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Server-side scripting languages: PHP, Perl, Java servlets — Which one’s right for you?

IBM DeveloperWorks:
Server-side scripting languages:
PHP, Perl, Java servlets — Which one’s right for you?

Erik Zoltán (erik@zoltan.org),
Advanced Systems Engineer, EDS
[IBM DeveloperWorks]

Funny: Ballmer and Gates

Funny:
Video with Ballmer and Gates in the car nodding and humming to the nerdy tune. [Scripting News]

Best Practices For VPN Implementation

Best Practices For VPN Implementation. Business Communications Review Apr 10 2001 2:46AM ET [Computer security news]

Remaking the Meeting-Cam

MIT Technology Review: Remaking the Meeting-Cam. Apart from cost, the presence of a cameraperson–usually an outsider–has a psychological impact that tends to change the dynamics of group meetings or lectures. The researchers attacked both problems by designing a system that mimics the actions of human camera operators. [Tomalak’s Realm]

Caldera Security Update: remote root exploit in ntpd

A useful website on 802.11b wireless

Ntpd Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Ntpd Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability [Security Focus]
No word from Sun or other major Unix vendors, yet.

New version of XSLIDE emacs mode for editing XSLT

All Science is Computer Science

George Johnson: All Science is Computer Science (New York Times)

IE 6 Switches to Standards

Webmonkey: IE 6 Switches to Standards. Jeffrey Veen. The new version is essentially two browsers: one that faithfully does things the old way, bugs and all, and one that follows Netscape’s lead and gets the standards right. As a result, you get to decide which way your page should be displayed. [Tomalak’s Realm]