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Saturday 21st July, 2001
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Top Articles updated in the last week
CxShadeButton Davide Pizzolato	4.94/5 (33)
The Code Project Visual C++ Forum FAQ Michael Dunn	4.93/5 (14)
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Last 10 updates at the Code Project

18 Jul 2001 (new)	A Ready Made Text Entry Dialog Andrew Peace
18 Jul 2001 (new)	Adventures In Abattoirville Xavier John
18 Jul 2001 (new)	Creating your own GUIDs Joseph M. Newcomer
18 Jul 2001 (new)	Using Skins Without MFC John Roark
17 Jul 2001 (new)	A Multiple Inheritance based COM Framework Adeel Abbas
17 Jul 2001 (new)	Another serial port enumerator Joaquín M López Muñoz
17 Jul 2001 (updated)	Auto-Completion Edit Control James R. Twine

Unedited entries

21 Jul 2001 (updated)	The Code Project Visual C++ Forum FAQ Michael Dunn
20 Jul 2001 (updated)	ColorCursor v. 2.1 Michael Mogensen
19 Jul 2001 (new)	Database to XML Exporter Ahmet Orkun GEDiK

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Industry News

DotCom death rate slows.
9 Jul 2001 Source: AIRS News 11 comments
According to a report released by Webmergers.com the death rate for dotcoms is stabilising.

Microsoft breakup ruling overturned
28 Jun 2001 Source: MSNBC 29 comments
In a unanimous verdict that sent Microsoft's share price soaring, the U.S. Court of Appeals has overturned the ruling that Microsoft should be broken up, and thrown out the charge that Microsoft attempted to monopolise the browser market.

Poll - Is software development still enjoyable?
Software development has changed a lot over the last few years. New technologies and an ever increasing pace of change means life is never dull. But is it exciting?

	Absolutely. There has never been a better time to be a software developer
	It's still fun - but there have been better times.
	It's about the same. I see no reason to look for a job at Starbucks.
	It's not as fun as it used to be.
	Software development has definitely lost its fun.