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by Fred Showker

The Inside Scoop on the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference

Sometimes, looking at a conference program grid is like looking at Edinburgh Castle. It's impressive, but you really don't know where all the bodies are buried unless you have a tour guide. Derrick Story is the program chair, and here he takes you inside the upcoming Mac OS X Conference -- The Inside Scoop by Derrick Story

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. Voice Recording Magic with the iPod by Derrick Story, author of Digital Photography Hacks

Creating DVD/VCD Photo Slide Shows for Your Mac

Let's face it: you still have friends and family who've yet to enter the computer age. And yet you'd like to send them copies of your vacation photos (or your newborn, or your cat) taken with your digital camera. What to do? Wei-Meng Lee offers an alternative to using iPhoto for creating slide-show CDs -- Ulead's DVD PictureShow for Mac. He walks us through how to burn digital photos onto disc so anyone with a DVD/VCD player can view them. Creating DVD/VCD Photo Slide Shows by Wei-Meng LeeJul. 27, 2004, published on MacDevCenter (http://www.macdevcenter.com/)

OS 9, Mine, All Mine

What serious Mac fan in his or her right mind would consider booting anything other than OS X? Well, lots of them. Giles Turnbull interviews a handful of dedicated OS 9 users to find out why. OS 9, Mine, All Mine by Giles Turnbull

My Boston, My Macworld Expo

After a long seven-year absence, the summer Macworld Expo humbly returns to Boston --my home, and the city synonymous with the Macworld Expo. - My Boston, My Macworld Expo by Ming Chow

What Countermeasures Really Mean

As the number and range of attacks on computer systems have grown exponentially and conventional firewalls and intrusion detection systems have proven inadequate for the task, security researchers have started to talk about employing "countermeasures" to preserve security. What "Countermeasures" Really Means by Paco Nathan; published on O'Reilly (http://www.oreilly.com/), 08/03/2004

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