Creating an Online RSS News Aggregator with ASP.NET Part 4

Displaying the News Items for a Particular Syndication Feed The next task that faces us is creating the DisplayNewsItems.aspx Web page. This page should display the titles of the news items in the selected syndication feed as hyperlinks such that when the hyperlink is clicked the description of the news item is shown in the bottom right frame. This task presents us with two primary…

Does RFID equal ROI?

The promise of RFID is the dream of every supply chain manager -- enabling the accurate real-time tracking of every single product, from manufacture to checkout. Compared to universal product code (UPC) bar coding, which it promises to replace, RFID proactively transmits information, eliminating the manual point-and-read operations needed with bar coding. This enhanced visibility could result in significant decreases in warehouse, distribution and inventory…

Creating an Online RSS News Aggregator with ASP.NET Part 1

With the rise of always-on Internet connections in homes and businesses, and the continued explosive growth of the World Wide Web and Internet-accessible applications, it is becoming more and more important for applications to be able to share data with each other. Sharing data among disparate platforms requires a platform-neutral data format that can be easily transmitted via standard Internet protocols-this is where XML fits…

Creating an Online RSS News Aggregator with ASP.NET Part 3

Consuming a Syndication Feed in an ASP.NET Web Page In order to test the syndication engine we just created, let's build an online news aggregator that allows for any number of syndication feeds. The aggregator user interface will be fairly straightforward, comprising of three frames, as shown in Figure 2. In the left frame, a list of the various syndication feeds will be listed. In…