Financial & Accounting Software Books

Military Cryptanalysis Part III or Issues in Internet Law

2009-12-06T03:28:00.000-08:00

Military Cryptanalysis, Part III

Author: William F Friedman

This book, until very recently classified CONFIDENTIAL by the U.S. Government, provides heretofore unpublished methods for the solution of ciphertext and plaintext auto-key systems. In addition, the text contains general principles for the solution of cipher systems employing long or continuous keys. Text contains information concerning the coincidence test, cross-product test, and the monoalphabeticity or phi test.

Issues in Internet Law: Society, Technology, and the Law

Author: Keith B Darrell

About Issues In Internet Law:Just about anyone who comes in contact with the Internet can benefit from an understanding of the legal issues related to the Internet. And that contact may come through surfing the World Wide Web, participating in a Usenet newsgroup or List Serv, or in a chat room or online forum, or by sending or receiving e-mail. It may involve issues of commerce and contract law, or sexual harassment in the workplace, or freedom of speech, or invasion of privacy. · Suppose you buy something online; was that online contract you clicked on really enforceable, even if you just scrolled down and did not read it? · Does receiving pornography in the office e-mail from other employees constitute sexual harassment? · Can someone insult you online and get away with it? · Can they find information online to stalk you? · What can you legally place on your website? · And what are you not legally allowed to put on your website? · Do you own your domain name? · Can a public library censor your use of its Internet-linked computers? · Can someone else read your e-mail? · Is it legal to gamble online? · How "private" is your private information after you disclose it to a website? · Is a student exercising his First Amendment rights when he creates a hate website on a public school's Internet server? · Do other countries address these issues differently from the U.S.? · Which country's laws apply on the Internet? These are just some of the issues addressed in this book. About the format of Issues in Internet Law: Several years into my web design business, I decided to promote my business by teaching at local colleges and adult education programs. I scoured high and low searching for a suitable textbook on Internet Law that I could assign to my students. Surprisingly, I found very few dealing with the subject and those that were available were geared toward law schools, i.e., very expensive and extremely technical. Since my audience were probably not going to be lawyers and were unlikely to spend more than $100 on a textbook, my search came up empty-handed. The need for a straight-forward and affordable book on Internet Law for the average person was apparent. This book can be read by the average person to develop an awareness of issues in Internet Law. It can also be used as a textbook. In the latter capacity, each chapter contains a quiz with answers in the Appendix. Concept of Issues in Internet Law: There is a reason that this book is titled "Issues in Internet Law." This book is designed to serve as a red flag for issues in Internet law. A good lawyer does not know the law; he only knows where to find it. That is because the law is constantly changing and varies from jurisdiction. Even more so, in an area where a new technology is involved, such as the Internet, the law can change daily. This book cannot and does not attempt to state what "the law" is; it merely seeks to make the reader aware of legal issues surrounding the Internet; it is the responsibility of the reader to ascertain, on his own or through use of legal counsel, what the exact nature of the law is in his jurisdiction and how it may apply to his unique circumstances. This book is sold with the understanding that neither the publisher nor the author is engaged in rendering legal services; if legal or other expertise is required, the reader is advised to seek the services of a competent attorney. About Dr. Keith B. Darrell Having been a journalist, web designer, and attorney, Dr. Darrell brings a unique perspective to the subject of Internet Law, as the courts and Congress struggle to adapt the 18th Century First Amendment to the 21st Century technology of the Internet. Dr. Darrell earned his A.A. from Broward Community College, his B.S. in Journalism from the University of Florida, his M.B.A. from Emory University, and his J.D. from the Emory School of Law.

Oracle Privacy Security Auditing or Multivariable Control Systems

2009-12-04T23:17:00.000-08:00

Oracle Privacy Security Auditing: Includes Federal Law Compliance with HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley & The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act GLB

Author: Arup Nanda

Sharing secrets for the effective creation of auditing mechanisms for Health/Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) compliant Oracle systems, this book demonstrates how the HIPAA framework provides complete security access and auditing for Oracle database information. Complete details for using Oracle auditing features, including auditing from Oracle redo logs, using system-level triggers, and using Oracle9i fine-grained auditing (FGA) for auditing of the retrieval of sensitive information, are provided. Examples from all areas of auditing are covered and include working scripts and code snippets. Also discussed are the use of the Oracle9i LogMiner to retrieve audits of database updates and how to implement all Oracle system-level triggers for auditing, including DDL triggers, server error triggers, and login and logoff triggers.

Interesting textbook: Peas or Cooking the Vietnamese Way

Multivariable Control Systems: An Engineering Approach

Author: Pedro Albertos

Multivariable control techniques solve issues of complex specification and modelling errors elegantly but the complexity of the underlying mathematics is much higher than presented in traditional single-input, single-output control courses. Multivariable Control Systems focuses on control design with continual references to the practical aspects of implementation. While the concepts of multivariable control are justified, the book emphasises the need to maintain student interest and motivation over exhaustively rigorous mathematical proof. Tools of analysis and representation are always developed as methods for achieving a final control system design and evaluation. Features:- design implementation clearly laid out using extensive reference to Matlab(r); - combined consideration of systems (plant) and signals (mainly disturbances) in a fluent but simple presentation; - step-by-step approach from the objectives of multivariable control to the solution of complete design problems. Multivariable Control Systems is an ideal text for masters students, students beginning their Ph.D. or for final-year undergraduates looking for more depth than provided by introductory textbooks. It will also interest the control engineer practising in industry and seeking to implement robust or multivariable control solutions to plant problems in as straightforward a manner as possible.

Web Wizards Guide to PHP or Electronic Tribes

2009-12-03T19:06:00.000-08:00

Web Wizard's Guide to PHP

Author: David A Lash

This book is a brief introduction to PHP that shows readers with little or no previous Web programming experience how to empower their Web sites with PHP This book requires no previous programming experience. It provides realistic full-color screen shots and code examples. Demonstrates all the basic PHP language features. Shows how to create surveys and order processing systems. Shows how to write PHP scripts that can save data into files on a Web server. This book is designed for readers with limited programming skills who want to learn to use PHP; as well as students taking a Web design course where PHP is used.

Electronic Tribes: The Virtual Worlds of Geeks, Gamers, Shamans, and Scammers

Author: Tyrone L Adams

Whether people want to play games and download music, engage in social networking and professional collaboration, or view pornography and incite terror, the Internet provides myriad opportunities for people who share common interests to find each other. The contributors to this book argue that these self-selected online groups are best understood as tribes, with many of the same ramifications, both positive and negative, that tribalism has in the non-cyber world.

In Electronic Tribes, the authors of sixteen competitively selected essays provide an up-to-the-minute look at the social uses and occasional abuses of online communication in the new media era. They explore many current Internet subcultures, including MySpace, craftster, massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, music downloading, white supremacist and other counterculture groups, and Nigerian e-mail scams. Their research raises compelling questions and some remarkable answers about the real-life social consequences of participating in electronic tribes. Collectively, the contributors to this book capture a profound shift in the way people connect, as communities formed by geographical proximity are giving way to communities—both online and offline—formed around ideas.

Visual BasicNET All in One Desk Reference For Dummies or CNET Do It Yourself Laptop Projects

2009-12-02T14:54:00.000-08:00

Visual Basic.NET All in One Desk Reference For Dummies

Author: Richard Mansfield

* Covers all aspects of VB .NET programming in seven self-contained minibooks: Visual Basic .NET Programming Fundamentals, Advanced Visual Basic .NET Programming, The .NET Editor, Object-Oriented Programming, Programming for the Web, Database Programming, and Graphics and Games
* Visual Basic is the primary tool of more than fifty percent of all professional developers, so the upgrade to VB .NET represents a major paradigm shift; this handy all-in-one guide gives them easy access to valuable information
* Guides the reader through getting integrated with the rest of Visual Studio .NET, covers programmatic encryption and other .NET security capabilities, and shows how to program for Web services with VB .NET and ASP.NET
* Companion Web site includes a must-have bonus appendix that provides parallel VB 6 and VB .NET sample code to help VB programmers make the somewhat difficult transition to .NET

	Introduction: Welcome to .NET	1
Bk. 1	The Fundamentals of Visual Basic .NET Programming	11
Ch. 1	Getting With the Program	13
Ch. 2	Common Tasks	21
Ch. 3	Managing Files and Directories	49
Ch. 4	Old Concepts in New Clothes	57
Bk. II	Tapping the Power of .NET Editor	73
Ch. 1	Organizing Your Projects	75
Ch. 2	Viewing Your Work	85
Ch. 3	Investigating the Toolbox	97
Ch. 4	Windows, Windows Everywhere	113
Ch. 5	Customization - Doing It Your Way	125
Bk. III	Advanced Visual Basic .NET Programming	133
Ch. 1	Understanding Variable Types	135
Ch. 2	Working with Arrays	157
Ch. 3	Serious Serialization and Streams	171
Ch. 4	Creating Runtime Controls	191
Ch. 5	Overloaded Functions and Parameters	207
Ch. 6	Smashing Bugs	217
Ch. 7	No More Paranoia - Programmatic Encryption	233
Bk. IV	Programming for the Web	259
Ch. 1	Introduction to ASP.NET	261
Ch. 2	Everything's Eventual	277
Ch. 3	Using ASP.NET Controls	291
Ch. 4	Making Database Connections on WebForms	303
Ch. 5	Creating a Web Service	317
Ch. 6	Bugs in the Web	335
Bk. V	Visual Basic .NET Database Programming	351
Ch. 1	The Basics of Databases	353
Ch. 2	User Interface Techniques	377
Ch. 3	Managing DataSets	403
Ch. 4	Migrating to ADO.NET	429
Ch. 5	Deeper into ADO.NET	449
Ch. 6	Querying Data	463
Bk. VI	Fun and Games with Graphics	489
Ch. 1	You Be Picasso	491
Ch. 2	The Creative Photographer	517
Ch. 3	Mastering .NET Printing (It's Complicated Until You Know How)	527
Ch. 4	Constructing Wolfram Diagrams	541
Bk. VII	Visual Basic .NET Object-Oriented Programming	559
Ch. 1	Introduction to OOP	561
Ch. 2	Creating Classes	571
Ch. 3	Inheritance	579
Ch. 4	Your First OOP Project	589
Ch. 5	Exploiting the .NET Framework	605
App	Dictionary of VB.NET	623
	Index	753

New interesting textbook: PennyS Christmas Jar Miracle or Complete Fairy Tales and Stories

CNET Do-It-Yourself Laptop Projects: 24 Cool Things You Didn't Know You Could Do!

Author: Justin Jaff

Trick out your laptop

Take your laptop to the limit with the fun and practical projects packed inside this easy-to-use guide. Produced in conjunction with CNET.com, the place you go for the latest in tech and consumer electronics, this book shows you how to do all sorts of resourceful things with your laptop, like use it as a car stereo, broadcast a podcast, navigate a road trip, and more.

Inside, you'll find 24 self-contained projects, step-by-step instructions, a list of tools needed at the beginning of each project, and hundreds of clear photos and screenshots. With CNET Do-It-Yourself Laptop Projects, you'll discover that you can get more out of your laptop than ever before.

Build a wireless network
Transfer vinyl or cassette tapes to CD
Make free phone calls at home and on the road
Watch TV on your laptop and record your favorite shows
Set up a centralized home security system
Squeeze more life out of your battery
Upgrade your memory, hard drive, and processor
And much more

Justin Jaffe is a former senior editor at CNET where he managed the laptop reviews program.

Brian Nadel is the former editor-in-chief of Mobile Computing & Communications magazine.

Learning to Program with Alice or Next

2009-12-01T10:43:00.000-08:00

Learning to Program with Alice

Author: Wanda P Dann

This updated guide supports an innovative approach to fundamental programming concepts. The authors use program visualization to create an easy relationship between program construct and the animation action in a 3D world. For consistency with Java, C++, and other commonly used languages, "questions" are now "functions." Save and reload bugs have been fixed. Fonts can be scaled larger or smaller. High contrast mode is available for projection in the classroom. A useful how-to guide for programmers interested in learning Alice.

Next: The Future Just Happened

Author: Michael Lewis

A mordantly funny exploration of the brave new world spawned by the Internet.

In Liar's Poker the barbarians seized control of the bond markets. In The New New Thing some guys from Silicon Valley redefined the American economy. Now, with his knowing eye and wicked pen, Michael Lewis reveals how the Internet boom has encouraged great changes in the way we live, work, and think. He finds that we are in the midst of one of the greatest status revolutions in the history of the world, and the Internet is a weapon in the hands of revolutionaries. The old priesthoods - lawyers, investment gurus, professionals in general - have been toppled. The amateur, or individual, is king: fourteen-year-old children manipulate the stock market; nineteen-year-olds take down the music industry; and wrestlers get elected to public office. Deep, unseen forces seek to undermine all forms of collectivism, from the mass market to the family. Where does it all lead? And will we like where we end up?

Next does not come too late to the crash-and-burn Internet book fest. It comes just in time—at the speed of a falling safe.

Entertainment Weekly

A thoughtful and entertaining look at the rise and fall of our new Internet-driven economy.

Wall Street Journal - Jon Katz

[P]rovocative and entertaining....Lewis is a gifted journalist and a smart observer.

Newsweek

[Lewis] has a natural talent for spinning hilarious scenes and uncovering wicked details.

People

Lewis is a master of the far from obvious, giving a jargonectomy to big concepts.

BusinessWeek

A wake-up call at a time when many believe the net was a flash in the pan.

USA Today

Next does not come too late to the crash-and-burn Internet book fest. It comes just in time—at the speed of a falling safe.

Boston Herald - Rob Mitchell

[U]nderstated humor and keen-edged sociological observations...

New York - Boris Kachka

Don't miss his last chapter: "The Unabomber Had a Point.

New York Observer - Christopher Caldwell

[C]onsistently smart, and its highpoints are among the high points in Lewis's writing life.

New York Observer

[C]onsistently smart, and its highpoints are among the high points of Lewis' writing life.

BusinessWeek - Robert D. Hof

His book is a wake-up call at a time when many believe the net was a flash in the pan.

Fast Company - Polly Labarre

Michael Lewis has a knack for tapping the business zeitgeist.

Miami Herald - Richard Pachter

A fascinating view of the future of global commerce, which, clearly, is well underway.

New Orleans Times-Picayune - William C. Gibson

Lewis has many good and useful things to say in this book, and he says them in an easy and witty way.

BookPage - Alden Mudge

[S]wift, sharp, often-funny narratives...compelling.

Book Magazine

The Internet, Lewis argues, has remade America into an immigrant culture. It has thrust families into a strange, fast-changing world that only kids seem able to navigate. The Web's anonymity allows teenagers to become financial and cultural experts. Outsiders become insiders with astonishing ease, and insiders hysterically fight to preserve the status quo. Lewis's most vivid example is Jonathan Lebed, who was groundlessly harassed by the SEC for making $800,000 on the stock market— at age fourteen, from his bedroom in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. "The people who used the Internet to violate some social norm," the author points out, "invariably lived in some wasteland." Lewis' fieldwork confirms much of what's been said about the Internet revolution—that youth and speed have combined to raise the stakes of capitalism, making it hard to think beyond the immediate present. But it's Lewis' examination of what these changes have meant to families like the Lebeds that distinguishes this book from the usual future-is-now, change-or-die clichйs of much business writing. Lewis' observations about the growing elitism (and obsolescence anxiety) in the writings of Silicon Valley's aging tech prophets is refreshing. This is a fascinating read, full of frank wit and keen sociological insight.
—Eric Wargo

Publishers Weekly

Putting an engaging and irreverent spin on yesterday's news, Lewis (Liar's Poker; The New, New Thing) declares that power and prestige are up for grabs in this look at how the Internet has changed the way we live and work. Probing how Web-enabled players have exploited the fuzzy boundary between reality and perception, he visits three teenagers who have assumed startling roles: Jonathan Lebed, the 15-year-old New Jersey high school student who made headlines when he netted $800,000 as a day trader and became the youngest person ever accused of stock-market fraud by the SEC; Markus Arnold, the 15-year-old son of immigrants from Belize who edged out numerous seasoned lawyers to become the number three legal expert on AskMe.com; and Daniel Sheldon, a British 14-year-old ringleader in the music-file-sharing movement. Putting himself on the line, Lewis is freshest in his reportage, though he doesn't pierce the deeper cultural questions raised by the kids' behavior. As a financial reporter tracing the development of innovative industries like black box interactive television and interactive political polling from their beginnings as Internet brainstorms, Lewis reminds readers that the twin American instincts to democratize and commercialize intertwine on the Internet, and can only lead to new business. In the past, Lewis implies, industry insiders would simply have shut out eager upstarts, yet today insiders, like AOL Time Warner, allow themselves "to be attacked in order to later co-opt their most ferocious attackers and their best ideas." (July 30) Forecast: Lewis's track record, a major media campaign and a 12-city author tour through techie outposts will make this hard to ignore. As abreezy summer read, it's fun enough, but those looking for profound business insights will be disappointed. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Programming Microsoft ASPNET 20 Applications or Beginning SQL Server 2005 Express for Developers

2009-11-30T06:31:00.000-08:00

Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Applications: Advanced Topics

Author: Dino Esposito

Master advanced topics in ASP.NET 2.0 programming-gaining the essential insights and in-depth understanding you need to build sophisticated, highly functional Web applications successfully. Topics include Web forms, Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005, core controls, master pages, data access, data binding, state management, and security considerations. Developers often discover that the more they use ASP.NET, the more they need to know. With expert guidance from ASP.NET authority Dino Esposito, you get the in-depth, comprehensive information that leads to full mastery of the technology.

Go to: Country Range Cookbook or Frying of Food

Beginning SQL Server 2005 Express for Developers: From Novice to Professional

Author: Robin Dewson

Assuming neither database nor programming background, Beginning SQL Server 2005 Express for Developers introduces all the fundamental database administration and SQL programming features of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, the free relational database management system from Microsoft that provides a major subset of full SQL Server 2005 functionality.

This book is a comprehensive guide that covers installing and configuring SQL Server 2005 Express; creating, backing up, and restoring databases; creating tables, then querying and manipulating them with T-SQL; coding stored procedures and triggers, and using Reporting Services to deliver information to end users. Detailed, clear, and highly readable, this book will make you a competent and confident database administrator and programmer.

This is the clearest and most comprehensive introduction to SQL Server 2005 Express.
The book assumes no prior experience with databases, SQL, or programming.
You'll learn about both database administration and T-SQL programming.
The book covers SQL Server Management Studio and Reporting Services.

AppleScript or Google Apps Administrator Guide

2009-11-29T02:20:00.000-08:00

AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X

Author: Hanaan Rosenthal

This is the second edition of Hanaan Rosenthal's critically-acclaimed AppleScript book. It goes the extra mile to teach you AppleScript--explaining advanced topics without leaving you behind.

AppleScript is the high-level scripting language that resides on the Mac platform. It can be used to add functionality to the Mac operating system, automate tasks, add functions, and generally make things easier. AppleScript has always been very useful, and with Mac OS X, you can take AppleScript further than before.

This book begins with the basics like handling variables, loops, and commands. Then it proceeds with more advanced concepts like debugging, AppleScripting with databases, manipulating PDFs with SMILE, and automating media workflow. In a nutshell, this book:

Takes you on a journey from novice to professional AppleScripter.
Is completely comprehensive; nothing is left to the imagination.
Is up-to-date through AppleScript 1.10/Mac OS X Tiger.

If you are a Mac user who wants to know the real meaning of having full control over your machine, get into AppleScripting. And pick up this book because it really is the only guide you need to master the art of AppleScripting!

Books about: Hot Spot or Take This Job and Ship It

Google Apps Administrator Guide: A Private-Label Web Workspace

Author: David W Boles

With Google Apps, you and your colleagues or friends can check email, schedule meetings, chat in real time, collaborate on documents, and more. You can create your own personalized web and email addresses, and get loads of free storage. You can connect with others and access your documents 24/7, no matter where you are. Best of all, it's all hosted by Google-you get the same bandwidth, service, and machines that Google provides its staff and other online clients, and there's no hardware or software for you to install or maintain. Google Apps Administrator Guide is for aspiring and practicing webmasters or IT Professionals from any small business, university, college, eBay shop, charity organization, or any other kind of group that wants to work together. That means you can work with colleagues and friends in a single-sign-on web workspace. This book begins by explaining the often tricky and technical work of preparing your domain to work properly with Google Apps in friendly, layman's terms. That includes registering your domain, explaining zone files, transferring existing email accounts and web pages to your new domain and email system, and creating user accounts. Then it's time to start building your workspace by customizing how Google Apps interacts with your domain, and deciding which services you choose to provide for your users and employees, and/or friends and family. This book also discusses more advanced techniques for working online with Google Apps, including adding administrators, sharing calendars, editing web pages, and much more. Because Google Apps is always gaining new functionality, this book provides online updates and bonus chapters at bolesbooks.com/thomson/.Those online updates contain any major changes to Google Apps and help make sure your Google Apps Administrator Guide will always be up-to-date. This is the only book you will ever need to master Google Apps!

Alan Simpsons Windows XP Reloaded Bible or The CSS Anthology

2009-11-27T22:06:00.000-08:00

Alan Simpson's Windows XP Reloaded Bible

Author: Alan Simpson

* Jam-packed with more than 900 pages of comprehensive information on the Service Pack 2 update of Windows XP, this book covers the basics as well as more complex topics
* Features new coverage of Media Player 10, Movie Maker, and Service Pack 2, with sidebars, workarounds, solutions, and tips
* Focusing on Windows XP functionality, the book addresses the most popular Internet features, how to customize the work environment, maintain and tweak the system, and work with text, numbers, and graphics
* This is an ideal reference for users with limited Windows XP experience who need a comprehensive resource to make the most out of their hardware and operating system

The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks, and Hacks

Author: Rachel Andrew

A practical guide on CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for professionals and novices, that can be used both as a tutorial and read cover-to-cover or as a handy and practical reference book to common problems, solutions and effects. The 2nd edition is now full-color throughout and is completely updated and revised with the latest tips & tricks.

This book will show you how to:
-Construct robust CSS layouts that work every time.
-Create sleek drop-down menus using only CSS.
-Build a professional tabbed navigation system.
-Replace image-based navigation with low-fat CSS lists.
-Design smarter, more usable CSS-flavored web forms.
-Use rounded corners minus the bloated HTML.
-Allow your visitors to select their preferred look and feel.
-Let the W3C validator do your debugging.
-Reduce the burden of site maintenance and updates. ... along with 92 other solutions to common questions and problems.

The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks is ideal for experienced Web designers who would like to add sparkle to their existing designs, as well as newcomers who want to learn Web design the right way the first time.

The book is written so that it can be read cover to cover, or referred to like a cookbook with 101 different recipies for your Website. It's written in an easy-to-follow, consistent format that's well illustrated with plenty of full color screenshots and code examples, providing quick visual cues. If you hate wading through dry academic-style texts, then the illustrations and examples throughout this book will suit you

The Digital Dialectic or Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 2005

2009-11-26T17:55:00.000-08:00

The Digital Dialectic: New Essays on New Media

Author: Peter Lunenfeld

The Digital Dialectic is an interdisciplinary jam session about our visual and intellectual cultures as the computer recodes technologies, media, and art forms. Unlike purely academic texts on new media, the book includes contributions by scholars, artists, and entrepreneurs, who combine theoretical investigations with hands-on analysis of the possibilities (and limitations) of new technology. The key concept is the digital dialectic: a method to ground the insights of theory in the constraints of practice. The essays move beyond journalistic reportage and hype into serious but accessible discussion of new technologies, new media, and new cultural forms.

