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A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Portrait Photography or Public Information Technology

2009-12-06T05:29:00.000-08:00

A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Portrait Photography

Author: Duncan Evans

To get the best results out of digital photography portrait making, you need the guidance and proven techniques that only a professional can provide. That's exactly what you'll find here. The advice and information is highlighted with illustrations and screen captures, as well as some 300 color and black-and-white photographs. In nontechnical language, the pros cover the various types of digital cameras available, including compact, single-lens reflex (SLR), and specialized "gadget" models. See how to create a home studio; begin to understand the basics of portrait composition, texture and mood. Color, computer manipulation, and getting the most from your digital outputs are included. Topics also covered are portrait photography using duotones, tritones and sepia tones, manipulating light and shadow, and correcting mistakes. You'll find invaluable practical tips for wedding photography, capturing kids at play, family portraits, candid and street portraits, and more, including the special challenge of shooting at night.

Public Information Technology: Policy and Management Issues

Author: Garson

Public Information Technology: Policy and Management Issues constitutes a survey of many of the most important dimensions of managing information technology in the public sector. Written by noted academics and public administration practitioners, this book addresses general policy and administrative issues in this arena as well as the information technology skills needed by public managers.

About the Author
G. David Garson is professor of public administration at North Carolina State University, where he teaches courses on American government, research methodology, computer applications, and geographic information systems. His most recent works include Guide to Writing Empirical Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (2002), Social Dimensions of Information Technology (ed., 2000), Handbook of Public Information Systems (ed., 2000), and Neural Network Analysis for Social Scientists (1998). For the last two decades he has also served as editor of the Social Science Computer Review.

	Preface
Ch. I	Information Technology and Public Administration: The View from the Profession	1
Ch. II	Politics, Accountability, and Governmental Information Systems	20
Ch. III	The Evolution of Information Technology Management at the Federal Level: Implications for Public Administration	53
Ch. IV	The Realities of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: A Government-Wide Strategy for Information Resources Management	74
Ch. V	Mediating the Tension between Information Privacy and Information Access: The Role of Digital Government	94
Ch. VI	E-Government: An Overview	120
Ch. VII	Leading-Edge Information Technologies and American Local Governments	139
Ch. VIII	Information Technology as a Facilitator of Results-Based Management in Government	170
Ch. IX	Computer Tools for Better Public Sector Management	190
Ch. X	Survey Research, Focus Groups, and Information Technology in Research and Practice	221
Ch. XI	Geographic Information Systems in the Public Sector	252
Ch. XII	Electronic Mail in the Public Workplace: Issues of Privacy and Public Disclosure	271
Ch. XIII	World Wide Web Site Design and Use in Public Management	299
Ch. XIV	Toward an Information Technology Research Agenda for Public Administration	331
App	Doing Online Research in Public Administration	358
	About the Authors	384
	Index	390

Strategic Decision Making or Requirements Engineering

2009-12-05T01:18:00.000-08:00

Strategic Decision Making: Multiobjective Decision Analysis with Spreadshee

Author: Craig W Kirkwood

Intended for courses in multiobjective decision analysis or as a supplement to a first course in decision analysis, this text emphasizes practical applications and problem solving.
Students learn how to use spreadsheets and other analytical tools in considering such important tradeoffs as cost versus quality and market share versus short-term return on investment.

1	Making Decisions Strategically	1
2	Structuring Objectives	11
3	Developing Alternatives	43
4	Multiobjective Value Analysis	53
5	Thinking about Uncertainty	107
6	Decisions with Uncertainty	129
7	Multiple Objectives and Uncertainty	155
8	Resource Allocation	199
9	Multiattribute Preference Theory	227
App. A	Case: Computer Networking Strategy	271
App. B	Scenario Planning for Decision Making	285
App. C	Probability Elicitation Interview	299
App. D	Interdependent Uncertainties	321
	Index	339

Book about: Living with Germs or Common Fragrance and Flavor Materials

Requirements Engineering: Processes and Techniques

Author: Gerald Kotonya

Requirements Engineering Processes and Techniques Why this book was written The value of introducing requirements engineering to trainee software engineers is to equip them for the real world of software and systems development. What is involved in Requirements Engineering? As a discipline, newly emerging from software engineering, there are a range of views on where requirements engineering starts and finishes and what it should encompass. This book offers the most comprehensive coverage of the requirements engineering process to date - from initial requirements elicitation through to requirements validation. How and Which methods and techniques should you use? As there is no one catch-all technique applicable to all types of system, requirements engineers need to know about a range of different techniques. Tried and tested techniques such as data-flow and object-oriented models are covered as well as some promising new ones. They are all based on real systems descriptions to demonstrate the applicability of the approach. Who should read it? Principally written for senior undergraduate and graduate students studying computer science, software engineering or systems engineering, this text will also be helpful for those in industry new to requirements engineering. Accompanying Website: http: //comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/resources/re Visit our Website: wiley.com/college/wws

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Introduces requirements engineering to undergraduate and graduate students in computer science, software engineering, and systems engineering. Part I is process-oriented and describes different activities in the requirements engineering process. Part II focuses on requirements engineering techniques, covering the use of structured methods, viewpoint-oriented approaches, and specification of non- functional requirements and of interactive systems. A final chapter presents a case study illustrating a viewpoint-oriented approach. Includes chapter key points and exercises. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

How to Cheat at Managing Windows Small Business Server 2003 or Microcontroller Projects Using the Basic Stamp

2009-12-03T21:06:00.000-08:00

How to Cheat at Managing Windows Small Business Server 2003

Author: Susan Snedaker

How to Cheat at Managing Windows Small Business Server 2003 deals only with the vital, and will be a huge relief to the hundreds of thousands of managers who probably never imagined they would be managing the operating system equivalent of the Space Shuttle.

* The "80/20" Rule applied to managing a Windows Small Business Server 2003 network. Concise coverage, with ready-to-use solutions, of the most commonly encountered W2K3 Server tasks and problems.
* Written for the non-MCSE, with little technical training, who is responsible for running a small to medium sized network.
* Microsoft has announced it will no longer support Windows NT 4 products, effective Dec. 31, 2004. Millions of small businesses that did not upgrade to Windows Server 2000 will choose to upgrade directly to Windows Server 2003, and this will be a timely book.

Microcontroller Projects Using the Basic Stamp

Author: Al Williams

Complete BS2P command reference Demo projects include: * Internet-to-Stamp gateways * Infrared remote controls * Test instrumentation * Robot motor controls Want to build an electronic game, a robot, or an automated manufacturing process? A

Updated with a complete, task-oriented command reference for the BS2P Stamp and detailed instructions for new projects including Internet-to-Stamp gateways, test instruments, infrared remote controls, and robot motor controls. Includes practical advice for PC interfacing and analog I/O capabilities. CD contains a Basic Stamp emulator and a tool to program PIC chips.

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or Robs Guide to Using VMware Second

2009-12-02T16:55:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Windows Server 2008: The Complete Reference

Author: Nelson Ruest

Your complete guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Featuring best practices for network implementation and configuration, this authoritative resource has been fully updated to cover all of the new and improved features of Windows Server 2008. This comprehensive guide covers everything from Active Directory and Web servers to security, network management, and performance optimization. A step-by-step network implementation is included.

Part 1 - Tour Windows Server 2008

Chapter 1 - The Windows Server 2008 Delta

Chapter 2 - Interact with Windows Server 2008

Part 2 - Plan and Prepare

Chapter 3 - Plan for Windows Server 2008

Chapter 4 - Explore Windows Server 2008 Installation Modes

Part 3 - Design Server Roles

Chapter 5 - Identity Management

Chapter 6 - Deploy the Windows Server 2008 Network and Build Network Infrastructure Servers

Part 4 - Manage Objects with Windows Server Cod2008

Chapter 7 - Object Management

Chapter 8 - Build the Service Offerings

Infrastructure: File and Print Servers

Chapter 9 - Build the Service Offerings

Infrastructure: Application-oriented Servers

Part 5 - Secure Windows Server 2008

Chapter 10 - Security

Chapter 11 - Business Continuity for Physical and Virtual Machines

Part 6 - Migrate to Windows Server 2008

Chapter 12 - Put the Virtual Service Offering Network into Production

Part 7 - Administer Windows Server 2008

Chapter 13 - Common Administrative Tasks

Rob's Guide to Using VMware Second

Author: Rob Bastiaansen

The second edition of Rob's Guide to Using VMWare continues where the author stopped with the first edition. New topics covered in the book are VMWare ACE and VMWare GSX Server. The book now also contains information on VMWare and Linux. This new edition features an overview of the new version 5 of VMWare Workstation. Many topics which were included in the first edition have been updated.

Beginning ASPNET 20 in C 2005 or Illustrator CS2 Bible

2009-12-01T12:43:00.000-08:00

Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional

Author: Matthew MacDonald

Purchase this book and you'll get the free, fully searchable eBook--a $25 value! (Details are printed inside the book.)

I was pleasantly surprised by both the clarity and depth that author Matthew MacDonald provides.

— Mike Riley, asp.netPRO, July 2006

Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional steers you through the maze of ASP.NET web programming concepts. You will learn language and theory simultaneously, mastering the core techniques necessary to develop good coding practices and enhance your skill set.

This book provides thorough coverage of ASP.NET, guiding you from beginning to advanced techniques, such as querying databases from within a web page and performance-tuning your site. You'll find tips for best practices and comprehensive discussions of key database and XML principles.

The book also emphasizes the invaluable coding techniques of object orientation and code-behind, which will enable you to build real-world websites instead of just scraping by with simplified coding practices. By the time you finish this book, you will have mastered the core techniques essential to professional ASP.NET developers.

Ch. 1	Introducing the .NET framework	3
Ch. 2	Learning the C# language	23
Ch. 3	Types, objects, and namespaces	59
Ch. 4	Introducing Visual Studio 2005	91
Pt. II	Developing ASP.NET applications
Ch. 5	Web form fundamentals	125
Ch. 6	Web Controls	175
Ch. 7	Tracing, logging, and error handling	219
Ch. 8	Validation and rich controls	267
Ch. 9	State management	317
Ch. 10	Master pages and themes	359
Ch. 11	Website navigation	389
Ch. 12	Deploying ASP.NET applications	427
Pt. III	Working with data
Ch. 13	ADO.NET fundamentals	471
Ch. 14	Data binding	539
Ch. 15	The data controls	581
Ch. 16	Files and streams	625
Ch. 17	XML	655
Pt. IV	Website security
Ch. 18	Security fundamentals	707
Ch. 19	Membership	739
Ch. 20	Profiles	781
Pt. V	Web services
Ch. 21	Web services architecture	813
Ch. 22	Creating Web services	831
Ch. 23	Enhancing Web services	869
Pt. VI	Advanced ASP.NET
Ch. 24	Component-based programming	903
Ch. 25	Custom controls	937
Ch. 26	Caching and performance tuning	985
Ch. 27	Web parts	1029

Look this: Philanthrocapitalism or Toyota Culture

Illustrator CS2 Bible

Author: Brian Underdahl

If Illustrator CS2 can do it, you can do it too ...

With its array of enhancements, Adobe Illustrator CS2 has made this quintessential artist's tool even more indispensable. This comprehensive guidebook has been updated to help you take advantage of every one. Part 1 introduces each new element and walks you through Illustrator basics. Parts 2 and 3 take you deeper into mastery of Illustrator, while Part 4 tells you all you need to know about outputting your work.

Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Illustrator CS2
* Explore the flexibility and intuitive functionality of the new Live Paint tool
* Convert bitmap images into vector-based artwork with amazing ease and accuracy using Live Trace
* Use the Control palette to easily locate common settings for selected objects
* Work with Photoshop(r) layer comps directly inside Illustrator CS2
* Become more efficient by setting up and saving custom desktop layouts for the way you work
* Browse and select files in all Adobe-supported formats using the Bridge application
* Generate more accurate vector graphics and spot-color separations with spot-color raster and SVG 1.1 support
* Achieve greater control over text handling and the use of paths

Online Encyclopedia or PowerPoint 2003 Just the Steps for Dummies

2009-11-30T08:32:00.000-08:00

Online Encyclopedia

Author: DK Publishing

From Dk and Google comes the first encyclopedia with its own website, providing additional photography, streaming video, and a continually updated list of links to supplement the information in the book.

Now in paperback!
Originally published as e.encyclopedia
Produced in association with Google, the world's largest search engine
Includes Q&A, charts, maps, links, and full color photos for every entry

Go to: Introducing Routing and Switching in the Enterprise or Java I O

PowerPoint 2003 Just the Steps for Dummies

Author: Barbara Obermeier

• Offers an easy-to-navigate design featuring a two-column landscape layout loaded with step-by-step instructions and illustrations to help readers get up to speed fast on key PowerPoint tasks-and create effective and striking presentations

• Covers creating a new presentation, resizing or moving an object, duplicating a slide, using the outlining toolbar, and adding notes to a slide

• Shows how to print a presentation, set up a slide show, work with pictures and clip art, color text and objects, modify the slide master, create a template, insert a diagram or chart, add sound and video, and much more

Implementing Soa or GarageBand Tips and Tricks

2009-11-29T04:21:00.000-08:00

Implementing SOA: Total Architecture in Practice

Author: Paul C Brown

Putting Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) into Practice

This book is a must-have for enterprise architects implementing SOA. Through practical examples, it explains the relationship between business requirements, business process design, and service architecture. By tying the SOA implementation directly to business value, it reveals the key to ongoing success and funding. I particularly liked the author’s practical suggestions for organically growing the inventory of services project by project while maintaining the integrity of the overall service architecture. I highly recommend this book.

Maja Tibbling, Lead Enterprise Architect
Con-way, Inc.

While there are other books on architecture and the implementation of ESB, SOA, and related technologies, this new book by Paul Brown uniquely captures the knowledge and experience of the real world. It shows clearly and convincingly how you can transform requirements and vision into solid, repeatable, and value-added architectures. I heartily recommend the book as a 'must read' for any serious practitioner.

Mark Wencek, SVP, Consulting Services & Alliances
Ultimo Software Solutions, Inc.

In his first book, Succeeding with SOA, Paul Brown explained that if enterprise goals are to be met, business processes and information systems must be designed together as parts of a total architecture. In this second book, Implementing SOA, he guides you through the entire process of designing and developing a successful total architecture at both project and enterprise levels. Drawing on his own extensive experience, he provides best practices forcreating services and leveraging them to create robust and flexible SOA solutions.

Coverage includes

Evolving the enterprise architecture towards an SOA while continuing to deliver business value on a project-by-project basis
Understanding the fundamentals of SOA and distributed systems, the architectural issues that dominate these architectures, and the design patterns available for addressing these issues
Understanding the distinct roles of project and enterprise architects and how they collaborate to realize a flexible and robust enterprise SOA architecture
Understanding the need for a comprehensive total architecture approach that encompasses business processes, people, systems, data, and infrastructure
Understanding different architectural strategies and tradeoffs for implementing robust, secure, high performance, and high availability solutions
Understanding how to incorporate business process management (BPM) and business process monitoring into the enterprise architecture

Whether you’re defining an enterprise architecture or delivering individual SOA projects, this book will give you the practical advice you need to get the job done.

GarageBand Tips and Tricks

Author: Keith Gemmell

If you've purchased an Apple Mac computer in the last few years you're probably already familiar with GarageBand, Apple's incredibly easy-to-use, virtual recording studio. Perhaps you're new to recording and dipping your toe in the water. Maybe you're already using this powerful software to write and record your own songs. If you're running version 3, you may even be producing your own radio and video podcasts, using the new jingle content. Whatever your skill-level, one things for sure: you're bound to find this book an invaluable working companion.

Okay, the online help and PDF manuals do a fine job of describing how things work but they don't tell you that GarageBand's software instruments are the same powerful synthesisers as those found in Logic Pro, only with simplified controls. Once you discover their true potential, there are some powerful editing features just begging to be used. That's the kind of insider knowledge revealed in this book along with tips on buying hardware for your personal studio, Apple loops, audio and MIDI, effects, production, mixing and mastering.

Some dismiss GarageBand as a toy. But that's just plain silly. Yes it does lack the high-end features of some of the more expensive recording software programs. But rest assured, there are plenty of useful work-arounds and tips and tricks to be had. For those in the know, GarageBand provides all the power tools needed to produce stunning, CD-quality audio projects. Read this book and all will be revealed.

Murachs ASPNET 20 Web Programming with C 2005 or Oracle Database 10g Performance Tuning Tips and Techniques

2009-11-28T00:09:00.000-08:00

Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with C# 2005

Author: Joel Murach

Are you trying to decide which ASP.NET 2.0 book to buy?

As its title implies, this book teaches you how to develop web applications using ASP.NET 2.0. That means it teaches all the features that are new in ASP.NET 2.0, including master pages, database access using both SQL and object data sources, the new code-behind model, site navigation features, authentication using the Web Site Administration tool and login controls, profiles, themes, and web parts.

But that’s just the beginning! Here are just a few of the features that set this book apart from other ASP.NET 2.0 books:

#1: It gives you a 5-chapter section on database programming

This is an area that’s changed dramatically from ASP.NET 1.x. So this section teaches you how to use SQL data sources and the GridView, DetailsView, and FormView controls...all new in ASP.NET 2.0...to develop database applications with little or no C# code. Then, it teaches how to use object data sources, also new in ASP.NET 2.0, to create 3-layer applications that let you separate the presentation code from the data access code in an application.

#2: It teaches you ASP.NET 2.0 development the way it should be done, using Visual Studio 2005

Today, no developer should miss out on the productivity features of Visual Studio 2005 by using limited tools like Notepad. So section 1 in this book teaches you how to use Visual Studio 2005 to design, code, and test multi-page web applications that get database data and manage session state. Then, later chapters cover time-saving VS tools like the Query Builder and the Web Site Administration Tool.

#3: Complete applications show you how all the pieces interact

The key to mastering ASP.NET 2.0 is to have plenty of real-world applications that guide you in using the new features you’re learning...and that help you avoid the problems that you can run into as you build complex web sites. That’s why this book gives you complete applications, including the web forms, the aspx code, and the C# code.

So if you need to learn ASP.NET 2.0, we hope you'll try this book first. We're convinced that it will deliver the training you need in record time.

Oracle Database 10g Performance Tuning Tips and Techniques

Author: Richard J Niemiec

Exclusively from Oracle Press

The definitive guide to Oracle performance tuning has been fully expanded to cover every aspect of Oracle Database 10g. This comprehensive resource contains everything database administrators and developers need to know to keep Oracle Database 10g performing at its peak. Real-world case studies and in-depth examples illustrate best practices and highlight the latest tuning options.

Richard J. Niemiec is CEO of TUSC, an Oracle Expert-Level consulting firm. He is the former president of the International Oracle Users Group and the president of the Midwest Oracle Users Group.

Introduction

Chapter 1. Oracle10g New Features and Tuning Overview

Chapter 2. Basic Index Principles

Chapter 3. Finding Disk I/O Bottlenecks

Chapter 4. Init.ora Parameters and Tuning

Chapter 5. Oracle Enterprise Manager

Chapter 6. Using Explain Plan and Tkprof

Chapter 7. Using Hints for Query Tuning

Chapter 8. Developer/Query Tuning

Chapter 9. Table Joins & other Advanced Tuning

Chapter 10. Using PL/SQL to Enhance Performance

Chapter 11. Tuning RAC & Using Parallel Features

Chapter 12. V$ Views and Tuning

Chapter 13. X$ Tables and Tuning

Chapter 14. Using statspack to tune waits & latches

Chapter 15. Performing a Quick System Review

Chapter 16. Monitoring the system using UNIX utilities

Appendix A: Key init.ora Parameters

Appendix B: V$ Views and Descriptions

Appendix C: X$ Tables and Descriptions

Agile Development with the ICONIX Process or Geoprocessing in Arcgis

2009-11-26T19:56:00.000-08:00

Agile Development with the ICONIX Process: People, Process, and Pragmatism

Author: Doug Rosenberg

...the authors were careful not to throw the (agile) baby out with the (XP) bathwater. The aim was to refactor the process not to destroy it completely.

— Pan Pantziarka, Application Development Advisor

This book describes how to apply ICONIX Process (a minimal, use case-driven modeling process) in an agile software project. It's full of practical advice for avoiding common "agile" pitfalls. Further, the book defines a core agile subset--so those of you who want to "get agile" need not spend years learning to do it. Instead, you can simply read this book and apply the core subset of techniques.

The book follows a real-life .NET/C# project from inception and UML modeling, to working code--through several iterations. You can then go on-line to compare the finished product with the initial set of use cases.

The book also introduces several extensions to the core ICONIX Process, including combining Test-Driven Development (TDD) with up-front design to maximize both approaches (with examples using Java and JUnit). And the book incorporates persona analysis to drive the project's goals and reduce requirements churn.

New interesting textbook: Walnut Cookbook or Cocina Rica y Nutritiva para Hipertensos

Geoprocessing in ArcGIS: ArcGIS 9

Author: ESRI Press

Geoprocessing is the processing of geographic information, one of the most basic functions of a geographic information system (GIS). Within any of the ArcGIS® Desktop products—ArcInfo™, ArcEditor™, and ArcView®—you can perform geoprocessing tasks on your data. Geoprocessing provides a way to create new information by processing existing data. Any alteration or information extraction performed on data involves a geoprocessing task. You can perform such tasks as converting geographic data to various formats, clipping one dataset by another, or intersecting datasets together to create a new dataset. These operations can be leveraged individually via dialog boxes or in sequence by creating models or scripts that consume multiple tools.

You'll learn how to:
Use tools through dialog boxes or at the command line.
Build, execute, and manage models that perform a sequence of geoprocessing tools.
Create and run a script that uses geoprocessing tools.
Use system batch processing scripts for repetitive tasks, such as those that carry out the same tool on multiple inputs, or create your own scripts that execute geoprocessing tools.

Begin by following the quick-start tutorial to get an overview of how to perform geoprocessing tasks with ArcGIS. If you prefer, jump right in and experiment on your own. When you have questions, you’ll find concise, step-by-step answers that are fully illustrated to help you complete a task.

Innovative Fabric Imagery for Quilts or Retouching Photos in Photoshop Elements 4

2009-11-25T15:44:00.000-08:00

Innovative Fabric Imagery for Quilts: Must-Have Guide to Transforming and Printing Your Favorite Images on Fabric

Author: Cyndy Lyle Rymer

Everyone has a favorite picture of children, pets, houses, dogs, cats, goldfish, whatever! With Innovative Fabric Imagery for Quilts, crafters can turn those photos into stunning quilts that will be cherished for generations to come. Thirteen skill-building projects with step-by-step instructions show exactly how to create these heirlooms, and the getting-started chapter is perfect for beginners. An inspiring gallery of beautiful work from some of today's most innovative quilters gives even more great ideas for capturing old memories and making new ones.

* 13 skill-building projects

* Step-by-step directions and a getting-started chapter

* Inspiring gallery of more than 40 innovative fabric imagery quilts

Book about: Fundamentals of Meal Management or Just Me Cookin in Germany

Retouching Photos in Photoshop Elements 4: Visual QuickProject Guide

Author: Nolan Hester

If you want to get great-looking photos fast but don't want to get bogged down with the details, then you need a Visual QuickProject Guide!

You took some photos and they could use a little finessing. All you want to do is correct an image's lighting, fix a little red eye, or even out the tones in a photograph-without learning the ins and outs of Photoshop Elements. For just $12.99, this compact guide shows you how! Using big, bold full-color pictures and streamlined instructions, it covers just the need-to-know essentials that will have you perfecting your photos in a matter of minutes. You'll learn how to easily fix common problems such as flash-induced red eye, blown-out highlights and murky shadows, inaccurate skin tones, distracting background objects, and more. End-of-chapter tips point out other useful Photoshop Elements retouching tricks. You'll also learn key new features and how to share your newly polished photos with friends and family through email, the Web, via online print labs, and more!

Lawyers Guide to Adobe Acrobat 80 Third Edition or C Programming

2009-02-22T16:36:00.000-08:00

Lawyer's Guide to Adobe Acrobat 8.0, Third Edition

Author: David L Masters

"The transition from paper-based information to digital information has begun. The Lawyer's Guide to Adobe Acrobat Third Edition will help lawyers increase productivity, decrease costs, and improve client services by moving from paper-based files to digital records." This updated and revised edition focuses on the ways lawyers can benefit from using Adobe Acrobat 8.0, the most current Adobe software for creating and working with Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The format is so reliable that both the federal courts' Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) program and state courts that use LexisNexis File & Serve have adopted PDF as the standard.

C++ Programming: Program Design Including Data Structures, Fourth Edition

Author: D S Malik

Now in its fourth edition, C++ Programming: Program Design Including Data Structures remains the definitive text for a course sequence covering CS1 and CS2 topics. Best-selling author D.S. Malik employs a student-focused approach, using complete programming examples to teach fundamental programming concepts. This fourth edition has been enhanced to further demonstrate the use of OOD methodology, to introduce sorting algorithms (bubble sort and insertion sort), and to present additional material on abstract classes. In addition, the exercise sets at the end of each chapter have been expanded to include calculus and engineering-related exercises.

