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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
January 26, 2007
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-Access 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
-ActionScript 3.0 Programming (PDF)
-The Book of JavaScript, Second Edition
-Botnets: The Killer Web App
-Comp TIA RFID+ Study Guide and Practice Exam (RFO-001)
-CRAFT: Volume 02
-Cyber Crime Investigations
-Developers Guide to Web Application Security
-Eight Great Ways to Get the Most from Your Zune
-Essential Electronics for Software Folk
-Excel 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
-Google Web Toolkit for Ajax (PDF)
-Introduction to Neogeography
-The OpenBSD 4.0 Crash Course
-Physical and Logical Security Convergence: Powered By Enterprise
Security Management
-PowerPoint 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
-Programming Firefox: Rough Cuts Version
-Rails Cookbook (Book or PDF)
-Rails for Java Developers
-Release It!
-Secure Your Network for Free
-Software Testing Foundations, Second Edition
-The OpenBSD 4.0 Crash Course (PDF)
-Using Samba, Third Edition
-Using XForms with Mozilla (PDF)
-What's New in Windows Vista?
-Windows Developer Power Tools
-Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual
-Windows Vista in a Nutshell
-Word 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
-MAKE & CRAFT Magazine Subscriptions
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-O'Reilly at ASTD TechKnowledge 2007, Las Vegas, NV--
January 31-February 2
-Geek Cruise Features David Pogue, Deke McClelland, and Eddie
Tapp, Eastern Caribbean--February 3-10
-O'Reilly at Conferencia Internacional de Software Libre 3.0--Feb 7-11
-Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for
Photographers") ASMP Evening and Next Day Presentations, Philadelphia,
PA--February 8-9
-O'Reilly at RoR eXchange 2007, London, UK--Feb 9
-Rob Orsini ("Rails Cookbook") at the North Bay Rails User's Group,
Sebastopol, CA--February 15
-Rasmus Lerdorf at the 2007 PHP Conference, London, UK--February 23
-Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 3rd Edition)
at NCMUG, Rohnert Park, CA--February 20
-Emerging Telephony Conference 2007,Burlingame, CA--
February 27-March 1
-Rob Orsini ("Rails Cookbook") at SOCOSA, Sebastopol, CA--March 6
-Peter Morville, "Information Architecture & Search" International
Master Class, Sydney, Australia--March 8-9
-O'Reilly Authors at South by Southwest, Austin, TX--March 9-13
-O'Reilly at ASTD TechKnowledge 2007, Las Vegas, NV--
January 31-February 2
-O'Reilly at the Photo Marketing Association,
Las Vegas, NV--March 8-11
-O'Reilly at SD West, Santa Clara, CA--March 20-22, 2007
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-New 40% Discount for the 2007 Emerging Telephony Conference
-Call for Participation for O'Reilly Open Source Convention
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-Register for ETech 2007
-Register for Web 2.0 Expo
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-Craftzine Interviews Amy Sedaris, Author of "I Like You: Hospitality
Under the Influence"
-David Pogue (Missing Manual Creator) talks with the Public Libraries
Association in the ?Podcast from Hell?
-Publishing for (Sales) Success
-New Course Featuring AJAX--O'Reilly/University of Illinois
Certificate Series
-Why I Stopped Coding and Why I'd Start Again
-Greylisting with PF
-Compare, Select, and Rate
-Free Pass for Photoshop World Tech Expo
-Digital Media Insider Podcast 6: Desktop Music in Japan
-Macworld 2007: 1984 All Over Again
-My Favorite Macworld Product: Indigo
-The Case for Freeware and Open Source Windows Tools
-The Five Best and Worst Things About Vista
-Word 2007 Missing Manual Screencast: Word's Ribbon
-Build a .NET App for Google Checkout
-Discovering a Java Application's Security Requirements
-Review/Preview: 2006 and 2007 in Java
-Accessible JavaScript
-SD West--Free Expo Pass
-Let's Speculate for 2007
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***Access 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
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This fast-paced book teaches you the basics of Access 2007 so you can
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528331/>
***ActionScript 3.0 Programming (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596529236
This Short Cut employs reusable code examples to demonstrate the basic
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actionscript3qr/>
***The Book of JavaScript, Second Edition
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN 10: 1593271069
"The Book of JavaScript" teaches readers how to add interactivity,
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than provide a series of cut-and-paste scripts, thau! takes the reader
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593271069/>
***Botnets: The Killer Web App
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN 10: 1597491357
As a conscientious system administrator, network administrator, or
security professional, you've no doubt been frustrated by the lack of
good usable information about the latest, and most deadly internet
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491357/>
***Comp TIA RFID+ Study Guide and Practice Exam (RFO-001)
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN 10: 1597491349
With the rising popularity of RFID technology, there is an increasing
need for RFID professionals. To help meet this need, CompTIA has just
introduced the RFID+ certification.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491349/>
***CRAFT: Volume 02
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 059651056X
Volume 02 of CRAFT, the first project-based magazine dedicated to the
crafting renaissance, is sure to inspire you with its theme of Creative
Replicas. Clone a designer handbag, needle felt faux fruit, have a
linoleum block print party, pay homage to your favorite art with a
fabric repro, spin unusual fibers, and much more!
