Jun 14, 2006 News Wire

Hot on the heels of Google’s announcement of Enterprise licensing for its Maps API, Yahoo! releases its API for commerciall use free of charge.

Impressive in-browser vector drawing tool for assembling 2D diagrams. Impressive use of SVG (in Firefox) and VML (in Internet Explorer).

A live webcast about implementing AJAX in Java. Hurry in and register — it’s at 2PM EDT.

Does use of AJAX intrinsically lead to heavier server load? As Sun’s Tim Bray explains, such claims are only valid when developers aren’t thinking about the consequences of their design decisions. AJAX can actually provide a net win.

eBay announces it will launch a keyword advertising system similar to Google’s AdSense that will direct web surfers to auctions related to the sites they visit.

Case study of a Google Maps mashup, using the hCard microformat as a data source.

Lets you write a single application that can use the Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft mapping APIs interchangeably.

Microsoft rolls out the new handling of ActiveX controls, requiring users to click in order to activate them. Unlike the April update, this version cannot be disabled with a compatibility patch. See the recent SitePoint article for a workaround.

Flock, the del.icio.us-, Flickr-, RSS-, and blogging-enhanced cousin of Firefox is finally available as a public beta.

eBay launches Skype integration for a subset of its categories as a test. Buyers can contact the seller of an auction by clicking a “Skype Me” button on the auction page.

See also SitePoint’s Top 7 PHP Security Blunders.