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Dear Reader,
Most of the current headlines around palmOne's product offerings hover
around the Treo, especially now that a GSM version of the 650 is imminent.
But the Zire line of PDAs continues to improve--often featuring vivid
color screens, music playback, and digital camera capabilities--for far
less money than the Treo costs.
Wei Meng Lee has just published an informative review of the Zire 72
($299) and the Zire 31 ($149) on O'Reilly's Wireless DevCenter. If you
haven't looked at Palms lately, I think you'll be surprised at how much
they've evolved.
Of course, for some, only the Treo will do. In that case, you might want
to check out O'Reilly's newly released Treo Fan Book by Jeff Ishaq. It's
the perfect companion for a truly innovative device.
Until next week,
-Derrick
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The 2005 MySQL Users Conference, April 18-21 in Santa Clara, CA
This year's conference, co-presented by O'Reilly and MySQL AB, features
over 75 tutorials and sessions, networking with experts and industry
leaders, a stimulating Exhibit Hall, and more. Early registration prices
end Feb. 28; other discounts available. http://mysqluc.com/
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*** Featured Articles ***
A Review of PalmOne's Zire 72 and 31
Wei-Meng Lee takes a look at a couple of PalmOne devices, and is pleased
by what he finds.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2005/01/17/zire.html
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Run Mac OS X on a PC
You can get the best of both worlds--you can run the real Mac OS X on your
own PC. Wei-Meng Lee shows you how to run the Mac operating system on an
emulator called PearPC.
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/01/18/PearPC.html
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How to Use mutt, FastMail, and Mail.app Together on Your Mac
Many Linux users who are adding Mac OS X to their computing life look to
combine the control of command line with the convenience of GUI. In this
article, Philip Hollenback, a seasoned Linux user himself, shows how to
bring these worlds together on Mac OS X using mutt, FastMail, and
Mail.app.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/01/18/fastmail.html
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Using SQL Cache Dependency
Caching has long been recognized as one of the more effective ways to
improve your ASP.NET web applications. One particular caching feature
missing in ASP.NET 1.x was SQL cache dependency: the ability to invalidate
a database cache if data in a table is changed. In ASP.NET 2.0, Microsoft
has added the new SQL cache dependency feature. Wei-Meng Lee discusses the
SQL cache dependency in ASP.NET 2.0, and how you can manually implement it
in ASP.NET 1.x.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/01/17/sqlcachedependency.html
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Little Things Are Big at Macworld SF 05
Apple's Macworld announcements featured the Mac mini and the iPod shuffle.
But the more you look at the breadth of Apple's new offerings, the more
impressive Cupertino looks right now. Daniel Steinberg discusses his
impressions accompanied with photos by Derrick Story.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/01/14/macworld.html
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An Introduction to Quality Assurance
The libraries and syntax for automated testing are easy to find. The
mindset of quality and testability is harder to adopt. Tom McTighe reviews
the basic principles of quality assurance that can make the difference
between a "working" application and a high-quality application.
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2005/01/13/quality_assurance.html
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Python-Powered Templates with Cheetah
It's true; XSLT isn't the be-all, end-all of templating and transformation
systems. If you use Python, consider instead Cheetah, a template engine
based on Python. Andrew Glover demonstrates its simplicity and power for
producing text in all kinds of formats.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2005/01/13/cheetah.html
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Features: SAML 2: The Building Blocks of Federated Identity
Paul Madsen reports on the developments in web services security,
including a new major release of SAML, which provides the basis for
building federated identity.
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/01/12/saml2.html
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Parsing an XML Document with XPath
Pulling just a single node value or attribute from an XML document can be
inefficient if you have to parse over a whole list of nodes you don't
want, just to get to one you do. XPath can be much more efficient, by
letting you specify the path to the desired node up front. J2SE adds XPath
support, and the JDOM API also offers support through an XPath class.
Deepak Vohra looks at both approaches.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/01/12/xpath.html
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*** O'Reilly Network Top Five Articles Last Week ***
1. RSS and Tabbed Browsing in Safari, Firefox, and Camino
We know that RSS support is coming for Safari with the Tiger release, but
you can enjoy this service now in Firefox. Wei-Meng Lee shows you the
ropes plus some slick insights for tabbed browsing in Safari and Camino.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/01/11/rsstabbed.html
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2. Little Things Are Big at Macworld SF 05
Apple's Macworld announcements featured the Mac mini and the iPod shuffle.
But the more you look at the breadth of Apple's new offerings, the more
impressive Cupertino looks right now. Daniel Steinberg discusses his
impressions accompanied with photos by Derrick Story.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/01/14/macworld.html
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3. Parsing an XML Document with XPath
Pulling just a single node value or attribute from an XML document can be
inefficient if you have to parse over a whole list of nodes you don't
want, just to get to one you do. XPath can be much more efficient, by
letting you specify the path to the desired node up front. J2SE adds XPath
support, and the JDOM API also offers support through an XPath class.
Deepak Vohra looks at both approaches.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/01/12/xpath.html
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4. ASP.NET File Uploading
File upload and download are much simpler tasks in ASP.NET than in classic
ASP, thanks to the extensive .NET Framework class library. While file
upload in ASP.NET is as easy as retrieving an HTML form value, file
download is still a bit tricky.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/04/01/asp.html
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5. More FreeBSD for Linux Users
BSD and Linux are both Unix workalikes. How different can they be? In
certain cases, very! Though the systems share a family tree, their
differences sometimes stand out. Dru Lavigne explains FreeBSD's directory
layout, devices, kernel modules, and terminology to Linux users.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/01/13/FreeBSD_Basics.html
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