Drupal Module Finder...very cool and very fast. Looks like John Forsythe is owner of this non-Drupal.org project.

The search engine was built from the ground up to produce incredibly fast results. Query times average under 20 ms, and the results are cached for even faster performance.

The user interface is powered by jQuery v1.2.3 and a number of custom plugins. The jQuery Update module was used to improve compatibility with Drupal 5.

I'll have to browser drupalmodules.com and find all the fun stuff there is to see at this site.

Bitrix, Inc. is proud to announce the release of Bitrix Site Manager CMS V6.5, a new version filled with marvelous enhancements and new leading-edge features, including Web 2.0 tools, site wizards, Web services, photo gallery and other utilities. Bitrix Site Manager is a Web content management system that provides stable functionality and security, and promotes cost-effective growth of clients’ Internet projects.

A very nice article on RSS found at IBM's developerWorks:

Realize the power of RSS in Ajax and Web 2.0 applications - Tap this article's fully functional PHP code snippets that show you how to use PHP-based server-side functions to develop your own customizable RSS feed aggregator. [IBM developerWorks]

I'm still looking for an article that explains to those of the non-IT persuasion what RSS feeds are all about. Everytime I make an attempt to explain RSS feeds to those how don't even know what browser they are using...I get this "deer caught in the headlights" look from them. They then usually turn around shaking their head wondering if I will ever try to speak to them in English. Sigh...

"Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. and the American Cancer Society Inc. are
looking to Adobe Integrated Runtime technology to take some of their
rich Internet applications to the desktop.

The new AIR technology from San Jose-based Adobe Systems Inc.
is among several emerging products that promise to let companies run
Web applications built using various AJAX tools on desktop systems. AIR
is slated to ship next month, according to Adobe."

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"Web 2.0 applications developed using standard Java™ Platform,
Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE)-based approaches face serious
performance and scalability problems. The reason is that many
principles that underlie the Java EE platform's design — especially,
the use of synchronous APIs — don't apply to the requirements of Web
2.0 solutions. This article explains the disparity between the Java EE
and Web 2.0 approaches, explores the benefits of asynchronous designs,
and evaluates some solutions for developing asynchronous Web
applications with the Java platform."

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"AJAX lets you give your Web site a cool, slick user interface. But there are downsides. Find out the best ways to manage potential AJAX woes, in this excerpt from Enterprise Ajax."

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"One of the main goals of Project Zero is to simplify the creation of rich Internet applications (RIAs). The Flickr photo sharing service is an excellent example of such an application. Designed using REST principles, Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) techniques, and dynamic scripting languages, Flickr provides a service that is not only user friendly, but also scalable and extensible. Because Flickr has many of the qualities that authors of other RIAs are striving for, recreating this type of application with Zero would be an excellent way to validate Zero as an RIA platform."

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"Marry technology and usability to build intuitive, easy-to-use, Ajax-driven applications that your users will appreciate."

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