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Joerg Westphal joerg.westphal at gmx.de
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Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, June 25
Date: Samstag, 26. Juni 2004 02:08
From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
To: joerg.westphal at gmx.de

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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
June 25, 2004
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Book News
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-Programming Jakarta Struts, 2nd Edition
-The Best Damn Windows 2003 Server Book
-Java Cookbook, 2nd Edition
-Google: The Missing Manual
-Richard Thieme's Islands in the Clickstream
-CYA: Securing IIS 6.0
-CYA: Securing Exchange Server 2003 & Outlook Web Access
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Upcoming Events
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-Apple WWDC, San Francisco, CA--June 28-July 2
-JavaOne, San Francisco, CA--June 28-July 1
-Edd Dumbill ("Linux Unwired"), GNOME User and Developer European
Conference, Kristiansand, Norway--June 28-30
-James Duncan Davidson ("Mac OS X Panther Hacks," "Running Mac OS X
Panther"),  Apple Store, San Francisco, CA--June 30
-Steve Bass ("PC Annoyances"), Anchorage Borders,
Anchorage, AK--July 7
-Steve Bass ("PC Annoyances"), Alaska Computer Society PC Users Group,
Anchorage, AK--July 8
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Conference News
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-O'Reilly Open Source Convention User Group Discount
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News
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-Don't forget--Visit with O'Reilly Editors at 2004 USENIX Annual Tech
Boston, MA--June 27-July 2
-O'Reilly Network Launches eDocuments
-The Open Source Paradigm Shift
-A Linux Quick Reference to Useful Commands
-The Pragmatic Programmers Interview
-Voice Recording Magic with the iPod
-RSS: The Next Generation
-A Brief Introduction to GPS Photo Linking
-Windows Server Hacks: Using Saved Queries to Find Locked Accounts
-Easily Purge Spyware, Adware, and Other Malware
-Using a JMS Provider with MDBs via the J2EE Connector Architecture
-Working with Hibernate in Eclipse
-SP.NET Forms Security by Jesse Liberty
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News From Your Peers
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-Share your Group's Secrets to Success on the O'Reilly UG Wiki.

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Book News
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***Programming Jakarta Struts, 2nd Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596006519
"Programming Jakarta Struts, 2nd Edition" covers everything the
 successful first edition did and more. Now fully up to date with Struts
 1.1, this new edition covers the latest material on tag libraries and
 the new JavaServerFaces (JSF) APIs, and it includes all-new chapters on
 JSF, JSTL/EL, and security. This book will save you time and headaches
 with its practical, here's-how-to-do-it approach to using the Struts
 Framework to its fullest potential.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596006519/

Chapter 11, "The Validator Framework," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596006519/chapter/index.html


***The Best Damn Windows 2003 Server Book
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1931836124
Windows Server 2003 has more features and functionality in any one of
 its component services than existed in the entire Windows NT 4
 operating system. This book distills the tens of thousands of pages of
 documentation for this complex enterprise OS into a concise, applied
 format that system administrators can use. Every aspect of planning,
 installing, configuring, and troubleshooting a Windows Server 2003
 network is documented, with plenty of examples and illustrations.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836124/


***Java Cookbook, 2nd Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596007019
"Java Cookbook, 2nd Edition" has been completely revised and updated to
cover all the major APIs from Java 1.4 as well as significant first-look
recipes for the most important features of the new 1.5 version. Packed
with hundreds of tried-and-true Java recipes, the book also covers many
specialized APIs--like those for working with Struts, Ant, and other
 open source tools--and delivers expanded Mac OS X Panther coverage.
 This comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical
 examples will serve well Java developers at all levels of expertise.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596007019/

Chapter 8, "Data Structuring with Generics, foreach, and Enumerations
 (JDK 1.5)," is available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596007019/chapter/index.html


***Google: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 0596006136
Google, the planet's most popular program for finding stuff on the web,
has no manual. It may seem like an easy-to-use program, but Google has
many hidden tricks and tools that can turn your simple searching into
powerful--and successful--discoveries. You just have to know where to
look. This book is your guide, covering search techniques and tricks,
must-have tools, and those little-known corners of Google. Get more out
 of your Google searches with this friendly deskside companion.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googletmm/