Exchange Server Cookbook or Introduction to Computing and Programming with Java

2009-02-21T12:25:00.000-08:00

Exchange Server Cookbook

Author: Paul Robichaux

Ask network administrators what their most critical computerapplication is, and most will say "email" without a moment'shesitation. If you run a network powered by Windows 2000 orWindows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange occupies much ofyour time. According to Microsoft, 110 million Exchangeseats have been deployed, but 60% of you are still runningExchange 5.5. That's a problem, because the differencebetween version 5.5 and the more efficient Exchange 2000 andExchange Server 2003 is profound.

Don't fret. Exchange Server Cookbook offers you acomprehensive how-to guide to these newer versions ofExchange. You'll find quick solutions for the most commontasks you need to perform—everything from installation andmaintenance to configuration and optimization, with provenrecipes for the most useful tools and utilities. The bookalso has solutions to some uncommon tasks (that you may notknow are possible) and advanced procedures that aren't partof day-to-day operations. These include tasks for criticalsituations, such as using a recovery storage group.

Our reliable desktop reference even shows you how to writescripts for Exchange management and deployment tasks. That'sright. While not every Exchange job can be scripted, manycan, and we provide lots of working VBScript examples foraccomplishing particular goals. Whatever your particularneed, you'll find it quickly, because chapters in thisCookbook are laid out by recipe, with cross references toother pertinent solutions in the book. With this guide,you'll learn:
The relationship between Exchange and Active Directory
When to use the GUI, the command line, or scripting
How to prepare forests, domains, and servers
How touse Group Policy to control Exchange
Diagnostic logging, measure performance, and administrativeprivileges
Recipient management: user accounts, mailboxes, mail-enabledgroups
Mailbox and public folder database management
Message routing and transport functions
Security, backup, restore, and recovery operations

For every question you have about Exchange 2000 or ExchangeServer 2003, our Cookbook has the answer—one that you canfind and implement without a moment's hesitation.

1	Getting started	1
2	Installation and infrastructure	11
3	Active directory integration	49
4	Exchange server and organization management	75
5	Recipient management	105
6	Mailbox and public folder database management	169
7	Transport, routing, and SMTP	204
8	Client connectivity	262
9	Public folder management	317
10	Exchange security	353
11	Backup, restore, and recovery	389

Introduction to Computing and Programming with Java: A Multimedia Approach

Author: Mark Guzdial

New computer science students are far more motivated when they are creating programs they care about. Reflecting that insight, this complete first course in Java introduces each new concept in the context of programs that manipulate students’own sounds, pictures, web pages, and video: programs that help them communicate.

Mark Guzdial and Barbara Ericson draw on their innovative work at Georgia Tech, work that has significantly improved student success, and earned the recognition of the National Science Foundation. This book presents new techniques only after demonstrating why students need them to solve meaningful problems. Students can then run their digital media programs get immediate feedback that helps them stay on the right track.

Open-ended assignments are designed to motivate, promote creativity, and encourage collaboration and friendly competition, using the simple, intuitive, lightweight DrJava development environment. At the same time, students learn to create robust, efficient Java code for any IDE or platform.

Skills include:

fundamentals of object development
loops, arrays, and matrices
drawing with Java’s Graphics and Graphics2D classes
generating HTML databases and using basic SQL queries
understanding and modifying algorithms
program performance and reliability

A dual-platform CD-ROM (for Macintosh^® and Windows^®) includes raw media materials and programming source code for the book’s exercises andall necessary software, including Sun Microsystems’ Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition and more.

Professional Excel Development or Ajax Security

2009-02-20T08:13:00.000-08:00

Professional Excel Development: The Defenitive Guide to Developing Applications Using Microsoft Excel and VBA

Author: Stephen Bullen

Finally, there's a book that treats Excel as the powerful development platform it really is, and covers every facet of developing commercial-quality Excel applications.

This is not a book for beginners. Writing for professional developers and true Excel experts, the authors share insider's knowledge they've acquired building Excel applications for many of the world's largest companies—including Microsoft. Professional Excel Development demonstrates how to get the utmost from Excel, addressing everything from application architectures through worksheet and userform design, charting, debugging, error handling and optimizing performance. Along the way, the authors offer best practices for every type of Excel development, from building add-ins through interacting with XML Web services. Coverage includes

Building add-ins to provide new Excel functions
Designing effective worksheets, userforms and other user interface elements
Leveraging Excel's powerful data analysis features
Creating sophisticated custom charts
Handling errors, debugging applications and optimizing performance
Using class modules and interfaces to create custom objects
Understanding Windows API calls: when to use them, and how to modify them
Adding worksheet functions with
C-based XLLs
Programming with databases
Controlling external applications from Excel
Integrating with Visual Basic 6, VB.NET and Visual Studio Tools for Office
Using XML to import and export data and communicate with Web services
Providing help, securing, packaging anddistributing

The accompanying CD-ROM contains the book's sample timesheet application at every stage of construction, with detailed code comments. It also includes many examples of the concepts introduced in each chapter and a collection of the authors' Excel development utilities.

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Gives you the tools to build applications that are much more than automated spreadsheets. Almost any program your imagination can devise can be created using the techniques given, which is a testimony to the power of Excel. Bash Microsoft if you want, but they do sometimes come up with a winner, and Professional Excel Development allows you to take full advantage of its capabilities.

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Ajax Security

Author: Billy Hoffman

The hands-on, practical primer for professionals who want to prevent Ajax-related security vulnerabilities

Ajax has the potential to revolutionize the Internet as we know it, but with this potential comes equally dangerous new security threats. Ajax Security exposes the minefield of security vulnerabilities inherent in the Ajax framework and provides a guide for developers to safely navigate through it and create a secure application.

Each chapter begins with a myth about Ajax security which is then debunked. Throughout the book, you will find case studies of actual exploited Ajax vulnerabilities to illustrate key points. The authors also include specific recommendations for securing Ajax applications for each of the major Web programming languages (.NET, Java, and PHP) as well as for the popular new language, Ruby on Rails.

With this book, you will learn to

Become familiar with security issue in the Web 2.0 world
Create secure Mashup websites
Identify vulnerabilities that may have crept in your code
Keep new vulnerabilities out of your code

Geared towards software developers who want to create Ajax Web applications that are secure from attack, Ajax Security will also benefit QA testers and pen-testers who want to find vulnerabilities in the Ajax applications that they test.

Javascript or Microsoft Visual C NET Step by Step 2003

2009-02-19T04:01:00.000-08:00

Javascript: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition

Author: John Pollock

Step-by-step instruction teaches beginning JavaScript programmers and Web designers to create windows, display moving text, and generate sound or other multimedia elements with ease. Uses the successful Beginner's Guide teaching system, which countless new users have praised for giving them a solid foundation in technology.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	Introduction to JavaScript	1
2	Placing JavaScript in an HTML File	15
3	Using Variables	35
4	Using Functions	65
5	JavaScript Operators	95
6	Conditional Statements and Loops	127
7	Event Handlers	161
8	Objects	189
9	The Documents Object	223
10	Window Object	267
11	JavaScript Arrays	307
12	Math, Number, and Date Objects	341
13	Handling Strings	379
14	JavaScript and Forms	411
15	JavaScript and Frames	445
16	An Introduction to Advanced Techniques	477
A	Answers to Mastery Checks	523
	Index	541

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Microsoft Visual C# .NET Step by Step 2003

Author: John Sharp

Teach yourself Visual C# .NET version 2003--and begin developing Microsoft .NET--connected applications--one step at a time. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamentals--from learning Visual C# syntax to writing and running your first components, Web services, and applications. Work at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on exercises to teach yourself essential techniques. And stay ahead of the curve by working with real-world examples and best practices for Visual C# .NET version 2003 development. Topics include object-oriented techniques, such as inheritance and encapsulation; exception-handling; resource management and the garbage collector; building components; creating GUI components and user controls; manipulating XML documents; Microsoft ADO.NET; Web Forms; Microsoft ASP.NET controls; integration with Microsoft Windows .NET Server 2003; testing; deployment; and more.

Gurus Guide to SQL Server Boxed Set or Digital Holography and Three Dimensional Display

2009-02-17T23:50:00.000-08:00

Guru's Guide to SQL Server Boxed Set

Author: Ken Henderson

Ken Henderson's three guides to SQL Server have been widely praised by readers and reviewers alike. Now all three of them are available in an attractive, sturdy, specially priced boxed set. The three books included are The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL, The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures, XML, and HTML, and The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals. This set is an invaluable reference for SQL Server administrators and developers of all levels.

Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Display: Principles and Applications

Author: Ting Chung Poon

Digital (or electronic) holography and its application to 3-D display is one of the formidable problems of evolving areas of high technology that has been receiving great attention in recent years. Indeed, the "Holy Grail" for 3-D display is the realization of life-size interactive 3-D displays. Obviously, we are not there yet, but advances in 3-D display allow us to make important steps towards the Holy Grail. The theme of this book is to organize a collection of key chapters that covers digital holography and 3-D display techniques so as to provide the reader with the state-of-the-art developments in these important areas around the world.

Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS4 or Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography

2009-02-16T19:38:00.000-08:00

Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS4

Author: Stephanie Sullivan

Millions of Web designers use Dreamweaver and most of them think creating CSS-based, standards-compliant sites is a challenge. In Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3, authors Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis bridge the gaps between the worlds of CSS design and Dreamweaver by demonstrating how to use Dreamweaver CS3 and CSS together to create individualized, standards-based layouts. Through hands-on projects with lots of visuals, the book enables every user of Dreamweaver to learn CSS effectively and easily.

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Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography

Author: Stephen Johnson

Something for everyone in this beautiful and definitive guide for digital photography enthusiasts, from cutting edge camera and software techniques to engaging discourse on the history and future of digital photographyProvides an in-depth, visually reinforced introduction to the fundamentals of digital photography. Provides cutting edge techniques for producing and reproducing images of the highest quality, regardless of the equipment you are using, including: composition, colour management, colour editing, printing, restoration, and more.

Professional Widgets with CSS DOM and AJAX or Mcitp

2009-02-15T15:27:00.000-08:00

Professional Widgets with CSS, DOM and AJAX: Google Web Toolkit, Yahoo Konfabulator, Microsoft Web Gadgets, and SilverLight with PopFly

Author: Rajesh Lal

Wrox's Professional Widgets with CSS, DOM and Ajax is the first guide to building web widgets - tiny applications that can be embedded in a web page or on the desktop and have exploded in popularity in recent months. Inside, award-winning programmer Rajesh Lal provides readers with a methodology for building widgets using standards like CSS and DOM to create widgets that work anywhere. Next he guides readers though the creation of widgets using several popular toolkits and frameworks including Yahoo! Widgets, Silverlight with PopFly, Google Web Toolkit, Microsoft Web Gadgets and more Professional Widgets with CSS, DOM and Ajax is heavy on step-by step examples enabling readers to get up to speed and begin building widgets quickly and easily.
Topics include:
* Understanding the architecture, design considerations and implementation of Web Widgets
* Working with Data Providers XML Web Services
* Using Ajax to provide the backbone and medium for widgets
* Presentation with CSS
* Browser compatibility
* Programming with Ajax Libraries and Frameworks
* Security, Yes Security

MCITP: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator Study Guide (Exam 70-647)

Author: Steven Johnson

This comprehensive book will guide readers through Microsoft's brand new MCITP: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator exam. Enterprise Administrators are responsible for the overall IT environment and architecture. They translate business goals into technology decisions and plan mid-range to long-term strategies

The Enterprise Administrator makes key decisions and recommendations on:

Network infrastructure
Directory Services, Identity management, and Authentication
Security policies
Business continuity (disaster recovery, personnel/equipment/data)
Resource allocation and Budgeting
Design of IT administrative structure (delegation models)
Best practices, standards, and SLAs

This study guide will be complete with 100overage of the exam objectives, real world scenarios, hands-on exercises, and challenging review questions, both in the book and on the CD.

In addition, there will be a complete instructor support package made available to training centers and schools who will use this book in their classroom.

The Savvy Way to Successful Website Promotion or How to Do Everything with PhotoShop 7

2009-02-12T07:22:00.000-08:00

The Savvy Way to Successful Website Promotion: Secrets of Successful Websites: Attracting on-Line Traffic: The Most up to Date Guide to Top Positioning on Search Engines

Author: Derek Galon

Secrets of successful Websites
Attracting on-line traffic
Guide to top positioning on search engines

This comprehensive guide to do-it-yourself Web promotion and successful on-line business, can be your most valuable assistant on the difficult way to real Web success on a small budget.

This is a book on Web promotion, not on A-B-C of Website building. It is intended both for people who already have a Website and who, by introducing certain special adjustments to it, will be able to ensure it reaches a wider public, as well as for those just about to build their Website: it will tell them what elements to build into it so that it will ultimately generate top promotion.

Below, I present you a short excerpt from THE SAVVY WAY TO SUCCESSFUL WEBSITE PROMOTION. It can give you better idea what to expect inside. However - real secrets, most valuable tips and working methods you can find in the book itself. By adopting them, you would gain serious advantage over average webmasters, and push your site well ahead of your competitors.

Thank you for your interest!

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How to Do Everything with PhotoShop 7

Author: Laurie McCanna

Harness the power of Photoshop to create beautiful looking images effortlessly. Tackle common problems and technical issues, edit and enhance existing artwork -- plus experiment with new ideas and methods to create entirely new visual scenes and schemas. Familiarize yourself with the Photoshop interface and tool palette, then follow along as author Laurie McCanna expertly guides you, in friendly, easy-to-understand language, through all the major functions of this amazing graphics application. Includes helpful advice on keyboard shortcuts, Photoshop Actions, and the history palette. How to Do Everything with Photoshop 7 will help you discover new worlds of artistic splendor and Web-ready visual wizardry.

Library Journal

It seems to be the year for launching new versions of old standards. Photoshop 7 introduces a number of new features that should drive demand for manuals. Everything addresses Photoshop beginners, with two chapters on resources and solving common problems that should be especially helpful; appropriate for public libraries. Teach Yourself, for beginning to intermediate users, is more thorough, covering the channels, masks, and other techniques that Everything omits, in addition to the basics. Chapter Q&As, quizzes, and exercises help users learn on their own; a valuable purchase for all public libraries. A full-color guide for intermediate users, Down & Dirty explains step by step "cool tricks," showing how to achieve easily impressive special effects, from wrapping type around a circle to creating backlit photo backgrounds. Sidebar tips offer additional information, and images in the book are available for free online. Magic also instructs intermediate to advanced users on creating cool, full-color effects but contains longer projects that each combine several techniques. The CD includes project files and demonstration software. Larger public libraries should consider either title. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

AutoCAD 2009 or How to do Everything with Your Digital Video Camera

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

AutoCAD 2009: One Step at a Time

Author: Timothy Sean Sykes

AutoCAD 2009 innovations include the introduction of the task-based ribbon which will soon dominate the computer software industry, a new menu browser, Quick tools (Properties, Drawings, Views), and the phenomenal View Cube and Steering Wheels which will make 3-dimensional creation as easy as 2D! The AutoCAD: One Step at a Time series is going into its 8th Edition with its 2009 books, and it continues to deliver the easiest, hands-on, step-by-step instructions available in CAD textbooks worldwide. And it's the only text that makes the author available to its readers via the internet!

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How to do Everything with Your Digital Video Camera

Author: Dave Johnson

Wow! This great guide is packed with juicy tidbits on cameras and video techniques. Get updates on new camera models, new software, new imaging technology, and new buying recommendations. Learn tips and techniques for taking great pictures whether you’re a beginner or a pro. Includes new projects, special effects and techniques for editing and using digital photos.

Chad Fahs is the co-author of MacWorld DVD Studio Pro Bible and a contributor of several chapters for Flash for TV and Video. In 1998 he began Avid Editing Studio in Chicago, working with established artists and producers to create exciting video and interactive forms of art and entertainment. Chad has also worked as a producer at one of the top Internet sites, training and working with clients from companies in the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. Currently, Chad writes, directs and produces for a variety of projects, including an Apple certified training course, an e-learning project for Adobe, instructional material for Ulead, and video projects for a band on Geffen/Interscope.

Ch. 1	Getting started in digital video	3
Ch. 2	Preparing your PC or Macintosh for digital video	23
Ch. 3	Using your camcorder	43
Ch. 4	Getting video into your computer	75
Ch. 5	Editing your masterpiece on a PC	99
Ch. 6	Editing on a Mac	131
Ch. 7	Creating slideshows	169
Ch. 8	Working with sound	207
Ch. 9	Sound on the Mac	243
Ch. 10	Titling your movie	267
Ch. 11	Making DVD titles on a PC	291
Ch. 12	Sharing your PC-based movies	313
Ch. 13	Making tapes and DVDs with your Mac	335
Ch. 14	Sharing QuickTime movies	353
App. A	Digital video glossary	375
App. B	Videography quick tips	381

Virtual Vintage or Statistical Computing with R

2009-02-09T22:59:00.000-08:00

Virtual Vintage: The Insider's Guide to Buying and Selling Fashion Online

Author: Linda Lindroth

Vintage clothing has never been more chic, with everyone from celebrity trendsetters to style-conscious professionals searching for wearable treasures from the past. Virtual Vintage is the first and only guide that helps both the novice and the fashion connoisseur evaluate and confidently participate in the thriving vintage marketplace that exists online. No other book explains how to get it, sell it, fix it, or wear it with flair. Authors Linda Lindroth and Deborah Newell Tornello equip readers from head to toe with
• more than 100 chic sites—rated and evaluated
• instructions on contacting sellers
• smart strategies for bidding in online auctions
• advice about evaluating the size, quality, and colors of a garment
• tips for cleaning and repairing vintage items
Whether you’re looking for a 1960s Rudi Gernreich knit, Gucci hipster trousers, a Claire McCardell for Townley shirtwaist, or a Chanel suit in pink wool with black patent-leather trim, Virtual Vintage will help you build a unique and sensational wardrobe.

Statistical Computing with R

Author: Maria L Rizzo

Focusing on implementation rather than theory, Statistical Computing with R serves as a valuable tutorial, providing examples that illustrate programming concepts in the context of practical computational problems. This book presents an overview of computational statistics with an introduction to the R computing environment. Reviewing basic concepts in probability and classical statistical inference, the text demonstrates every algorithm through fully implemented examples coded in R. Chapters cover topics such as Monte Carlo methods, clustering, bootstrap, nonparametric regression, density estimation, and goodness-of-fit. Many exercises are included for the students while a solutions manual is included for the instructor.

Spies among Us or Invisible Engines

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

Spies among Us: How to Stop the Spies, Terrorists, Hackers, and Criminals You Don't Even Know You Encounter Every Day

Author: Ira Winkler

Ira Winkler has been dubbed "A Modern Day James Bond" by CNN and other media outlets for his ability to simulate espionage attacks against many of the top companies in the world, showing how billions of dollars can disappear. This unique book is packed with the riveting, true stories and case studies of how he did it-and how people and companies can avoid falling victim to the spies among us.

American corporations now lose as much as $300 billion a year to hacking, cracking, physical security breaches, and other criminal activity. Millions of people a year have their identities stolen or fall victim to other scams. In Spies Among Us, Ira Winkler reveals his security secrets, disclosing how companies and individuals can protect themselves from even the most diabolical criminals. He goes into the mindset of everyone from small-time hackers to foreign intelligence agencies to disclose cost-effective countermeasures for all types of attacks.

In Spies Among Us, readers learn:
* Why James Bond and Sydney Bristow are terrible spies
* How a team was able to infiltrate an airport in a post-9/11 world and plant a bomb
* How Ira and his team were able to steal nuclear reactor designs in three hours
* The real risks that individuals face from the spies that they unknowingly meet on a daily basis
* Recommendations for how companies and individuals can secure themselves against the spies, criminals, and terrorists who regularly cross their path

Publishers Weekly

Those who are already paranoid about information theft, both personal and professional, should take a muscle relaxant before reading this eye-opening survey of the many holes that exist in our security and intelligence systems. Author Winkler (Corporate Espionage) began his career at the National Security Agency, and his exploits in the private sector, testing security systems by breaking into banks and high-profile companies, have earned him a place in the Information Systems Security Association Hall of Fame. Winkler s background not only lends his book an authoritative voice, but embellishes his nuts-and-bolts material with rich references to intriguing cases in which he s been involved. The book kicks off provocatively, explaining why James Bond and Sydney Bristow from the TV show Alias suck as spies and detailing what spies at various levels actually do. He then goes on to explain how spies and/or their friends (i.e., hackers, identity thieves, spammers, etc.) can get at an organization. Although the book will interest security professionals more than consumers, there s some choice bits here for readers captivated by cloak-and-dagger endeavors. Winkler s chapter on How to Be a Spy shines as a concise tutorial on how genuine spooks operate, and his case studies, which make up the middle of the book, fascinate as examples of how easy it can be to compromise the security systems of high visibility companies even post 9/11. Overall, this is a thorough, at times absorbing, cautionary tale for any company or person who subscribes to the Boy Scout motto: Be prepared. (Apr.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Pt. I	Espionage concepts	1
1	How to be a spy	3
2	Why you can never be secure	30
3	Death by 1,000 cuts	40
4	Spies and their friends	52
5	How the spies really get you	106
Pt. II	Case studies	153
6	Spy vs. spy	155
7	Nuclear meltdown	171
8	Fill 'er up!	180
9	The entrepreneur	189
10	The criminal face of the Internet age	200
11	Crimes against individuals	214
Pt. III	Stopping the spies	229
12	Taking control	231
13	Taking action	294

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Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries

Author: David S Evans

Winner of the Business, Management & Accounting category in the 2006 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc.

Software platforms are the invisible engines that have created, touched, or transformed nearly every major industry for the past quarter century. They power everything from mobile phones and automobile navigation systems to search engines and web portals. They have been the source of enormous value to consumers and helped some entrepreneurs build great fortunes. And they are likely to drive change that will dwarf the business and technology revolution we have seen to this point. Invisible Engines examines the business dynamics and strategies used by firms that recognize the transformative power unleashed by this new revolution--a revolution that will change both new and old industries.

The authors argue that in order to understand the successes of software platforms, we must first understand their role as a technological meeting ground where application developers and end users converge. Apple, Microsoft, and Google, for example, charge developers little or nothing for using their platforms and make most of their money from end users; Sony PlayStation and other game consoles, by contrast, subsidize users and make more money from developers, who pay royalties for access to the code they need to write games. More applications attract more users, and more users attract more applications. And more applications and more users lead to more profits.

Invisible Engines explores this story through the lens of the companies that have mastered this platform-balancingact. It offers detailed studies of the personal computer, video game console, personal digital assistant, smart mobile phone, and digital media software platform industries, focusing on the business decisions made by industry players to drive profits and stay a step ahead of the competition. Shorter discussions of Internet-based software platforms provide an important glimpse into a future in which the way we buy, pay, watch, listen, learn, and communicate will change forever. An electronic version of this book is available under a Creative Commons license.

What People Are Saying

"As the power behind every kind of digital device, software platforms truly are the invisible engines of the information age. In their absorbing and comprehensive account of the evolution and economics of platform technologies, Evans, Hagiu, and Schmalensee essentially map out the still-evolving history of the third industrial revolution."
--Craig Mundie, Chief Technical Officer, Microsoft

"Most high-tech markets today revolve around software and are 'two-sided'--they require end-users as well as producers of complementary products such as software applications or digital content to support one platform over another. Invisible Engines is by far the broadest study of this subject to date. The authors probe expertly into the economics and technology underlying these markets as well as what business models and pricing strategies seem most likely to work. A very impressive book."
--Michael A. Cusumano, author of The Business of Software and coauthor of Platform Leadership

" Invisible Engines describes the economics of operating systems, those fiendishly complex pieces of software that provide the nervous system for computers, cell phones, game consoles, and a host of other devices. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the economic forces that drive high-tech industries."
--Hal Varian, Haas School of Business and Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley

"Invisible Engines is a highly sophisticated yet readable exploration of how companies do, can, and should deliver great value through software platforms. By combining economics and management, the authors deliver deep insights into the multifaceted world of software." --David B. Yoffie, Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration, Harvard Business School

"Google, eBay, mobile phones, and the Xbox have a lot more in common that you might suspect. Invisible Engines builds on recent thinking about two-sided platforms, including the authors' substantial contributions to it. Evans, Hagiu and Schmalensee beautifully blend economics, history, and business analysis to shed light on how businesses and policy makers should design their strategies. This exciting book will be a key resource for practitioners and academics interested in knowing how software platforms work and where information technologies are heading."
--Jean Tirole, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, University of Toulouse

Digital Filmmaking or iPod Fully Loaded

2009-02-07T14:36:00.000-08:00

Digital Filmmaking

Author: Mike Figgis

Now there is no reason to prevent anybody from making a film. The technology exists, the equipment is much cheaper than it was, the post-production facilities are on a laptop computer, the entire equipment to make a film can go in a couple of cases and be carried as hand luggage on a plane. —Mike Figgis

In this indispensable guide, Academy Award nominee Mike Figgis offers the reader a step-by-step tutorial in how to use digital filmmaking technology so as to get the very best from it. He outlines the equipment and its uses, and provides an authoritative guide to the shooting process—from working with actors to lighting, framing, and camera movement. He dispenses further wisdom on the editing process and the use of sound and music, all while establishing a sound aesthetic basis for the digital format.

Offering everything that you could wish to know on the subject, this is a handbook that will become an essential backpocket eference for the digital film enthusiast—whether your goal is to make no-budget movies or simply to put your video camera to more use than just holidays and weddings.

