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Web Standards News

American MegaTrends, Inc., has redone their site using XHTML and CSS. Read about it in their press release. [5/02]
Cingular Wireless goes standards, as discussed on Evolt. [4/25]
eBird.org and Cornell's main ornithology lab site make nice use of standards, although fall a bit short on validation. More on their browser support decisions. [4/18]
Check out Fast Company's site, now based on standards. Zeldman.com offers a nice analysis of the redesign. [4/03]

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