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Usability Engineering or Numerical Methods Using MathCAD

2009-12-06T04:39:00.000-08:00

Usability Engineering

Author: Jakob Nielsen

Written by the author of the best-selling HyperText & HyperMedia, this book is an excellent guide to the methods of usability engineering. The book provides the tools needed to avoid usability surprises and improve product quality. Step-by-step information on which method to use at various stages during the development lifecycle are included, along with detailed information on how to run a usability test and the unique issues relating to international usability.

* Emphasizes cost-effective methods that developers can implement immediately
* Instructs readers about which methods to use when, throughout the development lifecycle, which ultimately helps in cost-benefit analysis.
* Shows readers how to avoid the four most frequently listed reasons for delay in software projects.
* Includes detailed information on how to run a usability test.
* Covers unique issues of international usability.
* Features an extensive bibliography allowing readers to find additional information.
* Written by an internationally renowned expert in the field and the author of the best-selling HyperText & HyperMedia.

Booknews

Nielsen, author of the popular HyperText & HyperMedia, provides concrete advice and methods that can be systematically employed to ensure a high degree of usability in the final user interface. Appendix A lists several practical exercises touching upon important aspects of usability engineering. Appendix B is an extensive (53-page) bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
	Audience
	Teaching Usability Engineering
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Executive Summary	1
Ch. 2	What Is Usability?	23
Ch. 3	Generations of User Interfaces	49
Ch. 4	The Usability Engineering Lifecycle	71
Ch. 5	Usability Heuristics	115
Ch. 6	Usability Testing	165
Ch. 7	Usability Assessment Methods beyond Testing	207
Ch. 8	Interface Standards	227
Ch. 9	International User Interfaces	237
Ch. 10	Future Developments	255
	Appendix A: Exercises	269
	Appendix B: Bibliography	283
	Author Index	341
	Subject Index	351

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Numerical Methods Using MathCAD

Author: Laurene Fausett

This book presents the fundamental numerical techniques used in engineering, applied mathematics, computer science, and the physical and life sciences in a way that is both interesting and understandable. Using a wide range of examples and problems, this book focuses on the use of MathCAD functions and worksheets to illustrate the methods used when discussing the following concepts: solving linear and nonlinear equations, numerical linear algebra, numerical methods for data interpolation and approximation, numerical differentiation and integration, and numerical techniques for solving differential equations. For professionals in the fields of engineering, mathematics, computer science, and physical or life sciences who want to learn MathCAD functions for all major numerical methods.

Wireless Communications Security or Lightwave 3D 8 Cartoon Character Creation Volume 2

2009-12-05T00:27:00.000-08:00

Wireless Communications Security

Author: Hideki Imai

Addressing the fast-growing need to integrate effective security features into wireless communication systems, this cutting-edge book offers a broad overview of wireless security, so engineers can choose the methods and techniques that are most appropriate for their projects. Professionals gain a solid understanding of critical cryptography techniques, such as private/public key encryption, digital signatures, and block and stream ciphers. The book provides expert guidance on how to evaluate cryptography deployment impact on current wireless network architectures and implement an effective cryptography architecture for any organization. This forward-looking resource offers the technical know-how practitioners need to understand and work with the security concepts and techniques used for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation mobile networks.

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Lightwave 3D 8 Cartoon Character Creation, Volume 2: Rigging & Animation

Author: Jonny Gorden

The second of two volumes explaining proven methods of creating 3D cartoon characters for animation.

In Search of Stupidity or Object Oriented Perl

2009-12-03T20:16:00.000-08:00

In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters

Author: Merrill R Chapman

In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters, Second Edition is National Lampoon meets Peter Drucker. It's a funny and well-written business book that takes a look at some of the most influential marketing and business philosophies of the last twenty years. Through the dark glass of hindsight, it provides an educational and entertaining look at why these philosophies didn't work for many of the country's largest and best-known high-tech companies.

Marketing wizard Richard Chapman takes you on a hilarious ride in this book, which is richly illustrated with cartoons and reproductions of many of the actual campaigns used at the time. Filled with personal anecdotes spanning Chapman's remarkable career (he was present at many now-famous meetings and events), In Search of Stupidity, Second Edition examines the best of the worst marketing ideas and business decisions in the last twenty years of the technology industry.

The second edition includes new chapters on Google and on how to avoid stupidity, plus the extensive analyses of all chapters from the first edition. You'll want to get a copy because it

Features an interesting preface and interview with Joel Spolsky of "Joel on Software"
Offers practical advice on avoiding PR disaster
Features actual pictures of some of the worst PR and marketing material ever created
Is highly readable and funny
Includes theme-based cartoons for every chapter

Slashdot.org
An excellent source of information, analysis and good laughs. It's one of the few industry titles that will give you a large supply of stories to re-tell to other developers over a beer. Chapman's book is also an excellent case study collection of anti-management rules that one should avoid when running a high tech company.

Object Oriented Perl

Author: Damian Conway

Techniques and tricks to master basic and advanced OO Perl for programmers who already have basic to intermediate skills in procedural Perl.

Booknews

Conway (computer science, Monash U., Melbourne) provides novices and experienced Perl hackers alike with a guide to writing clean, readable, and maintainable Perl programs. The book begins with object orientation and Perl basics, and moves on to topics such as encapsulation, polymorphism, operator overloading, multiple dispatch and persistence. Conway incorporates examples of databases, pattern matching, multiprocessing, encryption, and debugging among others, and he includes transition guides from C++, Java, Eiffel, and Smalltalk. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Development Exchange

Object Oriented Perl is well written and communicates a lot of technical know-how to its readers, both in terms of specific language features and general design concepts. You'll put this book down with more knowledge of modular Perl than you had when you picked it up. Whether object-oriented Perl programming is right for your projects is another question-but there's no better decision helper than Conway's guide.

Slashdot.org

...a gem of a book...Superbly organized and excellently explained, this is the definitive book on Object Oriented programming with Perl. Judging from the comments of more qualified experts, we agree that this book belongs on the shelf of any serious Perl hacker.

What You Need To Know First (An OO Primer)
1. The essential elements of OO
  - Abstraction
  - Encapsulation
  - Inheritance
  - Polymorphism
2. Other OO concepts
  - Genericity
  - Interface vs implementation
  - Class vs type
  - Persistence
3. A few words about terminology
4. Where to find out more
What You Need To Know Second (A Perl Refresher)
1. Essential Perl
  - Scalars
  - Arrays
  - Hashes
  - Subroutines
  - References
  - Packages
2. Non-essential (but very useful) Perl
  - Modules
  - Autoloading
  - Closures
  - Typeglobs
3. Where to find out more
  - Books
  - The Perl documentation
  - The Perl Journal
  - Perl on the WWW
  - Newsgroups
Simple Object-Oriented Perl
1. Three little rules
  - Rule 1: To create a class, build a package
  - Rule 2: To create a method, write a subroutine
  - Rule 3: To create an object, bless a referent
2. A simple Perl class
  - The code
  - Using the CD::Music class
3. Making life easier
  - Class modules
  - use strict and the -w flag
  - Automating data member access
  - Documenting a class
4. Creation and destruction of objects
  - Constructors
  - Destructors
5. The CD::Music class, compleat
Blessing Variables
1. What's wrong with a hash?
2. Blessing an array
  - Reimplementing CD::Music
  - An array-specific example - iterators
  - Where to find out more
3. Blessing a pseudo-hash
  - A pseudo-what???
  - Limitations of a pseudo-hash
  - Advantages of a pseudo-hash
  - The worst of both worlds?
  - Compile-time support for run-time performance
  - Just how Perl knows at compile-time that a particular
  - Yet another version of CD::Music
  - Where to find out more
4. Blessing a scalar
  - Why not bless a scalar?
  - An object-oriented password
  - A bit-string class
  - Where to find out more
Blessing Other Things
1. Blessing a regular expression
  - The qr operator
  - Why an OO regular expression class?
  - Designing a different regular expressions mechanism
  - A closer look at the two classes
  - On the separation of Search and State
  - Where to find out more
2. Blessing a subroutine
  - So how can a subroutine be an object?
  - Why objectify a subroutine?
  - A lexer object
  - Example: A simple pretty-printer
  - Where to find out more
3. Blessing a typeglob
  - Paging STDOUT
  - A multiprocess pager class
  - A threaded pager class
  - Where to find out more
Inheritance
1. How Perl handles inheritance
  - The @ISA array
  - What inheritance means in Perl
  - Where the call goes
  - Constructors and inheritance
  - Destructors and inheritance
2. Tricks and Traps
  - Naming attributes of derived classes
  - The isa() subroutine
  - The can() subroutine
  - The UNIVERSAL package
  - The SUPER pseudo-package
  - Inheritance and pseudo-hashes
  - Issues related to accessing class data
3. Example: Inheriting the CD class
  - Applied laziness
  - Class attributes revisited
  - An alternative solution
Polymorphism
1. Polymorphism in Perl
2. Example: Polymorphic methods for the Lexer class
3. The simple pretty-printer objectified
4. Using interface polymorphism instead
Automating class creation
1. The Class::Struct module
2. The Class::MethodMaker module
Operator Overloading
1. The prob

The Berkeley DB Book or Window Seat

2009-12-02T16:05:00.000-08:00

The Berkeley DB Book

Author: Himanshu Yadava

The Berkeley DB Book is a practical guide to the intricacies of the Berkeley DB. This book covers in-depth the complex design issues that are mostly only touched on in terse footnotes within the dense Berkeley DB reference manual. It explains the technology at a higher level and also covers the internals, providing generous code and design examples.

In this book, you will get to see a developer's perspective on intriguing design issues in Berkeley DB--based applications, and you will be able to choose design options for specific conditions. Also included is a special look at fault tolerance and high-availability frameworks. Berkeley DB is becoming the database of choice for large-scale applications like search engines and high-traffic web sites.

Interesting book: Astrological Gastronomy or Opaa Greek Cooking Detroit Style

Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking

Author: Julieanne Kost

Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking is a complete view of a creative project from the artist's perspective. Julieanne Kost, a Photoshop and creative thinking expert, has taken her own experience shooting images out of commercial airplane windows to create a unique creative seminar:

The first section of the book, The Art of Creative Thinking: The Principles, outlines Julieanne's method for staying creative in an increasingly complicated world. In her personal stories, advice, and philosophies, you'll find inspiration if you're stuck or just can't get started. You may recognize some of your own less-than-productive thought processes as she describes her own struggle to let go of the everyday flotsam of life to find a quiet mental space in which she can think, dream, and create.

The second part of the book, Window Seat: The Portfolio, is a collection of images culled from over 3000 photographs Julieanne shot from commercial airplane windows over a period of five years. The photographs are accompanied by brief commentaries addressing various aspects of the process, from the original inspiration to issues of control, subject matter, image selection, and manipulation.

The Appendix contains technical information: a discussion of the equipment and media Julieanne used to shoot the photos; how she processed the photographs using Adobe Camera Raw; the Photoshop techniques she employed to correct, retouch, and manipulate the images; her personal file management system; and how she prepares her files for printing.

This book is essential reading for photographers and artists looking for ways to stay creatively awake, aware, and alive.

Scripting VMware Power Tools or The Art of Digital Music

2009-12-01T11:53:00.000-08:00

Scripting VMware Power Tools: Automating Virtual Infrastructure Administration

Author: Al Muller

This book contains simple and advanced scripting using both ESX and Linux commands to provide awesome virtual tools to automate administrative tasks of ESX Server.

This book will cover the native tools that VMware provides with ESX Server. It will then discuss in detail the different scripting API's and how they can be leveraged to provide some very useful, practical and time saving tools to manage a virtual infrastructure. From virtual server provisioning to backups and everything in between, this book is a one stop shop for virtual tools.

* An essential guide to virtualisation using both Linux and ESX commands

* The companion Web site for book provides dozens for working scripts and tools presented in the book

* Maximise VMware's powerful scripting language to automate time consuming administrative tasks

Interesting book: Condemned or Office 2003 Bible

The Art of Digital Music: 53 Visionary Artists & Insiders Reveal their Creative Secrets

Author: David Battino

The Art of Digital Music shows firsthand how top artists - pioneers such as Alan Parsons, Herbie Hancock, BT, Todd Rundgren, Steve Reich, and Phil Ramone - use digital technology in their work. Through a dynamic blend of practical, hands-on production tips, inspiring case studies, extensive graphics, and in-depth interviews, the authors explore the creative freedom these new tools afford.

In addition to artist interviews, this entertaining volume features lively discussions with technological pioneers - the producers, engineers, software wizards, and Internet visionaries who are shaping the sound of the future. In addition to audio examples, the accompanying DVD features tours of artists' studios. The Art of Digital Music will appeal to musicians who use technology to make music and fans who want to understand how technology is changing the way music is created, experienced, and shared.

Designing and Engineering Time or Find Gold in Windows Vista

2009-11-30T07:42:00.000-08:00

Designing and Engineering Time: The Psychology of Time Perception in Software

Author: Steven C Seow

Build Applications, Websites, and Software Solutions that Feel Faster, More Efficient, and More Considerate of Users’ Time!

One hidden factor powerfully influences the way users react to your software, hardware, User Interfaces (UI), or web applications: how those systems utilize users’ time. Now, drawing on the nearly 40 years of human computer interaction research –including his own pioneering work –Dr. Steven Seow presents state-of-the-art best practices for reflecting users’ subjective perceptions of time in your applications and hardware.

Seow begins by introducing a simple model that explains how users perceive and expend time as they interact with technology. He offers specific guidance and recommendations related to several key aspects of time and timing–including user tolerance, system responsiveness, progress indicators, completion time estimates, and more. Finally, he brings together proven techniques for impacting users' perception of time drawn from multiple disciplines and industries, ranging from psychology to retail, animal research to entertainment.

· Discover how time and timing powerfully impact user perception, emotions, and behavior

· Systematically make your applications more considerate of users’ time

· Avoid common mistakes that consistently frustrate or infuriate users

· Manage user perceptions and tolerance, and build systems that are perceived as faster

· Optimize “flow” to make users feel more productive, empowered, and creative

· Make reasonable and informed tradeoffs thatmaximize limited development resources

· Learn how to test usability issues related to time -- including actual vs. perceived task duration

Designing and Engineering Time is for every technology developer, designer, engineer, architect, usability specialist, manager, and marketer. Using its insights and techniques, technical and non-technical professionals can work together to build systems and applications that provide far more value –and create much happier users.

Find Gold in Windows Vista

Author: Dan Gookin

Windows Vista represents a major improvement to Windows--one that's been long in coming. Because of that, many readers will be experienced Windows users who have grown accustomed to doing things a certain way. The new version of Windows will present a challenge to them. This book is for that reader.

Getting up to speed on a new version of Windows is a frustrating game called "Where have they buried the bodies?" People know what they want to do; they just don't know the new places to find what they need and the new steps involved to accomplish the task. Find Gold in Windows Vista shows readers the new places and the new steps in the new Windows. This book is different because computer users who already know Windows but are merely concerned with finding where the bodies are buried can use it to find quickly the exact information they need.

While experienced readers can enjoy this book's topical and to-the-point approach, beginners and those intimidated by computers will enjoy the tutorial aspect. This is the "Ask Dan" flavor of the book, where Dan explains in his usual, avuncular style how to do things for folks who are intimidated or perhaps just don't know a better way to get things done.

SSH The Secure Shell or Wileys Teach Yourself C 7th Edition

2009-11-29T03:30:00.000-08:00

SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide

Author: Daniel J Barrett

Secure your computer network with SSH! With end-to-end strong encryption, reliable public-key authentication, and a highly configurable client/server architecture, SSH (Secure Shell) is a popular, robust, TCP/IP-based solution to many network security and privacy concerns. It supports secure remote logins, secure file transfer between computers, and a unique "tunneling" capability that adds encryption to otherwise insecure network applications. Best of all, SSH is free, with feature-filled commercial versions available as well.

SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide covers the Secure Shell in detail for both system administrators and end users. It demystifies the SSH man pages and includes thorough coverage of:

Basic to advanced use of SSH client tools for Unix, Windows, and Macintosh.
Installing, configuring, and maintaining SSH (with special tips for large data centers).
The three levels of SSH server control: compile-time and server-wide configuration for administators, and per-account configuration for end users.
Application tunneling, port and agent forwarding, and forced commands.
Undocumented features of popular SSH implementations.
Detailed case studies of creating complex applications with SSH.
Troubleshooting a wide variety of common and not-so-common problems.

Whether you're communicating on a small LAN or across the Internet, SSH can ship your data from "here" to "there" efficiently and securely. So throw away those insecure .rhosts and hosts.equiv files, move up to SSH, and make your network a safe place to live and work.

About the Author:
Daniel J. Barrett, Ph.D., has been immersed in Internet technology since 1985. Currently a software engineer and vice president at a well-known financial services company, Dan has also been a heavy metal singer, Unix system administrator, university lecturer, web designer, and humorist.

Dan has written several other O'Reilly books, including NetResearch: Finding Information Online and Bandits on the Information Superhighway, as well as monthly columns for Compute! and Keyboard Magazine. He and his family reside in Boston.

Look this: Factory Girls or Moneyball

Wiley's Teach Yourself C++, 7th Edition

Author: Al Stevens

* The number one C++ self-study course from the nation's number one C++ authority, the author of the Dr. Dobb's Journal "C Programming" column since 1988
* Completely updated with the latest revisions to the C++ compilers, this book uses a tutorial approach to teach one of the most widely used, yet hard to learn, programming languages-more than 100,000 copies sold over all editions
* Provides a complete working program to teach each lesson and carefully builds on previous lessons for greater understanding
* CD-ROM includes a complete Windows-hosted IDE and C++ compiler suite, allowing the reader to compile, run, and experiment with the example programs for a complete tutorial experience

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	The C++ Language	1
Ch. 1	An Introduction to Programming in C++	3
Ch. 2	Writing Simple C++ Programs	15
Ch. 3	Functions	53
Ch. 4	Program Flow Control	69
Ch. 5	C++ Data Type Organization	89
Ch. 6	Structures and Unions	105
Ch. 7	More About C++ Data	123
Ch. 8	Pointers, Addresses, and Dynamic Memory Allocation	135
Ch. 9	Reference Variables	159
Ch. 10	Recursion	169
Ch. 11	The Preprocessor	177
Ch. 12	Function Templates	193
Ch. 13	Program Organization	201
Pt. II	Working with Classes	219
Ch. 14	C++ Classes	221
Ch. 15	Constructors and Destructors	229
Ch. 16	Conversion	241
Ch. 17	Arrays of Class Objects	253
Ch. 18	Class Members	259
Ch. 19	Friends	275
Ch. 20	Classes and the Heap	283
Ch. 21	Overloading Operators	291
Ch. 22	Class Libraries	317
Ch. 23	Class Inheritance	327
Ch. 24	Multiple Inheritance	361
Ch. 25	Class Templates	375
Pt. III	The Standard C++ Library	393
Ch. 26	Standard C Library Functions	395
Ch. 27	Introduction to the Standard C++ Library	415
Ch. 28	Formatting IOStreams and the stringstream Classes	427
Ch. 29	File I/O Streams	441
Pt. IV	The Standard Template Library	461
Ch. 30	Introduction to STL	463
Ch. 31	STL Sequence Containers	469
Ch. 32	Associative Containers	497
Ch. 33	Genetic Algorithms	533
Ch. 34	Iterators	557
Pt. V	Advanced Topics	573
Ch. 35	Exception Handling	575
Ch. 36	Namespaces	597
Ch. 37	C++ Typecasts	607
Ch. 38	Runtime Type Information (RTTI)	615
Ch. 39	Locales	621
Ch. 40	Object-Oriented Programming	631
App. A	Library Listings	643
App. B	What's on the CD-ROM?	657
App. C	Quincy 2002 User's Guide	659
App. D	C++ Reference Tables	665
	App. E: Bibliography	671
	Glossary	673
	Index	685
	End-User License Agreement	705

BlackBerry Pearl for Dummies or Mike Meyers Security Certification Passport

2009-11-27T23:19:00.000-08:00

BlackBerry Pearl for Dummies

Author: Dante Sarigumba

The excitement of purchasing a Blackberry Pearl can only be outdone by the confusion of how to use it. How do you check your e-mail? How do you play music and video? What are PIN-to-PIN messages? Where do you find cool stuff to customize your Pearl?

With Blackberry Pearl for Dummies, you’ll discover all the answers to these questions and see how to use your new PDA to its maximum potential. This down-to-earth guide explores all of Pearl’s features and shows you cool ways to make your Pearl your Pearl. Clear, step-by-step instructions explain all the parts of the Pearl and give you the know-how to:

• Get organized with the Address Book, Calendar, and MemoPad

• Manage e-mail and send instant messages

• Surf the Internet

• Dial and receive calls

• Set up your voicemail service

• Take photos and create slideshows

• Access the multimedia player

• Use Desktop Manager

• Protect and secure your Pearl

But don’t think that this book is a plain, boring, just-the-facts type of guide. It will cue you in on how to personalize your Pearl with fun games, wallpaper, ringtones, and more. If you like news and entertainment, it also suggests some nifty programs that are a must-have. This is not just any ordinary PDA, and Blackberry Pearl for Dummies shows you why!

