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Wi-Fi Toys 15 Cool Wireless Projects for Home, Office, and Entertainment

2008-09-05T21:36:00.000-07:00

Wi-Fi Toys 15 Cool Wireless Projects for Home, Office, and Entertainment

This ultra-cool volume invites readers to tap into your inner geek and build seventeen ultra-cool wireless devices including a solar powered access point, a wireless picture frame that dynamically changes its own photos, and even a wireless car-to-car audio and video system. This book provides readers with hands-on instruction and insider tips and tricks from those who are on the bleeding edge of wireless technology.
New addition to the ExtremeTech line of books-books for serious technophiles.

The world’s gone wireless here’s where it starts to get fun Wireless is all about freedom, freedom from cables, cords, plugs, and limitations. So why be limited to ready-made, cookie-cutter products? This book frees your imagination as it helps you create 15 exciting, individual projects using wireless technology. Each includes the necessary background, a list of materials, and step-by-step, illustrated instructions. Build a custom antenna, set up a car-to-car video link, or Wi-Fi your TiVo.

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PHP Cookbook

2008-09-05T21:34:00.000-07:00

PHP Cookbook
Book Description
When it comes to creating dynamic web sites, the open source PHP language is red-hot property: used on more than 20 million web sites today, PHP is now more popular than Microsoft’s ASP.NET technology. With our Cookbook’s unique format, you can learn how to build dynamic web applications that work on any web browser. This revised new edition makes it easy to find specific solutions for programming challenges.

“PHP Cookbook” has a wealth of solutions for problems that you’ll face regularly. With topics that range from beginner questions to advanced web programming techniques, this guide contains practical examples — or “recipes” — for anyone who uses this scripting language to generate dynamic web content. Updated for PHP 5, this book provides solutions that explain how to use the new language features in detail, including the vastly improved object-oriented capabilities and the new PDO data access extension. New sections on classes and objects are included, along with new material on processing XML, building web services with PHP, and working with SOAP/REST architectures. With each recipe, the authors include a discussion that explains the logic and concepts underlying the solution.

About the Author
Adam Trachtenberg is a technical evangelist for eBay and is the author of two O’Reilly books, “Upgrading to PHP 5″ and “PHP Cookbook”. He is a frequent speaker at O’Reilly Open Source Conferences and LinuxWorld. Adam has an MBA from Columbia Business School. While there, he focused on general management and operations, with an emphasis on the field of technology. Adam also has a BA from Columbia University. As an undergraduate, he majored in mathematics, and his other studies included computer science and Chinese.

David Sklar is a software developer at Ning, the latest startup founded by Internet hall of famer Marc Andressen. David was a co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer of Student.Com and TVGrid.Com. At both companies, he oversaw the architecture and development of varied systems to deliver personalized dynamic content to users around the world. After discovering PHP as a solution to his web programming needs in 1996, he created the PX (http://px.sklar.com/), which enables PHP users to exchange programs. Since then, he has continued to rely on PHP for personal and professional projects. He is the author of O’Reilly’s “Learning PHP 5″, “Essential PHP Tools” (Apress) and the coauthor of “PHP Cookbook” (O’Reilly).

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Global Sensitivity Analysis

2008-09-05T12:17:00.001-07:00

Global Sensitivity Analysis

Book Description
Complex mathematical and computational models are used in all areas of society and technology and yet model based science is increasingly contested or refuted, especially when models are applied to controversial themes in domains such as health, the environment or the economy. More stringent standards of proofs are demanded from model-based numbers, especially when these numbers represent potential financial losses, threats to human health or the state of the environment. Quantitative sensitivity analysis is generally agreed to be one such standard.

Mathematical models are good at mapping assumptions into inferences. A modeller makes assumptions about laws pertaining to the system, about its status and a plethora of other, often arcane, system variables and internal model settings. To what extent can we rely on the model-based inference when most of these assumptions are fraught with uncertainties? Global Sensitivity Analysis offers an accessible treatment of such problems via quantitative sensitivity analysis, beginning with the first principles and guiding the reader through the full range of recommended practices with a rich set of solved exercises. The text explains the motivation for sensitivity analysis, reviews the required statistical concepts, and provides a guide to potential applications.

The book:
Provides a self-contained treatment of the subject, allowing readers to learn and practice global sensitivity analysis without further materials.
Presents ways to frame the analysis, interpret its results, and avoid potential pitfalls.
Features numerous exercises and solved problems to help illustrate the applications.
Is authored by leading sensitivity analysis practitioners, combining a range of disciplinary backgrounds.

Postgraduate students and practitioners in a wide range of subjects, including statistics, mathematics, engineering, physics, chemistry, environmental sciences, biology, toxicology, actuarial sciences, and econometrics will find much of use here. This book will prove equally valuable to engineers working on risk analysis and to financial analysts concerned with pricing and hedging.

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Boost your hiring IQ

2008-09-05T12:16:00.001-07:00

Boost your hiring IQ

Book Description

From the author of Boost Your Interview IQ comes the essential interviewing manual for managers

This interactive hiring guide is an absolute must, whether you’re a manager, HR professional, or a small business owner. Its powerful hiring IQ test helps youdetermine what kinds of answers they should look for when asking questions in an interview-and what those answers really mean.

Written by renowned interviewing expert Carole Martin, Boost Your Hiring IQ is filled with practical advice on what to look for when filling a position, techniques for asking the right interview questions that really show the capabilities of a prospective employee, and questions that reveal how to hire the best person for the job.

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ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks

2008-09-05T12:08:00.000-07:00

ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks

* This unique book offers readers invaluable information from the cream of the crop-Microsoft MVPs-who are now sharing undocumented hacks for the first time
* Packed with superlative advice on ASP, Microsoft’s popular technology for Web sites, this book will help readers become more productive developer, find solutions to problems they thought unsolvable, and develop better applications
* During their many years of working with ASP.NET, Microsoft MVPs have answered thousands of questions, putting them in the distinctive position of knowing exactly what readers need to know
* Many of the hacks will apply to multiple versions of ASP.NET, not just 2.0 but 1.0 and 1.1 as well

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User Interfaces in C# - Windows Forms and Custom Controls

2008-09-05T12:04:00.000-07:00

User Interfaces in C# - Windows Forms and Custom Controls

Book Description

User Interfaces in C#: Windows Forms and Custom Controls goes beyond simply covering the Windows Forms namespaces by combining a careful treatment of the API with a detailed discussion of good user-interface design principles. The combination will show you how to create the next generation of software applications using the .NET Framework. After reading User Interfaces in C#: Windows Forms and Custom Controls, you’ll know how to design state-of-the-art application interfaces, as well as how to extend .NET controls, create data-binding strategies, program graphics, and much more.

This book contains the following:
An overview of how to design elegant user interfaces the average user can understand.
A comprehensive examination of the user interface controls and classes in .NET.
Best practices and design tips for coding user interfaces and integrating helpAlthough this book isn’t a reference, it does contain detailed discussions about every user interface element you’ll use on a regular basis. But you won’t just learn how to use .NET controlsyou’ll learn how and why to extend them, with owner-drawn menus, irregularly shaped forms, and custom controls tailored for specific types of data. As a developer, you need to know more than how to add a control to a window. You also need to know how to create an entire use interface framework that’s scalable, flexible, and reusable.

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Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX

2008-09-05T12:03:00.000-07:00

Book Description
Get an expert introduction to the new JavaScript enhancements for Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0. More than a basic AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) script library, the Microsoft implementation brings object orientation to JavaScript, together with enhanced client-side and server-side controls that greatly simplify coding while delivering enhanced Web experiences with any browser. This book offers expert insights direct from the Microsoft product team and noted ASP authority Dino Esposito, as well as hands-on instruction and examples of Web development with AJAX. This ideal reference will be updated online until the final release, keeping readers up to date with the evolving tool. The book includes code samples in ASP.NET 2.0 created using C# and JavaScript

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The Relational Database Dictionary, Extended Edition

2008-09-05T12:02:00.001-07:00

The Relational Database Dictionary, Extended Edition
Book Description

Chris Date, one of the founders of the relational model, has updated and expanded his relational database dictionary to be current with over 900 terms.
Over 900 relational database terms defined
Precise and concise definitions, unlike those found on Wikipedia and other sources
Clear examples used where appropriate
Hyperlinks included in the eBook for easy reference

Who is this book for?

People who need to know something about databases, although it is not their main line of work, people new to databases, and noncomputer people looking to be conversant in databases

About the Author
C. J. Date is an independent author, lecturer, researcher, and consultant, specializing in relational database technology (a field he helped pioneer). He is best known for his book, An Introduction to Database Systems (8th edition, 2004), which has sold over 750,000 copies and is used by several hundred colleges and universities worldwide. He is also author of many other books on relational database management, including most recently Logic and Databases: The Roots of Relational Theory (2007). He was inducted into the Computing Industry Hall of Fame in 2004.

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SEP Idea Mapping: How to Access Your Hidden Brain Power, Learn Faster, Remember More, and Achieve Success in Business

2008-09-05T12:00:00.000-07:00

Idea Mapping: How to Access Your Hidden Brain Power, Learn Faster, Remember More, and Achieve Success in Business

From the Inside Flap
In this busy world, we’re constantly asked to do more in less time. But how do you cope with the pressure? Idea mapping is the answer. It’s an effective and revolutionary tool that enables you to meet the demands of life and work by improving your ability to plan, think, and learn.

Designed to help you use more of your brainpower with less effort, an idea map is a colorful visual representation of a particular issue, problem, or idea—among other applications—on a single piece of paper. Our brains are much better at absorbing, processing, and remembering information presented in the form of an idea map as opposed to information presented in a multi-linear document. Because idea maps represent facts and issues visually—engaging both hemispheres of the brain—they foster more efficient learning, enable you to approach problems more creatively, and help you think more systematically.

Author Jamie Nast has trained thousands of people at dozens of high-profile organizations on using idea maps. In Idea Mapping, she explains how you can apply the power of idea maps to your professional life—helping you and your teams plan better, increase productivity, organize complex information, save time, and develop new ideas and solutions.

To guide your way, this book includes actual idea maps created and used by twenty-one businesspeople from around the globe—as well as other handy resources you’ll find on the CD-ROM. Nast explains the rules and logic of idea mapping and leads you through every step of the idea mapping process. She begins with simple idea maps and moves onto the more complex maps, while showing you how to understand and utilize idea maps to get the most benefit from them. In order to maximize the effectiveness of your maps, as well as your thinking, Nast guides you in overcoming potential obstacles when learning this valuable skill. More than just the theory of idea mapping, she provides a multitude of specific examples from which readers can gather ideas to begin practicing their own idea mapping skills.

The idea map is the ultimate tool for achieving more in business and in life. Whether you’re an overwhelmed businessperson, an overworked entrepreneur, or someone who just wants to solve problems better and faster, Idea Mapping is a perfect tool for anyone who wants to work more efficiently—and succeed more spectacularly.

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Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Programing

2008-08-03T09:53:00.000-07:00

Book Description
Written for the beginning programmer with little to no prior programming experience, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner teaches programming skills using Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition as a foundation language. Written in a straight-forward style, using a games-based approach that makes learning beginning-level programming fun and easy, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner is the perfect introductory programming book.
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MCTS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Configuration Study Guide: Exam 70-630

2008-08-03T09:51:00.000-07:00

MCTS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Configuration Study Guide: Exam 70-630

Book Description
Prepare for Microsoft’s new certification for SharePoint administrators

Qualified SharePoint administrators are in demand, and what better way to show your expertise in this growing field than with Microsoft’s new MCTS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuration certification. Inside, find everything you need to prepare for exam 70-630, including full coverage of exam topics such as configuring content management, managing business intelligence, and more.

Full coverage of all exam objectives in a systematic approach, so you can be confident you’re getting the instruction you need for the exam
Practical hands-on exercises to reinforce critical skills
Real-world scenarios that put what you’ve learned in the context of actual job roles
Challenging review questions in each chapter to prepare you for exam day
Exam Essentials, a key feature in each chapter that identifies critical areas you must become proficient in before taking the exam
A handy tear card that maps every official exam objective to the corresponding chapter in the book, so you can track your exam prep objective by objective
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When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change

2008-08-02T18:48:00.000-07:00

When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change

Book Description

When Markets Collide is a timely alert to the fundamental changes taking place in today’s global economic and financial systems–and a call to action for investors who may fall victim to misinterpreting important signals. While some have tended to view asset class mispricings as mere “noise,” this compelling book shows why they are important signals of opportunities and risks that will shape the market for years to come. One of today’s most respected names in finance, Mohamed El-Erian puts recent events in their proper context, giving you the tools that can help you interpret the markets, benefit from global economic change, and navigate the risks.

The world economy is in the midst of a series of hand-offs. Global growth is now being heavily influenced by nations that previously had little or no systemic influence. Former debtor nations are building unforeseen wealth and, thus, enjoying unprecedented influence and facing unusual challenges. And new derivative products have changed the behavior of many market segments and players. Yet, despite all these changes, the system’s infrastructure is yet to be upgraded to reflect the realities of today’s and tomorrow’s world. El-Erian investigates the underlying drivers of global change to shed light on how you should:
Think about the new opportunities and risks
Construct an appropriately diversified and internationalized portfolio
Protect your portfolio against new sources of systemic risk
Best think about the impact of central banks and financial policies around the world

Offering up predictions of future developments, El-Erian directs his focus to help you capitalize on the new financial landscape, while limiting exposure to new risk configurations.

When Markets Collide is a unique collection of books for investors and policy makers around the world. In addition to providing a thorough analysis and clear perspective of recent events, it lays down a detailed map for navigating your way through an otherwise perplexing new economic landscape.
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Netcat Power Tools

2008-08-02T18:45:00.000-07:00

Netcat Power Tools

Book Description
Netcat in one of the most commonly used anti-hacking tools in the world. It reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable “back-end” tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has very interesting built-in capabilities. It lends itself to being useful in a myriad of situations. This book offers a comprehensive look at its possibilities.