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iPod Fully Loaded: If You've Got It, You Can iPod It

Author: Andy Ihnatko

Let Mac guru Andy Ihnatko shows you how to put everything but the kitchen sink on your iPod -- from old LPs, radio programs, television shows, and movies to spreadsheets, presentations, and PC rescue files. You'll quickly discover that music is only a small part of the picture as you learn how to record TV shows for an iPod, record radio broadcasts and automatically convert them into podcasts, convert Web pages into formats that can be read or listened to on an iPod, and even translate Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents for the iPod screen. Whether you're a PC or a Mac user, or have a past, present, or even future iPod, Inhantko's advice works perfectly.

Database Design and Development or Cyber threats Information Warfare and Critical Infrastructure Protection

2009-02-06T10:25:00.000-08:00

Database Design and Development: A Visual Approach

Author: Raymond Frost

For students in the introductory course in database who want to learn how to design rather than just manipulate relational databases.The book that balances database theory, business problem solving, and hands-on-practice. This book prepares student for the workplace without sacrificing rigorous academic theory.

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Cyber-threats, Information Warfare, and Critical Infrastructure Protection: Defending the U.S. Homeland

Author: Anthony H H Cordesman

Information warfare is upon us. In the last two decades, the U.S. economy's infrastructure has undergone a fundamental set of changes, relying increasingly on its service sector and high technology economy. The U.S. depends on computers, electronic data storage and transfers, and highly integrated communications networks. Its rapidly developing new form of critical infrastructure is exceedingly vulnerable to an emerging host of threats. This detailed volume examines the dangers of, and the evolving U.S. policy response to, cyberterrorism.

	Acknowledgments	ix
Chapter 1	The Changing Nature of Critical Infrastructure Protection	1
	The Problem of Evolving Technology	2
	The Uncertain Balance of Risks and Non-risks in Cyber-attacks	2
	The Disconnect between Cyber-defense and Cyber-offense	3
	The Lack of Credible Risk and Vulnerability Assessments	4
	Governmental and Private Sector Efforts to Respond	5
Chapter 2	Threat Assessment	11
	The President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection Characterization of the Threat	13
	The National Infrastructure Protection Center's (NIPC) View of the Threat	14
	Intelligence Community Assessments of the Threat	23
	CIA Testimony on the Threat	23
	National Intelligence Council's Estimate of the Threat	30
	Incidents of "Cyber-warfare": The Kosovo Crisis	34
	Serbia's Role in Information Warfare	36
	NATO's Role in Information Warfare	37
	Is Information Warfare and Retaliation Legal and Worth Its Costs?	38
	Lower-Level Incidents of "Cyber-warfare"	39
	Moonlight Maze	39
	Solar Sunrise	40
	Rome Labs Incident	41
	The Computer Security Institute's Survey of the Threat	43
	Computer Emergency Response Team's (CERT) Assessment of Threat	47
	Challenges in Improving the Assessment of the Threat	49
Chapter 3	Evolving U.S. Policy and Response	53
	The Beginnings: The Computer Security Act and Clinger-Cohen Act	54
	The Federal Government Redefines Critical Infrastructure and Agency Responsibilities	55
	Executive Order 13010	56
	The President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection	57
	Presidential Decision Directive-63 (PDD-63)	59
	Lead Agencies for Sector Liaison	61
	Lead Agencies for Special Functions	62
	A New Structure for Interagency Coordination	63
	National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC)	64
	Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC)	65
	National Infrastructure Assurance Council	66
	National Infrastructure Assurance Plan	67
	Studies and Research	68
	Cooperation with the Private and Civil Sectors	69
	Annual Report on Implementation	70
	National Plan for Information Systems Protection	71
	National Plan for Information Systems Protection, Version One	71
	GAO Comments on the National Plan for Information Systems Protection	73
	Oplan 3600	82
	The Success of the Federal Government Effort to Date	82
Chapter 4	Analyzing Federal Critical Infrastructure Programs by Department and Agency	85
	The National Plan for Information Systems Estimate	85
	The OMB Analysis	88
	Annual Report to Congress on Combating Terrorism	89
	Government-wide Spending on CIP	91
	Efforts by Federal Agencies	92
	Department of Agriculture	94
	Department of Commerce	96
	Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office	106
	Department of Energy	106
	Environmental Protection Agency and GAO Audits	107
	Health and Human Services	107
	Department of Interior	108
	Department of Justice	108
	NASA	108
	GAO Assessments of NASA Information Security	108
	National Science Foundation	110
	National Security Community	111
	The Role of the Department of Defense	112
	Patterns of Attack and Response	114
	Major DoD Cyber-defense Programs	116
	GAO Critiques of DoD Efforts: The 1996 Study	120
	The GAO's 1999 Recommendations	122
	DoD Progress in Addressing Security Weakness	127
	Cyber and Information Warfare and the Role of the Intelligence Community	128
	Total Spending on National Security Activity	131
	Department of State	131
	Department of Transportation	131
	Department of Treasury	132
	Department of Veterans Affairs	132
Chapter 5	Assessments of Effectiveness	133
	Independent U.S. Government Efforts to Assess Risk, Cost, and Benefits: GAO Testimony of October 6, 1999	133
	Management Recommendations Within Brock's Testimony	136
	Independent U.S. Government Efforts to Assess Risk, Cost, and Benefits: GAO Testimony of March 29, 2000	141
	Weaknesses in Controls	141
	Raise Awareness	143
	Implement Software Patches	144
	Routinely Use Automated Tools to Monitor Security	144
	Identify and Propagate Pockets of Excellence	145
	Focus on the Most Common Vulnerabilities First	145
	Enforce a Strong Management Approach	145
	Preliminary Analysis of GAO Findings	146
	Other Efforts to Assess Risk, Cost, and Benefits	147
	Technical Risks, Test, and Evaluations of IW Programs	149
Chapter 6	Role of State and Local Governments	151
Chapter 7	Role of Private Industry	153
Chapter 8	Lessons from Other Nations: International Vulnerability	157
Chapter 9	Conclusions and Recommendations	167
	Notes	181

Exploring C or Contextual Design

2009-02-05T06:13:00.000-08:00

Exploring C++: The Programmer

Author: Ray Lischner

Exploring C++ uses a series of self-directed lessons to divide C++ into bite-sized chunks that you can digest as rapidly as you can swallow them. The book assumes only a basic understanding of fundamental programming concepts (variables, functions, expressions, statements) and requires no prior knowledge of C or any other particular language. It reduces the usually considerable complexity of C++.

The included lessons allow you to learn by doing, as a participant of an interactive education session. You'll master each step in a one sitting before you proceed to the next. Author Ray Lischner has designed questions to promote learning new material. And by responding to questions throughout the text, you'll be engaged every step of the way.

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Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems

Author: Hugh Beyer

This is a practical, hands-on guide for anyone trying to design systems that reflect the way customers want to do their work. The authors developed Contextual Design, the method discussed here, through their work with teams struggling to design products and internal systems. In this book, you'll find the underlying principles of the method and how to apply them to different problems, constraints, and organizational situations.

Contextual Design enables you to:
* gather detailed data about how people work and use systems
* develop a coherent picture of a whole customer population
* generate system designs from a knowledge of customer work
* diagram a set of existing systems, showing their relationships, inconsistencies, redundancies, and omissions

"The foremost experts on contextual inquiry have packed what they know into a book of substance and intelligence. It lucidly shows how to capture the real requirements of customers adn fit designs to their needs. If you care about your customers and want to understand what they need, then you need this book."
--Larry Constantine, Principal Consultant, Constantine & Locwood, Ltd., Professor of Computing Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney (Australia), Author of Constantine on Peopleware and Software for User

"This book conveys the understanding and wisdom that they [the authors] have gained from their experience in contextual design in a form that is accessible to students and design practitioners. It will serve as a guide and handbook for the next generation of interaction designers, and as a result we can expect the usability and appropriateness of computer systems to be greatlyimproved."
--Terry Winograd, Stanford University

	Foreword
	Preface
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Ch. 2	Gathering Customer Data	29
Ch. 3	Principles of Contextual Inquiry	41
Ch. 4	Contextual Inquiry in Practice	67
Ch. 5	A Language of Work	81
Ch. 6	Work Models	89
Ch. 7	The Interpretation Session	125
Ch. 8	Consolidation	139
Ch. 9	Creating One View of the Customer	151
Ch. 10	Communicating to the Organization	199
Ch. 11	Work Redesign	215
Ch. 12	Using Data to Drive Design	229
Ch. 13	Design from Data	273
Ch. 14	System Design	295
Ch. 15	The User Environment Design	317
Ch. 16	Project Planning and Strategy	347
Ch. 17	Prototyping as a Design Tool	367
Ch. 18	From Structure to User Interface	379
Ch. 19	Iterating with a Prototype	393
Ch. 20	Putting It into Practice	415
	Afterword	439
	Readings and Resources	443
	References	449
	Index	459
	About the Authors	471

Programming Role Games with DirectX or E Business and ERP

2009-02-04T02:01:00.000-08:00

Programming Role Games with DirectX

Author: Jim Adams

No game draws a player into its world in quite the same way as a role-playing game does. In role-playing games, players break through the barrier that exists between their actions and the fantastic world that they're navigating through and instead become an inhabitant of that world. Get ready to put your creative ideas in motion and try your hand at creating your own role-playing game! "Programming Role Playing Games with DirectX, 2nd Edition" will show you how to do it as you create cool graphics and combat engines, handle players in your game, use scripts and items, and make your game multiplayer-capable. This book breaks a role-playing game down into its essential components, examining the details of each and showing you how to use them in your game project. Learn how to draw with DirectX Graphics, play audio with DirectX Audio, network with DirectPlay, and process input with DirectInput. By the time you finish, you'll have the skills you need to create a complete role-playing game.

Ch. 1	Preparing for the book	3
Ch. 2	Drawing with DirectX graphics	45
Ch. 3	Interacting with DirectInput	141
Ch. 4	Playing sound and music with DirectX audio and direct show	171
Ch. 5	Networking with DirectPlay	233
Ch. 6	Creating the game core	275
Ch. 7	Using 2-D graphics	339
Ch. 8	Creating 3-D graphics engines	371
Ch. 9	Mixing 2-D and 3-D graphics engines	433
Ch. 10	Implementing scripts	449
Ch. 11	Defining and using objects	483
Ch. 12	Controlling players and characters	521
Ch. 13	Working with maps and levels	621
Ch. 14	Creating combat sequences	675
Ch. 15	Getting online with multiplayer gaming	697
Ch. 16	Putting together a full game	755

Interesting book: Dinámica Comercial:Pensamiento de Sistemas y Modelado para un Mundo Complejo con CD-ROM

E-Business and ERP: Transforming the Enterprise

Author: Grant Norris

Is Your Company Getting the Most from Its Investment in Change?

Many companies have already invested heavily in infrastructure change, some are making that investment now, and all are contemplating the costs of becoming or evolving as an e-business. Is your company a "greenfield" organization with no back-end systems, or one whose infrastructure support systems are integrated across the enterprise? Are you just beginning to think about e-business capabilities, or are you on the leading edge of convergence? Whatever your company's position on the ERP/E-Business Matrix, E-Business and ERP: Transforming the Enterprise provides the proven techniques you need to know to meld enterprise resource planning capabilities with the communications power of the Internet.

Is Your Company Positioned for E-Business Success?

The Internet has revolutionized twenty-first century business. Organizations today can communicate with customers, suppliers, and sellers at e-speed with the click of a mouse. Yet, with all of the excitement about the external possibilities of the Internet, companies still need efficient internal processes to make and move products, manage finances, recruit and motivate employees, and excel.

E-Business and ERP: Transforming the Enterprise covers the skills and tools you will need to combine existing ERP software and capabilities with emerging Web-based technologies. In this forward-thinking outline for a new business structure, executives and managers will discover:

Strategies for established companies to penetrate the Internet marketplace
Procedures that lower costs across the supply and demand chain
Techniques that help you meet—and master—the dot.com challenge

The companies best positioned to succeed in the near future are those that can balance existing ERP-based infrastructures and capabilities with exciting new e-business innovations. E-Business and ERP: Transforming the Enterprise examines the changing but essential role of ERP, places it in the context of the Web-based technologies defining today's e-business environment, and reveals how to blend the best aspects of both to create a strong and flexible twenty-first century business enterprise.

Internet Works"

It's full of diagrams and is written in a direct and concise style.

Booknews

Provides techniques for melding enterprise resource planning (ERP) capabilities with the communications power of the Internet. Shows how start-up and established companies can link their existing ERP systems with the information capabilities of their customers, and offers a framework for understanding e-business opportunities within the context of a traditional enterprise and its infrastructure. Explains how the Internet impacts supply chain management, customer relationship management, and shared services, and looks at the future of Web-based technologies. Norris is a partner in PricewaterhouseCooper's management consulting services practice. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Workflow Modeling or 10 Cool LEGO MINDSTORMS Ultimate Builders Projects

2009-02-02T21:48:00.000-08:00

Workflow Modeling: Tools for Process Improvement and Application Development

Author: Alec Sharp

If you're looking to create new workflow systems or redesign existing business processes for your enterprise, look no further than this concise, new hands-on book. Providing proven techniques for identifying, modeling, and redesigning business processes, and explaining how to implement workflow improvement, this book helps you define requirements for systems development or systems acquisition. By showing you how to build visual models for illustrating workflow, the authors help you to assess your current business processes and see where process improvement and systems development can take place.

This book brings the two distinct disciplines of management and information technology together especially for high-tech professionals who need to improve the way work gets done to maintain a competitive edge. Addressing such hot topics as enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications and enterprise application integration (EAI), you learn how to manage these complex, new schemes not as technology-based changes, but as the process redesign projects they truly are. Plus, understanding process workflow modeling allows you to get a better handle on implementing a complete business process for successful e-commerce initiatives.

Filled with real-world examples and practical techniques, you get a seamless methodology for process redesign and information systems development that integrates use-case analysis and process workflow modeling to easily span the gap between management and IT. What's more, the visual modeling you learn from this book shows you not only how to improve your enterprise, but where trouble spots might occur and how to avoid common pitfalls.

What'smore, because the book is structured as an on-the-job guide, you don't have to read it all before getting started. It features clear summaries, project checklists, and other aids that make it a logical guide to keep on your reference shelf and put to use every day.

Booknews

"Start with the end<-->the result<-->in mind." That is the message driving this visual models approach to improving the work flow process for organizational success. Experts in management and information technology provide use case scenarios for defining system requirements, real-world examples, project checklists, and other aids for sharpening the competitive edge. Sharp is the founder of a consulting firm in West Vancouver, BC, Canada, and past president of the Brith Columbia Data Management Association chapter. McDermott is the president of McDermott Computer Decisions Inc. in Oakland, CA, and has served as director of the Data Management Association. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book about: Ecksteine der Betriebsbuchhaltung

10 Cool LEGO MINDSTORMS Ultimate Builders Projects

Author: Syngress

LEGO MINDSTORMS lets you design and program robots that can do just about anything!
You've just purchased the LEGO MINDSTORMS Ultimate Builder Kit. Now what? Overwhelmed by the creative possibilities? The Builder Kit is targeted towards those who want to become "master LEGO builders."

10 Cool LEGO MINDSTORM Ultimate Builder Projects: Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour provides step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations for users of all skill levels and proficiencies. This MINDSTORMS kit features many rare parts, a spare motor, a turntable, special gears, transparent beams, and even a pneumatics system-parts that can be confusing and that will be new to many LEGO builders. 10 Cool LEGO MINDSTORM Ultimate Builder Projects teaches readers how to incorporate these new features into their creations as they build 10 unique robots.

From out of the box to up and running in less than an hour. This book teaches users how to create 10 amazing projects in under an hour.
8-page color insert. An eight-page color insert will illustrates the complete projects in full-detail.
Specifically targeted to both new users of the LEGO MINDSTORMS and experienced MINDSTORMS fans.

Cisco Field Manual or Beginning Excel Services

2009-02-01T17:36:00.000-08:00

Cisco Field Manual: Router Configuration

Author: David Hucaby

Cisco Field Manual: Router Configuration is the ultimate command reference that shows readers how to configure routers and switches with Cisco IOS software. Complete with shaded tab sections for different IOS software feature families for easy reference. Each section provides a succinct background of the group, configuration information and example components. With information on the most recent IOS releases as well as on previous releases in simple to read tables, Cisco Field Manual: Router Configuration is designed to be an invaluable workplace tool.

Presents the common elements of complex configurations for Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls in an intuitive, easy-to-reference format.
Each feature includes concise background information, configuration notes, port numbers, and examples.
Describes actual configuration commands and options in the order they should be used.
Saves time spent searching for pertinent information in the Cisco IOS documentation.
Useful as a hands-on command reference in the field or as a part of any candidate's Cisco Career Certifications preparation.

Book review: Organizaciones Comerciales para Paralegals

Beginning Excel Services

Author: Craig Thomas

Written by Microsoft’s lead developers of Excel Services, this book shares their insights into the benefits and usage of Excel’s new server technology so that you can solve business problems. You’ll learn what Excel Services is for and how it is used, how to deploy an evaluation copy of the server and effectively administer it, and gain an understanding of how the server works. You’ll also get step-by-step guidelines for using the server in each of the scenarios for which it was designed.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: Overview of Excel Services.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Excel Services.

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Excel Services.

Chapter 3: Architecture.

Part II: Working with Excel Services.

Chapter 4: Workbook Support.

Chapter 5: External Data.

Chapter 6: Capacity and Deployment Planning.

Chapter 7: Administration of Excel Services.

Chapter 8: Security.

Part III: How-To Scenarios.

Chapter 9: Sharing Workbooks with the Browser.

Chapter 10: Interacting with Workbooks in the Browser.

Chapter 11: Controlling Workbook Distribution.

Chapter 12: Business Intelligence Solutions.

Chapter 13: Offloading Workbook Calculation to the Server.

Chapter 14: Building Custom Solutions.

Appendix: Troubleshooting.

Index.

Stop Staring or Professional BizTalk Server 2006

2009-01-31T13:24:00.000-08:00

Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right -- Second Edition

Author: Jason Osipa

Breathe life into your creations

With detailed examples, high-quality professional images, and a touch of humor, this is the fully revised and updated second edition of Jason Osipa's best-selling book on facial animation. You'll learn the basics of design, modeling, rigging, and animation-while mastering exciting new techniques for stretch-and-squash deformation, advanced blend extraction, and the latest software tools. Walk through the author's detailed analysis of sample animations and discover how to add nuance and sophistication to your designs.

Full of insights drawn from years of professional experience, this book provides the focused and practical information you need to create believable facial animations.

• Learn visimes and lip sync techniques

• Construct a mouth and mouth keys

• Explore the process of facial landmarking

• Master the cartoon techniques of squash and stretch

• Harness the latest advanced blend extraction tools

• Create interfaces for your faces

• Understand skeletal setup, weighting, and rigging

Control faces with the book's powerful rig and learn how skin moves to make various shapes and expressions

Master powerful stretch-and-squash (and squoosh!) techniques

Featured on the CD
Fine-tune your facial animations with the techniques demonstrated on the companion CD. Content includes tutorial files, lip sync samples, models, textures, and more.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

	Foreword
	Introduction
Pt. I	Getting to Know the Face	1
Ch. 1	Learning the Basics of Lip Sync	3
Ch. 2	What the Eyes and Brows Tell Us	21
Ch. 3	Facial Landmarking	31
Pt. II	Animating and Modeling the Mouth	45
Ch. 4	Visimes and Lip Sync Technique	47
Ch. 5	Constructing a Mouth	75
Ch. 6	Mouth Keys	107
Pt. III	Animating and Modeling the Eyes and Brows	139
Ch. 7	Building Emotion: The Basics of the Eyes	141
Ch. 8	Constructing Eyes and Brows	169
Ch. 9	Eye and Brow Keys	193
Pt. IV	Bringing It Together	221
Ch. 10	Connecting the Features	223
Ch. 11	Skeletal Setup, Weighing, and Rigging	237
Ch. 12	Interfaces for Your Faces	259
Ch. 13	A Shot in Production	291
	Index	325

New interesting book: Exploring Expect or Rootkits

Professional BizTalk Server 2006

Author: Darren Jefford

Professional BizTalk® Server 2006

This book provides insight into how industry experts have successfully architected, developed, and maintained Microsoft BizTalk Server in mission-critical environments. Authored by highly-regarded consultants with a wealth of knowledge on designing, building, and operating enterprise applications using BizTalk, this comprehensive guide gives you the techniques and best practices you'll need to develop effective projects.

Darren Jefford is a Principal Consultant with the Microsoft UK Application Development Consulting (ADC) team who has extensive real-world experience with BizTalk Server and the broader Microsoft platform. Kevin B. Smith formerly worked as a Technical Lead Software Design Engineer for the BizTalk Server Product Team and helped ship three versions of BizTalk Server. Ewan Fairweather works as a Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft, providing onsite support to enterprise customers, including maintaining and optimizing their BizTalk Server solutions.

Achitects, developers, testers, and administrators will achieve instant success when they apply the deep technical information covered in this book. They will better appreciate the internal workings of BizTalk Server and will understand detailed solutions for challenges often experienced with BizTalk-based systems.

What you will learn from this book

How the BizTalk Engine works and how to develop effective pipeline components
How to develop BizTalk orchestrations that achieve maximum performance
Methods for using Business Activity Monitoring within your solution for enterprise-wide instrumentation
How to utilize the rules engine within your solutions to produce quality and reliability
Techniques for conducting performance and scalability tests to identify bottlenecks
Ways to minimize the latency of your solution to meet challenging low latency requirements
How system administrators can proactively manage and maintain mission-critical BizTalk solutions
Features for BizTalk Server 2006 R2, such as the BAM Interceptor for Windows® Workflow

Who this book is for: Architects, developers, testers, and administrators involved in the development of a BizTalk Server 2004 or 2006 solution.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

Voip for Dummies or iPhone Fully Loaded

2009-01-30T09:12:00.000-08:00

Voip for Dummies

Author: Timothy V Kelly

Put your phone system on your computer network and see the savings

See how to get started with VoIP, how it works, and why it saves you money

VoIP is techspeak for "voice over Internet protocol," but it could spell "saving big bucks" for your business! Here's where to get the scoop in plain English. Find out how VoIP can save you money, how voice communication travels online, and how to choose the best way to integrate your phone system with your network at home or at the office.

Discover how to:

• Use VoIP for your business or home phone service

• Choose the best network type

• Set up VoIP on a wireless network

• Understand transports and services

• Demonstrate VoIP's advantages to management

iPhone Fully Loaded

Author: Andy Ihnatko

iPhone Fully Loaded is a one-of-a-kind reference that teaches you how to fully exploit the power of your Phone or iPod touch. Clear step-by-step instructions teach you how to convert any form of home, office, or online media -- dusty LPs, movies on DVD, spreadsheets, databases, presentations, downloadable books, comic books, as well as music and video to an iPhone or iPod Touch compatible format. Written by wildly popular technology expert and Chicago Sun Times columnist Andy Ihnatko, iPhone Fully Loaded is a full-color guide designed to work for both Mac OS X and Windows users. From uploading Web pages to downloading television shows and a variety of documents, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, the iPhone does much more than make phone calls, play music, and send e-mail.

Acknowledgments.

Credits.

About the Author.

INTRODUCTION.

PART 1: THE BASICS OF CONTENT.

Chapter 1: Remedial iTunes.

Chapter 2: How To Make 8 Gigabytes Seem Like 80.

PART II: THE REAL WORLD.

Chapter 3: Ripping CDs.

Chapter 4: Ripping DVDs.

Chapter 5: Old Home Video.

Chapter 6: Glorious Television.

Chapter 7: Radio.

Chapter 8: Comics.

PART III: THE INTERNET.

Chapter 9: News, Blogs, and Bookmarks.

Chapter 10: What a Friend We Have in RSS.

Chapter 11: Software, Kind Of (and No, Really).

Chapter 12: Sticking Web Pages in Your Ear.

Chapter 13: Podcasts.

Chapter 14: Audio Streams.

Chapter 15: Internet Videos.

Chapter 16: How to Download Free Music and Get Away with It.

PART IV: THE OFFICE.

Chapter 17: Calendars and Contacts.

Chapter 18: Clippings and Trivial Ephemera.

Chapter 19: Any Damned Information You Want.

Chapter 20: Picture That.

Chapter 21: E-Mail.

Chapter 22: Spreadsheets and Databases.

Chapter 23: Presentations.

INDEX.

Podcasting Pocket Guide or Linux Samba Server Administration

2009-01-29T05:01:00.000-08:00

Podcasting Pocket Guide

Author: Kirk McElhearn

With more than three thousand feeds in the iPodder directory and at least ten more being added every day, podcasting is undeniably hot. Podcasting Pocket Guide is a non-technical guide for the non-geek who wants in on this revolutionary new online medium--for those interested in enjoying the best podcasts or producing them.

While podcasts seem like Internet "radio programs," they are definitely not radio. And that's a very good thing for people like you with something to say. Radio waves, after all, are heavily regulated, which means you can't say whatever you want on them (in fact, most of you can't say anything on them, assuming you don't happen to be DJs). But anyone who can make an MP3 recording, host it on a web site, and publish a "feed" for it can be a podcaster. And anyone who wants access to opinions and ideas that you won't get on the radio can find them on a podcast.