Library Journal

Touted as an interdisciplinary jam session about our visual and intellectual cultures as the computer continues to pervade almost every moment of our lives, this book delivers in grand, thought-provoking style. Edited by Lunenfeld (communication and new media design, Art Center Coll. of Design), the volume offers a cornucopia of essays by almost a dozen contributors (including Lunenfeld himself), who draw inspiration from the 1995 Conference on the Convergence of Technology, Media, and Theory. None of the material seems dated (four years can be eons when considering technology), and a clear favorite has to be Brenda Laurels wry, memoir-like discourse on technology and entertainment, Musings on Amusements in America, or What I Did on My Summer Vacation. Other offerings include William J. Mitchells Replacing Place and George P. Landows Hypertext as Collage Writing. This effort in toto is an entertaining, unqualified success. Recommended for all collections.Geoff Rotunno, Valley Voice Newspaper, Goleta, CA

	Series Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Contributors
	Introduction
	Screen Grabs: The Digital Dialectic and New Media Theory
I	The Real and the Ideal
1	Unfinished Business	6
2	The Cyberspace Dialectic	24
3	The Ethical Life of the Digital Aesthetic	46
II	The Body and the Machine
4	The Condition of Virtuality	68
5	From Cybernation to Interaction: A Contribution to an Archaeology of Interactivity	96
6	Replacing Place	112
III	The Medium and the Message
7	The Medium Is the Memory	130
8	Hypertext as Collage-Writing	150
9	What Is Digital Cinema?	172
IV	The World and the Screen
10	"We Could Be Better Ancestors Than This": Ethics and First Principles for the Art of the Digital Age	198
11	Musings on Amusements in America, or What I Did on My Summer Vacation	214
	Notes	236
	Recommended Readings in New Media Theory	270
	Index	284

Books about: Southern Cooking or Life and Food in the Caribbean

Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 2005

Author: David Schneider

Based on the newest version of Microsoft's VB. NET, this revision of Schneider's best-selling guide is designed for readers with no prior computer programming experience. The author uses Visual Basic .NET 2005 to explore the fundamentals of programming, building a strong foundation that will give students a sustainable understanding of programming. Offers a broad range of examples, case studies, exercises, and programming projects to give readers significant hands-on experience. Includes a new section on Graphics. Provides fully updated example text and data, including tax codes, social security forms/data, baseball statistics, and more. Contains all new, robust, interesting programming projects. Updates screenshots throughout using Windows XP. Bundles Visual Basic .NET Express automatically with each copy of the text. A useful reference for both beginning and experienced programmers who want to learn more about the latest version of Microsoft's VB. NET.

Keyboarding Word Processing Lessons 1 60 or Designing Geodatabases

2009-11-25T13:44:00.000-08:00

Keyboarding & Word Processing, Lessons 1-60

Author: Susie H VanHuss

Focus on the keyboarding and formatting skills most important for career success! KEYBOARDING AND WORD PROCESSING 17E, LESSONS 1-60, uses proven techniques to guide users from the basics of new-key learning to business documents using the commands of Microsoft® Word 2007. Lessons are clearly focuses on needs with skill building, communication skills, proofreading activities, and document formatting. Lessons 1-25 concentrate on developing keyboarding skill by learning the alphabetic keyboarding, top-row numbers, symbols, and the numeric keypad. Lessons 26-60 teach the basics of document and word processing formats including block and modified block letters, memos, e-mails, tables, review and edit documents, and graphics and newsletters.

Interesting textbook: Breaking of Nations or Major Problems in the History of American Workers

Designing Geodatabases: Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling

Author: Michael Zeiler

This guide to creating a dynamic GIS data model helps database managers design a schema that has comprehensive and descriptive query definitions, a user-friendly cartographic display, and increased performance standards. The five steps for taking a data model through its conceptual, logical, and physical phases, including modeling the user’s view, defining objects and relationships, selecting geographic representations, matching geodatabase elements, and organizing the geodatabase structure are studied in detail. A look at nine decision points that deal with concerns common to all data modeling exercises, such as validating feature geometries, modeling linear networks, managing raster data, and labeling map features help database managers fine-tune their GIS data models. Several design models for a variety of applications are considered including addresses and locations, census units and boundaries, stream and river networks, and topography and the base map.

	Companion Web site for ArcGIS data models
Ch. 1	Geodatabase design	2
Ch. 2	Streams and river networks	36
Ch. 3	Census units and boundaries	86
Ch. 4	Addresses and locations	126
Ch. 5	Parcels and the cadastre	166
Ch. 6	Surveying federal lands	220
Ch. 7	Using raster data	280
Ch. 8	Cartography and the base map	306
Ch. 9	Building geodatabases	374

Introduction to Java Programming or Common LISP

2009-02-22T14:35:00.000-08:00

Introduction to Java Programming

Author: Y Daniel Liang

Groundbreaking fundamentals – first approach enables readers to understand the basics before being introduced to more challenging topics. Liang offers one of the broadest ranges of carefully chosen examples, reinforcing key concepts with objectives lists, introduction and chapter overviews, easy-to-follow examples, chapter summaries, review questions, programming exercises, and interactive self-test. Now uses standard classes only. Uses UML diagrams in every example starting chapter 8. Includes additional notes with diagrams. Comprehensive coverage of Java and programming make this a useful reference for IT professionals.

Common LISP: The Language

Author: Guy Steel

The defacto standard - a must-have for all LISP programmers.

In this greatly expanded edition of the defacto standard, you'll learn about the nearly 200 changes already made since original publication - and find out about gray areas likely to be revised later. Written by the Vice- Chairman of X3J13 (the ANSI
committee responsible for the standardization of Common Lisp) and co-developer of the language itself, the new edition contains the entire text of the first edition plus six completely new chapters. They cover: - CLOS, the Common Lisp Object System, with new features to support function overloading and object-oriented programming, plus complete technical specifications * Loops, a powerful control structure for multiple variables * Conditions, a generalization of the error signaling mechanism * Series and generators * Plus other subjects not part of the ANSI standards but of interest to professional programmers. Throughout, you'll find fresh examples, additional clarifications, warnings, and tips - all presented with the author's customary vigor and wit.

Booknews

Bridges the gap between the first edition (1984) and the forthcoming ANSI standard for the language. Includes the entire text of the first edition plus six new chapters covering the Common LISP Object System, conditions, pretty printing, loops, series, and generators. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Practical DV Filmmaking or Books in the Digital Age

2009-02-21T10:24:00.000-08:00

Practical DV Filmmaking

Author: Russell Evans

Written for the beginner, Practical DV Filmmaking guides you thorough the process of making a film with low-cost digital equipment: from development through to production, post-production and distribution. While the technical tools you need are fully explained, the book concentrates on filmmaking principles throughout, illustrating how these tools can be used to achieve stylistic approaches for innovative filmmaking.

The book assumes no background knowledge in either technology or filmmaking and is divided into four key areas:
*DEVELOPMENT: turn your idea into a workable script, storyboard and schedule.
*PRODUCTION: develop skills to shoot original short films and turn a zero-to-low budget to your advantage.
*POST-PRODUCTION: learn basic editing techniques to enhance your original idea using iMovie, Premiere and other popular tools.
*DISTRIBUTION: set up a website and use the internet to promote your film. Includes numerous links to useful websites. Plus, top tips for how to enter a film festival and a new chapter on developing a career.

Projects enable you to master each step of the process taking you through different aspects of filmmaking today. Gradually you will find out where your strengths lie and how to make the most of them. The book also encourages stylistic development by intruding theoretical approaches to filmmaking. A glossary of terms plus an appendix of resources make this guide a one-stop essential handbook to DV filmmaking practice for beginners and student filmmakers.

* Master low-budget filmmaking principles with easy step-by-step techniques and practical projects
* Develop a real world perspective through case studies andinterviews with successful filmmakers
* Combine technical know-how with stylistic approaches to filmmaking.

Books in the Digital Age: The Transformation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing in Britain and the United States

Author: John B Thompson

The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of the book in an age preoccupied with computers and the internet? How has the book publishing industry been transformed by the economic and technological upheavals of recent years, and how is it likely to change in the future?
This is the first major study of the book publishing industry in Britain and the United States for more than two decades. Thompson focuses on academic and higher education publishing and analyses the evolution of these sectors from 1980 to the present. He shows that each sector is characterized by its own distinctive ‘logic’ or dynamic of change, and that by reconstructing this logic we can understand the problems, challenges and opportunities faced by publishing firms today. He also shows that the digital revolution has had, and continues to have, a profound impact on the book publishing business, although the real impact of this revolution has little to do with the ebook scenarios imagined by many commentators.
Books in the Digital Age will become a standard work on the publishing industry at the beginning of the 21st century. It will be of great interest to students taking courses in the sociology of culture, media and cultural studies, and publishing. It will also be of great value to professionals in the publishing industry, educators and policy makers, and to anyone interested in books and their future.

Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns or CINEMA 4D

2009-02-20T06:12:00.000-08:00

Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns

Author: Joey Lott

Today's ActionScript-based applications require increasingly sophisticated architectures and code. This book aids intermediate and advanced ActionScript developers in learning how to plan and build applications more effectively. You'll learn how to apply design patterns as solutions to common programming scenarios. Beyond a reference, Advanced ActionScript with Design Patterns is a practical guide complete with sample mini-applications illustrating each design pattern. The accompanying CD includes a trial version of Flash 8 along with all the lesson files needed to work with the text.

Table of Contents:

Part I - Successful Projects
1. How to Design Applications

2. Programming to Interfaces

Part II - Patterns

3. MVC

4. Singleton

5. Factory (Abstract Factory and Factory Method)

6. Proxy

7. Iterator

8. Composite

9. Decorator

10. Command

11. Memento

12. State

Part III - Advanced ActionScript Topics

13. Working with Events

14. Sending and Loading Data

15. E4X (XML)

16. Regular Expressions

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New interesting book: Python Essential Reference or Web Design Flash Sites
CINEMA 4D: The Artist's Project Sourcebook

Author: Anne Powers
Realize you artistic vision with this treasure chest of instructional projects. Develop a mastery of the C4D toolset by working through modeling and animation projects that progressively build your technique. Updated for version 10, this edition features new chapters that explore the revamped MOCCA 3 system, R10's improved workflow and scene management, the enhanced animation timeline and searchable object manager, and advanced modeling tools. Special attention is given to the MoGraph Module, and inventive quick starts are provided for other modules including Hair, Sketch and Toon, Advanced Render, Dynamics, and Thinking Particles. Short, playful projects are presented in full color to clearly guide you to a serious 3D skill set. The companion DVD includes tutorial media, bonus tutorials, instructional movies, and 3D C4D environment teacher files.

* A tutorial-based exploration of the modeling, animation and motion graphics possibilities of C4D
* Covers MOCCA 3, MoGraph, and the integration with After Effects and other tools
* Companion DVD with tutorial media, bonus tutorials, instructional movies and C4D teacher files.

Python Essential Reference or Web Design Flash Sites

2009-02-19T02:00:00.000-08:00

Python Essential Reference

Author: David Beazley

The goal of the Python Essential Reference is to concisely describe the Python programming language and its large library of standard modules, collectively known as the Python programming "environment." It is arranged into four major parts. First a brief tutorial and introduction is presented, then an informal language reference will cover lexical conventions, functions, statements, control flow, datatypes, classes, and execution models. The third part will cover the Python library, and the final section covers the Python C API that is used to write Python extensions. This book is for the professional who has experience with other systems programming language such as C or C++, and is looking for content that is not embellished with basic introductory material on the Python programming environment.

Web Design Flash Sites

Author: Julius Weidemann

Many of the web's most eye-popping sites are created using Flash, a program which allows for total creative freedom and maximum interactivity. In its early years, Flash was used mostly for artistic and design sites, but more recently large corporations - even Citibank - have turned to Flash. This guide rounds up the very best and most innovative sites using 100% Flash navigation, including Nike, Adidas, Bacardi, Shrek, Nintendo, Playstation, Ford, and Honda. Also featured are two case studies and an introduction by Rob Ford, the creator of Favorite Website Awards.

Introduction to Programming with Java or Optimizing Network Performance with Content Switching

2009-02-17T21:49:00.000-08:00

Introduction to Programming with Java: A Problem Solving Approach

Author: John Dean

This book teaches the reader how to write programs using Java. It does so with a unique approach that combines fundamentals first with objects early. The book transitions smoothly through a carefully selected set of procedural programming fundamentals to object-oriented fundamentals. During this early transition and beyond, the book emphasizes problem solving. For example, Chapter 2 is devoted to algorithm development, Chapter 8 is devoted to program design, and problem-solving sections appear throughout the book. Problem-solving skills are fostered with the help of an interactive, iterative presentation style: Here's the problem. How can we solve it? How can we improve the solution?

Some key features include:

•
A conversational, easy-to-follow writing style.

• Many executable code examples that clearly and efficiently illustrate key concepts.

• Extensive use of UML class diagrams to specify problem organization.

• Simple GUI programming early, in an optional standalone graphics track.

• Well-identified alternatives for altering the book's sequence to fit individual needs.

• Well-developed projects in six different academic disciplines, with a handy summary.

• Detailed customizable PowerPointTM lecture slides, with icon-keyed hidden notes.

Student Resources:

Links to compiler software - for Sun's Java2 SDK tool kit, Helios's Text Pad and Eclipse.

Text Pad Tutorial.

Textbook errata.

All textbook example programs and associated resource files.

Instructor Resources:

Customizable PowerPoint lecture slides with hidden notes.provide comments that supplement the displayed text in the lecture slides. For example, if the displayed text asks a question the hidden notes provide the answer. As an option, instructors can delete the hidden notes (with a convenient macro) before distributing the lecture slides to the students.

Exercise solutions.

Project solutions.

"The authors have done a superb job of organizing the various chapters to allow the students to enjoy programming in Java from day one. I am deeply impressed with the entire textbook. I would have my students keep this text and use it throughout their academic career as an excellent Java programming source book". – Benjamin B. Nystuen, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

"The authors have done a great job in describing the technical aspects of programming. The authors have an immensely readable writing style. I have an extremely favorable impression of Dean and Dean’s proposed text". – Shyamal Mitra, University of Texas at Austin

"The overall impression of the book was that it was “friendly” to read. I think this is a great strength, simply because students reading it, and especially students who are prone to reading to understand, will appreciate this approach rather than the regular hardcore programming mentality". – Andree Jacobson, University of New Mexico

Chapter 1. Introduction to Computers and Programming

Chapter 2. Algorithms and Design

Chapter 3. Java Basics

Chapter 4. Control Statements

Chapter 5. Using Pre-Built Methods

Chapter 6. Object-Oriented Programming

Chapter 7. Object-Oriented Programming-Additional Details

Chapter 8. Software Engineering

Chapter 9. Classes with Class Members

Chapter 10. Arrays and Array Lists

Chapter 11. Type Details and Alternate Coding Mechanisms

Chapter 12. Composition and Inheritance

Chapter 13. Inheritance and Polymorphism

Chapter 14. Exception Handling

Chapter 15. Files

Chapter 16. GUI Programming Basics

Chapter 17. GUI Programming-Component Layout, Additional GUI Components

Appendix 1. Unicode/ASCII Character Set with Hexadecimal Codes

Appendix 2. Operator Precedence

Appendix 3. Java Reserved Words

Appendix 4. Packages

Appendix 5. Java Coding-Style Conventions

Appendix 6. Javadoc

Appendix 7. UML Notations Used in this Book

Appendix 8. Recursion

Appendix 9. Multithreading

Interesting book: Microeconomics or The Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Marketing

Optimizing Network Performance with Content Switching: Server, Firewall and Cache Load Balancing

Author: Matthew Sym

Enrich the user experience while keeping control of your network

Networking professionals: At last, comprehensive coverage of content switching technology is in your hands! Optimizing Network Performance with Content Switching: Server, Firewall, and Cache Load Balancing, by topic experts Matthew Syme and Philip Goldie, provides sharp insights into this wide-ranging, rapidly changing technology. You'll learn the concepts, the background, and the architectures of content switching, as well as how it works and where and why it should be deployed to maximize the performance of your networks and servers. Fueled by increasing bandwidth and ever-richer content, this technology is fast becoming a standard in enterprise and ISP networks. Inside you'll find:

Full explanations of TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, and other network fundamentals

Vendor-independent coverage of the key content switching applications--server load balancing, Web cache redirection, application redirection, firewall load balancing, and more!

Detailed diagrams that illustrate clearly the deployments and topologies for all applications and variations covered in the book

A running fictional case study that translates theory into practice, with all applications demonstrated in example implementations

Advanced topics including TCP/IP flows and sessions, delayed binding, URL parsing, cookie persistence, server health checking, and load balancing metrics

The advanced topics in Optimizing Network Performance with Content Switching are tailored for engineers with layer 2 and layer 3 experience looking for a comprehensive explanation of theinner workings of content switching. This book is also ideal for managers, application developers, security administrators, sales people, and other professionals who require a firm understanding of the basics of the technology.

Building and Integrating Virtual Private Networks with Openswan or Tailored Health Messages

2009-02-16T17:38:00.000-08:00

Building and Integrating Virtual Private Networks with Openswan

Author: P Wouters

This book is a comprehensive guide to using Openswan for building both basic and industry size, military strength VPNs for medium to very large organizations. Written by the core developers, this practical book is all you need to use Openswan to build any VPN infrastructure you may need. The authors have covered the latest developments and upcoming issues. This book will not only help you build the VPN you need, but also save you a lot of time.

With the widespread use of wireless and the integration of VPN capabilities in most modern laptops, PDA's and mobile phones, there is a growing desire for encrypting more and more communications to prevent eavesdropping. Can you trust the coffee shop's wireless network? Is your neighbor watching your wireless? Or are your competitors perhaps engaged in industrial espionage? Do you need to send information back to your office while on the road or on board a ship? Or do you just want to securely access your MP3's at home? IPsec is the industry standard for encrypted communication, and Openswan is the de-facto implementation of IPsec for Linux.

Whether you are just connecting your home DSL connection with your laptop when you're on the road to access your files at home, or you are building an industry size, military strength VPN infrastructure for a medium to very large organization, this book will assist you in setting up Openswan to suit those needs.

The topics discussed range from designing, to building, to configuring Openswan as the VPN gateway to deploy IPsec using Openswan. It not only for Linux clients, but also the more commonly used Operating Systems such as Microsoft Windows and MacOSX. Furthermore it discussescommon interoperability examples for third party vendors, such as Cisco, Checkpoint, Netscreen and other common IPsec vendors.

New interesting textbook: Outsourcing Amerika: Die Wahren Kosten von Versandsarbeitsplätzen In Übersee, und Was Darüber Getan Werden Kann

Tailored Health Messages: Customizing Communication with Computer Technology

Author: Matthew Kreuter

Through the use of new technologies, researchers, and practitioners in health education and health communication can now provide health information and behavior change strategies that are customized based on the unique needs, interests, and concerns of different individuals. These tailored health messages can be highly effective in assisting individuals in understanding and responding to health concerns.

In this volume, Matthew Kreuter, David Farrell, and their colleagues define the process of tailoring and describe its uses in health communication programs. They present a theoretical and public health rationale for tailoring and support their position with empirical evidence. They also lay out the steps involved in creating and delivering tailored health communication programs, which can then be applied in practice. Practitioners, researchers, and students in health communication, health psychology, public health, and related areas will find this book to be a vital and invaluable resource forimproving communication about health issues.

Consumers Guide to Cell Phones and Wireless Service Plans or Statistical Analysis of Medical Data Using SAS

2009-02-15T13:26:00.000-08:00

Consumer's Guide to Cell Phones and Wireless Service Plans

Author: Syngress

About the Author

Jeff McLaughlin is the Senior Director of Wireless Partnerships for GetConnected, Inc. and is part of the senior management team. He has been in the wireless industry since 1994 working for wireless carriers, wireless vendors, and wireless agents. Jeff is responsible for securing partnerships with all the wireless service providers for GetConnected and for leading the strategic wireless initiatives with carriers, manufacturers, and other wireless industry players. Prior to GetConnected, Jeff was Director of Corporate Marketing for Boston Communications Group, Inc., a leading provider of prepaid services technology to wireless carriers and Business Products Manager for AT&T Wireless, one of the leading wireless carriers in the United States. He received his M.B.A from Seattle University and his B.S. from Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

Beverly LeDonne is the Senior Director of Content Services and Business Operations for GetConnected, Inc. and is part of the senior management team. Beverly is responsible for implementing new partnerships and leading innovative initiatives in data management and presentation. Prior to GetConnected, Beverly managed 200 employees and an over $30 million P&L as Division Manager at APCOA/Standard Parking, the largest parking management service organization in the United States. She received her M.B.A from Louisiana State University and her B.A. from Thomas More College, Merrimack, NH. GetConnected, Inc.

Founded in 1999, GetConnected, Inc. provides a suite of software tools that facilitate the sale of wireless, broadband, local phone, long distance, cable, and satellite television services. Named by Newsweek as one of the 103 Best Web Sites and by PC World as Best Cell Phone Site, GetConnected.com, is an easy-to-use Web site that empowers users with the information necessary to help them select the services that best meet their individual needs. GetConnected, Inc. offers consumers and small businesses access to its services directly through its Web site www.getconnected.com, and through a network of partner Web sites. Consumers will also be able to access the GetConnected telecommunication shopping services in private labeled applications at retail, where GetConnected will power the shopping experience and order processing for its retail partners.

Books about: Praktische Wirtschaftsstatistik

Statistical Analysis of Medical Data Using SAS

Author: Geoff Der

Statistical analysis is ubiquitous in modern medical research. Logistic regression, generalized linear models, random effects models, and Cox's regression all have become commonplace in the medical literature. But while statistical software such as SAS make routine application of these techniques possible, users who are not primarily statisticians must take care to correctly implement the various procedures and correctly interpret the output. Statistical Analysis of Medical Data Using SAS demonstrates how to use SAS to analyze medical data. Each chapter addresses a particular analysis method. The authors briefly describe each procedure, but focus on its SAS implementation and properly interpreting the output. The carefully designed presentation relegates the theoretical details to "Displays," so that the code and results can be explored without interruption. All of the code and data sets used in the book are available for download from either the SAS Web site or crcpress.com. Der and Everitt, authors of the best-selling Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using SAS, bring all of their considerable talent and experience to bear in this book. Step-by-step instructions, lucid explanations and clear examples combine to form an outstanding, self-contained guide--suitable for medical researchers and statisticians alike--to using SAS to analyze medical data.

Visual QuickStart Guide or Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction

2009-02-12T05:21:00.000-08:00

Visual QuickStart Guide: iMovie HD and iDVD 5 for MAC OS X

Author: Jeff Carlson

Take an easy, visual approach to teaching iMovie HD and iDVD, using pictures to guide you through the software and show you what to do.

Ch. 1	The digital camcorder	3
Ch. 2	Composition and coverage	17
Ch. 3	The camera in motion	33
Ch. 4	Lighting	41
Ch. 5	Capturing audio	49
Ch. 6	iMovie overview	57
Ch. 7	Importing footage	71
Ch. 8	Editing video	87
Ch. 9	Editing still pictures	105
Ch. 10	Editing audio	115
Ch. 11	Transitions	133
Ch. 12	Titles	141
Ch. 13	Effects	151
Ch. 14	Moving back to tape	161
Ch. 15	QuickTime	165
Ch. 16	Email, Web, and Bluetooth	177
Ch. 17	Moving from iMovie to iDVD	187
Ch. 18	iDVD overview	193
Ch. 19	iDVD themes	205
Ch. 20	Customizing iDVD themes	223
Ch. 21	Slideshows	237
Ch. 22	Archiving, encoding, and burning	245

Go to: Rising from the Dead or Radical Ecopsychology

Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction

Author: Marc Campbell

You're a beginner who wants to design a state-of-the-art family web site. You've just started a new job, and you need to learn Dreamweaver fast. Or maybe you're a professional who's been using another program but is now switching to Macromedia's leading web design tool. Learning Dreamweaver 8 gets you up to speed, quickly and efficiently.

Straightforwardly practical, with speed as the by-word, this hands-on guide focuses on the best practices for constructing both interactive and static web sites. While explaining core concepts clearly and thoroughly, so that beginners have a solid conceptural and technical foundation, it cuts through the clutter that might slow down a beginner tackling a subject as vast as web design and a tool as robust as Dreamweaver. "Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction" emphasizes learning by doing, with short, task-oriented chapters that demonstrate theory by presenting design solutions and explaining the principles that make them work. Plenty of screen shots, illustrations, and sample layouts accompany rapid prototyping techniques for site production.

Marc Campbell has been building web sites since 1997-for everything from comic book fan communities to state government portals and e-commerce applications. A Macromedia Certified Dreamweaver Developer and beta tester, he has taught web design to students at all levels and has written eight books on the subject.

Sidebars in "Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction" allow readers to decide how deeply they want to delve into the subject. "Best Bets" offer bottom-line recommendations for those who want to skip the general discussion, while "Behind the Scenes" sidebars provide more in-depth looksatparticular topics for those who want more detail. Absolute beginner or faux debutante, you'll learn proven procedures for quickly building Dreamweaver sites.

Microsoft Office 2007 or Essentials of Business Information Systems

2009-02-11T01:10:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office 2007: Post-Advanced Concepts and Techniques

Author: Gary B Shelly

In Microsoft Office 2007: Post Advanced Concepts and Techniques you'll find features that are specifically designed to improve retention, and prepare readers for future success. Our trademark step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach now encourages users to expand their understanding of the Office 2007 software through experimentation, exploration, and planning ahead.

Interesting textbook: Métrica y Modelos en Ingeniería de Calidad de Software

Essentials of Business Information Systems

Author: Kenneth C Laudon

For introductory undergraduate courses in Information Systems taught in MIS, IS, CIS, Business and Management departments. This brief text is ideal for courses on quarter systems and those that combine a MIS text with hands-on software, projects, or case studies. These authoritative authors continue to define the MIS course by emphasizinghowbusiness objectives shape the application of new information systems and technologies and integrating a career orientation that demonstrates the relevance of information systems to all business students regardless of their major.