* Comprehensive introduction to the #4 most popular open source security tool
available
* Tips and tricks on the legitimate uses of Netcat
* Detailed information on its nefarious purposes
* Demystifies security issues surrounding Netcat
* Case studies featuring dozens of ways to use Netcat in daily tasks
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Television: The Life Story of a Technology

2008-08-02T18:43:00.001-07:00

Television: The Life Story of a Technology

Book Description
For better or worse, television has been the dominant medium of communication for 50 years. Almost all American households have a television set; many have more than one. Transmitting images and sounds electronically is a relatively recent invention, one that required passionate inventors, determined businessmen, government regulators, and willing consumers. This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series covers the history of television from 19th-century European conceptions of transmitting moving images electrically to the death of TV as a discrete system in a digital age. Magoun also discusses the changing face of television in the displays that people watch around the globe. Television: The Life Story of a Technology discusses significant developments in the technological and social lives of people during the history of the television. It appeals to students and lay readers alike by highlighting key events and people: BLthe American engineers and entrepreneurs such as Vladimir Zworykin and David Sarnoff who ignited the television industry; BLthe bloom of programming choices in tandem with the Baby Boom generation; BLthe developmetn of cable and satellite TV; BLthe Asians who innovated American inventions in videorecording and flat-panel displays; BLthe use of TV in wartime; BLand the new worlds of digital and high-definition television. Based on the latest research, this crisply written, sometimes provocative survey includes a glossary, timeline, and bibliography for further information. Vladimir Zworykin — whose work ignited the entire television industry BLHow the television industry and commercial programming bloomed in tandem with the Baby Boom generation The late-twentieth century expansion of cable television and the decline of the broadcast networks, and the new world of high-definition television. The volume includes a glossary of terms, a timeline of important events, and a selected bibliography of resources for further information.
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The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

2008-08-02T18:36:00.000-07:00

The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

Book Description

Discover the secrets of world-class leadership!

When it comes to refined service and exquisite hospitality, one name stands high above the rest: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. With ceaseless attention to every luxurious detail, the company has set the bar for creating memorable customer experiences in world-class settings. Now, for the first time, the leadership secrets behind the company’s extraordinary success are revealed.

The New Gold Standard takes you on an exclusive tour behind the scenes of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. Granted unprecedented access to the company’s executives, staff, and its award-winning Leadership Center training facilities, bestselling author Joseph Michelli explored every level of leadership within the organization. He emerged with the key principles leaders at any company can use to provide a customer experience unlike any other, such as:
Understanding the ever-evolving needs of customers
Empowering employees by treating them with the utmost respect
Anticipating customers’ unexpressed needs and concerns
Developing and conducting an unsurpassed training regimen

Sharing engaging stories from the company’s employees–from the corporate office and hotels around the globe–Michelli describes the innovative methods the company uses to create peerless guest experiences and explains how it constantly hones and improves them.

The New Gold Standard weaves practical how-to advice, proven leadership tools, and the wisdom of experts to help you create and embed superior customer-service principles, processes, and practices in your own organization.
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Structured Light and Its Applications: An Introduction to Phase-Structured Beams and Nanoscale Optical Forces

2008-08-02T18:34:00.000-07:00

Introduction to Phase-Structured Beams and Nanoscale Optical Forces

Book Description
New possibilities have recently emerged for producing optical beams with complex and intricate structures, and for the non-contact optical manipulation of matter. This book fully describes the electromagnetic theory, optical properties, methods and applications associated with this new technology. Detailed discussions are given of unique beam characteristics, such as optical vortices and other wavefront structures, the associated phase properties and photonic aspects, along with applications ranging from cold atom manipulation to optically driven micromachines.

Features include:

* Comprehensive and authoritative treatments of the latest research in this area of nanophotonics, written by the leading researchers
* Accounts of numerous microfluidics, nanofabrication, quantum informatics and optical manipulation applications
* Coverage that fully spans the subject area, from fundamental theory and simulations to experimental methods and results

Graduate students and established researchers in academia, national laboratories and industry will find this book an invaluable guide to the latest technologies in this rapidly developing field.

*Comprehensive and definitive source of the latest research in nanotechnology written by the leading people in the field
*From theory to applications - all is presented in detail
*Editor is Chair of the SPIE Nanotechnology Technical Group and is leading the way in generation and manipulation of complex beams
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Always On: Advertising, Marketing, and Media in an Era of Consumer Control

2008-08-02T18:22:00.000-07:00

Always On: Advertising, Marketing, and Media in an Era of Consumer Control

Book Description

The Future is Now-Get Ready to Reap the Profits.

We stand at the beginning of a consumer-centric age-an era with potentially enormous returns for leaders in marketing, advertising and media-if they get their approach right. The new media environment is “always on,” digitally accessible to audiences from anywhere at any time, and responsive to their control. As consumers get used to this, the world of marketing is shifting to one of constant experimentation, fine-grained insight through new metrics, and continual innovation of the visible advertising message, as well as the changing business infrastructure beneath it.

The thought leaders at Booz & Company and strategy+business magazine have collaborated to create an up-to-the-minute exploration of this turbulent yet promising new digital era and its implications for corporate executives and marketing and advertising professionals. Giving you profiles of the best in the business and deep explorations of the most effective innovations and strategies in the marketing world, Always On introduces you to the companies that are reshaping the ways we will reach customers in the future.

Their secrets are in this book, including how to:
Match your messages to the right media
Learn the leading strategies of consumer-centric pioneers
Discover the lessons of laggard marketers
Explore viral marketing
Track advertising spending shifts
Capture emerging opportunities in a world of constant change
Master the new marketing metrics
Engage your customers on their terms

Figuring out the best mix of strategies for any brand requires experimentation, networking, innovation, analytics, and risk taking-qualities that have never been adequately nurtured in a marketer’s traditional career path. Always On puts you at the front of the race for successful innovation, with the latest successful approaches and techniques-essential competitive knowledge in a marketing and advertising world that never quits.
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RF and Microwave Passive and Active Technologies

2008-08-02T18:20:00.000-07:00

RF and Microwave Passive and Active Technologies
Book Description
In the high frequency world, the passive technologies required to realize RF and microwave functionality present distinctive challenges. SAW filters, dielectric resonators, MEMS, and waveguide do not have counterparts in the low frequency or digital environment. Even when conventional lumped components can be used in high frequency applications, their behavior does not resemble that observed at lower frequencies. RF and Microwave Passive and Active Technologies provides detailed information about a wide range of component technologies used in modern RF and microwave systems.

Updated chapters include new material on such technologies as MEMS, device packaging, surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters, bipolar junction and heterojunction transistors, and high mobility electron transistors (HMETs). The book also features a completely rewritten section on wide bandgap transistors.
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Filters and Filtration Handbook, Fifth Edition

2008-08-02T17:46:00.000-07:00

Filters and Filtration Handbook, Fifth Edition

Book Description
Filters are used in many industries, especially the water,sewage,oil, gas, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. This new edition of a well-established title retains the aim of being a practical account of filtration equipment and its applications. The previous edition is badly out of date, and Ken Sutherland has completely revised and re-written it, changing emphasis and content wherever necessary. It remains an essential book for the engineer working in a plant situation, who requires guidance and information on what is available and whether it is suitable for the job in hand.

*Practical guide to products and their applications
*Wide industrial market
*The plant engineer’s source-book
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A Primer of GIS: Fundamental Geographic and Cartographic Concepts

2008-08-01T18:12:00.000-07:00

A Primer of GIS: Fundamental Geographic and Cartographic Concepts

Book Description

This pragmatic book introduces key concepts and skills to prepare students to understand and use geographic information systems (GIS). The text thoroughly explains what geographic information is, how it is represented and analyzed, and what it communicates about human and environmental activities and events that take place on our planet. Basic principles of map making and map reading are integrated with discussions of relevant information technologies and applications. Written in an accessible style, the text is organized into four parts that can be used in any sequence in entry-level and more specialized GIS courses. User-friendly features include practical examples and exercises, engaging vignettes, and helpful Internet resources.
rimer of GIS: Fundamental Geographic and Cartographic Concepts Book Description This pragmatic book introduces key concepts and skills to prepare students to understand and use geographic information systems (GIS). The text thoroughly explains what geographic information is, how it is represented and analyzed, and what it communicates about human and environmental activities and events that take place on our planet. Basic principles of map making and map reading are integrated with discussions of relevant information technologies and applications. Written in an accessible style, the text is organized into four parts that can be used in any sequence in entry-level and more specialized GIS courses. User-friendly features include practical examples and exercises, engaging vignettes, and helpful Internet resources.
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Secure Transaction Protocol Analysis: Models and Applications

2008-08-01T17:51:00.000-07:00

Applications
Book Description

The present volume arose from the need for a comprehensive coverage of the state of the art in security protocol analysis. It aims to serve as an overall course-aid and to provide self-study material for researchers and students in formal methods theory and applications in e-commerce, data analysis and data mining. The volume will also be useful to anyone interested in secure e-commerce.

The book is organized in eight chapters covering the main approaches and tools in formal methods for security protocol analysis. It starts with an introductory chapter presenting the fundamentals and background knowledge with respect to formal methods and security protocol analysis. Chapter 2 provides an overview of related work in this area, including basic concepts and terminology. Chapters 3 and 4 show a logical framework and a model checker for analyzing secure transaction protocols. Chapter 5 explains how to deal with uncertainty issues in secure messages, including inconsistent messages and conflicting beliefs in messages. Chapter 6 integrates data mining with security protocol analysis, and Chapter 7 develops a new technique for detecting collusion attack in security
protocols. Chapter 8 gives a summary of the chapters and presents a brief discussion of some emerging issues in the field.
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Remote Sensing Image Analysis: Including the Spatial Domain

2008-08-01T17:48:00.000-07:00

Remote Sensing Image Analysis: Including the Spatial Domain
Book Description

Remote Sensing image analysis is mostly done using only spectral information on a pixel by pixel basis. Information captured in neighbouring cells, or information about patterns surrounding the pixel of interest often provides useful supplementary information.

This book presents a wide range of innovative and advanced image processing methods for including spatial information, captured by neighbouring pixels in remotely sensed images, to improve image interpretation or image classification. Presented methods include different types of variogram analysis, various methods for texture quantification, smart kernel operators, pattern recognition techniques, image segmentation methods, sub-pixel methods, wavelets and advanced spectral mixture analysis techniques. Apart from explaining the working methods in detail a wide range of applications is presented covering land cover and land use mapping, environmental applications such as heavy metal pollution, urban mapping and geological applications to detect hydrocarbon seeps.

The book is meant for professionals, PhD students and graduates who use remote sensing image analysis, image interpretation and image classification in their work related to disciplines such as geography, geology, botany, ecology, forestry, cartography, soil science, engineering and urban and regional planning.
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Optical System Design, Second Edition

2008-08-01T17:43:00.000-07:00

Optical System Design, Second Edition
Book Description

Learn advanced optical design techniques from the field’s most respected guide

Honed for more than 20 years in an SPIE professional course taught by renowned optical systems designer Robert E. Fischer, Optical System Design, Second Edition brings you the latest cutting-edge design techniques and more than 400 detailed diagrams that clearly illustrate every major procedure in optical design.

This thoroughly updated resource helps you work better and faster with computer-aided optical design techniques, diffractive optics, and the latest applications, including digital imaging, telecommunications, and machine vision. No need for complex, unnecessary mathematical derivations-instead, you get hundreds of examples that break the techniques down into understandable steps. For twenty-first century optical design without the mystery, the authoritative Optical Systems Design, Second Edition features:
Computer-aided design use explained through sample problems
Case studies of third-millennium applications in digital imaging, sensors, lasers, machine vision, and more
New chapters on optomechanical design, systems analysis, and stray-light suppression
New chapter on polarization including lots of really useful information
New and expanded chapter on diffractive optics
Techniques for getting rid of geometrical aberrations
Testing, tolerancing, and manufacturing guidance
Intelligent use of aspheric surfaces in optical design
Pointers on using off-the-shelf optics
Basic optical principles and solutions for common and advanced design problems

About the Author
Robert Fischer is the president of Optics 1, Inc., and a past president of SPIE.

Biljana Tadic-Galeb (Westlake Village, CA) is a senior optical staff engineer at Optics 1.

Paul Yoder is a consultant specializing in optical and opto-mechanical design.
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Linux+ Certification Bible

2008-07-31T21:44:00.001-07:00

Linux+ Certification Bible

Book Description
Unleash the power of CompTIA’s newest certification! Linux+ is the next hot certification to come from CompTIA, the company behind A+ with a following of 250,000+ certified and growing. Linux+ Certification Bible contains everything you need to know to pass the exam as well as practical information in one comprehensive volume!
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Windows Administration at the Command Line for Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000

2008-07-31T21:09:00.000-07:00

From the Back Cover
The only complete reference for Windows command line utilities

The last thing you need as a busy systems administrator is to click endlessly through the Windows GUI every time you want to perform a simple task. Want a better solution? Get reacquainted with the often-overlooked utilities accessible through the command line in Windows Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000.

Locate files, check status, monitor systems, and best of all, save time by using scripts to automate time-consuming tasks. This hands-on book reveals all the command line utilities and puts them at your fingertips. The only book on the market with the complete set of Windows command line utilities—including the latest for Vista—this valuable reference offers solutions that will help increase your productivity in the field.

Inside you’ll find:
The complete set of all Windows command line utilities
New Vista utilities such as RoboCopy, WinSAT, WhoAmI, and more
Information on third-party utilities and scripting techniques
Thorough coverage of Windows PowerShell 1.0
Instructions for using the .NET Framework utilities
An appendix with 52 command line tricks and techniques
A handy summary of new and modified commands in Vista
Real-world scenarios that focus on practical applications

In the Field Results provides seasoned systems administrators with advanced tools, knowledge, and real-world skills to use on the job.