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/craft07v02/>
***Cyber Crime Investigations
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN 10: 1597491330
This foundational text examines the hard questions; the questions that
have the power to unite or divide the cyber crime investigative
community. Moving past current difficulties will allow cyber crime
investigations to progress to a new evolution.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491330/>
***Developers Guide to Web Application Security
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN 10: 159749061X
This book defines Web application security, why it should be addressed
earlier in the lifecycle in development and quality assurance, and how
it differs from other types of Internet security.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/159749061X/>
***Eight Great Ways to Get the Most from Your Zune
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596529910
The Zune is Microsoft's new media player. It does music. It does video.
It does pictures. In this quick guide, you'll learn the down and dirty
truth about getting the most from your Zune. No holds barred. No stones
unturned.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/zune/>
***Essential Electronics for Software Folk
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN 10: 0977616681
Caleb Tennis explains it all. From a quick look at basic physics
(including fun with magnets) to electronic circuits, power supplies, and
networking, you'll see how it all works--and how to make it work for
you.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0977616681/>
***Excel 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596528329
Fast-paced and easy to use, this concise book teaches you the basics of
Excel 2007 so you can start using the program right away. You'll quick
learn to build spreadsheets, add and format information, print reports,
create charts and graphics, and use basic formulas and functions.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528324/>
***Google Web Toolkit for Ajax (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596510225
The Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a nifty framework that Java programmers
can use to create Ajax applications. The GWT allows you to create an
Ajax application in your favorite IDE, such as IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse,
using paradigms and mechanisms similar to programming a Java Swing
application. After you code the application in Java, the GWT's tools
generate the JavaScript code the application needs.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ajaxgoogle/>
***Introduction to Neogeography (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596529953
Learn what existing and emerging standards such as GeoRSS, KML, and
Microformats mean; how to add dynamic maps and locations to your web
site; how to pinpoint the locations of your online visitors; how to
create genealogical maps and Google Earth animations of your family's
ancestry; or how to geotag and share your travel photographs.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/neogeography/>
***The OpenBSD 4.0 Crash Course
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596510152
OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system that is widely regarded
for its excellent documentation and its fanatical focus on security.
"The OpenBSD Crash Course" Short Cut will help you get an x86 or
AMD64/EM64T server, desktop, or network appliance up and running quickly
with OpenBSD.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/>
***Physical and Logical Security Convergence: Powered By Enterprise
Security Management
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN 10: 1597491225
While physical and logical security disciplines are disparate, today's
threats are such that they need to be addressed in tandem. Gone are the
days when there was little to no communication between the IT and
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remediation, and incident tracking are just a few of the areas where
synergies between these groups can be leveraged.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491225/>
***PowerPoint 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596527381
This new book, written specifically for this version of the software,
not only offers the basics of how to create, save, set up, run, and
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versions, but were so cleverly hidden that few people ever found them.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527389/>
***Programming Firefox: Rough Cuts Version
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596529732
This is the essential guide to building user interfaces and rich
internet applications for the Firefox web browser, the Thunderbird email
client and independent projects using free development tools from the
Mozilla Foundation.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/programfirefox/>
***Rails Cookbook (Book or PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596527314
This book is packed with the solutions you need to be proficient
developer with Rails, the leading framework for building the new
generation of Web 2.0 applications. Recipes range from the basics, like
installing Rails and setting up your development environment, to the
latest techniques, such as developing RESTful web services. Each recipe
includes a tested solution, plus a discussion of how and why it works.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527310/>
***Rails for Java Developers
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN 10: 097761669X
In each chapter, we build a series of parallel examples to demonstrate
some facet of web development. Because the Rails examples sit next to
Java examples, you can start this book in the middle, or anywhere else
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to quickly grok what the Rails version is doing. We have carefully
