Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One -- A straightforward, step-by-step guide to the features and functions of Photoshop, this book covers the new features of CS2 in depth, with plenty of real-world projects and insider tips along the way. Learn how to use the new workflow and file handling features, how to batch process digital camera raw files, search metadata, quickly review images in Slideshow mode, and much more. Comes with two hours of video training on CD.

Using Moodle -- Developed by an extremely active open source community, Moodle is a sophisticated course management system that's ideal for creating dynamic online learning communities and for supplementing face-to-face learning. This book is a comprehensive, hands-on guide that explains how the system works, with plenty of examples and best practices for its many features and plug-in modules. For anyone who is using (or thinking of using) this CMS, this is required reading. Sample Chapter 1, Introduction (PDF), is available free online.

Nokia Smartphone Hacks -- Whether you want to use your smartphone as your lifeline on the road, or you're just looking for ways to maximize the time you spend waiting in lines, you'll find all the user-friendly tips, tools, and tricks you need to become massively productive with your Nokia smartphone. Learn how to take screen shots, access internet content, use email and messaging, and so much more. Sample Hack 31, Record a Phone Call (PDF), is available free online.

Propellerhead Reason Tips and Tricks (PC Publishing) -- This invaluable guide covers everything you need to know about using Reason in your everyday music making. Ideal for beginners, intermediate, and experienced users, this book covers topics from advice on computer audio setups and operating systems through to working methods, linking Reason with other programs, detailed MIDI editing, and more. It even tells you how to mix and publish your original tracks.

Learning Perl, 4th Edition -- Informed by their years of success at teaching Perl as consultants, the authors have re-engineered the Llama to better match the pace and scope appropriate for readers getting started with Perl, while retaining the detailed discussion and eclectic wit for which the Llama is famous. This latest edition has been updated to account for all the recent changes to the language up to Perl 5.8. Sample Chapter 11, File Tests (PDF), is available free online.

Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition -- As soon as Apple comes out with another version of Mac OS X, David Pogue hits the streets with another impeccable Missing Manual to cover it. This new edition explores the latest features in Mac OS X Tiger, such as Spotlight, iChat AV, and Automator. Ideal for every user, this guide has something new on every page, along with David Pogue's celebrated wit and expertise.

Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook -- With this series of hands-on labs, you'll learn how Perl's test tools work and how to use them effectively. Once mastered, these lessons will help you ensure low-level code correctness, reduce software development cycle time, and ease maintenance burdens. You don't have to be a diehard Perl developer to use this book; you just have to want to do your job a little bit better. Sample Chapter 4, Distributing Your Tests (and Code) (PDF), is available free online.

Write Portable Code (No Starch) -- This handy book contains the lessons, patterns, and knowledge for developing cross-platform software that programmers usually must acquire through sheer trial and error. Targeted at intermediate-to-advanced programmers, it is a valuable resource for designers of cross-platform software, programmers looking to extend their skills to additional platforms, and programmers faced with the tricky task of moving code from one platform to another.

Home Networking: The Missing Manual -- Using clear language, straightforward explanations, and a dash of humor, this Missing Manual shows you how to do everything you need to set up a home network. Including both Windows and Mac info, it will help you understand the difference between what you need to know to create and use your home network and what's best left to system administrators. Sample Chapter 5, Using the Network with Windows Computers (PDF), is available free online.

Perl Best Practices -- This collection of 256 guidelines on the art of coding will help you write the best Perl code you possibly can. The guidelines cover code layout, naming conventions, choice of data and control structures, program decomposition, interface design and implementation, modularity, object orientation, error handling, testing, and debugging. Offering only guidelines that actually work, this book presents coherent and widely applicable suggestions based on real-world experience. Sample Chapter 9, Subroutines (PDF), is available free online.

Talk Is Cheap -- A straightforward, quick introduction to the ins and outs of using VoIP and other internet telephone options, this book details how to make the switch and what the tradeoffs will be. In addition, you will learn advanced techniques, including how to turn your Palm or Pocket PC into an internet phone and how to work with Wi-Fi phones and videophones. Sample Chapter 3, Free Internet Phone Features That You're Paying For Now (PDF), is available free online.

Switching to VoIP -- Based on real-world experience, this handy manual addresses the most common VoIP migration challenges. Learn how to build your own VoIP system, install it, and begin making calls. You'll also explore the strengths and weaknesses of circuit-switched and packet-switched networks, how VoIP systems impact network infrastructure, as well as solutions for common challenges involved with IP voice migrations. Ideal for IT managers, network engineers, and system administrators. Sample Chapter 14, Traditional Apps on the Converged Network (PDF), is available free online.