I	Information Systems in the Digital Age	1
1	Business Information Systems in Your Career	2
	Chapter-Opening Case: Major League Baseball Hits a Home Run with Information Systems	3
1.1	The Role of Information Systems in Business Today	6
1.2	Perspectives on Information Systems and Information Technology	10
1.3	It Isn't Simply Technology: The Role of People and Organizations	12
1.4	Understanding Information Systems: A Business Problem-Solving Approach	17
1.5	Information Systems and Your Career	22
	Learning Tracks	30
	Summary	31
	Key Terms	32
	Review Questions	32
	Discussion Questions	32
	Application Software Exercise: Database Exercise: Converting Data into Useful Information	33
	Dirt Bikes U.S.A.: Preparing a Management Overview of the Company	33
	Building Internet Skills: Analyzing Shipping Costs	33
	Video Case	34
	Teamwork: Analyzing a Business System	34
	Business Problem-Solving Case: Can the Music Industry Change Its Tune?	34
2	E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems	38
	Chapter-Opening Case: Information Systems Help Kia Solve Its Quality Problems	39
2.1	Components of a Business	42
2.2	Types of Business Information Systems	46
2.3	Systems That Span the Enterprise	57
2.4	The Information Systems Function in Business	64
	Learning Tracks	67
	Summary	68
	Key Terms	69
	Review Questions	69
	Discussion Questions	70
	Application Software Exercise: Spreadsheet Exercise: Improving Supply Chain Management	70
	Dirt Bikes U.S.A.: Analyzing Financial Performance	70
	Building Internet Skills: Planning Transportation Logistics	71
	Video Case	71
	Teamwork: Describing Management Decisions and Systems	71
	Business Problem-Solving Case: Can Information Systems Help Danaher Work Leaner?	71
3	Achieving Competitive Advantage with Information Systems	74
	Chapter-Opening Case: Amazon.com: An Internet Giant Fine-Tunes Its Strategy	75
3.1	Using Information Systems to Achieve Competitive Advantage	78
3.2	Competing on a Global Scale	92
3.3	Competing on Quality and Design	94
3.4	Competing on Business Processes	97
	Learning Tracks	100
	Summary	100
	Key Terms	101
	Review Questions	101
	Discussion Questions	101
	Application Software Exercise: Database Exercise: Using a Database for Strategic Business Development	101
	Dirt Bikes U.S.A.: Performing a Competitive Analysis for Dirt Bikes	102
	Building Internet Skills: Configuring and Pricing an Automobile	102
	Video Case	103
	Teamwork: Identifying Opportunities for Strategic Information Systems	103
	Business Problem-Solving Case: Can Blockbuster Stand Up to Netflix?	103
II	Information Technology Infrastructure	107
4	IT Infrastructure: Hardware and Software	108
	Chapter-Opening Case: DreamWorks Animation Turns to Technology for Production Support	109
4.1	IT Infrastructure: Computer Hardware	112
4.2	IT Infrastructure: Computer Software	121
4.3	Managing Hardware and Software Technology	135
	Learning Tracks	139
	Summary	140
	Key Terms	141
	Review Questions	142
	Discussion Questions	142
	Application Software Exercise: Spreadsheet Exercise: Evaluating Computer Hardware and Software Options	142
	Dirt Bikes U.S.A.: Analyzing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Desktop Software Assets	143
	Building Internet Skills: Planning and Budgeting for a Sales Conference	144
	Video Case	144
	Teamwork: Evaluating Server Operating Systems	144
	Business Problem-Solving Case: JP Morgan Chase Shifts IT Outsourcing into Reverse	145
5	Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and Information Management	148
	Chapter-Opening Case: Seven-Eleven Stores Ask the Customer by Asking the Data	149
5.1	The Database Approach to Data Management	152
5.2	Database Management Systems	157
5.3	Using Databases to Improve Business Performance and Decision Making	162
5.4	Managing Data Resources	169
	Learning Tracks	172
	Summary	172
	Key Terms	173
	Review Questions	173
	Discussion Questions	173
	Application Software Exercise: Database Exercise: Building a Relational Database for a Small Business	174
	Dirt Bikes U.S.A.: Redesigning the Customer Database	174
	Building Internet Skills: Searching Online Databases	175
	Video Case	175
	Teamwork: Identifying Entities and Attributes in an Online Database	175
	Business Problem-Solving Case: The FBI Abandons Its Virtual Case System	175
6	Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology	178
	Chapter-Opening Case: Dartmouth: An Old College Becomes a New Networking Innovator	179
6.1	Telecommunications and Networking in Today's Business World	182
6.2	Communications Networks	187
6.3	The Internet	193
6.4	The Wireless Revolution	205
	Learning Tracks	215
	Summary	215
	Key Terms	218
	Review Questions	218
	Discussion Questions	219
	Application Software Exercise: Spreadsheet Exercise: Comparing Wireless Services	219
	Dirt Bikes U.S.A.: Using Internet Tools to Increase Efficiency and Productivity	219
	Building Internet Skills: Using Web Search Engines for Business Research	220
	Video Case	220
	Teamwork: Comparing Mobile Internet Access Systems	220
	Business Problem-Solving Case: Google Takes on the World	220
7	Securing Information Systems	224
	Chapter-Opening Case: Phishing: A Costly New Sport for Internet Users	225
7.1	System Vulnerability and Abuse	228
7.2	Business Value of Security and Control	238
7.3	Establishing a Framework for Security and Control	240
7.4	Technologies and Tools for Security	245
	Learning Tracks	252
	Summary	252
	Key Terms	253
	Review Questions	253
	Discussion Questions	254
	Application Software Exercise: Spreadsheet Exercise: Performing a Security Risk Assessment	254
	Dirt Bikes U.S.A.: Developing a Disaster Recovery Plan	255
	Building Internet Skills: Evaluating Security Outsourcing Services	255
	Video Case	255
	Teamwork: Evaluating Security Software Tools	255
	Business Problem-Solving Case: MasterCard and CardSystems: The Worst Data Theft Ever?	256
III	Key System Applications for the Digital Age	259
8	Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy: Enterprise Applications	260
	Chapter-Opening Case: Whirlpool Fixes Its Supply Chain	261
8.1	Enterprise Systems	264
8.2	Supply Chain Management Systems	266
8.3	Customer Relationship Management Systems	274
8.4	Enterprise Applications: New Opportunities and Challenges	282
	Challenges and Opportunities	282
	Learning Tracks	283
	Summary	283
	Key Terms	284
	Review Questions	285
	Discussion Questions	285
	Application Software Exercise: Database Exercise: Managing Customer Service Requests	285
	Dirt Bikes U.S.A.: Identifying Supply Chain Management Solutions	286
	Building Internet Skills: Evaluating Supply Chain Management Services	286
	Video Case	287
	Teamwork: Analyzing Enterprise Application Vendors	287
	Business Problem-Solving Case: Philip Morris International's Supply Chain Dilemma	287
9	E-Commerce: Digital Markets, Digital Goods	290
	Chapter-Opening Case: Gap Remodels Its Web Sites	291
9.1	Electronic Commerce and the Internet	294
9.2	Electronic Commerce	303
9.3	M-Commerce	310
9.4	Electronic Commerce Payment Systems	314
	Learning Tracks	318
	Summary	318
	Key Terms	320
	Review Questions	320
	Discussion Questions	321
	Application Software Exercise: Spreadsheet Exercise: Analyzing a Dot-Com Business	321
	Dirt Bikes U.S.A.: Developing an E-Commerce Strategy	321
	Building Internet Skills: Comparing Online Storefront Hosting Services	322
	Video Case	322
	Teamwork: Performing a Competitive Analysis of E-Commerce Sites	322
	Business Problem-Solving Case: Can eBay Keep It Up?	322
10	Improving Decision Making and Managing Knowledge	326
	Chapter-Opening Case: Procter & Gamble Restructures Its Supply Chain	327
10.1	Decision Making and Information Systems	330
10.2	Systems for Decision Support	333
10.3	Intelligent Systems for Decision Support	341
10.4	Systems for Managing Knowledge	349
	Learning Tracks	356
	Summary	356
	Key Terms	358
	Review Questions	359
	Discussion Questions	359
	Application Software Exercise: Spreadsheet Exercise: Performing Break-Even Analysis and Sensitivity Analysis	359
	Dirt Bikes U.S.A.: Analyzing the Impact of Component Price Changes	360
	Building Internet Skills: Using Intelligent Agents for Comparison Shopping	361
	Video Case	361
	Teamwork: Rating Knowledge Network Systems	362
	Business Problem-Solving Case: Can Information Systems Make Your Doctor Better?	362
IV	Building and Managing Systems	365
11	Building Information Systems	366
	Chapter-Opening Case: A New Ordering System for Girl Scout Cookies	367
11.1	Problem Solving and Systems Development	370
11.2	Understanding the Business Value of Systems and Managing Change	375
11.3	Alternative Systems-Building Approaches	384
11.4	Modeling and Designing Systems: Structured and Object-Oriented Methodologies	390
	Learning Tracks	393
	Summary	393
	Key Terms	395
	Review Questions	395
	Discussion Questions	396
	Application Software Exercise: Database Exercise: Designing a Customer System for Auto Sales	396
	Dirt Bikes U.S.A.: Designing an Employee Training and Skills Tracking System	397
	Building Internet Skills: Analyzing Web Site Design and Information Requirements	397
	Video Case	397
	Teamwork: Analyzing Web Site Requirements	397
	Business Problem-Solving Case: Comair's Crew Scheduling System Breaks Down	398
12	Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems	400
	Chapter-Opening Case: Does Location Tracking Threaten Privacy?	401
12.1	Understanding Ethical and Social Issues Related to Systems	403
12.2	Ethics in an Information Society	408
12.3	The Moral Dimensions of Information Systems	411
	Learning Tracks	426
	Summary	426
	Key Terms	427
	Review Questions	427
	Discussion Questions	428
	Application Software Exercise: Word Processing and Web Page Development Tool Exercise: Creating a Simple Web Site	428
	Dirt Bikes U.S.A.: Developing a Web Site Privacy Policy	428
	Building Internet Skills: Using Internet Newsgroups for Online Market Research	429
	Video Case	429
	Teamwork: Developing a Corporate Ethics Code	429
	Business Problem-Solving Case: Should We Trust ChoicePoint with Our Personal Data?	429
	Your Digital Portfolio	433
	Glossary	1
	References	1
	Indexes	1
	Photo and Screen Shot Credits	1

Hacking Wireless Networks For Dummies or Green BIM

2009-02-09T20:58:00.000-08:00

Hacking Wireless Networks For Dummies

Author: Devin K Akin

Become a cyber-hero - know the common wireless weaknesses

"Reading a book like this one is a worthy endeavor toward becoming an experienced wireless security professional."
--Devin Akin - CTO, The Certified Wireless Network Professional (CWNP) Program

Wireless networks are so convenient - not only for you, but also for those nefarious types who'd like to invade them. The only way to know if your system can be penetrated is to simulate an attack. This book shows you how, along with how to strengthen any weak spots you find in your network's armor.

Discover how to:

• Perform ethical hacks without compromising a system

• Combat denial of service and WEP attacks

• Understand how invaders think

• Recognize the effects of different hacks

• Protect against war drivers and rogue devices

Foreword.

Introduction.

Part I: Building the Foundation for Testing Wireless Networks.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Wireless Hacking.

Chapter 2: The Wireless Hacking Process.

Chapter 3: Implementing a Testing Methodology.

Chapter 4: Amassing Your War Chest.

Part II: Getting Rolling with Common Wi-Fi Hacks.

Chapter 5: Human (In)Security.

Chapter 6: Containing the Airwaves.

Chapter 7: Hacking Wireless Clients.

Chapter 8: Discovering Default Settings.

Chapter 9: Wardriving.

Part III: Advanced Wi-Fi Hacks.

Chapter 10: Still at War.

Chapter 11: Unauthorized Wireless Devices.

Chapter 12: Network Attacks.

Chapter 13: Denial-of-Service Attacks.

Chapter 14: Cracking Encryption.

Chapter 15: Authenticating Users.

Part IV: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Ten Essential Tools for Hacking Wireless Networks.

Chapter 17: Ten Wireless Security-Testing Mistakes.

Chapter 18: Ten Tips for Following Up after Your Testing.

Part V: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Wireless Hacking Resources.

Appendix B: Glossary of Acronyms.

Index.

Books about: The Foundations of Athletic Training or The Juggling Act

Green BIM

Author: Brad Nies

Go green with BIM with this timely and up-close look at two of the fastest growing movements in the architecture, engineering and construction industry: sustainable design and building information modeling. Expert authors and professional architects Eddy Krygiel and Bradley Nies have created the ideal reference for AEC professionals wishing to incorporate green practices into their projects. This book begins with an overview of sustainable design and BIM, discussing how the design and construction industry has arrived at a crossroads and why we need to look to new approaches and methodologies to solve the problems we've inherited over the course of time. Because implementing these methodologies can be drastic changes in your firm's culture and approach to design and delivery, the authors put forth best practices regarding workflow, integrating project teams, and an order of operations approach to sustainable design. You'll also learn core concepts and gain a deeper understanding of keys to sustainability in building design, touching on building envelope, systems, materiality, and orientation. Whether you've had experience with sustainable design and BIM or are still a little green, this book will help you advance your practice and move you forward to a more sustainable future.

The Building Robots or 1337 h4x0r H4ndb00k

2009-02-08T16:47:00.000-08:00

The Building Robots

Author: Gareth Branwyn

Finally, a robots book for people who don't know the first thing about robotics! Absolute Beginner's Guide to Robots is well-written, inviting, and action-packed, with engaging ideas and fascinating factoids about robots and robot-related arts and sciences. You are led gently into the intimidating world of robotics, but nearly 400 pages later, you emerge with a respectable knowledge of robot history, the major fields and "schools" of robotics today, and the basic skills and resources needed to create hobby robots. By the end of the book, you will be the proud owner of three bots, the first two of which demonstrate key robotic principles. The third is a programmable/expandable robot, which serves as a platform for future experimentation. And best of all, these robots are built with simple to get and inexpensive parts - many of which you already have around the house!

New interesting book: Gin Gin Drinks or Handbook of Frozen Foods

1337 h4x0r H4ndb00k

Author: Tapeworm

This is your ticket into the elusive underworld of the Internet, home to millions of elite computer hackers. 1337 h4x0r h4ndb00k will show you how to walk-the-walk and talk-the-talk of this exclusive community. Soon, you too will be able to go into a chat room and carry on conversations speaking the cryptic 1337 language. 1337 h4x0r h4ndb00k will also review the nature of computer viruses, different practical jokes to play on your desktop and tips on how to live the hacker lifestyle. Join the elite society of computer hackers with 1337 h4x0r h4ndb00k as your guide.

Introduction.
1. Fitting In.
The Ten Laws of Geek
Choosing a New Name
Common Behavior
Speaking Leet
Hacking The Opposite Sex
Project: Make Your Own H4x0r Pack
2. Shortcuts.
Power It Up
Desktop Overview
The Mouse
Mastering the Keyboard
Revisiting the Desktop
Project: Disable All Clicks
3. Customize.
Naming Your Computer
Loving Your Computer
Make Yourself at Home
Mod It
Project: Design Your Own Ascii Graffiti Tag
4. Browsing/E-Mail.
The Internet and Deceit
Successful Searching
E-Mail
Project: Ie and Style Sheets
5. Fundamentals.
Hardware vs. Software vs. The Web
The Registry
Programming/Scripting
Working With Notepad
The File System
Hardware Concerns
Dos/Batch Files
Project: Making Your Own Executable
6. Get The F@*! Out Of My Chat Room!
Fun With Messaging
Irc
Of Mice and Morons
Project: Irc Scripting
7. Advanced Automation.
Windows Script Host
Viruses, Robots, and Ai
Project: Making a Matrix Batch File
8. Paranoia.
Security
What About Mom?
Project: Self-Destruct!
9. Networks.
Sharing Files
Remote Desktop
Footprinting
Wardriving
Project: Cubicle Fun
10. Beyond Windows.
Reverse-Engineering
Packet-Sniffing
Hacking Off-Line
Project: Know Your Numbers
11. Conclusion.
The Future, Right Now
Learn to Adapt (Evolution of Technology)
What Do I Do Now?
Recommended Sites & Software
Final Words
Project: Making Your Own Executable (The Hard Way)

ActionScript 30 Game Programming University or Real World Camera Raw with Adobe PhotoShop CS3

2009-02-07T12:35:00.000-08:00

ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University

Author: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig's ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University shows you how to use ActionScript, the programming language behind Flash CS3 Professional. The lessons teach you all the basics of ActionScript programming through game examples, but the code can be easily adapted to non-game-oriented projects, such as web training and advertising. Written by a real-world Flash developer, this book presents you with the source code of 16 complete games and lays the foundation for you to create your own games. Gary also provides a companion website - flashgameu.com, which contains files, updates, new content, Gary's blog and much more.

Real World Camera Raw with Adobe PhotoShop CS3

Author: Bruce Fraser

The raw revolution that began in 2003 with the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in for Adobe Photoshop has changed the way photographers work with images. Shooting in the raw format gives digital photographers complete control over every aspect of image quality. Adobe Camera Raw makes the process of using raw files easier by providing a standardized way of accessing and working with these uncompressed digital negatives. Today serious photographers shoot raw images only. Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop was the first book devoted exclusively to the topic, explaining the advantages and challenges of using Adobe Camera Raw to produce magnificent images.
Real World Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop CS3 keeps pace with new directions in digital photography and raw image processing. Jeff Schewe, a contributor to the development of Adobe Camera Raw from its beginnings, updates Bruce Fraser’s best-selling book with inside knowledge of how new features let photographers optimize and convert images for the best results in Adobe Photoshop CS3. Hands-on techniques show readers how to expose and shoot for raw image capture as well as use new features such as Spot Healing. Readers will also learn how to use the latest version of Adobe Bridge to manage the thousands of images—and gigabytes of data—that result from raw shooting. Finally, Schewe discusses how Adobe’s latest revolutionary imaging software Photoshop Lightroom adds to the raw equation.

Business Modeling With UML or Video Codec Design

2009-02-06T08:24:00.000-08:00

Business Modeling With UML: Business Patterns at Work

Author: Hans Erik Eriksson

"An excellent hands-on book for practitioners eager to document the internal structure and everyday workings of business processes. This clear and practical book belongs on the shelf of everyone dedicated to mapping, maintaining, and streamlining business processes." -Richard Mark Soley, Phd, Chairman and CEO, OMG
"Eriksson and Penker have not just written another patterns book; this is a significant contribution to the key field of business-IT alignment. While capturing profound academic insights, what makes the book so refreshing from a practitioner's viewpoint is the richness of accessible, down-to-earth examples and its pragmatic, unpretentious style."-Paul allen Principal of CBD Strategies and Architectures, Sterling Software
"UML may have been designed by and for software engineers, but Eriksson and Penker have defined a practical extension to UML for describing business processes. They put this extended UML immediately to use with a gallery of common business patterns that should jump start any BPR effort."-Philippe Krchten, Director of Process Development Rational Software
"This book is a marriage between proven business modeling concepts and the techniques of UML. It provides real-world strategies for developing large-scale, mission-critical business systems in a manner accessible to both software and business professionals."-ScottW. Ambler, Author of Process Patterns
Following up on their bestselling book, UML Toolkit, Hans-Erik Eriksson and Magnus Penker now provide expert guidance on how to use UML to model your business systems. In this informative book, key business modeling concepts are presented, including how to define Business Rules with UML'sObject Constraint Language (OCL) and how to use business models with use cases. The authors then provide 26 valuable Business Patterns along with an e-business case study that utilizes the techniques and patterns discussed in the book.
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Computer Bulletin

...excellent value for money.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Ch. 1	Business Modeling	1
Ch. 2	UML Primer	17
Ch. 3	Modeling the Business Architecture	59
Ch. 4	Business Views	87
Ch. 5	Business Rules	133
Ch. 6	Business Patterns	169
Ch. 7	Resource and Rule Patterns	187
Ch. 8	Goal Patterns	273
Ch. 9	Process Patterns	293
Ch. 10	From Business Architecture to Software Architecture	353
Ch. 11	A Business Model Example	387
App. A	Eriksson-Penker Business Extensions	419
App. B	Business Patterns Summary	429
	Glossary	435
	References	445
	Index	449

Interesting book: One Hour Activist or Come to Think of It

Video Codec Design: Developing Image and Video Compression Systems

Author: Iain Richardson

Video compression coding is the enabling technology behind a new wave of communication applications. From streaming internet video to broadcast digital television and digital cinema, the video codec is a key building block for a host of new multimedia applications and services. Video Codec Design sets out to de-mystify the subject of video coding and present a practical, design-based approach to this emerging field.

Featuring:
* Guidance on the practical design and implementation of video coding technology.

* Explanation of the major video coding standards, including MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263 and H.26L.

* Detailed coverage of key video coding techniques and core algorithms.

* Examination of critical design issues including transmission, Quality of Service and processing platforms.

* A wealth of illustrations and practical examples, including quantitative comparisons of design alternatives.
Video Codec Design provides communications engineers, system designers, researchers and technical managers with an essential handbook to image and video compression technology. The clear presentation and emphasis on real-life examples make this book an excellent teaching tool for computer science and electronic engineering instructors.

Booknews

An overview of the technology of compression and decompression of digital images and video through the use of an enCODer/DECoder (or CODEC). After dealing with fundamental concepts of compression and international standards for video coding, Richards on (Robert Gordon U., UK) presents separate sections on key components of video CODECs and system design issues. Topics include motion estimation and compensation, transform coding, entropy coding, pre- and post- processing, distortion and complexity, transmission of coded video, and platforms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Expert NET Delivery Using NAnt and CruiseControlNET or Dont Take My Picture

2009-02-05T04:12:00.000-08:00

Expert .NET Delivery Using NAnt and CruiseControl.NET

Author: Marc Holmes

an outstanding book for development teams wanting to build a reliable, automated delivery system.

— Jim Holmes, Slashdot Contributor

It covers NAnt so thoroughly it's amazing.

— Bill Ryan, Bill's House O Insomnia

...a nice tutorial for NAnt and CruiseControl.NET.

— Lasse Koskela, JavaRanch Sheriff

At first glance, building and deploying applications seem simple enough. But in fact, difficult releases without any confidence or processes backing them are very common. Integration and management of a new deployment can be laborious and fraught with risk. So as team size and volume of projects grow, management becomes more difficult and risk more pronounced.

This book is a guide to the implementation of good processes in a .NET environment. Author Marc Holmes focuses on actual implementation, and details patterns and anti-patterns to watch out for. He also provides a practical and in-depth look at NAnt and CruiseControl.NET, and solutions to common problem scenarios.

For additional insights, visit the author's blog, Marc: My Words.

New interesting textbook: The Cell Phone or Media Now

Don't Take My Picture!: How toTake Fantastic Digital Photos of Family and Friends (and Have Fun!)

Author: Craig Aless

This no-nonsense introductory guide coaches novice photographers in every aspect of taking great pictures of their friends and family, from selecting the right type of camera to shooting the actual pictures. Composed of a series of simple, concise discussions—each just two to three pages in length—this book addresses the basics of great imaging without requiring too much study time. Features include a description of camera types and their main components, photo composition guidelines on subject placement and camera angles, information on creating lighting effects, and professional posing techniques. An update of a classic, this latest edition has been freshened with new portrait and product shots and a new section on digital cameras and digital capture techniques.

IIS 6 Administration or Sim City Societies

2009-02-04T00:00:00.000-08:00

IIS 6 Administration (Network Administration Series)

Author: Mitch Tulloch

Author Mitch Tulloch, MCT, MCSE, skillfully guides readers through the administration of Web service, security, application pools, performance, and much more. Learn valuable configuration, maintenance, and content management techniques, manage the FTP, SMTP, and NNTP services, and easily troubleshoot documentation and content development issues.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Pt. I	Overview
1	Introducing IIS 6	3
2	IIS 6 Architecture	25
Pt. II	Deployment
3	Planning Deployment	61
4	Installing IIS 6	99
Pt. III	Basic Administration
5	Administering Standard/Enterprise Edition	141
6	Administering Web Edition	171
7	Creating and Configuring Websites	187
8	Creating and Configuring Applications	217
9	Creating and Configuring FTP Sites	247
Pt. IV	Advanced Administration
10	Securing IIS	269
11	Working from the Command-Line	325
12	Performance Tuning and Monitoring	361
13	Maintenance and Troubleshooting	399
14	Working with the Metabase	451
15	SMTP and NNTP	517
16	Publishing with IIS	559
Pt. V	Appendixes
A	Comparison of IIS 5 and 6	581
B	Useful IIS Resources	583
	Index	585

Book about: Food Soul or Low Carb Slow Easy

Sim City Societies

Author: Greg Kramer

Objects: Tables detailing stats and strategies for all 350 unique buildings, objects, and roads.
Societal Energies: Customize the core attributes of your city with tutorials to help you master the new "societal energies" system.
Customize Your City: Learn to shape your city into a Orwellian Utopia, a city of technology, a city of contemplation, or a police state.
Unlockables: Detailed lists of all unlockable buildings along with steps to unlocking them.

