Palm and Treo Hacks -- Written for both beginning and experienced Palm users, this book is full of practical, ingenious tips and tricks you can apply immediately. A few minutes spent reading hacks in this book will save you hours of research. Whether you're looking to master the built-in applications or you want to trick out your Palm to its fullest extent, this book will show you how.

Excel for Starters: The Missing Manual -- The first release in the new Missing Manual Starters Series, this down-to-earth guide gives you nothing more (and nothing less) than what you need to make Excel do exactly what you want. Clear explanations (with lots of examples), step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and timesaving advice steer you through the most useful features of Excel 2002 and 2003.

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Technologies to Watch: A Look at Four That May Challenge Java's Development Dominance -- Bruce Tate has a knack for identifying successful technologies. He was one of the early developers who identified the emergence of the Spring framework, and he predicted the demise of EJB 2 technologies well in advance. In his new book, Beyond Java, Bruce looks at four languages and technologies that may challenge Java's dominance in some development niches.

2006 MySQL Users Conference CFP Deadline Is Near -- The MySQL Users Conference, April 24-27 in Santa Clara, California, brings over 1,000 open source and database enthusiasts together to celebrate the MySQL ecosystem. The theme for the 2006 conference is "Discover. Connect. Succeed. Scale Your Business with MySQL." The submission deadline for all proposals is midnight (PST) November 7, 2005. Submit your proposal today.

Open Source Programming Certificate Series Special -- With beginning to intermediate courses in Perl, Java, PHP, MySQL, and the Linux/Unix file system, our Open Source Programming Certificate Series is designed to give you a breadth of real-world experience. Upon completion of the series, you'll receive a Certificate of Professional Development from the University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education, a plus for any resume. Enroll in all five courses and receive a $300 instant rebate. Offer expires November 30th.

ETel Early Registration Open -- Telephony and the internet have merged to offer a network with unprecedented potential for developers, entrepreneurs, and end users, disruption the communications establishment but opening up new opportunities and markets. Join us to explore this potential at O'Reilly's Emerging Telephony Conference, January 24-26 in San Francisco. Register now and save $300.

Hacking Your Car: Install Windows on a CompactFlash Card -- The car PC community is constantly searching for hardware and software solutions to improve the system's boot speed and reliability, and reduce the physical size of the computer. One of these solutions is to build a system that boots off of a CompactFlash (CF) drive. Learn how to install Windows on a CompactFlash card in this excerpt from Car PC Hacks.