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    Virtual Reality Modelling Language is back from the dead--again. This time backers are betting that a new specification will drive a comeback.

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    Web designers have long hassled sites that offer bells and whistles to no purpose, but lately they've begun to target the technology behind those perceived atrocities as well: Flash.

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    With the introduction of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, sites and software that depend on ActiveX may falter under Microsoft's new security regime.

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