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>Dear Reader,
>
>If you haven't tuned-in to our wireless content lately, I have a
>couple of great stories for you.
>
>The first centers around a weblog that Rob Flickenger published,
>"Homebrew Antenna Shootout." In it Rob writes, "Yesterday,
>Gregory Rehm hosted an Antenna Battle Royale between a Lucent
>popsicle stick, a couple of Pringles Cans, our Coffee Can, a
>Hunt's Tomato Sauce can, and a 40oz can of "Big Chunk" beef
>stew. Who was the winner? Go check out this fantastic write-up ... "
>
>If you love this kind of stuff, read the 'blog, then click on Rob's
>author link and take a look at his other postings and feature
>articles. It's just crazy!
>
>The other cool wireless topic comes to us via James Duncan Davidson.
>James and I were talking one day at lunch about story ideas, and we
>both wondered out loud, "Why don't more coffee shops and eateries
>offer wireless Internet as a value-added service?"
>
>We thought that maybe someone just needs to write the story about
>how easy it is to set up, and the word will travel from there.
>So James wrote the article, "Easy 802.11b Wireless for Small
>Businesses."
>
>So now it's time to spread the word. I don't know about you, but
>I can't wait to enjoy a little web browsing with my next piping
>hot mug of French Roast.
>
>Until next week,
>
>Derrick
>--
>Derrick Story
>O'Reilly Network Managing Editor
>derrick@oreilly.com
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>*** Featured Articles ***
>
>Homebrew Antenna Shootout
>Gregory Rehm hosted an Antenna Battle Royale between a Lucent
>popsicle stick, a couple of Pringles Cans, our Coffee Can, a
>Hunt's Tomato Sauce can, and a 40oz can of "Big Chunk" beef stew.
>Who was the winner? Go check out this fantastic write-up...
>
>http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1141
>
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>Easy 802.11b Wireless for Small Businesses
>Small businesses looking for an edge over their larger competitors
>might consider providing wireless Internet access for their
>customers. It's affordable, and after reading these detailed
>instructions, darn easy.
>
>http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2002/02/14/smbiz_wireless.html
>
>***
>
>P3P: Privacy Primer
>The Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) provides a standard way
>for Web sites to communicate about their practices regarding the
>collection, use, and distribution of personal information. This
>article describes the platform, shows how Microsoft IE 6 implements
>it, and gives examples of markup code for web designers.
>
>http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/excerpt/p3p/p3p.html
>
>***
>
>Advanced makefiles
>Jennifer Vesperman dissects a working Makefile and demystifies its
>innards.
>
>http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/02/14/makefiles.html
>
>***
>
>Web Services Pitfalls
>The web services vision of automated business sometimes sounds too
>good to be true. This article puts web services in the context of
>real business concerns, showing there's some way to go to achieve
>the vision.
>
>http://xml.com/pub/a/2002/02/06/webservices.html
>
>***
>
>Optimizing Your Perl
>Is your perl program taking too long to run? This might be because
>you've chosen a data structure or algorithm that takes a long time
>to run. By rethinking how you've implemented a function, you might
>be able to realize huge gains in speed.
>
>http://perl.com/pub/a/2002/02/12/bigo.html
>
>***
>
>Will You See Open Source J2EE Implementations? Not Likely.
>O'Reilly & Associates' senior Java editor Mike Loukides revisits
>the latest on Sun's positioning regarding open source J2EE and
>the hurdles open source projects like JBoss experience.
>
>http://onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/02/13/osjava.html
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>*** O'Reilly Network Top Five Articles Last Week ***
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>1. Will You See Open Source J2EE Implementations? Not Likely.
>O'Reilly & Associates' senior Java editor Mike Loukides revisits
>the latest on Sun's positioning regarding open source J2EE and the
>hurdles open source projects like JBoss experience.
>
>http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/02/13/osjava.html
>
>***
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>2. Windows XP from a Mac Perspective
>Mac OS X has created many side effects in my computing life. One
>of them was that I could no longer tolerate Windows 98 on my
>companion Windows computer. Would XP relieve my pain?
>
>http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/02/12/xp_review.html
>
>***
>
>3. Advanced makefiles
>Jennifer Vesperman dissects a working Makefile and demystifies its
>innards.
>
>http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/02/14/makefiles.html
>
>***
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>4. Morpheus Out of the Underworld
>Napster has disabled all previous versions of the software. So where
>have all file-sharers gone? Would you believe Morpheus -- a system
>that has far surpassed not only the hobbled Napster but also
>Gnutella. Clip2 takes an in-depth look at the Morpheus system.
>
>http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/p2p/2001/07/02/morpheus.html
>
>***
>
>5. Scanning for Rootkits
>When a hacker gets access to your system, he will leave himself an
>easy way back in, called a rootkit. Oktay Altunergil shows us how
>to detect rootkits and remove them.
>
>http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/02/07/rootkits.html
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