Small enough to fit in your pocket, the portable and affordable Podcasting Pocket Guide shows you how to tune into the best podcasts and download them to your favorite portable device so you can listen to them wherever and whenever you want. This handy reference even includes a listener's guide with reviews of some of the most interesting and unusual podcasts available today. From unique views on current events to music you'd never hear otherwise to sound seeing tours that take you all over the world, there's something for everyone on virtually every conceivable topic.

For aspiring podcasters, Podcasting Pocket Guide introduces you to the tools and techniques you'll need to make and publish podcasts with the most basic of equipment: a computer, a microphone, and some free software. It includespractical tips and how-tos for creating, recording, editing, and uploading your own, professional-quality podcast. Once you've made that first recording, you can publish it online, get it listed, and start obsessing over the size of your audience!

Linux Samba Server Administration (Craig Hunt Linux Library Series)

Author: Roderick W Smith

Linux Samba Server Administration is the most complete, most advanced guide to Samba you'll find anywhere. Written by a leading Linux expert, this book teaches you, step-by-step, all the standard and advanced Samba techniques you'll need to make Linux and UNIX machines operate seamlessly as part of your Windows network. Throughout, scores of clear, consistent examples illustrate these techniques in detail—so you stay on track and accomplish all your goals. Coverage includes:

Installing Samba
Setting up file sharing
Setting up printer sharing
Using Samba as a client
Setting up a working user authentication system
Using automation to expand Samba's capabilities
Setting up Samba as a domain controller
Configuring NetBIOS name server functions
Configuring Samba for optimal interoperation with other servers
Managing user accounts
Optimizing Samba for maximum speed
Securing Samba against intrusion
Using Samba as a backup server
Troubleshooting Samba
Configuring Samba to work with a variety of client Oss

About the Library

The Craig Hunt Linux Library is an eight-book set that provides in-depth, advanced coverage of the key topics for Linux administrators. Topics include Samba, System Administration, Sendmail, Apache, NFS and Automounter, and Linux Security. Each book in the library is either written by or meticulously reviewed by Craig Hunt to ensure the highest quality and most complete coverage of networking professionals working specifically in Linux environments.

Discovering Genomics Proteomics and Bioinformatics Second Edition or Rexx Programmers Reference

2009-01-28T00:49:00.000-08:00

Discovering Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Second Edition

Author: A Campbell

KEY BENEFIT: Discovering Genomics is the first genomics text that combines web activities and case studies with a problem-solving approach to teach upper-level undergraduates and first-year graduate students the fundamentals of genomic analysis. More of a workbook than a traditional text, Discovering Genomics, Second Edition allows students to work with real genomic data in solving problems and provides the user with an active learning experience. KEY TOPICS: Genomic Medicine Case Study: What’s wrong with my child? Genome Sequence Acquisition and Analysis, Comparative Genomics in Evolution and Medicine, Genome Variations, Genomic Medicine Case Study: Why Can’t I Just Take a Pill to Lose Weight? Basic Research with DNA Microarrays, Applied Research with DNA Microarrays, Proteomics, Genomic Medicine Case Study: Why Can’t We Cure More Diseases? Genomic Circuits in Single Genes, Integrated Genomic Circuits, Modeling Whole-Genome Circuits. MARKET: For all readers interested in genomics.

1	What's wrong with my child?	2
2	Genome sequence acquisition	33
3	Comparative genomics in evolution and medicine	113
4	Genomic variations	177
5	Why can't I just take a pill to lose weight?	218
6	Basic research with DNA microarrays	233
7	Applied research with DNA microarrays	263
8	Proteomics	285
9	Why can't we cure more diseases?	330
10	Genomic circuits in single genes	341
11	Integrated genomic circuits	369
12	Modeling whole-genome circuits	409

Books about: Life after the 30 Second Spot or MPLS and VPN Architectures

Rexx Programmer's Reference

Author: Howard Fosdick

• Originally developed for mainframes but highly portable across platforms-from servers to desktops to handhelds-Rexx is an easy yet powerful scripting language that's widely used for rapid application development.

• Covers Rexx interpreters for specialized functions-object-oriented, mainframe, and handheld.

• There are 8 different free Rexx interpreters optimized for different platforms and uses. This book shows how to use them all.

• Shows how to script for GUIs, databases, web servers, XML, and other interfaces.

• Details how to make the best use of Rexx tools and interfaces, with examples for both Linux and Windows.

• Includes a tutorial with lots of examples to help people get up and running.

In the Minds Eye or Introducing Microsoft Expression Studio

2009-01-26T20:37:00.000-08:00

In the Mind's Eye: Visual Thinkers, Gifted People with Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties, Computer Images and the Ironies of Creativity

Author: Thomas G West

In this updated edition to his fascinating exploration of the "ironies of creativity," Thomas West furthers his ground-breaking research on how some innovations in computer visualization are making work and education more favorable to visual thinkers. In the Mind's Eye exposes many popular myths about conventional intelligence by examining the role of visual-spatial strengths and verbal weaknesses in the lives of eleven gifted individuals, including Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison, and others. West cites research in neuroscience that shows a link between visual talents and verbal difficulties, and he believes that new developments in computer technology herald a significant shift toward the increased use of visual approaches throughout the economy. These changes may be as revolutionary as the technology of the book, which translated ideas into written words. The use of visualization and virtual reality computer displays has already begun to move out of the world of science into that business, representing marketing trends through moving pictures rather than tiresome charts and tables of numbers. According to West, creative visual thinkers (many of whom have had difficulty with verbal skills), aided by computers, will be at the forefront of innovation in a dramatically changing society.

Booknews

Exposes myths about conventional intelligence by examining the role of visual-spatial strengths and verbal weaknesses in the lives of 11 gifted individuals, including Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison. Examines research in neuroscience that shows a link between visual talents and verbal difficulties, and discusses developments in computer technology that herald a shift toward the increased use of visual approaches in business and science. This revised edition offers an expanded list of national and international organizations, and an updated bibliography. Includes b&w photos and illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

New interesting textbook: MCSE Self Paced Training Kit or C Programming

Introducing Microsoft Expression Studio: Using Design, Web, Blend, and Media to Create Professional Digital Content

Author: Greg Holden

The World WideWeb is continually becoming more complex in sophistication. To get attention and be credible, your site has to have professional-quality graphics. It needs to be usable and give your visitors an interactive and compelling experience. For professional graphic designers and Web site architects, it's a golden age, because there's so much work to do and the standards are so high.Those who aren't artists, programmers, or designers are left wondering how to achieveall of those cool effects: how to make their Web sites user-friendly and eye-catching while maintaining Web standards. Microsoft's suite of graphics and design tools, collectively called Expression Studio, provides a terrific option for anyone who wants to create high-quality graphics,Web presentations, or user interfaces.This book serves as an introduction to using Expression Studio to create Web sites, graphics, and presentations, and to organize and edit media files. You'll learn how to use the Expression Studio programs individually, and you'll also learn how easy it is to export files and projects from one application to another. Each section of the book covers a specific program, so you can read the book from cover to cover to get a complete idea of how the entire suite works together, or just jump to specific topics of interest on the program you want to learn more about. By the end of the book, you'll be creating interactive sites that utilize Cascading Style Sheets and databases with Expression Web, creating and manipulating images with Expression Design, cataloging and keeping track of your content and creations with Expression Media, and putting it all together with Expression Blend.

Chapter 1: Getting Started Chapter 2: Drawing Paths
Chapter 3: Changing Path Attributes
Chapter 4: Painting Pixels
Chapter 5: Retouching Images
Chapter 6: Working with Text
Chapter 7: Transforming and Warping
Chapter 8: Applying Effects and Filters
Chapter 9: Putting It All Together

Chapter 10: Exporting Image Files
Chapter 11: Preparing your Work for Print
Chapter 12: Preparing your Work for the Web

CSS Cookbook or SQL All in One Desk Reference for Dummies

2009-01-25T16:26:00.000-08:00

CSS Cookbook: Quick Solutions to Common CSS Problems

Author: Christopher Schmitt

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are a powerful way to enrichthe presentation of HTML-based web pages, allowing web authors to give their pages a more sophisticated look and more structure. CSS's compact file size helps web pages load quickly, and by allowing changes made in one place to be applied across the entire document, CSS can save hours of tedious changing and updating.

But to leverage the full power of CSS, web authors first have to sift through CSS theory to find practical solutions that resolve real-world problems. Web authors can waste hours and earn ulcers trying to find answers to those all-too-common dilemmas that crop up with each project. The CSS Cookbook cuts straight through the theory to provide hundreds of useful examples and CSS code recipes that web authors can use immediately to format their web pages.

The time saved by a single one of these recipes will make its cover price money well-spent. But the CSS Cookbook provides more than quick code solutions to pressing problems. The explanation that accompanies each recipe enables readers to customize the formatting for their specific purposes, and shows why the solution works, so you can adapt these techniques to other situations. Recipes range from the basics that every web author needs to code concoctions that will take your web pages to new levels.

Reflecting CSS2, the latest specification, and including topics that range from basic web typography and page layout to techniques for formatting lists, forms, and tables, it is easy to see why the CSS Cookbook is regarded as an excellent companion to Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide and a must-have resource for any web author who has even considered using CSS.

1	General	1
2	Web typography	65
3	Images	115
4	Page elements	186
5	Lists	208
6	Links and navigation	228
7	Forms	270
8	Tables	322
9	Page layouts	347
10	Print	396
11	Hacks, workarounds, and troubleshooting	415
12	Designing with CSS	435
A	Resources	451
B	CSS 2.1 properties and proprietary extensions	458
C	CSS 2.1 selectors, pseudo-classes, and pseudo-elements	474
D	Styling of form elements	477

Book about: A Compass for Healing or The Inflammation Revolution

SQL All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies

Author: Allen G Taylor

SQL is the international standard language for creating and maintaining relational databases. This book is a compendium of information about SQL and relational database design, development, and maintenance. The nine mini-books cover the full spectrum of issues that arise in building, using, and maintaining relational database systems.

Book I: SQL Concepts

Book II: Relational Database Development

Book III: SQL Queries

Book IV: Data Security

Book V: SQL and Programming

Book VI: SQL and XML

Book VII: Database Tuning Overview

Book VIII: Appendixes

Six Sigma Quality Improvement with MINITAB or Secrets of Figure Creation with Poser 5

2009-01-24T12:14:00.000-08:00

The Exercise Training Diary: For Dummies

Author: G Robin Henderson

The Exercise Training Diary For Dummies will get fitness enthusiasts to gear up even more. It includes a 52-week, fill-in calendar you can use to schedule workouts and record progress, plus helpful advice on a full range of health topics.

Introduction.
PART I: The Training Basics.
Chapter 1: Creating Your Workout Plan.
Chapter 2: Just Warming Up.
Chapter 3: Choosing the Right Workout.
Chapter 4: Cooling Down and Fueling Up.
PART II: The Exercise Training Diary.
Your Training Diary.
PART III: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 5: Ten Top Exercise Etiquette Tips.
Chapter 6: Ten Top Exercise Songs.
Index.
Book Registration Information.

Book about: Internet Communications using SIP or The Synchronous Trainers Survival Guide

Secrets of Figure Creation with Poser 5

Author: B L Render

Learn from a Poser master how to make the best use of this versatile and exciting figure creation package, whether you are using version 3, 4, the Pro Pack or the new version 5 upgrade.

BL Render provides an in-depth guide that explains each aspect of the process of creating a figure in Curious Labs' Poser. It begins with simple projects, such as creating morphs for existing figures, and takes you through to the more advanced options such as geometry swapping, joint parameters, the design of the mesh and how that will affect the working of your figure.

Each section begins with the theory behind each step, giving an abstracted base knowledge of the task at hand. Practical sections for each chapter are included on the free CD in which the concepts are put to use in examples, code snippets and tutorials, with all the files you need to follow along yourself. The CD is also packed with numerous utility programs for you to use when creating your figures.

Finally, there is a trouble-shooting guide for any problems and/or bugs that may occur in each stage, so you are fully equipped to use this package professionally.

If you want to know not only what steps to follow, but how to design the figure for optimal performance and why things work the way they do, then this is the book for you.

* Learn from a professional how to make Poser work best for you
* Color illustrations throughout show you what you can achieve
* The free CD-Rom includes all the files you need to try each tutorial for yourself, surely the quickest way to learn

Business Analysis with Microsoft Excel or Media in the Digital Age

2009-01-23T08:00:00.000-08:00

Business Analysis with Microsoft Excel

Author: Conrad Carlberg

Whether you own a small business or work for a large corporation; whether you are looking for help making financial and business decisions-this book is for you. Business Analysis with Microsoft Excel, Second Edition provides in-depth information that will maximize your use of the tools within Excel. Professional advice and guidance from an experienced author provide the answers to your most pressing questions:

What's the relationship between my cost of goods sold and my inventory?
How do I get Excel to keep these values up-to-date on my income statement and my balance sheet?
I have to track service quality over time. How can I automate that using Excel charts?
How can I forecast future demand for my products, based on prior sales results?
What's the difference between financial leverage and operating leverage? How do I calculate them using my financial records?
I need to project my financials for next year. Does Excel have a tool for that? What do I need to know to use it effectively?

More great stuff... is just a click away!

Sample journals and ledgers, examples of trial balances, income statements, and balance sheets
Custom functions, such as FIFO, for inventory management
Several VBA files that automate the creation of forecasts, quality control charts, and sales and marketing analysis
Statistical process control charts: X-and-S, X-and-MR
Forecasting tools: ARIMA model identification

Booknews

Carlberg (Ph.D., statistics), the president of a software and consulting firm that specializes in developing quality control and forecasting tools, distinguishes his book from others on Excel by its bottom line orientation. In coverage of financial statements and analysis, financial planning and control, investment decisions, and sales and marketing, he stresses making worksheets self- documenting for interpretation by others. Includes case studies, tips, a glossary, and auxiliary website. No date is given for the first edition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Media in the Digital Age

Author: John V Pavlik

Digital technologies have fundamentally altered the nature and function of media in our society, reinventing age-old practices of public communication and at times circumventing traditional media and challenging its privileged role as gatekeepers of news and entertainment. Some critics believe these technologies keep the public involved in an informed discourse on matters of public importance, but it isn't clear this is happening on a large scale. Propaganda disguised as news is flourishing, and though interaction with the digital domain teaches children valuable skills, it can also expose them to grave risks.

John V. Pavlik critically examines our current digital innovations—blogs, podcasting, peer-to-peer file sharing, on-demand entertainment, and the digitization of television, radio, and satellites—and their positive and negative implications. He focuses on present developments, but he also peers into the future, foreseeing a media landscape dominated by a highly fragmented, though active audience, intense media competition, and scarce advertising dollars. By embracing new technologies, however, Pavlik shows how professional journalism and media can hold on to their role as a vital information lifeline and continue to operate as the tool of a successful democracy.

Game Design or Practical Poser 7

2009-01-22T03:49:00.000-08:00

Game Design: From Blue Sky to Green Light

Author: Deborah Todd

This book takes a real-world, in-depth journey through the game-design process, from the initial blue sky sessions to pitching for a green light. The author discusses the decision and brainstorming phase, character development and story wrap, creation of content and context outlines, flowcharting game play, and creating design documents. Special features include examples of both classic and contemporary games, and interviews with many of the game industry's brightest professionals who share their insights on key elements in game design, and their analysis on what makes a game a blockbuster hit. This book is a perfect guide for the novice, student, and game enthusiast interested in learning the nuts and bolts of the computer-game industry.

About the Author
Deborah Todd is a veteran award-winning designer, writer, producer, and director in the interactive arena, with 14 published games and 20 published titles to her credit since 1991. She has worked with some of the industry's top publishers and Hollywood studios, including Disney Interactive, Disneyland, Fox, DreamWorks, Discovery Channel, MGM/UA, Columbia, Warner Bros., Nickelodeon, The Learning Company, Humongous Entertainment, Broderbund, Mindscape, Houghton Mifflin, McGraw-Hill, Random House, and Steven Spielberg's Starlight Foundation.

What People Are Saying

Matt Costello
". . . a remarkable insiders' look into the exploding, often chaotic world of video games, from blue sky to green light to the final boxed game on the shelf. Game Design is an invaluable resource for beginners and established pros alike!"--(Matt Costello, GXB Interactive)

Corey Bridges
"Deb's pulled off a remarkable feat: she's produced a book that's both inspirational and practical. Listen to her and the other video game industry experts she interviews, and save yourself years of forehead-slapping."--(Corey Bridges, co-founder and Executive Producer, Multiverse)

Christofer Sundberg
"Read this first! If you want to break into the business, this book will help you shorten the long, hard road many of us have traveled."--(Christofer Sundberg, President, Avalanche Studios, Just Cause)

Practical Poser 7

Author: Denise Tyler

Do you want to take your Poser skills beyond the basics and put the new features of Poser 7 into practice right away? If so, you?ve come to the right place. Practical Poser 7 is an updated edition of this best-selling reference for intermediate to advanced Poser users. It teaches the tasks you want and need to know to get the most out of Poser 7 for achieving professional, commercial-quality work. This edition covers new Poser features, including new animation functionality, morphing tools, and more. Learn texturing and material techniques from a master texture artist, and explore the work of Poser pros in the beautiful color section!

Networking or Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Video Training Book Series

2009-01-20T23:37:00.000-08:00

Networking: A Beginner's Guide

Author: Bruce Hallberg

Here is an unparalleled introduction to networking, offering easy-to-follow details on design and configuration, hardware, networking protocols, remote access, and security. This updated guide contains expanded coverage of wireless networking, the latest Windows and Linux releases, and security measures. New networking professionals will first learn what they need to know about network technology, and then how to apply that knowledge to set up, manage, and secure networks.

Bruce Hallberg (Cupertino, CA) has been involved in the computer industry for over 20 years. He has consulted nationally for Fortune 1000 firms on the implementation of management information systems and networking systems. He has designed and set up hundreds of networks over the years, including using all versions of NetWare and Windows NT/2000/2003 Server. For the past 10 years, he has been director of Information Systems for a biotechnology company in the SF Bay Area. While no longer a professional programmer, he is competent in a variety of computer languages, including both low- and high-level languages.

He has over 20 book credits, including titles on Windows NT, Netware, Exchange Server, Windows 9x, OS/2, and Microsoft Office.

New interesting book: Reinterpreting Property or The Neurotic Organization

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 [Video Training Book Series]

Author: Garrick Chow

Benefit from the best of both mediums — video-based training and a printed guide! Each Lynda.com Video Training Book offers hours of instructor-led video instruction, complete with a step-by-step, printed book to guide readers through each tutorial. The video tutorials let readers learn at their own pace, while the book offers a complete reference, helping readers identify the video tutorials they want to watch (timecodes are printed in the book), giving them the exercise files they need, and highlighting important keyboard shortcuts, tips, notes, and practical advice.

In Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Video Training Book, readers learn how to use all the tools to get them started with creating great Web sites, including working with text and images, adding links, modifying page properties, and managing Web sites. From there they'll move on to more advanced topics like using the new CSS layouts, techniques for working with new Photoshop integration features, and embedding audio and video files into pages. The tutorials show you everything you need to know to go from creating your first page to publishing an entire site on the Web.

This new series offers creative professionals the tools they need to get up to speed quickly and affordably—a Video Training Book is a great alternative to a weekend crash course! The Video Training Book series features the proven teaching methods of lynda.com and of authors and industry experts, such as Deke McClelland, Chris Orwig, Garrick Chow, and David Blatner, who make learning an engaging experience, bringing clarity to new or difficult concepts and software programs.

Data Quality or ARM System Developers Guide

2009-01-19T23:38:00.000-08:00

Data Quality: The Accuracy Dimension

Author: Jack E Olson

Data Quality: The Accuracy Dimension is about assessing the quality of corporate data and improving its accuracy using the data profiling method. Corporate data is increasingly important as companies continue to find new ways to use it. Likewise, improving the accuracy of data in information systems is fast becoming a major goal as companies realize how much it affects their bottom line. Data profiling is a new technology that supports and enhances the accuracy of databases throughout major IT shops. Jack Olson explains data profiling and shows how it fits into the larger picture of data quality.

* Provides an accessible, enjoyable introduction to the subject of data accuracy, peppered with real-world anecdotes.

* Provides a framework for data profiling with a discussion of analytical tools appropriate for assessing data accuracy.

* Is written by one of the original developers of data profiling technology.

* Is a must-read for any data management staff, IT management staff, and CIOs of companies with data assets.

New interesting textbook: Un'introduzione all'amministrazione di vendita

ARM System Developer's Guide: Designing and Optimizing System Software

Author: Andrew Sloss

Over the last ten years, the ARM architecture has become one of the most pervasive architectures in the world, with more than 2 billion ARM-based processors embedded in products ranging from cell phones to automotive braking systems. A world-wide community of ARM developers in semiconductor and product design companies includes software developers, system designers and hardware engineers. To date no book has directly addressed their need to develop the system and software for an ARM-based system. This text fills that gap.

This book provides a comprehensive description of the operation of the ARM core from a developer's perspective with a clear emphasis on software. It demonstrates not only how to write efficient ARM software in C and assembly but also how to optimize code. Example code throughout the book can be integrated into commercial products or used as templates to enable quick creation of productive software.

The book covers both the ARM and Thumb instruction sets, covers Intel's XScale Processors, outlines distinctions among the versions of the ARM architecture, demonstrates how to implement DSP algorithms, explains exception and interrupt handling, describes the cache technologies that surround the ARM cores as well as the most efficient memory management techniques. A final chapter looks forward to the future of the ARM architecture considering ARMv6, the latest change to the instruction set, which has been designed to improve the DSP and media processing capabilities of the architecture.

* No other book describes the ARM core from a system and software perspective.
* Author team combines extensive ARM software engineering experience with an in-depthknowledge of ARM developer needs.
* Practical, executable code is fully explained in the book and available on the publisher's Website.
* Includes a simple embedded operating system.

What People Are Saying

"Colored with practical examples, and thorough treatment of topics such as ISRs, code optimization, DSP on ARM and the like, this book is essential for every embedded software engineer and hardware engineer alike."
—J. Scott Runner, Senior Staff Engineer/Manager, Qualcomm CMDA Technologies, Qualcomm Inc.

"I have been using this book since reviewing the first draft, and can recommend it to anyone who wants the get the best out of their ARM Powered products."
—Peter Maloy, CodeSprite Inc.

4 Introduction to the Thumb Instruction Set
4.1 Thumb Register Usage
4.2 ARM-Thumb Interworking
4.3 Other Branch Instructions
4.4 Data Processing Instructions
4.5 Single-Register Load-Store Instructions
4.6 Multiple-Register Load-Store Instructions
4.7 Stack Instructions
4.8 Software Interrupt Instruction
4.9 Summary

5 Efficient C Programming
5.1 Overview of C Compilers and Optimization
5.2 Basic C Data Types
5.3 C Looping Structures
5.4 Register Allocation
5.5 Function Calls
5.6 Pointer Aliasing
5.7 Structure Arrangement
5.8 Bit-fields
5.9 Unaligned Data and Endianness
5.10 Division
5.11 Floating Point
5.12 Inline Functions and Inline Assembly
5.13 Portability Issues
5.14 Summary

6 Writing and Optimizing ARM Assembly Code
6.1 Writing Assembly Code
6.2 Profiling and Cycle Counting
6.3 Instruction Scheduling
6.4 Register Allocation
6.5 Conditional Execution
6.6 Looping Constructs
6.7 Bit Manipulation
6.8 Efficient Switches
6.9 Handling Unaligned Data
6.10 Summary

7 Optimized Primitives
7.1 Double-Precision Integer Multiplication
7.2 Integer Normalization and Count Leading Zeros
7.3 Division
7.4 Square Roots
7.5 Transcendental Functions: log, exp, sin, cos
7.6 Endian Reversal and Bit Operations
7.7 Saturated and Rounded Arithmetic
7.8 Random Number Generation
7.9 Summary
8 Digital Signal Processing
8.1 Representing a Digital Signal
8.2 Introduction to DSP on the ARM
8.3 FIR filters
8.4 IIR Filters
8.5 The Discrete Fourier Transform
8.6 Summary

9 Exception and Interruput Handling
9.1 Exception Handling
9.2 Interrupts
9.3 Interrupt Handling Schemes
9.4 Summary

10 Firmware
10.1 Firmware and Bootloader
10.2 Example: Sandstone
10.3 Summary

11 Embedded Operating Systems
11.1 Fundamental Components
11.2 Example: Simple Little Operating System
11.3 Summary

12 Caches
12.1 The Memory Hierarchy and Cache Memory
12.2 Cache Architecture
12.3 Cache Policy
12.4 Coprocessor 15 and Caches
12.5 Flushing and Cleaning Cache Memory
12.6 Cache Lockdown
12.7 Caches and Software Performance
12.8 Summary

13 Memory Protection Units
13.1 Protected Regions
13.2 Initializing the MPU, Caches, and Write Buffer
13.3 Demonstration of an MPU system
13.4 Summary

14 Memory Management Units
14.1 Moving from an MPU to an MMU
14.2 How Virtual Memory Works
14.3 Details of the ARM MMU
14.4 Page Tables
14.5 The Translation Lookaside Buffer
14.6 Domains and Memory Access Permission
14.7 The Caches and Write Buffer
14.8 Coprocessor 15 and MMU Configuration
14.9 The Fast Context Switch Extension
14.10 Demonstration: A Small Virtual Memory System
14.11 The Demonstration as mmuSLOS
14.12 Summary

15 The Future of the Architecture
by John Rayfield
15.1 Advanced DSP and SIMD Support in ARMv6
15.2 System and Multiprocessor Support Additions to ARMv6
15.3 ARMv6 Implementations
15.4 Future Technologies beyond ARMv6
15.5 Conclusions
Appendix A: ARM and Thumb Assembler Instructions

Appendix: B ARM and Thumb Instruction Encodings
Appendix C: Processors and Architecture
Appendix D: Instruction Cycle Timings
Appendix E: Suggested Reading

Index

Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4 or Microsoft Office Excel 2007 for Windows

2009-01-19T13:27:00.000-08:00

Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4: The Essential Techniques for Imaging Professionals

Author: Richard Harrington

If you're considering a career in digital imaging or design or already working in the field, Adobe Photoshop is a tool you need to master. This book covers the core image editing techniques in Photoshop CS4 that a professional truly needs to know to succeed.

