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Dear Reader,

We've been studying the Zune, Microsoft's soon to be released digital
media player. Among its many capabilities, the Zune has built-in WiFi
enabling users to share music with other Zunes within reach--a portable
social music player of sorts.

In her just published article, Erica Sadun asks these questions: "Can the
Zune really be a decidedly social experience? Has Microsoft seen something
new? Will the Zune bring the listening-to-music-while-text-messaging sweet
spot to the market?

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/10/17/microsoft-zune.html

The discussion around the Zune is more than just the introduction of a new
music device. It's an exploration about how people use and share their
music in public. Erica has some guesses about its possible success. It
will be fun to see how it all plays out.

Until next time,

-Derrick

Derrick Story
O'Reilly Network Editorial Director
derrick@oreilly.com

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*** Featured Articles ***

What's The Big Deal About Making Music Players Social?
Microsoft Zune and the Big Idea
Why does Microsoft insist that a social music player, its upcoming Zune,
is the wave of the future? Zune social networking manifests itself through
its Wi-Fi-based music sharing and its PC-based (and presumably
MySpace-inspired) Zune Marketplace. Microsoft gambles that these two
spheres are sufficient to define a new and unique Zune space. Erica Sadun
takes a good hard look at the Zune and tries to figure out if it is the
wave of the future--or just a pipe dream.

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/10/17/microsoft-zune.html

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Creating Visual Studio Project Templates
Visual Studio 2005 offers a great tool for those who create largely
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project creation and eliminates the need to add the same references,
project items, or even largely identical code to new projects. Ron
Petrusha shows you how.

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/10/17/creating-visual-studio-project-templates.html

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Getting Involved
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http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/10/16/distributing-the-future.html

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Developing High Performance Asynchronous IO Applications
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