News for Thursday, May 4 2006

Industry News

Microsoft chases search ad revenue

AdCenter is Microsoft's new online advertising platform to go head-to-head with Google's AdWords.
Source: InfoWorld

Microsoft to partner with Hollywood for MSN programming

MSN Originals is Microsoft's second attempt at creating downloadable shows for their portal. Will people bother watching this time?
Source: TechWeb

Firefox 1.5.0.3 released

Update fixes a denial of service vulnerability. Best to download now.
Source: mozillaZine

Microsoft is not delaying Vista again as Beta 2 looms

Paul Thurrott (and Microsoft) are both denying the Gartner report that Vista might be delayed.
Source: Windows IT Pro

Developer News

A fresh face on standards?

Has Microsoft changed their way of dealing with standards? They say, "Yes"
Source: eWeek

Cheat sheets for Web developers

Can't remember what the entity value is for a "right pointing guillemet"? How about the commands for Subversion? Check out these cheat sheets.
Source: PeteFreitag.com

OpenDocument Approved by ISO/IEC Members

OpenDocument format (ODF) is now ISO/IEC 26300, making it an official XML document format.
Source: TheConsortiumInfo.org

Test Driving the Flex-Ajax Bridge

Flex Version 2.0 is in beta now with a host of new features.
Source: Wired

Hot Threads

Happy Jedi Day!

May the fourth be with you.
Source: The Code Project

Can't we survive without English?

It's got more exceptions than rules, but it's "Common" in the computer industry.
Source: The Code Project