Learn the basics of acquiring and editing images; making selections and image enhancements; and using more advanced features such as layer styles and layer masking. Rich Harrington covers the essential skills needed to launch or advance your career with a focus not just on digital imaging, but also the Web, graphic design, multimedia, and video.

This full-color guide includes an interactive disc with more than 200 hands-on exercises and practice images, access to more than 20 hours of video podcast tutorials, and bonus materials from a companion Web site (www.peachpit.com/understandingphotoshop) to provide a rich multimedia experience for beginning and intermediate Photoshop users.

You will also learn about:

Compositing with layers and Photomerge
Repairing and retouching digital images
Color corrections and enhancements
Blending modes and maximizing filters
Smart Objects and Smart Filters
Photoshop actions and automations to speed up your workflow

Books about: Managing People in Public Agencies or Inside Vietnams Last Great Myth

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Author: Maria Langer

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 is the biggest revision this industry standard software has undergone in years. It has a brand new interface, tons of new tools and even a suite of services called Excel Services to allow you to share your valuable data on the web. For the first time in years there is a lot to learn to make the most of this powerful new update. To take advantage of all of the new features in this powerful program (and to do so quickly), users need this Visual QuickStart Guide. In these pages, veteran author and trusted Excel teacher Maria Langer provides step-by-step instructions for the full gamut of Excel tasks: from worksheet basics like editing, using functions, formatting cells, and adding graphics objects, to more advanced topics like creating charts, working with databases, and Web publishing. She also shows readers how to use Excel Services to dynamically render a spreadsheet as HTML so others can access a spreadsheet stored on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 within any Web browser. As with all Visual QuickStart Guide books, clear, concise instructions and lots of visual aids make learning easy and painless.

Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web or Ruby Cookbook

2009-01-19T04:14:00.000-08:00

Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide

Author: Elizabeth Castro

Perl is one of the most popular scripting languages for adding powerful interactive features to Web pages. Perl lets you place forms on your site that collect and process user input such as comments and product orders; enables visitors to search for information; and can integrate a database into your site, among its many other capabilities. Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web, 2nd Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide fully revised and updated since its original 1998 release, gets users to the core of CGI scripting with Perl. Even first-time programmers will be able to create useful, workable scripts from scratch, or adapt and customize existing scripts to their own needs. Hundreds of screen shots and clear, easy-to-understand directions make this the perfect Perl book for beginners, as well as a handy reference for those with previous programming experience.

Booknews

New edition of a resource that shows how to create useful new scripts or adapt existing ones to individual needs. Castro (author of several books about the Web) tells how to set up and install a local server in order to learn Perl and test scripts without signing up with a commercial Web host; place forms on Web sites that collect and process user input such as product orders and comments; use CGI.pm, the standard Perl module for analyzing incoming form data; and how to debug and use security techniques. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ch. 1	Introduction	13
Ch. 2	Perl Building Blocks	23
Ch. 3	About Servers, Perl, and CGI.pm	41
Ch. 4	Running Perl CGI on a Unix Server	49
Ch. 5	Testing Scripts Locally on Windows	59
Ch. 6	Testing Scripts Locally on the Mac	71
Ch. 7	Getting Data from Visitors	83
Ch. 8	Environment Variables	99
Ch. 9	Getting Data into the Script	103
Ch. 10	Simple Operations with Scalars	109
Ch. 11	Conditionals and Loops	121
Ch. 12	Working with Arrays	139
Ch. 13	Subroutines	157
Ch. 14	Working with Hashes	167
Ch. 15	Analyzing Data	181
Ch. 16	Remembering What Visitors Tell You	205
Ch. 17	Formatting, Printing, and HTML	221
Ch. 18	Security	237
Ch. 19	Files and Directories	247
Ch. 20	Uploading Files	269
	App. A: Debugging	277
	App. B: Using Other Folks' Scripts	285
	App. C: Permissions on Unix	291
	App. D: Unix Essentials	295
	App. E: Perl and CGI Resources	309
	Index	315

Books about: Honey Does This Make My Butt Look Big or Peles Wish

Ruby Cookbook

Author: Lucas Carlson

With the introduction of Ruby on Rails, the hot new web development framework, the Ruby scripting language has been a rising star among programmers over the past year. This new book -- written in the tradition of our highly successful Perl, Python, and Java cookbook titles -- covers all aspects of the language, from the basics to more advanced issues, so that programmers of any level can learn by example and improve their Ruby development skills.
Not only does a large section of the "Ruby Cookbook" deal with Ruby on Rails, there are also plenty of hands-on recipes for a variety of other projects using the language, including system administration, building applications with the Rake build tool, working with databases and persistence, and writing extensions to Ruby. This problem-solving cookbook sets the standard for Ruby in a variety of programming environments.

Spreadsheet Tools for Engineers Using Excel or The Elements of Computing Systems

2009-01-18T16:03:00.000-08:00

Spreadsheet Tools for Engineers using Excel

Author: Byron S Gottfried

Through previous editions, this practical text has found a permanent spot in many introductory engineering courses by successfully combining an introduction to Excel fundamentals with a clear presentation on how Excel can be used to solve common engineering problems. Updated to ensure compatability with all recent versions of Excel, this third edition of Spreadsheet Tools for Engineers provides beginning engineering students with a strong foundation in problem solving using Excel as the modern day equivalent of the slide rule.

As part of McGraw-Hill's BEST series for freshman engineering curricula, this text is particularly geared toward introductory students. The author provides plenty of background information on technical terms, and numerous examples illustrating both traditional and spreadsheet solutions for a variety of engineering problems. The first three chapters introduce the basics of problem solving and Excel fundamentals. Beyond that, the chapters are largely independent of one another. Topics covered include graphing data, converting units, analyzing data, interpolation and curve fitting, solving equations, evaluating integrals, writing macros, and comparing economic alternatives.

The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

Author: Noam Nisan

In the early days of computer science, the interactions of hardware, software, compilers, and operating system were simple enough to allow students to see an overall picture of how computers worked. With the increasing complexity of computer technology and the resulting specialization of knowledge, such clarity is often lost. Unlike other texts that cover only one aspect of the field, The Elements of Computing Systems gives students an integrated and rigorous picture of applied computer science, as its comes to play in the construction of a simple yet powerful computer system.

Indeed, the best way to understand how computers work is to build one from scratch, and this textbook leads students through twelve chapters and projects that gradually build a basic hardware platform and a modern software hierarchy from the ground up. In the process, the students gain hands-on knowledge of hardware architecture, operating systems, programming languages, compilers, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering. Using this constructive approach, the book exposes a significant body of computer science knowledge and demonstrates how theoretical and applied techniques taught in other courses fit into the overall picture.

Designed to support one- or two-semester courses, the book is based on an abstraction-implementation paradigm; each chapter presents a key hardware or software abstraction, a proposed implementation that makes it concrete, and an actual project. The emerging computer system can be built by following the chapters, although this is only one option, since the projects are self-contained and can be done or skipped in any order. All the computer scienceknowledge necessary for completing the projects is embedded in the book, the only pre-requisite being a programming experience.

The book's web site provides all tools and materials necessary to build all the hardware and software systems described in the text, including two hundred test programs for the twelve projects. The projects and systems can be modified to meet various teaching needs, and all the supplied software is open-source.

	Introduction : hello, world below	1
1	Boolean logic	7
2	Boolean arithmetic	29
3	Sequential logic	41
4	Machine language	57
5	Computer architecture	79
6	Assembler	103
7	Virtual machine I : stack arithmetic	121
8	Virtual machine II : program control	153
9	High-level language	173
10	Compiler I : syntax analysis	199
11	Compiler II : code generation	223
12	Operating system	247
13	Postscript : more fun to go	277

Pro SharePoint Solution Development or HTML Dog

2009-01-17T13:21:00.000-08:00

Pro SharePoint Solution Development: Combining .NET, SharePoint and Office 2007

Author: Ed Hild

Pro SharePoint Solution Development: Combining .NET, SharePoint, and Office 2007 takes a practical problem/solution approach to common business challenges. You'll not only encounter interesting code samples, but also see how to combine these examples with the Microsoft collaboration platform's services. The book's solutions focus on using Visual Studio Tools for Office to build the user interface layer. And solutions can interact with SharePoint as a service provider, taking advantage of SharePoint's many collaboration features like document repositories, collaboration sites, and search functions.

This book is unique because it starts with challenges that end users deal with every day when using the Microsoft collaboration platform to support business processes. The solutions are presented as the hypothetical business challenges of a fictional company. By presenting the examples in this context, authors Ed Hild and Susie Adams make it easier to relate to the challenges and solution value. And the goal of these examples is to build applications that apply the benefits of the Office desktop interface with the richness of SharePoint's collaboration features.

About the Authors     xv
About the Technical Reviewer     xvii
Introduction     xix
Introduction
Office Business Applications     3
Microsoft Excel Solutions     7
Microsoft Word Solutions     8
Microsoft PowerPoint Solutions     8
Microsoft Outlook Solutions     9
Microsoft InfoPath Solutions     9
Conclusion     10
Development-Environment Requirements     10
SharePoint Products and Technologies: Overview and New Features     13
History of SharePoint Technologies     13
Windows SharePoint Services v3     15
ASP.NET 2.0 Foundation     15
Repository Enhancements     19
Deployment Model Based on "Features"     22
Site Enhancements     23
User Interface     25
Workflow     26
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007     27
Portal Enhancements     28
Search     29
Content Management     31
Business Process     33
Business Intelligence     34
Further Reading     36
Microsoft Office 2007 Overview for Developers     37
History of Microsoft Office Development     37
Why Developers Should Care About Office     38
Development Opportunities with Office 2007     38
The Open XML File Format     39
Using Managed Code     47
Further Reading     50
Visual Studio Tools for Office Overview     51
History of Visual Studio Tools for Office     51
Versions and Compatibility     54
Developing with VSTO     56
Add-Ins     56
Ribbon Customization     58
Task Panes     60
Outlook Form Regions     62
Document-Level Projects     65
Further Reading     66
Microsoft Excel Solutions
Maintaining Offline List Content from Multiple Sites     69
Real-World Examples     69
Solution Overview     70
Solution Walkthrough     71
Creating the Projects List Definition     72
Creating the Excel Smart Document Project     77
Designing the DataSet     78
Detecting Internet Connectivity     80
Constructing the Actions Pane     80
Maintaining the List of Site Connections     83
Constructing the Synchronization Interface     86
Architecting the Synchronization Process     87
Getting the Data on the Spreadsheet     94
Using the Tool     95
Building Visualizations in Excel     96
Running in Excel 2007     96
Considering Deployment Options     97
Important Lessons     98
Extension Points     99
Further Reading     100
Integrating Spreadsheets into the Enterprise     101
Real-World Examples     101
Solution Overview     102
Solution Walkthrough     102
Introducing the Spreadsheet     103
Setting Up an External Source: Products Database     105
Setting Up an External Source: Shipping Web Service     107
Constructing the UDF Class     108
Deploying the UDF Class and Registering It for Use in Excel     114
Enhancing the Spreadsheet     115
Preparing Excel Services for the Spreadsheet     118
Publishing to Excel Services     119
Integrating the Spreadsheet into a Custom Application     122
Important Lessons     125
Extension Points     126
Further Reading     126
Microsoft Word Solutions
Merging SharePoint List Data into Word Documents     129
Real-World Examples     129
Solution Overview     129
Solution Walkthrough     130
Creating Content Types     130
Building the CustomerDocuments Feature Project     133
Defining the Feature     135
Deploying the Feature     140
Building a Custom Application Page     143
Using a Custom XML Part in a Document Template     146
Performing the Merge     151
Important Lessons     154
Extension Points     154
Further Reading     155
Working Collaboratively with Document Fragments     157
Real-World Examples     157
Solution Overview     158
Solution Walkthrough     100
Creating the XML Schema     159
Applying the Schema to a Document     160
Examining the Document's XML     163
Building the Document Section Feature Project     165
Defining the Feature     167
Deploying the Feature     172
Building a Custom Application Page for Splitting     174
Examining the Splitter Class     178
Building a Custom Application Page for Merging      180
Examining the SectionMerge class     181
Important Lessons     182
Extension Points     183
Further Reading     184
Microsoft PowerPoint Solutions
Extending PowerPoint to Build a Presentation Based on Site Content     189
Real-World Examples     189
Solution Overview     190
Solution Walkthrough     190
Creating the Project     191
Ribbon Customization     191
Architecture of the Task Pane and Wizard Step User Controls     195
Important Lessons     208
Extension Points     208
Further Reading     209
Building a Presentation Server-Side within a Web Part     211
Real-World Examples     211
Solution Overview     211
Solution Walkthrough     213
Setting Up the Team Site and Content     213
Creating the Presentation Template     214
Creating the Web-Part Project     215
Basics of the DynamicPowerPoint Web Part     217
Deploying the Web Part     220
Debugging the Web Part     222
Overview of Office XML Formats and PresentationML     223
Iterating through the Template      225
Building the Title Slide     228
Building the Slide for Hardware Issues     229
Building the Slide for Software Issues     232
Important Lessons     234
Extension Point     235
Further Reading     235
Microsoft Outlook Solutions
Working with Email Messages and SharePoint     239
Real-World Examples     239
Solution Overview     239
Solution Walkthrough     240
Creating the Outlook Add-in Project     241
Building the Custom Task Pane     241
Customizing the Ribbon Interface     243
Managing the Task-Pane Instances     249
Retrieving the Document Libraries     251
Saving the Email Message     254
Important Lessons     259
Extension Points     259
Further Reading     260
Surfacing Data from Line-of-Business Applications     261
Real-World Examples     261
Solution Overview     262
Solution Walkthrough     263
The Sample LOB Database     263
Constructing the BDC Application Definition     266
Configuring the Profile Pages     273
Testing in a Team Site     274
Building the Custom Web Service     275
Deploying and Testing the Web Service     278
Building the Outlook Form Region     279
Deploying the Form Region     284
Important Lessons     286
Extension Point     287
Further Reading     287
Microsoft InfoPath Solutions
Taking InfoPath Forms to the Web     291
Real-World Examples     292
Solution Overview     292
Solution Walkthrough     293
Understanding the Cross-Domain and Multi-Hop Problems     293
Creating the InfoPath Solution     296
Setting Up the Database-LoanData     300
Creating the Web Service     302
Connecting the Form to the Web Service     307
Deploying the Template to Office Forms Server     310
Debugging and Testing Managed Code in Visual Studio     313
Integrating Security and SSO     314
Hosting the Form in ASP. NET     316
Web-Part Hosting     319
Extension Points     322
Further Reading     322
Incorporating Workflow into Forms Processing     323
Real-World Examples     324
Solution Overview      324
Solution Walkthrough     326
Understanding Workflow in SharePoint     326
Understanding How WSS 3.0 Processes Workflow Activities     328
Creating the LoanWF Test Environment     329
Creating the Workflow Template     331
Adding Error Handling     342
Creating the Custom Task Form     344
Deploying the Workflow     348
Attaching the Workflow to a Forms Library     351
Testing and Debugging the Workflow     352
Extension Points     353
Further Reading     353
Conclusion
Realizing the Vision     357
Viewing SharePoint as a Set of Services     358
A Real-World Example     360
Tools to Support the Development Environment     360
SharePoint Solution Generator     360
Enterprise Content Management Starter Kit     361
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio Extensions     362
Business Data Catalog Application Definition Generators     363
Looking Ahead     363
A Thank-You     364
Index     365

Book about: Machine at Work or Just a Housewife

HTML Dog: The Best-Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS

Author: Patrick Griffiths

For readers who want to design Web pages that load quickly, are easy to update, accessible to all, work on all browsers and can be quickly adapted to different media, this comprehensive guide represents the best way to go about it. By focusing on the ways the two languages--XHTML and CSS--complement each other, Web design pro Patrick Griffiths provides the fastest, most efficient way of accomplishing specific Web design tasks. With Web standards best practices at its heart, it outlines how to do things the right way from the outset, resulting in highly optimized web pages, in a quicker, easier, less painful way than users could hope for! Split into 10 easy-to-follow chapters such as Text, Images, Layout, Lists, and Forms, and coupled with handy quick-reference XHTML tag and CSS property appendixes, HTML Dog is the perfect guide and companion for anyone wanting to master these languages. Readers can also see the lessons in action with more than 70 online examples constructed especially for the book.

Genetic Programming or Knowledge and Communities

2009-01-17T02:09:00.000-08:00

Genetic Programming: On the Programming of Computers by Means of Natural Selection

Author: John R Koza

Genetic programming may be more powerful than neural networks and other machine learning techniques, able to solve problems in a wider range of disciplines. In this ground-breaking book, John Koza shows how this remarkable paradigm works and provides substantial empirical evidence that solutions to a great variety of problems from many different fields can be found by genetically breeding populations of computer programs. Genetic Programming contains a great many worked examples and includes a sample computer code that will allow readers to run their own programs.

In getting computers to solve problems without being explicitly programmed, Koza stresses two points: that seemingly different problems from a variety of fields can be reformulated as problems of program induction, and that the recently developed genetic programming paradigm provides a way to search the space of possible computer programs for a highly fit individual computer program to solve the problems of program induction. Good programs are found by evolving them in a computer against a fitness measure instead of by sitting down and writing them.

John R. Koza is Consulting Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University.

Interesting book: Happy Birthday or Tequila

Knowledge and Communities

Author: Eric Lesser

Knowledge and Communities is the first book dedicated to a major new knowledge management topic. "Communities of Practice" are cross-organizational groups of people sharing knowledge, solving common problems, and exchanging insights and frustrations. Knowledge and Communities, a collection of authoritative articles, describes the dynamics of these groups and explains how they enable organizational knowledge to be creating, shared, and applied.

The book teaches how organizations can empower both traditional and on-line communities and make them a cornerstone of a general knowledge management strategy. Readers will learn how communities can help unify an organization and its external stakeholders, such as customers and suppliers, and how they can critically support an e-commerce strategy. Knowledge and Communities will help readers understand a primary vehicle for building an organization's social capital and competitive advantage.

Hot-topic - addresses how virtual/on-line communities drive an organization's e-commerce and knowledge strategies
Establishes best practices for building and maintaining traditional and virtual communities

PART 1- Practical Applications; 1: Wenger, Etienne, "Communties of Practice: The Key to Knowledge Strategy,"; 2: McDermott, Richard, "How Information Technology Inspired But Cannot Deliver Knowledge Management,"; 3: Judge, Fryxell and R. Dooley, "The New Task of R&D Management,"; 4: Stamps, David, "Communities of Practice,"; 5: Storck, John and P. Hill, "Knowledge Diffusion through Strategic Communities,"; 6: Armstrong, A, and J. Hagel, "The Real Value of On-line Communities,"; PART 2- Theory Development; 7: Brown, John and Paul Duguid, "Organizational Learning and Communities of Practice," 8: Prusak, L. and E. Lesser, "Communities of Practice, Social Capital and Organizational Knowledge,"; 9: Liedtka, Jeanne, "Linkingf Competitive Advantage with Communities of Practice,"; 10: Teigland, Robin, "Communities of Practice at an Internet Firm,"; 11: Wellman, Salaff, et al., "Computer Networks as Social Networks,"; 12: Franco, Piirto, et al., "Conflict and Community Building on the Internet,"; 13: Marshall, Catherine, F. Shipman III and R.J. McCall, "Making Large Scale Information Resources Serve Communities of Practice."

MCTS Windows Vista Client Configuration Passport or Red Hat Linux Networking and System Administration

2009-01-16T16:57:00.000-08:00

MCTS Windows Vista Client Configuration Passport (Exam 70-620)

Author: Brian Culp

Your ticket to success on exam day

This concise, affordable, and portable study tool helps you prepare for the new Technology Specialist certification exam for Windows Vista. MCTS Windows Vista Client Configuration Passport focuses on only what you need to know to pass the tests, and the unique travel theme helps you remember key concepts.The CD-ROM includes a free practice exam.

Brian Culp, MCT, MCSE, A+  is president and CEO of LANscape, Inc., a computer training and network administration service provider. He is the author of Mike Meyers' MCSE Windows XP Professional Certification Passport.

Interesting book: Simply Asian or Extremely Pale Ros

Red Hat Linux Networking and System Administration

Author: Kurt Wall

This book is the book you need to run your business with Red Hat. It provides comprehensive coverage on how to manage and network the Red Hat Linux OS and step-by-step instructions needed to maintain and/or add to the Red Hat Linux system.

This book features an entire part on security and problem solving that covers detecting intrusions/hacking, implementing local security, firewalls, and Internet security. Other topics include: RAID; TCP/IP networking; connecting to Microsoft networks; connecting to Apple networks; the Red Hat network; upgrading and customizing the kernel; using scripts; backing up and restoring the file system.

Pt. 1	System and network administration defined	1
Ch. 1	Duties of the system administrator	3
Ch. 2	Planning the network	13
Ch. 3	Standard installation	29
Ch. 4	Kickstart installation	71
Ch. 5	Exploring the desktops	97
Ch. 6	System startup and shutdown	127
Ch. 7	The file system explained	141
Ch. 8	Examining the system configuration files	163
Pt. 2	Network services	203
Ch. 9	Managing the X Window system	205
Ch. 10	Configuring printers	217
Ch. 11	TCP/IP networking	229
Ch. 12	The network file system	265
Ch. 13	The network information system	309
Ch. 14	Connecting to Microsoft and Novell networks	339
Ch. 15	Configuring a database server	351
Ch. 16	Creating a VNC server	381
Ch. 17	Providing additional network services	393
Ch. 18	Optimizing network services	415
Pt. 3	Internet services	427
Ch. 19	What are Internet services?	429
Ch. 20	Configuring BIND : the domain name system	443
Ch. 21	Configuring mail services	467
Ch. 22	Configuring FTP services	491
Ch. 23	Configuring a Web server	511
Ch. 24	Providing Web services	555
Ch. 25	Optimizing Internet services	581
Pt. 4	System administration	595
Ch. 26	Keeping your system updated with up2date and the Red Hat network	597
Ch. 27	Upgrading and customizing the kernel	615
Ch. 28	Configuring the system at the command line	673
Ch. 29	Administering users and groups	707
Ch. 30	Installing and upgrading software packages	745
Ch. 31	Backing up and restoring the file system	779
Ch. 32	Performance monitoring	805
Pt. 5	System security and problem solving	833
Ch. 33	Exploring SELinux security	835
Ch. 34	Implementing network security	847
Ch. 35	Troubleshooting and problem solving	875
App. A	Bash shell scripting	905

Microsoft Office Access 2003 Inside Out or The Cult of the Amateur

2009-01-16T04:44:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office Access 2003 Inside Out

Author: John L Viescas

Hey, you know your way around Microsoft Access—so now dig into Access 2003 and really put your databases to work! This supremely organized reference packs all the information you need to master every major tool, task, and enhancement in Access 2003—without the fluff. Quickly advance your expertise constructing a database, importing and exporting data, building queries, linking data, using forms, creating reports and applications, publishing data on the Web, implementing security features, and other critical functions. You'll gain hundreds of timesaving solutions and troubleshooting tips in concise, fast-answer format. You also get the entire book on CD-ROM, along with the Access Productivity Kit, featuring author extras such as sample files; two complete database applications from inside the book; the Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition; and dozens of other resources, including several direct from the Office product group. With INSIDE OUT, you'll discover the best and fastest ways to perform everyday tasks—and challenge yourself to new levels of Access mastery!

Interesting textbook: Misunderestimated or In Churchills Shadow

The Cult of the Amateur: How blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the rest of today's user-generated media are destroying our economy, our culture, and our values

Author: Andrew Keen

Amateur hour has arrived, and the audience is running the show

In a hard-hitting and provocative polemic, Silicon Valley insider and pundit Andrew Keen exposes the grave consequences of today’s new participatory Web 2.0 and reveals how it threatens our values, economy, and ultimately the very innovation and creativity that forms the fabric of American achievement.

Our most valued cultural institutions, Keen warns—our professional newspapers, magazines, music, and movies—are being overtaken by an avalanche of amateur, user-generated free content. Advertising revenue is being siphoned off by free classified ads on sites like Craigslist; television networks are under attack from free user-generated programming on YouTube and the like; file-sharing and digital piracy have devastated the multibillion-dollar music business and threaten to undermine our movie industry. Worse, Keen claims, our “cut-and-paste” online culture—in which intellectual property is freely swapped, downloaded, remashed, and aggregated—threatens over 200 years of copyright protection and intellectual property rights, robbing artists, authors, journalists, musicians, editors, and producers of the fruits of their creative labors.