cross-referenced and indexed the book to facilitate jumping around as
you need to.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/097761669X/>
***Release It!
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN 10: 0978739213
Everything changes after Release 1.0. The consultants leave; key
developers get reassigned to new projects, and the wild and free
environment of development gets replaced by change review boards and
defect reports. And the public starts beating on the system. Your
application needs to be ready to live in that environment--without you.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0978739213/>
***Secure Your Network for Free
Publisher: Syngress
ISBN 10: 1597491233
If you believe that an intrusion detection system, regular vulnerability
scanning, automated network device inventory, or firewall usage
statistics are not in the IT budget they are. All of these features and
many more are available for free.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491233/>
***Software Testing Foundations, Second Edition
Publisher: Rocky Nook
ISBN 10: 1933952083
This book covers the entry level, the "Foundations Level" and teaches
the most important methods of software testing. It is designed for
self-study and provides the necessary knowledge to pass the "Certified
Tester (Foundations Level)" exam as defined by the ISTQB.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933952083/>
***The OpenBSD 4.0 Crash Course (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596510152
OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system that is widely regarded
for its excellent documentation and its fanatical focus on security.
"The OpenBSD Crash Course" Short Cut will help you get an x86 or
AMD64/EM64T server, desktop, or network appliance up and running quickly
with OpenBSD.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/>
***Using Samba, Third Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596007698
This book is the comprehensive guide to Samba administration, officially
adopted by the Samba Team. Wondering how to integrate Samba's
authentication with that of a Windows domain? How to get Samba to serve
Microsoft Dfs shares? How to share files on Mac OS X? These and a dozen
other issues of interest to system administrators are covered.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba3/>
***Using XForms with Mozilla (PDF)
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596550049
The XForms technology gives you many advantages over ordinary XHTML
forms. The XForms technology separates your form's data and presentation
and submits your data as XML. XForms-aware applications can validate
your data as you type it and can also submit your data to different
servers and even store it in files. This tutorial shows you how to use
Mozilla to start working with XForms.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mozillaxforms/>
***What's New in Windows Vista?
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596510314
Get ready for a quick blast through this significant change to Windows!
This guide will give you a quick look at many of the most significant
new features in Vista, Microsoft's first revision of Windows in nearly
six years.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/newvista/>
***Windows Developer Power Tools
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596527543
This book offers an encyclopedic guide to more than 170 free and open
source programming tools for those of you who want to extend your
development environment, write higher quality software, and increase
productivity. Each article includes a concise guide to implementing the
tool--you'll be able to get up to speed quickly and use the tools to
solve problems you face every day in your software development.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527549/>
***Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596528264
Fast-paced and easy to use, this concise book teaches you the basics of
Windows Vista so you can start using the operating system right away.
Written by "New York Times" columnist and Missing Manuals creator David
Pogue, the book covers Vista quickly and clearly so you can navigate the
desktop, the Media Center, Internet Explorer 7, and much more.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528263/>
***Windows Vista in a Nutshell
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596527071
This unique reference thoroughly documents every important setting and
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interface, file system, networking, hardware, security, mobility,
multimedia, and command prompt. Also includes a system overview and a
tour of the basics.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527075/>
***Word 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly
ISBN 10: 0596528302
Fast-paced and easy to read, this concise guide teaches you the basics
of Word 2007 so you can start using the program right away. You'll learn
how to create documents, format and edit text, share the results, and go
beyond basic documents to handle graphics, create page layouts, and use
forms and tables.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528300/>
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***Geek Cruise Features David Pogue, Deke McClelland, and Eddie
Tapp, Eastern Caribbean--February 3-10
Join authors David Pogue (Missing Manual Series), Deke McClelland ("Adobe
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***Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for
Photographers") ASMP Evening and Next Day Presentations, Philadelphia,
PA--February 8-9
Author Peter Krogh will be teaching the "Get Your DAM Stuff Together"
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<http://www.asmp.org/commerce/education/>
***O'Reilly at RoR eXchange 2007, London, UK--February 9
Stop by our booth and check out the latest titles. Event speakers,
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***Rob Orsini ("Rails Cookbook") at the North Bay Rails User's Group,
Sebastopol, CA--February 15
Author Rob Orsini will be the presenter at the first meeting of the
North Bay Rails User's Group.
