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Communications Decency Act overturned

U.S. Supreme Court rules against CDA: Communications Decency Act deemed limit to First Amendment (800 words)
By Sari Kalin
ACLU: Court says Internet deserves print protection: 'Net closer to books & magazines than TV & radio (1,000 words)
By Sari Kalin
CDA Ruling: Clinton seeks tools to protect children: US President still `firmly committed' to the ideas behind the CDA -- parents groups may agree (700 words)
By Sari Kalin
Global influence of CDA decision varies: In some countries precedent to censor may have been set months ago (3,500 words)
By the IDG News service staff around the world

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Vendors roll out add-ons to Communicator & servers: Two document management systems, `signed' JavaScript now available (440 words)
By Torsten Busse
Netscape building future apps with Java, CORBA & JavaBeans: Andreessen lays out thin-client strategy to skeptical Arizona audience. (400 words)
By Niall McKay
Netscape & partners adopt JavaBeans: JavaBeans believers tout its time & code-saving virtues to developers at DevCon (460 words)
By Torsten Busse
Netscape to breathe life into `Network Enterprise' pitch at DevCon: DevCon attendees to hear about Netscape's new strategy, tools & partnerships for developing networked applications. (400 words)
By Niall McKay
Andreessen to outline Crossware roadmap: Flurry of demonstrations, announcements expected during DevCon. (350 words)
By Niall McKay
Communicator 4.0 gets Java-based CORBA app builder: Visigenic tool promises to build complicated Web apps easily. (410 words)
By Niall McKay
Information Builders middleware opens IBM mainframes to JavaScript: Software links mainframe networks, protocols, applications & databases to Web servers. (650 words)
By Torsten Busse

Netscape recreates, promises fix to `Cabocomm' security bug: Windows 95 users to get fix week of June 15; others to follow (370 words)
By Mark Cappel and Niall McKay
NetscapeWorld's Net news central: Articles elsewhere on the Net for Webmasters, Web developers & designers. Complete with links to full-length articles.
Java Bytecode: What Microsoft's long-awaited Application Foundation Classes offer Java programmers: Good news: Microsoft's new class libraries 'pure Java.' Bad news: cross-OS support spotty at best. (1,000 words)
By Jim Lowe
Multimedia strategies: How Jack & Flash get the Web jumpin' in new ways: "You Don't Know Jack, the netshow" and Macromedia's Flash 2 demonstrate how to do more with less bandwidth. (2,300 words)
By Jon Leland
Best practices: It's OK to put a link to another site on my page, right? Maybe not: The global village idiots vs. the Web's information utopia. Who wins will affect you! (2,600 words)
By Rick Cook
Communicator expected to use Entrust public key technology: Netscape partner delivers the first Communicator extension designed for Web transactions. (350 words)
By Sari Kalin
Using trap doors in 'secure' systems provokes controversy: Encryption key recovery only as reliable as the guy who has the key. (425 words)
By Sari Kalin
News in brief: Java tools from Digital & IBM, plus...: New search engine features Asian language support, better European Internet access promised & faster U.S.-Asian Internet access opens. (1,000 words)
By IDG News Service reporters from around the world
New products: Apple delivers Cyberdog 2.0 Web application suite: New e-commerce apps unveiled, plus how to put TV on your intranet and news from Sun and Netscape. (7,200 words)
By Jim Carr
More new products: Microsoft, SGI acquisitions overhaul wed authoring app market: Dimension X and ParaGraph products will be merged into DirectX, Cosmo by industry giants. (8,500 words)
By Jim Carr
Still more new products: New PointCast client beta ready to go: Plus, info on e-commerce apps, Web development tools and 30-plus other new products (7,200 words)
By Jim Carr
Proposed standard aims to protect privacy: Netscape, Firefly Network & Verisign launch Open Profiling Standard. A boon or bone to privacy on the Web? (750 words)
By Rebecca Sykes
Oracle ships Internet Commerce Server: Electronic commerce software for conducting business-to-consumer transactions on the internet integrates electronic payments systems. (550 words)
By Torsten Busse
Microsoft & Netscape battle for future desktop: Industry giants use crawl & push technology to capture desktop broadcasting space. (700 words)
By Niall McKay
A Web developer's guide `rapid application development' tools & techniques: RAD is not just a product category for developers working with databases -- it's relevant to the Web, too. (4,100 words)
By Joseph Ghione with sidebars by Lisa Rein

Using Dynamic HTML to create an animated navigation bar: Add a little life to your Internet Explorer and Navigator Web page menus by following these steps. (2,100 words)
By Shelley Powers
HTML Q&A: How to avoid screwing-up background images, plus...: Another clever performance enhancement, removing frame borders. (2,000 words)
By Chuck Musciano
Java basics for beginners: A personal story: Want to learn Java but don't know where to begin? Here's an anecdote to get you started. (6,300 words)
By Chuck Musser
How to debug Perl-based CGI scripts: Streamline your testing & increase your productivity by building scripts that set up a command line test bench. (1,600 words)
By Brian Wilson
What programmers need to know about Netscape's server-side Java API: A grand tour of Netscape's server-side Java API, with examples and a full Javadoc-style reference. (3,500 words)
By Jason Hunter
How to customize the server-side Java support in a Netscape server: Step-by-step instructions to customize the way your server handles server-side applets. Learn to change your server-side applet prefix, applet directory & classpath. (1,300 words)
By Jason Hunter
Using Java servlets for basic form handling: Learn how to write servlets while surveying your visitors' favorite browser width. (1,100 words)
By Michel Gallant
Webmaster Rants & Raves: Push vs. Webmasters, an HTML editor & helpful URLs: In our first installment we bash Microsoft & Netscape, review a new tool & list resources you need. (2,700 words)
By Cheryl C. Carter
Webmaster Q&A: Readers offer 4 solutions to the 'Back' button problem: Also, a basic guide to configuring a secured area of your Web site. (2,000 words)
By Mariva H. Aviram
JavaScript: 11 JavaScripts & tips you asked for: Keen advice you never knew you needed, a handy JavaScript/VBScript comparison chart, & answers to reader mail. (2,200 words)
By Lisa Rein
Book excerpt: Special Edition: Using Netscape Communicator: Getting starting with Netscape's 'push' technology viewing tool. (8,600 words, including tips, notes, and an index)
By Mark R. Brown
Book excerpt: HTML Sourcebook: A Complete Guide to HTML and HTML Extensions: How to get started with stylesheets. (1,700 words)
By Ian S. Graham

Using Dynamic HTML to create an animated navigation bar: Add a little life to your Internet Explorer and Navigator Web page menus by following these steps. (2,100 words)
By Shelley Powers
Best Practices: The top 15 Web design irritants & how to avoid them: How many of these little sins send your visitors to competing sites? (2,800 words)
by Rick Cook
How to build a Web database with free software: All you need is 3 pieces of shareware and this article to create a form-based contacts database. (5,000 words)
by Brian Wilson
JavaScript columns!: Cut-n-paste these handy JavaScripts into your pages today!
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