In today’s self-broadcasting culture, where amateurism is celebrated and anyone with an opinion, however ill-informed, can publish a blog, post a video on YouTube, or change an entry on Wikipedia, the distinction between trained expert and uninformed amateur becomes dangerously blurred. When anonymous bloggers and videographers, unconstrained by professional standards or editorial filters, can alter the public debateand manipulate public opinion, truth becomes a commodity to be bought, sold, packaged, and reinvented.

The very anonymity that the Web 2.0 offers calls into question the reliability of the information we receive and creates an environment in which sexual predators and identity thieves can roam free. While no Luddite—Keen pioneered several Internet startups himself—he urges us to consider the consequences of blindly supporting a culture that endorses plagiarism and piracy and that fundamentally weakens traditional media and creative institutions.

Offering concrete solutions on how we can rein in the free-wheeling, narcissistic atmosphere that pervades the Web, THE CULT OF THE AMATEUR is a wake-up call to each and every one of us.

Foreword     ix
Introduction     1
The great seduction     11
The noble amateur     35
Truth and lies     64
The day the music died [side a]     97
The day the music died [side b]     114
Moral disorder     141
1984 (version 2.0)     164
Solutions     184
Web 2.0 and politics     206
Notes     215
Acknowledgments     223
Index     227

Sams Teach Yourself C in 21 Days or Programming in Visual Basic 2008

2009-01-14T11:38:00.000-08:00

Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days

Author: Bradley Jones

Join the leagues of thousands of programmers and learn C++ from some of the best. The fifth edition of the best seller Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days, written by Jesse Liberty, a well-known C++ and C# programming manual author and Bradley L. Jones, manager for a number of high profiler developer websites, has been updated to the new ANSI/ISO C++ Standard. This is an excellent hands-on guide for the beginning programmer. Packed with examples of syntax and detailed analysis of code, fundamentals such as managing I/O, loops, arrays and creating C++ applications are all covered in the 21 easy-to-follow lessons. You will also be given access to a website that will provide you will all the source code examples developed in the book as a practice tool. C++ is the preferred language for millions of developers-make Sams Teach Yourself the preferred way to learn it!

1	Getting started	5
2	The anatomy of a C++ program	25
3	Working with variables and constants	41
4	Creating expressions and statements	67
5	Organizing into functions	99
6	Understanding object-oriented programming	137
7	More on program flow	175
8	Understanding pointers	221
9	Exploiting references	255
10	Working with advanced functions	289
11	Object-oriented analysis and design	329
12	Implementing inheritance	371
13	Managing arrays and strings	407
14	Polymorphism	449
15	Special classes and functions	505
16	Advanced inheritance	537
17	Working with streams	593
18	Creating and using namespaces	637
19	Templates	659
20	Handling errors and exceptions	715
21	What's next	751
A	Working with numbers : binary and hexadecimal	807
B	C++ keywords	817
C	Operator precedence	819

Programming in Visual Basic 2008

Author: Julia Case Bradley

The author team of Julia Bradley and Anita Millspaugh remain the guiding light in Programming with Visual Basic 2008 for countless students around the world. How better to master the most popular object-oriented programming language than to use the bestselling textbook? Be at the cutting edge of technology with examples, feedback questions, and a full Hands On Programming Example. Apply the concepts yourself with Case Studies and Exercises. Screen captures, step-by-step exercises, and thorough appendices ensure that Programming Excellence Begins Here.

Windows Communication Foundation 35 Unleashed or Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration

2009-01-14T00:25:00.000-08:00

Windows Communication Foundation 3.5 Unleashed (Unleashed Series)

Author: Craig McMurtry

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is Microsoft's dynamic technology for allowing autonomous software to communicate. Superseding earlier technologies such as COM/DCOM, .NET Remoting, ASP.NET Web Services, and the Web Services Enhancements for .NET, WCF provides a single solution that is designed to always be the best way to exchange data among software entities. It also provides the infrastructure for developing the next generation of Web Services, with support for the WS-* family of specifications, and a new serialization system for enhanced performance. In the 3.5 release, WCF has been expanded to include support for REST, JSON, and Syndication (RSS and Atom) services, further broadening the possibilities for what can be done. For information technology professionals, WCF supplies an impressive array of administration tools that enterprises and software vendors can use to reduce the cost of ownership of their solutions without writing a single line of code. Most important, WCF delivers on the promise of model-driven software development with the new software factory approach, by which one can iteratively design solutions in a modeling language and generate executables from lower-level class libraries.

Windows Communication Foundation 3.5 Unleashed is designed to be the essential resource for software developers and architects working with WCF. The book guides readers through a conceptual understanding of all the facilities of WCF and provides step-by-step guides to applying the technology to practical problems.

As evangelists at Microsoft for WCF, WF, and CardSpace, Craig McMurtry, Marc Mercuri, Nigel Watling, and Matt Winkler are uniquely positioned to write this book. They had access to the development team and to the product as it was being built. Their work with enterprises and outside software vendors has given them unique insight into how others see the software, how they want to apply it, and the challenges they face in doing so.

Gives you nearly 100 best practices for programming with WCF
Provides detailed coverage of how to version services that you will not find anywhere else
Delves into using WCF together with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows CardSpace
Provides detailed coverage of the new high-performance data contract serializer for .NET
Walks you through creating secure, reliable, transacted messaging, and how to understand the available options
Introduces you to federated, claims-based security and shows you how to incorporate SAML and WS-Trust security token services into your architecture
Provides step-by-step instructions for how to customize every aspect of WCF
Shows you how to add behaviors, communication channels, message encoders, and transports
Presents options for implementing publish/subscribe solutions
Gives clear guidance on peer-to-peer communications with WCF

New interesting textbook: Cooked or Eating up the Santa Fe Trail

Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration: From Novice to Professional

Author: Sander Van Vugt

You love it as the world’s most popular desktop Linux distribution, and now Ubuntu is available at a server near you. Embracing the very same features desktop users have grown to love, system administrators are rapidly adopting Ubuntu due to their ability to configure, deploy, and manage network services more effectively than ever.

Practical Ubuntu Server Administration guides you through all of the key configuration and administration tasks you’ll need to know. Whether you’re interested in adopting Ubuntu within a Fortune 500 environment or just want to use Ubuntu to manage your home network, this book is your go-to guide to using the distribution securely for a wide variety of network services. Topics include file, print, web, and FTP management, command-line tips and tricks, automated installation, configuration and deployment processes, and kernel management.
What you’ll learn

Effectively and securely install, update, and deploy your Ubuntu server.
Configure your server to operate most effectively for a wide variety of purposes, including as a web server, FTP server, and a file and printer manager.
Rev up your command-line knowledge by taking advantage of little-known shell-related features, tips, and tricks.
Remotely manage your server through a wide-variety of services.

Who is this book for?

System administrators and application developers seeking to use Ubuntu as a Linux server
About the Apress Beginning Series

The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry-level job. These books will teach you a standard andimportant technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You'll start your journey by seeing what you need to know--but without needless theory and filler. You'll build your skill set by learning how to put together real-world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there--it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!
Related Titles

Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Second Edition
From Bash to Z-Shell: Conquering the Command Line
Hardening Linux

Absolute C or Microsoft Office 2003

2009-01-13T14:14:00.000-08:00

Absolute C++

Author: Walter Savitch

Organized around the structure of the C++ programming language, Absolute C++, Third Edition, benefits C++ readers of all levels with its comprehensive coverage and accessible style. Best-selling author Walt Savitch presents concepts and techniques in a clear, concise manner using understandable language and code enhanced by a suite of pedagogical tools.

C++ Basics; Flow of Control; Function Basics; Parameters and Overloading; Arrays; Structures and Classes; Constructors and Other Tools; Operator Overloading, Friends, and References; Strings; Pointers and Dynamic Arrays; Separate Compilation and Namespaces; Streams and File I/O; Recursion; Inheritance; Polymorphism and Virtual Functions; Templates; Linked Data Structures; Exception Handling; Standard Template Library; Patterns and UML.

For all readers interested in the C++ programming language.

New interesting textbook: Hollywood Dish or Italian Vegetarian Cooking

Microsoft Office 2003: Advanced Concepts and Techniques

Author: Gary B Shelly

For the past three decades, the Shelly Cashman Series® has effectively introduced computers to millions of students, consistently providing the highest quality, most up-to-date, and innovative materials in computer education. We are proud of the fact that our series of Microsoft Office 4.3, Microsoft Office 95, Microsoft Office 97, Microsoft Office 2000, and Microsoft Office XP textbooks have been the most widely used books in computer education. With each new edition of our Office books, we have made significant improvements based on software changes and comments made by both instructors and students. Our Microsoft Office 2003 books continue with the innovation, quality, and reliability that you have come to expect from the Shelly Cashman Series.

Word 2003
4. Creating a Document with a Table, Chart, and Watermark
5. Generating Form Letters, Mailing Labels, and Directories
6. Creating a Professional Newsletter Collaboration Feature: Using Word's Collaboration Tools Excel 2003
4. Financial Functions, Data Tables, Amortization Schedules, and Hyperlinks
5. Creating, Sorting, and Querying a List
6. Creating Templates and Working with Multiple Worksheets and Workbooks Integration Feature: Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and Web Discussions Access 2003
4. Reports, Forms, and Combo Boxes
5. Enhancing Forms with OLE Fields, Hyperlinks, and Subforms
6. Switchboards, PivotTables, and PivotCharts Web Feature: Data Access Pages PowerPoint 2003
3. Using Visuals to Enhance a Slide Show
4. Modifying Visual Elements and Presentation Formats Collaboration Feature: Delivering Presentations to and Collaborating with Workgroups Outlook 2003
2. Schedule Management Using Outlook Office 2003 Integration Microsoft Office 2003 Integration Case Studies
Appendices A: Microsoft Office Help System B: Speech and Handwriting Recognition and Speech Playback C: Publishing Office Web Pages to a Web Server D: Changing Screen Resolution and Resetting the Toolbars and Menus E: Microsoft Office Specialist Certification

Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Study Guide or Perl Best Practices

2009-01-13T05:02:00.000-08:00

Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Study Guide (Exams 310-XXX & 310-XXX)

Author: Paul Sanghera

Primarily Written for those who want to earn the Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA) certification for Solaris 10, this guide presents full coverage of the official objectives for both the required exams: CX-310-200 and CX-310-202. In spite of the laser sharp focus on the exam objectives, this is not a cram style book. Written in a classroom-based teaching style, this book presents material in a sequential fashion: topics and chapters build upon the previously covered topics and chapters. There is no hopping from topic to topic. An introductory chapter for beginners and a cohesive, concise, yet comprehensive presentation of the material makes it a self contained book that requires no prior experience in Solaris or UNIX. Even after passing the exam, you will find yourself coming back to use this book as an on-the-job reference.

Full coverage of exam topics includes:

Basic and advanced Solaris 10 installation
Managing file systems and core dumps
Performing user and security administration
Managing network printers and system processes
Performing system backups and restores and managing storage volumes
Managing naming services
Managing role based access control and system messaging
Understanding fundamentals of TCP/IP networking and managing network services

The book features complete details on all exam objectives, 250+ practice questions, step-by-step exercises, on-the-job elements, a two-minute drill at the end of each chapter that reviews the key points in the chapter, and chapter self-tests. The CD contains MasterExam practice exam software with all new questions, a Searchable electronic book, and a second practice exam (withfree online registration).

Dr. Paul Sanghera (San Jose, CA) Linux+, Network+, CAN, SCP, SCSA, is a technologist, educator, and entrepreneur based in the Silicon Valley, California. With a Ph.D. in Physics, and a Master’s in Computer Science from Cornell University, Dr. Sanghera is an expert in Computer Networking, TCP/IP protocols, Java Technologies, and peer to peer distributed communication systems. He has more than 15 years experience working with the UNIX system environment, including work at research laboratories such as CERN and the Wilson Nuclear Synchrotron Laboratory at Cornell University, and in the computer industry. He has taught technology courses in the Bay Area at CSU Hayward, San Jose State University, Golden Gate University, and Brooks College.

Paul was a founding member and Director of Engineering at an e-commerce company, weborder, that was sold to Netopia. He has also been at the ground floor of several other technology startups such as Dream Logic, and MP3.com. DR. Sanghera has also worked as Senior Software Engineer at Novell, and Netscape, and have contributed to technologies such as Netscape Communicator, NDS, and sellerXpert. Author and co-author of more than 150 research papers published in American and European research journals, Dr. Sanghera has made professional presentations by invitation at several International conferences.

Book about: Cooking Vegetarian or Kitchen

Perl Best Practices

Author: Damian Conway

Many programmers code by instinct, relying on convenient habits or a "style" they picked up early on. They aren't conscious of all the choices they make, like how they format their source, the names they use for variables, or the kinds of loops they use. They're focused entirely on problems they're solving, solutions they're creating, and algorithms they're implementing. So they write code in the way that seems natural, that happens intuitively, and that feels good.

But if you're serious about your profession, intuition isn't enough. "Perl Best Practices" author Damian Conway explains that rules, conventions, standards, and practices not only help programmers communicate and coordinate with one another, they also provide a reliable framework for thinking about problems, and a common language for expressing solutions. This is especially critical in Perl, because the language is designed to offer many ways to accomplish the same task, and consequently it supports many incompatible dialects.

With a good dose of Aussie humor, Dr. Conway (familiar to many in the Perl community) offers 256 guidelines on the art of coding to help you write better Perl code--in fact, the best Perl code you possibly can. The guidelines cover code layout, naming conventions, choice of data and control structures, program decomposition, interface design and implementation, modularity, object orientation, error handling, testing, and debugging.

They're designed to work together to produce code that is clear, robust, efficient, maintainable, and concise, but Dr. Conway doesn't pretend that this is the one true universal and unequivocal set of best practices. Instead, "Perl Best Practices"offerscoherent and widely applicable suggestions based on real-world experience of how code is actually written, rather than on someone's ivory-tower theories on how

software ought to be created.

Most of all, "Perl Best Practices" offers guidelines that actually work, and that many developers around the world are already using. Much like Perl itself, these guidelines are about helping you to get your job done, without getting in the way.

Praise for "Perl Best Practices" from Perl community members:

"As a manager of a large Perl project, I'd ensure that every member of my team has a copy of "Perl Best Practices" on their desk, and use it as the basis for an in-house style guide."

-- Randal Schwartz

"There are no more excuses for writing bad Perl programs. All levels of Perl programmer will be more productive after reading this book."

-- Peter Scott

"Perl Best Practices" will be the next big important book in the evolution of Perl. The ideas and practices Damian lays down will help bring Perl out from under the embarrassing heading of "scripting languages." Many of us have known Perl is a real programming language, worthy of all the tasks normally delegated to Java and C++. With Perl Best Practices, Damian shows specifically how and why, so everyone else can see, too."

-- Andy Lester

"Damian's done what many thought impossible: show how to build large, maintainable Perl applications, while still letting Perl be the powerful, expressive language that programmers have loved for years."

-- Bill Odom

"Finally, a means to bring lasting order to the process and product of real Perl development teams."

-- Andrew Sundstrom

"Perl Best Practices" provides a valuable education in how to write robust, maintainable Perl, and is a definitive citation source when coaching other programmers."

-- Bennett Todd

"I've been teaching Perl for years, and find the same question keeps being asked: Where can I find a reference for writing reusable, maintainable Perl code? Finally I have a decent answer."

-- Paul Fenwick

"At last a well researched, well thought-out, comprehensive guide to Perl style. Instead of each of us developing our own, we can learn good practices from one of Perl's most prolific and experienced authors. I recommend this book to anyone who prefers getting on with the job rather than going back and fixing errors caused by syntax and poor style issues."

-- Jacinta Richardson

"If you care about programming in any language read this book. Even if you don't intend to follow all of the practices, thinking through your style will improve it."

-- Steven Lembark

"The Perl community's best author is back with another outstanding book. There has never been a comprehensive reference on high quality Perl coding and style until "Perl Best Practices," This book fills a large gap in every Perl bookshelf."

-- Uri Guttman

1	Best practices	1
2	Code layout	8
3	Naming conventions	36
4	Values and expressions	51
5	Variables	73
6	Control structures	93
7	Documentation	132
8	Built-in functions	149
9	Subroutines	175
10	I/O	202
11	References	227
12	Regular expressions	235
13	Error handling	273
14	Command-line processing	299
15	Objects	318
16	Class hierarchies	359
17	Modules	397
18	Testing and debugging	420
19	Miscellanea	441

Classic Lego Mindstorms Project and Software Tools or Complete Digital Photography

2009-01-12T16:50:00.000-08:00

Classic Lego Mindstorms Project and Software Tools: Award-Winning Designs from Master Builders

Author: Mario Ferrari

This Book/DVD kit meets the growing demand from Lego Mindstorms fans for additional projects that can be built from their existing Lego Mindstorms kits. Over 40 new projects will appeal to that dedicated segment of the Lego audience that are committed to the RIS 1.x and 2.x standards.

The book contains seven complete "Master" projects that illustrate how great design, planning, mechanical engineering skills, and programming can create stunning and award winning projects.

The DVD contains instruction for over 40 projects in Adobe PDF form, a full suite of Lego software tools, and RCX/NQC code files.

The projects range from the simple to the sophisticate, and are perfect for self-learning.

* Complete new set of projects for the RIS 1.x and 2.x

* This Book and DVD package delivers a complete kit, perfect for team projects as well as those individual building

* packed full with award winning designs that will inspire any Mindstorms fan

Complete Digital Photography

Author: Ben Long

Digital photography has arrived once and for all. No longer do photographers have to be defensive because they prefer digital. Thanks to new technologies, digital cameras at all ends of the price spectrum can rival their film counterparts. If you have shifted from traditional to digital photography, and need to know what's different about shooting digital, this is the book for you. Now in its third edition, this bestseller has been fine-tuned and updated to provide you with the most current information on today's cameras that you'll find anywhere. Whether you're new to photography, or new to digital photography, you'll learn how to take the best possible shots. Even though your camera may pack an image sensor instead of film, taking good pictures still involves understanding apertures, shutter speeds, and metering techniques, as well as a few other issues that film shooters don't face. Fortunately, digital cameras also provide some unique tools to help you get the shot right the first time.

Covering everything from the inner workings of your camera to the subtle intricacies of your image editing software, the book is divided into four sections. The first section provides a basic technical foundation that will prepare you for the rest of the book. It details the basics of how digital cameras work and gives you a quick photography primer. The second part explores everything you need to know to make an informed decision about which camera, computer, and software is right for you. In section three, you'll progress to the nitty gritty of shooting, including metering, choosing the right exposure, using histograms, flash photography, and much more. In the final section, you'll learn about digital editing and correction techniques, along with the various methods for outputting your images (print and electronic). If you're new to photography, you'll learn the basic theory that photographers have studied for decades, as well as the latest tools and techniques made possible by the shift to digital. If you're an experienced film photographer, you'll see how to translate the knowledge you already have into the digital realm.

Features:
* Includes completely revised and updated coverage
* Provides new, detailed coverage of camera evaluation, including the latest technologies and affordable SLR cameras
* Includes completely re-written explanations and examples of metering and exposure, including hands-on tutorials
* Covers Photoshop CS and of Photoshop Elements 2.0
* Includes many new tutorials on improved methods for correcting and enhancing photos, and addresses the most common types of corrections users want to make
* Provides new and expanded coverage of the basic questions camera purchasers have, including how many pixels are needed, how to reduce red eye, shooting inside versus outside, etc.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
To work through the tutorials in the book, you will need Photoshop CS (a demo is included on the CD). WINDOWS: Intel® Pentium® II or better; Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 3, or Windows XP; 192MB of RAM (256MB recommended); 300MB of available drive space; Color monitor with 16- bit color card or better; CD-ROM drive. MACINTOSH: PowerPC® G3 or better; Mac OS X v. 10.2.4 or better; 192MB of RAM (256MB recommended); 350MB of available drive space; color monitor with 16- bit color support, or better; CD-ROM drive. Please check the individual demos for specifics

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Intended both for amateur photographers and for traditional film photographers who wish to understand the new technology, this manual explains how to produce high quality digital photographs. Covers basic technological concepts, basic photography, choosing equipment, building a work station, shooting, exposure, preparing images for editing, color and tone correction, special effects, and other topics. CD-ROM includes images used in tutorials, built around Adobe Photoshop, along with Mac and Windows demo Photoshop versions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Configuring CallManager and Unity or Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005

2009-01-12T06:39:00.000-08:00

Configuring CallManager and Unity: A Step-by-Step Guide

Author: David Bateman

An indispensable step-by-step configuration guide for IP Telephony professionals

Includes step-by-step configuration instructions for CallManager features and Unity administration tasks
Demonstrates how to deploy devices and implement your dial plan
Covers Call Admission Control features and class of service
Examines different subscriber types and how subscribers are added, imported, and managed
Includes step-by-step instructions for call handling and auto attendant configuration
Describes how to use Unity and CallManager together to deliver unique features

To properly deploy any type of technology, networking professionals must understand not only the technology but also how to configure and integrate it with other solutions. That’s the key to Configuring CallManager and Unity–it focuses on the configuration issues associated with CallManager and Unity® deployments while ensuring that you understand the technologies behind your deployment.

Configuring CallManager and Unity includes step-by-step guides that system administrators and other networking professionals can use in the field. These step-by-step instructions have been worked out by an author who has both taught and implemented Cisco® solutions in real-world situations, so coverage is comprehensive for both basic and complex implementations. You will find information that will assist in the configuration of CallManager-related tasks, suchas device configuration, gateway implementation, and dial-plan creation to name a few. You will also find Unity-related configuration tasks, ranging from the basics, such as holiday and schedule configuration, to more involved tasks, such as Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) networking implementation. In addition to covering Unity and CallManager tasks, this book includes a chapter on leveraging the capabilities of both systems to create integrated solutions, such as a MeetMe conference manager.

Tasks in Configuring CallManager and Unity are organized in the same order you would naturally perform them, and some tasks are cross-referenced with other required tasks for easy reference. You learn not only how to configure CallManager and Unity but also how to create a more feature-rich environment by leveraging CallManager and Unity features. Regardless of your specific needs, you’ll find Configuring CallManager and Unity to be a timesaving tool when performing common or complicated configuration tasks.

This IP communications book is part of the Cisco Press® Networking Technology Series. IP communications titles from Cisco Press help networking professionals understand voice and IP telephony technologies, plan and design converged networks, and implement network solutions for increased productivity.

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Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: The Storage Engine

Author: Kalen Delaney

Understanding the internals of storage in SQL Server helps database developers and administrators to better create, maintain, and mine information from enterprise data. This practical, hands-on book focuses on the SQL Server 2005 Storage Engine and delves deep into the structures used for storing data, including files, tables, indexes, and data types. Topics also include security details, with coverage of the new SQL Server 2005 security model, and data protection through the backup and restore algorithms. With pragmatic advice, best practices, extensive code samples, and table examples, developers and database administrators will find the guidance they need to better understand how to build powerful, efficient databases.

Managing Active Directory With Windows Powershell or Pro Silverlight 2 in VB 2008

2009-01-11T11:26:00.000-08:00

Managing Active Directory With Windows Powershell

Author: Jeffery Hicks

So you're got Active Directory and PowerShell. how do you make them work together? Find out in Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM. You'll not only learn about managing Active Directory users and groups with PowerShell, but also computer accounts, group policy, Active Directory infrastructure and more. Coverage includes how to use "out of the box" PowerShell features like the [ADSI] type adapter, as well as 3rd party solutions such as the Quest Software Active Roles Management Shell for Active Directory. Inside you'll find plenty of real-world and practical examples, including complete scripts you can use right now to get your job done faster and more efficiently! This book is not only the definitive guide to Managing Active Directory, but also local directory services. Need to manage the local administrator account on 1000 servers? Need to find out who belongs to the local Administrators group on those 1000 servers? You can easily accomplish these tasks and more with PowerShell right from your desktop. If you are just getting started with PowerShell or need a quick refresher, jump in with the PowerShell Crash Course in Chapter 1 and hit the ground running. Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM can be used as a reference guide or read cover to cover as a thorough tutorial led by a Windows PowerShell MVP. PowerShell will be The Windows management tool, so why wait?

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Pro Silverlight 2 in VB 2008

Author: Matthew MacDonald

Silverlight 2 is a lightweight browser plug–in that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It’s a rules–changing, groundbreaking technology that allows you to run rich client applications right inside the browser. Even more impressively, it’s able to host true .NET applications in non–Microsoft browsers (like Firefox) and on non–Microsoft platforms (like Mac OS X).

Silverlight is still new and evolving fast, and you need a reliable guidebook to make sense of it. Pro Silverlight 2 in VB 2008 is the perfect reference—you’ll learn about the features that put Silverlight in direct competition with Adobe Flash, such as rich support for 2D drawing, animations, and media playback, and best of all, you’ll experience the plumbing of .NET and the design model of WPF through Silverlight—all of the same .NET technology that developers use to design next–generation Windows applications. Author Matthew MacDonald provides an expertly crafted tutorial written for the professional developer. You’ll learn to create rich media applications using Silverlight in the environment you’re most productive in—no matter what the target platform.

What you’ll learn

Develop rich media applications using Silverlight and Visual Basic across browsers and platforms.

Create a project, set up a layout, and use controls.

