Mark Gibbs

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Managing writing by Web server

Interactivetools.com Inc.'s Article Manager is a small-scale content management system (CMS) that can use htmlArea as the client-side editing tool (any text editing field can be enabled as an htmlArea field for WYSIWYG editing).

Racing toward instant messaging

So there I was Googleracing with my friend Sandy and this particular race was more like a cross-country marathon than a sprint. And she pointed out that

Making computers easier to use

BackSpinAt my son's school they have a computer lab. Actually what they have is better described as...

Microsoft keeps doing it all wrong

In the last few weeks I have been increasingly annoyed and disturbed by what I see as Microsoft's strange decisions about software architectures and its apparent unwillingness or inability to fix the problems that it creates.

Getting under the hood of ASP

This month we're going to embark on explaining Active Server Pages (ASP), a method for creating dynamic Web pages that was invented by Microsoft Corp. and has started to spawn workalikes for non-Microsoft platforms.

No stopping naughty technology

Well, I see that Madster (what used to be Aimster) has been hit with a temporary restraining order. The company has been instructed by the court to immediately disable its file servers and stop all that naughty file swapping.

Deal with details before big picture

BackSpinThe problem of dealing with details arises when a project starts and people say, "Oh, we'll work...

Emusic blows the fine print

I've been observing a skirmish between a group of subscribers to the online music service Emusic.com Inc. and the service's management.

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