ActionScript is a scripting language based on ECMAScript, used primarily for the development of websites and software using the Adobe Flash Player platform (in the form of SWF files embedded into Web pages). Originally developed by Macromedia, the language is now owned by Adobe (which acquired Macromedia in 2005) and continues its development.

A static Web page is a Web page that always comprises the same information in response to all download requests from all users. Contrast with Dynamic web page.

It is difficult to be precise about “dynamic web page beginnings” or chronology, because the precise concept makes sense only after the “widespread development of web pages”. Context and dates of the “web beginnings”:

Classical hypertext navigation occurs among “static” documents, and, for web users, this experience is reproduced using static web pages. However, web navigation can also provide an interactive experience that is termed “dynamic”. Content (text, images, form fields, etc.) on a web page can change, in response to different contexts or conditions. There are two ways to create this kind of interactivity:

Only in Vegas… Dunlop is offering a free set of four tires for folks willing to don the Dunlop logo or tread pattern for life. Tattoo artists are on hand to ink the company’s logo on your body.

If you don’t love art, and are simply considering buying art as an investment, the best advice is to find something else to invest in. Collecting and buying art should be a labor of love, not a cold-hearted financial calculation.

In a feat that seems like something out of a microscopic version of Star Trek, MIT researchers have found a way to use a “tractor beam” of light to pick up, hold, and move around individual cells and other objects on the surface of a microchip.

In fact, a woman cannot be equipped with a new hymen – the thin, ring-like membrane partially covering the opening of the vagina. However, today’s plastic surgeons are very good at bringing back a “virgin-like” quality. The tissue is pulled back together and the vaginal walls are tightened in the course of “revirgination” surgery, otherwise known as hymenoplasty.

US giant General Motors said Monday it would launch a 250-million-dollar alternative fuel research centre in China, as it looks to dramatically ramp up production of more environmentally friendly cars.

Continuing their strong Leopard coverage, PCWorld now has Vista vs. Leopard: Battle of the new Features on their Web site. Does Microsoft’s new Search match Apple’s Spotlight? Does Safari set a new browser bar or will Mac users flock to Firefox? Take a look at the comparison and make your own decisions.