I Avatar or Eclipse

2009-02-02T19:48:00.000-08:00

I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequences of Having a Second Life (Voices That Matter Series)

Author: Mark Stephen Meadows

What is an avatar? Why are there nearly a billion of them, and who is using them? Do avatars impact our real lives, or are they just video game conceits? Is an avatar an inspired rendering of its creator's inner self, or is it just one among millions of anonymous vehicles clogging the online freeways? Can we use our avatars to really connect with people, or do they just isolate us? And as we become more like our avatars do they become more like us?

In I, Avatar, Mark Stephen Meadows answers some of these questions, but more importantly, he raises hundreds of others in his exploration of avatars and the fascinating possibilities they hold. His examination of avatars through the lenses of sociology, psychology, politics, history, and art, he will change the way you look at even a simple online profile and revolutionize the idea of avatars as part of our lives, whether first or second.

New interesting textbook: Pan or The Basic Basics

Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-Ins

Author: Eric Clayberg

"I'm often asked, 'What are the best books about Eclipse?' Number one on my list, every time, is Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins. I find it to be the clearest and most relevant book about Eclipse for the real-world software developer. Other Eclipse books focus on the internal Eclipse architecture or on repeating the Eclipse documentation, whereas this book is laser focused on the issues and concepts that matter when you're trying to build a product."
-- Bjorn Freeman-Benson
Director, Open Source Process, Eclipse Foundation

"As the title suggests, this massive tome is intended as a guide to best practices for writing Eclipse plug-ins. I think in that respect it succeeds handily. Before you even think about distributing a plug-in you've written, read this book."
-- Ernest Friedman-Hill
Sheriff, JavaRanch.com

"Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins was an invaluable training aid for all of our team members. In fact, training our team without the use of this book as a base would have been virtually impossible. It is now required reading for all our developers and helped us deliver a brand-new, very complex product on time and on budget thanks to the great job this book does of explaining the process of building plug-ins for Eclipse."
-- Bruce Gruenbaum

"This is easily one of the most useful books I own. If you are new to developing Eclipse plug-ins, it is a 'must-have' that will save you lots of time and effort. You will find lots of good advice in here, especially things that will help add a whole layer of professionalism and completeness to any plug-in.The book is very focused, well-structured, thorough, clearly written, and doesn't contain a single page of 'waffly page filler.' The diagrams explaining the relationships between the different components and manifest sections are excellent and aid in understanding how everything fits together. This book goes well beyond Actions, Views, and Editors, and I think everyone will benefit from the authors' experience. I certainly have."
-- Tony Saveski

"The authors of this seminal book have decades of proven experience with the most productive and robust software engineering technologies ever developed. Their experiences have now been well applied to the use of Eclipse for more effective Java development. A must-have for any serious software engineering professional!"
-- Ed Klimas

"Just wanted to also let you know this is an excellent book! Thanks for putting forth the effort to create a book that is easy to read and technical at the same time!"
-- Brooke Hedrick

"The key to developing great plug-ins for Eclipse is understanding where and how to extend the IDE, and that's what this book gives you. It is a must for serious plug-in developers, especially those building commercial applications. I wouldn't be without it."
-- Brian Wilkerson

"If you're looking for just one Eclipse plug-in development book that will be your guide, this is the one. While there are other books available on Eclipse, few dive as deep as Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins."
-- Simon Archer

Eclipse has established itself as a dominant force in the application-development space. Key to the success of Eclipse is the ability of developers to extend its functionality using plug-ins.

This new edition of Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins is the definitive, start-to-finish guide to building commercial-quality Eclipse plug-ins, with an emphasis on adding the sophistication and polish that paying customers demand. The book provides both a quick introduction to using Eclipse for new users and a reference for experienced Eclipse users wishing to expand their knowledge and improve the quality of their Eclipse-based products.

Revised to take advantage of pure Eclipse 3.1 and 3.2 APIs, this widely praised bestseller presents detailed, practical coverage of every aspect of plug-in development and specific solutions for the challenges developers are most likely to encounter. All code examples, relevant API listings, diagrams, and screen captures have been updated.

Some Eclipse concepts--such as actions, views, and editors--have not changed radically, but now have additional functionality and capabilities. Other areas, such as the Eclipse plug-in infrastructure, have changed drastically due to the Eclipse shift towards an OSGi-based infrastructure. This edition is fully updated to address these new advances for Eclipse developers.

Includes a quick introduction to Eclipse for experienced Java programmers

Serves as a systematic reference for experienced Eclipse users

Introduces all the tools you need to build Eclipse and Rational plug-ins

Explains the Eclipse architecture and the structure of plug-ins and extension points

Offers practical guidance on building Eclipse user interfaces with SWT and JFace

Shows how to use change tracking, perspectives, builders, markers, natures, and more

Covers internationalization, help systems, features, and branding

This book is designed for anyone who wants a deep understanding of Eclipse, and every experienced developer interested in extending Eclipse or the Rational Software Development Platform.

	Foreword
	Foreword
Ch. 1	Using Eclipse tools	1
Ch. 2	A simple plug-in example	83
Ch. 3	Eclipse infrastructure	129
Ch. 4	The standard widget toolkit	155
Ch. 5	JFace viewers	213
Ch. 6	Actions	235
Ch. 7	Views	285
Ch. 8	Editors	349
Ch. 9	Resource change tracking	397
Ch. 10	Perspectives	411
Ch. 11	Dialogs and wizards	429
Ch. 12	Preference pages	479
Ch. 13	Properties	507
Ch. 14	Builders, markers, and natures	529
Ch. 15	Implementing help	571
Ch. 16	Internationalization	603
Ch. 17	Creating new extension points	627
Ch. 18	Features and branding	653
Ch. 19	Building a product	693
Ch. 20	Advanced topics	739

Mastering Digital Photography or Administering Windows Server 2008 Server Core

2009-02-01T15:35:00.000-08:00

Mastering Digital Photography

Author: David D Busch

Mastering Digital Photography, Second Edition moves beyond the typical digital camera book. It is a book about digital photography: how to take great pictures and make great images that leverage the strengths of computer technology, while taking into account the special needs of digital cameras. Whether you're a snap-shooting tyro, or an experienced photographer moving into the digital realm, you'll find the knowledge you need here. This is the book that will show you how to explore the fascinating world of photography with digital technology.

Books about: American Heroes or Think Tanks Public Policy and the Politics of Expertise

Administering Windows Server 2008 Server Core

Author: John Paul Mueller

Microsoft's new GUI-less Server Core is a command line version of Windows Server 2008 that offers better security, reduced size, and faster access. Inside this comprehensive guide, you'll find everything you need to quickly master this sleek new version. Packed with instructions and practical examples, this book teaches you how to operate in a windowless environment, including using all the commands, creating BAT files, working with scripts, using registry hacks, managing remote systems, and more. Includes best practices, 52 indispensable command line tricks, and an alphabetical list of all the commands.

The Computer Cartoon Kit or Introducing 3ds Max 9

2009-01-31T11:23:00.000-08:00

The Computer Cartoon Kit: All You Need to Make Your Own Comic Strips with CD-ROM

Author: Steve Marchant

Here-in book format with accompanying CD-ROM-is a tutorial for beginning cartoonists. It presents detailed instruction on creating comics, from scripting and storytelling to finished composition and distribution both to print and Internet publishers. The book opens with a short history of cartoons and points out different comic book styles that have evolved over the decades. It goes on to recommend software for beginning cartoonists, focusing on widely-used Photoshop software and explaining how to use it. Additional advice and instruction explains how to choose and customize images from the accompanying disc, how to add text and dialogue balloons to a story, how to size formats for printing on the Web, and even how to create your own image library. The book features more than 400 color illustrations and the CD-ROM contains more than 100 copyright-free comic book images.

Introducing 3ds Max 9: 3D for Beginners

Author: Dariush Derakhshani

Video game and feature-film artists have used 3ds Max to create Halo 2, King Kong, Myst V, and more. Now you can harness this popular animation software with the clear, step-by-step instructions in this easy-to-follow guide. This book breaks down the complexities of 3D modeling, texturing, animating, and visual effects. Clear-cut explanations, tutorials, and hands-on projects help build your skills and a special color insert includes real-world examples from talented 3ds Max beginners.

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

Measuring Computer Performance or The Engineering Design of Systems

2009-01-30T07:12:00.000-08:00

Measuring Computer Performance: A Practitioner's Guide

Author: David J Lilja

Measuring Computer Performance sets out the fundamental techniques used in analyzing and understanding the performance of computer systems. The emphasis is on practical methods of measurement, simulation, and analytical modeling. David Lilja discusses performance metrics and provides detailed coverage of the strategies used in benchmark programs. In addition to intuitive explanations of key statistical tools, he describes the general "design of experiments" technique and shows how the maximum amount of information can be obtained with minimum effort. Features include appendices listing common probability distributions and statistical tables and a glossary of important technical terms.

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
1	Introduction	1
2	Metrics of performance	9
3	Average performance and variability	25
4	Errors in experimental measurements	43
5	Comparing alternatives	61
6	Measurement tools and techniques	82
7	Benchmark programs	111
8	Linear-regression models	139
9	The design of experiments	157
10	Simulation and random-number generation	181
11	Queueing analysis	217
	App. A: Glossary	239
App. B	Some useful probability distributions	242
App. C	Selected statistical tables	249
	Index	258

The Engineering Design of Systems: Models and Methods

Author: Dennis M Bued

Systems engineering is the design of a complex interconnection of many elements to maximize performance. As such, the science relates to all fields of engineering. While systems engineering has always played an important role in industrial and military applications, advances in communications and computer technology have made this discipline especially relevant. This book introduces design methods and models used by systems engineers in the real world. It offer a comprehensive, integrated treatment that includes modeling, underlying design principles, and the process of optimization for peak performance.

MCSE Windows Server 2003 All in One Exam Guide or Marketing Your Retail Store in the Internet Age

2009-01-29T03:00:00.000-08:00

MCSE Windows Server 2003 All-in-One Exam Guide (70-290, 70-291, 70-293 & 70-294)

Author: Brian Culp

All-in-One is all you need! This authoritative reference offers complete coverage of all material on the MCSE Windows Server 2003 exams 70-290, 70-291-, 70-293, and 70-294. You’ll find exam objectives at the beginning of each chapter, helpful exam tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and photographs and illustrations. The bonus CD-ROM contains a testing engine with questions found only on the CD. This comprehensive guide not only helps you pass this challenging exam, but will also serve as an invaluable on-the-job reference.

Book review: Informação sobre Carreira, Aconselhamento de Carreira, e Desenvolvimento de Carreira

Marketing Your Retail Store in the Internet Age

Author: Bob Negen

If you own and operate a small retail business, this guide will give you a proven system for marketing your store, allowing you to compete with online merchants and big-box stores alike. Full of fresh and innovative ideas for promoting small stores, it will show you how to create a great in-store experience and build loyal, long-lasting relationships with customers.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Who Should Read This Book.

Who Are Bob and Susan Negen and Why Should You Listen to Them?

The Bad News.

The Good News.

The New Millennium Merchant.

The WhizBang! Marketing System: Four Steps to Higher Sales and Happier Customers.

How to Use This Book.

Step One: How to Get New Customers without Going Broke.

Five Key Concepts for Getting New Customers.

Key Concept #1: Be Willing to Pay to Get New Customers.

Key Concept #2: Understand the Lifetime Value of a Customer.

Key Concept #3: Break Even on the Front End, Break the Bank on the Back End.

Key Concept #4: Apply the “Rule of Reciprocity”.

Key Concept #5: Leverage the Power of Affinity Marketing.

Six Low-Tech Tactics to Get New Customers without Going Broke.

New Customer Tactic #1: Give Away Gift Certificates.

New Customer Tactic #2: Send Endorsed Mailings.

New Customer Tactic #3: Partner with a Charitable Cause.

New Customer Tactic #4: Create a Referral System.

New Customer Tactic #5: Engage in “Donut Marketing”.

New Customer Tactic #6: Generate Publicity.

Six High-Tech Tactics to Get New Customers.

New Customer Tactic #7: Have a Great Website.

New Customer Tactic #8: Seek Out Reciprocal Links.

New Customer Tactic #9: Set Up Email Endorsements.

New Customer Tactic #10: Ask Customers to Forward to aFriend.

New Customer Tactic #11: Online User Groups and Chat Rooms.

New Customer Tactic #12: Get Good Search Engine Placement.

Special Section: The Traditional Media.

Why Advertising Doesn’t Usually Work for Independent Retailers and What You Can Do About It.

Special Section: Copywriting for Retailers.

Killer Copy: How to Write Messages That Sell.

The Ten Commandments of Copywriting for Retailers.

Step Two: Turn a First-Time Buyer into a Regular Customer.

Two Key Concepts for Turning a First-Time Buyer into a Regular Customer.

Key Concept #1: Lifetime Value of a Customer.

Key Concept #2: The Big Switch.

Three Low-Tech Tactics for Turning a First-Time Buyer into a Regular Customer.

Turn Them into a Regular Customer Tactic #1: Give a Great First Experience in Your Store.

Turn Them into a Regular Customer Tactic #2: Ask For Their Contact Information.

Turn Them into a Regular Customer Tactic #3: Follow Up Immediately.

Two High-Tech Tactics for Turning a First-Time Buyer into a Regular Customer.

Turn Them into a Regular Customer Tactic #4: Have a Newsletter Sign-Up on Your Website.

Turn Them into a Regular Customer Tactic #5: Create Automatic Welcome Emails.

Step Three: Get Your Customers to Shop More Often.

Two Key Concepts to Get Your Customers to Shop More Often.

Key Concept #1: It’s Your Responsibility to Be Remembered, Not Your Customer’s Responsibility to Remember You.

Key Concept #2: The Secret Strategy: Become a Broader Resource.

Four Low-Tech Tactics to Get Your Customers to Shop More Often.

Shop More Often Tactic #1: Have Lots of Promotions.

Shop More Often Tactic #2: Have a Big, Bold, Preferred Customer Club.

Shop More Often Tactic #3: Send Snail Mail.

Shop More Often Tactic #4: Use Bag Stuffers and Bounce Backs.

Four High-Tech Tactics to Get Your Customers to Shop More Often.

Shop More Often Tactic #5: Manage Your Customer Database.

Shop More Often Tactic #6: Use Email Marketing to Stay in Touch with Your Customers.

Shop More Often Tactic #7: Make Your Website a Resource for Your Customers.

Shop More Often Tactic #8: Use Email Campaigns to Sell Related Products.

Step Four: Keep Your Customers for Life.

Six Key Concepts to Keep Customers for Life.

Key Concept #1: Keep Your Customers for as Many Years as Possible.

Key Concept #2: Never Take Your Customers for Granted.

Key Concept #3: Be Constant.

Key Concept #4: Be Consistent.

Key Concept #5: Keep Your Approach to Your Business Fresh and Exciting.

Key Concept #6: What’s a Customer Worth? Show Me the Money!

Three Terrific Tactics to Keep Customers for Life.

Terrific Tactic #1: Build a Marketing Plan.

Terrific Tactic #2: Track the Effectiveness of Your Marketing Efforts.

Terrific Tactic #3: Fight “Perceived Indifference” Tooth and Nail.

Conclusion.

Index.

Grand Theft Auto or Microsoft Entourage 2004

2009-01-27T22:48:00.000-08:00

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas(tm) Official Strategy Guide X-Box and PC

Author: BradyGames

BradyGames' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Strategy Guide includes the following:

THE MISSIONS: We'll guide you through three cities, a sprawling wilderness, and loads of action. Where to go, who to meet, and what to do to earn the most cash and respect.
THE MAPS: The most complete visual reference for San Andreas. Each city and territory is charted to detail every square mile. Find everything.
THE EXTRAS: The missions are just the beginning. We reveal a lifetime of diversions by covering all the odd jobs, extra missions, Unique Jumps, and Bonus Items San Andreas has to offer.
THE VEHICLES: A virtual showroom of every mode of transportation at your disposal.
THE SECRETS: Every city has its hidden spots that only the locals know about. We show you where they are. Find every gang tag, collect every oyster and horseshoe, snap every photo-op, launch every stunt jump, locate extra power-ups, and more!
BONUS FOLD-OUT: Required Odd Jobs Map!

Platform: XBOX and PC
Genre: Action/Adventure

This product is available for sale worldwide.

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Microsoft Entourage 2004: For Mac OS X (Visual Quickstart Guide)

Author: Steve Schwartz

Both by itself and as part of Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac OS X, Entourage 2004 is about more than just email: It's about managing contacts and setting up appointments and creating task lists. But most of all it's about organization--providing a unified view for sharing, creating, and managing the information that threatens to engulf us. Here to help you make the most of it is the first Visual QuickStart Guide devoted entirely to the topic. In these pages you'll find all the task-based, step-by-step instruction you need to master every aspect of Entourage--from managing multiple email accounts to setting up groups, creating customized send and receive schedules, and more. Best of all, you¿ll get the skinny on all of Entourage 2004's new features--most notably, the very cool Project Center, which provides a single location from which you can view and organize all of the email, files, contacts, meetings, and tasks associated with a given project.

Active Directory Cookbook or Digital Photography for Childrens and Family Portraiture

2009-01-26T18:37:00.000-08:00

Active Directory Cookbook

Author: Robbie Allen

Author Robbie Allen, a senior systems architect at Cisco and co-author of the Active Directory tutorial, bases this collection of troubleshooting recipes on his own experience, along with Windows administrators throughout the industry.

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Digital Photography for Children's and Family Portraiture

Author: Kathleen Hawkins

As quality digital photos become more achievable by parents and amateurs, this guide aims to help professional photographers reclaim the family demographic by outlining how to create highly artistic, technically masterful portraits and truly one-of-a-kind keepsakes. Starting with a look at how working digitally impacts a business and explaining the key benefits of new technologies, this manual shows how to lay the foundation for successful client interactions and quality digital photos. Both beginning photographers and seasoned pros will learn how to select the best equipment for the job, how programs such as Adobe Photoshop can make a typical shot really shine, how to work with a lab or print in studio, and how to design and produce standout albums for clients. Details on planning the shoot—from choosing clothing that works best to selecting props for children's theme images or family portraits—are also included.

ALS Security Certification or Approaching Quantum Computing

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

ALS Security+ Certification

Author: Microsoft Official Academic Cours

A complete program of textbook, lab manual, and software, this Academic Learning Series textbook and lab manual provides everything students need to build the knowledge and skills necessary to implement and manage network security. Coverage includes authentication, encryption, public key infrastructure, and network infrastructure. In addition, this textbook will help students to prepare for the CompTIA examination: Security+. A complete set of instructor resources supports the book.

Approaching Quantum Computing

Author: Dan C Marinescu

With a clear writing style and matter-of-fact approach, this rigorous yet accessible introduction to quantum computing is designed for readers with a solid mathematical background but limited knowledge of physics and quantum mechanics. Using a methodical approach and an abundance of worked examples, this handbook delivers a thorough introduction to the quantum circuit model, including the mathematical formalism required for quantum computing. Concentrates on the quantum circuit model to make complex subject matter more accessible. Provides a phenomenological introduction to quantum computing, encouraging readers to view the subject as a fundamentally new approach to computing. Detailed presentation of quantum algorithms demonstrates the logic behind the development of Deutsch’s problem, quantum Fourier transform, Shor’s factoring algorithm, Simon’s algorithm for phase estimation, and discrete logarithms evaluation problems. For anyone interested in learning more about quantum computing.

A Guide to MySQL or GarageBand2

2009-01-24T10:11:00.000-08:00

A Guide to MySQL

Author: Philip J Pratt

The MySQL® database has become the world's most popular open source database because of its consistent fast performance, high reliability, and ease of use. That's why best-selling authors Phil Pratt and Mary Last are pleased to introduce their latest database textbook - A Guide to MySQL. This straightforward text utilizes three case databases - Premiere Products, Henry Books, and Alexamara Marina Group - to teach the concepts and techniques of using MySQL. Your students will gain the skills to build professional quality MySQL databases, thanks to this real-world approach. Additional hands-on exercises at the end of each chapter offer students the opportunity to problem-solve based on what they've previously learned.

1. Introduction to Premiere Products, Henry Books, and Alexamara Marina Group
2. Database Design Fundamentals
3. An Introduction to SQL
4. Single-Table Queries
5. Multiple-Table Queries
6. Updating Data
7. Database Administration
8. MySQL Special Topics
Appendix A: SQL Reference AppendixB: How Do I Reference
Appendix C. Answers to Odd-Numbered Review Questions

Book about: Angels in the Kitchen or When Friends Gather for Tea

GarageBand2: The Missing Manual

Author: David Pogu

Whether you're a professional musician or a mere novice,Apple's GarageBand software has everything you need toproduce commercial-quality recordings entirely on your own. Just imagine how many thousands of singers andinstrumentalists remain undiscovered because they lack thecapability to produce viable demos. Well, no more.

Now there's no need to assemble a backup band or book timeat a professional studio—GarageBand has it covered. AndGarageBand 2: The Missing Manual gives you the know-how youneed to make it all happen. It's an authoritative, wittyguide to constructing digital recordings with GarageBand.

Written by the master of the Missing Manual series, and amusician himself, David Pogue, this top-selling book showsyou how to maximize the program's entire set of tools. Pre-recorded loops, sampled sounds, live recordings—they'reall explained in easy-to-understand language. It also showsyou how to apply professional-sounding effects like reverbor chorusing, and then export the finished product toiTunes, where you can download your work to an iPod, exportit as an MP3, or burn it onto CDs.

Now revised to reflect GarageBand's latest features, thisbook's second edition also addresses how to:use GarageBand's eight-track capabilitiesdisplay music notation in real timeenhance timing and pitch for better quality recordingschange the tempo and key of recorded instrumentstune guitars with GarageBand before recording

So if you're chasing a dream or just having fun, GarageBand2: The Missing Manual is the only resource you need to makethe finest musical recordings possible.

Data Visualization or Information Trapping

2009-01-23T05:59:00.000-08:00

Data Visualization: Principles and Practice

Author: Alexandru C Telea

Data Visualization: Principles and Practice provides a concise introduction to the field of data visualization. The material focuses on those techniques and methods that have a broad applicability in visualization applications, occur in most practical problems in various guises, and do not demand a specialized background to be understood. A number of less mainstream visualization techniques are also covered.

Features:

• Gives the reader an idea of the large variety of applications of data visualization
• Emphasizes the strong connections between visualization and related disciplines
• Practical examples in C++ and OpenGL

Techniques:

• scalar visualization
• vector visualization
• tensor visualization
• domain modeling
• image visualization
• volume visualization
• information visualization

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Information Trapping: Real-Time Research on the Web

Author: Tara Calishain

How many times have you run a Google search that resulted in thousands of results? With 8 billion pages online and more every day, it's increasingly likely that the Web contains the information you're looking for---if only you could find it. With Information Trapping: Real-Time Research on the Web, Tara Calishain makes researching more efficient for the thousands of academics, journalists, scientists, and professionals for whom the Web is an indispensable tool---as well as bloggers, genealogists, and other hobbyists with a passion to pursue. She does so by teaching the latest techniques in creating ongoing information-gathering systems that are as automated as possible. Instead of the usual static, single instance of finding information, she demonstrates how to use RSS feeds, page monitoring tools, and other software so readers can move from browsing to setting up streams of data that they'll capture and review.

Joe Celkos SQL for Smarties or Adobe PhotoShop CS3 A Z

2009-01-22T01:48:00.000-08:00

Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming

Author: Joe Celko

SQL for Smarties was hailed as the first book devoted explicitly to the advanced techniques needed to transform an experienced SQL programmer into an expert. Now, 10 years later and in the third edition, this classic still reigns supreme as the book written by an SQL master that teaches future SQL masters. These are not just tips and techniques; Joe also offers the best solutions to old and new challenges and conveys the way you need to think in order to get the most out of SQL programming efforts for both correctness and performance.

In the third edition, Joe features new examples and updates to SQL-99, expanded sections of Query techniques, and a new section on schema design, with the same war-story teaching style that made the first and second editions of this book classics.

Features:
* Expert advice from a noted SQL authority and award-winning columnist, who has given ten years of service to the ANSI SQL standards committee and many more years of dependable help to readers of online forums.
* Teaches scores of advanced techniques that can be used with any product, in any SQL environment, whether it is an SQL-92 or SQL-99 environment.
* Offers tips for working around system deficiencies.
* Continues to use war stories--updated!--that give insights into real-world SQL programming challenges.