Handle 2D drawing, animation, and media playback through Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).

Integrate web services support.

Use Silverlight in conjunction with ASP.NET and its interactions withHTML.

Who is this book for?

Visual Basic 2005 and 2008 developers encountering Silverlight for the first time. No prior knowledge of WPF or ASP.NET is assumed.

About the Apress Pro Series

The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder.

You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard–won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.

The Sims 2 or Persuasive Games

2009-01-11T02:14:00.000-08:00

The Sims 2: Seasons Expansion Pack

Author: Greg Kramer

Everything You Need to Enjoy All Four Seasons with Your Sims!

• Detailed lists and stats for all-new objects and socials.
• Master the art of making the best love potions, energy drinks, health boosters, and more.
• Tips and tricks to grow the perfect garden and catch fresh fish to grill on the barbeque.
• Navigate the 6 new career paths and learn to master every job to become a success in any field.
• Get all the info on the changing seasons to make the greatest impact on your lot.

Chapter 1: What’s New
Chapter 2: Seasons
Chapter 3: Weather
Chapter 4: The Sim’s Guide to Gardening and Fishing
Chapter 5: New Careers
Chapter 6: New Objects
Chapter 7: New Socials
Chapter 8: New NPCs and PlantSims
Chapter 9: Build Mode Additions
Chapter 10: A Tour of Riverblossom Hills
Chapter 11: Jobs by Career Level
Chapter 12: Objects
Chapter 13: Socials

Book review: Understanding the Mind of Your Bipolar Child or Methods of Group Exercise Instruction

Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames

Author: Ian Bogost

Videogames are both an expressive medium and a persuasive medium; they represent how real and imagined systems work, and they invite players to interact with those systems and form judgments about them. In this innovative analysis, Ian Bogost examines the way videogames mount arguments and influence players. Drawing on the 2,500-year history of rhetoric, the study of persuasive expression, Bogost analyzes rhetoric's unique function in software in general and videogames in particular. The field of media studies already analyzes visual rhetoric, the art of using imagery and visual representation persuasively. Bogost argues that videogames, thanks to their basic representational mode of procedurality (rule-based representations and interactions), open a new domain for persuasion; they realize a new form of rhetoric.

Bogost calls this new form "procedural rhetoric," a type of rhetoric tied to the core affordances of computers: running processes and executing rule-based symbolic manipulation. He argues further that videogames have a unique persuasive power that goes beyond other forms of computational persuasion. Not only can videogames support existing social and cultural positions, but they can also disrupt and change those positions, leading to potentially significant long-term social change. Bogost looks at three areas in which videogame persuasion has already taken form and shows considerable potential: politics, advertising, and education. Bogost is both an academic researcher and a videogame designer, and Persuasive Games reflects both theoretical and game-design goals.

The Internet or Excel 2003 All in One Desk Reference For Dummies

2009-01-10T14:03:00.000-08:00

The Internet (Quamut)

Author: Quamut

Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:

Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available.
Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle.
Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less.
Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything.
Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead.

You won’t remember how you lived without it.

The internet has revolutionized everything from communication, shopping, and research to travel, job hunting, and even dating. Get up to speed with the basics on:

What the internet is, where it came from, and how to connect to it
Web browsers, search engines, and tools to make your surfing safe and secure
The best websites for shopping, news, reviews, social networking, and more

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Excel 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

Author: Greg Harvey PhD

When you think of number-crunching and spreadsheets, you think of Excel, right? After Word, it’s the most popular program in the Microsoft Office suite. But if technical jargon isn’t your first language, you may have found Excel just a teeny bit frustrating. It can be really hard to pick your way through the many features and make Excel do what you need for it to do.

Once you know how, you can use Excel to

• Create fill-in-the-blank forms

• Prepare expense reports and invoices

• Manage all sorts of data

• Keep sales and inventory records

• Analyze financial data and create forecasts

• Present information in charts and graphs

Excel 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies tames the Excel monster. Nine minibooks break things down into manageable, logical sections covering the basics, worksheet design, formulas and functions, worksheet collaboration, charts and graphics, data management, data analysis, working on the Web, and tweaking Excel with a programming language called Visual Basic for Applications, or VBA. In the friendly, plain-English For Dummies style, this book makes it easy to find what you’re looking for and get instructions for doing what you need to do. You’ll be able to

• Find your way around Excel’s menus, toolbars, and dialog boxes, and access online help

• Format a professional-looking spreadsheet that presents data the way you choose

• Edit an existing spreadsheet without disturbing its design or contents

• Build Excel formulas and use built-in functions toproduce the calculations you want

• Share spreadsheet data with other people and programs, and collect comments

• Create great-looking charts and find out how to choose the right format to display your data effectively

• Use Excel to maintain large amounts of data, then filter the data to extract the information you need

• Publish spreadsheets and charts on the Web in HTML format

• Explore ways to customize Excel with VBA

Best of all, it’s easy to find what you need in Excel 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies. Before you know it, you’ll discover you’ve developed a friendship with Excel that will make your life easier, boost your business, and impress your friends!

Microsoft Visual C 2005 Step by Step or Professional Design Techniques with Adobe Creative Suite 3

2009-01-10T04:51:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Step by Step

Author: John Sharp

Visual C#, a feature of Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005, is a modern programming language designed to deliver a productive environment for creating business frameworks and reusable object-oriented components. Now you can teach yourself essential techniques with Visual C#-and start building components and Microsoft Windows®-based applications-one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you're a beginning programmer or new to this particular language, you'll learn how, when, and why to use specific features of Visual C# 2005. Each chapter puts you to work, building your knowledge of core capabilities and guiding you as create your first C#-based applications for Windows, data management, and the Web.

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Professional Design Techniques with Adobe Creative Suite 3

Author: Scott Citron

Adobe changed the landscape of design when it combined the tools that many creative professionals were using into one suite of applications—Adobe Creative Suite. And with this latest version—CS3—designers have even more reason to herald their favorite software as it not only gives them further tools, features, and performance, but offers additional interoperability across the various programs in the suite. As if answering the designer’s call for guidance, author and distinguished designer Scott Citron leads them through the ins-and-outs of the Creative Suite in his first book, Professional Design Techniques with Adobe Creative Suite 3. With an easy, engaging style, Scott takes a designer’s approach to address the complexities of working in the suite and focuses on important design principles that can be applied to working in all the programs. How do designers determine what fonts to choose? Why do certain color choices never fail? How can designers use space more effectively? All of these questions and more are explored as readers are given real-world design projects that cement these principles.

Part inspiration and part how-to, each chapter contains a full project, complete with steps and full-color illustrations. Project files, plug-ins, and other goodies are included on the accompanying CD-ROM so that readers can follow along and recreate each project themselves. Designers will also appreciate the tips, sidebars, inspirations, and expert commentary throughout. Whether they are aspiring designers or practicing professionals, anyone who is interested in learning new design techniques will come away with a solid foundation in this extraordinarysuite of creativity tools.

Pinnacle Studio 10 for Windows or Accounting Information Systems

2009-01-09T17:40:00.000-08:00

Pinnacle Studio 10 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Author: Jan Ozer

Pinnacle Studio 10 is the latest version of the industry leading home video editing tool aimed at the Windows consumer market. In Pinnacle Studio 10 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, veteran journalist and teacher Jan Ozer tackles Pinnacle Studio version 10 in classic and popular QuickStart style--with step-by-step instructions, plenty of illustrations, and straightforward language. Jan provides the skinny on all popular Studio 10 features like built-in DVD authoring with motion menus and custom navigation; Pan and Zoom, enabling users to quickly create engaging video slideshows from digital photos; SmartMovie II, a tool that let's you create home movies in minutes; dual monitor display; key framing special effects in real-time; and the Instant DVD Recorder. He also covers key Pinnacle Studio Plus 10 features including picture in picture (PIP); Chroma Key effects (green screen); and full HD editing, particularly creating HD slide shows from digital photos.

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Accounting Information Systems

Author: James A Hall

The sixth edition of ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS provides thorough and up-to-date coverage of accounting information systems and related technologies. It features an early presentation of transaction cycles, as well as an emphasis on ethics, fraud, and the modern manufacturing environment. The book focuses on the needs and responsibilities of accountants as end users of systems; systems designers; and auditors. This edition provides complete integrated coverage of Sarbanes-Oxley as it affects internal controls and other relevant topics affected by this legislation, as well as reorganized discussion of transaction cycles that make the balance between manual- and computer-based systems more apparent.

PART 1: OVERVIEW OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS. 1. The Information System: An Accountant's Perspective. 2. Introduction to Transaction Processing. 3. Ethics, Fraud, and Internal Control. PART 2: TRANSACTION CYCLES AND BUSINESS PROCESSES. 4. The Revenue Cycle. 5. The Expenditure Cycle Part I: Purchases and Cash Disbursements Procedures. 6. The Expenditure Cycle Part II: Payroll Processing and Fixed Asset Procedures. 7. The Conversion Cycle. 8. General Ledger, Financial Reporting, and Management Reporting Systems. PART 3: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES IN ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS. 9. Database Management Systems. 10. The REA Approach to Business Process Modeling. 11. Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. 12. Electronic Commerce Systems. PART 4: SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. 13. The Systems Development Process Part I: Introduction to the Systems Development Life Cycle. 14. The Systems Development Process Part II: System Selection, Detailed Design, and System Implementation. PART 5: COMPUTER CONTROLS AND AUDITING. 15. Controlling Computer-Based Information Systems, Part I. 16. Controlling Computer-Based Information Systems, Part II. 17. Information Systems Auditing and Assurance.

High Performance Web Sites or Web Copy That Sells

2009-01-09T07:28:00.000-08:00

High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Frontend Engineers

Author: Steve Souders

Want your web site to display more quickly? This book presents 14 specific rules that will cut 25% to 50% off response time when users request a page. Author Steve Souders, in his job as Chief Performance Yahoo!, collected these best practices while optimizing some of the most-visited pages on the Web. Even sites that had already been highly optimized, such as Yahoo! Search and the Yahoo! Front Page, were able to benefit from these surprisingly simple performance guidelines. The rules in High Performance Web Sites explain how you can optimize the performance of the Ajax, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, and images that you've already built into your site—adjustments that are critical for any rich web application. Other sources of information pay a lot of attention to tuning web servers, databases, and hardware, but the bulk of display time is taken up on the browser side and by the communication between server and browser. High Performance Web Sites covers every aspect of that process. Each performance rule is supported by specific examples, and code snippets are available on the book's companion web site. The rules include how to: Make Fewer HTTP Requests Use a Content Delivery Network Add an Expires Header Gzip Components Put Stylesheets at the Top Put Scripts at the Bottom Avoid CSS Expressions Make JavaScript and CSS External Reduce DNS Lookups Minify JavaScript Avoid Redirects Remove Duplicates Scripts Configure ETags Make Ajax Cacheable If you're building pages for high traffic destinations and want to optimize the experience of users visiting your site, this book is indispensable. "If everyone would implement just 20% of Steve's guidelines, the Web would be a dramaticallybetter place.Between this book and Steve's YSlow extension, there's really no excuse for having a sluggish web site anymore." -Joe Hewitt, Developer of Firebug debugger and Mozilla's DOM Inspector "Steve Souders has done a fantastic job of distilling a massive, semi-arcane art down to a set of concise, actionable, pragmatic engineering steps that will change the world of web performance." -Eric Lawrence, Developer of the Fiddler Web Debugger, Microsoft Corporation

Interesting book: The Delta Project or Exercise Workbook for Beginning AutoCAD 2007

Web Copy That Sells: The Revolutionary Formula for Creating Killer Copy Every Time

Author: Maria Veloso

In order for a Web site to sell effectively, it must appeal to the unique culture, mindset, and psychology of the Web. Simply put, what works in the brick-and-mortar world does not necessarily grab Web shoppers. Companies selling products and services online need to promote their wares with engaging copy that grabs attention and compels Web site visitors to buy.

Web Copy That Sells presents copy strategies that have been proven time and again in the e-commerce arena. Maria Veloso, perhaps the most widely acclaimed Web copywriter in the world, reveals her revolutionary approach based on five simple questions, which, when answered, make the copy practically write itself. Veloso crams all the information from her 12-hour, $997 live seminars into a comprehensive book that will help any Web copywriter:

write sizzling and irresistible Web copy, e-mails, and marketing communications
quickly turn lackluster sites into "perpetual money machines"
use Neuro-Linguistic Programming and psychological tactics to compel Web surfers to buy
avoid the top three blunders that can wipe out your sales
convert up to 50% of online prospects into paying customers
and more!

Author Biography: Maria Veloso (Los Angeles, CA) is Director of Web Copywriting University and the former Director of Creative Web Writing for Aesop.com, a major Internet marketing company.

	Foreword	xv
	Acknowledgment	xxi
	Introduction	1
1	Getting Started: The Dynamics of Web Selling	9
	Three Fundamental Rules for Writing Web Copy that Sells	10
Rule 1	Don't Make Your Website Look Like an Ad	11
Rule 2	Stop Readers Dead in Their Tracks	13
Rule 3	Capture E-Mail Addresses	16
	The First Look	19
	Web Copy Dos and Don'ts	22
	Reading on the Web	26
	Words Tell, Emotion Sells	28
	How to Become a Great Web Copywriter in Five Hours or Less	31
2	A Simple Blueprint for Writing Killer Web Copy	33
	Creating the Blueprint: Five Simple Questions You Must Ask	36
Question 1	What Is the Problem?	36
Question 2	Why Hasn't the Problem Been Solved?	37
Question 3	What Is Possible?	38
Question 4	What Is Different Now?	38
Question 5	What Should You Do Now?	39
	The Anatomy of the Blueprint	39
	Putting the Blueprint to Work: Five Easy Steps to Making Your Web Copy Sell	46
Step 1	Inject Emotion	46
Step 2	Add Bullet Points, Bonuses, Guarantee, and Close	49
Step 3	Add Credibility-Building Elements	54
Step 4	Add Psychological Devices	56
Step 5	Replace Rational Words with Emotional Words	57
	Reinforcing the Framework: A Summary	60
3	From Prospects to Purchasers: The Psychological Motivators	63
	The "Reason Why" Device	64
	The Zeigarnik Effect	65
	The Cliffhanger	67
	Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)	67
	Embedded Commands	68
	Presuppositions	70
	Linguistic Binds	73
	Reframing	75
	The Commitment/Consistency Element of Influence	77
	Cognitive Dissonance	78
	Involvement Devices That Multiply Sales	81
	Involvement Devices and the Recovery Principle	86
4	Crafting Your Copy	91
	Constructing Your Web Copy	92
	The AIDA Principle	92
	The Unique Selling Proposition	94
	Making an Impression: The First Paragraph	96
	The Offer You Can't Refuse	97
	Testimonials: It Can Happen to You	99
	Talking About Money: How to Introduce the Price	100
	Minor-Purchase Technique	100
	Daily-Cost Technique	101
	Keep on Selling: Writing the Order Form	102
	The Money-Back Guarantee: A Deal Maker	103
	The Close: Signing on the Dotted Line	105
	Call to Action	106
	Get a Calling Card: The Opt-In Mechanism	106
	How to Construct a Riveting Headline	107
	What's in a Headline?	109
	The Building Blocks of Winning Web Headlines	110
	Choosing Your Words: Tips, Terms, and Concepts	114
	Words to Avoid in Your Web Copy	115
	Words to Use in Your Web Copy	117
	Dos and Don't of Web Copywriting	120
	The Long and Short of It: How Long Should Web Copy Be?	126
	How Well Does Your Website Sell?	128
	Formula for Mathematically Measuring the Selling Quotient of Web Copy	129
5	E-Mail Marketing: The Internet's Killer Application	135
	Traffic Conversion: Turning Visitors into Customers	136
	Wagging the Website	137
	Why Your E-Mail May Be More Important Than Your Website	139
	The Frame-of-Mind Marketing Method for Writing E-Mails	143
	Breaking the Sales Barrier	146
	The Future of E-Mail Marketing	147
	How to Make Sure Your E-Mail Is Delivered	149
	How to Avoid the Spam Blockers	150
	Does Your E-Mail Test Positive as Spam?	152
	How to Write E-Mail That's Read	152
	Seven Elements of E-Mails That Sell	153
	Put the Competitive Edge into Your E-Mail Marketing	164
	Adapt as Your Audience's Frame of Mind Changes	166
	Using E-Mail to Get Attention	167
	What Really Works on the Internet Sometimes Doesn't	170
6	Online Marketing Communications: It's What You do After People Visit Your Website that Counts	173
	The Opt-In Offer: Your Most Important Asset	174
	Five Keys to an Opt-In Offer That's Impossible to Refuse	176
	Presenting the Offer	179
	How to Write Irresistible Autoresponder E-Mails	179
	Quick Primer on Autoresponders	179
	Crafting Autoresponses to Your Opt-In Offer	180
	Crafting Autoresponses to Customers	182
	How to Format Your E-Mails for Optimum Readability	183
	How to Write Free Reports and Promotional Articles	184
	Guidelines for Writing Newsletters and E-Zines	186
	Guidelines for Writing Online Ads, Signature Files, and Banner Copy	188
	Three Tips for Writing Online Ads	190
7	Last But Not Least: Tying It All Together	193
	Track It, Fix It: What to Do When Web Copy Is Not Working	194
	Four Steps to Web Copywriting Success	198
	Track Your Results	200
	Traffic Generation: Getting the Word Out and the Visitors In	203
	Search Engine Positioning	203
	Pay-per-Click Search Engines	205
	Linking Strategies	206
	E-Zines and Newsletters	208
	Index	211

Modern C Design or Check Point NGX R65 Security Administration

2009-01-08T14:25:00.000-08:00

Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied

Author: Andrei Alexandrescu

Modern C++ Designis an important book. Fundamentally, it demonstrates ‘generic patterns’ or ‘pattern templates’ as a powerful new way of creating extensible designs in C++–a new way to combine templates and patterns that you may never have dreamt was possible, but is. If your work involves C++ design and coding, you should read this book. Highly recommended.
–Herb Sutter

What’s left to say about C++ that hasn’t already been said? Plenty, it turns out.
–From the Foreword by John Vlissides

In Modern C++ Design, Andrei Alexandrescu opens new vistas for C++ programmers. Displaying extraordinary creativity and programming virtuosity, Alexandrescu offers a cutting-edge approach to design that unites design patterns, generic programming, and C++, enabling programmers to achieve expressive, flexible, and highly reusable code.

This book introduces the concept of generic components–reusable design templates that produce boilerplate code for compiler consumption–all within C++. Generic components enable an easier and more seamless transition from design to application code, generate code that better expresses the original design intention, and support the reuse of design structures with minimal recoding.

The author describes the specific C++ techniques and features that are used in building generic components and goes on to implement industrial strength generic components for real-world applications. Recurring issues that C++ developers face in their day-to-day activity are discussed in depth and implemented in a generic way. These include:

Policy-based designfor flexibility
Partial template specialization
Typelists–powerful type manipulation structures
Patterns such as Visitor, Singleton, Command, and Factories
Multi-method engines

For each generic component, the book presents the fundamental problems and design options, and finally implements a generic solution.

In addition, an accompanying Web site, awl.com/cseng/titles/0-201-70431-5, makes the code implementations available for the generic components in the book and provides a free, downloadable C++ library, called Loki, created by the author. Loki provides out-of-the-box functionality for virtually any C++ project.

Get a value-added service! Try out all the examples from this book at . CodeSaw is a free online learning tool that allows you to experiment with live code from your book right in your browser.

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Presents a collection of reusable design artifacts, called generic components, together with the techniques that make them possible. The author describes techniques for policy-based design, partial template specialization, typelists, and local classes, then goes on to implement generic components for smart pointers, object factories, functor objects, the Visitor design pattern, and multimethod engines. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

1. Policy-Based Class Design.
The Multiplicity of Software Design.
The Failure of the Do-It-All Interface.
Multiple Inheritance to the Rescue?
Templates Bring Hope.
Policies and Policy Classes.
Enriched Policies.
Destructors of Policy Classes.
Optional Functionality Through Incomplete Instantiation.
Combining Policy Classes.
Customizing Structure with Policy Classes.
Compatible and Noncompatible Policies.
Decomposing a Class in Policies.
Summary.

2. Techniques.
Compile-Time Assertions.
Partial Template Specialization.
Local Classes 28 2.4 Mapping Integral Constants to Types.
Type-to-Type Mapping.
Type Selection.
Detecting Convertibility and Inheritance at Compile Time.
A Wrapper Around type_info.
NullType and EmptyType.
Type Traits.
Summary.

3. Typelists.
The Need for Typelists.
Defining Typelists.
Linearizing Typelist Creation.
Calculating Length.
Intermezzo.
Indexed Access.
Searching Typelists.
Appending to Typelists.
Erasing a Type from a Typelist.
Erasing Duplicates.
Replacing an Element in a Typelist.
Partially Ordering Typelists.
Class Generation with Typelists.
Summary.
Typelist Quick Facts.

4. Small-Object Allocation.
The Default Free Store Allocator.
The Workings of a Memory Allocator.
A Small-Object Allocator.
Chunks.
The Fixed-Size Allocator.
The SmallObjAllocator Class.
A Hat Trick.
Simple, Complicated, Yet Simple in the End.
Administrivia.
Summary.
Small-Object Allocator Quick Facts.

II. COMPONENTS.

5. Generalized Functors.
The Command Design Pattern.
Command in the Real World.
C11 Callable Entities.
The Functor Class Template Skeleton.
Implementing the Forwarding Functor::operator().
Handling Functors.
Build One, Get One Free.
Argument and Return Type Conversions.
Handling Pointers to Member Functions.
Binding.
Chaining Requests.
Real-World Issues I: The Cost of Forwarding Functions.
Real-World Issues II: Heap Allocation.
Implementing Undo and Redo with Functor.
Summary.
Functor Quick Facts.

6. Implementing Singletons.
Static Data + Static Functions != Singleton.
The Basic C11 Idioms Supporting Singleton.
Enforcing the Singleton's Uniqueness.
Destroying the Singleton.
The Dead Reference Problem.
Addressing the Dead Reference Problem (I):.
Addressing the Dead Reference Problem (II):.
Implementing Singletons with Longevity.
Living in a Multithreaded World.
Putting It All Together.
Working With SingletonHolder.
Summary.
SingletonHolder Class Template Quick Facts.

7. Smart Pointers.
Smart Pointers 101.
The Deal.
Smart Pointers' Storage.
Smart Pointer Member Functions.
Ownership-Handling Strategies.
The Address-of Operator.
Implicit Conversion to Raw Pointer Type.
Equality and Inequality.
Ordering Comparisons.
Checking and Error Reporting.
Smart Pointers to const and const Smart Pointers.
Arrays.
Smart Pointers and Multithreading.
Putting It All Together.
Summary.
SmartPtr Quick Facts.

8. Object Factories.
The Need for Object Factories.
Object Factories in C11: Classes and Objects.
Implementing an Object Factory.
Type Identifiers.
Generalization.
Minutiae.
Clone Factories.
Using Object Factories with Other Generic Components.
Summary.
Factory Class Template Quick Facts.
CloneFactory Class Template Quick Facts.

9. Abstract Factory.
The Architectural Role of Abstract Factory.
A Generic Abstract Factory Interface.
Implementing AbstractFactory.
A Prototype-Based Abstract Factory Implementation.
Summary.
AbstractFactory and ConcreteFactory Quick Facts.

10. Visitor.
Visitor Basics.
Overloading: The Catch-All Function.
An Implementation Refinement: The Acyclic Visitor.
A Generic Implementation of Visitor.
Back to the “Cyclic” Visitor.
Hooking Variations.
Summary.
Visitor Generic Component Quick Facts.

11. Multimethods.
What Are Multimethods?
When Are Multimethods Needed?
Double Switch-on-Type: Brute Force.
The Brute-Force Approach Automated.
Symmetry with the Brute-Force Dispatcher.
The Logarithmic Double Dispatcher.
FnDispatcher and Symmetry.
Double Dispatch to Functors.
Converting Arguments: static_cast or dynamic_cast?
Constant-Time Multimethods: Raw Speed.
BasicDispatcher and BasicFastDispatcher as Policies.
Looking Forward.
Summary.
Double Dispatcher Quick Facts.

Appendix A. Minimalist Multithreading Library.
A Critique of Multithreading.
Loki's Approach.
Atomic Operations on Integral Types.
Mutexes.
Locking Semantics in Object-Oriented Programming.
Optional volatile Modifier.
Semaphores, Events, and Other Good Things.
Summary.

Bibliography.
Index. 0201704315T04062001

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Check Point NGX R65 Security Administration

Author: Ralph Bonnell

Check Point NGX R65 is the next major release of Check Point's flagship firewall software product, which has over 750,000 registered users. Check Point's NGX is the underlying security software platform for all of the company's enterprise firewall, VPN and management solutions. It enables enterprises of all sizes to reduce the cost and complexity of security management and ensure that their security systems can be easily extended to adapt to new and emerging threats. This title is a continuation of Syngress' best-selling references on Check Point's market leading Firewall and VPN products.

* First book to market covering Check Point's new, flagship NGX R65 Firewall/VPN.
* Provides bonus coverage for Check Point's upcoming NGX R65 Certification exams.
* Companion Web site offers customized scripts for managing log files.

