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Building a voice control system for navigating the web. {4}

The journal article I have chosen is somewhat dated as it is five years old, but I still find it interesting because I believe it may describe one of the first major technology breakthroughs made possible through ASP.NET 2.0.  The authors compare four different technologies in their paper: Active Server Pages (ASP), ASP.NET 2.0, Java [...]

Building a Single Government Portal {3}

The journal article I read focuses on designing government web portals using ASP.NET.  One of the largest problems the writers came up with was that the sub-websites of the various branches, levels, and agencies that make up the government as a whole, have not been properly planned so that they can be navigated and efficiently [...]

ASP.NET2.0 and MSSQL used to build generic online course platform. {1}

The journal I read discusses the use of ASP.Net2.0 and its integration with Microsoft SQL Server in the use of building an online course platform to be used in universities.  The ASP portion is used to build the web interface, and of course, SQL is the backend database.  This article discusses the basics for creating [...]

Microsoft’s New Developer Tools {3}

Microsoft is gearing up to release a new slew of technologies that help developers create server based apps.  All of the products mentioned in the article are currently in their beta releases and are anticipated to be released within the next year.  The trio of tools has been designed with flexibility in mind, as more [...]

Google Now Indexing Facebook for Comments {3}

This article brings to light that Google is now indexing all pages that are using AJAX and JavaScript.  This effect will be very noticeable for sites such as FaceBook that use these technologies for comments.  Essentially this will mean that any comments you make on Facebook in the public forums are now indexed.  This will [...]

The Web can be a Dangerous Place {1}

The document discusses that hackers have begun to use AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and break their code up into smaller junks so that they are not as visible to antimalware detection systems.  Taken individually, the small pieces of code appear to be 100% legitimate.  They go out and fetch little pieces of information and [...]

Making the Web a Friendly Experience for Disabled Users {2}

The article mentions that because more American web users are rapidly approaching or have already passed the age of fifty, that it is becoming more necessary to ensure that any website that is built takes into account the people that have a visual disability.  It suggests five simple techniques for web designers to help ensure [...]

Goodbye to HTML Coding? {6}

The article introduces a new product from Adobe which is called Muse.  Muse is touted as being able to allow a user to create a website without needing to know how to use Cascading Style Sheets or Hypertext Markup Language.  So in essence, it is similar to Adobe’s Dreamweaver program, but it goes further by [...]

News Ways to Find an IT Job in a New Web World {4}

The article in question discusses six Web 2.0 tools that Information Technology people who are currently seeking a new job should be aware of.  “It states that just over fifty percent of all IT workers are actively looking for a new position and that about forty-six percent of these workers haven’t searched in over five [...]