About the Author:
Joe Celko is a noted consultant, lecturer, teacher, and one of the most-read SQL authors in the world. He is well known for his ten years of service on the ANSI SQL standards committee, his dependable help on assorted SQL newsgroups, his column in Intelligent Enterprise (which won several Reader's Choice Awards), andthe war stories he tells to provide real-world insights into SQL programming. His best-selling books include Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming, Joe Celko's SQL Puzzles and Answers, Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties, and Joe Celko's SQL Style, all published by Morgan Kaufmann.

Booknews

A compendium of tips and tricks for advanced SQL programming, with coverage of database and data design, data types, and operations on tables, in an informal, conversational style. The bulk of the book covers predicates and logical operators of SQL, and complex queries. SQL-89 features now supported by commercial RDBMSs are discussed, as well as SQL-92 and how it's being implemented in current and future database products. An appendix offers source code for six check-digit programs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Adobe PhotoShop CS3 A-Z: Tools and Features

Author: Philip Andrews

Photoshop users of all levels need access to the crucial information in a flash. Techniques books provide the step-by-step instructions and how-to advice but this easy to navigate, dip-into guide provides quick answers to the inevitable 'what does that do?' questions that all too often bring progress to a grinding halt.

The full colour A to Z format covers hundreds of tools, features and menu options clearly and succinctly, with cross-references to related topics, screen shots and illustrative examples to help things fall into place. A new techniques section delves deeper into key areas, providing more instruction on essential tasks in an easy, step-by-step format. Fully updated with new CS3 features throughout, this is the Photoshop desk reference to adorn every digital image-maker's shelf.

* Intuitive A to Z format and clear, concise definitions make this the ideal desk reference guide to Photoshop's multitude of tools, options and features.

* Find the explanations, answers and practical advice you need to quickly get on with the task in hand - don't waste time looking anywhere else!

* Fully updated for CS3, with source images from the book and supporting tutorials provided on the accompanying website: photoshop-a-z.com.

* Intuitive A to Z format and clear, concise definitions make this the ideal desk reference guide to Photoshop's multitude of tools, options and features.
* Find the explanations, answers and practical advice you need to quickly get on with the task in hand - don't waste time looking anywhere else!
* Fully updated for CS3, with source images from the book and supporting tutorials provided on the accompanying website:photoshop-a-z.com.

SECTION 1: Fast solutions for everyday editing tasks; SECTION 2: Accented Edges filter — Automate; Bridge Background color - Button mode; Cache - Cutout filter; Darken blend mode - Dust & Scratches filter; Edges - Eyedropper tool; Facet filter - Fuzziness setting; Gamut Warning - Guides; Smart Halftone Pattern filter - Hue/Saturation adjustment layer; ICC profiles - Knockout; LAB color - LZW compression; Magic Eraser tool - Multi-Page PDF to PSD; Navigator -Notes; Ocean Ripple filter - Overlay blend mode; Page Setup - Quick Mask mode; Radial Blur filter - Rulers; Sample All Layers - Swatches palette; Text - Type Masks; Underlining type - Use All Layers; Vanishing Point filter - Vivid Light blending mode; Warp - Workspace; Photoshop XMP - ZoomView format

Show Me Microsoft Office Project 2003 or Software Project Management

2009-01-20T21:36:00.000-08:00

Show Me! Microsoft Office Project 2003

Author: Brian Kennemer

Show Me Microsoft Office Project 2003 covers all the most important Project tasks using clear, step-by-step instructions, and is illustrated with hundreds of helpful screenshots. This easy-to-use book includes Show Me Live! Software that shows you how to perform everyday tasks and helps you gain real-world project experience. Other features include PM Focus, a full sidebar page with project management related information explaining when and why you might use a particular Project function.

The book is perfect for the advanced beginner to intermediate user who has limited experience with Project and who wants to learn through a highly visual, less text extensive approach. Because it is a task-based reference, it is also great for previous version users who want to quickly get up to speed on a new version.

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Software Project Management: A Unified Framework

Author: Walker Royc

Software Project Management presents a new management framework uniquely suited to the complexities of modern software development. Walker Royce's pragmatic perspective exposes the shortcomings of many well-accepted management priorities and equips software professionals with state-of-the-art knowledge derived from his twenty years of successful from-the-trenches project management experience.

This book provides a clear and provocative discussion of the economics, metrics, and management strategies needed to plan and execute a software project successfully. Royce discusses-with refreshing candor-some of the fads, follies, and excesses of the software industry, clearly differentiating proven techniques from obsolete methods. Paired with this insightful examination are compelling arguments for new management approaches that are sure to stimulate debate. The relative impacts of these new techniques are quantified through simple economic analyses, common sense, and anecdotal evidence. The resulting framework strikes a pragmatic balance between theory and practice that can be readily applied in today's challenging development environment. An extensive case study of a large-scale, million-line project-deployed successfully on schedule and under budget using these techniques-further illustrates their application.

Software Project Management provides the software industry with field-proven benchmarks for making tactical decisions and strategic choices that will enhance an organization's probability of success.

This book includes:

Top ten principles for modern software management
Strategies for smoothly transitioning an organization to modern processes and technologies (such as Rational's Unified process)
Methods for keeping software engineering teams motivated and effectively prioritized
Insight into how technology, people, and economics impact project management.
Metrics and forecasting guidance for project costs, schedules, and quality control

AUTHORBIO: Walker Royce is a Vice President and General Manager at Rational Software Corporation. During the past two decades at Rational and TRW, he has performed in roles ranging from coder, designer, integrator, cost estimator, and trainer to software architect, R&D manager, product manager, and project manager.

From the backcover.

Dr. Dobb's Electronic Review of Computer Books - Gregory V. Wilson

Dancing Around the Problem

If you're like me, you had to wade through at least one dry, and apparently irrelevant, software engineering text at college. Well, guess what? You'll probably have to do it again a couple of years from now. If you do, you might want to check out the books reviewed below.

Every software developer I know believes that the Year 2000 bug is going to cause some degree of chaos. The debate tends to focus on how much, but I'm more interested in what will happen to our profession afterward. With millions of voters screaming about missing social security checks and driver's licenses that can't be renewed, politicians will want quick, tidy solutions.

I therefore predict that within a year or two there will be new laws in most jurisdictions requiring programmers to demonstrate that they meet certain professional standards in order to bid on large government contracts. And where will those standards come from? My best guess is that the top practices of the time, or at least practices with large advocacy groups, will be adopted wholesale. It really won't matter whether UML (for example) is the "right" notation for object-oriented design. It will be in the right place, at the right time, and we will all have to choose between using it, or letting big (and profitable) contracts pass us by.

All of which brings me to the first of this review's two books. Kim Caputo started on the Burroughs side of Unisys, which typically used many small teams to develop software. There was little process, and teams succeeded or failed based almost entirely on the strengths or weaknesses of their members. In contrast, the Sperry side of Unisys had lots of process documentation, but as the merged company's business changed, that documentation was becoming shelfware.

Walker Royce's Software Project Management, on the other hand, is a more traditional, but also somewhat iconoclastic, book. The introduction to Part I is a good indicator of Royce's approach:

"In the past 10 years, I have participated in the software process improvement efforts of several Fortune 500 companies. Typical goals of these efforts are to achieve a 2X, 3X, or 10X increase in productivity, qualtiy, time to market, or…all three…The funny thing is that many of these organizations have no idea what X is, in objective terms."

Royce's thesis is that many current software management practices are tied to archaic technologies and techniques. His book therefore focuses on what we should keep doing, what we should change, and why. For example, Chapter 4 is a point-by-point discussion of the points raised in Alan Davis's influential article "Fifteen Principles of Software Engineering." Royce argues that some of Davis's principles, such as evaluating design alternatives before starting construction, are anchored in the discredited waterfall model, and may actually be counter-productive in a world where iterative development is done using commodity components.

Similarly, Royce is sceptical about the benefits of code inspections, believing both that modern tools allow automated testing through the project lifecycle, and that code inspections are usually so boring that they are inevitably superficial. Perhaps his most challenging statement is that you shouldn't plan to throw this process away. Instead, you should plan to evolve your product.

Unfortunately, some of the middle chapters are bogged down with descriptions of management sets, requirements sets, and so on. These chapters discuss how the various bits and pieces of managementaria relate to one another, without actually describing what they are. For someone like me, who has never worked on a 100-person, multiyear project, it's all a bit opaque.

Despite that, I think Royce's book is worth reading, primarily because it challenges received wisdom. I came away feeling that he had tried many things, and had thought long and hard about why some approaches worked and some didn't. I believe we're all going to have to do that in about a year's time, and I recommend this book to anyone who wants to get an early start.

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	Foreword
	Preface
Pt. I	Software Management Renaissance	1
Ch. 1	Conventional Software Management	5
Ch. 2	Evolution of Software Economics	21
Ch. 3	Improving Software Economics	31
Ch. 4	The Old Way and the New	55
Pt. II	A Software Management Process Framework	69
Ch. 5	Life-Cycle Phases	73
Ch. 6	Artifacts of the Process	83
Ch. 7	Model-Based Software Architectures	109
Ch. 8	Workflows of the Process	117
Ch. 9	Checkpoints of the Process	125
Pt. III	Software Management Disciplines	135
Ch. 10	Iterative Process Planning	139
Ch. 11	Project Organizations and Responsibilities	155
Ch. 12	Process Automation	167
Ch. 13	Project Control and Process Instrumentation	187
Ch. 14	Tailoring the Process	209
Pt. IV	Looking Forward	221
Ch. 15	Modern Project Profiles	225
Ch. 16	Next-Generation Software Economics	237
Ch. 17	Modern Process Transitions	247
Pt. V	Case Studies and Backup Material	255
App. A	The State of the Practice in Software Management	259
App. B	The COCOMO Cost Estimation Model	265
App. C	Change Metrics	283
App. D	CCPDS-R Case Study	299
App. E	Process Improvement and Mapping to the CMM	363
	Glossary	391
	References	397
	Index	401

Master Guide for Glamour Photography or Guide to UNIX Using Linux Fourth Edition

2009-01-19T21:37:00.000-08:00

Master Guide for Glamour Photography: Digital Techniques and Images

Author: Chris Nelson

This guidebook to nude and beauty photography provides amateurs and professionals alike with the necessary tools to create tasteful and artistic images that exceed expectations. With tried-and-true, expert guidance, the entire photo-shoot process—from developing the desired style and look to digital post-production techniques—is explained. Tips on posing and lighting, styling hair and makeup, and establishing a rapport with the subject, as well as chapters on creating smart marketing strategies, building a client base, and maximizing referrals to creating eye-catching displays and websites, are also included.

Book about: Countermans Guide to Parts and Service Management or Telecommunications Management

Guide to UNIX Using Linux, Fourth Edition

Author: Michael Palmer

Written with a clear, straightforward writing style and packed with step-by-step projects for direct, hands-on learning, Guide to UNIX Using Linux, 4E is the perfect resource for learning UNIX and Linux from the ground up. Through the use of practical examples, end-of-chapter reviews, and interactive exercises, novice users are transformed into confident UNIX/Linux users who can employ utilities, master files, manage and query data, create scripts, access a network or the Internet, and navigate popular user interfaces and software. The updated 4th edition incorporates coverage of the latest versions of UNIX and Linux, including new versions of Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, and Uuntu Linux. A new chapter has also been added to cover basic networking utilities, and several other chapters have been expanded to include additional information on the KDE and GNOME desktops, as well as coverage of the popular OpenOffice.org office suite. With a strong focus on universal UNIX and Linux commands that are transferable to all versions of Linux, this book is a "must-have" for anyone seeking to develop their knowledge of these systems.

Chapter 1: THE ESSENCE OF UNIX AND LINUX
Chapter 2: EXPLORING THE UNIX/LINUX FILE SYSTEMS AND FILE SECURITY
Chapter 3: MASTERING EDITORS
Chapter 4: UNIX/LINUX FILE PROCESSING
Chapter 5: ADVANCED FILE PROCESSING
Chapter 6: INTRODUCTION TO SHELL SCRIPT PROGRAMMING
Chapter 7: ADVANCED SHELL PROGRAMMING
Chapter 8: EXPLORING THE UNIX/LINUX UTILITIES
Chapter 9: EXPLORING THE NETWORKING UTILITIES
Chapter 10: PERL AND CGI PROGRAMMING
Chapter 11: DEVELOPING UNIX/LINUX APPLICATIONS IN C AND C++
Chapter 12: THE X WINDOW SYSTEM
Appendix A: HOW TO ACCESS A UNIX/LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM
Appendix B: SYNTAX GUIDE TO UNIX/LINUX COMMANDS
Appendix C: HOW TO INSTALL FEDORA AND APACHE WEB SERVER
Appendix D: UNIX/LINUX VARIANTS
Appendix E: UNIX/LINUX SECURITY: NETWORK AND INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
Glossary

Murachs ADONET 2 0 Database Programming with VB 2005 or Physical Computing

2009-01-19T11:26:00.000-08:00

Murach's ADO.NET 2. 0 Database Programming with VB 2005

Author: Anne Boehm

This book shows Visual Basic developers how to use Visual Studio 2005 and ADO.NET 2.0 to develop database applications the way the best professionals do. For rapid application development and prototyping, this book shows how to use the 2.0 data sources feature. For serious production applications, this book shows how to build 3 consist of presentation, business, and database classes. For web applications, this book shows how to use the time-saving ASP.NET 2.0 data controls. To ensure mastery, this book presents 25 complete database applications that demonstrate best programming practices. And it's all done in the distinctive Murach style that has been training professional developers for more than 30 years.

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Physical Computing

Author: Tom Igo

The computer revolution has made it easy for people with little to no technical training to use a computer for such everyday tasks as typing a letter, saving files, or recording data. But what about more imaginative purposes such as starting your car, opening a door, or tracking the contents of your refrigerator? "Physical Computing" will not only change the way you use your computer, it will change the way you think about your computer-how you view its capabilities, how you interact with it, and how you put it to work for you. It's time to bridge the gap between the physical and the virtual-time to use more than just your fingers to interact with your computer. Step outside of the confines of the basic computer and into the broader world of computing.

Ch. 1	Electricity	3
Ch. 2	Shopping	9
Ch. 3	Building circuits	33
Ch. 4	The microcontroller	49
Ch. 5	Programming	65
Ch. 6	The "big four" schematics, programs and transducers	87
Ch. 7	Communicating between computers	137
Ch. 8	Physical interaction design, or techniques for polite conversation	181
Ch. 9	Sensing movement	217
Ch. 10	Making movement	249
Ch. 11	Touch me	285
Ch. 12	More communication between devices	295
Ch. 13	Controlling sound and light	353
Ch. 14	Managing multiple inputs and outputs	381
App. A	Choosing a microcontroller	415
App. B	Recommended suppliers	423

Random Data or Rough Guide to the iPhone

2009-01-19T02:14:00.000-08:00

Random Data: Analysis and Measurement Procedures

Author: Allan G Piersol

The classic reference on the theory and application of random data analysis-now expanded and revised. This eagerly awaited new edition of the bestselling random data analysis book continues to provide first-rate, practical tools for scientists and engineers who investigate dynamic data as well as those who use statistical methods to solve engineering problems. It is fully updated, covering new procedures developed since 1986 and extending the discussion to a remarkably broad range of applied fields, from aerospace and automotive industries to biomedical research. Comprehensive and self-contained, this new edition also greatly expands coverage of the theory, including derivations of key relationships in probability and random process theory not usually found in books of this kind. Special features of Random Data: Analysis and Measurement Procedures, Third Edition include:
* Basic probability functions for level crossings and peak values of random data
* Complete derivations of both old and new practical formulas for statistical error analysis of computed estimates
* The latest methods for data acquisition and processing as well as nonstationary data analysis
* Additional techniques on digital data analysis procedures
* New material on the analysis of multiple-input/multiple-output linear systems
* Numerous new examples and problem sets
* Hundreds of updated illustrations and references

*An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.

Technometrics

...time series analysts will certainly wish to have continuing access to both books and libraries will want to get copies of both new editions.

Technometrics

...time series analysts will certainly wish to have continuing access to both books and libraries will want to get copies of both new editions.

Zentralblatt Math

The book is a good practical reference for working engineers and scientists in many fields.

Measurement Science & Technology

...can be recommended for practical working engineers and scientists to support their daily work, as well as for university readers as a teaching textbook in advanced courses.

Booknews

Bendat and Piersol, both of whom have their own engineering company, produced the 1966 first edition as the practical reference for working engineers and scientists who work with random data in any discipline, for various US government agencies; it was titled . Shortly thereafter, computer technology opened a wide range of new techniques, and they updated their work in 1986. Since then, in addition to the continuing dialectic between developments in computer power and calculation techniques, two developments have shaped the third edition: their publication of a sister volume even more narrowly focused on practical applications, and the increasing use of this work as a teaching text for advanced courses on analyzing random processes. Therefore, their revisions here enhance the features useful in classrooms, including rigorous proofs and derivation of more of the basic relationships in random process theory, which are difficult to find elsewhere. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Basic Descriptions and Properties.
Linear Physical Systems.
Probability Fundamentals.
Statistical Principles.
Stationary Random Processes.
Single-Input/Output Relationships.
Multiple-Input/Output Relationships.
Statistical Errors in Basic Estimates.
Statistical Errors in Advanced Estimates.
Data Acquisition and Processing.
Data Analysis.
Nonstationary Data Analysis.
The Hilbert Transform.
Bibliography.
Appendices.
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
List of Examples.
Index.

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Rough Guide to the iPhone

Author: Peter Buckley

The ultimate updated companion to the second-generation 3G iPhone. This slick pocket-sized Rough Guide unlocks the myriad secrets of this extraordinary device from powering up the first time to sending pictures as email attachments and loading your phone with DVDs and vinyl. Understand all the latest tips and tricks with new content on customising your home screen, viewing on-screen lyrics, sending SMS messages to multiple recipients and watching iTunes movie rentals. The Rough Guide to iPhone includes up-to-the-minute information on using the iPhone at home including hooking up to your home wireless network and using it as a remote control for iTunes, TV and more. Discover what’s hot in the world of iPhone accessories with fresh information on web-based applications including creating web clips of your favourite websites and iPhone Maps to help you save time on the move. Meet the iPhone, Make it your own, Making calls, Listening to music, Email, Web browsing, Camera & pictures, Video & TV, Syncing and updates, all this plus much, much more.

The ultimate guide for the decade’s definitive gadget, whether you already have an iPhone or are thinking of buying one, this is the book for you.

Adobe Acrobat 6 PDF For Dummies or Splinter Cell

2009-01-18T14:02:00.000-08:00

Adobe Acrobat 6 PDF For Dummies

Author: Greg Harvey PhD

Covers accessing and distilling PDF files; converting Microsoft Office documents; capturing paper documents and Web pages; printing, annotating, editing and securing PDF files; extracting text and graphics; cataloging and distributing PDF files; creating interactive forms; and building multimedia presentations.

• Readers can convert any document to this universal file format, preserving all the fonts, formatting, graphics, and color of the source document regardless of the application and platform used to create it.

• PDF files can be published and distributed anywhere: in print, attached to e-mail, on corporate servers, posted on Web sites, or on CD-ROM

• Adobe PDF is the emerging workflow standard in the $400 billion publishing industry and plays a key role in financial services, regulated industries, and government, with more than 155 agencies worldwide sharing Adobe PDF files.

	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Presenting Acrobat and PDF Files	7
Ch. 1	The Ins and Outs of PDF Files	9
Ch. 2	Accessing PDF Files	21
Ch. 3	Getting Acquainted with Acrobat 6	53
Pt. II	The Wealth of Ways for Creating PDF Files	79
Ch. 4	Distilling PDF Files	81
Ch. 5	Converting Microsoft Office Documents	107
Ch. 6	Capturing Paper Documents	121
Ch. 7	Capturing Web Pages	133
Ch. 8	Printing PDF Files	147
Pt. III	Reviewing, Editing, and Securing PDFs	159
Ch. 9	Annotating PDF Files for Review	161
Ch. 10	Editing PDF Files	203
Ch. 11	Securing PDF Files	239
Ch. 12	Extracting Text and Graphics from PDF Files	263
Ch. 13	Cataloging and Distributing PDF Files	275
Pt. IV	PDFs as Electronic Documents	291
Ch. 14	Creating Interactive Forms	293
Ch. 15	Building and Publishing eBooks	237
Ch. 16	Making PDFs into Multimedia Presentations	355
Pt. V	The Part of Tens	377
Ch. 17	Top Ten Third-Party Acrobat Plug-Ins	379
Ch. 18	Top Ten Online Resources	383
	Index	387

Splinter Cell: Double Agent

Author: Dan Birlew

No Matter Whose Side You're On, You Need This Guide

·Find your way: Maps of all missions to guide you
·Choose your environment: Comprehensive walkthroughs for the Xbox 360, PlayStation2, GameCube, and PC versions of the game
·Avoid all alarms: Strategies to take down or evade every foe and obstacle in every solo and co-op mission
·Play all angles: Use the new Trust Level system to convince either the government or the terrorists that you are on their side
·Know your gadgets: Complete description of all equipment (and guns) of Splinter Cell agents
·Multiplayer mayhem: Get the drop on the competition with our expert tips and suggestions, including exclusive strategies from the Frag Dolls!

Landing Page Optimization or Nikon D50 Digital Field Guide

2009-01-17T11:20:00.000-08:00

Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions

Author: Tim Ash

How much money are you losing because of poor landing page design? In this comprehensive, step-by-step guide, you’ll learn all the skills necessary to dramatically improve your bottom line, including identifying mission critical parts of your website and their true economic value, defining important visitor classes and key conversion tasks, gaining insight on customer decision-making, uncovering problems with your page and deciding which elements to test, developing an action plan, and avoiding common pitfalls. Includes a companion website and a detailed review of the Google Website Optimizer tool.

Introduction.

Part I: Background.

Chapter 1: Setting the Stage.

Chapter 2: Understanding Your Landing Pages.

Chapter 3: Understanding Your Audience.

Chapter 4: Understanding The Decision Process.

Part II: What and How to Tune.

Chapter 5: Why Your Site Is Not Perfect.

Chapter 6: Selecting Elements to Tune.

Chapter 7: The Math of Tuning.

Chapter 8: Tuning Methods.

Part III: Getting It Done.

Chapter 9: Assembling the Team and Getting Buy-in.

Chapter 10: Developing Your Action Plan.

Chapter 11: Avoiding the Pitfalls.

Appendix A: A Closer Look at the Google Website Optimizer.

Glossary.

Index.

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Nikon D50 Digital Field Guide

Author: David D Busch

Whether you're a dedicated photographer on a budget or a serious hobbyist, the Nikon D50 will open new doors for you. You already know it's packed with features and reasonably priced; now learn to use all its tricks. This indispensable guide takes you step by step through everything the D50 can do. Better yet, it teaches you professional techniques for using lenses and lighting and taking top-quality shots. This is the book that belongs with you on every shoot.
* Use the Quick Tour to get familiar with your camera and start shooting
* Learn when to use each of the D50's seven DVP modes
* Explore metering techniques, ISO settings, and white balance
* Experiment with exposure, lenses, and lighting effects
* Delve into formulas for setting up and composing more than 25 different types of photographs
* Take the confusion out of downloading and editing your photos

Game Design or Programmable Logic Controllers 3e

2009-01-17T00:08:00.000-08:00

Game Design: Principles, Practice, and Techniques- the Ultimate Guide for the Aspiring Game Designer

Author: Barnaby Berbank Green

Practical, complete coverage of game design basics from design process to production

This full-color, structured coursebook offers complete coverage of game design basics, focusing on design rather than computer programming. Packed with exercises, assignments, and step-by-step instructions, it starts with an overview of design theory, then progresses to design processes, and concludes with coverage of design production.

Jim Thompson, Barnaby Berbank-Green, and Nic Cusworth (London, UK) are computer game designers and lecturers in animation and computer game design.

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Programmable Logic Controllers 3e

Author: Frank D Petruzella

Now available as a four-color text, this outstanding text for the first course in programmable logic controllers (PLCs) focuses on how PLCs work and gives students practical information about installing, programming, and maintaining PLC systems. It's not intended to replace manufacturer's or user's manuals, but rather complements and expands on the information contained in these materials. All topics are covered in small segments. Students systematically carry out a wide range of generic programming exercises and assignments. All of the information about PLCs has been updated.