Introduction     1
About This Book     1
Who Are You?     2
What's in This Book     2
Meet and Greet Your BlackBerry Pearl     3
Getting Organized with Your Pearl     3
Getting Multimedia and Online with Your Pearl     3
Working with Desktop Manager     3
The Part of Tens     4
Icons in This Book     4
Where to Go from Here     4
Meet and Greet Your BlackBerry Pearl     5
Your BlackBerry Is Not an Edible Fruit     7
Knowing Your BlackBerry History     8
How It Works: The Schematic Approach     9
The role of the network service provider     9
Connecting to your personal computer     10
Doing the BlackBerry world-traveler thing     10
Oh, the Things You Can Do!     12
All-in-one multimedia center     12
Internet at your fingertips     12
Me and my great personal assistant     13
Me and my chatty self     13
Look, Dad, no hands!     14
Final BlackBerry Tidbits     14
Power efficiency     14
Memory management     15
A sentry is always on duty     15
Navigating the Pearl     17
Anatomy 101     17
Display screen     19
SureType keyboard     20
Escape key     23
Trackball - a.k.a. the Pearl     23
Menu key     23
MicroSD slot     24
Navigation Guidelines     25
Switching applications     26
Changing options     26
Turning On Your BlackBerry Pearl (and Keeping It Happy)     27
Making Your BlackBerry Pearl Yours     27
Branding your BlackBerry Pearl     28
Choose a language, any language     29
Typing with ease using AutoText     29
Inserting macros     31
Getting your dates and times lined up     31
Customizing your screen's look and feel     32
Tuning Pearl navigation     33
Choosing themes for your BlackBerry     35
Wallpaper for your BlackBerry     37
Let freedom ring     38
Power Usage and Consumption     43
Keeping Your BlackBerry Safe     44
Who Ya Gonna Call (When Your BlackBerry Pearl Breaks)?     46
Getting Organized with Your Pearl     47
Remembering and Locating Your Acquaintances     49
Accessing Your Address Book     49
Working with Address Book Names     50
Creating a new contact     50
Adding contacts from other BlackBerry applications     52
Viewing a contact     53
Editing a contact     53
Deleting a contact     54
Looking for Someone?     54
Organizing Your Contacts     56
Creating a group     57
Using the Filter feature on your contacts     59
Setting preferences     61
Locating a Contact Using Maps     62
Never Miss Another Appointment     63
Accessing the BlackBerry Pearl Calendar     64
Choosing Your Calendar View     64
Moving between Time Frames     66
Customizing Your Calendar     67
All Things Appointments: Adding, Opening, and Deleting     69
Creating an appointment     69
Opening an appointment     72
Deleting an appointment     73
Making Notes and Keeping Your Words     75
MemoPad     75
Accessing MemoPad     76
Jotting down notes     76
Viewing your notes      77
Updating your notes     77
Deleting your notes     77
Quickly finding a note     78
The Password Keeper     79
Accessing Password Keeper     79
Setting a password for Password Keeper     80
Creating new credentials     81
Random password generation     82
Using your password     82
Password Keeper options     83
Getting Multimedia and Going Online With your Pearl     85
You've Got (Lots of) E-Mail     87
Getting Up and Running with E-Mail     87
Using the BlackBerry Internet Service client     88
Combining your e-mail accounts into one     88
Adding an e-mail account     89
Configuring your e-mail signature     90
Enabling wireless reconciliation     91
Accessing Messages     92
Receiving e-mails     93
Sending e-mail     96
Adding a sender to your Address Book     97
Filtering your e-mail     98
Searching through Your Messages Like a Pro     100
Running a general search     100
Saving search results     102
Reusing saved search results     103
Long Live E-Mail     103
Too Cool for E-Mail     105
Sending and Receiving PIN-to-PIN Messages     106
Getting a BlackBerry PIN     106
Assigning PINs to names     107
Sending a PIN-to-PIN message     107
Receiving a PIN-to-PIN message     108
Keeping in Touch, the SMS/MMS Way     108
Sending a text or multimedia message     109
Viewing or listening to a message you receive     109
Always Online Using Instant Messaging     110
Chatting using IM rules     110
IM basics: What you need     111
Using BlackBerry Messenger     114
Surfing the Internet Wave     117
Getting Started with the BlackBerry Browser     117
Accessing Browser     117
Hitting the (air)waves     119
Navigating Web pages     119
Saving a Web page address     122
Sending an address by e-mail     123
Saving Web images     123
Bookmarking Your Favorite Sites     123
Adding a bookmark     123
Available offline     124
Modifying a bookmark     124
Organizing your bookmarks     125
Browser Options and Optimization Techniques     126
Browser Configuration screen     127
General Properties screen     128
Cache operations screen     129
Calling Your Favorite Person     131
Using the BlackBerry Phone Application     131
Making and Receiving Calls     132
Making a call     132
Receiving a call     133
Phone Options While on a Call     134
Muting your call     134
Adjusting the call volume     135
Customizing the BlackBerry Phone     135
Setting up your voice mail number     135
Using call forwarding     135
Configuring speed dial     137
Arranging Conference Calls     138
Talking privately to a conference participant     140
Alternate between phone conversations     140
Dropping that meeting hugger     141
Communicating Hands-Free     141
Using the speaker phone     141
Pairing your BlackBerry with a Bluetooth headset     142
Using voice dialing     143
Multitasking While on the Phone     144
Taking Great Pictures with Your Pearl     145
Say Cheese      145
The Screen Indicators     146
Choosing picture quality     146
Zooming and focusing     147
Setting the flash     147
Working with Pictures     148
Viewing     148
Slide show     148
Trashing     148
Listing     149
Picture properties     149
Organizing your pictures     150
Sharing your pictures     152
Setting a picture as the caller ID     152
Setting a Home screen image     152
Other Important Camera Options     153
Satisfy All Your Senses with the Media Player     155
Accessing Media     155
Folder navigation     156
Let the music play     157
Now showing     159
Lord of the ringtones     159
Picture this     159
Turn it down or blast it off     160
Commonly used navigation     160
Working with Media Files     161
Importing your media collection     162
Synchronizing with iTunes     162
Sharing media files using Bluetooth     162
Downloading tunes     163
Working with Desktop Manager     165
Synching the Synchronize Way     167
Introduction to BlackBerry Desktop Manager     168
Launching BDM     168
Connecting BDM to your Pearl     169
Setting Up Synchronize     169
Configuring PIM synchronization     170
Confirming record changes     171
Resolving update conflicts     172
Ready, Set, Synchronize!     174
Synchronize Now     174
Automatic synchronization     175
Managing Your Media on Your Pearl     175
Protecting Your Information     177
Accessing Backup and Restore     178
Backing Up BlackBerry Style     178
Backing up your BlackBerry manually     178
Setting up automatic backups     180
Full Restore from Backup Information     181
Protecting Your Data, Your Way     182
Backing up, your way     183
Restoring, your way     184
Clearing BlackBerry information, your way     185
Using Your Pearl as a Portable Flash Drive     187
The Media Card     188
Acquiring one     188
Inserting the card     189
Formatting the card     189
Setting to mass storage mode     190
Copying Files between the PC and Pearl     190
Securing Your Files     191
Setting a device password     192
Encrypting media files     192
The Part of Tens     195
Ten Great BlackBerry Accessories     197
Cases for Protection and Style     197
BlackBerry Screen Protector     198
MicroSD Memory Card     198
Long Live Your BlackBerry     198
Replenishing Your BlackBerry     199
Bluetooth Hands-Free Headset     199
Full Keyboard     199
External Speaker Phone     200
BlackBerry Car Mount     200
BlackBerry Pearl Cleaner     200
Ten Must-Have BlackBerry Pearl Programs     201
AskMeNow     201
BBToday     202
English Language Acronyms Dictionary for BlackBerry 4.0     202
Berry411     203
Handmark Pocket Express     203
Stock Ticker     203
Wisespent Professional     204
TrackIT: Vehicle Edition     204
Ascendo Fitness for BlackBerry     204
4INF0 Mobile     204
Index      205

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Mike Meyers' Security+ Certification Passport

Author: Trevor Kay

Mike Meyers, the industry expert on professional certification, brings you this concise, affordable, and portable study tool for the CompTIA Security+ certification exam. With an intensive focus on only what you need to know to pass this challenging exam plus a free practice test available at www.examweb.com, this book is your ticket to success on exam day.

Trevor Kay has been the key security contact at STIHL Limited, and is currently an independent consultant and author. He has served as a Subject Matter Expert for CompTIA on their Server+ and Linux+ certification development and has continuing close ties there – including with the Security+ exam development team. He authored Server+ Certification Bible, Linux+ Certification Bible and co-authored Network+ Certification Bible. His website is www.trevorkay.com.

Programming ASPNET or Natural Language Processing for Online Applications

2009-11-26T19:05:00.000-08:00

Programming ASP.NET

Author: Jesse Liberty

ASP.NET is the successor technology to Active Server Pages (ASP), the world's most successful development environment for building server-side web applications. ASP.NET leverages the power of Microsoft's new .NET platform to allow you to write dynamic, data-driven applications that run over the World Wide Web. In Programming ASP.NET, Jesse Liberty and Dan Hurwitz teach you everything you need to know to write web applications and web service. The book focuses on ASP.NET development using both C# and Visual Basic .NET, and coding examples are presented in both languages.

Programming ASP.NET includes a detailed tutorial on Web Forms, which, in conjunction with Visual Studio .NET, allow you to apply Rapid Application Development techniques (including drag-and-drop control placement) to web development. Programming ASP.NET includes extensive coverage of each type of server control, including web server controls, HTML server controls, and custom controls. Since most web applications and web services involve retrieving data and returning it to a client browser, Programming ASP.NET also offers extensive coverage of data access issues. These include topics such as using ASP.NET's list-bound controls, accessing data using the ADO.NET object model, and updating data with or without transaction support.

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Natural Language Processing for Online Applications: Text Retrieval, Extraction and Categorization

Author: Peter Jackson

This text covers the emerging technologies of document retrieval, information extraction, and text categorization in a way which highlights commonalities in terms of both general principles and practical issues. It seeks to satisfy a need on the part of technology practitioners in the internet space, faced with having to make difficult decisions as to what research has been done and what the best practices are. It is not intended as a vendor guide (such things are quickly out of date), or as a recipe for building applications (such recipes are very context-dependent). But it does identify the key technologies, the issues involved, and the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches. There is also a strong emphasis on evaluation in every chapter, both in terms of methodology (how to evaluate) and what controlled experimentation and industrial experience have to tell us.

Programming the Finite Element Method or Enterprise Architecture A to Z

2009-11-25T14:54:00.000-08:00

Programming the Finite Element Method

Author: D V Griffiths

This title demonstrates how to develop computer programmes which solve specific engineering problems using the finite element method. It enables students, scientists and engineers to assemble their own computer programmes to produce numerical results to solve these problems. The first three editions of Programming the Finite Element Method established themselves as an authority in this area. This fully revised 4th edition includes completely rewritten programmes with a unique description and list of parallel versions of programmes in Fortran 90. The Fortran programmes and subroutines described in the text will be made available on the Internet via anonymous ftp, further adding to the value of this title.

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Intended to help readers assemble computer programs to solve particular engineering problems by using building blocks specifically designed for computations via the finite element technique. Topics: spatial discretization by finite elements, programming finite element computations, static equilibrium of structures and of elastic solids, material nonlinearity, steady state flow, uncoupled and coupled transient problems, eigenvalue problems, and forced vibrations. Several appendices supply the building block subroutines necessary to build the programs described in the book, as well as information on nodal loads, geometry subroutines, and plastic stress-strain matrices and plastic potential. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

1	Preliminaries : computer strategies	1
2	Spatial discretisation by finite elements	21
3	Programming finite element computations	55
4	Static equilibrium of structures	109
5	Static equilibrium of linear elastic solids	165
6	Material non-linearity	223
7	Steady state flow	319
8	Transient problems : first order (uncoupled)	357
9	Coupled problems	403
10	Eigenvalue problems	441
11	Forced vibrations	465
12	Parallel processing of finite element analyses	509
A	Equivalent nodal loads	577
B	Shape functions and element node numbering	583
C	Plastic stress-strain matrices and plastic potential derivatives	591
D	Main library subroutines	595
E	Geom library subroutines	605
F	Parallel library subroutines	609

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Enterprise Architecture A to Z: Frameworks, Business Process Modeling, SOA, and Infrastructure Technology

Author: Daniel Minoli

Driven by the need and desire to reduce costs, organizations are faced with a set of decisions that require analytical scrutiny. Designing State-of-the-Art Data Centers examines cost-saving trends in planning, administration, and management. To establish a framework for discussion, this book begins by evaluating the role of Enterprise Architecture planning and Service Oriented modeling. The text presents an assessment of storage technologies and networking as well as addresses regulatory and security issues. Additional coverage includes high-speed communication mechanisms such as Ethernet, WAN and Internet communication technologies, broadband communications, and chargeback models.

C Programming or Programming HD DVD and Blu Ray Disc

2009-02-22T15:46:00.000-08:00

C# Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Second Edition

Author: Barbara Doyl

Master the problem-solving skills and techniques associated with object-oriented program development using this hands-on, reader-friendly text. C# Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Second Edition, introduces a variety of basic programming concepts, from data types and expressions to arrays and collections, all using C# as the programming language. Ideal for both novices and programmers with experience in other languages, this book goes beyond traditional programming books by including new, advanced software development features that are often only found in specialized books. Full chapters are devoted to ADO.NET and ASP.NET. The second edition has been revised to include new features of Visual C# 2005, including generics and partial classes, so readers receive an up-to-date education on programming.

Programming HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Disc

Author: Zink

The ultimate book/DVD package for HD and Blu-Ray DVD applications
This complete book/DVD package covers everything you need to know in order to write optical working code for HD and Blu-Ray DVD applications.This comprehensive tutorial not only teaches the new programming skills but also includes large chunks of reusable code and demonstrates actual code outcomes.
Michael Zink is the Director of Advanced Technology at Technicolor and responsible for establishing the HD-DVD and Blu-ray production lines in the company’s Burbank facility. Phil Carl Starner is a Software Engineer with Javelin Ventures LLC, and the author of more than 400 DVDs. His game “Who Wants to Be King of the Jungle” won a DVDX Award for Best Games and Interactivities. Bill Foote is a Senior Staff Engineer with Sun Microsystems, who authored many portions of Sun’s Java TV and DVB-MHP specifications.

Absolute Beginners Guide to Quattro Pro X or Deploying NET Applications with MSBuild and ClickOnce

2009-02-21T11:35:00.000-08:00

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Quattro Pro X

Author: Elaine J Marmel

More and more people are learning the advantages of using Corel's Quattro Pro over other spreadsheet applications. If you have joined their ranks, this book is for you! Absolute Beginner's Guide to Quattro Pro is endorsed by Corel, and offers a straight-forward, no-nonsense approach to the basics. With the help of this book, you will learn how to efficiently manage, analyze, report, and share data, and then move on to more advanced features.

Deploying .NET Applications with MSBuild and ClickOnce

Author: Sayed Y Hashiimi

Whether building a console application, a web service, or a smart client, you eventually need to distribute your finished work. Deploying .NET Applications is a complete guide to delivering applications built with .NET. Packed with hands-on guidance, practical examples, and war stories from the authors' many experiences with deployment scenarios, this book provides everything you need to know.

The book begins by introducing the deployment problem, then examines why deployment is an engineering problem for organizations. Subsequent chapters provide detail about deploying each type of application, then discuss automated deployments. You'll want to get ahold of this book because it

Includes hands-on detail about the newest deployment tools, MSBuild and ClickOnce
Discusses many best practices of .NET 2.0 software deployment
Covers details about automating new software deployments

Hacking the PSP or Database Development For Dummies

2009-02-20T07:22:00.000-08:00

Hacking the PSP: Cool Hacks, Mods, and Customizations for the Sony Playstation Portable, Second Edition (Extremetech)

Author: Auri Rahimzadeh

We're not just playing games. You love your PSP. You loved the first edition of this book. If you're ready for more fun, here it is. Check out: Networking hacks that let you IM and speed up multiplayer game action. Awesome audio, video, and image hacks. Game hacks that let you use a single UMD cartridge for multiplayer games. The ever-popular homebrew applications, with secrets for sneaking them past the firmware. We're taking playtime to a whole new level.

Let the fun begin with complete instructions on how to do all this and more with your PSP, including:

• Speeding up Web surfing.

• Getting maximum quality when moving video or audio to your PSP.

• Using your PSP like an iPod.

• Transfering DVDs to your PSP.

• Getting more power.

• Playing multiplayer games with a single UMD.

• Writing homebrew apps, even if you've never programmed before.

• Learning to fool, and even downgrade, your firmware.

• Running Linux® and Windows®.

Visit hackingpsp.com to post your questions on the author's forum, download any files you need, get updates to the book, and check out new hacks the moment they're available.

Acknowledgments.

Chapter 1: Introduction.

Chapter 2: Overview of the PSP.

Chapter 3: Quickies.

Chapter 4: Taking Apart Your PSP.

Chapter 5: Getting Online: Configuring Your PSP for Networking.

Chapter 6: The Web on Your PSP.

Chapter 7: Online Hacks.

Chapter 8: Offline Hacks.

Chapter 9: Game Hacks.

Chapter 10: Video Hacks.

Chapter 11: Audio Hacks.

Chapter 12: Image and Photo Hacks.

Chapter 13: Getting More Power.

Chapter 14: Taking Your PSP on the Road.

Chapter 15: Running Linux and Windows on the PSP.

Chapter 16: Downgrading Your PSP’s Firmware and Other Firmware Hacks.

Chapter 17: Programming the PSP: Setting Up the Development Environment.

Chapter 18: Programming the PSP: Hello World.

Chapter 19: Running Homebrew Applications.

Chapter 20: Installing and Running Homebrew on PSPs with Firmware Version 2.00.

Chapter 21: Installing and Running Homebrew on PSPs with Firmware Version 2.01 Through 2.60.

Chapter 22: Navigating the Unofficial PSP SDK.

Chapter 23: Alternative Development Languages.

Chapter 24: Distributing Your Applications.

Chapter 25: Synchronization and Utility Software.

Appendix A: Additional Resources.

Appendix B: PSP Maintenance and Frequently Asked Questions.

Index.

Database Development For Dummies

Author: Allen G Taylor

From ATMs to the personal finance, online shopping to networked information management, databases permeate every nook and cranny of our highly-connected, information-intensive world. Databases have become so integral to the business environment that, nowadays, it’s next to impossible to stay competitive without the assistance of some sort of database technology—no matter what type or size of business you run. But developing your own database can be very tricky. In fact, whether you want to keep records for a small business or run a large e-commerce website, developing the right database system can be a major challenge. Which is where this friendly guide comes in.

From data modeling methods and development tools to Internet accessibility and security, Database Development For Dummies shows you, step-by-step, everything you need to know about building a custom system from the ground up. You’ll discover how to:

Model data accurately
Design a reliable functional database
Deliver robust relational databases on time and on budget
Build a user-friendly database application
Put your database on the Web

In plain English, author Allen Taylor acquaints you with the most popular data modeling methods, and he shows you how to systematically design and develop a system incorporating a database and one or more applications that operate on it. Important topics he explores include:

Understanding database architecture and how it has evolved
Recognizing how database technology affects everyday life
Using a structured approach to database development
Creating an appropriate data model
Developing a reliable relational design
Understanding the complexities you’re likely to encounter in designing a database and how to simplify them
Implementing your design using Microsoft Access 2000, SQL Server and other powerful database development tools
Keeping your database secure
Putting your database on the Internet

Today’s powerful, low-cost database development tools make it possible for virtually anybody to create their own database. Get Database Development For Dummies and discover what it takes to design, develop and implement a sophisticated database system tailored to you and your company’s current and future data storage and management needs.

Learning PHP 5 or Generation Myspace

2009-02-19T03:11:00.000-08:00

Learning PHP 5

Author: David Sklar

PHP has gained a following among non-technical web designerswho need to add interactive aspects to their sites. Offering a gentle learning curve, PHP is an accessible yet powerful language for creating dynamic web pages. As its popularity has grown, PHP's basic feature set has become increasingly more sophisticated. Now PHP 5 boasts advanced features—such as new object-oriented capabilities and support for XML and Web Services—that will please even the most experienced web professionals while still remaining user-friendly enough for those with a lower tolerance for technical jargon.

If you've wanted to try your hand at PHP but haven't known where to start, then Learning PHP 5 is the book you need. If you've wanted to try your hand at PHP but haven't known where to start, then Learning PHP 5 is the book you need. With attention to both PHP 4 and the new PHP version 5, it provides everything from a explanation of how PHP works with your web server and web browser to the ins and outs of working with databases and HTML forms. Written by the co-author of the popular PHP Cookbook, this book is for intelligent (but not necessarily highly-technical) readers. Learning PHP 5 guides you through every aspect of the language you'll need to master for professional web programming results. This book provides a hands-on learning experience complete with exercises to make sure the lessons stick.

Learning PHP 5 covers the following topics, and more:

How PHP works with your web browser and web server
PHP language basics, including data, variables, logic and looping
Working with arrays and functions
Making web forms
Working with databases like MySQL
Remembering users with sessions
Parsing and generating XML
Debugging

Written by David Sklar, coauthor of the PHP Cookbook and an instructor in PHP, this book offers the ideal classroom learning experience whether you're in a classroom or on your own. From learning how to install PHP to designing database-backed web applications, Learning PHP 5 will guide you through every aspect of the language you'll need to master to achieve professional web programming results.

1	Orientation and first steps	1
2	Working with text and numbers	16
3	Making decisions and repeating yourself	33
4	Working with arrays	48
5	Functions	69
6	Making web forms	84
7	Storing information with databases	114
8	Remembering users with cookies and sessions	151
9	Handling dates and times	170
10	Working with files	192
11	Parsing and generating XML	210
12	Debugging	221
13	What else can you do with PHP?	232
A	Installing and configuring the PHP interpreter	255

Generation Myspace: Helping Your Teen Survive Online Adolescence: How Social Networking is Changing Friendship, Gossip, Sex, Drugs and Our Kids' Self-Esteem

Author: Candice M Kelsey

Does it seem like your teen can't tear herself away from friends on the computer screen (except to text them on her cell phone)? That's because MySpace, Facebook and YouTube are your son or daughter's life, not just another passing diversion. All that energy and time spent online is affecting your teen's life in countless ways, from sexual pressure and privacy to social standing and self-esteem.

