O'Reilly User Group Program Copyright O'Reilly Media, Inc. http://ug.oreilly.com/ 2008-05-07T16:00:00-08:00-08:00 O'Reilly Media, Inc. no O'Reilly Media, Inc. webmaster@oreillynet.com http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2008/05/07/beginners-introduction-to-perl-510-part-2.html

Perl 5 has come a long way in the past few years. The newest version, Perl 5.10, added several new features to make your programs shorter, easier to maintain, easier to write, and more powerful. Here's how to start using files and strings in modern Perl. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/usergroupprogram/~4/286868417" height="1" width="1"/>

chromatic, Doug Sheppard 2008-05-07T16:00:00-08:00-08:10 http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2008/05/07/beginners-introduction-to-perl-510-part-2.html http://www.oreillynet.com/windows/blog/2008/05/programming_silverlight_alpha.html

In what may be a first (at least for me) I've secured agreement with the very generous folks I work for at Microsoft and at O'Reilly to loosely join my tutorials on Silverlight.net and the chapters of my forthcoming book... <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/usergroupprogram/~4/286868418" height="1" width="1"/>

Jesse Liberty 2008-05-07T16:00:00-08:00-08:11 http://www.oreillynet.com/windows/blog/2008/05/programming_silverlight_alpha.html http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2008/05/google-mac-apps-you-may-not-kn.html

If Google software for the Mac like AppMenuBoy, Statz, MacFUSE, and Visigami don't ring bell, keep reading. I'll show you where to find some of Google's lesser know Mac applications. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/usergroupprogram/~4/286868419" height="1" width="1"/>

Todd Ogasawara 2008-05-05T16:00:00-08:00-08:12 http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2008/05/google-mac-apps-you-may-not-kn.html http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/05/who_is_amy_shuen_and_what_can.html

That's not a question you'll hear a lot of people ask. In addition to being an internationally recognized authority on Silicon Valley business models and innovation economics, an award-winning strategy researcher, and a professor of high-tech entrepreneurship, strategy, and venture... <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/usergroupprogram/~4/286868420" height="1" width="1"/>

Kathryn Barrett 2008-05-07T16:00:00-08:00-08:13 http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/05/who_is_amy_shuen_and_what_can.html http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/05/if_you_missed_the_webcast_see.html

If you missed Steve Souders' live webcast on Even Faster Web Sites&mdash;or if you'd just like to see it one more time&mdash;you can download the movie now and watch it at your leisure. One caveat: the file is rather large.... <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/usergroupprogram/~4/286868421" height="1" width="1"/>

Kathryn Barrett 2008-05-06T16:00:00-08:00-08:14 http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/05/if_you_missed_the_webcast_see.html http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2008/05/06/meet-the-hardy-heron-whats-new-in-ubuntu-804.html

Ubuntu 8.04 (code named Hardy Heron) is out, and Brian DeLacy not only has the scoop on the new features, but a look at some of the players who made it happen, places it's in use, and what machines it's running on. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/oreilly/usergroupprogram/~4/286868422" height="1" width="1"/>

Brian DeLacey 2008-05-06T16:00:00-08:00-08:15 http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2008/05/06/meet-the-hardy-heron-whats-new-in-ubuntu-804.html