3D Computer Graphics Book

Software Craftsmanship or Inside Cisco

2009-12-06T04:49:00.000-08:00

Software Craftsmanship: The New Imperative

Author: Pete McBreen

better applications.

Today’s software development projects are often based on the traditional software engineering model, which was created to develop large-scale defense projects. Projects that use this antiquated industrial model tend to take longer, promise more, and deliver less.

As the demand for software has exploded, the software engineering establishment has attempted to adapt to the changing times with short training programs that teach the syntax of coding languages. But writing code is no longer the hard part of development; the hard part is figuring out what to write. This kind of know-how demands a skilled craftsman, not someone who knows only how to pass a certification course.

Software Craftsmanship presents an alternative—a craft model that focuses on the people involved in commercial software development. This book illustrates that it is imperative to turn from the technology-for-its-own-sake model to one that is grounded in delivering value to customers. The author, Pete McBreen, presents a method to nurture mastery in the programmer, develop creative collaboration in small developer teams, and enhance communications with the customer. The end result—skilled developers who can create, extend, and enhance robust applications.

This book addresses the following topics, among others:

Understanding customer requirements

Identifying when a project may go off track

Selecting software craftsmen for a particular project

Designing goals for application development

Managing software craftsmen

Software Craftsmanship is written forprogrammers who want to become exceptional at their craft and for the project manager who wants to hire them.

	Foreword
	Preface
Pt. 1	Questioning Software Engineering	1
1	Understanding Software Engineering	3
2	The Problems with Software Engineering	11
3	Understanding Software Development	17
4	Finding a Better Metaphor Than Software Engineering	25
Pt. 2	Software Craftsmanship	31
5	Putting People Back into Software Development	33
6	Craftsmanship Is the Opposite of Licensing	37
Pt. 3	Implications of Software Craftsmanship	45
7	How Craftsmanship Affects the Users of Systems	47
8	Customers Have a Different Relationship with Craftsmen	55
9	Managing Craftsmen	69
10	Becoming a Software Craftsman	79
11	Mastering the Craft	85
12	Apprentice Developers	93
13	Journeymen Developers	105
Pt. 4	Repositioning Software Engineering	109
14	Software Engineering Projects	111
15	Hazards of the Software Engineering Metaphor	117
16	Learning from Software Engineering	131
Pt. 5	What to Do on Monday Morning	139
17	Experience - The Best Indicator of Project Success	141
18	Design for Testing and Maintenance	155
19	Perpetual Learning	171
	Epilogue	179
	Acknowledgments	181
	Index	183

Look this: Texturing Modeling or Case Studies in Knowledge Management

Inside Cisco: The Real Story of Sustained M&A Growth

Author: Ed Paulson

An insider reveals the core strategies behind Cisco's phenomenal success

Most savvy business observers agree that the major component in Cisco's phenomenal growth has been their unwavering commitment to expanding their product line through aggressive acquisitions. Since 1995, the "New Goliath," as Cisco is known throughout the business and finance communities, has acquired more than sixty companies. In this groundbreaking book, a Silicon Valley veteran, Ed Paulson, uses his strong connections to Cisco's management to reveal the M&A gospel according to Cisco.

Paulson explores how Cisco has used acquisitions to stay ahead of its competitors, analyzes their strategies and proven methods for incorporating new companies seamlessly, positively, and profitably. Paulson reveals the centerpiece of Cisco's acquisition strategy-one that is company-focused, culturally compatible, and retains staff. He examines how Cisco executives determine if a target company is compatible with Cisco's corporate culture and strategic outlook and describes the extraordinary lengths to which these executives will go to gain the loyalty of acquired people. This book details the Cisco methodology and illustrates how it can be applied to companies across industries.

Ed Paulson (Chicago, IL) is President of Technology and Communications, Inc., a business and technology consulting firm and a visiting professor at DePaul University's School for New Training. He is a Silicon Valley veteran with more than two decades of experience and the author of numerous business and technology books, most recently, The Technology M&A Guidebook (Wiley:0-471-36010-4).