Some schools are banning online networking sites, yet your child insists they're "no big deal." Who's right? Drawing on personal interviews with hundreds of teens, educator Candice M. Kelsey helps parents assess what they should—and shouldn't—be worried about when it comes to technology. A landmark book, Generation MySpace is the first guide to the new world of online adolescence, where you'll discover:

The Appeal of MySpace: How interaction becomes addictive, and how to stop it from taking control
Profiles, Adds, and Top 8 Popularity: How "friending" is redefining friendship
Baring It All: How kids as young as eleven are learning to market themselves—and why they're looking to celebrities and porn stars first
The Drug Connection: How social networking has made illicit substances easier for teens to get, and even easier to hide
From Predators to Cyber-Bullies: How to help your kids protect themselves

Applied Microsoft NET Framework Programming or Network Security Foundations

2009-02-17T22:59:00.000-08:00

Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming

Author: Jeffrey Richter

The Microsoft® .NET Framework allows developers to quickly build robust, secure ASP.NET Web Forms and XML Web service applications, Windows® Forms applications, tools, and types. Find out all about its common language runtime and learn how to leverage its power to build, package, and deploy any kind of application or component. APPLIED MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK PROGRAMMING is ideal for anyone who understands object-oriented programming concepts such as data abstraction, inheritance, and polymorphism. The book carefully explains the extensible type system of the .NET Framework, examines how the runtime manages the behavior of types, and explores how an application manipulates types. While focusing on C#, it presents concepts applicable to all programming languages that target the .NET Framework. Topics covered include:

. The .NET Framework architecture

. Building, packaging, deploying, and administering applications and their types

. Building and deploying shared assemblies

. Type fundamentals

. Primitive, reference, and value types

. Operations common to all objects

. Type members and accessibility

. Constants, fields, methods, properties, and events

. Working with text

. Enumerated types and bit flags

. Array types

. Interfaces

. Custom attributes

. Delegates

. Error handling with exceptions

. Automatic memory management

. AppDomains and reflectionIncludes coverage of C#

Acknowledgments
Introduction

PART I BASICS OF THE MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK
1. The Architecture of the .NET Framework Development Platform
Compiling Source Code into Managed Modules
Combining Managed Modules into Assemblies
Loading the Common Language Runtime
Executing Your Assembly's Code
   IL and Verification
The .NET Framework Class Library
The Common Type System
The Common Language Specification
Interoperability with Unmanaged Code
2. Building, Packaging, Deploying, and Administering Applications and Types
.NET Framework Deployment Goals
Building Types into a Module
Combining Modules to Form an Assembly
   Adding Assemblies to a Project Using the Visual Studio .NET IDE
   Using the Assembly Linker
   Including Resource Files in the Assembly
Assembly Version Resource Information
   Version Numbers
Culture
Simple Application Deployment (Privately Deployed Assemblies)
Simple Administrative Control (Configuration)
3. Shared Assemblies
Two Kinds of Assemblies, Two Kinds of Deployment
Giving an Assembly a Strong Name
The Global Assembly Cache
   The Internal Structure of the GAC
Building an Assembly That References a Strongly Named Assembly
Strongly Named Assemblies Are Tamper-Resistant
Delayed Signing
Privately Deploying Strongly Named Assemblies
Side-by-Side Execution
How the Runtime Resolves Type References
Advanced Administrative Control (Configuration)
   Publisher Policy Control
Repairing a Faulty Application

PART II WORKING WITH TYPES AND THE COMMON LANGUAGE RUNTIME
4. Type Fundamentals
All Types Are Derived from System.Object
Casting Between Types
   Casting with the C# is and as Operators
Namespaces and Assemblies
5. Primitive, Reference, and Value Types
Programming Language Primitive Types
   Checked and Unchecked Primitive Type Operations
Reference Types and Values Types
Boxing and Unboxing Value Types
6. Common Object Operations
Object Equality and Identity
   Implementing Equals for a Reference Type Whose Base Classes Don't Override Object's Equals
   Implementing Equals for a Reference Type When One or More of Its Base Classes Overrides Object's Equals
   Implementing Equals for a Value Type
   Summary of Implementing Equals and the ==/!= Operators
   Identity
Object Hash Codes
Object Cloning

PART III DESIGNING TYPES
7. Type Members and Their Accessibility
Type Members
Accessibility Modifiers and Predefined Attributes
   Type Predefined Attributes
   Field Predefined Attributes
   Method Predefined Attributes
8. Constants and Fields
Constants
Fields
9. Methods
Instance Constructors
Type Constructors
Operator Overload Methods
   Operators and Programming Language Interoperability
Conversion Operator Methods
Passing Parameters by Reference to a Method
Passing a Variable Number of Parameters to a Method
How Virtual Methods Are Called
Virtual Method Versioning
10. Properties
Parameterless Properties
Parameterful Properties
11. Events
Designing a Type That Exposes an Event
Designing a Type That Listens for an Event
Explicitly Controlling Event Registration
Designing a Type That Defines Lots of Events
Designing the EventHandlerSet Type
PART IV ESSENTIAL TYPES
12. Working with Text
Characters
The System.String Type
   Constructing Strings
   Strings Are Immutable
   Comparing Strings
   String Interning
   String Pooling
   Examining a String's Characters
   Other String Operations
Dynamically Constructing a String Efficiently
   Constructing a StringBuilder Object
   StringBuilder's Members
Obtaining a String Representation for an Object
   Specific Formats and Cultures
   Formatting Multiple Objects into a Single String
   Providing Your Own Custom Formatter
Parsing a String to Obtain an Object
Encodings: Converting Between Characters and Bytes
    Encoding/Decoding Streams of Characters and Bytes
   Base-64 String Encoding and Decoding
13. Enumerated Types and Bit Flags
Enumerated Types
Bit Flags
14. Arrays
All Arrays Are Implicitly Derived from System.Array
Casting Arrays
Passing and Returning Arrays
Creating Arrays That Have a Nonzero Lower Bound
Fast Array Access
Redimensioning an Array
15. Interfaces
Interfaces and Inheritance
Designing an Application That Supports Plug-In Components
Changing Fields in a Boxed Value Type Using Interfaces
Implementing Multiple Interfaces That Have the Same Method
Explicit Interface Member Implementations
16. Custom Attributes
Using Custom Attributes
Defining Your Own Attribute
Attribute Constructor and Field/Property Data Types
Detecting the Use of a Custom Attribute
Matching Two Attribute Instances Against Each Other
Pseudo-Custom Attributes
17. Delegates
A First Look at Delegates
Using Delegates to Call Back Static Methods
Using Delegates to Call Back Instance Methods
Demystifying Delegates
Some Delegate History: System.Delegate and System.MulticastDelegate
Comparing Delegates for Equality
Delegate Chains
C#'s Support for Delegate Chains
Having More Control over Invoking a Delegate Chain
Delegates and Reflection

PART V MANAGING TYPES
18. Exceptions
The Evolution of Exception Handling
The Mechanics of Exception Handling
   The try Block
   The catch Block
   The finally Block
What Exactly Is an Exception?
The System.Exception Class
FCL-Defined Exception Classes
Defining Your Own Exception Class
How to Use Exceptions Properly
   You Can't Have Too Many finally Blocks
   Don't Catch Everything
   Gracefully Recovering from an Exception
   Backing Out of a Partially Completed Operation When an Unrecoverable Exception Occurs
   Hiding an Implementation Detail
What's Wrong with the FCL
Performance Considerations
Catch Filters
Unhandled Exceptions
   Controlling What the CLR Does When an Unhandled Exception Occurs
   Unhandled Exceptions and Windows Forms
   Unhandled Exceptions and ASP.NET Web Forms
   Unhandled Exceptions and ASP.NET XML Web Services
Exception Stack Traces
   Remoting Stack Traces
Debugging Exceptions
   Telling Visual Studio What Kind of Code to Debug
19. Automatic Memory Management (Garbage Collection)
Understanding the Basics of Working in a Garbage-Collected Platform
The Garbage Collection Algorithm
Finalization
   What Causes Finalize Methods to Get Called
   Finalization Internals
The Dispose Pattern: Forcing an Object to Clean Up
   Using a Type That Implements the Dispose Pattern
   C#'s using Statement
   An Interesting Dependency Issue
Weak References
   Weak Reference Internals
Resurrection
   Designing an Object Pool Using Resurrection
Generations
Programmatic Control of the Garbage Collector
Other Garbage Collector Performance Issues
   Synchronization-Free Allocations
   Scalable Parallel Collections
   Concurrent Collections
   Large Objects
Monitoring Garbage Collections
20. CLR Hosting, AppDomains, and Reflection
Metadata: The Cornerstone of the .NET Framework
CLR Hosting
AppDomains
   Accessing Objects Across AppDomain Boundaries
   AppDomain Events
   Applications and How They Host the CLR and Manage AppDomains
   "Yukon"
The Gist of Reflection
Reflecting Over an Assembly's Types
Reflecting Over an AppDomain's Assemblies
Reflecting Over a Type's Members: Binding
Explicitly Loading Assemblies
   Loading Assemblies as "Data Files"
   Building a Hierarchy of Exception-Derived Types
Explicitly Unloading Assemblies: Unloading an AppDomain
Obtaining a Reference to a System.Type Object
Reflecting Over a Type's Members
   Creating an Instance of a Type
   Calling a Type's Method
   Bind Once, Invoke Multiple Times
Reflecting Over a Type's Interfaces
Reflection Performance

Index

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Network Security Foundations

Author: Matthew Streb

The world of IT is always evolving, but in every area there are stable, core concepts that anyone just setting out needed to know last year, needs to know this year, and will still need to know next year. The purpose of the Foundations series is to identify these concepts and present them in a way that gives you the strongest possible starting point, no matter what your endeavor.

Network Security Foundations provides essential knowledge about the principles and techniques used to protect computers and networks from hackers, viruses, and other threats. What you learn here will benefit you in the short term, as you acquire and practice your skills, and in the long term, as you use them. Topics covered include:

• Why and how hackers do what they do

• How encryption and authentication work

• How firewalls work

• Understanding Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

• Risks posed by remote access

• Setting up protection against viruses, worms, and spyware

• Securing Windows computers

• Securing UNIX and Linux computers

• Securing Web and email servers

• Detecting attempts by hackers

Object Oriented Design Heuristics or Security Patterns

2009-02-16T18:48:00.000-08:00

Object-Oriented Design Heuristics

Author: Arthur Riel

Object-Oriented Design Heuristics offers insight into object-oriented design improvement. The more than sixty guidelines presented in this book are language-independent and allow you to rate the integrity of a software design. The heuristics are not written as hard and fast rules; they are meant to serve as warning mechanisms which allow the flexibility of ignoring the heuristic as necessary. This tutorial-based approach, born out of the author's extensive experience developing software, teaching thousands of students, and critiquing designs in a variety of domains, allows you to apply the guidelines in a personalized manner. The heuristics cover important topics ranging from classes and objects (with emphasis on their relationships including association, uses, containment, and both single and multiple inheritance) to physical object-oriented design. You will gain an understanding of the synergy that exists between design heuristics and the popular concept of design patterns; heuristics can highlight a problem in one facet of a design while patterns can provide the solution. Programmers of all levels will find value in this book. The newcomer will discover a fast track to understanding the concepts of object-oriented programming. At the same time, experienced programmers seeking to strengthen their object-oriented development efforts will appreciate the insightful analysis. In short, with Object-Oriented Design Heuristics as your guide, you have the tools to become a better software developer.

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
1	The Motivation for Object-Oriented Programming	1
2	Classes and Objects: The Building Blocks of the Object-Oriented Paradigm	11
3	Topologies of Action-Oriented Versus Object-Oriented Applications	29
4	The Relationships Between Classes and Objects	53
5	The Inheritance Relationship	75
6	Multiple Inheritance	131
7	The Association Relationship	143
8	Class-Specific Data and Behavior	151
9	Physical Object-Oriented Design	159
10	The Relationship Between Heuristics and Patterns	183
11	The Use of Heuristics in Object-Oriented Design	199
	A Heuristics Summary	219
	B Memory Leakage in C++	225
	C Selected C++ Examples	245
	Bibliography	369
	Index	373

Book review: Urteil im Bilden der Unternehmerischen Entscheidung

Security Patterns: Integrating Security and Systems Engineering

Author: Duane Hybertson

Most security books are targeted at security engineers and specialists. Few show how build security into software. None breakdown the different concerns facing security at different levels of the system: the enterprise, architectural and operational layers. Security Patterns addresses the full spectrum of security in systems design, using best practice solutions to show how to integrate security in the broader engineering process.

• Essential for designers building large-scale systems who want best practice solutions to typical security problems

• Real world case studies illustrate how to use the patterns in specific domains

For more information visit securitypatterns.org

Dissecting a C Application or Step by Step Composition Techniques for Digital Photographers

2009-02-15T14:36:00.000-08:00

Dissecting a C# Application: Inside SharpDevelop

Author: Christain Holm

Learn advanced .NET programming techniques by getting an insiders' look at a complete application!

SharpDevelop is a complete Integrated Development Environment, written in C#. It includes all the advanced features that programmers expect from a modern IDE and, of course, implementing these features has required some advanced programming techniques.

The developers who created SharpDevelop give you an inside track on application development with a guided tour of the sourcecode for SharpDevelop. They will show you the most important code features and explain how you can use these techniques in your own projects. You will gain valuable experience of building an application on this scale, learning from the decisions, mistakes, problems and solutions that lead to the current version on SharpDevelop.

The SharpDevelop team will show you how to:

Build a highly modular application

Provide a flexible, extendable, customizable user interface

Manage the efforts of translators for effcient internationalization

Represent and manipulate text efficiently

Code search and replace functionality

Construct reusable controls

Implement a parser to provide syntax highlightingauto-completion as users type

Use reflection to access information about .NET classes

Create a Windows Forms designer

Generate code programmatically

All of these techniques are shown in the context of the source of the SharpDevelop application - a real piece of software that you can download and user yourself. This means that there are no 'toy' examples or theory that will not work in practice - just solid, real-world code and frank discussions of how it was created.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Features at a Glance
Chapter 2: Designing the Architecture
Chapter 3: Implementing the Core
Chapter 4: Building the Application with Add?ins
Chapter 5: Providing Functionality with Workspace Services
Chapter 6: The User Interface
Chapter 7: Internationalization
Chapter 8: Document Management
Chapter 9: Syntax Highlighting
Chapter 10: Search and Replace
Chapter 11: Writing the Editor Control
Chapter 12: Writing the Parser
Chapter 13: Code Completion and Method Insight
Chapter 14: Navigating Code with the Class Scout and the Assembly Scout
Chapter 15: The Designer Infrastructure
Chapter 16: mplementing a Windows Forms Designer
Chapter 17: Code Generation
Index

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Step-by-Step Composition Techniques for Digital Photographers: Learn to Capture More Dramatic and Appealing Images

Author: Ernst Wildi

This series of step-by-step guides acquaints amateur digital photographers with the full spectrum of techniques and technology they need to attain the professional edge in digital imaging. The manuals offer a clear, no-nonsense approach to teaching basic skills, such as understanding the basic functions of the digital camera and how to arrange a photograph artistically, while more experienced photographers will profit from the guides that focus on complex issues, including effective posing and lighting strategies, color and image balancing methods, and design techniques for perfecting the digital image in Adobe Photoshop Elements.

This thorough composition guide details the various components involved in composing a professional-looking, artistically arranged photograph. Basic elements of photography, different image formats and backgrounds, and the importance of color and image balance are discussed along with tips on subject placement, such as using attention-grabbing elements and naturally existing lines to help a scene or subject look its best. How to keep the image simple and improve backgrounds post-capture are also reviewed.

Business the Amazoncom Way or First Course in Database Systems

2009-02-12T06:32:00.000-08:00

Business the Amazon.com Way: Secrets of the World's Most Astonishing Web Business (Big Shots Series)

Author: Rebecca Saunders

Having toppled the bookselling giants on-line, Jeff Bezos is now leading Amazon.com its list, not to mention a makeover for the web's most recognisable site, is Amazon pushing its luck or positioning for the future of e-commerce? The so-called 'market correction' has questioned the future of e-retailing, but for Amazon the future is still bright.
Now completely updated for this new edition, Business the Amazon.com Way shows how Jeff Bezos is leading Amazon into the harvesting phase, promising a great ride for investors, a great experience for shoppers and a model for entrepreneurs and business leaders everywhere.

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First Course in Database Systems

Author: Jeffrey D Ullman

Written by well-known computer scientists, this accessible and succinct introduction to database systems focuses on database design and use. It provides in-depth coverage of databases from the point of view of the database designer, user, and application programmer. The authors provide an overview of important programming systems (e.g., SQL, JDBC, PSM, CLI, PHP, XQuery, etc.) and the intellectual framework to put them into context. For software engineers, database engineers, and programmers.

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Designed for a one-semester advanced-undergraduate or beginning- graduate course introducing database design, programming, and other aspects that will be elaborated in further courses for computer- science students. Assumes a sophomore-level knowledge of data structures, algorithms, discrete math, software systems and engineering, and programming languages. Support is available on the World Wide Web. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Palm for Dummies or The Art and technique of Digital Color Correction

2009-02-11T02:20:00.000-08:00

Palm for Dummies (2nd Edition)

Author: Bill Dyszel

* Covers the capabilities of the latest Palm operating system, OS 5.0, including the ability to make phone calls and access "always-on" corporate e-mail.
* Author is a nationally-known expert on personal information and sales automation technology.

	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Getting to Know Your Palm Organizer	9
Ch. 1	What Can a Palm Device Do?	11
Ch. 2	Going in Stylus	35
Ch. 3	Making Your Palm Device Your Own	53
Ch. 4	Tips for Saving Time with Your Palm Computer	75
Pt. II	Getting Down to Business	83
Ch. 5	Names and Addresses in a Zip	85
Ch. 6	Doing It NOW with To-Dos	105
Ch. 7	Thanks for the Memos	127
Ch. 8	The Date Game	145
Pt. III	Palm Organizers and the Outside World	163
Ch. 9	Beaming Data	165
Ch. 10	Doing Business Everywhere with Documents To Go	175
Ch. 11	Using the PalmModem	187
Pt. IV	Making the Palm Connection to Bigger Things	201
Ch. 12	Operating the Palm Desktop Program	203
Ch. 13	Managing Palm Data	233
Ch. 14	Installing and HotSyncing to the Desktop Program	245
Pt. V	Going Outside the Box with Your Palm	251
Ch. 15	Wireless Wonderland	253
Ch. 16	Professional Palm Software	273
Ch. 17	Special Delivery: Using Palm Mail	287
Ch. 18	Brain-Building with Palm Expansion Cards	309
Pt. VI	The Part of Tens	315
Ch. 19	Ten Nifty Palm Accessories	317
Ch. 20	Ten Internet Resources for Palm Computing	321
App. A	Enterprise Applications: Palm Software for Big Business	327
	App. B: Which Palm Device Is Which?	331
	Index	333

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The Art and technique of Digital Color Correction

Author: Steve Hullfish

"Color correction has always been a true tradecraft. The only way you learned was by sitting at the feet of a master.
Steve has demystified much of that and given both beginners and professionals a fantastic resource. Reading this is like sitting at the feet of the masters."
— Lucas Wilson, ASSIMILATE, INC.

"...demystifies the technical art of color correction by patiently distilling the wisdom of over a dozen professional colorists down to a skillset any dedicated editor or motion graphics artist can learn."
— Chris Meyer, Founding Partner, CyberMotion; author — Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, currently in its 4th Edition; After Effects Apprentice

"...great for editors who are tackling their first color-grading job as well as those who do it every day, but want a deeper understanding of how to turn color correction into color enhancement.... Hullfish goes past the 'how-to' so you alsounderstand the 'why'. This book is a must-have for anyone involved in color correction for video."
— Oliver Peters, President and Founder, Oliver Peters Post Production Services

Containing decades of industry experience and know-how, The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction shows postproduction professionals how to take their art to the next level. Featuring correction techniques performed in a variety of color correction software applications (Apple's Color, Synthetic Aperture's Color Finesse, Avid Xpress Pro, among others), this book turns what has long been a misunderstood 'black art' into a set of skills that any dedicated editor or motion graphics artist can begin to master. Packed with explanations, tips, and concepts thatbuild on each other, The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction will teach you how to:

•Fix poorly exposed shots and shots with color casts
•Create looks
•Match shots
•Master secondary color correction techniques
•Use color correction to advance a story

The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction features unprecedented insight into the skills needed to master this essential art. The book allows you to improve your grading art and craft with techniques and inspiration from the masters, as more than a dozen industry professionals guide you through their grading process, explaining the "hows" and "whys" of each grade. Colorists looking to hone their skills can work side-by-side with these pros by examining each color-grading step they make on the tutorial video files included on the companion DVD.

Steve Hullfish has been a producer and on-line editor for over 20 years. Through his company, Verascope Pictures, he produces and consults for clients such as Universal Studios, NBC Television, Turner Networks, HIT Entertainment and VeggieTales.

Designing Patchwork on Your Computer or DarkBASIC Programming for the Absolute Beginner

2009-02-09T22:09:00.000-08:00

Designing Patchwork on Your Computer

Author: Carol Phillipson

Bonus CD contains 100 ready-made templates, grids and patchwork patterns.

Instructions refer to a basic graphics program included in most computers.

Looking for more options to add personal touches to your quilts, without spending hours drawing and redrawing designs? You'll find the answers you seek in Designing Patchwork on Your Computer. The book and enclosed CD provide step-by-step instructions for designing a wide range of patchwork blocks using just a few keystrokes, and then combining the blocks to create customized quilts and wall hangings. Additional chapters on color selection and customizing, sashing and borders help you to expand your skills.

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DarkBASIC Programming for the Absolute Beginner

Author: Jerry Lee Ford Jr

Looking for an inexpensive way to learn the fundamentals of game programming? Look no further! DarkBASIC Programming for the Absolute Beginner will provide you with a fun, gentle learning curve for learning DarkBASIC— no prior programming experience required! DarkBASIC is an inexpensive programming language that supports the development of desktop applications, but is especially useful for game creation. DarkBASIC Programming for the Absolute Beginner will touch on all aspects of DarkBASIC's capabilities, but emphasis is placed on using it in game development. A different programming concept is taught in every chapter walking you through the creation of a simple game to illustrate the concept. This "learn by doing" approach not only provides a sense of accomplishment, but it's also a fun way to learn. By the end of the book, you'll have a fundamental understanding of programming in DarkBASIC and an excellent foundation of knowledge for future forays into the exciting worlds of game development and computer programming.

Table of Contents Introduction Why DarkBASIC? Who Should Read This Book? What You Need to Begin How This Book is Organized Conventions Used in this Book Part I
Introducing DarkBASIC Chapter 1
Introducing DarkBASIC Chapter 2
Getting Comfortable with the DarkBASIC Development Environment Part II
Learning How to Program with DarkBASIC Chapter 3
Working with Data Types, Variables and Arrays Chapter 5
Executing Commands and Generating Output Chapter 4
Implementing Conditional Logic and Executing Loops Chapter 6
Organizing Code Logic Using Subroutines Part III
Advanced Topics Chapter 7
Working with Graphics and Sound Chapter 8
Generating Animation Using Sprites Chapter 9
Working with Input Devices Chapter 10 Finding and Fixing Application Errors Part IV
Appendices Appendix A What's on the Companion Web Site? DarkBASIC Source code Appendix B What Next? A. Recommended Reading B. Locating DarkBASIC Resources Online Glossary

Index

SAP Netweaver For Dummies or Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Resource Kit

2009-02-08T17:57:00.000-08:00

SAP Netweaver For Dummies

Author: Dan Woods

Imagine that it’s the 1950s, and you are in charge of developing the U. S. interstate system. There are countless roads already in use. The system can go in numerous different directions. Where do you begin?

Starting to transform your business with SAP NetWeaver is that daunting. NetWeaver is both an application platform and an integration platform. It integrates your current IT systems to enable portals, collaboration, data management, and development environments. To grasp the complexities and possibilities of SAP ASAP, dig in with SAP NetWeaver For Dummies and explore:

• MySAP Business Suite

• SAP Enterprise Planning Resource (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Human Capital Management (HCM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), and more

• Mobile Infrastructure that performs like a universal translator for mobile interfaces, including laptops, wireless phones, and PDAs

• Master Data Management, including using the content consolidation technique to “clean up” data, master data harmonization to distribute it, and central master data management to maintain a data repository

• Web Application Service and NetWeaver Developer Studio—tools that let you integrate and create your own customized applications

Written by Dan Woods, former CTO of The Street.com and CapitalThinking, and Jeffrey Word, the Director of Technology Strategy for SAP, this guide features real-life stories from businesses and examples of typical uses to help you cut through the complexities and get upand running. It includes a CD-ROM with:

• Detailed white papers and product overviews

• Stores from customers using SAP NetWeaver today

• Demos that show SAP NetWeaver in action

• A directory of resources for additional information

Like that interstate system, SAP NetWeaver doesn’t have to be integrated all at once. You choose the applications that have the most potential to benefit your company’s operations and bottom line. SAP NetWeaver For Dummies even gives you recommendations for rolling it out and suggests practical ways to get started and get quick returns on your SAP investment. Then you’re going full-speed ahead on the road to success!

