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Online Text Format & ASP
What I'm looking for is a script that gives the visitor the ability to format what he/she is typing directly in the text field like what is called "Online HTML Generator." The same as typing posts in forums
Passing a variable through the url
We are doing a site for a client, we are collecting payment info from customers. I have greated a variable cust_num which works well within the payment program.
XHTML specification on file names?
I read a post elsewhere in which the author said that the XHTML Specification requires HTML pages to be saved with the suffix .html rather than .htm
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| 06.15.05
Seagate Turns Storage On Its Side
 By David Utter
The hard drive company's perpendicular technology offers 160 GB of storage, which will make laptops even more attractive to buyers.
Hard disk drive maker Seagate Technologies has introduced perpendicular technology, yielding a 2.5-inch hard drive capable of storing 160 GB of data. The drive will be part of the company's Momentus family.
On a standard hard disk platter, data bits lay flat on the surface. With the perpendicular technology in effect, those data bits stand up on the platter. That allows for more of them to be placed on a disk; more bits yields more storage.
The current buying trend of consumers selecting laptops instead of typical desktop machines for the home will be even more pronounced. Users who may have wavered on purchasing a laptop for lack of storage when compared to a desktop system will have more reason to go the notebook route.
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Another benefit of the technology will be its similar power consumption and heat generation to existing drives. This will let notebook makers enjoy the greater amount of storage without seeing an impact on battery life.
Seagate also announced a security advance called Full Disk Encryption. The hardware-based FDE requires only a user key to encrypt all data on a drive. The keys and cryptographic operations reside within the drive, separate from the operating system.
FDE eliminates disc initialization and configuration required by other encryption products. If a notebook is being reassigned from one person to another, the hard drive data can be erased instantly to allow redeployment.
Toshiba Writes Up One-Time Recordable HD-DVDs
By David Utter
These DVDs will store 15GB of data, which is about triple the current capacity of present-day DVD-Rs.
The new HD-DVD-R should arrive early next year, along with HD-DVD recorders and HD-DVD PC drives, which means consumers will probably have to choose between HD-DVD devices and Sony's Blu-ray technology.
HD-DVD supporters had discussed a rewritable format, which would hold about 20GB of data. These discs would cost more than a one-time writable version. It appears both will come to market.
It's the latest in the long-running competition between Toshiba and Sony to have their proposal become the next DVD standard, as players and drives equipped with blue lasers will become the norm. To support high-definition (HD) content, the new standard will have to offer a lot of storage on a single disc.
Sony's Blu-ray should allow for 50GB storage on one disc, while Toshiba's HD format was tweaked to store 45GB on a disc. Toshiba has been challenged by Sony partner Matsushita to accept a compromise, where Toshiba software and Sony Blu-ray would together populate new players and PC optical drives.
But Toshiba has refused and continues to press on with its quest to become the standard bearer in the HD war of the discs. The inability of the two standards camps to find a compromise has placed outside supporters, like the movie industry, in a difficult position. No distribution company wants to have to release movies in two different blue laser DVD formats.
And it is possible the distributors could force a solution. By choosing to only support one standard, a company that sells a lot of DVDs like Disney could tip the battle in favor of one side. And at this point, Disney support Blu-ray.
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David Utter is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business. |
