NPR Topics: Technology

New Solar Cell Easy As Pizza To Make
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:16:00 -0400
The iJET is a new type of solar cell that's cheap and easy to make, requiring not much more than a pizza oven, some nail polish remover, and a common inkjet printer. Australian scientist Nicole Kuepper describes her invention.
SpaceX Celebrates First Successful Rocket Launch
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:53:00 -0400
SpaceX's flagship Falcon1 rocket has successfully launched from an island in the central Pacific, becoming the first privately-developed rocket to orbit the planet. NASA has already contracted SpaceX to begin private space flight missions to the International Space Station beginning in 2010.
Northeast States Trade Carbon Emission Credits
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:46:00 -0400
A consortium of Northeast states has completed the first cap-and-trade greenhouse gas auction in the U.S. Under cap-and-trade, limits are set on emissions. Companies that do not use up their quota of emissions are able to sell their excess emission capacity to other companies.

L.A. Times - Technology News

EBay to cut 10% of workforce, buy 3 firms for $1.3 billion; shares slide
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The online auction firm plans to lay off about 1,000 full-time employees and as many as 600 temporary workers as it purchases Web credit company Bill Me Later and two Danish classifieds sites. Online retailer EBay Inc., which is trying to reverse years of slowing growth in its auction business amid rising competition and a spreading financial crisis, said Monday that it would cut 10% of its global workforce even as it spends $1.3 billion to buy three Web businesses.
Publisher of Orange County Register may have violated loan terms
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Freedom Communications Inc., owner of the Orange County Register, said that it might be in violation of loan agreements and that it was in discussions with its lenders.
Financial literacy for kids
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Adults make plenty of mistakes with their money. Themint.org wants to keep teenagers from doing the same.

 

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Microsoft XML 3.0: Using Namespaces in Documents - Excerpt from the Microsoft Developer's Guide on using namespaces in documents and the Microsoft XML Parser (MSXML).
Meta Description: [ Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) allows customers who use JScript, Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), and Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 to build high-performance XML-based applications that provide a high degree of interoperability with other applications that adhere to the XML 1.0 stand... ]

Namespaces in XML - XML namespaces provide a simple method for qualifying element and attribute names used in Extensible Markup Language documents by associating them with namespaces identified by URI references. (W3C Recommendation 14 January 1999)

Namespaces in XML (alternate explanation) - An attempt by James Clark at a less confusing alternative explanation of the mechanism described in the XML Namespaces Recommendation.

W3Schools.com: XML Namespaces - XML Namespaces provides a method to avoid element name conflicts. This page gives examples and solutions.
Meta Description: [ Free HTML XHTML CSS JavaScript DHTML XML DOM XSL XSLT RSS AJAX ASP ADO PHP SQL tutorials, references, examples for web building. ]

XML Cover Pages: Namespaces in XML - A collection of whitepapers, perspectives and history on XML namespaces, including links, references and contacts.

XML Namespace Related-resource Language (XNRL) - an HTML-based markup language designed to contain a human-readable description of an XML namespace as well as pointers to multiple resources related to that namespace. Examples of such related resources include schemas, stylesheets, human-readable documentation (beyond that contained in the XNRL package) and executable code. (Tim Bray)

XML Namespaces FAQ - Comprehensive site of questions and answers about Namespaces in XML as maintained by Ronald Bourret.

XML Namespaces: Universal Identification in XML Markup - Article taking a detailed look at XML namespaces with examples. By Pankaj Kamthan.
Meta Description: [ XML namespaces provides a method for qualifying element and attribute names used in Extensible Markup Language (XML) documents by associating them with namespaces uniquely identified by Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) references. The motivation for XML namespaces, along with their internal work... ]

XML.com: Namespace Myths Exploded - This article discusses a number of myths that have arisen around XML namespaces, examining possible sources, clarifying what the recommendation says about them, and pointing out ways to resolve the issues they raise. By Ronald Bourrett.
Meta Description: [ Published over a year ago, the Namespaces in XML recommendation may only be a small specification, but it's caused more than its fair share of confusion. Find out what the right-thinking developer should do about XML namespaces. ]

XML.com: Namespace Nuances - Questions and answers about Namespaces in XML. By John E. Simpson.
Meta Description: [ This Q&A column tackles the question of how to write DTDs for XML applications that use namespaces. ]

XML.com: Namespaces by Example - A first look at this W3C Recommendation on Namespaces in XML. By Tim Bray.
Meta Description: [ The hows and whys of XML namespaces explained by a co-author of the specification, XML.com's technical editor Tim Bray. ]

404 XSL Namespace - The XSL namespace has the URI h##p://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format, where ## equals tt.

Zvon.org: Namespace Tutorial - Understand Namespaces in XML using these 14 examples presented here.