	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Enterprise software basics	7
Ch. 1	SAP NetWeaver : the new foundation of IT	9
Ch. 2	Primordial acronym soup : the origins of enterprise	21
Ch. 3	Meet SAP NetWeaver	41
Ch. 4	The birth of a solution	65
Ch. 5	A blueprint for the future	81
Ch. 6	The evolution of mySAP business suite	103
Ch. 7	Composite applications and SAP xApps : flexible and reusable innovation	117
Pt. II	The cast of components	133
Ch. 8	SAP enterprise portal : something for everyone	135
Ch. 9	SAP mobile infrastructure : information hits the road	157
Ch. 10	SAP gives business intelligence	173
Ch. 11	Mastering SAP master date management	193
Ch. 12	Exchanging data	207
Ch. 13	SAP web application server : the cornerstone of SAP NetWeaver	229
Pt. III	A nifty development toolkit	241
Ch. 14	SAP NetWeaver developer studio	243
Ch. 15	Visual composer : going codeless	253
Ch. 16	Composite solutions	265
Ch. 17	Tying it all together : SAP solution manager	285
Pt. IV	SAP NetWeaver in action	299
Ch. 18	The world of internal portals	301
Ch. 19	Deploying web services	313
Ch. 20	SAP R/3 and then some	323
Ch. 21	Making sense of data : analytics and reporting	333
Ch. 22	Doing the application-to-application thing	343
Ch. 23	Custom made : composite applications	353
Pt. V	Rolling out SAP NetWeaver	365
Ch. 24	Plans and people	367
Ch. 25	Information station	377
Ch. 26	Nifty implementation processes and swell software	383
Pt. VI	The part of tens	391
Ch. 27	Ten (or so) ways to get started with SAP NetWeaver	393
	App.: About the CD	397
	Index	401

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Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Resource Kit

Author: Kay Unkroth

Get the definitive resource for administering Exchange 2003--with in-depth technical information and tools developed by the Microsoft Exchange Server team. This exhaustive, 1,000+ page reference delivers the information you need to design solutions that meet your business and technical objectives, accelerate deployments, implement best practices, avoid problems, and meet the requirements of your service level agreements. Topics include planning, deployment, administration, automation, security services, monitoring, optimization, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. You also get a CD packed with essential tools, administrative scripts, job aids, and a fully searchable eBook--everything you need to help save time and reduce ownership and support costs.

Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours or Advanced Microsoft Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out

2009-02-07T13:46:00.000-08:00

Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours

Author: Greg Perry

Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours, Second Edition explains the basics of programming in the successful 24-Hours format. The book begins with the absolute basics of programming: Why program? What tools to use? How does a program tell the computer what to do? It teaches readers how to program the computer and then moves on by exploring the some most popular programming languages in use. The author starts by introducing the reader to the Basic language and finishes with basic programming techniques for Java, C++, and others.

Library Journal

The first half of this useful introduction concentrates on inculcating general programming concepts through Liberty Basic examples. The second half familiarizes readers with Java and takes them on a whirlwind tour of Visual Basic, C and C++, DHTML, XML, and .NET, with some attention paid to the business of programming. A companion CD-ROM contains Sun's Java Software Development Kit and Liberty Basic, plus source code from the book. Recommended for public libraries. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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Advanced Microsoft Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out

Author: Stephanie Krieger

Learn everything you need to know for creating dynamic, robust, more secure documents with the 2007 Microsoft Office system—from the inside out! This book packs in hundreds of time-saving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and the workarounds you need for creating and sharing powerful documents and templates—all in concise, fast-answer format. Ideal for users with more advanced experience using either the 2007 Office suites or earlier editions of Office, this comprehensive guide moves beyond the basics. You will learn how to use Microsoft Office Word 2007, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 to create exactly the document you need—from business communications to sophisticated business reports and professional-looking presentations. You'll learn how to create templates and custom macros and how to build custom add-ins. You'll even learn how to exploit new XML document formats. Plus, you'll get tools, eBooks, and more on the companion CD. With INSIDE OUT, you get all muscle and no fluff!

Phpeclipse User Guide or Information Technology Governance and Service Management

2009-02-06T09:34:00.000-08:00

Phpeclipse User Guide

Author: Shu Wai Chow

PHPEclipse brings PHP functionality to the Eclipse platform, enhancing it as an environment for developing web applications and focusing on what PHP web developers need to create an application. PHPEclipse’s development is active and its tool-set provides everything you need to write web applications in PHP.

The fusion of Eclipse, the leading open source development environment, and PHP is an exciting prospect for web developers. This book makes sure that you are up and running as quickly as possible, ready to take full advantage of PHPEclipse's tuned PHP development tools, without requiring any prior knowledge of Eclipse.

You will begin with installing and configuring PHPEclipse, before moving onto a tour of the Eclipse environment, familiarizing you with its main components. As a plug-in to Eclipse, PHPEclipse is able to harness the platform to provide a rich and powerful development experience.

For helping you improve the efficiency of your PHP coding, the book details the powerful editing features of PHPEclipse, and shows you how to use it to better organize your application code.

You will see how PHPEclipse helps you throughout the development lifecycle, and learn how to use PHPEclipse's debugger to troubleshoot and step through your PHP code as it executes. The book rounds off with coverage of accessing databases and managing source code from within the Eclipse environment. For the final step for your application, you will learn how to deploy your to a production server.

Features include : debugging, using PHPDocumentor, the QuantumDB plug-in, managing your source code repository, deployment using FTP, SFTP, WebDav andAnt.
1904811442.jpg Shu-Wai Chow has worked in computer programming and information
technology for the past eight years. He started his career in
Sacramento, California, spending four years as the webmaster for
Educaid, a First Union Company and another four years at Vision Service
Plan as an application developer. Through the years, he has become
proficient in Java, JSP, PHP, ColdFusion, ASP, LDAP, XSLT, and XSL-FO.
Shu has also been the volunteer webmaster and a feline adoption
counselor for the Sacramento Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. He is currently a software engineer at Antenna Software in
Jersey City, New Jersey.

Born in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, Shu did most of his
alleged growing up in Palo Alto, California. He studied anthropology
and economics at California State University, Sacramento. He lives
along the New Jersey Coast with seven very demanding cats, three birds
that are too smart for their own good, a cherished Fender Stratocaster,
and a beloved, saint-like girlfriend.

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Information Technology Governance and Service Management: Frameworks and Adaptations

Author: Aileen Cater Steel

"Increasingly, information technology governance is being considered an integral part of corporate governance. There has been a rapid increase in awareness and adoption of IT governance as well as the desire to conform to national governance requirements to ensure that IT is aligned with the objectives of the organization." Information Technology Governance and Service Management: Frameworks and Adaptations provides an in-depth view into the critical contribution of IT service management to IT governance, and the strategic and tactical value provided by effective service management. A must-have resource for academics, students, and practitioners in fields affected by IT in organizations, this work gathers authoritative perspectives on the state of research on organizational challenges and benefits in current IT governance frameworks, adoption, and incorporation.

Digital Music Making for Teens or A Practical Guide to Information Systems Strategic Planning

2009-02-05T05:22:00.000-08:00

Digital Music Making for Teens

Author: Andy Hagerman

Get ready to move beyond the stage of simply ripping audio from CDs to the more creative ends of digital music production. The sheer volume and variety of computer-based production techniques can often seem daunting. "Digital Music Making for Teens" eases beginning musicians through that first crucial step into the larger world of digital production as it guides you through the process of building musical productions. This comprehensive, hands-on book covers not only the big picture, but also dives deep into each task, showing you how to use multiple tools to get the job done. Combine your need for artistic expression with a solid education and start your music making off on the right track.

	Introduction	xi
Chapter 1	Sound and Music in the Digital Age	1
	The First Day of Class	1
	My Name Is Andy	2
	Some Thoughts on the Study of Music	3
	The Physics of Music	5
	Volume (Amplitude)	5
	Pitch (Frequency)	6
	Analog to Digital	7
	The Art of Music	8
	Music as an Expressive Form	8
	Elements of Music	8
	Taking Back the Creativity (or the Difference Between Making Music and Copying Music)	10
Chapter 2	For Fun and Profit: The Business of Music	13
	The Challenge: Doing Good Work on a Budget	13
	Composition	15
	Digital Audio Production	16
	Audio for Games	17
	Sound for Picture	23
Chapter 3	MIDI Basics	27
	What Is MIDI, Anyway?	27
	A Tale of Two Keyboards (and Beyond)	27
	The Essence of MIDI	30
	MIDI versus Audio	32
	Before MIDI: A Music Notation Primer	33
	Tempo	33
	Measures and Time Signatures	34
	Notes and Pitches	35
	More Expressive Notation	39
Chapter 4	Exercise 1: Getting Started with MIDI	43
	Getting Started	43
	Setting Up Your Hardware	44
	Opening a File	63
	Playing a MIDI File	67
	Saving Your Work	76
Chapter 5	The Language of MIDI	83
	MIDI Channel Messages	83
	MIDI Voice Message	83
	Channel Mode Messages	93
	MIDI System Messages	96
	MIDI Common Messages	96
	Real Time Messages	97
	Exclusive Messages	100
	Sequencing Basics	102
	Multitrack MIDI	103
	The Big Event (List)	105
	Two Ways to Look at the Music (Staff and Piano Roll)	107
Chapter 6	Exercise 2: Working with Multitrack MIDI	111
	Changing Instruments	111
	Changing Tempo	120
	Fixing Notes	132
Chapter 7	The MIDI Studio	145
	More About MIDI Signal Flow	145
	Synthesizers and MIDI	148
	Monophonic versus Polyphonic	148
	Monotimbral versus Multitimbral	148
	General MIDI and SMFs	150
	Transforming Your MIDI	153
	Control Freak	154
	Transpose	157
	Quantize	159
	Arpeggiate	162
Chapter 8	Exercise 3: Transforming MIDI	165
	Using Cakewalk Home Studio	166
	Quantizing	169
	Grid Mode	179
	Using the Arpeggiator Feature	183
	Cut, Copy, and Paste	186
	Using the Transpose Function	207
	Recording MIDI	214
	Making a Rough Mix	221
Chapter 9	Studio Setup Tips	227
	Getting Rid of Hum	227
	Ground Loops	227
	Lighting Tips	228
	Intelligent Wiring	228
	Protecting Your Gear	228
	Voltage	228
	Good Monitor Health	229
	Your Monitor Speakers	229
	Choosing and Using Nearfield Monitors	230
	Mixing with Headphones	231
	Recording Digital Audio	231
	Making Smart Choices	231
	Digital Audio Recording Tips	233
Chapter 10	Exercise 4: Digital Audio Workstations	237
	Setting Up Your DAW for Audio	238
	The Power of DAWs	245
	DAWs as Pointer-Based Applications	245
	Regions and Files	248
	Oooh, Nonlinear, Nondestructive!	250
	Importing Audio	252
	Naming Tracks and Regions	257
	Getting the Big Picture	260
	The (Multi)track Window	260
	Editing Audio	263
	Cut, Copy, and Paste	263
	Trim	271
	Recording Audio	274
	Making a Rough Mix	282
Chapter 11	Bringin' It Home: Mixing with a DAW	285
	Signal Flow, Signal Flow, Signal Flow	285
	Inserts, Sends, and Buses	286
	Plug-Ins	290
	Processing Your Audio (Part 1: Dynamic-Based Effects)	291
	Processing Your Audio (Part 2: Time-Based Effects)	297
	Processing Your Audio (Part 3: Special Effects)	300
	Get on the Bus-Internal Mixing	308
	Mixing Basics	309
	Groups	310
	Automation	312
	Fades	313
Chapter 12	Exercise 5: Mixing	315
	Using Dynamic Effects	316
	Using Time-Based Effects	320
	Creating a Fader Group	330
	Automating Your Mix	331
	Creating Fades	335
	Using Groove Clips	338
	When You're Done (for Now): Mixdown	346
	The Last Day of Class	355
Appendix A	Setting Up Your Studio	357
	Setting Up Your Audio	357
	Sound Cards	357
	Getting Connected	359
	Setting Up Your MIDI	362
	MIDI Interfaces	362
	MIDI Hardware	363
	The Ins, Outs, and Thrus of MIDI	365
Appendix B	MIDI Notes, Names, and Numbers	367
	Keyboard Note Assignments	367
	Keyboard General MIDI Drum Assignments	368
	Staff Note Assignments	369
Appendix C	The Basics of Digital Audio	371
	Digital Audio versus MIDI	371
	Sample Rates and Bit Depth	373
	Index	379
	What's on the CD	399

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A Practical Guide to Information Systems Strategic Planning

Author: Anita Cassidy

A Practical Guide to Information Systems Strategic Planning, Second Edition outlines a systematic approach to guide you through the development of an effective IS plan that is formulated from your company's business plan. This volume outlines a quick and easy approach to completing a plan, offering concepts, techniques, and templates for analyzing, organizing, and communicating the information contained in an IS strategic plan. The process described unites an organization in a collaborative effort resulting in a solid direction that has the support of the entire organization. Establishing this process cultivates the support of management, enabling the necessary investment.

GPU Gems 2 or Capability Cases

2009-02-04T01:11:00.000-08:00

GPU Gems 2: Programming Techniques for High-Performance Graphics and General-Purpose Computation

Author: Matt Pharr

“GPU Gems 2 isn’t meant to simply adorn your bookshelf—it’s required reading for anyone trying to keep pace with the rapid evolution of programmable graphics. If you’re serious about graphics, this book will take you to the edge of what the GPU can do.”

—Remi Arnaud, Graphics Architect at Sony Computer Entertainment

“The topics covered in GPU Gems 2 are critical to the next generation of game engines.”

—Gary McTaggart, Software Engineer at Valve, Creators of Half-Life and Counter-Strike

This sequel to the best-selling, first volume of GPU Gems details the latest programming techniques for today’s graphics processing units (GPUs). As GPUs find their way into mobile phones, handheld gaming devices, and consoles, GPU expertise is even more critical in today’s competitive environment. Real-time graphics programmers will discover the latest algorithms for creating advanced visual effects, strategies for managing complex scenes, and advanced image processing techniques. Readers will also learn new methods for using the substantial processing power of the GPU in other computationally intensive applications, such as scientific computing and finance. Twenty of the book’s forty-eight chapters are devoted to GPGPU programming, from basic concepts to advanced techniques. Written by experts in cutting-edge GPU programming, this book offers readers practical means to harness the enormous capabilities of GPUs.

Major topics covered include:

Geometric Complexity
Shading,Lighting, and Shadows
High-Quality Rendering
General-Purpose Computation on GPUs: A Primer
Image-Oriented Computing
Simulation and Numerical Algorithms

Contributors are from the following corporations and universities:

1C: Maddox Games
2015
Apple Computer
Armstrong State University
Climax Entertainment
Crytek
discreet
ETH Zurich
GRAVIR/IMAG—INRIA
GSC Game World
Lionhead Studios
Lund University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
mental images
Microsoft Research
NVIDIA Corporation
Piranha Bytes
Siemens Corporate Research
Siemens Medical Solutions
Simutronics Corporation
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Stanford University
Stony Brook University
Technische Universität München
University of California, Davis
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Potsdam
University of Tokyo
University of Toronto
University of Utah
University of Virginia
University of Waterloo
Vienna University of Technology
VRVis Research Center

Section editors include NVIDIA engineers: Kevin Bjorke, Cem Cebenoyan, Simon Green, Mark Harris, Craig Kolb, and Matthias Wloka

The accompanying CD-ROM includes complementary examples and sample programs.

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Capability Cases: A Solutions Envisioning Approach

Author: Irene Polikoff

Bridge the gap between business vision and software solution

Both IT organizations and business leaders recognize the urgent importance of aligning technology solutions with enterprise strategy. But they've struggled to do so... until now. Capability Cases represents a breakthrough: a powerful, systematic way to translate business vision into effective plans and system designs.

The authors' Solution Envisioning methodology addresses the crucial "front end" of software development, where you decide what to build, and how you're going to build it. Using realistic examples, they walk you through exploring the capabilities you need, capturing business best practices, identifying optimal solutions, and crafting software systems that deliver them.

Solution Envisioning enables you to specify solutions in half the time, build systems that more fully reflect your true needs, and dramatically reduce risk and cost throughout the entire development process. Dozens of companies have already discovered its value. With this book, you will, too.

Understand Solution Envisioning: from vision to plan in three phases
Model your business situation: business forces, desired results, metrics, and scenarios
Build Capability Cases: comprehensive, "best of class" templates corresponding to business function sets
Use Capability Case Galleries to discover alternatives, gain context, promote stakeholder interaction, and stimulate creativity
Run Solution Capability Envisioning (SCE) workshops: preparation, leadership, assessment, and consolidation
Move from concept to business case to realizatiwith Software Capability Design (SCD)
Integrate Solution Envisioning into your environment and software delivery process
Includes easy-to-use templates for developing business cases, concepts of operations, architectural decisions, and other key work products

Whether you're an executive, architect, project manager, developer, change agent, or consultant, Capability Cases will help you bridge the gap between vision and solution -- so you can finally get what you need from information technology.

Ch. 1	Technology innovation and the changing business landscape	17
Ch. 2	Bridging the gap with solution envisioning	41
Ch. 3	Illustrative applications and galleries	83
Ch. 4	Positioning within the solution delivery cycle	141
Ch. 5	Business capability exploration - phase I of solution envisioning	155
Ch. 6	Solution capability envisioning - phase II of solution envisioning	203
Ch. 7	Software capability design - phase III of solution envisioning	249
Ch. 8	Solution envisioning in different situations	301
Ch. 9	Conclusion - lessons learned and looking ahead with envisioning	347

Six Sigma Distribution Modeling or How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Infopath 2003

2009-02-02T20:58:00.000-08:00

Six Sigma Distribution Modeling

Author: Andrew D Sleeper

Sleeper provides six sigma practitioners with the tools which will allow them to stand out from your competitors by using advanced statistical and modeling tools for more in-depth analysis.Understanding and properly utilizing statistical data distributions is one of the most important and difficult skills for a six sigma practitioner to possess. Sleeper provides six sigma practitioners with a road map for selecting and using distributions for more precise outcomes. With the added value of Crystal Ball Modeling software, this book becomes a powerful tool for analyzing and modeling difficult data quickly and efficiently.

Andrew Sleeper is a Master Black Belt and General Manager of Successful Statistics, LLC. Since 1981, he has worked with product development teams as an engineer, statistician, project manager, Six Sigma Black Belt, and consultant. An experienced instructor of statistical tools for engineers, Mr. Sleeper has presented thousands of hours of training in countries around the world. Mr. Sleeper is also the author of Design For Six Sigma Statistics: 59 Tools for Diagnosing and Solving Problems in DFSS Initiatives, published by McGraw-Hill.

Chapter 1: Modeling Random Behavior with Probability Distributions

Chapter 2: Selecting Statistical Software Tools for Six Sigma Practitioners

Chapter 3: Applying Nonnormal Distribution Models in Six Sigma Projects

Chapter 4: Applying Distribution Models and Simulation in Six Sigma Projects

Chapter 5: Glossary of Terms

Chapter 6: Bernouli (Yes-No) Distribution Family

Chapter 7: Beta Distribution Family

Chapter 8: Binomial Distribution Family

Chapter 9: Chi-Squared Distribution Family

Chapter 10: Discrete Uniform Distribution Family

Chapter 11: Exponential Distribution Family

Chapter 12: Extreme Value (Gumbel) Distribution Family

Chapter 13: F Distribution Family

Chapter 14: Gamma Distribution Family

Chapter 15: Geometric Distribution Family

Chapter 16: Hypergeometric Distribution Family

Chapter 17: Laplace Distribution Family

Chapter 18: Logistic Distribution Family

Chapter 19: Logonormal Distribution Family

Chapter 20: Negative Binomial Distribution Family

Chapter 21: Normal (Gaussian) Distribution Family

Chapter 22: Pareto Distribution Family

Chapter 23: Poisson Distribution Family

Chapter 24: Rayleigh Distribution Family

Chapter 25: Student's Distribution Family

Chapter 26: Triangular Distribution Family

Chapter 27: Uniform Distribution Family

Chapter 28: Weibull Distribution Family

REFERENCES

INDEX
New interesting textbook: Easy Everyday or Cranberry Companion

How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Infopath 2003 (How to Do Everything Series)

Author: David McAmis

Tap into the power of the newest member of Microsoft’s Office suite. Learn to use InfoPath’s robust set of tools to capture information that’s locked away in document-based forms. Quickly create forms and data-gathering applications that use XML to separate form and content. This “raw” information can then be integrated into back-end systems, providing an end-to-end solution for data capture in the enterprise.

Designing for Interaction or Unit Testing Frameworks

2009-02-01T16:46:00.000-08:00

Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices (Voices That Matter Series)

Author: Dan Saffer

Interaction design is all around us. Whether or not we're aware of it, we experience it all the time. A new discipline in the design field, interaction design is fundamentally about people—about how we connect with the products and services we use, and through them, with each other. Incorporating elements from product design, communication design, computer science, and other design disciplines, interaction design focuses on the user experience and is ultimately best described as an applied art. We encounter good interaction design when we quickly and easily use an ATM, send a text message to a friend, order a movie using Netflix, or share our photos using Flickr. We encounter poor interaction design when we fumble with the self-service check-out at a grocery, stand in a long line at the Department of Motor Vehicles, or wait at a bus stop with no idea of when the next bus is coming.

Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices offers the perspective of one of the most respected experts in the field. Dan Saffer carefully defines this new practice, investigates what makes good (and bad) interaction design, explains the process by which good interaction design is produced, and addresses the future of interaction design as both a discipline and way of life. Whether you're an experienced interaction designer or simply curious about how interaction design informs our lives, you'll find much to enlighten you in this though-provoking book.

Ch. 1	What is interaction design?	1
Ch. 2	Starting points	23
Ch. 3	Interaction design basics	43
Ch. 4	Design research and brainstorming	69
Ch. 5	The craft of interaction design	89
Ch. 6	Interface design basics	121
Ch. 7	Smart applications and clever devices	151
Ch. 8	Service design	173
Ch. 9	The future of interaction design	199
	Epilogue : designing for good	221

New interesting book: Perl for System Administration or Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Unit Testing Frameworks

Author: Paul Hamill

Unit test frameworks are a key element of populardevelopment methodologies such as eXtreme Programming (XP) and Agile Development. But unit testing has moved far beyond eXtreme Programming; it is now common in many different types of application development. Unit tests help ensure low-level code correctness, reduce software development cycle time, improve developer productivity, and produce more robust software.