What Is Business Process Modeling? -- Business Process Modeling (BPM) is a set of technologies and standards for the design, execution, administration, and monitoring of business processes. In this article, Mike Havey briefly describes the state of BPM today and the BPM standards, then builds an ideal BPM architecture using the example of a retailer process. Mike is the author of Essential Business Process Modeling.

Makezine.com: DEFCON 13 Coverage -- Phillip Torrone from MAKE Magazine will be covering the thirteenth DEFCON annual hacker conference in Las Vegas July 29th to the 31st. We've put together an iPod notes version of the schedule for all three days of DEFCON as well the complete speaker list. You can even sign up to receive live audio and video coverage from DEFCON. All this and more on Makezine.com.

Top Internet Telephone Tips -- People switch from their traditional telephone service to an internet telephone provider for three reasons: lower cost, new features, and more control over their telephone service. With cost as the primary focus, people often forget to ask some other necessary questions. James Gaskin provides seven questions you should ask about internet telephones before you make the switch. James is the author of Talk Is Cheap.

Using Log Parser 2.2 -- Log Parser is one cool tool, and it can help you analyze all kinds of logs with ease. Mitch Tulloch shows you where to get it and how to make the most of it. Mitch is the author of Windows Server Hacks.

PowerPoint Personal Trainer: Drawing and Working with Graphics -- Even if you don't have any artistic ability, PowerPoint makes it easy to add graphics to your slides, making them look as though you hired a professional graphic designer. Chapter 4 of PowerPoint 2003 Personal Trainer explains how to add lines, shapes, and text boxes to your slides, how to add pictures, and how to move, resize, align, group, flip, and rotate graphic objects. If you like this chapter, read the whole book (and up to nine others) on Safari with a free trial subscription.

David Pogue Is Podcasting -- David Pogue's first podcast is all about Spotlight. Listen to David's secret Tiger tips for Spotlight super searches and learn how to use spotlight to help access your data faster, streamline searches, and even launch applications faster. And for everything you need to know about Tiger, pick up a copy of David's newly updated Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition.

OSCON Less Than a Week Away -- Time is rapidly ticking toward August 1, when O'Reilly's Open Source Convention opens in Portland, Oregon. This is lucky number seven, and we're sure it's going to be the best OSCON yet, especially with the Oregon Convention Center affording us even more space to devote to all things open source. Connect, learn, and be inspired. Register now and join us.

What Is Podcasting? -- This article by Phillip Torrone briefly describes what podcasting is and the software you'll need, then takes you right to the fun with a comprehensive step-by-step guide to podcast production. From recording to editing to publishing and syndicating your podcasts, Phil covers everything you need to know to serve up your first podcast. Phil is the associate editor of MAKE Magazine, where this article first appeared, in Volume 02.

Open Source Programming Certificate Special -- Our Open Source Programming Certificate Series will teach you the core technical skills necessary to fully understand programming using Linux or Unix operating systems, languages, libraries, and databases. Completion of this series also earns you a Certificate of Professional Development through the University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education. For a very limited time, save 50% on all Open Source Programming Certificate Series classes. Act now! Offer ends July 31st.

Ten Essential Development Practices -- Perl lets you be productive in everything from quick-and-dirty throwaway programs to big, business-critical applications. Building the latter requires some discipline, though. Damian Conway shares ten essential development practices to make your Perl programming easier, more reliable, and even more enjoyable. Damian is the author of Perl Best Practices.

Choosing the Best Star Atlases -- Whether you're an observer of deep-sky objects with your 20-inch Dobsonian reflector, or an amateur astronomer enjoying a simple night of stargazing with your binoculars, it's helpful to know which star atlases best suit your needs. Avid astronomers Robert and Barbara Thompson describe the atlases they use and their reasons for choosing them. Robert and Barbara are the authors of Astronomy Hacks.

Is This Security Alert Really from Microsoft? -- An excellent way to get information about Windows updates is via email with Microsoft Technical Security Notification Services. But how can you tell if a security bulletin in your inbox is really from Microsoft and not from someone with malicious intent? Mitch Tulloch points you in the right direction with these important tips. Mitch is the author of Windows Server Hacks.

MAKE Volume 03 at the Press -- The third volume of MAKE magazine is at the press, and we have the Flickr photo stream to prove it. Our designers signed off on the final cover and raved that this is the hottest volume yet. We know we can't wait to get our hands on it. Don't be left coveting thy neighbor's MAKE, and subscribe now!