Going beyond what the standard documentation or classroom training provides, these practical guides address the real situations IT professionals face every day, offering streamlined solutions to improve productivity.
Simplify IT management with full access to all Windows command line utilities
Use scripts to automate time-consuming administration tasks
Increase your productivity with greater efficiency in the field
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Linux Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning

2008-07-31T20:35:00.000-07:00

Linux Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning

Book Description

Covering topics from analysis tools to kernel tuning, to capacity management, this book offers a single point of reference for what you need to know. Anyone who has ever had to speed existing operations or project usage patterns for future loads, knows that tracking down the relevant information can be a difficult task. That’s why this book has been written-it pulls together all of this knowledge, saving countless hours of what might otherwise be wasted research time.
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OpenGL Game Programming

2008-07-31T20:03:00.000-07:00

Book Description
OpenGL® Game Programming teaches you how to use OpenGL to create dynamic 3D environments and effects for use in game development. Beginning with the histories of OpenGL and Microsoft® DirectX®, programming essentials for Microsoft Windows®, and 3D theory, you’ll quickly move on to lessons on the functionality of OpenGL. Most of the chapters include demo programs that will allow you to see OpenGL in action. You’ll then learn how to pull together OpenGL, Microsoft DirectSound®, and Microsoft DirectInput® to create your own games!
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Challenges to the Global Trading System

2008-07-31T05:28:00.000-07:00

Challenges to the Global Trading System
Book Description

International trade continues to expand robustly in East Asia and elsewhere, but global trade negotiations have collapsed and globalization is widely criticized.

In this book, the participants of the thirtieth Pacific Trade and Development Conference including the then-Director General of the World Trade Organization, and leading government officials, academics and executives from a dozen major Pacific Rim economies debate whether global negotiations have ended once and for all, or are suffering temporarily from globalization fatigue; whether East Asias new regional partnerships will advance or undermine the global trading system; and whether the regions trade tensions with the United States will intensify or subside. They provide new empirical evidence on how trade affects the distribution of income, the location of pollution-intensive industries, the causes of outsourcing, the structure of the intellectual property regime, and international security. And they probe the implications of adjustment to globalization: how can countries reap the benefits of trade while controlling the risks faced by the poor and, perhaps more importantly, the politically strong?

Challenges to the Global Trading System is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Asia-Pacific studies, international relations and development studies, as well as those with a more general interest in Asian studies.

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Electromagnetics for High-Speed Analog and Digital Communication Circuits

2008-07-31T05:14:00.000-07:00

Electromagnetics for High-Speed Analog and Digital Communication Circuits

Book Description
Reviews the fundamental electromagnetics of passive and active circuit elements, highlighting various effects and potential problems in circuit design. Contains up-to-date results, techniques, practical examples, illustrations and worked examples. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of electrical engineering, and practitioners in the IC design indsutry. Further resources: www.cambridge.org/9780521853507.

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MBA’s Guide to Microsoft Excel 2002

2008-07-31T05:10:00.000-07:00

MBA's Guide to Microsoft Excel 2002

Book Description
Designed specifically as a reference for business professionals, this concise guide to Microsoft Excel 2002 begins with quick primers that move new users to proficiency in all Excel categories, including worksheet basics, working with databases, and creating charts. It describes in detail those features of Excel that are important to business users: statistical functions, financial functions, data sharing, PivotTables and PivotCharts, Solver, BackSolver, and Small Business Finance Manager. It also provides step-by-step plans for completing common Excel business projects such as building a sales forecast, creating a business plan, and performing capital budgeting analysis. The accompanying CD-ROM provides examples of Excel workbooks created through these projects as well as those discussed throughout the book.
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Tricks of the Microsoft Office 2007 Gurus

2008-07-31T05:06:00.000-07:00

Book Description
Paul McFedries, an Office “insider,” that will help you learn the Office applications inside and out. Designed to bridge the gap between your expectation and reality, you will go beyond the basics and learn newly discovered techniques, shortcuts, and best practices. Through real-world examples that showcase how the tips and tricks can be used in everyday business tasks, Tricks of the Microsoft Office 2007 Gurus will help you get the most out of Office 2007.

Part I MICROSOFT WORD TRICKS

Chapter 1 Text Tricks

Chapter 2 Formatting Tricks

Chapter 3 Document Tricks

Chapter 4 Page Layout Tricks

Part II MICROSOFT EXCEL TRICKS

Chapter 5 Formula and Function Tricks

Chapter 6 Workbook and Worksheet Tricks

Chapter 7 Data Analysis Tricks

Chapter 8 Chart Tricks

III MICROSOFT POWERPOINT TRICKS

Chapter 9 Slide and Presentation Tricks

Chapter 10 Animation Tricks

Chapter 11 Slide Show Tricks

IV MICROSOFT OUTLOOK TRICKS

Chapter 12 Email Tricks

Chapter 13 Calendar and Contacts Tricks

V MICROSOFT ACCESS TRICKS

14 Table and Query Tricks

Chapter 15 Form and Report Tricks

APPENDIXES

Author Bio

Paul McFedries is well-known as a teacher of Office, Windows, and programming, particularly VBA. He is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company. Paul has been writing programs for PCs for more than 25 years and has been developing VBA applications since Microsoft first added VBA to the Office suite in 1994. Now primarily a writer, Paul has written more than 50 books that have sold more than three million copies worldwide. These books include Access 2007 Forms, Reports, and Queries (Que, 2007), Formulas and Functions with Excel 2007 (Que, 2007), VBA for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (Que, 2007), and Windows Vista Unleashed (Sams, 2006).

About the Author

Paul McFedries is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company.

Now primarily a writer, Paul has worked as a programmer, consultant, spreadsheet developer,

and Web site developer. He has written more than 50 books that have sold more than

three million copies worldwide. These books include Access 2007 Forms, Reports, and Queries

(Que, 2007), Formulas and Functions with Excel 2007 (Que, 2007), VBA for the 2007

Microsoft Office System (Que, 2007), and Windows Vista Unleashed (Sams, 2006).
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Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista

2008-07-31T05:02:00.000-07:00

Book Description

Your Guide to Easy and Secure Windows Vista Networking is a complete beginner’s guide to creating, configuring, administering, and using a small network using Windows Vista computers. Inside you’ll find comprehensive coverage of networking hardware, including Ethernet (wired) hardware (from NICs to cables to switches to routers) and wireless Hardware–from wireless NICs to access points to range extenders.

We include handy “buyer’s guides” that tell you how to make smart choices when purchasing network hardware. With hardware in hand, we then show you how to roll up your shirtsleeves and put everything together, including configuring a router, laying cable, and connecting the devices. Next, we then show you how to wrangle with Windows Vista’s networking features. These techniques include using the Network and Sharing Center, managing wired and wireless connections, accessing shared network resources, sharing local resources on the network, and working with network files offline. And if you are a music and video aficionado, we’ve got you covered with a special chapter that shows you just how to set up a networked Vista PC as your digital media hub!

No networking book would be complete without extensive coverage of security issues that affect anyone connected to the Internet. We show you how to secure each computer, secure your global networking settings, and batten down your wireless connections. The last part of the book includes intermediate networking tasks such as

making remote connections, monitoring the network, troubleshooting network problems, and setting up Vista’s built-in web server and FTP server.

• No longer is networking a topic that only geeks need to understand.

If you have even one computer on the Internet or if you use wireless

in your home or office, you need this book!

• Extensive hardware coverage that shows you what equipment to

buy and how to set it up!

• Easy to follow buyer’s guides that enable anyone to make smart

and informed choices when purchasing networking hardware.

• Complete and comprehensive coverage of Windows Vista’s

networking features.

• Thwart hackers, crackers, thieves and other Internet malefactors

by following our easy to understand chapters on security!

• Loaded with tips, tricks, and shortcuts to make networking easier

and more secure.

• Chock full of real-world examples and network configurations that

you can put to work today!

About the Author

Paul McFedries is a full-time technical writer who has worked with computers in one form or another since 1975 and has used Windows since version 1 was foisted upon an unsuspecting (and underwhelmed) world in the mid-1980s. He is the author of more than 60 computer books that have sold more than three million copies worldwide. His recent titles include the Sams Publishing books Windows Vista Unleashed and Windows Home Server Unleashed and the Que Publishing books Formulas and Functions with Microsoft Excel 2007, Tricks of the Microsoft Office 2007 Gurus, and Microsoft Access 2007 Forms, Reports, and Queries. Please visit Paul’s website at http://www.mcfedries.com/. Paul is also the proprietor of Word Spy (http://www.wordspy.com) a website devoted to tracking new words and phrases as they enter the English language.

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Oracle Database 10g Implementing Database Vault D44719GC10

2008-07-31T04:49:00.000-07:00

Database Vault is a new option that helps a DBA meet the security goals of an organization. There are more and more requirements being put on systems regarding separation of duties and privacy and protection of data, including insider threats. A DBA needs to understand these requirements, and also the tools available for meeting them. This course introduces the student to Database Vault, including installation, configuration, and how it affects activities in the database. New security concepts are introduced, illustrated, and clearly demonstrated by relevant practices

Learn To:
Install Database Vault into an existing database
Understand the Database Vault API capabilities
Configure components that restrict DBA privileges as needed
Audit access to database objects as needed
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Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks

2008-07-31T04:40:00.000-07:00

Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks

Book Description

Cisco authorized self-study book for CCNP Switching foundation learning

* Prepare for CCNP or CCDP certification while learning how to build and manage switched campus networks offering a combination of Layer 2 and Layer 3 services
* Understand how to deploy the required Cisco products and services that enable connectivity and traffic transport in multilayer switched networks
* Improve IP performance by identifying multilayer switching devices, configuring multilayer switching services, verifying multilayer switch flows, and applying flow masks
* Manage redundant links through proper application of transparent bridging and Spanning-Tree Protocol
* Implement the necessary services at each layer of the network for efficient implementation of multicast groups
* Control network traffic by implementing the necessary admission policy at each layer of the network topology

Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks is a Cisco authorized self-paced learning tool. It teaches you how to build and manage campus networks using multilayer switching technologies. The book addresses both routing and switching concepts, covering both Layer 2 and Layer 3 technologies. If you are pursuing CCNP or CCDP certification, this book helps you with strong and accurate early study material.

Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks presents detailed information on how routing and switching technologies work together. This book first defines Cisco recommended campus network design methodologies. You will receive an in-depth analysis of Layer 2 switching technologies, including Spanning Tree, VLAN technologies, frame tagging protocols, and Cisco proprietary support protocols such as VTP and DTP. The book then covers Layer 3 routing services provided in the campus network, including inter-VLAN routing, multilayer switching, Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP), and IP multicast. Finally, the book covers securing the switched campus network model, including setting passwords, local and remote login, modifying default privilege levels, and applying Layer 3 traffic management techniques to the campus network. Several case studies demonstrate the implementation of multilayer switching technologies. Additionally, each chapter contains questions to help you assess your understanding of key concepts and start you down the path for attaining your CCNP or CCDP certification.

Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems that can include simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press.Books in this series provide officially developed training solutions to help networking professionals understand technology implementations and prepare for the Cisco Career Certifications examinations.

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Evolved Packet System (EPS): The LTE and SAE Evolution of 3G UMTS

2008-07-31T04:35:00.000-07:00

Evolved Packet System (EPS): The LTE and SAE Evolution of 3G UMTS

Book Description
2G/GSM and 3G/UMTS are key mobile communication technologies, chosen by more than 2 billion people around the world. In order to adapt to new services, increasing demand for user bandwidth, quality of service and requirements for network convergence, major evolutions are introduced in 3G network standard.

Evolved Packet System (EPS) presents the EPS evolution of the 3G/UMTS standard introduced by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard committee. This new topic is looked at from a system perspective, from the radio interface to network and service architecture. Hundreds of documents being issued by Standard organisations are summarised in one book to allow the reader to get an accessible comprehensive view of EPS evolution.
Proposes a system view of Evolved UMTS, from the radio to Core and service architecture
Gives a comprehensive and global view of the system that technical specifications do not provide
Describes the new system as well as the inheritance and migration from 2G/GSM and 3G/UMTS
Written by experts in the field who specialise in two complementary but very different technical domains (i.e. “radio interface” and “network architecture”)
Contains many figures and examples for better understanding.

This book is essential for industry professionals in the telecommunication business, telecommunication system architects and designers, product manufacturers and operators and postgraduate students.

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Email Marketing By the Numbers

2008-07-31T04:26:00.000-07:00

Email Marketing By the Numbers

Book Description
Praise for EMAIL MARKETING by the NUM8ERS

“At last-a book that marketers can use to gain real respect from CFOs and CEOs who care about the bottom line. Baggott, author of the award-winning blog ‘Email Marketing Best Practices,’ clearly explains how to make your campaigns perform measurably better. The secret’s in your test results.”
—Anne Holland, President, MarketingSherpa

“Despite its proven power, email marketing receives a fraction of the attention given to other, fancier media. This week you’ll probably hear far more about mobile videocasting (or some such fashion) than you will about email marketing. You can help correct this imbalance by reading this book.”
—Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman, Ogilvy Group, London, UK

“Baggott’s wonderful new direct marketing book is loaded with practical advice and recommendations from some of the best minds in the industry. Email Marketing by the Numbers should be read by everyone in the industry who wants to profit from acquiring and retaining customers.”
—Arthur Middleton Hughes, Vice President/Solutions Architect, Knowledge Base Marketing, and author of Strategic Database Marketing

“Amidst the confusion and changing landscape of the Web, Baggott is one of the clear thinkers who can cut through the hype and help you understand how to drive revenues through the use of marketing technology.”
—Scott Burkey, Business Development Executive, Definition 6

“Baggott is the ultimate Web 2.0 entrepreneur who takes Email 2.0 to a new level. In Email Marketing by the Numbers, he gives marketers instructions for creating one-to-one conversations with prospects and customers. This book should be on the desk of every marketer in every company, big or small.”
—Scott Maxwell, founder, OpenView Venture Partners
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Experience-Based Communication

2008-07-31T04:16:00.000-07:00

Experience-Based Communication
Book Description

Experience-based Communication is a powerful tool. Companies can use it to bring their values to life and to make their messages accessible and credible. By communicating in a way that can be both sensed and felt, companies can increase their influence on internal and external stakeholders - and existing and potential customers.