<http://nbrug.com/>
***Rasmus Lerdorf ("Programming PHP, Second Edition") at the 2007 PHP Conference--February 23
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***Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 3rd Edition)
at NCMUG, Rohnert Park, CA--February 20
Author Derrick Story presents to the North Coast Mac Users Group.
Derrick will show the latest happenings in photo software for the Mac.
<http://www.ncmug.org/events.html#february>
***Emerging Telephony Conference 2007,Burlingame, CA--
February 27-March 1
ETel brings you the best of what's happening at the cutting edge of the
entire IP telephony spectrum now, and how new technology is being
deployed by forward-thinking pioneers.
<http://conferences.oreilly.com/etel/>
***Rob Orsini ("Rails Cookbook") at SOCOSA, Sebastopol, CA--March 6
Author Rob Orsini will give an overview of Ruby on Rails at the Sonoma
County System Administrators March meeting.
<http://socosa.org/node/200>
***Peter Morville, "Information Architecture & Search" International
Master Class, Sydney, Australia--March 8-9
This two-day class from Peter Morville (Information Architecture for the
World Wide Web, Third Edition and Ambient Findability) covers
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navigation systems can be designed to support and shape user behaviour.
<http://www.keyforums.com.au/event_details.aspx?type=masterclasses&id=16>
***O'Reilly Authors at South by Southwest, Austin, TX--March 9-13
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***O'Reilly at ah the Photo Marketing Association,
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Stop by the O'Reilly booth (#J244) to say hi, peruse our new titles, and
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***Craftzine Interviews Amy Sedaris, Author of "I Like You: Hospitality
Under the Influence"
Opening up Amy Sedaris's new book is like going into another world: the
world of Amy. For anyone who's a fan of her work, from the Comedy
Central TV show and movie, "Strangers with Candy," to her many comedic
scene-stealing guest appearances, you know and love Amy's world.
<http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/01/interview_with_amy_sedaris_aut.html>
***David Pogue (Missing Manual Series Creator) talks with the Public Libraries
Association in the ?Podcast from Hell?
Interviewer Andrea Mercado says "This was, hands down, the most
interesting, humorous, and problem-laden interview I?ve done thus far,
part funny ha-ha, part funny uh-oh. You too can see why David calls
this the ?podcast from hell.?
<http://plablog.org/2007/01/interview-with-david-pogue.html>
***Publishing For (Sales) Success
Can eBooks be used for marketing consulting services?
Dave Hecker gives us his preliminary findings.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/12/23/publishing-for-success/>
***New Course Featuring AJAX--O'Reilly/University of Illinois
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***Why I Stopped Coding and Why I'd Start Again
What happens when programming stops being fun? What do you do when
juggling dependencies and worrying about installation issues takes all
of the joy out of writing code for other people? You can stop coding...
or you can try to address the underlying problems. Brian McConnell
postulates an enhancement of the Python language to make programming as
fun as it was in the BASIC-in-ROM minicomputer days.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2007/01/18/why-i-stopped-coding.html>
***Greylisting With PF
Greylisting--delaying mail delivery briefly per the SMTP RFCs--is an
effective way to reduce the amount of incoming spam. While many
greylisting solutions require customization of your SMTP server,
OpenBSD's PF can do it too. Dan Langille shows how to use the powerful
packet filter to identify and pass legitimate mail, delay and divert
potential spammers, and throw in some OS fingerprinting to ward off
certain zombie clients.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/01/18/greylisting-with-pf.html>
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Digital Media
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***Compare, Select, and Rate
Aperture's powerful sorting tools enable photographers to cull hundreds
of images quickly. This podcast features Derrick Story and Scott Bourne
explaining the compare, select, and rating tools, including stacks,
during a recent workshop at Macworld San Francisco.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/01/19/inside_aperture_podcast-7.html>
***Free Pass for Photoshop World Tech Expo
The Photoshop World Tech Expo is open to the public one day only on
Thursday, April 5 from 10am to 5PM at the Hynes Convention Center in
Boston. If you are interested in mingling with the biggest names in the
industry and seeing the latest in Photoshop-related technology, you can
sign up for a free Tech Expo pass (valued at $20 per person) beginning
in late March.
