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Dear Reader,

Unofficially, O'Reilly has been publishing PDFs (we call them Short Cuts)
for about half the year now, and the program is really ramping up. We have
just shy of two dozen Short Cuts in the offering now and many, many more
in the pipeline.

Our September releases include:

"Getting Started with Atlas," which introduces you to Atlas, Microsoft's
new developer framework for ASP.NET apps.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/atlaspdf/

"Running Mac OS X on Windows," which walks you through the steps to
install Mac OS X on your PC using PearPC.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runningmacpc/

"Getting Started with .NET 3.0," which shows you how to create more
dynamic user experiences and build secure web services with .NET 3.0.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dotnet30pdf/

Each of our downloadable PDFs averages between 20 and 60 pages, and
they're priced nice between $5.99 and $9.99. If you haven't checked them
out, you can see a complete list here:
http://www.oreilly.com/store/series/sc.html

Hope you find something you like.

Until next time,

-Tara

Tara McGoldrick Walsh
O'Reilly Network Editor
tara@oreilly.com

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*** Featured Articles ***

Using Data Compression in .NET 2.0
New compression classes are available in the .NET Framework 2.0, and they
can be used to reduce the size of data transmitted over a network. In this
article, Wei-Meng Lee shows you how to use the compression classes in .NET
2.0 in a web service environment.

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/09/12/using-data-compression-in-net-20.html

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Miglia TVMicro and EyeTV: Easy TV on Your Mac
The Miglia TVMicro is a small USB device and comes bundled with a remote
control and the renowned EyeTV app, which makes it trivial to pull up
program listings, schedule recordings, and more. Costing roughly $100,
this is a purchase that might just pay for itself sooner than you think.
Matthew Russell reviews.

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/09/12/miglia-tvmicro-and-eyetv.html

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Building Advanced Telecom Apps on a Shoestring
With the development of open standards telephony, VoIP, and hosted,
on-demand computing services, it is finally possible to use a low-cost
development track to create next-generation telecom services.

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/09/12/building-advanced-telecom-apps-on-a-shoestring.html

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Barbara Brundage discusses "Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual"
In this podcast, O'Reilly Media's Sara Peyton interviews Barbara Brundage.
Barbara's an extraordinary harpist who has performed for dignitaries and
celebrities around the world, including Margaret Thatcher, Tom Cruise, the
Clintons, and Isaac Stern. She's also the go-to expert when it comes to
using Photoshop Elements. Her brand new book, Photoshop Elements 5: The
Missing Manual, is all about the just-announced version of Elements. She
talks to us about the cool new tools for digital photographers and
scrapbookers in this new program.

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/09/12/barbara-brundage-interview-ps-elements5.html

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Life Cycles
Releasing early and often. Mark Lucovsky contrasts his experience at
Microsoft and at Google. Simon Phipps says that "lock in is the new lock
out" and we preview Euro OSCON. Six Apart's Anil Dash has a stack of
services you might use to build your applications and Damian Conway pokes
fun at the world of Web 2.0 businesses. (DTF 09-11-2006: 26 minutes 45
seconds)

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/09/11/distributing-the-future.html

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Batch Updates with PL/pgSQL
Loops are slow, algorithmically speaking. Every time you find yourself
looping over data, you have a process that, at best, scales linearly with
the number of items to process. SQL gives you options to perform multiple
updates at once; David Wheeler demonstrates how to make them work with
PL/pgSQL.

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/databases/2006/09/07/plpgsql-batch-updates.html

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Unit Testing Your Documentation
It's fairly easy to prevent errors in code from occurring and reoccurring;
unit tests are an effective strategy to prevent regressions. What about
the example code in your documentation? Errors there can frustrate and
thwart readers and learners. Fortunately, it's possible to test your
documentation almost as effectively. Leonard Richardson, co-author of the
Ruby Cookbook, demonstrates how he kept his code examples correct.

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/09/07/unit-testing-docs.html

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Separation of Concerns in Web Service Implementations
The principle of "separation of concerns" is much repeated in SOA
circles... so why are transactional integrity, security, and business
logic so often intermingled in SOA implementations? In this article, Tieu
Luu shows how to use Spring to separate out security concerns in an
Axis-based web service.

http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/09/06/separation-of-concerns-in-web-services.html

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A Briefing on Syncing
The idea behind synchronizing, or syncing, is simple: take information you
collect on one device, like the contact lists you keep on your laptop, and
combine it with similar information on other devices so that the two sets
of information match. Sounds easy enough, but there are a few tricks to
understand. In this Take Control excerpt, Michael Cohen provides an
informative overview for getting your info in sync.

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/09/05/synching.html

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*** New Books from O'Reilly Media ***

Mac OS X Tiger Server Administration (PDF)
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxtigersa/

Now available in PDF Format:

Unix Power Tools, Third Edition
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/upt3/

Unix in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/unixnut4/

Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxnut5/

New Short Cuts:

Getting Started with Atlas
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/atlaspdf/

Getting Started with .NET 3.0
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dotnet30pdf/

Running Mac OS X on Windows
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runningmacpc/

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