1 Programmable Logic Controls (PLCs): An Overview2 PLC Hardware Components 3 Number Systems and Codes 4 Fundamentals of Logic 5 Basics of PLC Programming 6 Fundamental PLC Wiring Diagrams and Ladder Logic Programs 7 Programming Timers 8 Programming Counters 9 Program Control Instructions 10 Data Manipulation Instructions 11 Math Instructions 12 Sequencer and Shift Register Instructions 13 PLC Installation Practices, Editing, and Troubleshooting 14 Process Control and Data Acquisition Systems 15 Computer-Controlled Machines and Processes

Learning UML 20 or Financial Modeling Using Excel and VBA

2009-01-16T14:56:00.000-08:00

Learning UML 2.0

Author: Russ Miles

"Since its original introduction in 1997, the Unified Modeling Language has revolutionized software development. Every integrated software development environment in the world--open-source, standards-based, and proprietary--now supports UML and, more importantly, the model-driven approach to software development. This makes learning the newest UML standard, UML 2.0, critical for all software developers--and there isn't a better choice than this clear, step-by-step guide to learning the language." "--Richard Mark Soley, Chairman and CEO, OMG"

If you're like most software developers, you're building systems that are increasingly complex. Whether you're creating a desktop application or an enterprise system, complexity is the big hairy monster you must manage.

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) helps you manage this complexity. Whether you're looking to use UML as a blueprint language, a sketch tool, or as a programming language, this book will give you the need-to-know information on how to apply UML to your project. While there are plenty of books available that describe UML, "Learning UML 2.0" will show you how to use it. Topics covered include: Capturing your system's requirements in your model to help you ensure that your designs meet your users' needs Modeling the parts of your system and their relationships Modeling how the parts of your system work together to meet your system's requirements Modeling how your system moves into the real world, capturing how your system will be deployed

Engaging and accessible, this book shows you how to use UML to craft and communicate your project's design. Russ Miles and Kim Hamilton have written a pragmatic introduction to UMLbased onhard-earned practice, not theory. Regardless of the software process or methodology you use, this book is the one source you need to get up and running with UML 2.0. Additional information including exercises can be found at learninguml2.com.

Russ Miles is a software engineer for General Dynamics UK, where he works with Java and Distributed Systems, although his passion at the moment is Aspect Orientation and, in particular, AspectJ. Kim Hamilton is a senior software engineer at Northrop Grumman, where she's designed and implemented a variety of systems including web applications and distributed systems, with frequent detours into algorithms development.

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Financial Modeling Using Excel and VBA (Wiley Finance Series)

Author: Chandan Sengupta

Comprehensive instruction on developing real-world financial models
This book, designed for self-study, classroom use, and reference, presents a com-prehensive approach to developing simple to sophisticated financial models in all major areas of finance. The approach is based on the author's 20 years of experience of developing such models in the business world and teaching a popular MBA class in financial modeling. The book assumes only basic knowledge of Excel and teaches all advanced features of Excel and VBA from scratch using a unique simple method. A companion CD includes all working versions of all the models presented in the book and additional useful reference material.
Chandan Sengupta (White Plains, NY) teaches finance in the MBA program at Fordham University's Graduate School of Business. Formerly, he was vice president of the Chase Manhattan Bank for eight years and senior financial advisor for Mobil Corporation for 10 years. He is also the author of The Only Proven Road to Investment Success (0-471-44307-7).

	About This Book
Ch. 1	Introduction to Financial Modeling	1
Pt. 1	Excel for Financial Modeling
Ch. 2	Excel Basics	13
Ch. 3	Advanced Excel Features	28
Ch. 4	Excel's Built-in Functions and Analysis Tools	71
Pt. 2	Financial Modeling Using Excel
Ch. 5	How to Build Good Excel Models	118
Ch. 6	Financial Statements Forecasting	131
Ch. 7	Time Value of Money	185
Ch. 8	Financial Planning and Investments	223
Ch. 9	Analyzing Market History	247
Ch. 10	Bond Pricing and Duration	267
Ch. 11	Simulating Stock Prices	285
Ch. 12	Options and Option Portfolios	307
Ch. 13	Binomial Option Pricing	345
Pt. 3	VBA for Financial Modeling
Ch. 14	Introduction to VBA	383
Ch. 15	VBA Essentials	385
Ch. 16	Sub and Function Procedures	433
Ch. 17	Debugging VBA Models	445
Pt. 4	Financial Modeling Using VBA
Ch. 18	How to Build Good VBA Models	453
Ch. 19	Time Value of Money	463
Ch. 20	Financial Planning and Investments	519
Ch. 21	Analyzing Market History	548
Ch. 22	Simulating Stock Prices	575
Ch. 23	Options and Option Portfolios	583
Ch. 24	Binomial Option Pricing	599
App. A	Keyboard Shortcuts for Excel	613
App. B	VBA Quick Reference	615
App. C	Excel and VBA Built-in Functions	617
	Index	635
	About the CD-ROM	655

Oracle 10g Database Administrator or Advanced Perl Programming

2009-01-14T18:49:00.000-08:00

Oracle 10g Database Administrator: Implementation and Administration

Author: Gavin Powell

Oracle 10g: Database Administrator: Implementation and Administration (DBA1) uses the most current database release from Oracle to provide thorough coverage of an Oracle database through the day-to-day duties of a database administrator. This real-world approach, combined with topics ranging from initialization parameters and table space storage to data integrity, constraints, and user profiles, provides good preparation for the update Oracle certification exam, Database Fundamentals I (#1Z0-041). In addition to extensive review material, the end of chapter content also includes comprehensive coverage of the exam objectives and exam-like practice questions.

1. Oracle Architecture Overview
2. Tools and Architecture
3. Creating an Oracle Instance
4. Oracle Physical Architecture and Data Dictionary Views
5. Basic Storage Concepts and Settings
6. The Basics of Querying a Database
7. Basic Table Management
8. Advanced Table Management
9. Constraints, Indexes, and Other Specialized Objects
10. Basic Data Management
11. Advanced Data Management
12. Security Management
13. Performance Monitoring
14. Proactive Maintenance
15. Backup and Recovery

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Advanced Perl Programming

Author: Simon Cozens

With a worldwide community of users and more than a milliondedicated programmers, Perl has proven to be the mosteffective language for the latest trends in computing andbusiness.

Every programmer must keep up with the latest tools andtechniques. This updated version of Advanced PerlProgramming from O'Reilly gives you the essential knowledgeof the modern Perl programmer. Whatever your current levelof Perl expertise, this book will help you push your skillsto the next level and become a more accomplished programmer.

O'Reilly's most high level Perl tutorial to date, AdvancedPerl Programming, 2nd Edition teaches you all the complextechniques for production-ready Perl programs. Thiscompletely updated guide clearly explains concepts such asintrospection, overriding built-ins, extending Perl's OOmodel, and testing your code for greater stability.

Other topics include:
Complex data structures
Parsing
Templating toolkits
Working with natural language data
Unicode
Interaction with C and other languages

In addition, this guide demystifies once complex topics likeobject-related mapping and event-based development-armingyou with everything you need to completely upgrade yourskills.

Mercenaries 2 or Applying Domain Driven Design and Patterns

2009-01-14T09:37:00.000-08:00

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames: Prima Official Game Guide

Author: Prima Games

Mission intel: Full debriefing on all the missions and jobs you can take on.
Maps: Area maps to get you to the objectives, including a map of all of Venezuela!
Arsenal Breakdown: Rundown of weapons, vehicles, and gear to spend your mission payout on.
Co-op play: Expert tips on how you and your comrade can best approach hairy missions.

Gun for Hire
Tools of the Trade
XBox Achievements
Factions
Full Inventory
Map of Venezuela
Faction: PMC
Faction: Universal Petroleum
Faction: People's Liberation Army of Venezuela
Faction: Pirates
Faction: Chinese
Faction: Allied Nations (AN)
Final Contract
Spare Parts
Multiplayer Strategies

From the eBook edition.

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Applying Domain-Driven Design and Patterns: With Examples in C# and .NET

Author: Jimmy Nilsson

“[This] is a book about design in the .NET world, driven in an agile manner and infused with the products of the enterprise patterns community. [It] shows you how to begin applying such things as TDD, object relational mapping, and DDD to .NET projects...techniques that many developers think are the key to future software development.... As the technology gets more capable and sophisticated, it becomes more important to understand how to use it well. This book is a valuable step toward advancing that understanding.”

–Martin Fowler, author of Refactoring and Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

Patterns, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), and Test-Driven Development (TDD) enable architects and developers to create systems that are powerful, robust, and maintainable. Now, there’s a comprehensive, practical guide to leveraging all these techniques primarily in Microsoft .NET environments, but the discussions are just as useful for Java developers.

Drawing on seminal work by Martin Fowler (Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture) and Eric Evans (Domain-Driven Design), Jimmy Nilsson shows how to create real-world architectures for any .NET application. Nilsson illuminates each principle with clear, well-annotated code examples based on C# 1.1 and 2.0. His examples and discussions will be valuable both to C# developers and those working with other .NET languages and anydatabases–even with other platforms, such as J2EE. Coverage includes

· Quick primers on patterns, TDD, and refactoring

· Using architectural techniques to improve software quality

· Using domain models to support business rules and validation

· Applying enterprise patterns to provide persistence support via NHibernate

· Planning effectively for the presentation layer and UI testing

· Designing for Dependency Injection, Aspect Orientation, and other new paradigms

The ACE Programmers Guide or Absolute Beginners Guide to WordPerfect 12

2009-01-13T22:24:00.000-08:00

The ACE Programmer's Guide: Practical Design Patterns for Network and Systems Programming

Author: Stephen D Huston

If you're designing software and systems that must be portable, flexible, extensible, predictable, reliable, and affordable, this book and the ACE toolkit will enable you to be more effective in all of these areas. Even after spending over a decade developing ACE and using it to build networked software applications, I find that I've learned a great deal from this book, and I'm confident that you will, too.

--Douglas C. Schmidt, Inventor of ACE, from the Foreword

This book is a must-have for every ACE programmer. For the beginner, it explains step-by-step how to start using ACE. For the more experienced programmer, it explains in detail the features used daily, and is a perfect reference manual. It would have saved me a lot of time if this book had been available some years ago!
--Johnny Willemsen, Senior Software Engineer, Remedy IT, The Netherlands

With a large C++ code base, we rely on ACE to enable a cross-platform client-server framework for data quality and data integration. ACE has improved our design and smoothed over OS idiosyncrasies without sacrificing performance or flexibility. The combination of online reference materials and printed "big picture" guides is indispensable for us, and The ACE Programmer's Guide earns top-shelf status in my office.
--John Lilley, Chief Scientist, DataLever Corporation

In SITA air-ground division, we are one of the major suppliers of communication services to the airline industry. We started using ACE about a year ago and are now moving most of our new communication-related development to it. I can say that using this toolkit can reduce the development and testing time by atleast 50% in our type of application.
--Jean Millo, Senior Architect, SITA

The ADAPTIVE Communication Environment (ACE) is an open-source software toolkit created to solve network programming challenges. Written in C++, with the help of 30 core developers and 1,700 contributors, this portable middleware has evolved to encapsulate and augment a wide range of native OS capabilities essential to support performance-driven software systems.

The ACE Programmer's Guide is a practical, hands-on guide to ACE for C++ programmers building networked applications and next-generation middleware. The book first introduces ACE to beginners. It then explains how you can tap design patterns, frameworks, and ACE to produce effective, easily maintained software systems with less time and effort. The book features discussions of programming aids, interprocess communication (IPC) issues, process and thread management, shared memory, the ACE Service Configurator framework, timer management classes, the ACE Naming Service, and more.

The accompanying CD-ROM contains the complete ACE toolkit, including installable kits for Windows, Solaris, and HP-UX; complete reference documentation for all of the ACE classes; and source code for every example in the book.

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Absolute Beginner's Guide to WordPerfect 12

Author: Laura Acklen

Maybe you just bought a brand new Dell, Sony or HP computer and are curious about the WordPerfect software that came with it. Or maybe you just took a new job in an office where they use WordPerfect 12 for word processing. Whatever the case may be, if you are new to Word Perfect 12, the Absolute Beginner's Guide to WordPerfect 12 can help you figure it all out. Endorsed by Corel, the makers of WordPerfect, this is the best beginning level guide on the market. Organized in an easy-to-follow, progressive format, you will learn how to navigate the program and build complex documents. By the time you're done, you will know how to use WordPerfect 12 from beginning to end!

I	Learning the basics	7
1	Getting started and finding help	9
2	Creating, saving, and printing documents	21
3	Finding and opening documents	35
4	Revising documents	51
5	Learning basic formatting	71
6	Using the writing tools	89
II	Making it look nice	113
7	Working with paragraphs	115
8	Working with pages	131
9	Using styles for consistency	151
III	Organizing information	163
10	Creating and formatting tables	165
11	Creating lists and outlines	193
IV	Adding visuals	209
12	Working with graphics	211
13	Sharing data	239
V	Automating your work	255
14	Using the merge feature	257
15	Using and address book	277
16	Working with templates	295
17	Creating and playing macros	300
18	Using WordPerfect's legal tools	323
VI	Appendixes	349
A	Learning Quattro Pro basics	351
B	Working with formulas and functions in Quattro Pro	363
C	Formatting your spreadsheets	377
D	Understanding the WordPerfect product family	391

UNIX Network Programming or Digital Filmmaking Handbook

2009-01-13T12:13:00.000-08:00

UNIX Network Programming: The Sockets Networking API, Vol. 1

Author: W Richard Stevens

UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API, Third Edition

"Everyone will want this book because it provides a great mix of practical experience, historical perspective, and a depth of understanding that only comes from being intimately involved in the field. I've already enjoyed and learned from reading this book, and surely you will too."

--Sam Leffler

The classic guide to UNIX networking APIs... now completely updated!

To build today's highly distributed, networked applications and services, you need deep mastery of sockets and other key networking APIs. One book delivers comprehensive, start-to-finish guidance for building robust, high-performance networked systems in any environment: UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1, Third Edition.

Building on the legendary work of W. Richard Stevens, this edition has been fully updated by two leading network programming experts to address today's most crucial standards, implementations, and techniques. New topics include:

POSIX Single UNIX Specification Version 3

IPv6 APIs (including updated guidance on IPv6/IPv4 interoperability)

The new SCTP transport protocol

IPsec-based Key Management Sockets

FreeBSD 4.8/5.1, Red Hat Linux 9.x, Solaris 9, AIX 5.x, HP-UX, and Mac OS X implementations

New network program debugging techniques

Source Specific Multicast API, the key enabler for widespread IP multicast deployment

The authors also update and extend Stevens' definitive coverage of these crucial UNIX networking standards and techniques:

TCP and UDP transport

Sockets: elementary, advanced, routed, and raw

I/O: multiplexing, advanced functions, nonblocking, and signal-driven

Daemons and inetd

UNIX domain protocols

ioctl operations

Broadcasting and multicasting

Threads

Streams

Design: TCP iterative, concurrent, preforked, and prethreaded servers

Since 1990, network programmers have turned to one source for the insights and techniques they need: W. Richard Stevens' UNIX Network Programming. Now, there's an edition specifically designed for today's challenges--and tomorrow's.

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Tutorial on networking for those with a working knowledge of C and the UNIX system. Includes full descriptions for popular protocols such as TCP/IP, XNS, SNA, NetBIOS, OSI, and UUCP. Also includes case studies of real network applications, as well as approximately 15,000 lines of C source code, taken directly from their source files. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Digital Filmmaking Handbook

Author: Ben Long

With the advent of digital video and desktop editing software, scores of independent producers have found themselves equipped to make their own movies. Because filmmaking involves much more than just buying a camera and a computer, there's The Digital Filmmaking Handbook. This one-stop digital filmmaking resource guides aspiring filmmakers from initial conception to getting a finished project "in the can." From writing and preproduction planning to shooting and post-production editing and effects, this book will serve as the single-volume film school. Completely updated and revised, this third edition includes thorough information on a number of important new DV technologies including HDV, a very affordable new standard that lets even low-budget producers work in high-definition video.

The expanded lighting and shooting chapters include new technical information as well as a wealth of new theory. New exercises offer help with everything from writing to special effects, while all of the chapters have been revised to cover the very latest hardware, software, and production workflows. This book will help filmmakers understand the questions to ask so that they can better prepare for and solve the myriad problems throughout the production process. The companion DVD includes project files, film clips, support material for tutorials in the book, and additional video tutorials and essays.

FEATURES
* Provides completely updated coverage of digital technology, software, and techniques
* Teaches digital filmmaking from start to finish-storyboarding and budgeting, to casting, shooting, and finishing
* Details the best hardware and software tools to use
* Details new output methods, including coverage of DVD authoring
* Includes a companion DVD with project files, film clips, and all support material for tutorials in the book. Also includes additional video tutorials and essays

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Explains how to shoot a movie on digital video and edit it on a computer. Storyboarding, lighting, sound, and software options are discussed. The second edition adds a tutorial that walks through the editing of an entire scene, and moves the chapter on financing to the DVD. The DVD contains demonstration versions of Adobe Premiere, After Effects, and Photoshop for Macintosh and Windows. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

H264 and MPEG 4 Video Compression or Business Driven Information Systems with MISource 2007 and Student CD

2009-01-13T03:01:00.000-08:00

H.264 and MPEG-4 Video Compression

Author: Iain Richardson

Following on from the successful MPEG-2 standard, MPEG-4 Visual is enabling a new wave of multimedia applications from Internet video streaming to mobile video conferencing. The new H.264 ‘Advanced Video Coding’ standard promises impressive compression performance and is gaining support from developers and manufacturers. The first book to cover H.264 in technical detail, this unique resource takes an application-based approach to the two standards and the coding concepts that underpin them.

• Presents a practical, step-by-step, guide to the MPEG-4 Visual and H.264 standards for video compression.

• Introduces the basic concepts of digital video and covers essential background material required for an understanding of both standards.

• Provides side-by-side performance comparisons of MPEG-4 Visual and H.264 and advice on how to approach and interpret them to ensure conformance.

• Examines the way that the standards have been shaped and developed, discussing the composition and procedures of the VCEG and MPEG standardisation groups.

Focussing on compression tools and profiles for practical multimedia applications, this book ‘decodes’ the standards, enabling developers, researchers, engineers and students to rapidly get to grips with both H.264 and MPEG-4 Visual.

Dr Iain Richardson leads the Image Communication Technology research group at the Robert Gordon University in Scotland and is the author of over 40 research papers and two previous books on video compression technology.

Business Driven Information Systems with MISource 2007 and Student CD

Author: Paige Baltzan

Business Driven Information Systems (also known as BDIS) discusses business initiatives first and then how technology supports those initiatives. The premise for this unique approach is that business initiatives drive technology decisions in a corporation. Every discussion first addresses the business needs and then addresses the technology that supports those needs. This text provides the foundation that will enable students to achieve excellence in business, whether they major in operations management, manufacturing, sales, marketing, etc. BDIS is designed to give students the ability to understand how information technology can be a point of strength for an organization.

Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours or This Gaming Life

2009-01-12T14:49:00.000-08:00

Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours

Author: Ryan Stephens

Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, Third Edition presents the key features of SQL (Structured Query Language) in an easy to understand format with updated code examples, notes, diagrams, exercises, and quizzes. New material covers more information on transactions, constructs, embedded databases, and object-oriented programming. In this edition, the authors include examples based on a database like MySQL, a very popular open source database.

This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities

Author: Jim Rossignol

“In May 2000 I was fired from my job as a reporter on a finance newsletter because of an obsession with a video game.

It was the best thing that ever happened to me.”

So begins this story of personal redemption through the unlikely medium of electronic games. Quake, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, and other online games not only offered author Jim Rossignol an excellent escape from the tedium of office life. They also provided him with a diverse global community and a job—as a games journalist.

Part personal history, part travel narrative, part philosophical reflection on the meaning of play, This Gaming Life describes Rossignol’s encounters in three cities: London, Seoul, and Reykjavik. From his days as a Quake genius in London’s increasingly corporate gaming culture; to Korea, where gaming is a high-stakes televised national sport; to Iceland, the home of his ultimate obsession, the idiosyncratic and beguiling Eve Online, Rossignol introduces us to a vivid and largely undocumented world of gaming lives.

Torn between unabashed optimism about the future of games and lingering doubts about whether they are just a waste of time, This Gaming Life also raises important questions about this new and vital cultural form. Should we celebrate the “serious” educational, social, and cultural value of games, as academics and journalists are beginning to do? Or do these high-minded justifications simply perpetuate the stereotype of games as a lesser form of fun? In this beautifully written, richly detailed, and inspiring book, Rossignolbrings these abstract questions to life, immersing us in a vibrant landscape of gaming experiences.

“We need more writers like Jim Rossignol, writers who are intimately familiar with gaming, conversant in the latest research surrounding games, and able to write cogently and interestingly about the experience of playing as well as the deeper significance of games.”
—Chris Baker, Wired

“This Gaming Life is a fascinating and eye-opening look into the real human impact of gaming culture. Traveling the globe and drawing anecdotes from many walks of life, Rossignol takes us beyond the media hype and into the lives of real people whose lives have been changed by gaming. The results may surprise you.”
—Raph Koster, game designer and author of A Theory of Fun

“Is obsessive video gaming a character flaw? In This Gaming Life, Jim Rossignol answers with an emphatic ‘no,’ and offers a passionate and engaging defense of what is too often considered a ‘bad habit’ or ‘guilty pleasure.’”
—Joshua Davis, author of The Underdog

“This is a wonderfully literate look at gaming cultures, which you don't have to be a gamer to enjoy. The Korea section blew my mind.”
—John Seabrook, New Yorker staff writer and author of Flash of Genius and Other True Stories of Invention

DIGITALCULTUREBOOKS is a collaborative imprint of the University of Michigan Press and the University of Michigan Library. Visit the website at digitalculture.org.

Lani Smith - Library Journal

Online and video games are an art form, a major national pastime, a new type of community, and more. Here, gaming journalist Rossignol (coauthor, Transmissions from Imaginary Places: Writings on Computers and Video Games) comments on the current state of these games, their role in society, and their effect on players' lives. Rossignol is especially interested in games having no specific boundaries or discernible endpoints and with users' participation in the games' evolution. (This can be done with games allowing players to build modifications and with multiplayer online games allowing a large number of players to contribute in new and unpredictable ways.) He also gives a nod to the important uses of games in medicine, the military, education, art, propaganda, and more, but it is the entertainment they provide that most impresses him. Rossignol sees entertainment, or creations that prevent boredom, as a legitimate-even necessary-human endeavor. Recommended for any public library and for academic collections supporting American, cultural, and media studies as well as art and game design programs.

Advanced Photoshop Elements 6 for Digital Photographers or Ubuntu Linux For Dummies

2009-01-11T20:37:00.000-08:00

Advanced Photoshop Elements 6 for Digital Photographers

Author: Philip Andrews

Think you've exhausted all of the possibilities in Adobe's awesome Photoshop Elements software? Think again. In this fully updated essential guide, Philip Andrews delves deeper into the software than ever before with advanced tips, tricks, and techniques to help the experienced Elements user take their skills to the next level. Move beyond the basics and learn how to work with raw files. Create stunning panoramas without breaking the bank on a pano camera using the Elements Photomerge technology. Create professional-quality multimedia projects in no time. Using easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions as well as full color, inspirational images to demonstrate techniques, Philip shows you how to do all this and more in Advanced Photoshop Elements 6 for Digital Photographers. Don't fall behind the learning curve - instead, let Philip show you how to get one step ahead!

UNIQUE FEATURES AND BENEFITS:
*World-renowned Elements expert Philip Andrews takes you beyond the basics to help you get the most from this powerful software
*Precise step-by-step instructions cut through the fluff so you'll be perfecting your shots in no time!
*Packed with stunning full-color images that will inspire you to take your own work to the next level - let Philip show you what's possible when you dig a little deeper

Ubuntu Linux For Dummies

Author: Paul G Sery

What has made Ubuntu the most popular Linux distribution in recent years? It's the emphasis on ease of installation and use. It gets even easier when paired with Ubuntu Linux For Dummies. This friendly reference shows you how to run Ubuntu directly from CD-ROM and install it on a PC as a personal workstation and network server. You’ll find out how to download Ubuntu and start using it right away. You'll also discover how to:

• Connect to a LAN via a wireless and Ethernet

• Use OpenOffice.org and Mozilla Firefox drawing and editing

• Tap into multimedia, graphics and other applications using Ubuntu

• Create services for a home or small business network

• Generate and manage web pages, print services, and more

• Find helpful information about Ubuntu and Linux

• Troubleshoot and fix problems

"Ubuntu" means "humanity toward others." Operating system guidebooks don’t get any more humane than Ubuntu Linux For Dummies.

Introduction.

Part I: Starting Fast.

Chapter 1: Ubuntu and U.

Chapter 2: Live Ubuntu.

Chapter 3: Preparing to Install Ubuntu.

Chapter 4: Installing Ubuntu Linux.

Chapter 5: Ubuntu 101.

Part II: Networking and the Internet.

Chapter 6: Zen and the Art of Ubuntu Networking.

