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NEW ARTICLE
Open Source Software Convention 2000: A Comfy, Seamless World

A report on the keynotes from science-fiction author
Dr. Gregory Benford and Eazel co-founder Andy Hertzfeld;
thoughts from Brian Behlendorf, Paul Everitt, and Tim O'Reilly;
and pictures from the conference:

<http://www.ahref.com/guides/industry/200009/0905piou.html>

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NEW ARTICLES ELSEWHERE

Recent news articles and tutorials from other web publications.

at The Washington Post:
'Opting In': A Privacy Paradox
When polled, Internet users say they are concerned about maintaining
their privacy; but many willingly divulge personal information to
a select set of companies providing personalized service. (9/4/2000)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63843-2000Sep1.html>

at UseIt:
Regulatory Usability
Jakob Nielsen argues that many government-imposed regulations meant
for disseminating information in the text world make no sense online;
and should be replaced by usability and comprehension tests
of the material. (9/3/2000)
<http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000903.html>

at News.com:
Imagine a World Without Amazon.com
An in-depth look at why Amazon.com may fail in its quest
for profitability, and disappear altogether. (9/1/2000)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2664088.html>

at Web Review:
Contracts 101: What Every Web Designer Must Know
A basic introduction to contract law. (9/1/2000)
<http://webreview.com/pub/2000/09/01/feature/index02.html>

at Web Review:
XSL Transformations
How to use XSL transformations to transform XML documents
into other kinds of documents. (9/1/2000)
<http://webreview.com/pub/2000/09/01/feature/index03.html>

at CNN:
'State of the Internet' Report Urges Light Touch on Regulation
The U.S. Internet Council's report gives government officials
recommendations on a series of Net-related issues:
industry self-regulation, the digital device, and law enforcement
on the Net. (9/1/2000)
<http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/09/01/state.of.the.net.01/>

at PBS:
I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday
PayPal, a system with which 3.3 million online consumers are already
making small monetary transactions, may have already won the Internet
payment system war. (8/31/2000)
<http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20000831.html>

at Salon.com:
Ain't No Network Strong Enough
In his new book, "Secrets and Lies," cryptography expert Bruce Schneier
says that no computer network is truly secure; the best we can hope for
is good recoveries from catastrophes. (8/31/2000)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/review/2000/08/31/schneier/>

at Web Developers' Journal:
File Addressing
A run-down of the ways to refer to links and images using filepaths
(e.g., "../image.gif"): default, absolute, relative, and root addressing.
(8/30/2000)
<http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/columns/ajs_file_addressing.html>

at ClickZ Network:
Too Hard to Read?
Design advice on making your website's text more readable. (8/30/2000)
<http://www.clickz.com/cgi-bin/gt/article.html?article=2323>

at Intranet Design Magazine:
What's New in PHP4?
A look at new features in PHP4 - including session management,
output buffering, Java support, and more. (8/30/2000)
<http://idm.internet.com/articles/200008/php_08_30_00a.html>

at Wired News:
Wiring Africa From Top to Bottom
Africa Online has so far concentrated on wiring sub-Saharan Africa,
but will soon expand into more technologically advanced countries
such as Egypt and South Africa. (8/30/2000)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38205,00.html>


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<http://www.ahref.com/index/newarticles.html>.

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NEW SITES

Some more new sites in the Web Index:

BigPerl  
Perl programming resources: CGI scripts, web hosts, books.
<http://www.bigperl.com/>

Domain Name Supporting Organization of ICANN  
Information on and communications from the Domain Name
Supporting Organization (DNSO), an organization consisting
of a Names Council and a General Assembly, which advises
the ICANN board on policy issues.
<http://www.dnso.org/>


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<http://www.ahref.com/index/newsites.html>

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