Having Fun Transforming XML Feed with XSLT

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:51:00 +0000

I use RSS Feeds quite a bit. It's neat to pull interesting blogs or news feed into my site. Sometimes the RSS feed provided is too long or the default format is not as nice. So I decided to write my own XSLT template to transform the XML from the RSS feed.

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Party Gets Troublesome Surprise

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:16:50 +0000

This month's Patch Tuesday arrived with a rather unwelcome security surprise. Microsoft had expected things to be somewhat sedate; however, instead of two vulnerabilities that it expected needed patching, it got hit with four, including a new zero-day Internet Explorer exploit.

Nomar Garciaparra retires, joins ESPN

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:36 +0000

Kevin Roderick: He was a Dodger for three injury and cheers-filled seasons, but for this morning's announcement Garciaparra returned to the Red Sox on a one-day contract so he could say he retired with the team where the fans truly loved him.

Sifting Through Claims, Conjecture and Outright Lies

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:11:08 +0000

I don't want to accuse anybody of lying, but I've certainly had to sort through a lot of dubious competitive claims in the last week. As a journalist, I have many years of experience hearing ill-informed assertions, half truths and occasional bald-faced lies. I usually know BS when I hear it. Sometimes I'm still taken off guard. The lesson I have relearned over the last week is that the more ...

Giz Explains: How You're Gonna Get Screwed By Ebook Formats [Giz Explains]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:10:50 +0000

# gizexplains "We use the epub format: It is the most popular open book format in the world." That's how Steve Jobs announced the iPad. And wow, that sounds like all the ebooks you own will just work on anything. Um, no. More »

Sifting Through Claims, Conjecture and Outright Lies - Intelligent Enterprise

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:04:46 +0000

Sifting Through Claims, Conjecture and Outright Lies Intelligent Enterprise (blog) It's a decent architecture, but they used Web services and XML calls inside their BI toolset. In our experience, XML is dreadfully slow in terms of the ...

Misery loves company

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:58:36 +0000

Mark Lacter: Thirty states, including CA, saw their unemployment rates go up in January in a sobering but hardly surprising report.

10 flaws with the data on Data.gov - GCN.com

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:37:43 +0000

10 flaws with the data on Data.gov GCN.com Finally, Extensible Markup Language documents omit the XML schema used to validate them even when the schemas clearly exist. 2. Formatting errors. ...

Leading Research Firm Includes ZyLAB in Hype Cycle for Legal and Regulatory ... - SYS-CON Media

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:20:14 +0000

Leading Research Firm Includes ZyLAB in Hype Cycle for Legal and Regulatory ... SYS-CON Media (press release) The platform is built around an XML data repository and provides authorized reviewers with access via standard Internet browsers. This helps accelerate case ... and more »

A note on commenting - Austin 360

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:20:02 +0000

A note on commenting Austin 360 (blog) If you use an RSS reader, here is feed for Austin Movie Blog: XML. By Matthew Odam | Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 10:57 AM While folks will have to wait until ... and more »

Site Web Archive - Austin American-Statesman

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:05:40 +0000

Site Web Archive Austin American-Statesman (blog) If you use an RSS reader, here is feed for The Blotter: XML. By Miguel Liscano | Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 10:57 AM GEORGETOWN — The father of an ... and more »

PHD Virtual Names Thomas Charlton Chairman and CEO

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:54:43 +0000

The Pioneer of Virtual Backup Appliances Adds Technology Management Expert to Corporate TeamMOUNT AR...

Equitable Life of Canada Uses HP Exstream to Streamline Customer Communications

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:26:38 +0000

HP Exstream will provide a single software platform for Equitable Life of Canada to create, manage and deliver a variety of communications, in multiple languages , to its customers.

MapQuest Engages Developer Community with Presence at SXSW; Shows Easy-to-Use ... - MarketWatch

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:06:23 +0000

MapQuest Engages Developer Community with Presence at SXSW; Shows Easy-to-Use ... MarketWatch (press release) MapQuest is using Web services to take advantage of standard data formats, including JSON and XML that are usable by almost any programming language, ... and more »

Move an iTunes library from a Windows PC to a Mac

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:44:55 +0000

Finally making the switch from PC to Mac? Or just want to duplicate your Windows iTunes library in OS X? Kirk McElhearn shows you how to do it.

Microsoft Updates Office 2004, 2008, Open XML Converter - O'Grady's Power Page

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:39:46 +0000

Mac Rumors

Microsoft Updates Office 2004, 2008, Open XML Converter O'Grady's Power Page Finally, Microsoft's Open XML Converter utility reached version 1.1.4. The new version, a 45 megabyte download, received unspecified changes. ... Microsoft Releases Software Updates for Office 2008 and 2004 Mac Rumors Office for Mac Updated - Enhanced Security, Stability Softpedia Microsoft updates Office and Entourage for Mac MacNN tuaw.com (blog) all 6 news articles »

GamePro at GDC: What we learned today - GamePro.com

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:51:52 +0000

GamePro.com

GamePro at GDC: What we learned today GamePro.com To stay ahead of Terms of Service changes and stuff like server outages, the company is getting creative about data storage and Farmville's editable XML ... and more »

Things to do: Volunteers sought for dog park benefit - Naperville Sun

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:08:35 +0000

Things to do: Volunteers sought for dog park benefit Naperville Sun Visit northcentralcollege.edu/x5112.xml to register. Music: North Central College's student small ensembles will perform a recital at 7 pm in the college's ...

Rock Band 3 confirmed for holidays

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:07:34 +0000

Harmonix and MTV Games are getting the band back together, with Electronic Arts handling distribution once more.

Microsoft plugs dangerous Excel security holes - ZDNet

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:29:20 +0000

PC World

Microsoft plugs dangerous Excel security holes ZDNet (blog) One of the Excel flaws – CVE-2010-0263 — is the first vulnerability to be addressed in the new Open XML file format. The Excel update (MS10-017) affects all ... Microsoft warns of zero-day IE hole on Patch Tuesday CNET Microsoft offers two fixes, but reveals a zero-day bug SC Magazine US Microsoft Fixes Eight Flaws In Excel, Movie Maker ChannelWeb IDG all 342 news articles »

Office updates patch Excel security flaw

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:07:00 +0000

Microsoft rolled out minor updates to the 2004 and 2008 editions of its Office suite of productivity tools on Tuesday that patch a security vulnerability in the Excel spreadsheet application.