This book teaches you how to architect the way your company is experienced at every real-life touchpoint. How to use physical meetings and locations to create an affinity with a given market segment. And how to engage your audience mentally, physically and socially in order to transform them into loyal customers and willing ambassadors.

If you want to get closer to your target groups, you will find no greater source of inspiration than the methods presented in this book.

“Experience-based Communication fills a much-neglected hole of knowledge in the Experience Economy, simultaneously making the point that proper staging and drama can make experiences more, not less, authentic. As the authors make clear, the Experience Medium IS the communicated message. This book is a very valuable addition to the pantheon of the Experience Economy.”

B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore, co-authors, The Experience Economy and Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want

“I normally dislike business books, and books on communication are often the worst. This book, however, has real personality and is an experience in itself to read. Would that Chief Executives of today’s organisations, with their wretched, dismembered, irritating, time-consuming, soul-destroying We value your call systems would spare some of their time to read this book, all our lives would be enriched as a result. It is worth remembering that there are only 100 cents in a Euro, so cost cutting is finite, whereas creating value for customers is infinite and is limited only by our own creativity and imagination. Buy this book. Enjoy it.”

Malcolm McDonald, Emeritus Professor at the Cranfield University School of Management

“The book, Experience-Based Communication, highlights some of the most important issues regarding the embodiment of cultural artefacts and manifestos. The architectural utterance is itself experience-based. Setting the stage for human interaction it adds to both history and social behaviour. Read the book. It is an inspirational source to everyone engaged with experience-based communication!”

Mette Kynne Frandsen, CEO and Architect MAA at HENNINGLARSENARCHITECTS

“This book is a must-read for marketers seeking to find alternative ways to engage their target audiences in a deeper dialogue in order to build customer loyalty. In a world where the “new influencers” preside over the all important word-of-mouth, brands need to be able to offer enduring and valuable experiences that are capable of transforming ordinary customers into willing ambassadors. Charting a companys experience architecture offers the ability to gauge where they stand and score in their consumers hearts, minds and most importantly, lives”

Joseph Jaffe, President and Chief Interruptor, crayon and author of “Join the Conversation”

About the Author
Jens Ornbo (born 1963) - As CEO and co-founder of the 3rdDimension consultancy group, Jens Ornbo has a wealth of experience advising professionals how to explore the full potential of the Experience Economy. Jens has advised companies and organizations for many years and has helped in the launch of new concepts and enterprises in many countries. As well as managing 3rdDimension, Jens teaches at further education institutes and is a popular guest speaker.

Claus Sneppen (born 1964) - Claus Sneppen has a Masters degree in Business and Communication and is an officer in the Danish Army. Claus has been working with Experience Communication both in Denmark and abroad since 1990. As co-founder and partner in the 3rdDimension consultancy group, Claus spends his time teaching companies and organizations how to master the art of Experience Architecture and Experience-based Communication.

Peter Franklin Würtz (born 1974) - Peter Würtz has a Masters degree in Design and Communication Management and years of experience working with the Experience Economy. As a partner and consultant in 3rdDimension Experience Architects, Peter focuses on developing Experience concepts and advising customers on how to utilize Experience Architecture. Peter also teaches at several further education institutes in Denmark.
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Nessus Network Auditing, Second Edition

2008-07-31T04:05:00.000-07:00

Book Description
The Updated Version of the Bestselling Nessus Book.

This is the ONLY Book to Read if You Run Nessus Across the Enterprise
Ever since its beginnings in early 1998, the Nessus Project has attracted security researchers from all walks of life. It continues this growth today. It has been adopted as a de facto standard by the security industry, vendor, and practitioner alike, many of whom rely on Nessus as the foundation to their security practices. Now, a team of leading developers have created the definitive book for the Nessus community.

* Perform a Vulnerability Assessment
Use Nessus to find programming errors that allow intruders to gain unauthorized access.

* Obtain and Install Nessus
Install from source or binary, set up up clients and user accounts, and update your plug-ins.

* Modify the Preferences Tab
Specify the options for Nmap and other complex, configurable components of Nessus.

* Understand Scanner Logic and Determine Actual Risk
Plan your scanning strategy and learn what variables can be changed.

* Prioritize Vulnerabilities
Prioritize and manage critical vulnerabilities, information leaks, and denial of service errors.

* Deal with False Positives
Learn the different types of false positives and the differences between intrusive and nonintrusive tests.

* Get Under the Hood of Nessus
Understand the architecture and design of Nessus and master the Nessus Attack Scripting Language (NASL).

* Scan the Entire Enterprise Network
Plan for enterprise deployment by gauging network bandwith and topology issues.

* Nessus is the premier Open Source vulnerability assessment tool, and has been voted the “most popular” Open Source security tool several times.

* The first edition is still the only book available on the product.

* Written by the world’s premier Nessus developers and featuring a forword by the creator of Nessus, Renaud Deraison.
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MCSE 2003: Exam-Pack 70-293

2008-07-31T04:02:00.000-07:00

MCSE 2003: Exam-Pack 70-293

This training focuses on how to design and plan for a Windows Server 2003 network infrastructure. You’ll learn about a variety of networking topics as well as numerous options available from Microsoft such as Terminal Services and Software Update Services. Security features in Server 2003 have been significantly upgraded from Server 2000 and this training covers security templates, remote authentication, private keys, smart cards, wireless security and the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.

Instructor James Conrad is one of the leading experts on Server 2003 and provides numerous tips, tricks and real-world examples to help you learn the technology as well as put it to use. James delivers the material with a quick-wit and easy going style that makes it easy to comprehend complex topics.

There are 27 videos providing more than 13 hours of instruction. A basic understanding of computers and networking, such as the A+/Network+ Combo Pack, as well as the material covered in Exam-Packs 70-290 and 70-291 is recommended before viewing this training.

Exam Pack 70-293 Contents:

- Series Intro
- Operating Systems and Server Roles
- Security Settings
- Security Settings and GPO
- Security Templates
- Network Planning and Design
- TCP/IP Planning: Addresses and Subnetting
- IP Configuration
- Internet Connectivity
- Routing: Static, RIP, and OSPF
- Remote Access Authentication & Policies
- WINS
- DNS Part 1
- DNS Part 2
- Private Key Infrastructure Part 1
- Private Key Infrastructure Part 2
- Enrollment
- Smart Cards
- Wireless Security Part 1
- Wireless Security Part 2
- IPSec Part 1
- IPSec Part 2
- Performance, Network Load-Balancing, Clustering Part 1
- Network Load-Balancing, Clustering Part 2
- Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer, Software Update Services
- Remote Assistance and Terminal Services
- System Recovery
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Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step

2008-07-28T21:34:00.000-07:00

The smart way to learn Microsoft Office Project 2007–one stepat a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practicefiles on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting tips to master thefundamentals of working with the latest version of Office Project,including information on the new, easy-to-use scenarios and reportingfeatures. You will learn the essentials for managing time, people, andbudgets for projects large and small with Office Project 2007. You willlearn how to create a task list and assign resources, fine-tune yourproject plan, track project progress, and share and publish projectinformation. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need orwork from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction, buildingand practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Includes acompanion CD with hands-on practice files.
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ITIL Version 3 at a Glance: Information Quick Reference

2008-07-28T21:31:00.000-07:00

ITIL® Version 3 At a Glance takes a graphical approach to consolidating the information of ITIL® version 3. ITIL® is an internationally-recognized set of best practices for providing IT service management. IT organizations worldwide are implementing ITIL® as a vehicle for improving IT service quality and improve return on investment for IT services.

The desk reference’s unique graphical approach will take otherwise complex textual descriptions and make the information accessible in a series of consistent, simple diagrams. ITIL® Version 3 At a Glance will be of interest to organizations looking to train their staffs in a consistent and cost-effective way. Further, this book is ideal for anyone involved in planning consulting, implementing, or testing an ITIL® Version 3 implementation.

Each chapter in ITIL® Version 3 at a Glance summarizes one of the ITIL® v3 books in the following consistent structure:

- Brief Description of the Stage

- Overview Diagram of the Stage

- Key Concepts of the Stage

- Practices or Processes

- Roles

- Process Purpose

- Overview Diagram

- Key Concepts
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Configuring ISA Server 2000

2008-07-28T21:22:00.000-07:00

Book Description
Microsoft’s flagship ISA Server delivers the Internet to your customers!
As the demand for Internet connectivity reaches a fever pitch, system administrators are being challenged to connect more and more systems to the Internet without compromising security or network performance. ISA Server 2000 provides system administrators with a revolutionary management infrastructure that addresses the two greatest needs of Enterprise-wide Internet connectivity: Security and speed.

Written by best-selling author of several MCSE 2000 study guides, this book will provide the system administrators with an in depth understanding of all the critiacl features of Microsoft’s flag ship Internet Server. Configuring ISA Server 2000 shows network administrators how to connect a network to the Internet, maintain the connection, and troubleshoot remote users’ hardware and software configuration problems.

* Up-to-date coverage of new products specific to Windows 2000
* Shows network administrators how to supply e-mail whilst maintaining network security
* Focuses on providing secure remote access to a network
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Building Information Modeling

2008-07-26T06:32:00.000-07:00

Book Description

Improve Planning and Management on Any Construction Project with Powerful BIM Tools

Building information modeling (BIM) integrates 3D drawings and 4D animations to dramatically improve the communication, coordination, and planning of construction projects, while reducing risks, errors, and costs. Building Information Modeling is an in-depth resource that shows architects and building professionals how to capitalize on BIM concepts, tools, and techniques for their own building projects.

An in-depth explanation of BIM concepts, tools, and techniques
Guidance on applying BIM to new and retrofit construction projects
More than 200 photos, charts, diagrams, and details of the BIM process
Detailed case studies

Inside this Comprehensive Guide to BIM Technology

Background: • The Setting for BIM • Current Practice • Legal Considerations Building Information Modeling: • BIM Concepts • BIM Planning • BIM Implementation Software Tools: • Modeling Tools • Model Production • Model Analysis • Specific SoftwareOptions Learning BIM: • Learning Methods • Skill Sets • The Learners Case Studies

About the Author
Willem Kymmell is a practicing architect with more than 30 years of experience in the field. He is also an Associate Professor of Construction Management at California State University (Chico), where he teaches building information modeling and construction documentation, construction document analysis, specifications, building code analysis, and architectural history. Mr. Kymmell’s private practice includes residential and commercial commissions, consultations, and virtual building software training.
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Pro WF: Windows Workflow in .NET 3.5

2008-07-26T06:30:00.000-07:00

Pro WF: Windows Workflow in .NET 3.5

Book Description

Windows Workflow Foundation is a ground–breaking addition to the core of the .NET Framework that allows you to orchestrate human and system interactions as a series of workflows that can be easily mapped, analyzed, adjusted, and implemented.

As business problems become more complex, the need for a workflow–based solution has never been more evident. WF provides a simple and consistent way to model and implement complex problems. As a developer, you focus on developing the business logic for individual workflow tasks. The runtime handles the execution of those tasks after they have been composed into a workflow.

Pro WF: Windows Workflow in .NET 3.5 provides you with the skills you need to incorporate WF in your applications. This book gets you up to speed with Windows Workflow Foundation quickly and comprehensively. The practical aspects of using WF are covered in a lively tutorial style with each workflow concept illustrated in C#. You’ll find detailed coverage of how to customize your workflows and access them in a variety of ways and situations so you can maximize the advantages of this technology.

Pro WF: Windows Workflow in .NET 3.5 is written by an experienced Windows and .NET developer. Rather than simply duplicating the available references on the subject, author Bruce Bukovics leads you through a series of practical WF topics that enable you to gain immediate experience and learn how to use the technology as you progress through the book.
What you’ll learn
WF basics
Customizing your workflows
Accessing your workflows in a variety of ways in a variety of situations
Using WF with web services and ASP.NET
Integrating WCF and WF
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Using the Building Regulations: Part C: Site Preparation & resistance to contaminants & moisture

2008-07-23T00:02:00.000-07:00

As the Building Regulations and Approved Documents have become more and more complex, they have become increasingly unfriendly for a professional user. Compliance is only possible by understanding a wide range of supporting documentation. Alternative approaches are implied, but not described or analysed.

This book examines Approved Document C on Site Preparation and takes the user through all the key stages of preparation, compliance, inspection and enforcement. It offers practical advice on using not just the traditional routes to compliance but also on the alternative approaches suggested but not explained in the Approved Documents. The advantages and disadvantages of each form of compliance are analysed in depth.

Everything you need to know to prepare a site’s fixtures against contamination and moisture is discussed, including floors, walls, window frames, door tresholds, and roofs. This is an indispensable text for professional designers, architects, structural and other specialist engineers, building control officers and students in construction, building and architecture.