Until now, there was little documentation available on unit testing, and most sources addressed specific frameworks and specific languages, rather than explaining the use of unit testing as a language-independent, standalone development methodology. This invaluable new book covers the theory and background of unit test frameworks, offers step-by-step instruction in basic unit test development, provides useful code examples in both Java and C++, and includes details on some of the most commonly used frameworks today from the XUnit family, including JUnit for Java, CppUnit for C++, and NUnit for .NET.

Unit Test Frameworks includes clear, concise, and detailed descriptions of:

The theory and design of unit test frameworks
Examples of unit tests and frameworks
Different types of unit tests
Popular unit test frameworks And more

It also includes the complete source code for CppUnit for C++, and NUnit for .NET.

CCENT Exam Prep or Mastering VBA

2009-01-31T12:34:00.000-08:00

CCENT Exam Prep (Exam 640-822)

Author: Jeremy Cioara

Your Complete Certification Solution

In this book you'll learn how to:

Understand the foundations of network communication as described in the OSI and TCP/IP models
Accurately design and troubleshoot networks using IP subnetting skills
Understand the operational components and models of Cisco® routers and switches
Perform basic navigation and configurations using Cisco IOS® Software and Cisco Secure Device Manager
Apply techniques to secure networks
Implement and troubleshoot Distance Vector (RIPv2) routing protocols
Implement and troubleshoot NAT, DHCP, and DNS operation on a router
Implement and secure wireless LANs (WLANs)
Implement and verify basic WAN links

CD Features New Simulation Questions!
The CD features innovative testing software powered by MeasureUp, an electronic copy of the book, and 75 minutes of video instruction that highlight five scenarios to help prepare for simlet questions on the new exams. The MeasureUp testing software gives you an effective tool to assess your readiness for the ICND1 exam:

Detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answers
Multiple test modes
Random questions and order of answers

Coverage of all CCENT™ ICND1 exam objectives



xxv

Exam Description	xxv

Exam Topics	xxv

Describe the operation of data networks	xxv

Implement a small switched network	xxv

Implement an IP addressing scheme and IP services to meet network requirements for a small branch office	xxvi

Implement a small routed network	xxvi

Explain and select the appropriate administrative tasks required for a WLAN	xxvii

Identify security threats to a network and describe general methods to mitigate those threats	xxvii

Implement and verify WAN links	xxvii

Introduction	1

How This Book Helps You	1

Network Hardware and Software Requirements	3

Advice on Taking the Exam	4

Chapter 1: Standard Internetworking Models	7

Introduction	10

What Is an Internetwork?	10

Types of Internetworks	11

Local Area Network (LAN)	11

Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)	12

Wide Area Network (WAN)	12

Storage Area Network (SAN)	13

Virtual Private Network (VPN)	14

Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model	14

Upper Layers	15

Application Layer	15

Presentation Layer	17

Session Layer	18

Lower Layers	18

Transport Layer	18

Network Layer	20

Data Link Layer	21

Physical Layer	23

OSI Layered Communications	23

TCP/IP Model	25

Application Layer	26

Transport Layer	27

Internet Layer	31

Network Interface Layer	33

Cisco 3-Layer Hierarchical Model	33

Access Layer	34

Distribution Layer	35

Core Layer	35

Chapter Summary	37

Key Terms	37

Apply Your Knowledge	40

Exercises	40

Review Questions	41

Exam Questions	41

Answers to Review Questions	45

Answers to Exam Questions	47

Suggested Readings and Resources	49

Chapter 2: Physical Layer Networking Concepts	51

Introduction	54

Network Topologies	54

The Bus Topology	54

The Ring Topology	55

The Star Topology	56

The Mesh Topology	57

Cabling	58

Coaxial Cable	59

Twisted-Pair Cable	60

Fiber-Optic Cable	63

Wireless	64

Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)	65

Infrared	65

Bluetooth	66

Physical Layer Devices	66

Repeaters	66

Hubs	67

Network Interfaces	67

Chapter Summary	68

Key Terms	68

Apply Your Knowledge	69

Exercises	69

Review Questions	70

Exam Questions	70

Answers to Review Questions	77

Answers to Exam Questions	77

Suggested Readings and Resources	79

Chapter 3: Data Link Networking Concepts	81

Introduction	84

Data Link Protocols	84

Token Ring	84

FDDI	86

Ethernet at the Data Link Layer	87

Physical Ethernet Standards	93

Ethernet	93

Fast Ethernet	96

Gigabit Ethernet	97

10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE)	99

Long Reach Ethernet	100

Data Link Layer Devices	100

Bridges	101

Switches	104

Duplex	105

Microsegmentation	106

Chapter Summary	107

Key Terms	107

Apply Your Knowledge	109

Exercises	109

Review Questions	110

Exam Questions	110

Answers to Review Questions	114

Answers to Exam Questions	115

Suggested Readings and Resources	117

Chapter 4: General Network Security	119

Introduction	122

Classes of Attack	122

Access Attacks	123

Reconnaissance Attacks	125

Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks	127

Mitigating Network Threats	130

AAA	130

Cisco ACLs	130

Cisco IOS Secure Management Features	131

Encryption Protocols	132

Security Appliances and Applications	132

Chapter Summary	134

Key Terms	134

Apply Your Knowledge	135

Exercise	135

Review Questions	136

Exam Questions	136

Answers to Review Questions	138

Answers to Exam Questions	138

Suggested Readings and Resources	139

Chapter 5: IP at the Network Layer	141

Introduction	144

Network Layer Functions	144

IP Addressing and Formats	145

Binary	145

Hexadecimal	150

IP Address Classes	151

Subnet Masks	154

Private (RFC 1918) Addressing	156

Subnetting IP	156

Calculating Hosts in a Subnet	159

Calculating Networks in a Subnet	161

The Increment	162

Determining the Range of Valid IPs	165

Network Layer Devices	167

Routers	167

Layer 3 Switches	170

Chapter Summary	171

Key Terms	171

Apply Your Knowledge	172

Exercises	172

Review Questions	175

Exam Questions	175

Answers to Review Questions	179

Answers to Exam Questions	181

Suggested Readings and Resources	183

Chapter 6: Introduction to Cisco Routers and Switches	185

Introduction	188

Interfaces and Modules	188

LAN Interfaces	188

WAN Interfaces	189

Cisco Memory Components	192

ROM	193

Flash	193

RAM	193

NVRAM	193

Cisco Internetworking Operating System	193

Feature Sets	194

IOS Image File Naming	195

Cisco Router Models and Features	196

Cisco Switch Models and Features	197

Chapter Summary	199

Key Terms	199

Apply Your Knowledge	200

Exercises	200

Review Questions	200

Exam Questions	201

Answers to Review Questions	203

Answers to Exam Questions	204

Suggested Readings and Resources	205

Chapter 7: Foundation Cisco IOS Operations	207

Introduction	210

Terminal Options	210

Console Port	210

Auxiliary Port	212

Telnet	212

HTTP and HTTPS	212

SSH	213

Router/Switch Startup Procedures	214

POST	214

Bootstrap	215

IOS Loading	215

Configuration Loading	217

Navigating the IOS	220

User EXEC	220

Privileged EXEC	221

Global Configuration	222

Context-Sensitive Help	224

Abbreviations	226

Shortcut Keys	226

Common Syntax Errors	227

Chapter Summary	230

Key Terms	231

Apply Your Knowledge	231

Exercises	231

Review Questions	233

Exam Questions	233

Answers to Review Questions	235

Answers to Exam Questions	236

Suggested Readings and Resources	237

Chapter 8: Foundation Cisco Configurations	239

Introduction	242

Global Configuration	242

Altering the Boot Sequence	242

Changing the Hostname	244

Creating a Login Banner	244

Assigning a Password for Privileged EXEC Mode	245

Domain Name—Specific Commands	246

Enabling SSH	247

Line Configurations	248

Securing Console Access to User EXEC	248

Securing Auxiliary Access to User EXEC	250

Securing Telnet and SSH Access to User EXEC	250

Router Interface Configurations	253

Assigning an IP Address	254

Enabling the Interface	255

LAN-Specific Commands	255

WAN-Specific Commands	256

Saving Configurations	256

Using the show Command to Get Information	258

Verifying Your Configurations	259

Viewing Interface Statuses and Statistics	260

IOS File Version show Commands	264

Troubleshooting Commands	266

Backing Up and Restoring Configurations and IOS Using TFTP	269

Neighbor Discovery with CDP	272

Using Telnet for Virtual Terminal Access	276

Terminal Monitor	277

IOS DHCP	278

Chapter Summary	281

Key Terms	282

Apply Your Knowledge	284

Exercises	284

Review Questions	285

Exam Questions	286

Answers to Review Questions	289

Answers to Exam Questions	290

Suggested Readings and Resources	291

Chapter 9: Understanding the Cisco SDM	293

Introduction	296

Getting Started	296

Global Configurations	298

Changing the Hostname, Banner, Domain Name, and Secret Password	299

Router Access	303

DNS	304

DHCP	305

Router Interface Configurations	308

Assigning an IP Address	308

Enabling the Interface	309

Saving and Verifying Your Configurations	310

Monitoring	310

Chapter Summary	312

Key Terms	312

Apply Your Knowledge	312

Exercise	312

Review Questions	312

Exam Questions	313

Answers to Review Questions	315

Answers to Exam Questions	316

Suggested Readings and Resources	316

Chapter 10: Introduction to Routing and Routing Protocols	317

Introduction	320

The Default Gateway	320

Verifying and Troubleshooting the Default Gateway	322

Routing Sources	323

Administrative Distance	324

Static Routes	325

Configuring Static Routes	326

Floating Static Routes	327

Default Routes	328

Configuring Static and Default Routes with SDM	329

Verifying Static and Default Routes	330

Dynamic Routing Protocols	331

Routing Metrics	332

Classful and Classless Routing Updates	333

VLSM	336

Interior and Exterior Gateway Routing Protocols	340

Distance Vector Routing Protocols	340

Link-State Routing Protocols	341

Advanced Distance Vector/Hybrid Routing Protocols	341

The Routing Table Revisited	342

Routing Redistribution	343

Chapter Summary	345

Key Terms	346

Apply Your Knowledge	347

Exercises	347

Review Questions	348

Exam Questions	348

Answers to Review Questions	351

Answers to Exam Questions	351

Suggested Readings and Resources	353

Chapter 11: Distance Vector Routing Protocols	355

Introduction	358

Distance Vector Operations	358

Routing Loops	360

Routing Loop Mitigation	362

Counting to Infinity	363

Split Horizon	363

Route Poison, Poison Reverse, and Hold-Down Timers	364

Triggered Updates	366

Invalid/Dead Timers	367

RIP	367

RIP Characteristics	367

RIP Configuration	368

Passive Interfaces	371

RIPv2 Characteristics	371

RIPv2 Configuration	372

Configuring RIP with SDM	373

RIP Verification	374

Troubleshooting RIP	375

Chapter Summary	379

Key Terms	380

Apply Your Knowledge	380

Exercises	380

Review Questions	382

Exam Questions	382

Answers to Review Questions	384

Answers to Exam Questions	385

Suggested Readings and Resources	386

Chapter 12: Enabling Internet Connectivity with NAT	387

Introduction	390

NAT Concepts	391

Static NAT	392

Dynamic NAT	393

NAT Overload and Port Address Translation	394

NAT Terminology	395

Configuring NAT Using Cisco SDM	397

Configuring NAT Overload	397

Verifying NAT Configuration	410

Troubleshooting NAT	413

Chapter Summary	415

Key Terms	415

Review Questions	416

Apply Your Knowledge	416

Exam Questions	416

Answers to Review Questions	419

Answers to Exam Questions	419

Suggested Reading and Resources	421

Chapter 13: Foundation Switching Operations	423

Introduction	426

Switching Functionality	426

Frame Transmission Methods	427

Store-and-Forward	428

Cut-Through	428

Fragment-Free	428

Half- and Full-Duplex Connections	429

Switching Design	430

Spanning Tree Protocol	430

Root Bridge	431

Root Ports	432

Designated Ports	434

Blocked Ports	435

Port State Transitions	437

Initial Switch Configurations	438

Assigning a Management IP Address to a Switch	439

Defining a Default Gateway	439

IP Assignment Using DHCP	440

Configuring Multiple Switch Interfaces	441

Verifying Spanning Tree Protocol	442

Troubleshooting Basic Switch Connectivity	442

Chapter Summary	445

Key Terms	445

Apply Your Knowledge	446

Exercises	446

Review Questions	448

Exam Questions	449

Answers to Review Questions	452

Answers to Exam Questions	452

Suggested Readings and Resources	454

Chapter 14: Implementing Switch Security	455

Introduction	458

Securing Physical Access to the Catalyst Switch	458

Securing Terminal Access to the Catalyst Switch	458

To Telnet or Not to Telnet	460

Additional IOS Security Practices	461

Layer 2 Security	461

Port Security	462

“See”DP	464

Chapter Summary	466

Key Terms	466

Apply Your Knowledge	467

Exercises	467

Review Questions	469

Exam Questions	469

Answers to Review Questions	471

Answers to Exam Questions	472

Suggested Readings and Resources	472

Chapter 15: Understanding Wireless Networking	473

Introduction	476

The Business Case	476

The Players in the 802.11 Market	477

Entering the Radio Frequency World	478

Understanding Wireless Transmission	478

Unlicensed RF Bands	479

The Key to Successful Wireless: Channel Surfing	480

The 802.11 Standards Family	483

Party Like It’s 1999: 802.11a and 802.11b	483

2003 Delivers: 802.11g	483

The Next Generation: 802.11n	484

Chapter Summary	485

Key Terms	485

Apply Your Knowledge	486

Exercise	486

Review Questions	486

Exam Questions	487

Answers to Review Questions	489

Answers to Exam Questions	489

Suggested Readings and Resources	490

Chapter 16: Wireless Security and Implementation Considerations	491

Introduction	494

Understanding the Threats	494

War Driving	494

Direct Hacking	495

Employee Ignorance	495

Deploying a Secure Wireless Network	496

Wireless Encryption	496

Wireless Authentication (802.1x)	499

Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)	500

Wireless Implementation Guidelines	501

Understanding Wireless Topologies	501

Understanding Wireless Data Rates	503

General Wireless Implementation Steps	506

Wireless Troubleshooting	506

Chapter Summary	508

Key Terms	508

Apply Your Knowledge	509

Review Questions	509

Exam Questions	509

Answers to Review Questions	512

Answers to Exam Questions	512

Suggested Readings and Resources	513

Chapter 17: Wide Area Network Connections	515

See also: Design to Sell Using Microsoft Publisher to Inform Motivate and Persuade or Visio 2007 Bible Mastering VBA Author: Guy Hart Davis Curious to learn how to write macros, automate Office applications, or create custom applications in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook or Access? With this comprehensive guide to Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), you can master the language that underlines the Microsoft Office products. Revised for the new versions of the language and the Office suite, this book is completely up-to-date. Aimed at everyone from power users to system administrators and professional developers, it covers all Office products in depth. You'll discover that VBA is easily accessible by novice programmers, yet powerful enough for IT professionals who need to create specialized business applications.

Microsoft Visual C 2008 Express Edition or Agile Web Development with Rails

2009-01-30T08:22:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!

Author: Patrice Pelland

In this lively, eye-opening, hands-on book, all you need is a computer and the desire to learn how to program with Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. Featuring a full edition of the software, this fun and highly visual guide walks you through a complete programming project-a desktop weather-reporting application-from start to finish. You'll get an introduction to the Microsoft Visual Studior development environment and learn how to put the lightweight, easy-to-use tools in Visual C# Express Edition to work right away-creating, compiling, testing, and delivering your first ready-to-use program. You'll get expert tips, coaching, and visual examples at each step of the way, along with pointers to additional learning resources.

Key Book Benefits:
• This dynamic, full-color, highly-visual book is designed to help novice programmers build fundamental programming skills for Windowsr-quickly and easily
• Provides a quick-start, project-based approach!
• Provides complete software for Visual C# 2008 Express Edition and all the instructions needed to understand and put those tools to work right away
• Features a complete desktop application that can be easily modified and reused-a great learn-by-doing example

Interesting book: La métrique et les Modèles dans l'Ingénierie de Qualité de Logiciel

Agile Web Development with Rails

Author: Dave Thomas

Rails is a full-stack, open-source web framework that enables you to create full-featured, sophisticated web-based applications, but with a twist... A full Rails application probably has less total code than the XML you'd need to configure the same application in other frameworks.

With this book you'll learn how to use ActiveRecord to connect business objects and database tables. No more painful object-relational mapping. Just create your business objects and let Rails do the rest. You'll learn how to use the Action Pack framework to route incoming requests and render pages using easy-to-write templates and components. See how to exploit the Rails service frameworks to send emails, implement web services, and create dynamic, user-centric web-pages using built-in Javascript and Ajax support. There are extensive chapters on testing, deployment, and scaling.

You'll see how easy it is to install Rails using your web server of choice (such as Apache or lighttpd) or using its own included web server. You'll be writing applications that work with your favorite database (MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, and more) in no time at all.

You'll create a complete online store application in the extended tutorial section, so you'll see how a full Rails application is developed---iteratively and rapidly.

Rails strives to honor the Pragmatic Programmer's "DRY Principle" by avoiding the extra work of configuration files and code annotations. You can develop in real-time: make a change, and watch it work immediately.

Forget XML. Everything in Rails, from templates to control flow to business logic, is written in Ruby, the language of choice for programmers who like to get the job donewell(and leave work on time for a change).

Rails is the framework of choice for the new generation of Web 2.0 developers. Agile Web Development with Rails is the book for that generation, written by Dave Thomas (Pragmatic Programmer and author of Programming Ruby) and David Heinemeier Hansson, who created Rails.

1	Introduction	1
2	The architecture of rails applications	11
3	Installing rails	21
4	Instant gratification	27
5	The depot application	47
6	Task A : product maintenance	53
7	Task B : catalog display	71
8	Task C : cart creation	79
9	Task D : checkout!	101
10	Task E : shipping	115
11	Task F : administrivia	125
12	Task T : testing	139
13	Rails in depth	181
14	Active record basics	199
15	More active record	253
16	Action controller and rails	289
17	Action view	339
18	The Web, V2.0	385
19	Action mailer	411
20	Web services on rails	423
21	Securing your rails application	439
22	Deployment and scaling	453
A	Introduction to Ruby	481
B	Configuration parameters	497

Wireless Guide to Wireless Communications or OpenGL ES Game Programming

2009-01-29T04:10:00.000-08:00

Wireless# Guide to Wireless Communications

Author: Jorge Olenewa

Due to the recent emergence of wireless technologies in business, there has been an increase in demand for skilled wireless professionals. This comprehensive hands-on text explores the latest wireless technologies in the networking industry, including Bluetooth, SWAP, Wireless LANs, 802.11a and 802.11b, cellular telephone, broadband, infrared lasers, microwave, spread spectrum, and satellite. Designed for anyone taking an entry-level wireless technology course, this book also offers important historical coverage of wireless technology to show how we got to where we are today and where we can expect to see wireless networks in the future.

New interesting book: Overdosed America or Que Comeria Jesus

OpenGL-ES Game Programming

Author: Dave Astl

OpenGL ES Game Development provides an in-depth look into the new OpenGL ES standard and what the new embedded systems graphics library will provide for game developers. It compares OpenGL ES to OpenGL, EGL (the new standard windowing APIs for OpenGL ES), game development, and platforms that are currently available. It also provides coverage of the problems involved in mobile game development with OpenGL ES. Additional coverage includes an overview of fixed point math and other areas of cell phone limitation that game developers need to consider before they write mobile games. The authors walk the reader through the steps required to develop a game on multiple mobile platforms, which is the process involved with distributing their game via carriers. This book is ideally suited for readers who have some experience either in making games or in developing applications for cell phones, and who are comfortable with C++ and OpenGL?s core features.

XML or Haystack Syndrome

2009-01-27T23:59:00.000-08:00

XML: Your visual blueprint for building expert Web sites with CSS, XHTML, and XSL

Author: Rob Huddleston

If you're a visual learner, you'll love the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. High-resolution screen shots demonstrate over 100 key XML techniques, including choosing a text editor, adding entities and CDATA to XML documents, restricting the recurrence of elements, and generating XML using Access or Excel. Learn to create an XHTML transitional page, loop and sort with XSLT, debug with Firebug, and much more. Succinct explanations walk you through step by step.

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK.

1 GETTING STARTED WITH XML.

Introducing XML.

Introducing XSLT.

Introducing XHTML.

Introducing CSS.

View XML in a Browser.

Introducing the Anatomy of an XML Document.

Choose a Good Text Editor.

2 CREATING XML DOCUMENTS.

Create Your First XML Document.

Add Child Elements and Data to Your Document.

Add Attributes.

Add Entities and CDATA.

Using a Namespace.

3 DEFINING THE STRUCTURE OF XML WITH SCHEMAS.

Introducing Schemas.

Using the Schema Namespace.

Add Complex Type Elements.

Add Data Types.

Add Attributes.

Add Simple Elements.

Add Mixed Elements.

Restrict the Recurrence of Elements.

Link Your XML to Your Schema.

Check the Validity of the Document.

Build a Schema Visually Using XMLSpy.

4 USING OTHER VALIDATION SCHEMAS.

Introducing DTDs.

Create a Simple DTD.

Add Attributes.

Add Entities.

Using Parameter Entities.

Introducing RELAX NG.

Create a RELAX NG Document in XML.

Using the RELAX NG Compact Syntax.

5 GENERATING XML FROM EXISTING DATA.

Using Microsoft Access 2003 to Generate XML.

Using Microsoft Access 2007 to Generate XML.

Using Microsoft Excel 2003 to Generate XML.

Using Microsoft Excel 2007 to Generate XML.

6 LEARNING XHTML BASICS.

Introducing XHTML.

Create a Basic XHTML Transitional Page.

Add a Title.

Add Headings.

Add Text.

Using Entities.

Add a Link.

Add an Image.

Add a Table.

Create Lists.

7 TRANSFORMING XML TO XHTML WITH XSLT.

Understanding XSLT.

Understanding the XSLT Namespace.

Understanding XPath.

Specify an Output Format.

Create an XSLT Template.

Transform Element Values.

Add Text to the Transformation.

Apply Templates.

Loop with XSLT.

Sort with XSLT.

Using Conditional Logic in XSLT.

Create an Element.

Include and Import Other XSLT Files.

Using Variables and Parameters.

Run the Transformation with a Web Browser.