Chapter 3, "Googling Further: Images, News, and the Directory," is
available online:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googletmm/chapter/index.html


***Richard Thieme's Islands in the Clickstream
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1931836221
"Islands in the Clickstream" is a series of thousand-word essays
 exploring social and cultural dimensions of technology and the larger
 concerns of our lives. Their focus ranges beyond the impact of
 technology to spirituality, psychological insight, and social
 commentary. The author's credibility and work as a professional speaker
 immersed in technology who was also an Episcopal priest for sixteen
 years provides a perfect platform for supporting the book.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836221/


***CYA: Securing IIS 6.0
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1931836256
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836256/


***CYA: Securing Exchange Server 2003 & Outlook Web Access
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN: 1931836248
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836248/

The CYA series are highly portable, easily digestible road-maps to
configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting essential features,
 assuring that the reader has in fact covered their behind.

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Upcoming Events
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***For more events, please see:
http://events.oreilly.com/


***Apple WWDC, San Francisco, CA--June 28-July 2
We'll have a great new selection of Mac developers books to choose from
 at this show. Moscone West Convention Center
http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/


***JavaOne, San Francisco, CA--June 28-July 1
Drop by our booth (#1416) to check out our latest Java offerings.
Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
http://java.sun.com/javaone/


***Edd Dumbill ("Linux Unwired"), GNOME User and Developer European
Conference, Kristiansand, Norway--June 28-30
Author Edd Dumbill (Linux Unwired) speaks at the fifth annual GUADEC.
Agder University College, Kristiansand, Norway
http://2004.guadec.org/


***James Duncan Davidson ("Mac OS X Panther Hacks," "Running Mac OS X
Panther"),  Apple Store, San Francisco, CA--June 30
James is a special guest speaker at the SF Apple Store, telling his
 story as a Java developer moving to the Mac and becoming a Cocoa
 developer. http://www.apple.com/retail/sanfrancisco/


***Steve Bass ("PC Annoyances"), Anchorage Borders,
Anchorage, AK--July 7, 2004
Steve visits the Anchorage Borders beginning at 7:00 p.m. Stop by to say
hello and get your very own copy signed!
http://www.bordersstores.com/stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=88


***Steve Bass ("PC Annoyances"), Alaska Computer Society PC Users Group,
Anchorage, AK--July 8
Join Steve at the ACSPCUG monthly meeting.
http://www.acs-pcug.org/index.htm

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Conference News
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***O'Reilly Open Source Convention User Group Discount
User Group use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20%

To register, go to:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/ord_os04

O'Reilly Open Source Convention
Portland Marriott Downtown
Portland, OR
July 26-30, 2004
http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/

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News From O'Reilly & Beyond
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General News
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***Don't forget--Visit with O'Reilly Editors at 2004 USENIX Annual Tech
Boston, MA--June 27-July 2
Come visit O'Reilly in the Partner Publisher Suite June 28-30. This
conference includes: 6 days of training; renowned plenary speakers every
morning; technical sessions every day; daily SIG sessions; and General
 and Freenix/Open Source refereed papers. Free exhibit & BOF
 registration available online. The conference runs June 27-July 2 in
 Boston, MA. http://www.usenix.org/usenix04/


***O'Reilly Network Launches eDocuments
Affordable, downloadable PDFs of premium O'Reilly Network content are
 now available covering topics such as digital media, Java versus .NET
 security, and web services, with new titles to be added regularly.
 There are no restrictions on your ability to save, copy, or print these
 documents, and you can instantly download a PDF from your O'Reilly
 account management page once you've purchased it online. For a closer
 look at our first batch of offerings, visit edocuments.oreilly.com/.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5112


***Got an Gmail invite to share?
Listen to Wil Wheaton ("Just a Geek") on the David Lawrence Show
discussing his new project gmail4troops.com, which makes it easy to
 donate Google Gmail accounts to the US troops overseas.
http://thedavidlawrenceshow.com/002007.html

Just a Geek
By Wil Wheaton
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN: 059600768X
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jag/

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Open Source
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***The Open Source Paradigm Shift
Tim O'Reilly writes about the lessons to be learned from the Open Source
Movement in this article based on a talk he first gave at the
Warburg-Pincus technology conference in May 2003. Find out why Tim says
the open source story is far from over.
http://tim.oreilly.com/opensource/paradigmshift_0504.html

For more of Tim's writings, pay a visit to tim.oreilly.com.


