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They'll be jealous because they're sick of finding lewd >photos of tennis rackets when what they really want is help." >For the rest of Rory's review go to: >http://www.neopoleon.com/blog/safari.aspx > >User Group members can participate in our "Go On Safari" >introductory program. To "Go on Safari," any UG member who signs >up for our Safari 14-day free trial can send comments on their >experiences, or tips and tricks for how they used Safari (it >only needs to be 2 sentences long, but it may be longer) to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Please include your UG name in the email.) > >Every week someone will be chosen from the tips or comments >submitted to receive fun stuff from O'Reilly (T-shirts, book >bags, or other surprises). If a member of your user group is >selected, your group receives a free gift, too. Whatever the >individual member receives, your UG will get one, too, to give >away at your next meeting, or use however you see fit. >Recipients--and their comments--will be announced in this User >Group Newsletter. > >**Please use this special UG URL to sign up for the 14-day trial >http://www.oreilly.com/safari/ug > >For more information on Safari: >http://safari.oreilly.com/ > >================================================ >News From O'Reilly & Beyond >================================================ >--------------------- >General News >--------------------- >***O'Reilly Authors in the News > >*Google on NPR >Listen to this "Talk of the Nation" interview with Google >co-founder Sergey Brin and Rael Dornfest, coauthor of O'Reilly's >"Google Hacks." >http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1421546 > >*An Interview with Paul Bausch >Listen in on this IT Conversations interview with Paul Bausch, >the author of "Amazon Hacks." Paul talks about topics covered in >the book, including the Amazon Associates program and the Amazon >Wish List. >http://www.itconversations.com/index.php > >For more info on our Hacks: >http://hacks.oreilly.com/ > > >***Hacking Windows XP >In these two hacks excerpted from "Windows XP Hacks," author >Preston Gralla walks through how to shorten the time it takes >for your desktop to appear when you turn on your PC (and make XP >shut down faster as well), and how to use some of Preston's >favorite Registry hacks to make nifty interface changes. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/excerpt/winxphacks_chap1/index.html > >--------------------- >Open Source >--------------------- >***Single Sign-on for Your Web Applications >Jason Garman walks you through the implementation of SPNEGO, >which allows for single sign-on of your web applications with >Apache and Kerberos. >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/09/11/kerberos.html > >Jason is the author of "Kerberos: The Definitive Guide." >Order Number: 4036 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/kerberos/ > > >***The Hacker Behind "Hacking the XBox" >Reverse engineering seems a mysterious and dark art, aided, >perhaps, by the specter of the U.S. DMCA. Andrew "Bunnie" Huang >risked penalties for his self-published "Hacking the Xbox." >Howard Wen recently interviewed Huang on reverse engineering, >disclosure, and the guts of the Xbox itself. >http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/09/11/bunniehuang_interview.html > >--------------------- >Java >--------------------- >***Web and Enterprise Architecture Design Patterns for J2EE > >From their experience as web-era application designers, Ganesh >Prasad, Rajat Taneja, and Vikrant Todankar saw a need for a set >of named ways of doing things at the application or subsystem >level, in the same manner that the original design patterns >fulfilled a need for standardization of lower-level >functionality. In part one of a two-part series, the authors >discuss their Web and Enterprise Architecture Design Patterns >in the Partitioning and Scope categories. >http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/09/10/patterns.html > >--------------------- >.NET >--------------------- >***Enhancing ASP.NET Pages with JavaScript >A sprinkling of JavaScript code can enhance the reach and >responsiveness of your ASP.NET web pages without sacrificing >ASP.NET's secure, server-based model for your coding. Matthew >MacDonald, coauthor of "ASP.NET in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition," >shows you how to use JavaScript in an ASP.NET web page to >perform three common tasks: showing a pop-up window, changing >control focus, and handling frame navigation. You can use these >tricks to quickly solve problems that have no native .NET solution. >http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/09/15/aspnet.html > >--------------------- >Web >--------------------- >***Ten Tips for Building a Flash Remoting Application >Flash Remoting has not changed much for the release of Flash MX >2004, which is good news for programmers building complex Rich >Internet Applications (RIA). Flash Remoting still offers the >most flexible, intuitive way to add an application server to an >RIA. Tom Muck, author of O'Reilly's upcoming "Flash Remoting: >The Definitive Guide," offers ten tips for building a Flash >Remoting application that will help programmers deliver the most >efficient RIA possible. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2003/09/16/flashremoting.html > >--------------------- >Mac >--------------------- >***Keynote Plays Ball with PowerPoint >Apple's Keynote is the first major-company presentation software >in years to step up to bat against ruling giant Microsoft >PowerPoint. Ian Darwin provides a detailed comparison of the >two presentation heavyweights. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/09/12/keynote.html > >Until next time-- > >Marsee
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