Run the Transformation Using Altova XMLSpy.

Run the Transformation Using PHP.

Run the Transformation Using Adobe ColdFusion.

Run the Transformation Using ASP.NET.

Create an XSLT Document Using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3.

8 FORMATTING YOUR WEB SITE USING CSS.

Understanding CSS.

Change the Font.

Change the Color of Text.

Add a Background Color and Image.

Add Borders.

Add Padding and Margins.

Position Elements.

Float Elements.

Combine Floats, Positioning, and Margins for Layout.

Apply Styles with a Class Selector.

Apply Styles with an ID Selector.

Using Contextual Selectors.

Style Headings.

Style Lists.

Style Links.

Using Other Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements.

Design Content Sections.

Create a Style Guide.

Create a Printable Version of Your Web Pages.

Create a Version of Your Page for Handheld Devices.

9 TRANSLATING LEGACY HTML TO XHTML.

Clean Up HTML with Tidy.

Convert HTML to XHTML Using Adobe Dreamweaver.

Remove Presentational Markup Using Dreamweaver’s Find and Replace.

Strip Tables in Dreamweaver.

Add Alternative Text to All Images.

10 DESIGNING AND BUILDING YOUR WEB SITE.

Lay Out Your Folder Structure.

Plan Your Site’s Navigation.

Create an Index Page.

Create an About You XML File.

Translate the About You File to XHTML.

Create a Favorite Movies XML File.

Translate the Favorite Movies File to XHTML.

Add a Site Icon.

Put Some Advertising on Your Site.

11 PUBLISHING YOUR WEB SITE.

Find a Host.

Get a Domain Name.

Publish Your Web Site Using Windows FTP.

Publish Your Web Site Using Adobe Dreamweaver.

Publish Your Web Site Using SmartFTP.

Get Your Site Found by Search Engines.

12 TESTING AND DEBUGGING.

Validate Your XHTML.

Debug with Firebug.

Validate CSS.

Check Your Site’s Accessibility.

Test Your Links.

Avoid Common XML Mistakes.

Avoid Common XHTML Mistakes.

Avoid Common CSS Mistakes.

Avoid Common XSLT Mistakes.

Avoid Common Browser-Specific Mistakes.

Avoid Common Usability Mistakes.

13 INTEGRATING YOUR WEB SITE WITH OTHER WEB SITES.

Understanding RSS.

Create an RSS Feed.

Show Your Photos with Flickr.

Embed a YouTube Video on Your Site.

Show Your del.icio.us Links.

Embed a Google Map on Your Site.

Add Google Search to Your Site.

APPENDIX A XHTML REFERENCE.

APPENDIX B CSS REFERENCE.

APPENDIX C XSD REFERENCE.

APPENDIX D XSLT REFERENCE.

APPENDIX E XPATH REFERENCE.

Book about: After Cancer Treatment or Silencing the Self

Haystack Syndrome: Sifting Information out of the Data Ocean

Author: Eliyahu M Goldratt

A must for every manager concerned with meeting the challenges of the 21st century. You'll see the differences between data and information in a new light, and understand precisely how misunderstanding those differences can affect the quality of your decision-making process. Starting with the structure of an organization, The Haystack Syndrome ends with a detailed description of the logic that must underpin the information system for any organization to maximize effectiveness.

Part One:
Formalizing the Decision Process - Defining the goal, the measurements, and how to continuously improve the whole system - the Theory of Constraints.

Part Two:
The Architecture of an Information System - Dealing with information as it relates to the real world; quantifying Murphy, the time-buffer concept, directing process improvements, measuring local performance.

Part Three:
Scheduling - how to implement a real process of ongoing improvement requiring interplay between the system and the manager, resolving all conflicts, considering capacity and protection.

Linux Toys II or Definitive Guide to Apache MyFaces and Facelets

2009-01-26T19:47:00.000-08:00

Linux Toys II: 9 Cool New Projects for Home, Office, and Entertainment

Author: Christopher Negus

• Builds on the success of the original Linux Toys, with new projects you can build using different Linux distributions

• All-new toys in this edition include a MythTV entertainment center, eMoviX bootable home movies, a BZFlag game client and server, and an Icecast Internet radio station, plus five more.

• Companion Web site, LinuxToys.net, provides information for further enhancing your Linux Toys II projects

• Includes a CD-ROM with scripts, packages, and code for the projects

Interesting textbook: Migraines for Dummies or Pocket Guide to the 12 Steps

Definitive Guide to Apache MyFaces and Facelets

Author: Zubin Wadia

The Definitive Guide to Apache MyFaces and Facelets
is an ideal reference if you're looking to develop real-world applications with the open source lightweight Apache MyFaces and Dojo (the Ajax API). The book focuses less on theory and more on aspects like scalability, design, optimization, and configurability.

This book emphasizes meeting real-world requirements for performance and scalability. It includes lucid code samples that reflect the pattern being described. The "In the Trenches" sections in each chapter give you advice and recommendations based on actual experiences with each pattern. What's more, the "Extreme Extensions" section at the end of each relevant chapter is dedicated to a "freestyle" expression of taking a particular pattern or set of patterns to the max. (This is a great way for you to learn because of the magnification effect.) This is also the first book to embrace the Dojo framework for Ajax (soon to be an Apache project).

Marketing Kit for Dummies or Pokemon Mystery Dungeon

2009-01-25T15:36:00.000-08:00

Marketing Kit for Dummies

Author: Alexander Hiam

In his bestselling book Marketing For Dummies, Alexander Hiam revealed the secrets of effective marketing for every kind of business. In the first edition of Marketing Kit For Dummies, he presented a wealth of practical and effective tools and tactics for implementing effective campaigns quickly and cheaply. This new edition of Marketing For Dummies offers all the proven advice as the first edition, but with new information and state-of-the-art Internet marketing techniques.

Whether your business is large or small, staffed by a few people, a few hundred, or thousands, Marketing Kit For Dummies, 2^nd Edition offers everything you need to know — and all the tools you need to implement — for marketing campaigns that drive business results. Straight to the point and full of common wisdom on what works and what doesn’t, this book covers all the bases:

• Tap into the power of the Internet

• Create buzz with publicity

• Research, plan, and budget effectively

• Set up winning sales promotions

• Generate sales with action ads

• Launch winning Web campaigns

Expert author Alexander Hiam — marketing specialist, business professor, and operator of an independent consulting firm — gives you the handy specialized tools that make marketing a breeze. The accompanying CD-ROM is packed with practical tools from marketing plans, to advertising objective worksheet, to proven and effective Web page templates, and even free stock photography! With this marketing toolkit in hand, you’ll learn howto:

• Master the five Ps of marketing

• Evaluate the effectiveness of your marketing plans

• Design a marketing plan that works

• Perform customer research

• Improve your creative skills — and your campaigns

• Write winning marketing copy

• Develop a campaign budget and stick to it

• Brand your business

• Develop promotional campaigns

• Design brochures, catalogs, and newsletters

• Bring customers back with great customer service

In a world of mass media and global business, getting your business noticed is imperative to your success. After all, it doesn’t matter how great your product or service is if your customers don’t know about it. With Marketing Kit For Dummies, 2^nd Edition, you’ll have no trouble bringing in new business — and more dollars.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Prima Official Game Guide

Author: Prima Temp Authors

* Written by the Pokémon Team! - The makers of the game will be writing the guide, so you can be sure nothing will be missed.
* Full stats on Pokémon - Pokémon battle with skills that are more or less effective depending on their opponent's attributes. So it's important to know what the Pokémon's powers are so you can choose wisely.
* Complete Mission Details - Our guide will provide complete mission information, including suggestions for what Pokémon to select.
* Covers both versions - The guide will cover both adventures for the DS and GBA.

Color Management in Digital Photography or Using R for Introductory Statistics

2009-01-24T11:23:00.000-08:00

Body of Compassion: Ethics, Medicine, and the Church

Author: Brad Hinkel

In The Body of Compassion, Joel Shuman presents new theological treatment of contemporary bioethics, weaving together personal experience, a critical treatise on bioethics, and an exploration of a Christian theological alternative. This book is sure to be of interest to ethicists, medical professionals, and everyone who is troubled by the conflicts between science and religion.

Library Journal

Religion and ethics instructor Shuman's first book is the latest entry in Westview's ever-intriguing "Radical Traditions" series. Using examples from literature and personal experience, Shuman constructs an interesting case for the primacy of compassion--Christian compassion--in the delivery of healthcare. The standard of moral rectitude he sets for caregivers may seem impossibly high, but his work will be instructive and provocative for many readers. For most collections. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Booknews

Shuman (theological ethics, Duke U.) weaves personal experience, contemporary bioethics, and a Christian theological alternative into his treatment. Taking his grandfather's lonely end in a sterile hospital as a goad, he explores how modern medicine has distanced itself from people as living being. He also explores various approaches to bioethics of the past 20 years and finds that each has failed due to the lack of a theological concern for the body that places it in a larger context. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

	Acknowledgments
	List of Credits
	Introduction
1	Before Bioethics: The Moral Paradox of Modern Medicine	1
2	The "Birth" of Bioethics: Scientific Expertise and the Justification of the Modern Project	47
3	After Bioethics: Toward a Christian Theology of the Body and Its Goods	79
4	Beyond Bioethics: Caring for Christ's Body	113
	Afterword: Awaiting the Redemption of Our Body - Life and Death in the Meantime	157
	Notes	161
	Bibliography	201
	Index	209

Go to: PlumpJack Cookbook or League of Our Own

Using R for Introductory Statistics

Author: John Verzani

The cost of statistical computing software has precluded many universities from installing these valuable computational and analytical tools. R, a powerful open-source software package, was created in response to this issue. It has enjoyed explosive growth since its introduction, owing to its coherence, flexibility, and free availability. While it is a valuable tool for students who are first learning statistics, proper introductory materials are needed for its adoption.

Using R for Introductory Statistics fills this gap in the literature, making the software accessible to the introductory student. The author presents a self-contained treatment of statistical topics and the intricacies of the R software. The pacing is such that students are able to master data manipulation and exploration before diving into more advanced statistical concepts. The book treats exploratory data analysis with more attention than is typical, includes a chapter on simulation, and provides a unified approach to linear models.

This text lays the foundation for further study and development in statistics using R. Appendices cover installation, graphical user interfaces, and teaching with R, as well as information on writing functions and producing graphics. This is an ideal text for integrating the study of statistics with a powerful computational tool.

MCSA MCSE 70 293 Exam Cram or C Programming

2009-01-23T07:10:00.000-08:00

MCSA/MCSE 70-293 Exam Cram: Planning and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure

Author: Diana Huggins

MCSA/MCSE 70-293 Exam Cram, Second Edition is the perfect study guide if you need help passing the 70-293 exam. Among exam objectives, you must learn to use remote desktop for administration, manage IIS 6.0, revive a failed server, choose between forest and domain functional levels, and configure software update services. This new edition covers all these topics, includes two full practice exams, and has been updated against Microsoft's official courseware (MOC) that corresponds to this exam. MCSA/MCSE 70-293 Exam Cram, Second Edition is perfect for you if you need a refresher on important concepts as well as a guide to exam topics and objectives. You'll get test-taking strategies, time-saving study tips, a CD-ROM testing engine, and a special Cram Sheet that includes tips, acronyms, and memory joggers not available anywhere else.

Book review: El Guía del Empresario de Derecho comercial

C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design

Author: DS Malik

Best-selling author D.S. Malik employs a student-focused approach, using complete programming examples to teach introductory programming concepts.

1. An Overview of Computers and Programming Languages
2. Basic Elements of C++
3. Input/Output
4. Control Structures I (Selection)
5. Control Structures II (Repetition)
6. User-Defined Functions I
7. User-Defined Functions II
8. User-Defined Simple Data Types, Namespaces, and the String Type
9. Arrays and Strings
10. Applications of Arrays (Searching and Sorting) and the Vector Type
11. Records (Structs)
12. Class and Data Abstraction
13. Inheritance and Composition
14. Pointers, Classes, Virtual Functions, and Abstract Classes
15. Overloading and Templates
16. Exception Handling
17. Recursion
18. Linked Lists
19. Stacks and Queues
Appendices A: Reserved Words B: Operator Precedence C: Character Sets D: Operators Overloading E: Additional C++ Topics F: Header Files G: Memory Size on a System and Random Number Generator H: Standard Template Library (STL) I: Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises

Shoot an Iraqi or Truth about Avoiding Scams

2009-01-22T02:58:00.000-08:00

Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun

Author: Wafaa Bilal

Wafaa Bilal's childhood in Iraq was defined by the horrific rule of Saddam Hussein, two wars, a bloody uprising, and time spent interned in chaotic refugee camps in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Bilal eventually made it to the United States to become a professor and a successful artist, but when his brother was killed at a checkpoint in Iraq in 2005, he decided to use his art to confront those in the comfort zone with the realities of life in a conflict zone.

Thus the creation and staging of "Domestic Tension," an unsettling interactive performance piece: for one month, Bilal lived alone in a prison cell-sized room in the line of fire of a remote-controlled paintball gun and a camera that connected him to Internet viewers around the world. Visitors to the gallery and a virtual audience that grew by the thousands could shoot at him twenty-four hours a day. The project received overwhelming worldwide attention, garnering the praise of the Chicago Tribune, which called it "one of the sharpest works of political art to be seen in a long time," and Newsweek's assessment "breath taking." It spawned provocative online debates, and ultimately, Bilal was awarded the Chicago Tribune's Artist of the Year Award.

Structured in two parallel narratives, the story of Bilal's life journey and his "Domestic Tension" experience, this first-person account is supplemented with comments on the history and current political situation in Iraq and the context of "Domestic Tension" within the art world, including interviews with art scholars such as Dean of the School of Art at Columbia University, Carol Becker,who also contributes the introduction. Shoot an Iraqi is equally pertinent reading for those who seek insight into the current conflict in Iraq and for those fascinated by interactive art technologies and the ever-expanding world of online gaming.

Wafaa Bilal, a professor of art and technology at the Art Institute of Chicago, has exhibited his art worldwide and lectured extensively. He has been interviewed on NPR, the BBC, CNN, MSNBC, and the History Channel.

Publishers Weekly

Weaving together accounts of Iraq and America, art and violence, performance and reality, past and present, this gripping account all but shakes the reader by the lapels. Iraqi-born artist Bilal records the month he spent confined in his 2007 interactive performance piece entitled Domestic Tension, living under constant fire from a chat room-controlled paintball gun 24 hours a day, his every move dogged and determined by the hostility-or benevolence-of his thousands of online viewers. The nerve-rattling conditions were intended to reflect both decades of suffering endured by millions of Iraqis and Bilal's own life and the costs of surviving Saddam's regime, Gulf War bombardment, Sunni-Shia violence, a brutal Saudi refugee camp and, finally, the difficulties and joys of the American immigrant experience. The author emerges as an Iraqi everyman, and his provocative book brilliantly juxtaposes images and time frames to convey the toll of war on Americans and Iraqis: "We may think we are surviving," Bilal writes, "but as I... twist and turn through sleepless nights, flailing between worlds of comfort and conflict, hope and despair, I wonder." (Dec.)

Booklist

Ultimately the death of his brother back home via an unmanned American drone compelled Bilal to make his greatest artistic statement yet against all that makes the war in Iraq unreal to most outsiders.. . . a powerful and demanding read, that is, frankly, a literary punch to the gut.

John Freeman - Newark Star Ledger

Shoot an Iraqi' tells of Iraq's dissolution from a beacon of education in the Middle East to a locust-eaten state, mugged by a dictator and then punished from abroad for his offenses. Neither Bilal's exhibit nor this absorbing book about it can expiate Iraq's condition. Rather, they brilliantly demonstrate the lengths to which one man went to live history, and the disturbing-and occasionally hopeful-things he learned when he invited the entire world to do it with him.

Shelf Awareness

Shoot an Iraqi' is an invaluable work of political art and a clear-eyed view of the profoundly disturbing fate of present-day Iraq.

The Brooklyn Rail

What is most remarkable about Shoot an Iraqi isn't, however, the chronicle of the project that brought him worldwide attention, but the back story. Weaved amid a narrative of the 31-day experiment is a memoir of his life in Iraq and eventual flight to Kuwait and then Saudi Arabia, followed by his attempt to make a new life in the United States."

Bea Leal - The Socialist Review

[A] highly readable, moving book.

What People Are Saying

Mary Flanagan
Once I picked up this manuscript, I could not put it down. There is something so urgent and compelling about Bilal's story, as though he is speaking to our time. His story is not just for those interested in the arts; it is a human story of the horror, frustration, and tragedies of war. (Mary Flanagan, artist and author of re:skin (MIT Press))

Danny Postel
This is an unsettling and gripping book. It poignantly recounts a dark and imaginative experiment inspired by an excruciating and ghastly reality. Its unsettling effects couldn't be more welcome: we desperately need to be shocked out of our collective zombification, and this book does that by leading us through a wild labyrinth at once aesthetic, political, and existential. Potent stuff. (Danny Postel, author of Reading "Legitimation Crisis" in Tehran)

Read also Leah Chase or Food for Thought

Truth about Avoiding Scams (Truth About Series)

Author: Steve Weisman

"You should read this book and take Steve Weisman's advice. And from the money and assets he helps you protect, take a few dollars and buy a copy for a good friend."

--Alan Colmes, Syndicated radio talk show host and co-host of Hannity and Colmes on Fox News Channel

Scams are everywhere...now discover exactly how to protect yourself!

· The truth about recognizing today’s newest scams--online and off

· The truth about safeguarding your money, health, and reputation

· The truth about phishing, vishing, pharming, slamming, and more

Scams have always been with us, and they always will be - except now, technology makes scammers' jobs even easier, enabling them to reach out from anywhere around the world, and take advantage of more people than ever before. No matter how smart you think you are, you can easily become a victim: in fact, scammers have discovered that educated, sophisticated individuals are among their best targets. The Truth About Avoiding Scams arms you with everything you need to protect yourself: real, up-to-the-minute knowledge, and the "internal sensors" you need to sniff out even the subtlest, most well-crafted scams. Consumer finance expert and nationally syndicated radio host Steve Weisman offers quick, bite-size, just-the-facts information about every type of fraud, from identity scams to computer-based fraud, travel and health scams to phony educational loans andscholarships. Weisman exposes the new epidemic of "affinity fraud," where "people just like you" target you based on your ethnicity, racial group, church, club, or fraternal organization. You'll find up-to-the-minute guidance on avoiding illegitimate online dating services; "cramming" and other phone frauds; tax and Social Security scams; employment, home repair, and investment scams; and a whole lot more.

Unlike some books on scams, this one's simple to read, simple to use, up to date, and complete: the only guide you need to keep yourself safe!

The iPod iTunes Pocket Guide or How to Do Everything with iPod iTunes

2009-01-20T22:46:00.000-08:00

The iPod & iTunes Pocket Guide

Author: Christopher Breen

iPod users want to start using their devices as soon as they get their hands on them, and this guide shows them how. In these pages, trusted gadget teacher Christopher Breen reveals the secrets to using the leading portable player. This handy guide offers the quickest way to learn how to use the iTunes Store (including the new movie store!), import songs from CDs, and how to pick the right accessories. Readers will also find thorough coverage of the entire iPod family, including the iPod shuffle ($79-1GB; the world's smallest MP3 player), iPod nano ($149-2GB; $199-4GB; $249-8GB), and the updated iPod ($249-30GB and $349-80GB, which holds up to 20,000 songs or 100 hours of video). Along the way, Christopher offers hints for burning CDs, tips for making the most of the device's storage capabilities,and troubleshooting advice for when the gadgets become uncooperative.

Go to: Restaurant Recipes of the Ozarks Missouri or Make Mine Vodka

How to Do Everything with iPod & iTunes

Author: Guy Hart Davis

Listening to music is just the beginning!

With coverage of the iPod classic, iPod touch, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, and iPhone, How to Do Everything: iPod & iTunes, Fourth Edition shows you how to download and play podcasts and videos, load your calendar and contacts, choose accessories to add versatile features, and even use your iPod as an external drive. You'll also get detailed advice on managing your iTunes library, enhancing audio quality, syncing multiple iPods to the same computer, and much more, all in an easy-to-follow format.

Configure your PC or Mac, install iTunes, and connect your iPod or iPhone
Load songs, videos, photos, podcasts, contacts, calendars, and more
Select accessories, including speakers, cases, adapters, docks, remote controls, and radio transmitters
Use your iPod or iPhone as a stereo-at home or in the car
Build and manage your iTunes library, and burn CDs and DVDs
Create AAC, MP3, and Apple Lossless Encoder files from CDs, cassettes, vinyl, or other sources
Recover your songs and videos from your iPod or iPhone
Use your iPod as an external drive or backup device
Troubleshoot problems with your iPod, iPhone, or iTunes

Adobe FrameMaker 70 Classroom in a Book or HTI Home Technology Integrator and CEDIA Installer I All in One Exam Guide

2009-01-19T22:48:00.000-08:00

Adobe FrameMaker 7.0 Classroom in a Book

Author: Adobe Creative Team

Adobe FrameMaker has long been the software of choice for technical documentation and large-scale document publishing because of its versatility and ability to handle the entire publishing process--from word processing and page layout to electronic distribution. Now, with the introduction of version 7.0, the popular publishing program has gone even further to accommodate businesses' growing need for multi-format publishing by adding the ability to automatically reformat the same document for delivery in a number of formats, including Web pages, Acrobat print files, Palm handheld devices, and more.

And that's just the beginning: Adobe's official Classroom in a Book training series guides you through all of the program's features, tools, and techniques--both old and new--using hands-on projects and end-of-chapter review questions to make sure the newly acquired knowledge sticks! If you're a beginner, you'll want to read the book from cover to cover for a
start-to-finish explanation of how it all works; all of you FrameMaker experts can skip right to the information you need. From the basics (such as character and paragraph formatting) to more advanced tasks (like cross-referencing text and creating indexes)--Adobe FrameMaker 7.0 Classroom in a Book covers it all.

New interesting book: Book of Tea Classic Edition or Baking Basics and Beyond

HTI+ Home Technology Integrator and CEDIA Installer I All-in-One Exam Guide

Author: Ron Gilster

The most comprehensive on the job resource for professional installers of home automation technology. This book also provides coverage of both the HTI+ and CEDIA Installer Level I certifications.Features include:•In-depth coverage of home system integration technologies and practices make this book an indispensable working reference. •100% coverage of all exam objectives for CompTIA’s HTI+ Certification and CEDIA’s Installer Level I exam.•Includes Expert Discussion and Case Study sidebars, and Note, Tip, Exam Tip, and Caution icons highlighting important text throughout the book. •CD-ROM includes 3 practice exams – 2 for each of the HTI+ exams and 1 for the CEDIA Installer Level I exam. The CD-ROM also includes a PDF document of CEDIA’s home system planning icons.•Foreword by Ray Lepper, President of CEDIA.

