while helping save natural resources. Catalog Choice is a sponsored project of the Ecology Center. It is endorsed by the National Wildlife Federation and the Natural Resources Defense Council, and funded by the Overbrook Foundation, the Merck Family Fund, and the Kendeda Fund." Be sure to check it out. Cut down on your junk mail as you help the environment. Pretty cool!

[Visit the Web site ]

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NET NEWS

• ICANN Fights Naming Loophole

  The Internet's key oversight agency is taking a preliminary step toward combating domain name tasting -- the online equivalent of buying expensive clothes on a charge card only to return them for a full refund after wearing them to a party.
  Newsvine, January 9, 2008

• New Google Patent May Improve Image Search, Adsense, Maps

  The days of manually adding things like keywords and location information to images could soon be behind us, thanks to a new Google patent published this week.
  Ars Technica, January 8, 2008

• SpringSource's Update to .NET Adds Key Java Features

  The company's Spring.Net provides programmers with features previously only available to Java developers.
  internetnews, January 9, 2008

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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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