***A Linux Quick Reference to Useful Commands
Daniel J. Barrett, author of O'Reilly's "Linux Pocket Guide," has
 compiled a quick-reference guide to the most essential Linux commands
 and the tasks they perform. We are presenting this quick reference as a
 PDF download. Print it and keep it by your keyboard for quick answers
 to problems that arise.
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/excerpt/LinuxPG_quickref/index
.html


***The Pragmatic Programmers Interview
The Pragmatic Programmers, Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas, recently launched
their own line of books on pragmatic software development. Since
 O'Reilly distributes their books, we convinced them to do an interview
 about self-publishing, the state of the software industry, and how to
 become better developers.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/06/24/pragmatic_programmers.html


***The Pragmatic Bookshelf:
Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit
ISBN: 0974514020
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0974514020/

Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java with JUnit
ISBN: 0974514012
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0974514012/

Pragmatic Version Control using CVS
ISBN: 0974514004
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0974514004/

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Mac
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***Voice Recording Magic with the iPod
Everyone knows that the iPod plays music unlike any other device, but
 many don't realize that it records clean audio, too. Here's a handy
 tutorial that shows you how to get started, then challenges your
 creativity with some nifty ideas about how to use these tools.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/06/22/ipod_recorder.html


***RSS: The Next Generation
Syndicated summaries of web content are more popular than ever before,
 and the recent explosion of users has prompted some dramatic changes in
 the world of RSS software. Giles Turnbull takes a look at some of the
 latest offerings, including PulpFiction, Shrook, and of course,
 NetNewsWire. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/06/15/rss.html


***A Brief Introduction to GPS Photo Linking
Digital cameras record EXIF data that tells us when we took a picture,
 but what if we want to know where too? David Goldwasser introduces us
 to using GPS positioning data with EXIF timestamps to build interactive
 maps showing pictures of markers. Typical of the kinds of hacks David
 contributed to O'Reilly's recently released "Digital Photography
 Hacks." http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/06/15/gps_photo.html

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Windows
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***Windows Server Hacks: Using Saved Queries to Find Locked Accounts
Locked accounts can represent a serious security hole on your network.
Mitch Tulloch, author of "Windows Server Hacks," shows you how to use
saved queries to find them.
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/06/22/locked_accounts
.html


***Easily Purge Spyware, Adware, and Other Malware
Think you're protected against spyware? Most likely you're not. J.W.
 Olsen reviews two of the best spyware killers you'll find anywhere:
 Ad-aware and Spybot.
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/06/22/Spyware.html


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Java
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***Using a JMS Provider with MDBs via the J2EE Connector Architecture
Message-Driven Beans (MDBs) get a big boost in J2EE 1.4 via integration
with the J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA), which opens up interesting
possibilities to use messaging to and from legacy systems. Debu Panda
shows how this can be accomplished.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/06/23/mdbjca.html


***Working with Hibernate in Eclipse
Jim Elliott was curious about whether anyone had written plugins to work
with Hibernate in Eclispe, as he'd just finished writing "Hibernate: A
Developer's Notebook." It turns out there are several such efforts
underway. In this article, Jim explores Hibernate Synchronizer--a plugin
that automatically updates your Java code when you change your mapping
document.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/06/23/hibernate.html

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.NET
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***SP.NET Forms Security
Jesse Liberty shows how easy it is to provide forms-based security via
login screens and authentication in Whidbey.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/06/14/liberty_whidbey.html

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News From Your Peers
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***Share your Group's Secrets to Success on the O'Reilly UG Wiki
List you tricks and experiences to share:
http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/null?UGSuggestions

Until next time--

Marsee

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