*Detailed guidance to Part C
*Practical advice to achieve compliance
*Alternative approaches explained and evaluated
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Architect’s Guide to Running a Job, Sixth Edition

2008-07-22T23:55:00.000-07:00

The book is divided into 76 short sections covering the entire process, from preliminary enquiries to final fees, each with a small flow chart showing who is involved and when. This sixth revised edition updates the contents in line with present day practice, bearing in mind the changes in terminology, technology, environmental demands and the legislative background. Ronald Green and Professor Ross Jamieson who writes the foreword to this edition, are both examiners for Part Three.
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Law and Practice for Architects

2008-07-20T05:17:00.000-07:00

Provides a framework for understanding of the legal, contractual and procedural implication of architectural practice. The book acts as a useful aide-memoire for students and practitioners based on the premise that smooth legal administration will provide the conditions under which client relations can be constructive and good design can be achieved.
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Procurement Strategies: A Relationship-based Approach

2008-07-20T05:14:00.000-07:00

Construction has been an industry characterised by disputes, fierce competitiveness and fragmentation - all major obstacles to development. Now, however, a relationship-based approach to project procurement, through partnering and alliancing, aims to bring about a fundamental change.

This book addresses the critical relationship issues for a more collaborative and sustainable construction industry. It looks at how project procurement and project alliancing partner selection works, and how risk and crisis resolution are managed. It provides readers with guidance and models on how to put a relationship-based approach to procurement into practice, drawing on specific prototypes from an actual, successful project that can be adapted.
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A History of Architectural Conservation

2008-07-20T05:05:00.000-07:00

‘For anyone who might still doubt the existence of an overall European culture and its coexistence in permanent dialogue with national cultures, the history of restoration, as presented by architect Jukka Jokilehto, should be a convincing demonstration’
Paul Philippot, Director Emeritus of ICCROM and Universite Libre of Brussels

‘An excellent review of attempts over a vast sweep of historical time to preserve our built heritage.’
Heritage Development

‘This book is a thought provoking and illuminating read.’
EASA Newsletter

‘This book is a scholarly work, based on archival research of original documents and the study of key restoration examples in countries that have influenced the international conservation movement. It includes conservation trends in Europe, the USA, India, Iran and Japan. The book is accessible in style and highly relevant to all practitioners.’
Conservation Forum

‘Jokilehto deserves praise for bringing together for the first time the chief sources of western European conservation ethics in a readable and thoughtful…style.’
The Architects’ Journal

‘In addition to being comprehensive and excellently produced and illustrated, this is a very timely book. Jokilehto’s book is a must for all interested in understanding more about the history of building conservation in Europe.’
Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review

‘A reassuringly major tome.’
The Victorian, Magazine of the Victorian Society

‘This is a book that can be recommended to all those involved or interested in the conservation of historic buildings. Dr Jokilehto has been employed for over twenty-five years by ICCROM and previously worked with ICCROM and UNESCO and the World Heritage Convention. This gives his book an extraordinary depth of knowledge and range of reference across many countries and cultures. It is also very well-written and organized.’
Built Environment

‘Few other conservation professionals could have undertaken this book and no conservation professional should be without access to a copy.’
Journal of Architectural Conservation

‘This book is a timely and important contribution to our own attitude to preserving the past.’
Historic Scotland

‘It is a good read.’
Natural Stone Specialist

Jokilehto’s book is definitely not to be taken lightly… for it provides a solid foundation to the discipline. The amount of information provided by the author is remarkable, constituting a fundamental tool to all those willing to achieve a better understanding of both past conservation tendencies and present day movements. - The Journal of the American Institute for Conservation

…the book is outstanding and constitutes a fundamental landmark for all readers looking for an in-depth view of the general conservation concepts. - The Journal of the American Institute for Conservation

Jokilheto’s book, awaited for more than a decade by all those involved in theory of conservation is finally available to reach a wide audience and to provide a considerable amount of essential information that would otherwise be hard to obtain. -
The Journal of the American Institute for Conservation

…it is worth every cent of its price because it is a landmark in modern conservation efforts. - The Journal of the American Institute for Conservation
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Modernism and the Architecture of Private Life

2008-07-19T02:30:00.000-07:00

Modernism and the Architecture of Private Life, Victoria Rosner’s new study of the shaping role played by interior design in the evolution of literary modernism, is a book of enormous interest, refinement, and originality. The overarching subject — the relation between psychic life and private space — is a profound one; the treatment of individual authors — Wilde, Woolf, Strachey, Forster — full of insight. It reminds one in a way of one of those stylish Omega Workshop textiles Rosner describes so well-being colorful, refreshing, and immediately engaging, but also wrought with intelligen ce and wit. A superb book on the history of modernism in Britain between the wars.” — Terry Castle, editor of The Literature of Lesbianism
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Using the Building Regulations: Part C: Site Preparation & resistance to contaminants & moisture”

2008-07-19T02:21:00.000-07:00

Medicine by Design: The Architect and the Modern Hospital, 1893-1943

2008-07-19T02:16:00.000-07:00

In the history of medicine, hospitals are usually seen as passive reflections of advances in medical knowledge and technology. In Medicine by Design, Annmarie Adams challenges these assumptions, examining how hospital design influenced the development of twentieth-century medicine and demonstrating the importance of these specialized buildings in the history of architecture.

At the center of this work is Montreal’s landmark Royal Victoria Hospital, built in 1893. Drawing on a wide range of visual and textual sources, Adams uses the “Royal Vic”—along with other hospitals built or modified over the next fifty years—to explore critical issues in architecture and medicine: the role of gender and class in both fields, the transformation of patients into consumers, the introduction of new medical concepts and technologies, and the use of domestic architecture and regionally inspired imagery to soften the jarring impact of high-tech medicine.

Identifying the roles played by architects in medical history and those played by patients, doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals in the design of hospitals, Adams also links architectural spaces to everyday hospital activities, from meal preparation to the ways in which patients entered the hospital and awaited treatment.

Methodologically and conceptually innovative, Medicine by Design makes a significant contribution to the histories of both architectural and medical practices in the twentieth century.

Annmarie Adams is William C. Macdonald Professor of Architecture at McGill University and the author of Architecture in the Family Way: Doctors, Houses, and Women, 1870–1900 and coauthor of Designing Women: Gender and the Architectural Profession.
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The Portfolio: An Architectural Student’s Handbook

2008-07-19T02:11:00.002-07:00

The portfolio is the single most important part of every architectural student’s education. This book proides a complete guide to preparing, compiling and presenting this crucial element of the architecture course.

The experienced author team gives practical advice for the creation of the portfolio covering issues of size, storage, layout and order. They go on to guide the student through the various forms a portfolio can take: the Electronic Portfolio, the Academic Portfolio and the Professional Portfolio suggesting different approaches and different media to use in order to create the strongest portfolio possible. The team also presents the best examples from international student portfolios to show the reader their recommendations in practice.

The book has a companion website where full colour representations of the best examples of portfolio work can be accessed.

Also in the Seriously Useful Guides series:
* The Dissertation
* The Crit
* Practical Experience

* Offers step-by-step advice for students on how to prepare and present their portfolios
* Advice from the experts on how to make portfolios the best they can be
* Fully illustrated with examples of the best students’ work from around the world
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Introduction to Architectural Science: The Basis of Sustainable Design

2008-07-19T02:11:00.001-07:00

By introducing the basics of architectural science, this book is an ideal reference that provides an understanding of the physical basis of architectural design. The knowledge gained from this book equips the reader with the tools for realizing the full potential of the good intentions of sustainable, bioclimatic design.

The text gives the reader the knowledge to design in order to control indoor environmental conditions: heat, light and sound. Into this discussion is introduced the problem that traditional energy resources are finite, and their use damaging, and governments and professional bodies demand increasing levels of sustainable design. An outline is provided for creating the required indoor conditions with little or no use of energy, other than from renewable sources.

Each chapter presents a quick outline of the basic and relevant physics of heat, light, sound and energy, followed by an examination of human requirements. The reader is then introduced to ways in which these elements can be controlled by the building and by its design.

* Links architectural science to the practice of sustainable design; essential knowledge for today’s architects
* Accessible reference which introduces the relationship between technology and design decisions
* Unique source of information covering the full scope of the subject
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The Ultimate HTML Reference

2008-07-19T02:05:00.000-07:00

Sitting at the foundation of every site is HTML. It’s the only language that’s essential to a web site’s very existence. On the surface HTML may seem simple but there’s much more to it that meets the eye. With different versions, many infrequently used elements and attributes, and varying ways that browsers interpret the language, only a comprehensive and up-to-date reference, like this book, has it completely covered.

The Ultimate HTML Reference is your definitive resource for mastering HTML. The entire language is clearly and concisely covered, along with browser compatibility details, working examples, and easy-to-read descriptions. Authored by one of the world’s most renowned HTML experts, this is a comprehensive reference that you’ll come back to time and time again.

This cross-referenced, easy-to-use book covers:
Every element and attribute in the HTML and XHTML Specifications, including an example of its correct use
Coverage of deprecated and proprietary elements
Detailed browser compatibility information will save you hours of painful debugging and frustration

About the Author
Ian works as a senior Web designer for Nationwide Building Society in the UK where he’s largely responsible for promoting the Web accessibility ethic. Outside of this, Ian’s also responsible for a site devoted to accessibility, called Accessify. Ian wrote the SitePoint book, “Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS”
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JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook

2008-07-19T02:02:00.000-07:00

In today’s Web 2.0 world, JavaScript and Dynamic HTML are at the center of the hot new approach to designing highly interactive pages on the client side. With this environment in mind, the new edition of this book offers bite-sized solutions to very specific scripting problems that web developers commonly face. Each recipe includes a focused piece of code that you can insert right into your application.
Why is JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook so popular? After reading thousands of forum threads over the years, author and scripting pioneer Danny Goodman has compiled a list of problems that frequently vex scripters of various experience levels. For every problem he addresses, Goodman not only offers code, but a discussion of how and why the solution works. Recipes range from simple tasks, such as manipulating strings and validating dates in JavaScript, to entire libraries that demonstrate complex tasks, such as cross-browser positioning of HTML elements, sorting tables, and implementing Ajax features on the client.

Ideal for novices as well as experienced scripters, this book contains more than 150 recipes for:
Working with interactive forms and style sheets
Presenting user-friendly page navigation
Creating dynamic content via Document Object Model scripting
Producing visual effects for stationary content
Positioning HTML elements
Working with XML data in the browser

Recipes in this Cookbook are compatible with the latest W3C standards and browsers, including Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2, Safari, and Opera 9. Several new recipes provide client-side Ajax solutions, and many recipes from the previous edition have been revised to help you build extensible user interfaces for Web 2.0 applications. If you want to write your own scripts and understand how they work, rather than rely on a commercial web development framework, the JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook is a must.

About the Author
Danny Goodman has been writing about personal computers and consumer electronics since the late 1970s. A freelance writer and programmer, he’s published hundreds of magazine articles, several commercial software products, and three dozen computer books. His most popular book titles — on HyperCard, AppleScript, JavaScript, and Dynamic HTML — have covered programming environments that are both accessible to non-professionals yet powerful enough to engage experts. His “JavaScript Bible” (Wiley) book is now in its fifth edition. Danny is also a programming consultant to some of the industry’s top intranet development groups and corporations.
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Pass4Sure CVOICE 642-436 2.75

2008-07-19T01:59:00.000-07:00

Cisco Voice over IP (CVOICE)”, also known as 642-436 exam, is a Cisco certification.
Preparing for the 642-436 exam? Searching 642-436 Test Questions, 642-436 Practice Exam, 642-436 Dumps?

With the complete collection of questions and answers, Pass4sure has assembled to take you through 65 Q&As to your 642-436 Exam preparation. In the 642-436 exam resources, you will cover every field and category in CCVP helping to ready you for your successful Cisco
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The Portfolio: An Architectural Student’s Handbook

2008-07-16T05:54:00.000-07:00

Introduction to Architectural Science: The Basis of Sustainable Design

2008-07-16T05:48:00.000-07:00

PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide (2nd Edition)

2008-07-15T03:56:00.000-07:00

It hasn’t taken Web developers long to discover that when it comes to creating dynamic, database-driven Web sites, MySQL and PHP provide a winning open source combination. Add this book to the mix, and there’s no limit to the powerful, interactive Web sites that users can create. With step-by-step instructions, complete scripts, and expert tips to guide readers, veteran author and database designer Larry Ullman gets right down to business: After grounding readers with separate discussions of first the scripting language (PHP) and then the database program (MySQL), he goes on to cover security, sessions and cookies, and using additional Web tools, with several sections devoted to creating sample applications. This guide is indispensable for Web designers who want to replace their static sites with something more dynamic.

The companion Web site includes source code, support forums, and extra tutorials. In addition to being updated for the most recent releases of MySQL and PHP, this new edition offers 25% new material, including updated examples for improved clarity and comprehension and new installation instructions for PHP, MySQL, and other related technologies.
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Notification Services

2008-07-15T03:54:00.000-07:00

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Notification Services covers the basic problems of notification applications, describes the SQL Notification Services platform and describes how to use it to build rich, scalable notification applications. Written by Shyam Pather, the Technical Lead for the SQL Notification Services Team, this book is based on his three years of experience teaching SQL Notification Services to new customers. This book is your complete resource for learning SQL Notification Services application development and the underlying architectural concepts
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Living With Hepatitis C For Dummies

2008-07-15T03:50:00.000-07:00

A comprehensive, empathetic guide for anyone suffering from this serious liver disease
Approximately 4 million Americans and 170 million people worldwide suffer from hepatitis C, a viral liver disease that is treatable but not curable.

