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    While security experts applaud Microsoft's recently released Service Pack 2, some companies that distribute their software over the Web are watching the product's introduction with dread and suspicion.

  • Intel's 3D divorce rate

    Developers of three-dimensional rendering technology for the Web known as X3D are bracing for a standards war with Intel--a former backer of the project--just as their recently sundered collaboration bears fruit.

  • Bringing 3D to the Web

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

  • Flash: Easy target for gaudy graphics

    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.

  • MPEG-4 boosts multimedia

    The MPEG-4 standard for the transmission of digital audiovisual information can be used over a wide range of transmission speeds, and is flexible and bandwidth-efficient.

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  • In cyberspace, no one can hear you scheme

    Second Life, with an alleged population of 7.979 million, is changing the way businesses think about what their customers want, and whether "virtual" is a viable way to give it to them.

  • SP2 vs. the plug-ins

    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.

  • Bringing 3D to the Web

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

Reviews (1)

  • Macromedia Director 8.5

    Overshadowed in recent years by its popular cousin Flash, Director quietly progressed, cleaning up its interface and adding a wide variety of tools. With the release of version 8.5, Director stands ready to pull ahead of the pack.

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