Chapter 7: Cut the Cord: Using Wireless Networking.

Chapter 8: Broadening Your Horizons with Broadband.

Chapter 9: Internet Old School: Using Dialup Modems.

Chapter 10: Protecting Yourself with a Firewall.

Part III: Working with Ubuntu Workstation.

Chapter 11: Introducing GNOME.

Chapter 12: GNOME’s Going Places.

Chapter 13: Printing with GNOME.

Chapter 14: Firing up Firefox.

Chapter 15: Evolution E-Mail, Calendars, and Addresses.

Chapter 16: Opening Your Ubuntu Office with OpenOffice.org.

Part IV: Multimedia Ubuntu.

Chapter 17: Telephonic Ubuntu.

Chapter 18: Instant Messaging.

Chapter 19: Connecting to the Dark Side: Working Remotely on Windows.

Chapter 20: Lyrical Ubuntu: Using Multimedia Applications.

Chapter 21: Graphical Ubuntu.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 22: Almost Ten Ubuntu Resources.

Chapter 23: Almost Ten System-Administration Functions.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Tutti-Fruti Ubuntu.

Appendix B: Stupendous OpenSSHTricks.

Appendix C: About the CD.

GNU General Public License.

Index.

Erotic Home Photography or Excel Sales Forecasting for Dummies

2009-01-11T09:25:00.000-08:00

Erotic Home Photography: How to Take Your Own Nude Portraits

Author: Tom Ang

Complete erotic portraiture how-to for couples.

This book is for couples who want to share their joy through photography. Digital photography has removed the barriers that inhibited amateurs from creating their own nude photography. The erotic can now be expressed in many ways, all of which portray a person's varied sides.

Erotic Home Photography is a complete how-to guide for couples who wish to produce private images they can share between themselves. The book takes an honest and open approach with tastefully photographed women and couples. Practical advice is given for overcoming inhibitions, perceptions of idealized beauty, and becoming comfortable with being photographed nude.

Valuable advice explains posing, simple cosmetic enhancements, using light and shadow and tips for shooting in a variety of exterior and interior locations. Creative tips are offered for producing beautiful images in a variety of locations, costumes and props. Particular attention is given to digital tricks to manipulate and enhance the image.

On the practical side, the latest digital equipment is identified and explained in non-technical terms including:

Computer technology

Cameras: vital features and purchasing advice

Printers, ink colors and cartridges

Scanners

Memory cards.

Erotic Home Photography is the ideal handbook for couples who wish to improve their home photography skills.

Excel Sales Forecasting for Dummies

Author: Conrad Carlberg

When they first told you that forecasting sales would be part of your job, did you feel just the tiniest bit of panic? Did you momentarily consider consulting the Yellow Pages for listings of “Psychics” or “Tea Leaf Readers”? Well, fear not. Excel Sales Forecasting For Dummies can help you predict the future without incense or a crystal ball.

Excel Sales Forecasting For Dummies shows you how to use the number one workbook program, Microsoft Excel, to predict trends and future sales based on something not quite so ethereal—numbers. You use data about the past to forecast the future. Excel provides all sorts of tools to help you do that, and this book shows you how to use them.

From recognizing why forecasting is a good idea to making sense of exponential smoothing, Excel Sales Forecasting For Dummies has you covered. If you have a basic grasp of how to use Excel, you’ll be ready to discover how to

• Select and use the right forecasting method for your business

• Choose and arrange data in lists, then manage that data with pivot tables

• Filter lists and turn them into charts that illustrate what’s going on

• Find relationships in your data

• Use Excel’s Analysis Toolpak feature to create forecasts automatically, or venture into advanced forecasts using worksheet functions

• Gain more control over your forecasting and target specific types of predictions

• Use moving averages and predict seasonal sales

Written by Conrad Carlberg, a nationally recognized expert on Excel who also hasexperience in sales and marketing, this friendly guide gets you up and running quickly and easily. You’ll soon be setting up a baseline you can chart and label, summarizing data with pivot tables, making forecasts based on regression, understanding correlation, and discovering how smoothing lets us profit from our mistakes. You’ll find your confidence in your ability to make sales predictions has soared right off the chart.

SQL or C

2009-01-11T00:14:00.000-08:00

SQL: A Beginner's Guide

Author: Andy Oppel

Essential Skills--Made Easy!

Written to the SQL:2006 ANSI/ISO standard, this easy-to-follow guide will get you started programming in SQL right away. You will learn how to retrieve, insert, update, and delete database data, and perform management and administrative functions. SQL: A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition covers new features, including SQL/XML, and is loaded with updated SQL examples along with notes on using them with the latest RDBMS software versions such as MySQL 5.0, SQL Server 2008, and Oracle Database 11g.

Designed for Easy Learning:

Key Skills & Concepts--Lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
Ask the Experts--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
Try This--Hands-on exercises that show how to apply your skills
Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered
Self-Tests--Chapter-ending quizzes to test your knowledge
Annotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

Andrew J. (Andy) Oppel has designed and implemented hundreds of databases for a wide range of applications. He is the author of Databases Demystified and SQL Demystified.

Robert Sheldon is a consultant and technical writer. He has designed and implemented various Access and SQL Server databases

New interesting textbook: Liderança Eficaz e Gestão em Assistência

C (For Dummies Series): All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies

Author: Dan Gookin

* Covers everything users need to get up to speed on C programming, including advanced topics to take their programming skill to the next level
* Walks C programmers through the entire development cycle of a C program-designing and developing the program, writing source code, compiling the code, linking the code to create the executable programs, debugging, and deployment
* Provides thorough coverage of keywords, program flow, conditional statements, constants and variables, numeric values, arrays, strings, functions, pointers, debugging, prototyping, and much more
* Addresses some advanced programming topics such as graphics and game programming as well as Windows and Linux programming
* Includes dozens of sample programs that readers can adapt and modify for their own uses
* Written by the author of the first-ever For Dummies book-a man known for his ability to take complex material and present it in a way that makes it simple and fun

Bk. I	Hello, C	7
Ch. 1	Your basic C program	9
Ch. 2	How it all works	19
Ch. 3	More basics, comments, and errors	33
Ch. 4	Introducing numbers and variables	47
Ch. 5	More variables and basic I/O	61
Ch. 6	Decision time	79
Ch. 7	Looping	89
Ch. 8	Using constants	101
Ch. 9	Mysterious math	109
Ch. 10	It's only logical	123
Bk. II	Middle C	133
Ch. 1	Variables from beyond infinity	135
Ch. 2	The madness of printf()	149
Ch. 3	Maniacal math functions	165
Ch. 4	Not truly random	181
Ch. 5	While going loopy	193
Ch. 6	More decision making	205
Ch. 7	The goto chapter	217
Bk. III	Above C level	221
Ch. 1	Asking for arrays	223
Ch. 2	I sing of strings	243
Ch. 3	Messing with characters	265
Ch. 4	Stinkin' structures	271
Ch. 5	Creating your own functions	293
Ch. 6	Quitting before you're done	319
Ch. 7	More variable nonsense	329
Bk. IV	Advanced C	347
Ch. 1	Introduction to evil pointers	349
Ch. 2	Getting to the [superscript *]point	373
Ch. 3	Binary bits	381
Ch. 4	The myth of the array	403
Ch. 5	Pointers and strings	417
Ch. 6	Crazy arrays of pointers	429
Ch. 7	Functions and pointers	451
Ch. 8	Structures, pointers, and the Malloc deity	471
Ch. 9	Does anyone have the time?	485
Ch. 10	Building big programs	497
Ch. 11	Help!	511
Bk. V	Disk drive C	521
Ch. 1	Just your standard I/O	523
Ch. 2	Interacting with the command line	537
Ch. 3	Hello, disk!	547
Ch. 4	More formal file writing and reading	561
Ch. 5	Random access files	575
Ch. 6	Folder folderol	585
Ch. 7	Under new file management	607
Bk. VI	The joy of linked lists	615
Ch. 1	Why linked lists?	617
Ch. 2	Dawn of the database	629
Ch. 3	Storing a linked list on disk	643
Ch. 4	The nightmare of the double-linked list	655
Bk. VII	Appendixes	667
App. A	The stuff you need to know before reading everything else in this book	669
App. B	ASCII table	681
App. C	Answers to exercises	685
App. D	C language keywords and operators	763
App. E	C language variable types	767
App. F	Escape sequences	769
App. G	Conversion characters	771

Do It Wrong Quickly How the Web Changes the Old Marketing Rules or The LabVIEW Style Book

2009-01-10T12:02:00.000-08:00

Do It Wrong Quickly, How the Web Changes the Old Marketing Rules

Author: Mike Moran

"What's the one thing companies care about? Conversion. Getting potential customers to convert into real, actual, customers. But how do you do that in a world of Facebook, Google, YouTube, blogs, and Flickr? Mike Moran shows you how—by trying lots of little things, studying the results, learning quickly from your failures, and doing it all over again. He gives you a framework for getting over your fears of talking with your customers without a committee to protect your behind. Great book."

–Robert Scoble
Video blogger of the Scoble Show and Co-author of the top-selling corporate blogging book, Naked Conversations

Start Fast, Fix Fast, and Fix Again: Marketing for Breakthrough Results

For decades, marketers have been taught to carefully plan ahead because “you must get it right–it’s too expensive to change.” But, in the age of the Web, you can know in hours whether your strategy’s working. Today, winners don’t get it right the first time: they start fast, change fast, and relentlessly optimize their way to success. They do it wrong quickly…then fix it, just as quickly!

In this book, Internet marketing pioneer Mike Moran shows you how to do that–step-by-step and in detail. Drawing on his experience building ibm.com into one of the world’s most successful sites, Moran shows how to quickly transition from “plan then execute” to a non-stop cycle of refinement.

You’ll master specific techniques for making the Web’s “two-way marketingconversation” work successfully, productively, and profitably. Next, Moran shows how to choose the right new marketing tools, craft them into an integrated strategy, and execute it…achieving unprecedented efficiency, accountability, speed, and results.

The indispensable online marketing guide for every CMO, brand marketer, direct marketer, online marketing specialist, strategist, and entrepreneur
Learn more from your customers–and learn it faster
Systematically measure online marketing results–and improve them
Create deeper relationships with your customers on the Web
Leverage podcasting, social networks, wikis, virtual worlds, search, viral marketing, blogs, and other new tools
Build a lean, mean conversion machine
Preview new innovations you’ll be implementing next year and the year after
Overcome the organizational, political, and personal obstacles that keep marketers doing things the “old-fashioned” way

Foreward xv

Preface xvii

Acknowledgements xxiii

About the Author xxvii

Part 1: That Newfangled Marketing 1

Chapter 1: They’re Doing Wonderful Things with Computers 3

Chapter 2: New Wine in Old Bottles 21

Chapter 3: Marketing Is a Conversation 55

Part 2: That Newfangled Direct Marketing 103

Chapter 4: Going Over to the Dark Side 105

Chapter 5: The New Customer Relations 149

Chapter 6: Customers Vote with Their Mice 211

Part 3: That Newfangled You 253

Chapter 7: This Doesn’t Work for Me 255

Chapter 8: This Won’t Work Where I Work 275

Chapter 9: This Stuff Changes Too Fast 315

Glossary 335
Index 365

The LabVIEW Style Book (National Instruments Virtual Instrumentation Series)

Author: Peter A A Blum

Best-practice style and techniques for writing superior LabVIEW applications

Drawing on the experiences of a world-class LabVIEW development organization, this is the first definitive guide to best practices in LabVIEW programming.

Leading LabVIEW development manager and instructor Peter A. Blume presents practical guidelines for optimizing every facet of your applications: ease-of-use, efficiency, readability, maintainability, robustness, simplicity, performance, and more. Blume explains each guideline thoroughly, presenting realistic examples and illustrations based on the latest version of LabVIEW. He even presents “nonconforming” examples that show what not to do—and why not.

Coverage includes

· Why style matters: how good style improves quality and actually saves time over the full project life cycle

· Before you code: configuring your LabVIEW environment, and organizing your files on disk and in the LabVIEW Project

· LabVIEW project specifications—a specialized standard for specifying LabVIEW application requirements

· Efficient VI layout and development: Front Panel, Block Diagram, Icons, and Connectors

· Data structures: choosing data types, efficient use of arrays and clusters, and special considerations with nested data structures

· Optimizing VIs involving complex data structures

· Error handling strategies—trapping and reporting errors for maximum reliability

· Design patterns: standard VI architectures and application frameworks that promote good style

· Documenting your source code so others can read and maintain it

· Enforcing the style guidelines through code reviews, including peer reviews and the LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit

· Includes convenient glossary, Style Rules Summary, and additional references

This bookwill be indispensable to everyone who wants to develop or maintain quality LabVIEW applications: developers, development managers, and end users alike. Authored by a long-time participant in National Instruments’ Alliance Program, it will also be valuable to those preparing for NI’s Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD) or Certified LabVIEW Architect (CLA) exams, which contain significant sections on programming style.

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Prepare for Good Style

Chapter 3 Front Panel Style

Chapter 4 Block Diagram

Chapter 5 Icon and Connector

Chapter 6 Data Structures

Chapter 7 Error Handling

Chapter 8 Design Patterns

Chapter 9 Documentation

Chapter 10 Code Reviews

Appendix A Glossary

Appendix B Style Rule Summary

Appendix C Bibliography

Index

Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio 2 or Cisco IOS in a Nutshell

2009-01-10T02:51:00.000-08:00

Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio 2: Field Techniques for Editors and Designers

Author: Mark Spencer

This practical book focuses on just the parts of Final Cut Studio that editors and designers need to create motion graphics in their daily work. Using footage from the BBC archives along with Motion, Final Cut Pro, and Live Type (all included in Final Cut Studio), you'll build broadcast-quality titles, motion menus, show bumpers, and news opens. As with the other titles in the Apple Pro Training Series, each chapter in this Apple-authorized guide represents a complete lesson--with projects to complete and a review section to reinforce the lessons. Author and video editor/producers Mark Spencer and Jem Schofield begin by introducing the basics of creating an animated title sequence with Final Cut Pro. From there, you'll learn everything from text animation, compositing, and keyframing to 3D set creation and camera animation. Step-by-step exercises and a DVD with project and media files will have you creating stunning motion graphics in no time.

Go to: Entraînement Actif :un Manuel de Techniques, Exemples de Cas de Designs et Bouts

Cisco IOS in a Nutshell

Author: James Boney

Cisco routers are everywhere that networks are. They come in all sizes, from inexpensive units for homes and small offices to equipment costing well over $100,000 and capable of routing at gigabit speeds. A fixture in today's networks, Cisco claims roughly 70% of the router market, producing high-end switches, hubs, and other network hardware. One unifying thread runs through the product line: virtually all of Cisco's products run the Internetwork Operating System, or IOS.

If you work with Cisco routers, it's likely that you deal with Cisco's IOS software--an extremely powerful and complex operating system, with an equally complex configuration language. With a cryptic command-line interface and thousands of commands--some of which mean different things in different situations--it doesn't have a reputation for being user-friendly.

Fortunately, there's help. This second edition of "Cisco IOS in a Nutshell" consolidates the most important commands and features of IOS into a single, well-organized volume that you'll find refreshingly user-friendly.

This handy, two-part reference covers IOS configuration for the TCP/IP protocol family. The first section includes chapters on the user interface, configuring lines and interfaces, access lists, routing protocols, and dial-on-demand routing and security. A brief, example-filled tutorial shows you how to accomplish common tasks.

The second part is a classic O'Reilly quick reference to all the commands for working with TCP/IP and the lower-level protocols on which it relies. Brief descriptions and lists of options help you zero in on the commands you for the task at hand. Updated to cover Cisco IOS Software MajorRelease12.3, this second edition includes lots of examples of the most common configuration steps for the routers themselves. It's a timely guide that any network administrator will come to rely on.

1	Getting started	1
2	IOS images and configuration files	11
3	Basic router configuration	29
4	Line commands	38
5	Interface commands	49
6	Networking technologies	71
7	Access lists	100
8	IP routing topics	121
9	Interior routing protocols	144
10	Border gateway protocol	193
11	Quality of service	216
12	Dial-on-demand routing	238
13	Specialized networking topics	256
14	Switches and VLANs	305
15	Router security	330
16	Troubleshooting and logging	342
17	Quick reference	353

WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009 or OpenOfficeorg For Dummies

2009-01-09T15:39:00.000-08:00

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009

Author: Brady Games Staff

Becoming a WWE Champion is only half the challenge...

Even after you reach the top of the WWE, you must be prepared defend your title against the Superstars of Raw, SmackDown, and ECW, as well as your friends and fierce online competition! You may hold the gold now, but if you want to keep it then you need this guide!

Superstars and Divas from Raw, SmackDown, and ECW!

Learn their strengths and weaknesses, from the match types in which they dominate to the best way to set up their signature and finishing moves.

Be a GM or be a Superstar!

Guide the biggest names in WWE along the Road to WresleMania or lead the company as the General Manager where you make the roster, set up matches, and even create the company's Highlight Reel!

Game Secrets

Not everyone is available immediately! To learn how to unlock your favorite Superstars and their special Abilities, just look inside!

Platform: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS

Genre: Sports

New interesting book: Étudiants en droit de Principes fondamentaux D'affaires :Concepts Essentiels et Applications

OpenOffice.org For Dummies

Author: Ellen Finkelstein

• Uses the straightforward For Dummies style to show Linux and Windows users how to use the OpenOffice.org desktop productivity suite

• OpenOffice.org has a user interface and feature set similar to that of other office suites and works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office

• Explains how to download, install, and set up both the Linux and Windows versions of OpenOffice.org

• Organized by the four key desktop applications provided in the OpenOffice.org suite: Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), and Draw (graphics)

• Other topics covered include creating and formatting documents with Writer, using templates and styles, creating spreadsheets with Calc, manipulating spreadsheet data, creating a presentation with Impress, and creating and editing images with Draw

Management Science or Net Words

2009-01-09T05:27:00.000-08:00

Management Science: The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets

Author: Stephen G Powell

The update to the second edition of Management Science: The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets by Steve Powell and Ken Baker is revised to be compatible with Microsoft Excel 2007. Like the original second edition, the text expands upon the essential skills needed to develop real expertise in business modeling. In principle, two students could work side by side in a course, one using the Second Edition and relying on Excel 2003, the other using the Update Edition and relying on Excel 2007. They will be able to learn the same skills, as both versions of the book are self-contained.

Net Words: Creating High-Impact Online Copy

Author: Nick Usborn

A guide to creating copy that connects with customersand makes the sale

Advertising and promotion professionals have long known that, while bells and whistles may grab a customer's attention, words make the sale. Yet, nearly a decade into the Web revolution, E-commerce professionals are just now waking up to the fact that the usual high-tech, graphics-heavy approach to site design is bad for business.

Net Words explores the reasons why and makes a strong case for a revolutionary new approach to copywriting tailored to the unique demands of a powerful new medium. With the help of dozens of examples of successful and unsuccessful on-line writing, author Nick Usborne shows readers how to harness the power of the written word for the Web. Readers learn how to imbue a business with a distinctive on-line "voice" and use it to forge lasting bonds with customers, increase market share, and close sales.

Nick Usborne has written hundreds of articles on the subject of marketing and online writing. Many of these can be found by searching the archives of Clickz.com and Business 2.0. Nick is also a highly respected consultant and much-requested speaker for conferences and corporate meetings and seminars. More details are available through his site at www.nickusborne.com.

Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Design or Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services

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

Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Design

Author: Jacob J Sanford

This book is a quintessential addition to any SharePoint developer’s bookcase. It outlines all of the steps and considerations a developer should understand in order to design better looking and more successful SharePoint implementations. The book starts with a default installation and takes the reader through the process of branding that installation to look less like a SharePoint portal and more like a standard web application. It includes the technical aspects of creating usable, accessible, aesthetically pleasing SharePoint interfaces. The book focuses primarily on using the tools in SharePoint (and basic design tools) to create a better looking and more effective installation. Specifically, these topics will be covered:

How to use PhotoShop to design the graphics and template model for your site.
What goes into your minimal Master Page (and how to style it with CSS).
How to integrate SharePoint Themes into your project.
How to best use navigation features.
What are the CSS Friendly Control Adapters and how well do they integrate with SharePoint?
What is the Accessibility Toolkit for SharePoint and how do you use it?

New interesting textbook: Cuidar de Liderança & Gestão

Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services

Author: Brian Knight

* The new edition of the successful previous version is 25 percent revised and packed with more than 200 pages of new material on the 2008 release of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
* Renowned author Brian Knight and his expert coauthors show developers how to master the 2008 release of SSIS, which is both more powerful and more complex than ever
* Case studies and tutorial examples acquired over the three years since the previous edition will contribute to helping illustrate advanced concepts and techniques
* New chapters include coverage of data warehousing using SSIS, new methods for managing the SSIS platform, and improved techniques for ETL operations

Oracle Database 10g or Microsoft XNA Game Studio Creators Guide

2009-01-08T00:12:00.000-08:00

Oracle Database 10g: A Beginner's Guide

Author: Ian Abramson

Provides beginning DBAs and developers with a solid foundation in the database administration and programming basics needed to embark on an Oracle career. The focus is on Oracle Database 10g, but you’ll get the fundamentals applicable to all Oracle database releases.

Michael S. Abbey (Ottawa, CN) has been using Oracle for 15 years, has coauthored seven books for Oracle Press, and has given presentations on Oracle throughout North America and Europe. Michael leads the Pythian Group’s dbaSource team in Ottawa, Canada, which provides Internet-based Oracle DBA support. Michael has been a volunteer in Oracle user groups, facilitating delivery of IOUG–A’s IOUG-A Live! from 1997 to 2000. Michael J. Corey (Newton, MA) is currently CTO with OneWarranty.com. Prior to this, he was the CEO of Database Technologies, Inc. which was the first consulting company in the eastern US to specialize in RDBMS’. Michael has been working with Oracle since Version 3 and is an active member of various Oracle user communities. In addition to his membership in the Northeast Oracle Users Group, he is a founding member of the ECO conference and has served as president of the International Oracle Users Group–Americas (IOUG–A).Ian Abramson (Toronto, CN) is CTO of Data Warehousing for Data Visions Incorporated, in Toronto, Canada. Ian has 14 years of experience as an Oracle architect, designer, developer, and DBA; he has focused on data warehousing for the past five. As the director of educational programming for the IOUG–A, he has created top-notch educational programs for the Oracle user community. Ian presents at Oracle conferences worldwide and is a faculty memberof the IOUG–A University Master Class program.

Library Journal

These two guides distill the essential features of the newest version of the complex and weighty Oracle database. For absolute beginners, Beginner's Guide aims in straightforward language to reduce the intimidation factor by covering basic concepts, from architecture to using XML with Oracle databases. Step-by-step projects, chapter mastery checks, and test-yourself progress checks aid in self-study; "Ask the Expert" sidebars and notes add extra information without interrupting the flow. Highly recommended for public libraries. Essentials serves more as a basic reference for existing Oracle users, with chapters organized largely into lengthy definitions and explanations of features. It will also be of use to ambitious beginners and will particularly help upgraders. The authors highlight 10g features that differ from those in the older 8i and 9i versions, while tips, tables, and notes throughout add useful information. An appendix includes a chapter-by-chapter summary of new 10g features, and the title ends with a nice overview of grid computing (the "g" in 10g). For medium and larger libraries. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Go to: Makrovolkswirtschaft

Microsoft XNA Game Studio Creator's Guide

Author: Stephen Cawood

A complete guide to designing full-featured video games with Microsoft's new free development platform for Xbox 360 and Windows

Creating and sharing games is now within everyone's reach! Ideal for anyone who wants to take advantage of all the powerful game-development tools available in Microsoft XNA, this hands-on guide explains the fundamentals of great game design and offers examples that are easy, exciting, and effective.

Written by game design experts, Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express Creator's Guide covers all the features of the XNA game-development platform. You will learn how to create 3-D models and control them with code as well as how to custom-program a game engine, add animations, launch projectiles, and add lighting and special effects. By the end of the book, you will be able to create playable games for Xbox or the PC.

Stephen Cawood is a former program manager at Microsoft Corporation. He has written several gaming titles.

Pat McGee is a faculty member and course developer at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. He is a game programmer.

Programming Embedded Systems or Data Structures and Algorithms in Java

2009-01-07T14:00:00.000-08:00

Programming Embedded Systems: With C and GNU Development Tools

Author: Michael Barr

Embedded software is found in almost every electronic device today. Because each system is highly customized to the application at hand, programming them can take a long time to master. Yet, if you have programming experience and a familiarity with C -- the de facto language of embedded systems -- this popular hands-on book is exactly what you need to get started. By using freely available GNU programming tools and a low-cost single board computer from Arcom, you will be able to follow along with this book's "learn by doing" approach. You'll experiment with compiling, linking, and locating as well as managing peripherals, preprocessor directives, interrupts, and real-time programming methods. Advanced material explains the essentials of managing memory, optimizing code, and code portability for cross platform development. This new edition also features the use of free compilers and operating systems. Authored by two of the leading authorities in the field, Programming Embedded Systems will help you develop the knowledge and skills you need to achieve proficiency with embedded software.