It accounts for more than 40 percent of U.S. liver disease deaths-about 8,000 to 10,000 people annually-and is the most common reason for liver transplantation. This compassionate guide explains how hepatitis C affects the liver and the body and provides solid advice on today’s treatment options-from drugs (and their side effects) to transplants and alternative therapies-as well as tips on dealing with the emotional and financial burdens the disease brings with it.
Nina L Paul, PhD (New York, NY) earned her doctorate in infectious disease epidemiology and immunology from Yale University. She has researched viruses (human immunodeficiency virus and others) and the immune system
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Linux Smart Homes For Dummies

2008-07-15T03:48:00.000-07:00

A Linux smart home is about controlling and monitoring devices and information around your home using a standard personal computer, Linux, and its vast array of open source tools. You don’t have to be a master programmer to create one. If you like to tinker with Linux, Linux Smart Homes For Dummies will guide you through cool home automation projects that are as much fun to work on as they are to use.Home automation used to be limited to turning on lights and appliances, and maybe controlling your thermostat and lawn sprinkler, from your computer. While you still might not be able to create all the Jetsons’ toys, today you can also
Build a wireless network
Create and set up a weather station
Automate your TV and sound system
Spy on your pets when you’re not home
Set up an answering system that knows what to do with calls
Increase your home’s security

If you know how to use Linux and a few basic development tools — Perl, the BASH shell, development libraries, and the GNU C compiler—Linux Smart Homes For Dummies will help you do all these tricks and more. For example, you can
Discover the best sources for Linux-based home automation devices
Set up a wireless network, create a wireless access point, build a bridge between wired and wireless networks, and route your own network traffic
Build a personal video recorder with MythTV that will record to DVD, or set up a wireless streaming music system
Create a smart phone system that takes messages and forwards them to your fax, modem, or answering machine
Build a weather station that notifies you of severe weather alerts
Control and secure your home automation network, and even check on your house when you’re away

The bonus CD-ROM includes all kinds of cool open source software for your home automation projects. Linux Smart Homes For Dummies even includes lists of cool gadgets to check out and great ways to automate those boring household chores. A smart home’s a happy home!

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Visio 2007 For Dummies

2008-07-15T03:36:00.001-07:00

Reveal your inner business artist with Visio

Turn your ideas into diagrams and drawings with Visio’s stencils and templates

If you have an idea you want to get down on electronic paper, Visio 2007 is for you, and so is this book! They’re both flexible and user-friendly. Here’s how to use Visio to capture ideas from simple to intricate, update data in a drawing with a single click, add and manipulate text, work with connectors, and more.

Discover how to
Create business, engineering, software, or network diagrams
Format an entire drawing using themes
Analyze “what-if” scenarios with PivotDiagrams
Produce layered multipage drawings
Save drawings to publish on the Web
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2008-07-15T03:36:00.000-07:00

Controlling Cholesterol For Dummies

2008-07-15T03:34:00.000-07:00

Covers the latest treatments and drugs, plus side effects

The fun and easy way to get your cholesterol under control and live a long, healthy life

Need to get your cholesterol in check? This easy-to-follow guide gives you the latest on lowering your numbers and maintaining healthy cholesterol levels. You’ll see how to eat and exercise properly, use vitamins and supplements, and quit unhealthy habits. You’ll also get new information on prescription drugs and the benefits of moderate drinking.

Discover how to:
Know your cholesterol risk
Understand “good” and “bad” cholesterol
Follow a cholesterol-lowering diet
Avoid dangerous drugs
Reduce your risk of heart attack
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MCTS Windows Vista Client Configuration Passport (Exam 70-620)

2008-07-15T03:31:00.000-07:00

From the #1 Name in Professional Certification

Get on the fast track to becoming a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist with this affordable, portable study tool. Inside, Microsoft Certified Trainer Brian Culp will guide you on your career path, providing expert tips and sound advice along the way. With an intensive focus on only what you need to know to pass MCTS Exam 70-620, this certification passport is your ticket to success on exam day.

Featuring:
Itineraries–List of official exam objectives covered
ETAs–Amount of time needed to complete each lesson
Travel Advisories–Expert advice on critical topics
Local Lingo–Concise definitions of key terms and concepts
Travel Assistance–Recommended resources for more information
Exam Tips–Common exam pitfalls and solutions
Checkpoints–End-of-chapter questions, answers, and explanations
Career Flight Path–Career options mapped out to maximize the return from your IT journey
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Digital Photography Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools

2008-07-15T03:27:00.000-07:00

Your digital camera is more than new incarnation of your old film camera. Yes, it still produces photos, but it also offers new outlets for creativity, including instant gratification of seeing your photos now, the ability to experiment without worrying about expense, the technology to fine-tune your photos with advanced professional techniques, and the means to share your work instantaneously with anyone, anyplace in the world. It’s no wonder that digital cameras are outselling traditional cameras for the first time ever. But the question most digital camera users ask is this, “How do I get from taking ‘decent’ photos to doing the things I’d really like to do? How do I tap into that potential?” Digital Photography Hacks is your passport to taking the kind of digital photos you’ve always aspired to. Written by Derrick Story, photographer and author of Digital Photography Pocket Guide and other books, it goes beyond the standard fare of most digital photography books–such as camera basics, understanding memory cards, and when to use a flash–to the things that professional photographers have learned through thousands of shots’ worth of experience, years of experimentation, and fiddling and hacking. The book includes a foreword by photographer Rick Smolan, author of America 24/7. With exquisite, full-color photos throughout, the book presents a collection of tips, tricks, and techniques for photographers ready to move beyond the basics. And if you don’t have the latest in digital camera photography, this book will show you how to extend the life and functionality of your existing camera.

All the hacks in the book are platform-agnostic, designed for use on both Mac on Windows-based computers. You’ll find 100 proven techniques in the areas of:
Daytime and nighttime photo secrets
Flash magic
Digital camera attachments
The computer connection
Photoshop magic
Fun photo projects
Camera phone tricks

This book is for the photographer you are now, and the one you want to be. Digital Photography Hacks is for the creative adventurer who resides in each of us.
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Wireless Personal Area Networks: Performance, Interconnection, and Security with IEEE 802.15.4

2008-07-14T19:24:00.001-07:00

Wireless Personal Area Networks provides an in-depth analysis of the recent IEEE 802.15.4 standard for low data rate wireless personal area networks (LR-WPANs), including suggestions to improve performance and comparisons with the related 802.15.1 (Bluetooth) standard. It assesses the suitability of the standard for the development and deployment of wireless sensor networks as well as providing guidance and insight into the relative advantages and disadvantages of various performance solutions.

Wireless Personal Area Networks:
Provides a comprehensive, in-depth look at the issues surrounding WPAN network operation and performance.
Investigates multi-cluster networks and compares how they can be implemented.
Analyzes the performance of a single cluster under different traffic and power management regimes including uplink vs. downlink traffic, acknowledged vs. unacknowledged traffic, saturation vs. non-saturation, and the like.
Discusses security issues in WPANs such as different security threats, their impact on performance, standard security mechanisms, and security policies.
Compares the IEEE 802.15.4 standard with the related Bluetooth IEEE 802.15.1 standard in terms of suitability for implementing wireless sensor networks.

This reference is a valuable tool for developers and researchers getting acquainted with various aspects of IEEE 802.15.4 technology. Graduate students studying courses such as Performance Evaluation, Wireless Sensor Networks and Queuing Theory will also find this book very insightful.

From the Back Cover
Wireless Personal Area Networks provides an in-depth analysis of the recent IEEE 802.15.4 standard for low data rate wireless personal area networks (LR-WPANs), including suggestions to improve performance and comparisons with the related 802.15.1 (Bluetooth) standard. It assesses the suitability of the standard for the development and deployment of wireless sensor networks as well as providing guidance and insight into the relative advantages and disadvantages of various performance solutions.

Wireless Personal Area Networks:
Provides a comprehensive, in-depth look at the issues surrounding WPAN network operation and performance.
Investigates multi-cluster networks and compares how they can be implemented.
Analyzes the performance of a single cluster under different traffic and power management regimes including uplink vs. downlink traffic, acknowledged vs. unacknowledged traffic, saturation vs. non-saturation, and the like.
Discusses security issues in WPANs such as different security threats, their impact on performance, standard security mechanisms, and security policies.
Compares the IEEE 802.15.4 standard with the related Bluetooth IEEE 802.15.1 standard in terms of suitability for implementing wireless sensor networks.

This reference is a valuable tool for developers and researchers getting acquainted with various aspects of IEEE 802.15.4 technology. Graduate students studying courses such as Performance Evaluation, Wireless Sensor Networks and Queuing Theory will also find this book very insightful
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Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to Professional

2008-07-14T19:21:00.000-07:00

Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to Professional is the best-selling guide to the hottest new Linux distribution. Within its 600 in-depth pages, youll learn how to become a pro-level Linux user.

The book starts by introducing you to the world of Linux. Then it outlines Ubuntu installation in illustrated steps, after which youll learn how to configure every piece of everyday tech hardware such as your Internet connection, printers, 3D graphics cards, Bluetooth devices, and much more. Then youll learn fun tasks such as listening to audio CDs and MP3s, watching movies, performing office tasks, and even image editing.

Additionally, theres a series of comprehensive tutorials on Linux internals and the command-line promptessential for any Linux expertand the book includes special sections on optimization, security, and system maintenance.
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Pro CSS Techniques

2008-07-14T19:18:00.000-07:00

Pro CSS Techniques is the ultimate CSS book for the modern web developer. If youve already got web design and development basics under your belt, but want to take your knowledge to the next level and unleash the full power of CSS in your web sites, then this is the book for you. It is a collection of proven CSS techniques that you can use daily to get the most out of the time you spend on your projects, from start to finish.

Every topic is presented in an informative tutorial style, with each point backed up by several real-world examples and case studies. The authors cover all the essential areas of CSS development, like browser support (including IE7), hacks and filters, code management, advanced layouts and styling, typography, and much more. CSS levels 1, 2, and 3 are given a full treatment. The book also includes several reference sections that allow you to look up details quickly and easily.

The book aims to help you in four areas: maintainability, compatibility, reusability, and practicality. Youll be able to keep your code organized and easy to maintain, avoiding browser issues before they crop up (or hacking around them when absolutely necessary). Youll learn to get the most out of your styles with inheritance, and by using techniques you can build on. And youll learn to use what works in the real world, without getting too caught up in ideals, because you can always optimize later.
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The 3-D Global Spatial Data Model: Foundation of the Spatial Data Infrastructure

2008-07-14T19:11:00.000-07:00

Traditional methods for handling spatial data are encumbered by the assumption of separate origins for horizontal and vertical measurements. Modern measurement systems operate in a 3-D spatial environment. The 3-D Global Spatial Data Model: Foundation of the Spatial Data Infrastructure offers a new model for handling digital spatial data, the global spatial data model or GSDM.

The GSDM preserves the integrity of three-dimensional spatial data while also providing additional benefits such as simpler equations, worldwide standardization, and the ability to track spatial data accuracy with greater specificity and convenience. This groundbreaking spatial model incorporates both a functional model and a stochastic model to connect the physical world to the ECEF rectangular system.

Combining horizontal and vertical data into a single, three-dimensional database, this authoritative monograph provides a logical development of theoretical concepts and practical tools that can be used tohandle spatial data more efficiently. The book clearly describes procedures that can be used to handle both ECEF and flat-Earth rectangular components in the context of a rigorous global environment.
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DotNetNuke For Dummies

2008-07-14T19:09:00.000-07:00

Do you want to develop Web sites without the help of a programmer? Lucky for you there’s DotNetNuke, a content management system that allows you to build and maintain dynamic Web sites just by using a Web browser.

DotNetNuke For Dummies helps you get down to business and shows you how to create a user-friendly Web site. You’ll find out how you can build and manage a flexible, versatile site with all the advantages an open-source application offers, use convenient modules, build a community, and save some money at the same time. This plain-English guide lets you discover how to:
Install, run, and troubleshoot DotNetNuke
Change and customize portal settings
Add and manage pages on your site
Make your site look professional
Deliver contents with Text/HTML
Add news feeds, online surveys, and banners
Interact with visitors through blogging, feedback comments, and forums
Create an e-business
Customize the look of your site with exciting components

This book features cool new modules that will meet every Web site’s need, both commercial and personal. With DotNetNuke For Dummies, you’ll get up to speed with this wonderful online tool and create your own corner of the World Wide Web!
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Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals

2008-07-14T19:04:00.000-07:00

Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals

DotNetNuke, the popular ASP.NET open source application, is sweeping through the ranks of ASP.NET and Web developers. Whether you’ve never programmed your own Web site before or you are an experienced ASP.NET developer, you’ll find DotNetNuke and this book have something to offer you. You’ll get started with invaluable hands-on insight for installing DotNetNuke on the server and then move on to developing and administering portals created with DotNetNuke.

Written by the creator and programmers of the DotNetNuke project, the book discusses operating a DotNetNuke portal. You’ll see how DotNetNuke gives you a flexible architecture for rapidly developing Web applications and you’ll find ways to extend the portal framework by developing modules that plug into DotNetNuke. Step-by-step instructions to administer DotNetNuke in various real-world scenarios will help you save time developing your own DotNetNuke ASP.NET sites.

What you will learn from this book
* How to easily develop a dynamic content managed Web site
* Management of user membership and permissions
* Other features you can add to a DotNetNuke site including discussion forums, RSS feeds, calendars, and more
* How to instantly change your Web site user interface with skins
* Techniques for hosting multiple Web sites from a single account with the multiple portal capability

Who this book is for

Web developers or administrators who have never used ASP or ASP.NET can use this book to create their first ASP.NET portal site with no programming skill required. Experienced ASP.NET developers can use this to create ASP.NET sites quickly and efficiently using DotNetNuke.

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

2008-07-14T19:02:00.000-07:00

An Inside Look at Windows Vista Security for Systems Administrators

Get an early start on Windows Vista security and the technology shifts you’ll need to know as a systems administrator. From leading Windows expert Mark Minasi comes this “just-in-time” book to get you there. This targeted, hands-on guide takes a rapid-fire approach to the biggest security changes and how they’ll affect business as usual for those who must integrate and provide technical support for Windows Vista. You’ll find practical instruction, tips, workarounds, and much more.

