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Tim Chambers
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Tue Jul 24 06:25:35 PDT 2007
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Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, July 20
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:49:11 -0700
From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
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In this issue:
* O'Reilly UG Program News—Just for User Group Leaders <#ugprogram>
* New Releases <#newreleases>
* Upcoming Events <#upcoming>
* Conference News <#conferencenews>
* News from O'Reilly & Beyond <#news>
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Open Source
Hawk*The Power of Google Gears*
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Google Gears is a framework for development browser-based applications
that can be used offline. In the second part of Jack Herrington's
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batching, and learn more about how to leverage SQLite.
*OpenGuides: City Wikis in Perl*
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/07/05/openguides-city-wikis-in-perl.html>
OpenGuides is a Wiki that allows the contributors to build what are
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source code in Perl. She looks specifically at how OpenGuides rejects
spam postings and how its geographically oriented architecture makes it
a better choice than other Wiki frameworks for this type of application.
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Digital Media
lizard*dekeBytes: A Taste of Vanishing Point 2.0 in Photoshop CS3*
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/06/15/dekebytes-a-taste-of-vanishing-point-20-in-photoshop-cs3.html>
Deke McClelland takes a look at the new and improved Vanishing Point 2.0
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*Advanced Aperture Techniques with Joe Schorr*
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Have you tapped the power of Album Picks or mastered the Primary Only
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*The Lightroom 1.1 Library Revealed*
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In Lightroom's 1.1 Library module, you can edit, rate and sort images,
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including an explanation of the new "catalogs" (formerly known as
libraries) concept.
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Mac/Apple
IrishSetter*iPhone: The Missing Manual Sneak Preview*
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David Pogue's Favorite iPhone Tricks, perfect for the Missing Manual fan
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*Smarter Ways to Work with PDFs*
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Giles Turnbull examines several methods and applications for managing
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*QuickTime Web Movie Secrets *
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QuickTime is still the best-looking, most flexible way to present video
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launch a movie in fullscreen mode, and even play a sequence of movies
automatically.
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Microsoft/.NET
Tuna*Eight Reasons Windows Administrators Should Learn JScript Instead
of VBScript *
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/06/19/eight-reasons-windows-administrators-should-learn-jscript-instead-of-vbscript.ht>
When it comes to writing WSH scripts or HTML applications, system
administrators can use either VBScript or JScript. Bill Stewart tells
you why JScript is your best choice.
*Windows Wireless LAN Security Primer*
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/06/26/windows-wireless-lan-security-primer.html>
If you've got a wireless Windows network, you're at risk. This primer
gives you a great introduction to what you need to know to keep it safe.
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Java
Fox*GMF: Beyond the Wizards *
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/07/11/gmf-beyond-the-wizards.html>
Using the Eclipse Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF), this article takes
the reader through a step-by-step creation of the construction of an
application using GMF. Beyond the wizards, get an introduction to GMF
'under the hood.'
*Enabling Peer-to-Peer BitTorrent Downloads with Azureus*
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/06/21/enabling-peer-to-peer-bittorrent-downloads-with-azureus.html>
BitTorrent is one of the more popular protocols being used for
peer-to-peer file transfers, and enabling your Java applications to use
this protocol has never been easier. With a little theory and a lot of
working code, this article shows you how to add peer-to-peer protocols
to your own apps.
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Web
bees*Inside Adobe's onAIR Summer Bus Tour *
<http://www.oreilly.com/store/series/adl_onair.csp>
For blog posts, tips, photos, dates, and more.
*iPhone: Test Your Site for iPhone Compatibility*
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/07/09/iphoney-test-your-site-for-iphone-compatibility/>
*Simply JavaScript* <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/simply-javascript%22>
HTML and CSS alone can only achieve the static beauty of the department
store mannequin. Here, Kevin shows you how, with JavaScript, you can
combine the three layers of the Web to bring that awkward puppet to life.
*Rich Developer, Poor Developer*
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/06/25/rich-developer-poor-developer/>
A look at website flipping and the business of buying and selling.
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