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Data Structures and Algorithms in Java

Author: Lafor

Data Structures and Algorithms in Java, Second Edition is designed to be easy to read and understand although the topic itself is complicated. Algorithms are the procedures that software programs use to manipulate data structures. Besides clear and simple example programs, the author includes a workshop as a small demonstration program executable on a Web browser. The programs demonstrate in graphical form what data structures look like and how they operate. In the second edition, the program is rewritten to improve operation and clarify the algorithms, the example programs are revised to work with the latest version of the Java JDK, and questions and exercises will be added at the end of each chapter making the book even more useful.

Educational Supplement

Suggested solutions to the programming projects found at the end of each chapter are made available to instructors at recognized educational institutions. This educational supplement can be found at prenhall.com, in the Instructor Resource Center.

	Introduction	1
1	Overview	9
2	Arrays	33
3	Simple Sorting	77
4	Stacks and Queues	115
5	Linked Lists	179
6	Recursion	251
7	Advanced Sorting	315
8	Binary Trees	365
9	Red-Black Trees	429
10	2-3-4 Trees and External Storage	463
11	Hash Tables	519
12	Heaps	579
13	Graphs	615
14	Weighted Graphs	669
15	When to Use What	717
App. A	Running the Workshop Applets and Example Programs	729
	App. B: Further Reading	735
	App. C: Answers to Questions	739

Oracle Discoverer 10g Handbook or User Interface Design for Programmers

2009-01-07T02:48:00.000-08:00

Oracle Discoverer 10g Handbook

Author: Darlene Armstrong Smith

Generate detailed reports that will give your company the competitive edge

Put essential information in the hands of end-users across your organization using Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer 10g and the comprehensive information contained in this Oracle Press guide. You’ll learn, step-by-step, how to query databases and warehouses, format the results, and distribute dynamic, Web-enabled reports. All features are covered in full detail, including OracleBI Discoverer Desktop, Workbook Wizard, Plus, Viewer, Discoverer Administrator, Portlet Provider, OLAP, and Enterprise Manager. Real-world case studies and tutorials illustrate all of the analysis, security, and reporting capabilities of Oracle Discoverer 10g.

Set up, configure, and manage Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer 10g
Perform ad hoc and fixed queries using the Workbook Wizard
Integrate sorts, calculations, percentages, and parameters using Discoverer Plus
Create reports with graphs, tables, titles, headers, footers, and margins
Use Discoverer Viewer to review, format, export, email, and print reports
Refine queries using interactive pivoting, drilling, and Hyper Drilling
Control OLAP workbooks using the Discoverer Catalog and Oracle Enterprise Manager
Establish access and sharing rights, and scheduling privileges with Discoverer Administrator
Set up and use Portal using Discoverer Portlet Provider and Portlets
Implement query shortcuts, cascading parameters and advanced analytic calculations using templates

Michael Armstrong-Smith (Cookeville, TN) is the Principal Consultant for Armstrong-Smith Consulting. A fellow of theInstitute of Analysts and Programmers, and a member of Oracle's customer advisory board on business intelligence, he has over 20 years systems development experience. Michael is a leader in the field of business intelligence, with specialist knowledge of data warehouses, and, of course, Oracle Discoverer. He is also a conference speaker and has spoken on Discoverer at conferences in Hawaii, Orlando and Toronto. Michael is the coauthor of Oracle Discoverer Handbook (Oracle Press, 2000).

Darlene Armstrong-Smith (Cookeville, TN) is Senior Curriculum Developer for Armstrong-Smith Consulting and an instructional designer and, as well as a professional trainer. She has 12 years experience designing and implementing system conversion training, and also as an adult vocational educator. Darlene has served as a training consultant to financial institutions, a national brokerage firm, a major Alaskan hotel chain and various other institutions. She has written and delivered manuals and policies and procedures for various organizations ranging from training in highly technical software to "soft skills" such as team building, employee motivation, and public speaking. Darlene is the coauthor of Oracle Discoverer Handbook (Oracle Press, 2000).

User Interface Design for Programmers

Author: Joel Spolsky

Most programmers' fear of user interface (UI) programming comes from their fear of doing UI design. They think that UI design is like graphic design--the mysterious process by which creative, latte-drinking, all-black-wearing people produce cool-looking, artistic pieces. Most programmers see themselves as analytic, logical thinkers instead--strong at reasoning, weak on artistic judgment, and incapable of doing UI design.

In this brilliantly readable book, author Joel Spolsky proposes simple, logical rules that can be applied without any artistic talent to improve any user interface, from traditional GUI applications to websites to consumer electronics. Spolky's primary axiom, the importance of bringing the program model in line with the user model, is both rational and simple.

In a fun and entertaining way, Spolky makes UI design easy for programmers to grasp. After reading User Interface Design for Programmers, you'll know how to design interfaces with the user in mind. You'll learn the important principles that underlie all good UI design, and you'll learn how to perform usability testing that works.

	Foreword
	Introduction
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Controlling Your Environment Makes You Happy	1
Ch. 2	Figuring Out What They Expected	7
Ch. 3	Choices	15
Ch. 4	Affordances and Metaphors	23
Ch. 5	Broken Metaphors	33
Ch. 6	Consistency and Other Hobgoblins	43
Ch. 7	Putting the User in Charge	49
Ch. 8	Design for Extremes	57
Ch. 9	People Can't Read	61
Ch. 10	People Can't Control the Mouse	67
Ch. 11	People Can't Remember	75
Ch. 12	The Process of Designing a Product	81
Ch. 13	Those Pesky Usability Tests	89
Ch. 14	Relativity: Understanding UI Time Warps	103
Ch. 15	"But ... How Do It Know?"	109
Ch. 16	Tricks of the Trade	115
Ch. 17	Designing for the Web	121
Ch. 18	Programming for Humans	133
	Shockingly Selective Bibliography	135
	Index	137

Modern Control Systems or Microsoft Office Specialist

2009-01-06T17:36:00.000-08:00

Modern Control Systems

Author: Richard C Dorf

Written to be equally useful for all engineering disciplines, this book is organized around the concept of control systems theory as it has been developed in the frequency and time domains. It provides coverage of classical control employing root locus design, frequency and response design using Bode and Nyquist plots. It also covers modern control methods based on state variable models including pole placement design techniques with full-state feedback controllers and full-state observers. The book covers several important topics including robust control systems and system sensitivity, state variable models, controllability and observability, computer control systems, internal model control, robust PID controllers, and computer-aided design and analysis. For all types of engineers who are interested in a solid introduction to control systems.

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Organized around the concepts of control system theory as they have been developed in the frequency and time domains, this senior level engineering textbook stresses physical system modeling and practical control system designs with realistic system specifications. The ninth edition integrates a companion web site and the use of Simulink. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
	About the authors
Ch. 1	Introduction to control systems	1
Ch. 2	Mathematical models of systems	37
Ch. 3	State variable models	130
Ch. 4	Feedback control system characteristics	191
Ch. 5	The performance of feedback control systems	243
Ch. 6	The stability of linear feedback systems	311
Ch. 7	The root locus method	354
Ch. 8	Frequency response methods	432
Ch. 9	Stability in the frequency domain	497
Ch. 10	The design of feedback control systems	581
Ch. 11	The design of state variable feedback systems	659
Ch. 12	Robust control systems	723
Ch. 13	Digital control systems	787
App. A	MATLAB basics	831
App. B	Simulink basics	849
	References	858
	Index	869

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Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Study Guide

Author: Linda F Johnson

Validate your expertise and get the attention of employers with Microsoft Office Specialist certification. This comprehensive guide is what you need to prepare for certification in Excel 2003, both the Specialist and Expert levels.

Carefully planned by a seasoned Microsoft Office Specialist instructor, this invaluable study guide uses real-world scenarios to teach the full range of Excel 2003 skills you need-not only to prepare for the certification exams, but also to increase your ability and productivity in the workplace. Covering twenty-four Specialist exam objectives and thirty-three Expert exam objectives, the book progresses through the functions and features of Excel software. Even entry-level Excel users can rapidly build their skills.

Excel 2003 Specialist Certification Skill Sets
* Creating Data and Content
* Analyzing Data
* Formatting Data and Content
* Collaborating
* Managing Workbooks

Excel 2003 Expert Certification Skill Sets
* Organizing and Analyzing Data
* Formatting Data and Content
* Collaborating
* Managing Data and Workbooks
* Customizing Excel

Plus, you'll find additional career preparation tools, including:
* Solutions for real-world scenarios
* Structured learning for quick productivity
* Full glossary of terms

Go to sybex.com/go/mosexcel2003 for downloadable sample files from the exercises in the book. Practice what you've learned on your own.

Visit sybex.com for all of your professional certification needs.

Excel for Scientists and Engineers or Digital Texturing and Painting

2009-01-06T05:24:00.000-08:00

Excel for Scientists and Engineers

Author: E Joseph Billo

Learn to fully harness the power of Microsoft Excel® to perform scientific and engineering calculations

With this text as your guide, you can significantly enhance Microsoft Excel's® capabilities to execute the calculations needed to solve a variety of chemical, biochemical, physical, engineering, biological, and medicinal problems. The text begins with two chapters that introduce you to Excel's Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming language, which allows you to expand Excel's® capabilities, although you can still use the text without learning VBA. Following the author's step-by-step instructions, here are just a few of the calculations you learn to perform:

Use worksheet functions to work with matrices
Find roots of equations and solve systems of simultaneous equations
Solve ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations
Perform linear and non-linear regression
Use random numbers and the Monte Carlo method

This text is loaded with examples ranging from very basic to highly sophisticated solutions. More than 100 end-of-chapter problems help you test and put your knowledge to practice solving real-world problems. Answers and explanatory notes for most of the problems are provided in an appendix.

The CD-ROM that accompanies this text provides several useful features:

All the spreadsheets, charts, and VBA code needed to perform the examples from the text
Solutions to most of the end-of-chapter problems
An add-in workbook with more than twenty custom functions

This text does not require any background in programming, so it is suitable for bothundergraduate and graduate courses. Moreover, practitioners in science and engineering will find that this guide saves hours of time by enabling them to perform most of their calculations with one familiar spreadsheet package

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Digital Texturing and Painting

Author: Owen Demers

If you work in 3D, you must have this book. More than a compendium of techniques for the texture professional, (digital) Texturing & Painting gets to the heart of being an artist in the digital realm. With this inspired guide, you'll learn to translate the enviroments you experience into an expressive, complete digital style:

Study and describe materials and their textures in the real world.
Avoid the seduction of technology as you explore the traditional techniques and artistry of painting masters thoughout the ages.
Differentiate surfaces by their textural qualities, such as color, reflections, and wear and tear
Build materials and textures through digital techniques combined with the use of traditional mediums
Bring wireframes to life through detailand color
Create vivid scenes and beautiful surfaces

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Owen has worked for a number of commercial and professional studios in both traditional and computer graphics. Fascinated by textures, he presents this guide teaching digital artists how to explore and understand textures in the real world, to enhance the recreation of such textures in both digital and traditional methods. The initial chapters cover a number of visual basics— to look and to look at, color theory, and an examination of twelve well- known paintings putting theory into practice. The remaining chapters focus on how the digital artist uses this knowledge, by taking the reader through the steps of a specific visual project. The accompanying CD-ROM contains all the files needed to complete the exercises contained in the text. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Introduction: What Is Texture?	2
1	The Fine Art of Seeing and Dissecting	14
2	Reference Materials, Textures, and Practical Stuff	56
3	Color Theory	92
4	Paintings	120
5	Making Decisions	148
6	The Project: Technical Preparation	198
7	The Bandana: A Simple Tile and Scanned Texture	212
8	Steel Braided Hoses: A Small Tileable Texture	220
9	The Tire: Adding Detail with Displacement Maps	232
10	Axle's Face: Texturing Polygons	244
11	The Goggles: Procedural Textures	256
12	The Car Body: Complexity of Texture	278
13	The Fin: Texturing Uneven Surfaces	292
14	Axle's Chest: Sculpting, Painting, and Projections	304
15	Wrap-Up: Some Things to Think About	318
	Reading List	324
	Index	327

Teach Yourself Visually or Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows

2009-01-05T07:44:00.000-08:00

Teach Yourself Visually: Windows XP 2nd. Edition: Covers Windows XP Service Pack 2

Author: Paul McFedries

* This popular full-color guide is not only $5 less than the current edition, but it is now revised to cover Service Pack 2 changes to Windows XP, including new or updated tutorials on Windows Firewall, Media Player, MovieMaker, popup blocker, and more
* Step-by-step instructions, hundreds of full-color screen shots, and essential task coverage make this the ideal reference for beginning-to-intermediate visual learners
* Windows accounts for more than 90 percent of the OS market

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Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Author: Jeff Carlson

Photoshop Elements is geared for business users, students, educators, and home users who want professional-looking images for their print and Web projects, but don't want or need the advanced power of Adobe Photoshop. With Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers can start reading from the beginning of the book to get a tour of the interface and start with image-editing basics, or they can look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. This task-based, visual reference guide uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to show readers how to capture photos, reduce red eye, correct color, work with layers, and much more. Updated to cover Photoshop Elements 6 and it's new features including the refined compositing capabilities that allow for seamless panoramas and stitching together the perfect group photo. Both beginning and intermediate users will find what they need here--in straightforward language and with readily accessible examples.

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Dreamweaver CS3 or After Effects Apprentice

2009-01-04T11:59:00.000-08:00

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Dreamweaver CS3

Author: Janine C Warner

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something - and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 150 Dreamweaver CS3 tasks. Each task-based spread includes easy, visual directions for performing necessary operations, including:

* Setting up a new Web site
* Exploring dynamic HTML
* Creating complex designs with CSS
* Using hyperlinks to navigate
* Publishing and maintaining sites
* uilding database-driven Web sites
* Helpful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks
* Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
* Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
* Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

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After Effects Apprentice: Real-World Skills for the Aspiring Motion Graphics Artist with DVD ROM

Author: Chris and Trish Meyer

If you're new to After Effects and want to get up to speed quickly, After Effects Apprentice was created just for you. With 11 core lessons plus a fun final project, you'll quickly get into the program and learn how to tap its potential — whether you want to create motion graphics for a network program, your company's video, or your own independent production.

In this book, you'll get a professional perspective on the most important features a motion graphics artist needs to learn to use this program effectively. You'll learn to creatively edit and combine layers, animate eye-catching titles, replace a screen on a computer monitor, place a studio shot in anew environment, manipulate 3D space, and use effects to generate excitement or enhance the realism of a scene. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions take you through each technique, including projects that encourage you to express it in your own way. You'll learn more than just the tools; you'll learn skills that you can immediately put to work in your own projects.

Topics include how to:
* Animate, layer, and composite images and text.
* Manipulate keyframes to create more refined animations.
* Use masks, mattes, stencils and modes to add depth.
* Manage layers to make them easier to coordinate.
* Add 3D to your animations.
* Use tracking and keying to create special effects.
* Includes new CS3 features; Shape layers, the Puppet tool, Brainstorm, and Per-Character 3D Text.

DVD contains: All exercise source material and projects in AE7 and CS3, video guided tours, and movies of the finished projects.

* Full color presentation of professional workflows
* Core motiongraphic techniques in 12 engaging lessons
* Companion DVD features QuickTime movies and lesson media

Enterprise Information Systems or Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams on Game Design

2009-01-04T01:47:00.000-08:00

Enterprise Information Systems: A Pattern-Based Approach

Author: Cheryl Dunn

Enterprise Information Systems: A Pattern Based Approach, 3e, by Dunn/Cherrington/Hollander presents a pattern-based approach to designing enterprise information systems with a particular emphasis on the enterprise-wide database. This edition is built on the idea that a separation between accounting information systems and management information systems should not exist. We believe patterns help people see the "big picture" of enterprises more clearly and therefore help design better systems. We believe you cannot identify anything that we need to account for that we do not also need to manage; nor can we identify anything we need to manage that we do not also need to account for. In this edition, we will show how a well-designed REA-based Accounting Information System is the Enterprise Information System.

Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams on Game Design

Author: Andrew Rollings

How often have you heard "anyone can design a game?" While it seems likean easy job, game ideas are cheap and plentiful. Advancing those ideasinto games that people want to play is one of the hardest, and mostunder-appreciated, tasks in the game development cycle. Andrew Rollingsand Ernest Adams on Game Design introduces both students and experienced developers to the craft of designing computer and video games for the retail market. The first half of the book is a detailed analysis of thekey game design elements: examining game concepts and worlds,storytelling, character and user interface design, core mechanics andbalance. The second half discusses each of the major game genres(action, adventure, role-playing, strategy, puzzle, and so on) andidentifies the design patterns and unique creative challenges thatcharacterize them. Filled with examples and worksheets, this book takesan accessible, practical approach to creating fun, innovative, andhighly playable games.

Library Journal

Video games have graduated from child's play to big business, so acquiring one or two creation guides is a good idea. Suitable for libraries serving beginning to intermediate users, gmax and Level explain how to use the free gmax editor to create new elements ("mods") for existing games. While Level strictly focuses on building new levels for first-person shooter multiplayer games, gmax discusses creating both levels and characters, with examples of models for many popular games; its CD-ROM includes gmax 1.2, a trial of Paint Shop Pro 7, and projects and images from the book. Level's CD-ROM also contains gmax 1.2, in addition to a trial of Photoshop 7, finished files, a discussion of what makes fun and useful game levels, and a chapter on careers in the game industry. Business and Legal helps those launching a game design company, covering from financing and staffing to protecting intellectual property and licensing work. Though specialized, this guide contains invaluable content for game developers and start-ups; appropriate for large public libraries and university libraries supporting design programs. Also for large libraries, Online Games builds on the growing popularity of the genre, discussing the process of proposing and designing as well as pitfalls and lessons for design teams. Case studies and interviews add real-world credence, and an appendix provides a useful online world time line. For intermediate to advanced designers, On Game Design discusses the process of turning an idea into a playable and marketable game. A great example-filled resource, it encourages designers to think about the different ways that games appeal to players, important gaming elements, and the psychology behind various games' success; for large libraries. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

	Introduction
Pt. I	The Elements of Game Design
Ch. 1	What Is Game Design?	3
Ch. 2	Game Concepts	29
Ch. 3	Game Settings and Worlds	55
Ch. 4	Storytelling and Narrative	89
Ch. 5	Character Development	121
Ch. 6	Creating the User Experience	147
Ch. 7	Gameplay	199
Ch. 8	The Internal Economy of Games and Game Balancing	239
Pt. II	The Genres of Games
Ch. 9	Action Games	289
Ch. 10	Strategy Games	321
Ch. 11	Role-Playing Games	347
Ch. 12	Sports Games	371
Ch. 13	Vehicle Simulations	395
Ch. 14	Construction and Management Simulations	417
Ch. 15	Adventure Games	443
Ch. 16	Artificial Life, Puzzle Games, and Other Games	477
Ch. 17	Online Games	499
Ch. 18	The Future of Gaming	533
	App. A: Sample Design Documents	569
	App. B: Bibliography	589
	Index	594

A Theory of Objects or Computability Complexity and Languages

2009-01-03T16:35:00.000-08:00

A Theory of Objects

Author: Martin Abadi

Procedural languages are generally well understood. Their foundations have been cast in calculi that prove useful in matters of implementation and semantics. So far, an analogous understanding has not emerged for object-oriented languages. In this book the authors take a novel approach to the understanding of object-oriented languages by introducing object calculi and developing a theory of objects around them. The book covers both the semantics of objects and their typing rules, and explains a range of object-oriented concepts, such as self, dynamic dispatch, classes, inheritance, prototyping, subtyping, covariance and contravariance, and method specialization. Researchers and graduate students will find this an important development of the underpinnings of object-oriented programming.

	Preface
	Prologue	1
1	Object Orientation	7
2	Class-Based Languages	11
3	Advanced Class-Based Features	25
4	Object-Based Languages	35
5	Modeling Object-Oriented Languages	51
6	Untyped Calculi	57
7	First-Order Calculi	79
8	Subtyping	93
9	Recursion	113
10	Untyped Imperative Calculi	129
11	First-Order Imperative Calculi	141
12	A First-Order Language	153
13	Second-Order Calculi	169
14	A Semantics	185
15	Definable Covariant Self Types	201
16	Primitive Covariant Self Types	221
17	Imperative Calculi with Self Types	241
18	Interpretations of Object Calculi	257
19	A Second-Order Language	273
20	A Higher-Order Calculus	287
21	A Language with Matching	305
	Epilogue	325
App. A	Fragments	329
App. B	Systems	337
App. C	Proofs	347
	List of Figures	363
	List of Tables	365
	List of Notations	371
	List of Languages	381
	Bibliography	383
	Index	391

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Computability, Complexity, and Languages: Fundamentals of Theoretical Computer Science

Author: Ron Sigal

This book is a rigorous but readable introduction to some of the central topics in theoretical computer science. The main subjects are computability theory, formal languages, logic and automated deduction, computational complexity (including NP-completeness), and programming language semantics.

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A rigorous but readable introduction to some of the central topics in theoretical computer science, including computability theory, formal languages, logic and automated deduction, computational complexity including NP-completeness, and programming language semantics. This second edition features more than triple the exercises of the previous edition and a new discussion of computability theory; a section on the denotational and operational semantics of recursion equations has been added. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Introduction: The Invisible Revolution	13
1	The Financial Revolt	25
2	Pyramids and Pancakes	85
3	The Revolt of the Masses	151
4	The Unabomber Had a Point	211
	Afterword: 2002	237

	About the Author
	Foreword
	Preface
	Glossary
1	Introduction	1
2	Video Formats and Quality	9
3	Video Coding Concepts	27
4	The MPEG-4 and H.264 Standards	85
5	MPEG-4 Visual	99
6	H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10	159
7	Design and Performance	225
8	Applications and Directions	269
	Bibliography	277
	Index	279

	Introduction	6
1	Background	8
2	Setting the scene	18
3	Solo pictures	38
4	Just the two of us	74
5	Digital tricks	84
6	Equipping yourself	114
	Index	126
	Resources and Acknowledgments	128

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Military Cryptanalysis Part III or Issues in Internet Law

Military Cryptanalysis, Part III

Issues in Internet Law: Society, Technology, and the Law

Oracle Privacy Security Auditing or Multivariable Control Systems

Oracle Privacy Security Auditing: Includes Federal Law Compliance with HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley & The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act GLB

Multivariable Control Systems: An Engineering Approach

Web Wizards Guide to PHP or Electronic Tribes

Web Wizard's Guide to PHP

Electronic Tribes: The Virtual Worlds of Geeks, Gamers, Shamans, and Scammers

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Visual BasicNET All in One Desk Reference For Dummies or CNET Do It Yourself Laptop Projects

Visual Basic.NET All in One Desk Reference For Dummies

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CNET Do-It-Yourself Laptop Projects: 24 Cool Things You Didn't Know You Could Do!

Learning to Program with Alice or Next

Learning to Program with Alice

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Programming Microsoft ASPNET 20 Applications or Beginning SQL Server 2005 Express for Developers

Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Applications: Advanced Topics

Beginning SQL Server 2005 Express for Developers: From Novice to Professional

AppleScript or Google Apps Administrator Guide

AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X

Google Apps Administrator Guide: A Private-Label Web Workspace

Alan Simpsons Windows XP Reloaded Bible or The CSS Anthology

Alan Simpson's Windows XP Reloaded Bible

The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks, and Hacks

The Digital Dialectic or Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 2005

The Digital Dialectic: New Essays on New Media

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Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 2005

Keyboarding Word Processing Lessons 1 60 or Designing Geodatabases

Keyboarding & Word Processing, Lessons 1-60

Designing Geodatabases: Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling

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Introduction to Java Programming or Common LISP

Introduction to Java Programming

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Practical DV Filmmaking or Books in the Digital Age

Practical DV Filmmaking

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Books in the Digital Age: The Transformation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing in Britain and the United States

Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns or CINEMA 4D

Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns

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CINEMA 4D: The Artist's Project Sourcebook

Python Essential Reference or Web Design Flash Sites

Python Essential Reference

Web Design Flash Sites

Introduction to Programming with Java or Optimizing Network Performance with Content Switching

Introduction to Programming with Java: A Problem Solving Approach

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Chapter 1. Introduction to Computers and Programming

Chapter 2. Algorithms and Design

Chapter 3. Java Basics

Chapter 4. Control Statements

Chapter 5. Using Pre-Built Methods

Chapter 6. Object-Oriented Programming

Appendix 9. Multithreading

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