* Work through a slew of Vista surprises, such as logging on as Administrator and how to re-enable Run
* Discover how virtualization works–and where it doesn’t
* Find out why you can no longer delete files in System32, even though you are an Administrator
* Get familiar with new post-boot security features such as PatchGuard
* Protect laptops to the max with the innovative BitLocker feature
* Meet the new Windows Integrity mechanism
* Explore the revamped Event Viewer, event forwarding, and new troubleshooting tools

Go above and beyond what you’ve heard about Vista

Discover the changes to Share and Registry Access

Catch up on all the encryption news and services

Try out Vista Remote Desktop with its enhanced security

About the Series

The Mark Minasi Windows Administrator Library equips system administrators with in-depth technical solutions to the many challenges associated with administering Windows in an enterprise setting. Series editor Mark Minasi, a leading Windows expert, not only selects the topics and authors, he also develops each book to meet the specific needs and goals of systems administrators, MIS professionals, help-desk personnel, and corporate programmers
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Requirements Management Using IBM Rational RequisitePro

2008-07-13T06:48:00.000-07:00

Using IBM® Rational® RequisitePro®, you can systematically improve the way you create and maintain requirements–and use those requirements to build more effective, higher-quality software. Now, for the first time, there’s a comprehensive, hands-on guide to optimally using RequisitePro in real-world development environments.

Utilizing a start-to-finish sample project, requirements expert Peter Zielczynski introduces an organized, best-practice approach to managing requirements and shows how to implement every step with RequisitePro. You’ll walk through planning, eliciting, and clarifying stakeholder requirements; building use cases and other key project documents; managing changing requirements; transforming requirements into designs; and much more. Every stage of the process is illuminated with examples, realistic artifacts, and practical solutions.

This book is an invaluable resource for everyone who creates requirements, and everyone who relies on them: business analysts, systems analysts, project managers, architects, designers, developers, and testers alike.
Coverage includes

Overcoming the three leading causes of project failure: lack of user input, incomplete requirements and specifications, and poorly managed change
Understanding each type of software requirement–how they interrelate, and what makes a good requirement
Establishing a Requirements Management Plan that describes how requirements are created and handled throughout the project lifecycle
Developing a Vision document that can drive your project from beginning to end
Creating high-quality use cases
Using requirements as the basis for system design
Leveraging RequisitePro features for improved project management
Integrating requirements management with the IBM Rational Unified Process
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Security Log Management: Identifying Patterns in the Chaos

2008-07-13T06:46:00.000-07:00

As a system administrator or security professionals, you probably find yourself inundated each day with a deluge of log files from seemingly countless devices, servers, and applications on your network ranging from Windows Server to Snort to your PIX firewall and everything in between. At times, the task of “seeing the forest through the trees” to extract useful, repeatable information from these logs may seem almost impossible. This unique book will show you how to use a combination of open source software such as Tcpdstats, and Snort perfmonitor to create succinct, meaningful reports that give you the big picture of your network’s overall health and well being. So, if you need to analyze and prioritize everything from how much of your bandwidth is devoted to browsing ESPN.com, to the most targeted machines in your IDS logs, this is the book for you. This book teaches IT professionals how to analyze, manage, and automate their security log files to generate useful, repeatable information that can be use to make their networks more efficient and secure using primarily open source tools. The book begins by discussing the “Top 10″ security logs that every IT professional should be regularly analyzing. These 10 logs cover everything from the top workstations sending/receiving data through a firewall to the top targets of IDS alerts. The book then goes on to discuss the relevancy of all of this information. Next, the book describes how to script open source reporting tools like Tcpdstats to automatically correlate log files from the various network devices to the “Top 10″ list. By doing so, the IT professional is instantly made aware of any critical vulnerabilities or serious degradation of network performance. All of the scripts presented within the book will be available for download from the Syngress Solutions Web site.
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Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction

2008-07-13T06:43:00.000-07:00

Methods of dimensionality reduction provide a way to understand and visualize the structure of complex data sets. Traditional methods like principal component analysis and classical metric multidimensional scaling suffer from being based on linear models. Until recently, very few methods were able to reduce the data dimensionality in a nonlinear way.

However, since the late nineties, many new methods have been developed and nonlinear dimensionality reduction, also called manifold learning, has become a hot topic. New advances that account for this rapid growth are, e.g. the use of graphs to represent the manifold topology, and the use of new metrics like the geodesic distance. In addition, new optimization schemes, based on kernel techniques and spectral decomposition, have lead to spectral embedding, which encompasses many of the recently developed methods.

This book describes existing and advanced methods to reduce the dimensionality of numerical databases. For each method, the description starts from intuitive ideas, develops the necessary mathematical details, and ends by outlining the algorithmic implementation. Methods are compared with each other with the help of different illustrative examples.

The purpose of the book is to summarize clear facts and ideas about well-known methods as well as recent developments in the topic of nonlinear dimensionality reduction. With this goal in mind, methods are all described from a unifying point of view, in order to highlight their respective strengths and shortcomings.

The book is primarily intended for statisticians, computer scientists and data analysts. It is also accessible to other practitioners having a basic background in statistics and/or computational learning, like psychologists (in psychometry) and economists.
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The Core Test Wrapper Handbook: Rationale and Application of IEEE Std. 1500

2008-07-13T06:41:00.000-07:00

The Core Test Wrapper Handbook: Rationale and Application of IEEE Std. 1500 provides insight into the rules and recommendations of IEEE Std. 1500. The authors present background information about some of the choices and decisions made throughout the design of this IEEE standard conceived to enable efficient core test reuse and debug at the SOC level.

The Core Test Wrapper Handbook: Rationale and Application of IEEE Std. 1500 focuses on practical design considerations and design choices inherent to the application of IEEE Std. 1500. This book teaches an engineer how to add a 1500 wrapper to their core in easy to understand steps. Starting with a bare core (a core without 1500 wrapper), the book progressively builds a 1500 compliant wrapper around this core while discussing overall requirements for each portion of the 1500 wrapper.

The Core Test Wrapper Handbook: Rationale and Application of IEEE Std. 1500 is a very valuable reference for professionals and researchers in the areas of design for test, design for test reuse/design reuse, and SOC implementation.
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The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows

2008-07-13T06:39:00.000-07:00

“Raymond Chen is the original raconteur of Windows.”

–Scott Hanselman, ComputerZen.com

“Raymond has been at Microsoft for many years and has seen many nuances of Windows that others could only ever hope to get a glimpse of. With this book, Raymond shares his knowledge, experience, and anecdotal stories, allowing all of us to get a better understanding of the operating system that affects millions of people every day. This book has something for everyone, is a casual read, and I highly recommend it!”

–Jeffrey Richter, Author/Consultant, Cofounder of Wintellect

“Very interesting read. Raymond tells the inside story of why Windows is the way it is.”

–Eric Gunnerson, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation

“Absolutely essential reading for understanding the history of Windows, its intricacies and quirks, and why they came about.”

–Matt Pietrek, MSDN Magazine’s Under the Hood Columnist

“Raymond Chen has become something of a legend in the software industry, and in this book you’ll discover why. From his high-level reminiscences on the design of the Windows Start button to his low-level discussions of GlobalAlloc that only your inner-geek could love, The Old New Thing is a captivating collection of anecdotes that will help you to truly appreciate the difficulty inherent in designing and writing quality software.”

–Stephen Toub, Technical Editor, MSDN Magazine

Why does Windows work the way it does? Why is Shut Down on the Start menu? (And why is there a Start button, anyway?) How can I tap into the dialog loop? Why does the GetWindowText function behave so strangely? Why are registry files called “hives”?

Many of Windows’ quirks have perfectly logical explanations, rooted in history. Understand them, and you’ll be more productive and a lot less frustrated. Raymond Chen–who’s spent more than a decade on Microsoft’s Windows development team–reveals the “hidden Windows” you need to know.

Chen’s engaging style, deep insight, and thoughtful humor have made him one of the world’s premier technology bloggers. Here he brings together behind-the-scenes explanations, invaluable technical advice, and illuminating anecdotes that bring Windows to life–and help you make the most of it.

A few of the things you’ll find inside:
What vending machines can teach you about effective user interfaces
A deeper understanding of window and dialog management
Why performance optimization can be so counterintuitive
A peek at the underbelly of COM objects and the Visual C++ compiler
Key details about backwards compatibility–what Windows does and why
Windows program security holes most developers don’t know about
How to make your program a better Windows citizen

About the Author

Raymond Chen writes The Old New Thing, one of today’s most influential technology blogs. A programmer at Microsoft Corporation, Chen has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than a decade. He also writes TechNet Magazine’s Windows Confidential column and has been known to make appearances at technology events.
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A Semantic Web Primer, 2nd Edition

2008-07-13T06:37:00.000-07:00

The development of the Semantic Web, with machine-readable content, has the potential to revolutionize the World Wide Web and its uses. A Semantic Web Primer provides an introduction and guide to this still emerging field, describing its key ideas, languages, and technologies. Suitable for use as a textbook or for self-study by professionals, it concentrates on undergraduate-level fundamental concepts and techniques that will enable readers to proceed with building applications on their own and includes exercises, project descriptions, and annotated references to relevant online materials.

A Semantic Web Primer provides a systematic treatment of the different languages (XML, RDF, OWL, and rules) and technologies (explicit metadata, ontologies, and logic and inference) that are central to Semantic Web development as well as such crucial related topics as ontology engineering and application scenarios. This substantially revised and updated second edition reflects recent developments in the field, covering new application areas and tools. The new material includes a discussion of such topics as SPARQL as the RDF query language; OWL DLP and its interesting practical and theoretical properties; the SWRL language (in the chapter on rules); OWL-S (on which the discussion of Web services is now based). The new final chapter considers the state of the art of the field today, captures ongoing discussions, and outlines the most challenging issues facing the Semantic Web in the future. Supplementary materials, including slides, online versions of many of the code fragments in the book, and links to further reading, can be found at www.semanticwebprimer.org.
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Windows Vista Secrets

2008-07-13T06:34:00.000-07:00

From the Back Cover
Go beyond Microsoft’s Help guide and discover the true secrets of Windows Vista that are essential to power users. Written by two of the most recognized Windows authorities, this resource provides you with numerous tips, tricks, and undocumented features that aren’t available anywhere else. You’ll find extensive screenshots, tables, and illustrations that clearly show how to achieve optimal performance, fix desktop problems, and take advantage of the robust features of Windows Vista.

The Insider’s Guide to
Installing and upgrading your system (see Chapter 2)
Quickly finding and organizing all of your files (see Chapter 5)
Taking advantage of new security features (see Chapter
Creating your own movies and DVDs (see Chapter 12)
Playing state-of-the-art games with amazing effects (see Chapter 14)
Going wireless using Windows Vista mobility features (see Chapter 15)
Managing your schedule with Windows® Calendar (see Chapter 20)
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Simply Rails 2

2008-07-13T06:31:00.000-07:00

Want to learn all about Ruby on Rails 2.0, the web application framework that is inspiring developers around the world?

The 2nd edition of this practical hands-on guide for first-time Ruby on Rails programmers will walk you through installing the required software on a Windows, Mac or Linux computer. And before you get coding, an entire chapter is devoted to object oriented programming in Ruby, so you’ll be completely confident with the Ruby language before you begin working with Rails.

The example application that the book builds - a user-generated news web site - is built upon with each following chapter, and concepts such as sessions, cookies and basic AJAX usage are gradually introduced. Different aspects of Rails, such as user authentication, session cookies, and automated testing are explored with each feature that is added to the application.

The book finishes with chapters on debugging, benchmarking and deployment to a live web server.

By the end of the book, you’ll have built a fully-featured Web 2.0 application and deployed it to the Web. And all code is up-to-date for Rails 2.0, so you can begin coding immediately with the latest version of Rails
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Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction

2008-07-13T06:26:00.000-07:00

Connections: An Introduction to the Economics of Networks

2008-07-12T03:31:00.000-07:00

Networks pervade social and economic life, and they play a prominent role in explaining a huge variety of social and economic phenomena. Standard economic theory did not give much credit to the role of networks until the early 1990s, but since then the study of the theory of networks has blossomed. At the heart of this research is the idea that the pattern of connections between individual rational agents shapes their actions and determines their rewards. The importance of connections has in turn motivated the study of the very processes by which networks are formed.

In Connections, Sanjeev Goyal puts contemporary thinking about networks and economic activity into context. He develops a general framework within which this body of research can be located. In the first part of the book he demonstrates that location in a network has significant effects on individual rewards and that, given this, it is natural that individuals will seek to form connections to move the network in their favor. This idea motivates the second part of the book, which develops a general theory of network formation founded on individual incentives. Goyal assesses the robustness of current research findings and identifies the substantive open questions. Written in a style that combines simple examples with formal models and complete mathematical proofs, Connections is a concise and self-contained treatment of the economic theory of networks, one that should become the natural source of reference for graduate students in economics and related disciplines.
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A+ Network+ Security+ Exams in a Nutshell

2008-07-12T03:22:00.000-07:00

If you’re preparing for the new CompTIA 2006 certification in A+, or the current Network+ and Security+ certifications, you’ll find this book invaluable. It provides all the information you need to get ready for these exams, including the four new A+ exams — the required Essentials exam and three elective exams that pertain to your area of specialization.

As with other O’Reilly Nutshell books for certification exams, A+, Network+ and Security + in a Nutshell follows a proven style and approach. It reviews all of the topics needed to master each exam in a remarkably concise format, with required knowledge boiled down to the core. Instead of plowing through 500 to 700 pages to prepare for each exam, this book covers each one in approximately 150 pages. And because the objectives for the three elective A+ exams are redundant, and the book covers them in one section.

The exams covered include:
A+ Essentials: Required for A+ 2006 certification
EXAM 220-602: For the A+ IT Technician specialization
EXAM 220-603: For the A+ Remote Support Technician specialization
EXAM 220-604: For the A+ IT Depot specialization
EXAM N10-003: For Network+ Certification
EXAM SYO-101: For Security+ Certification
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Faster Smarter Network+ Certification

2008-07-12T03:19:00.000-07:00

Take the next step in your career by earning your CompTIA Network+ certification the faster, smarter way. This innovative, high-energy guide makes the most of your study time by teaching exactly what you need for the Network+ exam. You get focused, no-fluff coverage of exam objectives—plus Test Smart tips, a rigorous cram-and-review section, practice questions on CD, and a handy eBook. With 9 professional certifications and more than a decade of IT experience, this author knows how to cut to the chase in exam preparation!