Ron Gilster, CCNA, CCSE, i-Net+, Network+, A+, MBA, AAGG has been involved with computing and networking, both in the home and in businesses, for over 15 years as a designer, installer, administrator, trainer, teacher, developer, merchant, and end-user. He has more than 35 years of total computing experience Ron is now semi-retired and teaching computing and networking at a local college, his last career position was as the general manager of a leading regional LMDS, DSL, and broadband communications company and ISP, where he was responsible for the internal and external networking infrastructure of the corporation, including VPN, telephony, intranet, extranet, and Internet operations in 8 western states. Helen M. Heneveld , CEDIA Installer I, HTI+, MBA is a recognized industry expert who speaks and consultsworldwide in the converging home systems industry. Her early entry in the 1980’s into the home automation business and her years in industry training have given her the knowledge and experience to lead her company, HDCI as they serve the converging home systems industry through business management consulting, strategic planning, education and training, and design in integrated residential electronics. Heneveld holds degrees in Education and an MBA from the University of Michigan and is well qualified with certifications for CEDIA Installer 1 and HTI+ from CompTIA. She is an active member of CEDIA having served several years on the Board of Directors and as chair of the Systems Integration Council, leading the effort for industry standardization of symbols and icons for residential electronics and wiring.

	Foreword	xxv
	Acknowledgments	xxvii
	Introduction	xxxi
Part I	Home Technology Installation Basics	1
Chapter 1	Wire and Cable Basics	3
	Electrical Wiring and Cable	3
	Twisted-Pair Cable	9
	Coaxial Cable	12
	Fiber Optic Cable	13
	Audio and Video Wire and Cable	14
	Wire and Cable Characteristics	18
	Control Wiring	19
	Bundled Cable	19
	Common Home Automation Wire Types	20
	Test the Wiring	21
	Chapter Review	22
Chapter 2	Connector Types and Uses	27
	Connector Terminology	27
	Power Connectors	29
	Electrical Plugs	32
	Coaxial Cable Connectors	32
	TP Cable Connectors	37
	Fiber Optic Connectors	50
	Computer Data and Cable Connectors	56
	Audio/Video Cable Connectors	59
	Chapter Review	68
Chapter 3	Wiring Installation Practices	73
	Pre-Wire Planning	73
	The Pre-Wire Process	75
	Trim Out	85
	Chapter Review	90
Chapter 4	Codes, Standards, and Safety Practices	95
	Residential Standards Organizations	95
	Residential Systems Standards	99
	Chapter Review	110
Part II	Structured Wiring	115
Chapter 5	Infrastructure Wiring Basics	117
	Structured Wiring	117
	Structured Wiring Components	118
	Future-proofing the System	124
	Chapter Review	125
Chapter 6	Planning a Structured Wiring Installation	129
	What Is Structured Wiring?	129
	Planning for Structured Wiring	133
	Cable Planning	138
	Planning for Electrical Protection	140
	Chapter Review	144
Chapter 7	Rough-In Installation	149
	Rough-in Preparation	149
	Cable Rough-In	155
	Chapter Review	161
Chapter 8	Trim-Out Installation	165
	Cable Termination	165
	Testing Network Wiring	172
	Distribution Panel Trim-Out	175
	Chapter Review	182
Chapter 9	Troubleshooting Structured Wiring	187
	Diagnosing a Cable Problem	187
	Cable Testing	189
	Chapter Review	195
Part III	Home Computer Networks	199
Chapter 10	Computer Network Basics	201
	Computer Networks in the Home	201
	Network Topologies	204
	Networking Technologies	208
	Chapter Review	212
Chapter 11	Computer Network Hardware	215
	Basic Network Components	215
	Chapter Review	231
Chapter 12	Computer Network Software	235
	Software and the Network	235
	Network Addressing	241
	Chapter Review	246
Chapter 13	Designing and Installing a Computer Network	251
	Planning a Home Network	251
	Communication Services	253
	Network Cabling	256
	Configuring Network Clients	265
	Chapter Review	267
Chapter 14	Troubleshooting a Home Network	271
	Troubleshooting Network Connections	271
	Testing Network Wiring	278
	Configuring Network Computers	280
	Chapter Review	282
Part IV	Audio/Video Systems	287
Chapter 15	Distributed Audio System Basics	289
	Audio Systems Basics	289
	Distributed Audio Systems	298
	Audio System Components	302
	Chapter Review	317
Chapter 16	Designing and Installing Distributed Audio Systems	321
	Planning for a Distributed Audio System	321
	Audio System Rough-In	335
	Audio System Trim-Out	342
	Audio System Setup and Testing	343
	Chapter Review	343
Chapter 17	Distributed Video Basics	347
	Transmitting Video Signals	347
	Video Signal Formats	354
	Internet Media	361
	Video Receivers, Televisions, and Monitors	363
	Personal Video Recorders	370
	Media Servers	371
	Chapter Review	372
Chapter 18	Designing and Installing Distributed Video Systems	377
	Designing a Distributed Video System	377
	Installing Video Cable	385
	Chapter Review	395
Chapter 19	Troubleshooting Audio Systems	399
	Diagnosing Audio System Problems	399
	Chapter Review	404
Chapter 20	Troubleshooting Video Systems	409
	Diagnosing Distributed Video Problems	409
	Cable Testing	414
	Troubleshooting Video Problems	415
	Chapter Review	416
Part V	Home Lighting Management Systems	421
Chapter 21	Home Lighting Basics	423
	Light	423
	Lighting Characteristics	427
	Light Sources	427
	Lighting Load	430
	Lighting Types	431
	Lighting Fixtures	433
	Chapter Review	437
Chapter 22	Home Lighting Devices	441
	Lighting Fixtures	441
	Lighting Controls	451
	Chapter Review	461
Chapter 23	Designing a Home Lighting Control System	467
	Designing a Home Lighting System	467
	Lighting Loads	468
	Designing Room Lighting	470
	Lighting Controls	473
	Exterior Lighting	474
	Chapter Review	475
Chapter 24	Installing a Home Lighting Control System	479
	Power Line Control System Devices	479
	Wired Lighting Control System Devices	483
	Lighting System Standards and Guidelines	492
	Chapter Review	493
Chapter 25	Troubleshooting and Maintaining Lighting Control Systems	499
	Maintaining a Lighting Control System	499
	Troubleshooting Lighting Control Systems	502
	AC Power and Phase Shifts	505
	Chapter Review	510
Part VI	Telecommunications	515
Chapter 26	Home Communication System Basics	517
	Telecommunications Basics	517
	Intercom Systems	529
	Chapter Review	530
Chapter 27	Designing and Installing a Home Telephone System	535
	Residential Telephone Systems Design	535
	Standard Phone Line Installation	539
	Installing a KSU Telephone System	545
	Installing an Intercom	548
	Chapter Review	551
Chapter 28	Troubleshooting a Home Communication System	555
	Wiring Issues	555
	Chapter Review	562
Part VII	HVAC and Water Management	565
Chapter 29	HVAC Controls	567
	Residential HVAC	567
	HVAC Controls	574
	HVAC Zones	576
	Chapter Review	583
	Questions	584
Chapter 30	Water Management Systems	587
	Residential Water Management Systems	587
	Chapter Review	597
Part VIII	Security System Basics	601
Chapter 31	Security System Basics	603
	Residential Security Systems	603
	Security System Components	605
	Security System Connections	609
	External Security Services	612
	Chapter Review	613
Chapter 32	Designing a Home Security System	617
	Design Considerations for a Home Security System	617
	Security Systems and Structured Wiring	621
	Lighting Interfaced to the Security System	623
	Chapter Review	624
Chapter 33	Installing a Home Security System	629
	Installing a Home Security System	629
	Configuring the Security System Control Panel	637
	Home Security System Testing	638
	Chapter Review	640
Chapter 34	Troubleshooting and Maintaining a Home Security System	645
	False Alarms	645
	Troubleshooting a Home Security System	648
	Preventive Maintenance	651
	Chapter Review	653
Chapter 35	Home Security Surveillance Systems	657
	Surveillance System Basics	657
	Surveillance System Design Considerations	676
	Chapter Review	677
Chapter 36	Home Access Control Systems	681
	Access Control Systems	681
	Access Control System Components	682
	Driveway Entry Detection Systems	692
	Access Control System Installation Considerations	695
	Chapter Review	697
Part IX	Home Technology Integration	701
Chapter 37	Defining Users Needs and Desires	703
	Identify the Client's Needs	703
	Preparing a Proposal	707
	Chapter Review	708
Chapter 38	User Interfaces	713
	Types of User Interfaces	713
	Control Characteristics	726
	Remote Control Technologies	728
	Chapter Review	732
Chapter 39	Home Automation Controllers	737
	Controller Features and Characteristics	737
	Controller Setup	745
	Chapter Review	747
Chapter 40	Programming	751
	Programming Methods	751
	Documentation and Preventive Action	758
	Chapter Review	760
Chapter 41	Integrating the Connected Home	765
	Interfaced Is Not Always Integrated	765
	Interconnecting the Networks	766
	Interfacing the Networks	768
	The Future of the Connected Home	768
	Chapter Review	769
Chapter 42	Other Home Technology Integration Devices	773
	Automated Audio/Video Cabinetry	773
	Automated Screens and Projector Lifts	775
	Motorized Screens	775
	Automated Fans	776
	Automated Skylights and Windows	777
	Odds and Ends	779
Part X	Appendices	785
Appendix A	Home Technology Project Management	787
	Project Planning	788
	Project Management	788
	Post-Project Management	789
Appendix B	Home Technology Integration Glossary	791
Appendix C	Home Technology Industry Associations and Organizations	823
Appendix D	CompTIA HTI+ Exam Objectives	831
	CompTIA HTI+ Exam Objectives	831
Appendix E	CEDIA Installer Level I Classification System	835
Appendix F	About the CD	839
	Installing and Running MasterExam	839
	Help	840
	Removing Installation(s)	840
	Technical Support	840
	Index	841

Digital Photo Editing for Seniors or Windows Forensics

2009-01-19T12:36:00.000-08:00

Digital Photo Editing for Seniors: Learn How to Edit Your Digital Photos with Arcsoft PhotoStudio

Author: Addo Stuur

Written specifically to acquaint seniors with the many features of digital photo editing, this handbook also includes instructions on using scanners, printers, and photo CDs. Subjects such as scanning old photos and slides and repairing damaged photos are covered in detail. Photo retouching and cloning, working with special effects such as selections and layers, and everything related to paper and printers is also explained. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the full version of the digital photo-editing program ArcSoft PhotoStudio 5.

	Foreword	11
	Introduction Visual Steps	12
	What You'll Need	13
	ArcSoft PhotoStudio 5.5	14
	How to Use This Book	15
	How This Book Is Organized	16
	The Screen Shots	16
	Test Your Knowledge	16
	Prior Computer Experience	17
	For Teachers	17
1	Installing PhotoStudio	19
	System Requirements for PhotoStudio	20
	Devices	20
	Installing PhotoStudio	21
	Copying the Practice Files to the Hard Disk	26
	The Website for This Book	27
	Tips	29
2	Getting Started with PhotoStudio	31
	Starting PhotoStudio 5.5	32
	The Palettes	33
	The Browser	36
	Creating Folders in the Browser	39
	Moving Files to a New Folder	41
	Opening a Photo	44
	Rotating a Photo	46
	Zooming In and Out	48
	Cropping a Photo	52
	The Photo's Dimensions	54
	Shrinking a Photo	55
	Enlarging a Photo	57
	Undo	59
	Saving a Photo	62
	Closing PhotoStudio	64
	Exercises	65
	Background Information	66
	Tips	71
3	Improving Photos	73
	Auto Enhance	74
	Equalization	77
	Overexposed Photos	79
	The Brightness and Contrast Window	81
	Color Balance	85
	Sharpening a Photo	90
	Blurring a Photo	94
	Exercises	96
	Background Information	97
	Tips	102
4	Retouching Photos	105
	Removing Red Eyes	106
	The Exposure Tools	114
	The Clone Tool	118
	The Focus Tools	122
	Removing Scratches and Dust	125
	Cloning Out a Large Scratch	130
	Exercises	134
	Background Information	135
	Tips	138
5	Working with Selections	141
	Selecting Shapes	142
	Moving or Copying a Selection	145
	Removing the Selection Boundary	148
	Selecting with the Lasso	149
	Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso	151
	Adding a Soft Edge	156
	Adding Shadow	159
	Selecting with the Magic Wand	163
	Fill Effects	167
	Exercises	174
	Tips	175
6	Working with Layers	179
	Creating a New Layer by Copying	180
	Viewing the Layers in a Photo	183
	Cropping a Layer with the Shape Tool	184
	Editing a Layer	187
	Adding a Text Layer	188
	Saving an Image with Layers	191
	Inverting a Selection	193
	Creating a New Layer Using the Layers Palette	196
	Lightening a Layer	197
	Merging Layers	200
	Shrinking a Photo for a Photomontage	201
	Making a Selection for a Photomontage	203
	Copying the Selection	206
	Moving a Layer	208
	Making a Layer Translucent	209
	Adding a Layer with 3-D Text	210
	The 3D Text Factory	212
	Changing the Text Color	217
	Rotating the 3-D Text	218
	A Panoramic Photo in Layers	220
	Improving a Panoramic Photo	226
	Cropping the Panorama	232
	Exercises	235
	Tips	236
7	Special Effects	239
	Effects	240
	The Stained Glass Effect	240
	The Moonlight Effect	242
	The Blinds Effect	243
	Framing a Photo	245
	The Stitch Function	246
	Placing the Target	250
	The Old Photo Effect	256
	Straightening a Building	258
	Adjusting the Perspective	262
	Distorting a Photo	266
	Exercises	272
	Tips	273
8	Importing, Editing, and Saving	275
	Importing Photos from Your Digital Camera	276
	Saving	281
	Importing Photos from Your Scanner	283
	Adjusting Your Scanner Settings	285
	Editing a Scanned Photo	289
	File Types	291
	Saving as a Different File Type	292
	Background Information	297
	Tips	301
9	Printing and Sharing Photos	313
	Viewing the Page Settings	314
	Adjusting the Printer Settings	315
	Printer Properties	316
	Adjusting the Page Setup	319
	Printing a Contact Sheet	321
	Sending a Photo by E-mail	324
	Exercises	326
	Background Information	327
	Tips	332
	Appendices
A	How Do I Do That Again?	339
B	Index	345
C	Color Supplement	351

Windows Forensics: The Ultimate Field Guide for Corporate Computer Investigations

Author: Chad Steel

The evidence is in--to solve Windows crime, you need Windows tools

An arcane pursuit a decade ago, forensic science today is a household term. And while the computer forensic analyst may not lead as exciting a life as TV's CSIs do, he or she relies just as heavily on scientific principles and just as surely solves crime.

Whether you are contemplating a career in this growing field or are already an analyst in a Unix/Linux environment, this book prepares you to combat computer crime in the Windows world. Here are the tools to help you recover sabotaged files, track down the source of threatening e-mails, investigate industrial espionage, and expose computer criminals.
* Identify evidence of fraud, electronic theft, and employee Internet abuse
* Investigate crime related to instant messaging, Lotus Notes(r), and increasingly popular browsers such as Firefox(r)
* Learn what it takes to become a computer forensics analyst
* Take advantage of sample forms and layouts as well as case studies
* Protect the integrity of evidence
* Compile a forensic response toolkit
* Assess and analyze damage from computer crime and process the crime scene
* Develop a structure for effectively conducting investigations
* Discover how to locate evidence in the Windows Registry

Geeks or Website Optimization

2009-01-19T03:24:00.000-08:00

Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho

Author: Jon Katz

Jesse and Eric were geeks: suspicious of authority figures, proud of their status as outsiders, fervent in their belief in the positive power of technology. High school had been an unbearable experience and their small-town Idaho families had been torn apart by hard times. On the fringe of society, they had almost no social lives and little to look forward to. They spent every spare cent on their computers and every spare moment on-line. Nobody ever spoke of them, much less for them.

But then they met Jon Katz, a roving journalist who suggested that, in the age of geek impresario Bill Gates, Jesse and Eric had marketable skills that could get them out of Idaho and pave the way to a better life. So they bravely set out to conquer Chicago—geek style. Told with Katz’s trademark charm and sparkle, Geeks is a humorous, moving tale of triumph over adversity and self-acceptance that delivers two irresistible heroes for the digital age and reveals the very human face of technology.

Publishers Weekly

While promoting his book Virtuous Reality, journalist Katz was introduced to the world of "geeks," those smart, technically savvy misfits who are ostracized by their high school peers. Katz wrote in his column on the slashdot.org Web site about the isolation, exclusion and maltreatment--from dirty looks to brutal beatings--such kids routinely face. Tens of thousands of anguished e-mails confirmed his story. One of the e-mailers was Jesse Dailey, a working-class 19-year-old trapped in rural Idaho, where he and his friend Eric Twilegar fixed computers for a living, and hacked and surfed the Web, convinced that they were losers and outcasts. Katz, also a writer for Wired and Rolling Stone, traveled to Idaho to meet the pair, intending to chronicle their lives. He wound up encouraging and sometimes assisting Jesse and Eric as they tried to improve their lives by moving to Chicago, where they sought better jobs and even considered applying to college. Sometimes intensely earnest, Katz cuts back and forth between Jesse and Eric's story and more general discussions of the geeks' condition. Over the course of the book, Jesse and Eric come to represent geeks' collective weaknesses and strengths. While the bulk of the book has broad social and educational implications (concerning the fate of bright kids who don't come from socially and educationally privileged backgrounds), it is a highly personal tale: Katz takes us inside the lives of these two young men, shows us their sense of isolation, their complete absorption in the cyberworld, their distrust of authority and institutions, and their attempts to negotiate an often hostile society. He breaks through the stereotype and humanizes this outcast group of young people. (Feb.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

KLIATT

Katz writes that "Geeks is... a very human, almost classically American story about two plucky, brainy, rebellious outsider kids from a little godforsaken town who headed to the big city to make their fortunes." He began to write a book about geeks (nerds) after he got an unusually enthusiastic response to his Hotwired article "The Rise of the Geeks." But, as Margot Adler of NPR says, "it is about mentoring—about the willingness of one person to enter the life of another, someone temporarily needy, and offer a hand." From hundreds of e-mails, Katz chose to follow up on one from Jesse Dailey, a young man living in Caldwell, Idaho and doing computer repairs. This highly acclaimed and popular true story is uplifting and inspirational. Every student who doesn't think he has a chance should read Jesse's application letter to the University of Chicago. Every guidance counselor should read it, too! Jon Katz took an interest, communicated, encouraged, befriended; sometimes it only takes one person to make a difference. Not to be missed. YALSA has chosen Geeks as a Best Book, as has the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age. KLIATT Codes: SA*—Exceptional book, recommended for senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2000, Random House/Broadway Books, 210p, 21cm, 99-043150, $12.95. Ages 16 to adult. Reviewer: Rita M. Fontinha; Lib. Media Spec., Norwood H.S., Norwood, MA, March 2001 (Vol. 35 No. 2)

School Library Journal

YA-Katz sets out to explain geek culture by tracing the life stories of two 19 year olds from Caldwell, ID. The young men had no money, no family support, but they did have a riveting passion for computers. A year after graduating from high school, they were desperately seeking relief from their dead-end jobs. By chance, the author received a moving e-mail message from one of them and traveled to Idaho to meet them. This meeting is the start of the boys' journey and is the book's beginning. Early on, readers realize that the biggest roadblock to their success was the educational system and the intolerance of others toward those not following the traditional direction of society. Students will identify with the situation. Many will see themselves in much of this book and realize that they can survive-and flourish-in real life. Geeks is well written, thought provoking, and attitude changing. Readers may not agree with all of Katz's sermonizing, but they will agree that America needs ideas like his to serve as a catalyst for change and progress. Above all, Geeks will bring about much needed thinking and dialogue about the experience of going to high school and the price people have paid and are paying for being different. Students will enjoy Katz's argument that even if society does not acknowledge their varying needs, geeks will ultimately ascend.-Linda A. Vretos, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

The New York Times Book Review - Leonard

Katz's new book, however, is refreshingly brief. In Geeks he displays a deft reporter's touch...Katz's obvious empathy and love for his ''lost boys,'' his ability to see shades of his own troubled youth in their tough lives, gives his narrative a rich taste that makes it unlike other Net books.

Newsweek

Armed with nothing more than big brains and a bit of pluck, two misfit teens flee their stifling Idaho hometown for Chicago in this nonfiction work. An oddly touching page-turner about social outcasts using technology to wriggle free of dead-end lives.

Website Optimization: Speed, Search Engine and Conversion Rate Secrets

Author: Andrew B King

Remember when an optimized website was one that merely didn't take all day to appear? Times have changed. Today, website optimization can spell the difference between enterprise success and failure, and it takes a lot more know-how to achieve success.

This book is a comprehensive guide to the tips, techniques, secrets, standards, and methods of website optimization. From increasing site traffic to maximizing leads, from revving up responsiveness to increasing navigability, from prospect retention to closing more sales, the world of 21st century website optimization is explored, exemplified and explained.

Website Optimization combines the disciplines of online marketing and site performance tuning to attain the competitive advantage necessary on today's Web. You'll learn how to improve your online marketing with effective paid and natural search engine visibility strategies, strengthened lead creation and conversion to sales methods, and gold-standard ad copywriting guidelines. Plus, your increased site speed, reduced download footprint, improved reliability, and improved navigability will work synergistically with those marketing methods to optimize your site's total effectiveness.

In this book for business and IT managers, author Andrew King, president of Website Optimization, LLC, has assembled experts in several key specialties to teach you:

Search engine optimization -- addressing best (and worst) practices to improve search engine visibility, including step-by-step keyword optimization guidelines, category and tag cloud creation, and guerilla PR techniques to boost inbound links and improve rankings Pay-per-click optimization -- including ad copywritingguidelines, setting profit-driven goals, calculating and optimizing bids, landing page optimization, and campaign management tips Optimizing conversion rates -- increasing leads with site landing page guidelines, such as benefit-oriented copy, credibility-based design, value hierarchies, and tips on creating unique selling propositions and slogans Web performance tuning -- optimizing ways to use (X)HTML, CSS, and Ajax to increase speed, reduce your download footprint, and increase reliability Advanced tuning -- including client-side techniques such as on-demand content, progressive enhancement, and inline images to save HTTP requests. Plus server-side tips include improving parallelism, using cache control, browser sniffing, HTTP compression, and URL rewriting to remap links and preserve traffic Web metrics -- illustrating the best metrics and tools to gather details about visitors and measure web conversion and success rates. Covering both search marketing metrics and web performance measures including Pathloss and waterfall graphs

"Website Optimization" not only provides you with a strategy for success, it also offers specific techniques for you and your staff to follow. A profitable website needs to be well designed, current, highly responsive, and optimally persuasive if you're to attract prospects, convert them to buyers, and get them to come back for more. This book describes precisely what you need to accomplish to achieve all of those goals.

