What's New on ahref.com (9/22/2000) <http://www.ahref.com/> [to subscribe or unsubscribe, see the bottom of this message] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEW ARTICLE and NEW POLL Apache and PHP vs. the Spambots Don't you hate it when a robot goes through your site, pulls out all the email addresses, and delivers them to its spam-sending master? Find out how to stop spambots using PHP and Apache: <http://www.ahref.com/guides/technology/200009/0922piou.html?in.nl> And let us know how you deal with spambots. Do you ignore them? Feed them fake email addresses? Let us know in our latest poll: <http://www.ahref.com/talk/surveys/200009/0922survey.html?in.nl> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEW ARTICLES ELSEWHERE Recent news articles and tutorials from other web publications. at Wired News: Africa: The Linux Continent? The cost of Windows Office is 3 times as high as the average per capita income in Africa; Linux fans throughout the continent hope open-source software, being free, will make inroads in the computer community there. (9/22/2000) <http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38749,00.html> at Web Review: Interface Questions Answered Interface experts talk about how much information is too much (or too little) on a page, layout, navigation, and more. (9/22/2000) <http://www.webreview.com/pub/2000/09/22/feature/index01.html> at The New York Times: Is It Theft, or Is It Freedom? 7 Views of the Web's Impact on Culture Clashes A discussion of "file-sharing" applications like Napster and Gnutella. Participants: Hilary Rosen (RIAA), David Boies (Napster), Senator Orrin Hatch, Kevin Smith (filmmaker), Gene Kan (Gnutella), Esther Dyson (EDventures), Craig Newell (teen consumer). (9/20/2000) <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/09/biztech/technology/20mirapaul.ht ml> at DevShed: How To Build the Apache of Your Dreams An explanation of Apache's module system, how to install modules, and how to build and install Apache. (9/19/2000) <http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Administration/APACHE/> at ASP Today: Creating an e-Book Using XML, XSL and CSS Presents a structure and methodology for converting XML content into e-Book format. (9/19/2000) <http://www.asptoday.com/articles/20000919.htm> at Salon.com: Poison PCs A Silicon Valley-based system administrator talks about the difficulties involved in recycling computers, and the toxic materials contained in hardware. (9/18/2000) <http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/09/18/toxic_pc/> at ZDNet: Hackers Forming Zombie Army The CERT Coordination Center warns that crackers are compromising computers across the Internet in preparation for massive denial of service attacks using Tribal Flood; most of the affected systems run Red Hat Linux. (9/18/2000) <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2628899,00.html> at The Boston Globe: Web Retailers' Growth Spurt May Be Ebbing As real-world chain stores muscle their way into Internet retailing and forecasters predict online holiday sales will less-than-double from last year, the hype around online retailers is falling. (9/18/2000) <http://www.digitalmass.com/news/daily/09/18/web_retailing.html> at Wired News: Internet Land Rush at TM Office The US Patent and Trademark office is taking applications for trademarks that include not-yet-created top-level domains like .web, .firm, and .sex; whoever gets the trademark for sex.web, for example, may already be buying the legal rights to the domain. (9/18/2000) <http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38824,00.html> at WDVL: The Perl You Need to Know Part 17: Personalization Methods Part 1 With a Look at Cookies Personalizing your website by letting users save preferences in cookies. (9/18/2000) <http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/Languages/Perl/PerlfortheWeb/index17.html> at Web Server Compare: Apache in a Wireless World Setting up your Apache server to serve content to wireless devices. (9/18/2000) <http://webcompare.internet.com/wirelessapache/> at XML.com: What Is XLink? A look at the W3C's solution for linking in XML, XLink, with code examples. (9/18/2000) <http://www.xml.com/pub/2000/09/xlink/> at UseIt: New Devices Augur Decent Mobile User Experience A report from the DEMOmobile 2000 conference, focusing on the usability of various handheld devices (wireless phones and PDAs). (9/17/2000) <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000917.html> You can find links to external articles and tutorials at <http://www.ahref.com/index/newarticles.html?in.nl>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEW SITES Some more new sites in the Web Index: Advogato "A community resource for free software developers around the world, as well as a research testbed for work on group trust metrics." <http://www.advogato.com/> Affiliate Marketing Reference Guide Links to articles, books, and newsletters about affiliate programs, and to lists of affiliate program providers. <http://adres.internet.com/feature/article/0,,8961_461801,00.html> Cyber-Geography Research "Exploring the geographies of the Internet, the Web and other emerging Cyberspaces." <http://www.cybergeography.org/> kuro5hin.org An online community for discussion of technology and culture, and their interaction. <http://www.kuro5hin.org/> Nielsen//NetRatings Statistics on general Internet use, and how many users use particular high-traffic sites. <http://www.nielsennetratings.com/> Nua Internet Surveys Statistics and reports on various aspects of the Internet. <http://www.nua.ie/surveys/> Segfault.org Fake user-submitted news stories about computers and technology. <http://www.segfault.org/> Spambot Beware! Information about spambots, detecting them, and avoiding them. Talks about ways to encode email addresses so they don't look like email addresses. <http://www.turnstep.com/Spambot/> The Turning Point Project A project aimed at drawing public attention to negative aspects of technology. <http://www.turnpoint.org> You can always see more of the new sites in the Web Index at: <http://www.ahref.com/index/newsites.html?in.nl> ************************************************************* To subscribe or unsubscribe from this newsletter, send email to majordomo@ahref.com with the message SUBSCRIBE AHREF-NEWS or UNSUBSCRIBE AHREF-NEWS or use the web form at <http://www.ahref.com/info/joinlist.html?in.nl>. Email the list owner at owner-ahref-news@ahref.com if you need help. *************************************************************