Scene of the Cybercrime or Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide

2009-01-08T02:13:00.000-08:00

Scene of the Cybercrime

Author: Debra Littlejohn Shinder

When it comes to computer crimes, the criminals got a big head start. But the law enforcement and IT security communities are now working diligently to develop the knowledge, skills, and tools to successfully investigate and prosecute Cybercrime cases. When the first edition of "Scene of the Cybercrime" published in 2002, it was one of the first books that educated IT security professionals and law enforcement how to fight Cybercrime. Over the past 5 years a great deal has changed in how computer crimes are perpetrated and subsequently investigated. Also, the IT security and law enforcement communities have dramatically improved their ability to deal with Cybercrime, largely as a result of increased spending and training. According to the 2006 Computer Security Institute's and FBI's joint Cybercrime report: 52% of companies reported unauthorized use of computer systems in the prior 12 months. Each of these incidents is a Cybecrime requiring a certain level of investigation and remediation. And in many cases, an investigation is mandates by federal compliance regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, or the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard.

Scene of the Cybercrime, Second Edition is a completely revised and updated book which covers all of the technological, legal, and regulatory changes, which have occurred since the first edition. The book is written for dual audience; IT security professionals and members of law enforcement. It gives the technical experts a little peek into the law enforcement world, a highly structured environment where the "letter of the law" is paramount and procedures must be followed closely lest an investigation be contaminatedand all the evidence collected rendered useless. It also provides law enforcement officers with an idea of some of the technical aspects of how cyber crimes are committed, and how technology can be used to track down and build a case against the criminals who commit them. Scene of the Cybercrime, Second Editions provides a roadmap that those on both sides of the table can use to navigate the legal and technical landscape to understand, prevent, detect, and successfully prosecute the criminal behavior that is as much a threat to the online community as "traditional" crime is to the neighborhoods in which we live. Also included is an all new chapter on Worldwide Forensics Acts and Laws.

* Companion Web site provides custom tools and scripts, which readers can download for conducting digital, forensic investigations.
* Special chapters outline how Cybercrime investigations must be reported and investigated by corporate IT staff to meet federal mandates from Sarbanes Oxley, and the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard
* Details forensic investigative techniques for the most common operating systems (Windows, Linux and UNIX) as well as cutting edge devices including iPods, Blackberries, and cell phones.

1: Facing the Cybercrime Problem Head-on; 2: Emerging Cybercrime Techniques; 3: Understanding the People on the Scene; 4: The Computer Investigation Process; 5: Acquiring Data, Duplicating Data, and Recovering Deleted Files; 6: Understanding Network Intrusions and Attacks; 7: Understanding Cybercrime Prevention; 8: Implementing Cybercrime Detection Techniques; 9: Collecting and Preserving Digital Evidence; 10: Analyzing Windows Systems. 11: Analyzing Linux Systems. 12: Investigating UNIX Systems. 13: Achieving Compliance with Federal Regulations 14: Building the Cybercrime Case; 15: Worldwide Forensics Acts and Laws

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Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide

Author: Brian P Lawler

The key to successful print production is an understanding of the entire workflow, from scanning and file creation through prepress and print production. Fully updated by author and publishing consultant Brian Lawlwer, The Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide, Second Edition, brings together the collective knowledge and wisdom of the experts at Adobe Systems in a simple, elegant presentation of the fundamental concepts and issues related to producing high-quality printed output. The book includes succinct, expertly illustrated explanations of the basic concepts and terminology of print production, along with Adobe's tried and true guidelines, tips, and checklists for ensuring a successful print job.

Cool Mac Apps or iPhone for Dummies

2009-01-07T16:01:00.000-08:00

Cool Mac Apps: Twelve Apps for Enhanced Creativity and Productivity, Third Edition

Author: John Tollett

This popular book shows readers how to take advantage of the iLife '08 applications that to many are the coolest parts of using a Mac. Through tutorials, tips, and techniques readers will learn how to use each of the powerful applications -- individually and as part of an integrated, interactive suite. Robin and John also cover the features of the immensely popular .Mac Web Gallery, which enables you to share your iPhoto library with family and friends with just a few clicks. Friendly, practical instructions will have new and veteran Mac owners using all that's new in the suite in no time. They'll find everything about getting on the Internet and using email; using the way-cool iChat AV, which adds audio and video to instant messaging; using iTunes, including access to the iTunes Music Store; the new video libary in iMovie; new organization and editing tools in iPhoto; new animated themes in iDVD; and much more!

iPhone for Dummies

Author: Bob LeVitus

Congratulations! The iPhone you just bought is one heck of a wireless telephone, complete with a capable 2-megapixel digital camera. But it’s way more than that: it's also a gorgeous widescreen video iPod and the smallest, most powerful Internet communications device yet. So now that you've got it, what do you do with it? That's where iPhone For Dummies comes in.

Apple’s iPhone, puts the world virtually in your pocket. But because it does so much, there’s a lot to know about using it! This full-color guide shows you how to find and play music and videos; use the full-featured keyboard; get driving directions and stock quotes; send e-mail; take, browse, and organize photos; work with contacts and appointments — and even talk on the phone. You'll find out how to:

• Activate your own service

• Master the multitouch interface

• Turn on the speaker phone

• Use Visual Voicemail

• Get video, podcasts, and RSS feeds

• Surf the Web with your iPhone

• Browse your iTunes library and create playlists

• Send and receive text messages and notes

• Choose wallpaper and ringtones

• Troubleshoot problems

• Lock your iPhone and secure your stuff

iPhone For Dummies comes complete with tantalizing lists of awesome accessories, wonderful widgets, and fantastic things to wish for—once you finally stop gushing and drooling and playing with your sparkly, new iPhone long enough to wish for anything else!

Pro SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services or Mastering Windows Sharepoint Services 3 0

2009-01-07T04:48:00.000-08:00

Pro SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

Author: Rodney Landrum

Take full advantage of everything SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services has to offer and deliver customizable, web–enabled reports across your business at a reasonable cost. Learn best–practices from professionals who use SQL Server Reporting Services daily to deliver solutions to paying clients and gain the competitive edge on using Microsoft’s enterprise–level reporting platform.

Provides best–practices for using Reporting Services

Written by practicing professionals with paying clients

Your key to delivering business intelligence across the enterprise

What you’ll learn

Write efficient queries on which to base a report.

Build and lay out a report using Report Designer.

Enable end users to create ad hoc reports on demand.

Combine Reporting Services with Analysis Services, SharePoint Portal Server, and other technologies to deliver business intelligence across the enterprise.

Secure and audit your reports as part of your regulatory compliance efforts.

Customize your reports using C# assemblies and embedded Visual Basic .NET code.

Who is this book for?

Data analysts, developers, database administrators, and others who develop and deploy reports using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services.

About the Apress Pro Series

The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder.

You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need.Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard–won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.

Mastering Windows Sharepoint Services 3. 0

Author: C A Callahan

Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 is the latest version of the collaboration tool found in Windows Server 2003 R2 and also the underlying technology of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. In this comprehensive book you’ll go under the hood of WSS 3.0 and discover how to make it easy to share documents, track tasks, create common workspaces where teams can work collectively, set up discussion groups, and more. Includes essential techniques for site creation, administration, customization, security, and disaster recovery, and practical steps for migrating from 2.0 to 3.0.

Pro JavaScript Techniques or The New Language of Business

2009-01-06T19:37:00.000-08:00

Pro JavaScript Techniques

Author: John Resig

Pro JavaScript Techniques is the ultimate JavaScript book for the modern web developer. It provides everything you need to know about modern JavaScript, and shows what JavaScript can do for your web sites. This book doesn't waste any time looking at things you already know, like basic syntax and structures.

Expert web developer and author John Resig concentrates on fundamental, vital topics--what modern JavaScripting is (and isn't), the current state of browser support, and pitfalls to be wary of. The book is organized into four sections:

Modern JavaScript development--using JavaScript the object-oriented way, creating reusable code, plus testing and debugging
DOM scripting--updating content and styles, plus events, and effect and event libraries
Ajax--how Ajax works, overcoming problems, and using libraries to speed up development of Ajax applications
The future of JavaScript--looking at cutting edge topics like JSON, HTML 5, and more

All concepts are backed up by real-world examples and case studies, and John provides numerous reusable functions and classes to save you time in your development. There are also up-to-date reference appendixes for the DOM, events, browser support (including IE7), and frameworks--so you can look up specific details quickly and easily.

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The New Language of Business: SOA and Web 2.0

Author: Sandra Carter

There is now a direct, provable link between an organization's flexibility and business performance. To optimize flexibility, companies must achieve unprecedented levels of integration and automation of key processes and infrastructure, both internally and externally. At the same time, they must learn to manage their processes far more dynamically and responsively.

They must become flex-pon-sive*.

Until recently, technology stood in the way of achieving these goals. Thanks to the emergence of service oriented architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, and open standards, technology now enables companies to achieve those goals. In The New Language of Business, one of IBM's top SOA strategist demonstrates how business leaders can use innovations in technology to drive dramatic process improvements and support accelerating change.

Sandy Carter shows how to deconstruct your business into a "componentized" business model, then support that model with linked, repeatable IT services that can adapt quickly, easily, and economically. These techniques will help both IT professionals and business leaders reach new levels of operational excellence to deliver the market-focused innovations that matter most.

* Flex-pon-sive* companies respond with lightning speed and agility to rapidly changing business needs. Flex-pon-sive* companies are focused on processes that are enabled for change through IT.

About the Author
Sandra Carter, Vice President, SOA and WebSphere Strategy, Channels and Marketing. During Sandy's tenure, the WebSphere portfolio has grown 18% in 2005 over the prior year and is in its 26th consecutive quarter of growth. Most recently, Sandy has been appointed owner for cross IBM Channels, Strategy and Marketing for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Sandy is a graduate of Duke University with a B.S. in Computer Science and Math and an M.B.A from Harvard University. Sandy has delivered numerous keynotes at industry events, and in the past year has spoken at IDC, InfoWorld and Gartner conferences and is the author of one of the top 10 Blogs from IBM.

Foreword     xiii
Acknowledgments     xvi
About the Author     xix
Start at the Beginning-The Business
The Innovation Imperative     3
Focus on Growth     4
Focus on Process Is Key     8
Summary     11
What Is Flex-pon-sive*?     13
What Does Flex-pon-sive* Mean?     13
Business Response: What Does It Take to Be a Winner?     19
Summary     21
Deconstructing Your Business: Component Business Model     23
Competing in an Era of Specialization     24
Patterns of Success     36
Leveraging CBM to Deliver Value     37
Summary     39
A Flexible Business Requires Flexible IT
SOA as the DNA of a Flex-pon-sive* and Innovative Company     43
What Is Service Oriented Architecture?     44
Competing on Flexibility     51
SOA Connectivity for Flexibility     60
Reuse Through SOA for Flexibility     61
The SOA Reference Architecture     65
Why SOA Projects Succeed and How to Leverage Their Lessons     69
Summary     73
SOA Key Concepts     75
Interoperability Standard: Web Services     76
Business Service Registry and Repository     81
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)     84
Tying It All Together: Services, Connectivity Through Your ESB, and the BSRR     101
The SOA Lifecycle Drives IT Flexibility     102
Summary     103
SOA Governance and Service Lifecycle     105
What Is Governance?     106
The Alignment Challenge Made Real     110
Alignment Vision for the Future     111
The SOA Governance Challenge     114
The SOA Governance Link to Service Lifecycle Management     123
Governance and Lifecycle Management Linked Through the Service Registry and Repository     130
How to Get Started     132
Summary     133
Three Business-Centric SOA Entry Points     135
Business Process Management as an Entry Point     136
Final Insight into IBM     152
Information as an Entry Point     157
Collaboration as an Entry Point     167
The Bottom Line: The New Language of Business     173
Summary     177
What about Web 2.0 and SOA? Are They Related?     179
What Is Web 2.0?     180
Web 2.0 and SOA: Advantage for Flexibility     185
The Web as the Next Platform     190
Business Models Enabled     191
Summary     198
How to Implement Flex-pon-sive* in Your Business
The Top 10 Don'ts!     201
Don't Expect Maximum Business Flexibility Without SOA     202
Don't Just Do Technology-It Is a Transformation of the Way You Do Business     203
Don't Throw Everything Out!     205
Don't Bite Off Too-Big Projects     206
Don't Forget to Set Expectations     207
Don't Expect to Do This Without a Culture Modification Through Governance     212
Don't Forget the Right Skills     214
Don't Expect the Flexibility Without Open Standards     216
Don't Do This Alone-Leverage Partners Who Have Experience     217
Don't Forget the Importance of the First Project-Plan Ahead     220
Summary     220
Case study: IBM     223
The Background     224
The Governance Model     227
The Journey     230
The First Project     231
SOA and Reuse Are Alive     232
Set Expectations     234
Business Impact Metrics     236
The Cultural Change     238
The Right Skills     240
Summary      242
Putting It All Together     243
Growth, Business Flexibility, and Innovation Are the Results of a Flex-pon-sive* Company     244
Now, How Do You Convince the Business     246
SOA and Web 2.0 Become the Enablers     248
Learning from Other Companies Is Critical Around the Entry Points     250
Unlock the Business Value Multiplier     267
Governance Is Critical     274
Infrastructure and Management Complete the Picture     277
Summary     279
Glossary     283
Index     291

Google Apps For Dummies or C Primer Fourth Edition

2009-01-06T07:25:00.000-08:00

Google Apps For Dummies

Author: Karl Barksdal

Google Apps are Web-based, low-cost (or free!) office productivity tools that do everything those expensive applications do — and you can access them from any computer with an Internet connection. Google Apps For Dummies boosts your "app-titude" by giving you the low-down on choosing, setting up, and using these nifty and powerful gadgets for work or play.

Whether you're an individual who wants to take advantage of iGoogle or an organization looking for an enterprise-wide training solution for users at all levels, this comprehensive, practical guide brings you up to speed with all of the basic information and advanced tips and tricks you need to make good use of every Google Apps's tool and capability. Discover how to:

• Get productive fast with free or inexpensive Web-based apps

• Design your perfect Start Page layout

• Choose among the different editions

• Use Gmail and Google Talk

• Work with Google Docs and spreadsheet documents

• Create and collaborate on documents

• Import events into your calendar

• Build dazzling presentations

• Use Dashboard to create and manage user accounts

• Create a Web page with a unique domain setting

Google Apps are poised to shatter the primacy of the current way of working with PCs, saving businesses, schools, government agencies, and individuals big bucks on software, network infrastructure, and administration. Google Apps For Dummies is your key to making this revolutionary new approach work for you and your organization.

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C++ Primer, Fourth Edition

Author: Stanley B Lippman

"C++ Primer is well known as one of the best books for learning C++ and is useful for C++ programmers of all skill levels. This Fourth Edition not only keeps this tradition alive, it actually improves on it."
--Steve Vinoski, Chief Engineer, Product Innovation, IONA Technologies

"The Primer really brings this large and complex language down to size."
--Justin Shaw, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Electronic Programs Division, The Aerospace Corporation

"It not only gets novices up and running early, but gets them to do so using good programming practices."
--Nevin ":-)" Liber, Senior Principal Engineer (C++ developer since 1988)

This popular tutorial introduction to standard C++ has been completely updated, reorganized, and rewritten to help programmers learn the language faster and use it in a more modern, effective way.
Just as C++ has evolved since the last edition, so has the authors' approach to teaching it. They now introduce the C++ standard library from the beginning, giving readers the means to write useful programs without first having to master every language detail. Highlighting today's best practices, they show how to write programs that are safe, can be built quickly, and yet offer outstanding performance. Examples that take advantage of the library, and explain the features of C++, also show how to make the best use of the language. As in its previous editions, the book's authoritative discussion of fundamental C++ concepts and techniques makes it a valuable resource even for more experienced programmers.

Program Faster and More Effectively with This Rewritten Classic

Restructured for quicker learning, using the C++ standard library
Updated to teach the most current programming styles and program design techniques
Filled with new learning aids that emphasize important points, warn about common pitfalls, suggest good programming practices, and provide general usage tips
Complete with exercises that reinforce skills learned
Authoritative and comprehensive in its coverage

The source code for the book's extended examples is available on the Web at www.awprofessional.com/cpp_primer.

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The most important new addition to the C++ language is templates, a feature that facilitates the development of extensive class and algorithmic libraries. This second edition provides coverage of this and the other features of Release 3.0. Assumes only an understanding of the basic constructs of a programming language. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ch. 1	Getting started	1
Ch. 2	Variables and basic types	33
Ch. 3	Library types	77
Ch. 4	Arrays and points	109
Ch. 5	Expressions	147
Ch. 6	Statements	191
Ch. 7	Functions	225
Ch. 8	The IO library	283
Ch. 9	Sequential containers	305
Ch. 10	Associative containers	355
Ch. 11	Generic algorithms	391
Ch. 12	Classes	429
Ch. 13	Copy control	475
Ch. 14	Overload operations and conversions	505
Ch. 15	Object-oriented programming	557
Ch. 16	Templates and generic programming	623
Ch. 17	Tools for large programs	687
Ch. 18	Specialized tools and techniques	753

Beginning C 2008 Databases or Expression Blend 2

2009-01-05T09:45:00.000-08:00

Beginning C# 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional

Author: Vidya Vrat Agarwal

Assuming only basic knowledge of C# 2008, Beginning C# 2008 Databases teaches all the fundamentals of database technology and database programming readers need to quickly become highly proficient database users and application developers.

A comprehensive tutorial on both SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET 3.0, Beginning C# 2008 Databases explains and demonstrates how to create database objects and program against them in both T-SQL and C#. Full of practical, detailed examples, it’s been fully revised and updated for C# 2008 and offers the most complete, detailed, and gentle introduction to database technology for all C# programmers at any level of experience.

Comprehensively and concisely explains fundamental database concepts and programming techniques
Rich in working examples of both T-SQL and C# programs
Covers all the features most database programming ever requires

What you’ll learn

How relational databases work and how to use them
How C# uses ADO.NET to access databases
How to write stored procedures in T-SQL and call them from C# programs
How to use XML in database applications
How to use LINQ to simplify C# database programming
How to install SQL Server 2005 Express and Visual C# 3.0
Express and use them to teach yourself database programming by doing it

Who is this book for?

Beginning C# 2008 Databases is for every C# programmer. Database programming requires relatively little knowledge of C# but a lot of knowledge about relational database concepts and the database language SQL. This book assumes no prior databaseexperience and teaches you, always through hands-on examples, how to create and use relational databases with SQL and how to access them with C#. Almost every application needs to access a database, and this book teaches all the fundamentals you need--and may ever need--to develop professional database applications.
About the Apress Beginning Series

The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry-level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You’ll start your journey by seeing what you need to know--but without needless theory and filler. You’ll build your skill set by learning how to put together real-world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there--it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!
Related Titles from Apress

Pro T-SQL 2005 Programmer's Guide
Expert C# 2005 Business Objects
Foundations of LINQ in C#

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Expression Blend 2: Building Applications in WPF and Silverlight

Author: Victor Gaudioso

This book will show you how to set up a WPF/Blend environment and teach you the basics of WPF. It covers everything from the first install of Blend and Silverlight up to creating your first designs and showing you how to start developing in WPF/Blend with real world examples. It also covers advanced topics such as XAML and 3D.

Learn Microsoft Expression Blend 2 from scratch
Create dynamic and interactive web interface designs
Learn how to program in XAML for advanced effects

What you'll learn

How to get Microsoft Expression Blend 2 up and running on your computer
How to use the Blend interface
How to create basic UI elements in Blend
How to add audio and video to your Blend files
How to use XAML to add interactivity
How to publish the Blend application and display it on a web page

Who is this book for?

Web designers and developers wanting to learn Expression Blend 2 from the ground up.

The IT Regulatory and Standards Compliance Handbook or Go Technology in Action Complete

2009-01-04T14:00:00.000-08:00

The IT Regulatory and Standards Compliance Handbook: How to Survive Information Systems Audit and Assessments

Author: Craig S Wright

This book provides comprehensive methodology, enabling the staff charged with an IT security audit to create a sound framework, allowing them to meet the challenges of compliance in a way that aligns with both business and technical needs. This "roadmap" provides a way of interpreting complex, often confusing, compliance requirements within the larger scope of an organization's overall needs.

Key Features:

* The ulitmate guide to making an effective security policy and controls that enable monitoring and testing against them
* The most comprehensive IT compliance template available, giving detailed information on testing all your IT security, policy and governance requirements
* A guide to meeting the minimum standard, whether you are planning to meet ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPPA, FISCAM, COBIT or any other IT compliance requirement
* Both technical staff responsible for securing and auditing information systems and auditors who desire to demonstrate their technical expertise will gain the knowledge, skills and abilities to apply basic risk analysis techniques and to conduct a technical audit of essential information systems from this book
* This technically based, practical guide to information systems audit and assessment will show how the process can be used to meet myriad compliance issues

Go! Technology in Action, Complete

Author: Alan Evans

A Computer Concepts Text Focused on Today’s Student! Technology in Action engages students by combining a unique teaching approach with rich companion media.

History of the personal computer, virtual computer tour, blogging, file compression and management, installing RAM, installing a computer network and firewall, PDA’s, computer architecture, creating and improving an Access database, and constructing a simple Web page.

For professionals seeking to enhance their knowledge of computer concepts and literacy.

1	Getting ready	1
2	Make quick fixes	17
3	Correct exposures	37
4	Adjust colors	61
5	Repair & transform photos	81
6	Share photos	115

Ch. 1	Finding, subscribing to, and listening to podcasts	1
Ch. 2	Starting out in podcasting	31
Ch. 3	Formats for your podcast	37
Ch. 4	Editing your podcast	50
Ch. 5	30 great podcasts	64

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A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Portrait Photography or Public Information Technology

A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Portrait Photography

Public Information Technology: Policy and Management Issues

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Strategic Decision Making or Requirements Engineering

Strategic Decision Making: Multiobjective Decision Analysis with Spreadshee

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Requirements Engineering: Processes and Techniques

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How to Cheat at Managing Windows Small Business Server 2003 or Microcontroller Projects Using the Basic Stamp

How to Cheat at Managing Windows Small Business Server 2003

Table of Contents:

Microcontroller Projects Using the Basic Stamp

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or Robs Guide to Using VMware Second

Microsoft Windows Server 2008: The Complete Reference

Table of Contents:

Part 1 - Tour Windows Server 2008

Chapter 1 - The Windows Server 2008 Delta

Chapter 2 - Interact with Windows Server 2008

Part 2 - Plan and Prepare

Chapter 3 - Plan for Windows Server 2008

Chapter 4 - Explore Windows Server 2008 Installation Modes

Part 3 - Design Server Roles

Chapter 5 - Identity Management

Chapter 6 - Deploy the Windows Server 2008 Network and Build Network Infrastructure Servers

Part 4 - Manage Objects with Windows Server Cod2008

Chapter 7 - Object Management

Chapter 8 - Build the Service Offerings

Infrastructure: File and Print Servers

Chapter 9 - Build the Service Offerings

Infrastructure: Application-oriented Servers

Part 5 - Secure Windows Server 2008

Chapter 10 - Security

Chapter 11 - Business Continuity for Physical and Virtual Machines

Part 6 - Migrate to Windows Server 2008

Chapter 12 - Put the Virtual Service Offering Network into Production

Part 7 - Administer Windows Server 2008

Chapter 13 - Common Administrative Tasks

Rob's Guide to Using VMware Second

Beginning ASPNET 20 in C 2005 or Illustrator CS2 Bible

Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional

Table of Contents:

Illustrator CS2 Bible

Online Encyclopedia or PowerPoint 2003 Just the Steps for Dummies

Online Encyclopedia

PowerPoint 2003 Just the Steps for Dummies

Implementing Soa or GarageBand Tips and Tricks

Implementing SOA: Total Architecture in Practice

Table of Contents:

GarageBand Tips and Tricks

Murachs ASPNET 20 Web Programming with C 2005 or Oracle Database 10g Performance Tuning Tips and Techniques

Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with C# 2005

Oracle Database 10g Performance Tuning Tips and Techniques

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1. Oracle10g New Features and Tuning Overview

Chapter 2. Basic Index Principles

Chapter 3. Finding Disk I/O Bottlenecks

Chapter 4. Init.ora Parameters and Tuning

Chapter 5. Oracle Enterprise Manager

Chapter 6. Using Explain Plan and Tkprof

Chapter 7. Using Hints for Query Tuning

Chapter 8. Developer/Query Tuning

Chapter 9. Table Joins & other Advanced Tuning

Chapter 10. Using PL/SQL to Enhance Performance

Chapter 11. Tuning RAC & Using Parallel Features

Chapter 12. V$ Views and Tuning

Chapter 13. X$ Tables and Tuning

Chapter 14. Using statspack to tune waits & latches

Chapter 15. Performing a Quick System Review

Chapter 16. Monitoring the system using UNIX utilities

Appendix A: Key init.ora Parameters

Appendix B: V$ Views and Descriptions

Appendix C: X$ Tables and Descriptions

Agile Development with the ICONIX Process or Geoprocessing in Arcgis

Agile Development with the ICONIX Process: People, Process, and Pragmatism

Geoprocessing in ArcGIS: ArcGIS 9

Innovative Fabric Imagery for Quilts or Retouching Photos in Photoshop Elements 4

Innovative Fabric Imagery for Quilts: Must-Have Guide to Transforming and Printing Your Favorite Images on Fabric