OpenGL Shading Language or Access 2000 For Windows

2009-01-18T15:13:00.000-08:00

OpenGL Shading Language

Author: Randi J Rost

"As the 'Red Book' is known to be the gold standard for OpenGL, the 'Orange Book' is considered to be the gold standard for the OpenGL Shading Language. With Randi's extensive knowledge of OpenGL and GLSL, you can be assured you will be learning from a graphics industry veteran. Within the pages of the second edition you can find topics from beginning shader development to advanced topics such as the spherical harmonic lighting model and more."

—David Tommeraasen, CEO/Programmer, Plasma Software

"This will be the definitive guide for OpenGL shaders; no other book goes into this detail. Rost has done an excellent job at setting the stage for shader development, what the purpose is, how to do it, and how it all fits together. The book includes great examples and details, and good additional coverage of 2.0 changes!"

—Jeffery Galinovsky, Director of Emerging Market Platform Development, Intel Corporation

"The coverage in this new edition of the book is pitched just right to help many new shader-writers get started, but with enough deep information for the 'old hands.'"

—Marc Olano, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland

"This is a really great book on GLSL—well written and organized, very accessible, and with good real-world examples and sample code. The topics flow naturally and easily, explanatory code fragments are inserted in very logical places to illustrate concepts, and all in all, this book makes an excellent tutorial as well as a reference."

—John Carey, Chief Technology Officer, C.O.R.E. Feature Animation

OpenEdition, extensively updated for OpenGL 2.0, is the experienced application programmer's guide to writing shaders. Part reference, part tutorial, this book thoroughly explains the shift from fixed-functionality graphics hardware to the new era of programmable graphics hardware and the additions to the OpenGL API that support this programmability. With OpenGL and shaders written in the OpenGL Shading Language, applications can perform better, achieving stunning graphics effects by using the capabilities of both the visual processing unit and the central processing unit.

In this book, you will find a detailed introduction to the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) and the new OpenGL function calls that support it. The text begins by describing the syntax and semantics of this high-level programming language. Once this foundation has been established, the book explores the creation and manipulation of shaders using new OpenGL function calls.

OpenGL® Shading Language, Second Edition, includes updated descriptions for the language and all the GLSL entry points added to OpenGL 2.0; new chapters that discuss lighting, shadows, and surface characteristics; and an under-the-hood look at the implementation of RealWorldz, the most ambitious GLSL application to date. The second edition also features 18 extensive new examples of shaders and their underlying algorithms, including

Image-based lighting

Lighting with spherical harmonics

Ambient occlusion

Shadow mapping

Volume shadows using deferred lighting

Ward's BRDF model

The color plate section illustrates the power and sophistication of the OpenGL Shading Language. The API Function Reference at the end of the book is an excellent guide to the API entry points that support the OpenGL Shading Language. Also included is a convenient Quick Reference Card to GLSL.

Ch. 1	Review of OpenGL Basics	1
Ch. 2	Basics	35
Ch. 3	Language definition	65
Ch. 4	The OpenGL programmable pipeline	97
Ch. 5	Built-in functions	123
Ch. 6	Simple shading example	149
Ch. 7	OpenGL shading language API	167
Ch. 8	Shader development	215
Ch. 9	Emulating OpenGL fixed functionality	233
Ch. 10	Stored texture shaders	253
Ch. 11	Procedural texture shaders	285
Ch. 12	Lighting	311
Ch. 13	Shadows	333
Ch. 14	Surface characteristics	357
Ch. 15	Noise	387
Ch. 16	Animation	411
Ch. 17	Antialiasing procedural textures	433
Ch. 18	Non-photorealistic shaders	453
Ch. 19	Shaders for imaging	479
Ch. 20	RealWorldz	505
Ch. 21	Language Comparison	543
App. A	Language grammar	559
App. B	API function reference	573

New interesting book: L'anglais d'affaires (avec Xtra!Carte d'Accès Imprimée)

Access 2000 For Windows (For Dummies Series)

Author: John Kaufeld

Being a normal human being, you probably have work to do. In fact, you may have lots of work piled precariously around your office or even stretching onto the Internet. Someone, possibly your boss, suggested that Access 2000 may help you get more done in less time, eliminate the piles, and generally make the safety inspector happy.

But if you’re confused instead of organized, befuddled instead of productive, or just completely lost on the whole database thing, Access 2000 For Windows For Dummies is the book for you.

You don't need to be a nerd to get the most out of Access 2000 For Windows For Dummies. If you know the basics of Windows 95, 98, or NT (whichever one you use) and have a desire to work with databases, you're ready to go. Everything you need to know is right here, just waiting for you to read it.

Each part of Access 2000 For Windows For Dummies covers a general topic of Access 2000. Right off the bat, this book answers the lyrical question “It’s a data-what?” By starting with an overview of both database concepts in general and Access 2000 in particular, this book provides the information you need to make sense of the whole database concept. You'll also gain insight into

• Solving problems with Access 2000

• Designing, building, using, changing, and generally coexisting in the same room with Access 2000 tables

• Using the Access 200 queries to unearth the answers you know are hiding somewhere in your data

• Committing your database to paper

• Doing stuff faster and seeking assistance from the wizards.You'll even venture into a bit of programming

Now nothing’s left to hold you back from the wonders of Access 2000. Cleave tightly to Access 2000 For Windows For Dummies, consign the Microsoft manuals to a suitable dark hole, and dive into Access 2000.

Bon Voyage!

Revolution in the Valley or The PIP Expanded Guide to the Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT

2009-01-17T12:31:00.000-08:00

Revolution in the Valley

Author: Andy Hertzfeld

There was a time, not too long ago, when the typewriter andnotebook ruled, and the computer as an everyday tool was simply a vision. Revolution in the Valley traces this vision back to its earliest roots: the hallways and backrooms of Apple, where the groundbreaking Macintosh computer was born. The book traces the development of the Macintosh, from its inception as an underground skunkworks project in 1979 to its triumphant introduction in 1984 and beyond.

The stories in Revolution in the Valley come on extremely good authority. That's because author Andy Hertzfeld was a core member of the team that built the Macintosh system software, and a key creator of the Mac's radically new user interface software. One of the chosen few who worked with the mercurial Steve Jobs, you might call him the ultimate insider.

When Revolution in the Valley begins, Hertzfeld is working on Apple's first attempt at a low-cost, consumer-oriented computer: the Apple II. He sees that Steve Jobs is luring some of the company's most brilliant innovators to work on a tiny research effort the Macintosh. Hertzfeld manages to make his way onto the Macintosh research team, and the rest is history.

Through lavish illustrations, period photos (many never before published), and Hertzfeld's vivid first-hand accounts, Revolution in the Valley reveals what it was like to be there at the birth of the personal computer revolution. The story comes to life through the book's portrait of the talented and often eccentric characters who made up the Macintosh team. Now, over 20 years later, millions of people are benefiting from the technical achievements of this determined and brilliant group of people.

Interesting book: Fundamentals of Neural Networks or Systemc

The PIP Expanded Guide to the Canon EOS 350D/Digital Rebel XT

Author: James Beatti

Record numbers of fans are flocking to Canon's low-price, high-performance Electro-Optical System cameras, especially the 350D Digital Rebel XT, available since 2005. These fans will also welcome PIP's guide to their favorite camera, which explains in simple, practical language every basic and advanced use, including how to take outstanding close-ups, manage difficult lighting situations, and maintain the equipment for years of service. Over 200 color photos and diagrams accompany chapters on compatible lenses, flashes, and other accessories, as well as tips on troubleshooting and making exhibit-quality pictures. The flexibound binding adds to the book's durability--and it comes in a handy camera-bag size, too.

21 Dog Years or A Guide to Enterprise IT Architecture

2009-01-17T01:18:00.000-08:00

21 Dog Years: Doing Time @ Amazon.com

Author: Mike Daisey

In 1998, when Amazon.com began to recruit employees, they gave temp agencies a simple directive: send us your freaks. Mike Daisey—slacker, onetime aesthetics major—fit the bill. His subsequent ascension, over the course of twenty-one dog years, from lowly temp to customer service representative to business development hustler is the stuff of both dreams and nightmares. Here, with lunatic precision, Daisey describes lightless cube farms in which book orders were scrawled on Post-its while technicians struggled to bring computers back online, as well as fourteen-hour days fueled by caffeine, fanaticism, and illicit day-trading from office desks made out of doors.

You'll meet Warren, the cowboy of customer service, capable of verbally hog-tying even the most abusive customer; Amazon employee #5, a computer gamer who spends at least six hours a day locked in his office killing goblins but is worth a cool $300 million; and Jean-Michele, Daisey's girlfriend and sparring partner, who tries to keep him grounded, even as dot-com mania seduces them both.

Punctuated by Daisey's hysterically honest fictional missives to CEO Jeff Bezos, 21 Dog Years is an epic story of greed, self-deception, and heartbreak—a wickedly funny anthem to an era of bounteous stock options and boundless insanity.

Publishers Weekly

In 1998, Daisey gave up his life of frequenting cafes, temping and participating in small-time theater to join an up-and-coming bookseller called Amazon.com. Here, he offers a kind of workplace coming-of-age memoir the young hero comes to terms with his ambition, synthesizes it with his liberal arts education and finally spits it out. All the dot-com punching bags are here: the lampooning of new economy jargon, the girlfriend worrying about her boyfriend's sudden obsession with the company picnic, and jokes about Pets.com. What saves the book from being an exercise in shooting fish in a barrel is Daisey's sharp eye: he renders even banal corporate moments with energy and wit. (On a clueless colleague: "No one does tai chi at ten am in front of their coworkers around a coffee kettle unless they want to be hated.") Class-conscious to the point of obsession he has ambivalent thoughts about his "startlingly sharp, attractive" managers and dreams of "social hacking" his way into becoming a Net executive Daisey flirts with a broader social critique of bourgeois values. Still, his incessant flippancy blocks real insight. At the end, when an imaginary e-mail to CEO Jeff Bezos turns unexpectedly vicious, readers may wonder how a man so aware of and so glib about his employer's flaws comes to play the role of the exploited proletarian. Still, Daisey's talent for the punch line, along with his facility for sketch comedy, makes the book an enjoyable, if unedifying, experience, like an afternoon playing foosball. Agent, Dan Greenberg. (June) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Amazon.com may have made many mistakes since it opened its e-doors for business, but the one it made in hiring Daisey to do "customer service" in 1998 continues to haunt the company in a big way. Daisey is a writer, playwright, and actor who has mined his employment experience at Amazon.com to produce, first, a one-man show and now a memoir recounting his life as an Amazonian. His vignettes and anecdotes, while at times sophomoric, are quite funny, especially his explanation of how his book got its canine title: "Conventional wisdom held that Amazon Time was equivalent to dog years, which meant that one actual human year equaled seven Amazonian ones." Daisey started his dot-com job in 1998, responding to telephone orders as a "phone monkey." His description of the "freaks" he worked with, the "gothic" work environment itself, and the crazy incoming calls make for hilarious reading. Additionally, Daisey's amusing reflections on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos portray someone who seems remarkably disengaged, even when his company's stocks are falling. After getting promoted to an equally unsatisfying regular office job, Daisey finally quit, cashing in his stock options. This is an eye-opening testament as to how truly dysfunctional a dot-com can get. Recommended for all nonfiction collections in public libraries. Richard Drezen, Washington Post/New York City Bureau Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

1	Dilettante	1
2	Freak Parade	15
3	Doors for Desks	25
4	Geek Messiah	39
	Subject: introductions	55
5	Our Physics	59
6	College Years	73
	Subject: transformers, dreams	86
7	Gorillas vs. Bears	89
8	1-Click Christmas	99
	Subject: oompa-loompa	109
9	Mission Statements	113
10	Interviews	125
	Subject: to tell you	134
11	Supervillain Lair	137
12	Pornsniffing	147
	Subject: accident	161
13	Fiscal Wonderland	165
14	Exit Interview	177
	Subject: au revoir	192
15	Museum of Ham	195
	Subject: laugh with me	207
16	Field Trip	211
	Acknowledgments	225

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A Guide to Enterprise IT Architecture: A Strategic Approach

Author: Col Perks

Covering the full spectrum of IT technical architectural concerns—-from technical issues and flexible method development to business strategy and models—-this book guides the reader through the cycle of design and development with proven methods and practices. The presentation is intuitive and focused, and is primarily based on the method of The Open Group Architectural Framework (TOGAF) standards accepted internationally for enterprises.Features: * Comprehensive and unified overview of all design and implementation aspects of IT architecture * Integrates practical strategic issues with the context and content of IT architecture design * Detailed examples and case studies to illustrate development methods and the process cycle * Extensive and accessible summary charts, tables, and step-by-step procedures * Comprehensive explanation of the IT technical architecture concepts and methods This authoritative, highly readable reference for the IT architecture design of an enterprise organization's information system provides a rich resource of tools and strategic insights for all practitioners, professionals and developers in information technology, database systems, and enterprise systems administration.

Crimeware or ACT 2007 For Dummies

2009-01-16T16:06:00.000-08:00

Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses

Author: Markus Jakobsson

There’s a new breed of online predators--serious criminals intent on stealing big bucks and top secret information--and their weapons of choice are a dangerous array of tools called “crimeware.” With an ever-growing number of companies, organizations, and individuals turning to the Internet to get things done, there’s an urgent need to understand and prevent these online security attacks.

Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses helps security professionals, technical managers, students, and researchers understand and prevent specific crimeware threats. This book guides you through the essential security principles, techniques, and countermeasures to keep you one step ahead of the criminals, regardless of evolving technology and tactics.

Security experts Markus Jakobsson and Zulfikar Ramzan share their extensive academic and in-the-trenches industry experience to help you understand how crimeware works, how to identify it, and how to prevent future attacks before your company’s valuable information falls into the wrong hands. In self-contained chapters, Jakobsson and Ramzan provide thorough, easy-to-understand overviews before drilling down into advanced technical details.

This book will help you

Understand current and emerging security threats including root kits, bot networks, spyware, adware, click fraud, and phishing
Recognize the interaction between various crimeware threats
Learn valuable countermeasures to stop crimeware in its tracks, now and in the future
Gain insight into future security trends and threats, and create an effective defense plan

ACT! 2007 For Dummies

Author: Karen S Fredricks

Find out how to get the most from your ACT!

Manage your contacts, communicate, synchronize ACT! with Outlook, and more

You have a business or organization to run. ACT! is designed to make that easier, and this book helps you get your ACT! together. Here's how to set up ACT! 2007, enter and organize contact information, use ACT! to track activities, prioritize leads, and produce reports, and make it act exactly as you need it to.

Discover how to

• View details on a particular contact

• Generate faxes, e-mail, or snail mail to a list

• Add fields to customize ACT!

• Handle backups and eliminate duplications

• Group and sort contacts

Practical Algorithms for Image Analysis with CD ROM or Guide to Oracle 10g

2009-01-14T20:00:00.000-08:00

Practical Algorithms for Image Analysis with CD-ROM

Author: Lawrence OGorman

In classic "cookbook style," this book offers guided access for researchers and practitioners to techniques for the digital manipulation and analysis of images, ranging from the simplest steps to advanced functions. Drawing on their long experience as users and developers of image analysis algorithms and software, the authors present a description and implementation of the most suitable procedures in easy-to-use form. Each self-contained section treats a single operation, describing typical situations requiring that operation and discussing the algorithm and implementation. Sections start with a "before" and "after" pictorial example and a ready-reference listing typical applications, keywords, and related procedures.This new edition has additional sections on Gabor filtering and on threshholding by connectivity, plus an expanded program listing and suggested projects for classroom use. And now the accompanying CD-ROM contains C programs not only as source code for carrying out the book's procedures but also as executables with a graphical user interface for Windows and Linux.

Guide to Oracle 10g

Author: Lannes Morris Murphy

Students will achieve success with extensive end-of-chapter exercises and cases in this introductory Oracle10g text. The Oracle10g Developer Suite on 2 CDs is included with every book to give students more hands-on experience using the database. This comprehensive text provides students with everything they will need to succeed without certification constraints or parameters.

Delivering Carrier Ethernet or Enterprise Service Bus

2009-01-14T10:47:00.000-08:00

Delivering Carrier Ethernet: Extending Ethernet Beyond the LAN

Author: Abdul Kasim

A practical, in-depth technical guide to understanding and deploying Carrier Ethernet technologies

This is the only book on the market to address how Carrier Ethernet--the emerging high-speed access solution--is fast becoming the de facto technology in Service Provider networks. Delivering Ethernet in Access Networks provides engineers and telecom professionals with an in-depth technical guide to understanding and deploying Carrier Ethernet technologies. Each chapter includes deployment and implementation strategies and examples written by global experts.

Abdul Kasim is vice president for ethernet business development at ADVA Optical Networking, a global provider of optical and ethernet solutions for metropolitan networks.

New interesting textbook: Herding Cats or Vindication

Enterprise Service Bus

Author: David A Chappell

Large IT organizations increasingly face the challenge ofintegrating various web services, applications, and other technologies into a single network. The solution to finding a meaningful large-scale architecture that is capable of spanning a global enterprise appears to have been met in ESB, or Enterprise Service Bus. Rather than conform to the hub-and-spoke architecture of traditional enterprise application integration products, ESB provides a highly distributed approach to integration, with unique capabilities that allow individual departments or business units to build out their integration projects in incremental, digestible chunks, maintaining their own local control and autonomy, while still being able to connect together each integration project into a larger, more global integration fabric, or grid.

Enterprise Service Bus offers a thorough introduction and overview for systems architects, system integrators, technical project leads, and CTO/CIO level managers who need to understand, assess, and evaluate this new approach. Written by Dave Chappell, one of the best known and authoritative voices in the field of enterprise middleware and standards-based integration, the book drills down into the technical details of the major components of ESB, showing how it can utilize an event-driven SOA to bring a variety of enterprise applications and services built on J2EE, .NET, C/C++, and other legacy environments into the reach of the everyday IT professional.

With Enterprise Service Bus, readers become well versed in the problems faced by IT organizations today, gaining an understanding of how current technology deficiencies impact business issues. Through the study of real-world use cases and integration patterns drawn from several industries using ESB—including Telcos, financial services, retail, B2B exchanges, energy, manufacturing, and more—the book clearly and coherently outlines the benefits of moving toward this integration strategy. The book also compares ESB to other integration architectures, contrasting their inherent strengths and limitations.

If you are charged with understanding, assessing, or implementing an integration architecture, Enterprise Service Bus will provide the straightforward information you need to draw your conclusions about this important disruptive technology.

1	Introduction to the enterprise service bus	1
2	The state of integration	22
3	Necessity is the mother of invention	43
4	XML : the foundation for business data integration	60
5	Message oriented middleware (MOM)	77
6	Service containers and abstract endpoints	101
7	ESB service invocations, routing, and SOA	126
8	Protocols, messaging, custom adapters, and services	146
9	Batch transfer latency	168
10	Java components in an ESB	183
11	ESB integration patterns and recurring design solutions	197
12	ESB and the evolution of web services	225

	Preface
Ch. 1	Natural language processing	1
Ch. 2	Document retrieval	23
Ch. 3	Information extraction	75
Ch. 4	Text categorization	119
Ch. 5	Towards text mining	173
	Index	219

1	The Worlds of Database Systems	1
2	Database Modeling	25
3	The Relational Data Model	85
4	Operations in the Relational Model	173
5	The Database Language SQL	243
6	Constraints and Triggers in SQL	327
7	System Aspects of SQL	361
8	Object-Oriented Query Languages	411
	Index	463

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Usability Engineering or Numerical Methods Using MathCAD

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Wireless Communications Security or Lightwave 3D 8 Cartoon Character Creation Volume 2

Wireless Communications Security

Lightwave 3D 8 Cartoon Character Creation, Volume 2: Rigging & Animation

In Search of Stupidity or Object Oriented Perl

In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters

Object Oriented Perl

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The Berkeley DB Book or Window Seat

The Berkeley DB Book

Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking

Scripting VMware Power Tools or The Art of Digital Music

Scripting VMware Power Tools: Automating Virtual Infrastructure Administration

The Art of Digital Music: 53 Visionary Artists & Insiders Reveal their Creative Secrets

Designing and Engineering Time or Find Gold in Windows Vista

Designing and Engineering Time: The Psychology of Time Perception in Software

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Find Gold in Windows Vista

SSH The Secure Shell or Wileys Teach Yourself C 7th Edition

SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide

Wiley's Teach Yourself C++, 7th Edition

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BlackBerry Pearl for Dummies or Mike Meyers Security Certification Passport

BlackBerry Pearl for Dummies

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Mike Meyers' Security+ Certification Passport

Programming ASPNET or Natural Language Processing for Online Applications

Programming ASP.NET

Natural Language Processing for Online Applications: Text Retrieval, Extraction and Categorization

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Programming the Finite Element Method or Enterprise Architecture A to Z

Programming the Finite Element Method

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Enterprise Architecture A to Z: Frameworks, Business Process Modeling, SOA, and Infrastructure Technology

C Programming or Programming HD DVD and Blu Ray Disc

C# Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Second Edition

Programming HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Disc

Absolute Beginners Guide to Quattro Pro X or Deploying NET Applications with MSBuild and ClickOnce

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Quattro Pro X

Deploying .NET Applications with MSBuild and ClickOnce

Hacking the PSP or Database Development For Dummies

Hacking the PSP: Cool Hacks, Mods, and Customizations for the Sony Playstation Portable, Second Edition (Extremetech)

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Learning PHP 5 or Generation Myspace

Learning PHP 5

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Generation Myspace: Helping Your Teen Survive Online Adolescence: How Social Networking is Changing Friendship, Gossip, Sex, Drugs and Our Kids' Self-Esteem

Applied Microsoft NET Framework Programming or Network Security Foundations

Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming

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Network Security Foundations

Object Oriented Design Heuristics or Security Patterns

Object-Oriented Design Heuristics

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Security Patterns: Integrating Security and Systems Engineering

Dissecting a C Application or Step by Step Composition Techniques for Digital Photographers

Dissecting a C# Application: Inside SharpDevelop

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Step-by-Step Composition Techniques for Digital Photographers: Learn to Capture More Dramatic and Appealing Images

Business the Amazoncom Way or First Course in Database Systems

Business the Amazon.com Way: Secrets of the World's Most Astonishing Web Business (Big Shots Series)

First Course in Database Systems

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Palm for Dummies or The Art and technique of Digital Color Correction

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Designing Patchwork on Your Computer or DarkBASIC Programming for the Absolute Beginner

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New interesting textbook: Easy Everyday or Cranberry Companion