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To show more headlines edit &num=5 For a different text size edit &font_size=10 To open links in a new window, change the 0 to 1 in link_openblank=0" To remove the descriptions below the headlines, change &desc=1 to &desc=0 To change the length of the descriptions, change &desc_max=60 To change the size of the text, change &font_size=10 (or, to set the text size to that of your stylesheet, delete &font_size=10) To change the colour of the text, change &fgcolor=000000 (or, to set the colour to that of your stylesheet, delete &fgcolor=000000) PHP Code Copy the code and paste into your php web page. <table bgcolor="black" width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" summary="border table"> <tr> <td> <table style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td bgcolor="yellow"> <table style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr bgcolor="yellow"> <td align="left"> <a style="color:blue; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.windmill.co.uk/">What's New in Measurement and Control?</a> </td><td align="right" valign="top"><a href="http://www.windmillsoft.com/monitor.xml"><img src="http://www.feedrollpro.com/includes/xml.gif" width="36" height="14" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="ffffcc"><a href="http://www.theengineer.co.uk/sectors/electronics/news/meter-enables-cost-effective-monitoring-of-energy-usage/1012555.article" title="A new device could help manufacturers monitor their energy usage more cost-effectively using technology originally created for washing machines. The new meter uses a 3D sensor, originally developed to">Meter enables cost-effective monitoring of energy usage</a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="ffffcc"><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/biometrics/biometrics-050212.cfm" title="Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed and published a new protocol for communicating with biometric sensors over wired and wireless networks - using s">New protocol enables secure data acquisition from biosensors</a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="ffffcc"><a href="http://www.windmill.co.uk/monitor165.html" title="The latest issue of Monitor, the newsletter on pc-based data acquisition and control, is now available on-line at http://www.windmill.co.uk/monitor165.html.">Monitor 165 now online</a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="ffffcc"><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2012/05/anti-theft-sensors-wind-window.html" title="Anti-theft sensors could open car windows to save life when children and dogs are left in cars.">Anti-theft sensors could open car windows to save life</a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="ffffcc"><a href="http://www.Amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1608074684/rss1-21" title="Due to significant advantages, including convenience, efficiency and cost-effectiveness, the implementation and use of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks have achieved steep growth in recent years. T">Wireless Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks Under Diversified Network Scenarios</a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="ffffcc"><a href="http://www.easyfairs.com/events_216/automation-engineering2012_25805/m-r-2012_25839/visitors_25840/" title="Belgium's specialised trade show for measurement and control instrumentation is on next week in Brussels">Measurement and control instrumentation Show on 9-10 May</a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="ffffcc"><a href="http://www.windmill.co.uk/excel/excel-earth.html" title="How to show spatially referenced data from Excel on Google Earth, as points or moving tracks.">Overlaying Google Earth with Data from Excel</a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="ffffcc"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/1167472--innovative-blanket-could-monitor-your-health-or-just-keep-you-toasty" title="A network of tilt sensors in the shape of flowers and stems is embroidered into green taffeta fabric, allows a blanket to wirelessly create a 3D model of itself on a computer in real time. And by addi">Innovative blanket could monitor your health</a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="ffffcc"><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428614.900-realtime-gps-sensor-could-give-earlier-quake-warning.html" title="Super-precise sensor networks promise to deliver almost instant warnings when strong earthquakes hit, and assess their magnitude more accurately ">New Scientist: Real-time GPS sensor could give earlier quake warning</a></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="ffffcc"><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/techvision-2020-at-frost--sullivans-gil-2012-europe-to-unveil-50-of-the-worlds-most-innovative-technologies-147540805.html" title="Fifty of the most innovative technologies in the world identified by Frost and Sullivan will be unveiled at GIL 2012: Europe.">50 of the World's Most Innovative Technologies</a></td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>

What's New in Measurement and Control? Meter enables cost-effective monitoring of energy usage New protocol enables secure data acquisition from biosensors Monitor 165 now online Anti-theft sensors could open car windows to save life Wireless Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks Under Diversified Network Scenarios Measurement and control instrumentation Show on 9-10 May

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