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May 30, 2003, No. 352
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WWDC Special Events Schedule Now Available!
We invite all WWDC attendees to take note of the WWDC 2003 Special
Events schedule. Highlights this year include the testing of
Bluetooth devices at the traditional FireWire and USB Plug and
Unplug Fest, the ever-popular Campus Bash, a new QuickTime Design
Awards category, and a special Meet the Evangelists event.
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WWDC News |
[1] New Apple Training Course June 20-22 in San Francisco
Apple Training is proud to announce two special pre-WWDC training
courses, conveniently delivered in the Argent Hotel in San Francisco
the weekend prior to WWDC! Attendees can use their special WWDC
discount for this or any other leader-led course. Attendees who
registered before May 23 receive a 25% discount; all other
attendees receive a 10% discount.
June 20-June 21
Mac OS X Client Management
June 20-June 22
Troubleshooting Mac OS X
Register for these or any other Apple Training courses.
[2] Early Bird Workshops Still Available
Just a reminder to registered attendees: there is still space
available in some Early Bird workshops. Plan to be in San Francisco
on Sunday, June 22 for the opportunity to work hands-on with Apple
engineers.
[3] ADC TV Open to All ADC Members
WWDC 2002 Sessions are now available FREE to all ADC members via
QuickTime stream online. Log in to the ADC Member Site and choose
"View ADC TV". Now is a great time to review some of the materials
from last year's conference to prepare for 2003.
[4] Other WWDC News and Information
WWDC Agendas and iCal Calendars
Special Events Calendar
Labs and Lounges
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Hardware |
[5] New Release: Apple Slot Combo Drive 1.0
This update installs new firmware on PowerBook and Xserve Combo
drives. The update prevents Combo drives from intermittently failing
to eject discs. It's recommended that you install this update to
ensure that your Combo drive avoids this problem.
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Internet and Server |
[6] Web Development Tool News: Opera 6.02, skEdit 3.2.2
Opera 6.02 from Opera Software is a standards compliant web browser
for Mac OS X. Opera 6.02 is available in English, French, Japanese,
and German. Version 6.02 is optimized for extra speed, now works
in kiosk mode, and includes various bug fixes.
skEdit 3.2.2 by Sean Kelly is a low-cost HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP,
ASP, and ColdFusion editor. Version 3.2.2 includes code-hinting for
PHP/Perl/Python/JavaScript, improved encoding support, improved
syntax highlighting, improved interface, and bug fixes.
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Java |
[7] New O'Reilly Book: Java Database Best Practices
Java Database Best Practices by George Reese takes you through a
wide variety of different ways to store and access data, enabling
you to learn which "persistence model" is most appropriate for each
type of application. This unique book covers Enterprise JavaBeans,
Java Data Objects, the Java Database Connectivity API (JDBC) and
other, lesser-known options.
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Mac OS X |
[8] New O'Reilly Books: Cocoa in a Nutshell, C++ in a Nutshell
Cocoa in a Nutshell by Michael Beam and James Duncan Davidson begins
with a complete overview of Cocoa's object classes. A complement to
Apple's documentation, it is the only reference to the classes,
functions, types, constants, protocols, and methods that make up
Cocoa's Foundation and Application Kit frameworks, based on Mac OS X 10.2.
C++ in a Nutshell by Ray Lischner is a comprehensive quick reference
for C++ programmers. The book's language reference is organized
first by topic, followed by an alphabetical reference to the
language's keywords, complete with syntax summaries and pointers to
the topic references.
[9] New Book: Mac OS X Advanced Development Techniques
Mac OS X Advanced Development Techniques by Joe Zobkiw provides
readers with a collection of useful programming projects and
techniques. Each project chapter contains complete source code and
detailed explanations. Examples include document-based applications,
Cocoa and Carbon plug-ins, frameworks, system services, preference
panes, status items, threads, PHP, XML-RPC, SOAP and more.
[10] Useful Utilities: 24U SimpleHelp Plug-In 1.0.1, Default Folder
X 1.7.1, Maintain1 4.4
24U SimpleHelp Plug-In 1.0.1 from 24U Software is a FileMaker
plug-in that enables developers to define help tags (tool tips) for
layout objects and controls. In version 1.0.1 the behavior of
FileMaker Pro's Layout mode has been improved.
Default Folder X 1.7.1 from St. Clair Software is a system
enhancement utility for Open and Save dialogs in Mac OS X. Version
1.7.1 delivers a significant performance boost, allows the use of
hotkeys to access Favorites in the Finder without modifier keys, and
corrects problems in both Default Folder X and its installer.
Maintain1 4.4 from Mark Gregg is a graphical user interface to run
system monitoring and clean up tasks, real time logs and data flow
and remote maintaince using ssh. Version 4.4 includes rewritten log
scripts and a window to show IP addresses.
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| Multimedia and QuickTime |
[11] New Release: iTunes 4.0.1
iTunes lets you create your own personal digital music library,
allowing you to manage and play your music collection with
drag-and-drop simplicity. iTunes 4 includes the ability to share
music streams among Macs on a local network for personal use, play
and encode AAC files, and view album art. Version 4.0.1 is required
to share music with other Macs also running 4.0.1.
[12] Multimedia Tool News: Business Card Composer, Disc Burner 1.0,
ScreenShot Plus 1.0.5
Business Card Composer from BeLight Software creates and prints
personalized business cards. Features include image masks, opacity
and color graded fill options, shadow effects for text, an automatic
background generator and full integration with Address Book.
Disc Burner 1.0 from Centromedia is comprehensive, all-in-one DVD
and CD burner software that enables you to create, organize, share
and store all of your digital content on CDs or DVDs. Version 1.0 is
available for free.
ScreenShot Plus 1.0.5 from piDog Software allows you to scale a
capture and choose a graphical format. Version 1.0.5 uses Quartz rendering to scale captures and allows users to copy the capture to the clipboard for pasting into other applications.
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| Training and Events |
[13] Developer Related Conferences
Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2003
June 23-27 in San Francisco, CA
WWDC Exhibit Fair Exhibitor Information
Official WWDC Hotel Information
Open Source CMS Conference
May 28-30 in Cambridge, MA
AppleScript Pro Sessions
June 2-6 in Monterey, CA
JavaOne 2003
June 10-13 in San Francisco, CA
ADC Special Event Hardware Discounts
MacHack 2003 For Developers, By Developers
June 19-21 in Dearborn, MI
O'Reilly Open Source Convention and The Perl Conference
July 7-11 in Portland, OR
10% discount for ADC Members, use code OS03ADC
MacWorld CreativePro Conference and Expo
July 14-18 in New York, NY
Exhibitor Discounts
ADC Special Event Hardware Discounts
BSDCon '03
The Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Open Source forum
Sept 8-12 in San Mateo, CA.
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