<http://www.photoshopworld.com/freepass.html>
***Digital Media Insider Podcast 6: Desktop Music in Japan
From Tokyo, David Battino interviews DTM Magazine's Daigo Yokota on the
state of Japanese music technology, tests Mixmeister's slick podcasting
software, and explores two cool songs on the DTM DVD.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/01/08/digital-media-insider-podcast-6-desktop-music-in-japan.html>
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Mac
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***Macworld 2007: 1984 All Over Again
Daniel Steinberg reports on the Macworld keynote. From the big iPhone
announcement and demo to the startling lack of Mac and Leopard news,
Daniel shares his impressions and provides detailed analysis of the
year's largest Apple event.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/01/12/macworld-keynote-coverage.html>
***My Favorite Macworld Product: Indigo
Each year Adam Goldstein likes to search out the cool new products at
Macworld. This year Adam takes a look at the powerful Indigo home
automation system.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/01/18/my-favorite-macworld-product-indigo.html>
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Microsoft/.NET
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***The Case for Freeware and Open Source Windows Tools
In "Windows Developer Power Tools," James Avery and Jim Holmes tell you
about scores of incredibly useful, freely available tools for Windows
developers. In this article, they tell you about some of their favorite
ones.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/01/19/the-case-for-freeware-and-open-source-windows-tools.html>
***The Five Best and Worst Things About Vista
After five years, Windows Vista is finally here. What's good and what's
bad about it? Preston Gralla, author of "Windows Vista in a Nutshell,"
tells you five things you'll love and five things you'll hate about
Vista.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/12/19/the-five-best-and-worst-things-about-vista.html>
For more info on Vista, go to:
<http://vista.oreilly.com/>
***Word 2007 Missing Manual Screencast: Word's Ribbon
Get a closer look at how the Ribbon is Word 2007 works with
author Chris Grover ("Word 2007: The Missing Manual").
<http://examples.oreilly.com/9780596527396/ch00/scast_Word07_ribbon.htm>
For more examples from this title, go to:
<http://www.missingmanuals.com/cds/9780596527396/>
****Build a .NET App for Google Checkout
Google Checkout, Google's online payment system, integrates with
websites such as Buy.com. In this article, Google's Martin Omander
details Google Checkout's plumbing and shows you how to build a .NET
application to integrate with it.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/01/09/build-a-net-app-for-google-checkout.html>
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Java
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***Discovering a Java Application's Security Requirements
Java security manager policy files are powerful and flexible, but rather
grueling and error-prone to write by hand. In this article Mark Petrovic
employs a novel approach: a development-time SecurityManager that logs
your applications' calls and builds a suitable policy file.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/01/03/discovering-java-security-requirements.html>
***Review/Preview: 2006 and 2007 in Java
2006 will be remembered as the year that Sun open-sourced Java under the
GPL, that EJB 3.0 finally shipped, and that Google surprised everyone
with its Google Web Toolkit. But how will history record the results of
these events? For the 2006 year-ender, ONJava editor Chris Adamson looks
at the year's events through the lens of how they may play out in 2007.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/12/20/2006-onjava-yearender.html>
***Accessible JavaScript
Can developers make their JavaScript-based websites
accessible to visitors using screenreaders and other
assistive technology? James Edwards takes a look at
some basic issues.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/article/accessible-javascript>
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Web
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***SD West--Free Expo Pass
Sign up for a free expo pass that grants you access to the expo floor
plus admission to the opening floor party, technical sessions, the
google party, the developer bowl, awards night and all keynotes.
<https://www.cmpevents.com/SDw7/a.asp?option=B>
***Let's Speculate for 2007
Sitepoint blogger Wyatt Barnett makes some gutsy predictions
about web development in 2007. Chime in with your
guesses and comments.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/01/01/lets-speculate-for-2007/>
Until next time--
Marsee Henon
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