The better way to prep for Network+, a leading credential for network support professionals!

•Master the OSI model
•Plan network topology, media, and components
•Install network and client operating systems
•Configure TCP/IP protocols, addressing, and name resolution services
•Plan security features, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery
•Use troubleshooting methods, TCP/IP utilities, and other tools to resolve problems

The Faster Smarter way to master Network+, featuring:
•Concise, objective-by-objective exam coverage
•End-of-chapter review questions
•Test Smart tips from a certification expert
•Rigorous Check Yourself (Before You Test Yourself) review chapter
•Challenging practice questions on CD
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Network+ Exam Prep 2 (Exam Prep N10-003)

2008-07-12T03:17:00.000-07:00

This is the eBook version of the printed book. Attention Network+ Candidates: Stop spending valuable study time sorting through confusing study aids. Network + Exam Prep 2 is the ultimate self-study guide for the Network + exam. Featuring exercises, self-assessments, study strategies, exam tips and notes, this comprehensive guide will help you understand the concepts behind the exam objectives and score better on the test. You will also receive a CD that includes over 100 practice test questions and the Cram Sheet tear card for last-minute test review. Network + Exam Prep 2 is the smarter, more efficient way to get certified.
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Introducing Windows Server 2008

2008-07-12T03:10:00.000-07:00

Take a first look at the next generation of Windows Server with insights direct from the popular author and Microsoft MVP Mitch Tulloch and the Microsoft Windows Server team. With this insider s introduction, you will get to preview and evaluate Windows Server code name Longhorn. You will learn how to use new features that help you improve security, performance, reliability, and operational efficiency, as well as how to automate deployment and administration. Examine Windows Hypervisor virtualization, Windows Deployment Services, Internet Information Services 7.0, Windows PowerShellTM, Network Access Protection, and other security features. Take a guided preview from the experts and get ready to plan for deployment and perform your first upgrades and migrations to Windows Server code name Longhorn.

Delivers advance insights from those who know the technology best a Microsoft MVP and the Microsoft Windows Server team

Provides a preview of the features that IT professionals can use to help improve security, reliability, and operational efficiency, and deliver the next generation of Web services and applications.

Examines the new features that help IT professionals deploy Windows Server Longhorn, test application compatibility, upgrade and migrate servers, and configure server roles.
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 Maximum Performance: Unleash the hidden performance of Elements

2008-07-11T06:12:00.001-07:00

Unleash the hidden potential for professional image editing in Adobe(r) Photoshop(r) Elements with this project-based, real-world guide. Using step-by-step instructions and accompanying movie tutorials, Mark Galer leads you through the less well-known and most powerful post-production editing techniques Adobe(r) Photoshop(r) Elements has to offer. Cunning tricks and clever workarounds help you to create professional images without features from the full Adobe(r) Photoshop(r) package that you need but dont want to pay for perform tasks you didnt think were possible in Adobe(r) Photoshop(r) Elements!

Whether youre an imaging professional or a photography enthusiast, this book will help you get the maximum performance from your software. Learn how to:
* Create striking effects with no commercial lighting or studio equipment
* Extend the dynamic range of your digital camera by merging multiple exposures
* Optimize, enhance and montage images with stunning results The accompanying DVD provides extensive support with movie tutorials for all projects, high resolution images, multilayered files of completed
projects, a stock library and a keyboard shortcut guide. Mark Galer is a freelance photographer, accomplished lecturer and best-selling author of number books on photography. He is an official Adobe Ambassador for Adobe(r) Photoshop(r) and Adobe(r) Photoshop(r) Elements.
* Save money by unleashing the hidden potential of Elements for professional image editing rather than upgrading to the full Photoshop software
* Practical, step-by-step projects show you how to solve real-world problems and create stunning images using clever workarounds and powerful, little-known techniques
* Free DVD includes more than 5 hours of tutorials, image files, a stock library and keyboard shortcut guide worth the cover price alone!
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 6: A Visual Introduction to Digital Photography

2008-07-11T06:10:00.000-07:00

If you are an amateur or professional photographer who works with digital images and wants great results fast, this essential, easy-to-follow guide from world-renowned Adobe Photoshop Elements expert
Philip Andrews is for you!

There are countless ways to use Adobes powerful Elements 6 software, and Andrews helps you with the skills to conquer them all; from turning ordinary photos into extraordinary scrapbooks, calendars, and albums to making business cards, flyers, and other promotional materials for your organization quickly and economically. Real-life examples and precise, easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions will help you get up to speed with Elements 6 fast for the results you want in no time, whether your photographs are from your digital camera or scanned images from film and slides. If its in Elements, its in this book.

Andrews covers tried and true tools which have been revamped to better suit photographers needs, such as the Adjust Color Curves and Convert to Black and White features, the Brightness/Contrast feature, and a smoother workflow for the creation of photo projects such as Photo Books, Photo Collage, Online Galleries, CD/DVD Jackets, and CD/DVD Labels. He also dives into the exciting, all-new features of Elements 6 such as:

*The Quick Selection Tool
*Fantastic Photomerge technology for group shots and faces, which lets you combine the best pieces from multiple images
*Direct copy to CD/DVD to speed up your workflow when you need to copy several images to disc quickly
*The Guided Edit Workshop with interactive technique tutorials
*Smart Albums, to automatically add photos that match certain criteria to your Album
*The Refine Edge feature, which allows you to control how smooth or feathered the edges of your images appear
*A Task Pane with five different Task Modes (Organize, Fix, Create, Share and Edit) to help you manage the processing of your images and much, much more. Whatever your organizing, editing, creating, and sharing needs are, youll find clear-cut, no-nonsense answers in this introductory book/CD/website learning package. If you find yourself getting stuck, Philip is just a click away with over two hours of superb
video tutorials on the included CD. Or, visit the books website, www.guide2elements.com, for updates and more images that you can use to practice your new skills. Written by a photographer for photographers,
this book is for those who want to know the techniques that get results and can be put into practice immediately.

*Best-selling author and world-renowned Elements expert Philip Andrews guides you through the latest and greatest features in this incredible software with easy-to-follow, precise step-by-step instructions
*Think again before you hit that delete button - beautiful, full color images show you how to rework ordinary shots into extraordinary pieces of art
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IPSec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets, and Virtual Private Networks, Second Edition

2008-07-11T06:07:00.000-07:00

PSec, the suite of protocols for securing any sort of traffic that moves over an Internet Protocol (IP) network, promises big things for online business. IPSec: The New Security Standard for the Internet, Intranets, and Virtual Private Networks catalogs the specifications that compose this suite and explain how they fit into intranets, virtual private networks (VPNs), and the Internet.
Authors Doraswamy and Harkins first treat IPSec as a system, explaining how its component parts work together to provide flexible security. Their approach to this task makes sense: They first explain why standard IP packets aren’t secure; then they show how the IPSec improvements make secure transactions possible. Readers get full descriptions of how various network entities talk to one another. Where appropriate, concepts that aren’t specific to IPSec are explained, including IPv4 and IPv6 packet structures and addressing schemes. There’s some information on cryptography too.
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The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70-643 Prep Kit: Independent and Complete Self-Paced Solutions

2008-07-11T06:03:00.000-07:00

This exam is designed to validate Windows Server 2008 applications platform configuration skills. This exam will fulfill the Windows Server 2008 Technology Specialist requirements of Exam 70-643.

The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) on Windows Server 2008 credential is intended for information technology (IT) professionals who work in the complex computing environment of medium to large companies. The MCTS candidate should have at least one year of experience implementing and administering a network operating system in an environment that has the following characteristics: 250 to 5,000 or more users; three or more physical locations; and three or more domain controllers.

MCTS candidates will manage network services and resources such as messaging, a database, file and print, a proxy server, a firewall, the Internet, an intranet, remote access, and client computer management.

In addition MCTS candidates must understant connectivity requirements such as connecting branch offices and individual users in remote locations to the corporate network and connecting corporate networks to the Internet.

* Two full-function ExamDay practice exams guarantee double coverage of all exam objectives
* Free download of audio FastTracks for use with iPods or other MP3 players
* 1,000-page “DRILL DOWN” reference for comprehensive topic review
* THE independent source of exam-day tips, techniques, and warnings not available from Microsoft
* Comprehensive study guide guarantees 100% coverage of all Microsoft’s exam objectives
* Interactive FastTrack e-learning modules help simplify difficult exam topics
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The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70-648 Prep Kit: Independent and Complete Self-Paced Solutions

2008-07-11T06:01:00.000-07:00

This exam is designed to validate Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Certified Systems Administrators (MCSAs) AD and Application Platform Technical Specialists skills. The object of this exam is to validate only the skills that are are different from the existing MCSA skills. This exam will fulfill the Windows Server 2008 Technology Specialist requirements of Exams 70-640 and 70-643.

The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) on Windows Server 2008 credential is intended for information technology (IT) professionals who work in the complex computing environment of medium to large companies. The MCTS candidate should have at least one year of experience implementing and administering a network operating system in an environment that has the following characteristics: 250 to 5,000 or more users; three or more physical locations; and three or more domain controllers.

MCTS candidates will manage network services and resources such as messaging, a database, file and print, a proxy server, a firewall, the Internet, an intranet, remote access, and client computer management.

In addition MCTS candidates must understant connectivity requirements such as connecting branch offices and individual users in remote locations to the corporate network and connecting corporate networks to the Internet.

* THE independent source of exam day tips, techniques, and warnings not available from Microsoft
* Comprehensive study guide guarantees 100% coverage of all Microsoft’s exam objectives
* Interactive FastTrack e-learning modules help simplify difficult exam topics
* Two full-function ExamDay practice exams guarantee double coverage of all exam objectives
* Free download of audio FastTracks for use with iPods or other MP3 players
* 1000 page “DRILL DOWN” reference for comprehensive topic review
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The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70-640 Prep Kit: Independent and Complete Self-Paced Solutions

2008-07-11T05:54:00.000-07:00

This exam is designed to validate Windows Server 2008 Active Directory skills. This exam will fulfill the Windows Server 2008 Technology Specialist requirements of Exam 70-640.

The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) on Windows Server 2008 credential is intended for information technology (IT) professionals who work in the complex computing environment of medium to large companies. The MCTS candidate should have at least one year of experience implementing and administering a network operating system in an environment that has the following characteristics: 250 to 5,000 or more users; three or more physical locations; and three or more domain controllers.

MCTS candidates will manage network services and resources such as messaging, a database, file and print, a proxy server, a firewall, the Internet, an intranet, remote access, and client computer management.

In addition MCTS candidates must understant connectivity requirements such as connecting branch offices and individual users in remote locations to the corporate network and connecting corporate networks to the Internet.

* THE independent source of exam day tips, techniques, and warnings not available from Microsoft
* Comprehensive study guide guarantees 100% coverage of all Microsoft’s exam objectives
* Interactive FastTrack e-learning modules help simplify difficult exam topics
* Two full-function ExamDay practice exams guarantee double coverage of all exam objectives
* Free download of audio FastTracks for use with iPods or other MP3 players
* 1000 page “DRILL DOWN” reference for comprehensive topic review
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Nmap in the Enterprise: Your Guide to Network Scanning

2008-07-11T05:53:00.000-07:00

A comprehensive guide and tool suite Nmap, which has over 1,000,000 users and is distributed with many operating systems including Redhat Linux, Debian Linux, Gentoo, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD
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Expert Oracle9i Database Administration

2008-07-10T21:45:00.000-07:00

This is the only real Oracle9i database administration book in the market! This 1,000+ page book enables a beginner or intermediate level Oracle DBA or Oracle Developer/Manager to master the art of building and managing complex Oracle9i databases. Expert Oracle9i Database Administration is thorough in covering all aspects of the 9i database and also includes a UNIX primer as well as an introduction to SQL and PL/SQL. Alapati covers the entire spectrum of the new Oracle9i RDBMS software and clearly explains how to use all of its powerful features.
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Director MX 2004 Games

2008-07-10T21:42:00.000-07:00

Nik Lever guides designers, animators and web developers through the art, animation and programming skills needed to produce games in Director for Internet, CD or DVD distribution. He moves from the introductory coverage of Lingo with explanations of how easily Director's programming language can be mastered, on to more advanced tips and tricks, including coverage of the Havok physics simulation system and 3D maths. All of this is presented in a non-technical language from the artist's viewpoint, written by a professional who makes his living designing successful games with this versatile package.
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The First Snap-fit Handbook: Creating And Managing Attachments for Plastic Parts

2008-07-09T00:09:00.000-07:00

The First Snap-Fit Handbook, now updated and available in an all new second edition, provides an extremely valuable resource for product development teams. It represents a major advance in the design of integral plastic attachment methods and contains the best blend of analysis and real-world experience. This second edition includes new chapters for introducing snap-fit technology and provides strategies for ensuring long-term snap-fit capability and learning. Written by America’s leading authority and creator of the attachment level approach, this book provides the tools needed to masterfully implement snap-fit design. It presents a step-by-step description of the snap-fit development process and includes many illustrations to show what kinds of snap-fit features are available to the designer
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Creating and Digitizing Language Corpora, Volume 1: Synchronic Databases

2008-07-09T00:02:00.000-07:00

A range of electronic corpora has become increasingly accessible via the WWW and CD-ROM. This development coincided with improvements in the standards governing the collecting, encoding and archiving of such data. Less attention, however, has been paid to making other types of digital data available. This is especially true of that which one might describe as ‘unconventional’, namely, dialects, child language and bilingual databases. This book is a first step toward developing similar standards for enriching and preserving these neglected resources.
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