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Join us October 25-28, 2004 in Santa Clara, California, and hear from
Stewart Copeland, the former drummer for the Police who now creates
award-winning film and television scores using Mac OS X technology; The
New York Times columnist David Pogue; Andy Ihnatko of the Chicago
Sun-Times; Karelia Software's Dan Wood; Brent Simmons of Ranchero
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Dear Reader,
Unless your iPod's foam earbud covers got stuck in your ears,
you've probably heard that Steve Jobs, Bono, and The Edge are
getting together for a little fun at the California Theatre
in San Jose next Tuesday morning. I'm sure Steve has more to
talk about than a 60GB iPod, and we're all looking forward to
hearing about the next big thing in music.
Even those of us who will be at the Mac OS X Conference that
same morning, right up the road in Santa Clara. We don't have
Steve Jobs on stage, but we do have a killer digital audio
program featuring Apple's Xander Soren and the incomparable
Stewart Copeland.
http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon
We won't be announcing the next big thing in music, but we'll
certainly show you how to leverage it for fun and profit. And
if you have interests in programming, scripting, system
administration, and hacking the Mac, well, ain't nobody better
than us to show it to you.
Oh, and just one more thing. In case you weren't invited to
the RSVP event at the California Theatre on Tuesday morning,
you can come by our place. We'll be providing a full analysis
of the event with our music experts... right after we serve
a gourmet lunch by the pool.
Hope to see you in Santa Clara,
-Derrick
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Derrick Story
O'Reilly Network Managing Editor
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*** Featured Articles ***
TenCon Fly-by
Over the past weeks I've been pointing out some of the new
content we've added to the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference. I've
pulled together this collection of What's New blurbs and
weblogs to create a convenient fly-by of event highlights.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/10/19/tencon_flyby.html>
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PC Hacks for Windows
Jim Aspinwall, author of PC Hacks, has hand-selected three
must-have hacks for Windows. Jim will show you how to give
your Plug and Play a lesson in playing well with others by
tweaking your BIOS parameters; how to pick up CPU speed by
applying proper CPU cooling techniques; and how to help your
hard drive perform better with less wasted space by setting
it up the way you want it.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/excerpt/pchacks/>
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Getting Started with the Safari Web Service
Wei-Meng Lee shows how to create an application for the Safari
Web Service API using the .NET framework.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/10/18/safari.html>
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Seven Cool Mono Apps
Edd Dumbill takes a look at seven of the cool open source
programs being built on Mono.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/10/18/mono.html>
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Mac OS X Power Hound Helpful Hints, Part 1
Mac OS X Power Hound author Rob Griffiths has hand-picked 16
of his favorite hints and organized them into this two-part
series. This week, in part one, you'll discover eight tricks
to help your Mac OS X system run smoother, and see new ways
to personalize your working environment. Examples include
activating Exposé with a multi-button mouse, saving iTunes
Music Store videos and trailers, and customizing the Dock "poof."
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/excerpt/osxph_1004/>
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Displaying Pocket PC and Smartphone Screens on Your PC
Stuck for how to project your Pocket PC in a presentation?
Remote Display Control comes to the rescue.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2004/10/15/remote_display.html>
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FMTYEWTK About Mass Edits In Perl
Though it's a full-fledged programming language now, Perl
still has roots in Unix file editing. A hearty set of
command-line switches, options, and shortcuts make it possible
to process files quickly, easily, and powerfully. Geoff
Broadwell explains far more than you ever wanted to know
about it.
<http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/10/14/file_editing.html>
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Digital TV without the Subscription
Terrestrial digital TV is traditional land-based antenna
broadcast, as opposed to cable or satellite television. And
it's free. You don't need to pay hefty subscription prices
to enjoy the quality digital TV, and Matthew Gast shows you
how to set it up.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2004/10/14/digital_tv.html>
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Storming the Microsoft Edifice
In the battle for open source and open standards on user
desktops, applications such as OpenOffice.org and Mozilla
Firefox are stealthily winning small skirmishes. Sam Hiser
describes the situation in terms of Monty Python's "Trojan
rabbit."
<http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/10/14/storming_microsoft_edifice.html>
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Migrating to Page Controllers
Simple web apps can start simple, but when they grow more
complex, they often need pruning and refactoring to be
maintainable. The Page Controller design pattern can help
separate concerns such as templates and logic. Ethan McCallum
demonstrates this language-neutral technique with PHP.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2004/10/14/page_controller.html>
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Google Your Desktop
Google your desktop and the rest of your file system, mailbox
and instant messenger conversations--even your browser cache.
The Google Desktop is your own private little Google server.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/10/14/google_desktop.html>
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Hacking Congress: Stuck in the Senate
Paul Ford discovers that creating a clean RDF representation
of the United States Senate is harder than he thought, and
goes back to fix his mistakes, delving into the mysterious
world of URNs along the way.
<http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/10/13/hackcongress.html>
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Point-and-Click Phishing
Brian McWilliams examines a recent phishing attack and talks
to the hacker who wrote the powerful spamware program
that made it possible.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/10/13/phishing.html>
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Primetime Hypermedia: Marrying Hypertext and Hypermedia
Jon Udell examines how to segment and annotate online video
in this month's installment of Primetime Hypermedia.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/10/13/primetime.html>
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XML Messaging Using JBoss
Simple communication in an enterprise system is possible
through various schemes, but not all of them answer the
question of coordination. Benoit Aumars presents a hypothetical
case study that shows how generating and sharing information
in XML is made easier with Java Messaging Service (JMS) and
Java Management Extensions (JMX).
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/10/13/XMLMessaging.html>
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Extend your AirPort Network with AirPort Express
Sometimes one access point just isn't enough for our wireless
networks, even at home. Wei Meng Lee shows you how to extend
your network with AirPort Express, and explains what's going
on under the hood.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/10/12/airport_express.html>
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*** O'Reilly Network Top Five Articles Last Week ***
1. Google Your Desktop
Google your desktop and the rest of your file system, mailbox
and instant messenger conversations--even your browser cache.
The Google Desktop is your own private little Google server.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/10/14/google_desktop.html>
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2. Point-and-Click Phishing
Brian McWilliams examines a recent phishing attack and talks
to the hacker who wrote the powerful spamware program that
made it possible.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/10/13/phishing.html>
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3. Seven Cool Mono Apps
Edd Dumbill takes a look at seven of the cool open source
programs being built on Mono.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/10/18/mono.html>
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4. PC Hacks for Linux
PC Hacks author Jim Aspinwall handpicks two Linux-specific
hacks to share from his new book. Whether Linux just won't
boot or it isn't as zippy as you'd expect, help is merely a
hack away. Jim will teach you how to recover your system's
boot-ability as well as how to test and optimize Linux's
settings for the best hard drive performance.
<http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/excerpt/pchacks_50_67/>
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5. XML Messaging Using JBoss
Simple communication in an enterprise system is possible
through various schemes, but not all of them answer the question
of coordination. Benoit Aumars presents a hypothetical case
study that shows how generating and sharing information in XML
is made easier with Java Messaging Service (JMS) and Java
Management Extensions (JMX).
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/10/13/XMLMessaging.html>
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