Publishers Weekly

Once the gold-plated standard for how to succeed on the Internet, Cisco Systems has since lost some of its luster. But even though the company's stock price has dropped, Paulson (The Technology M&A Guidebook) makes a convincing case for still using Cisco as a model for how other companies can manage their M&A (merger and acquisition) growth. For one, Cisco buys companies not just when it is trying to expand or protect itself against potential competitors, but rather "as an integral part of its system," thus looking ahead for future growth. Indeed, Cisco's acquisitions have been prolific, and the author explains who the company targets for acquisitions and why. Unlike many acquirers, Cisco tries to retain most of the personnel during an acquisition, and Paulson shows how that makes good sense. According to Cisco CEO John Chambers, "If you pay $500,000 to $2 million per person... and you lose 30 to 40 percent of those people in the first two years, you've made a terrible decision." Paulson shows most of Cisco's major acquisitions and the buying price per employee, which is appropriate for a book on M&A's, of course, but he is too meandering to offer specific, helpful information. Those interested in refining their company's M&A strategies won't find too much here to help them; Paulson makes a great case why Cisco is good at what it does, but aphorisms like "[Cisco] listens closely to its customers" are less than effective. Such lines suggest that the book is targeted more at a general business audience, but how many of those readers actually need advice on how to buy companies? (Oct.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Texturing Modeling or Case Studies in Knowledge Management

2009-12-05T00:38:00.000-08:00

Texturing & Modeling: A Procedural Approach

Author:

This latest edition is thoroughly expanded and revised to include new material on L-systems, particle systems, scene graphs, cloud modeling, and noise improvements, and all-new chapters devoted to real-time issues, cellular texturing, geometric instancing, texture atlases, and virtual universes. In addition, the code provided in each chapter and on the accompanying Web site has been updated to the latest standard. Readers will appreciate the addition of many more magnificent sample images, considering this edition's most visible improvement: printed in full-color throughout.

Case Studies in Knowledge Management

Author: Jennex

Case Studies in Knowledge Management provides case-based lessons learned from several examples of actual applications of knowledge management in a variety of organizational and global settings. A variety of KM issues are explored, including issues associated with building a KMS, organizational culture and its effect on knowledge capture, sharing, re-use, strategy, and implementation of KM initiatives and a KMS.

Send or ASP ADO and XML Complete

2009-12-03T20:26:00.000-08:00

Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home

Author: David Shipley

When should you email, and when should you call, fax, or just show up?

What is the crucial—and most often overlooked—line in an email?

What is the best strategy when you send (in anger or error) a potentially career-ending electronic bombshell?

Enter Send. Whether you email just a little or never stop, use a desktop or a handheld, here, at last, is an authoritative and delightful book that shows how to write the perfect email—at work, at school, or anywhere. Send also points out the numerous (but not always obvious) times when email can be the worst option and might land you in hot water (or even jail!).

The secret is, of course, to think before you click. Send is nothing short of a survival guide for the digital age—wise, brimming with good humor, and filled with helpful lessons from the authors’ own email experiences (and mistakes). In short: absolutely e-ssential.

The New York Times - Dave Barry

E-mail, for all its efficiency, often fails to achieve its intended result; a vague or carelessly worded message can cause major problems — personal, legal and financial — for senders and receivers. Helping you avoid these problems is the goal of "Send," an informative, entertaining, thorough and thoughtful book. The authors are media veterans — David Shipley is deputy editorial page editor of The New York Times; Will Schwalbe is editor in chief of Hyperion Books — with extensive, and not always positive, experience sending and receiving e-mail. They summarize their essential message in two rules: "Think before you send" and "Send e-mail you would like to receive."

Publishers Weekly

From this essential guidebook's opening sentence—"Bad things can happen on email"—Shipley and Schwalbe make all too clear what can go wrong. E-mail's ubiquity, with casual and formal correspondence jumbled in the same inbox, makes misunderstandings common; e-mail's inexpressive, text-only format doesn't help. Given its brief history, there's no established etiquette for usage, which is why this primer is so valuable. It promises the reader hope of becoming more efficient and less annoying, reducing danger of a career-ending blunder. Brisk, practical and witty, the book aims to improve the reader's skills as sender and recipient: devising effective subject lines and exploring "the politics of the cc"; how to steer clear of legal issues; and how to recognize different types of attachments. Using real-life examples from flame wars and awkward exchanges (including their own), Shipley and Schwalbe (op-ed editor of the New York Timesand Hyperion Books' editor-in-chief) explain why people so often say "incredibly stupid things" in their outgoing messages. "Email has a tendency to encourage the lesser angels of our nature," they note. They also offer "seven big reasons to love email," along with quick guides to instant messaging and e-mail technology, all the while urging us to "think before [we] send." (Apr.)

School Library Journal

Adult/High School-In a snappy and easy manner, the authors provide a brief history of email, explain why people love it, review reasons for using it, and describe times when it should be avoided-for love letters, documents to be archived, and confidential correspondence. There are discussions on writing emails (essentially six types), subject lines, the use of contractions, font type and size, color, openings, and sign-offs. For readers who have ever sent an email and instantly regretted it, wondered about legality issues or whether or not that deleted email will stay deleted, or what information is hidden in an email's header, this guide provides the answers.-Joanne Ligamari, Rio Linda School District, Sacramento, CA

What People Are Saying

“Send is an easy to read primer, full of practical tips for every emailer.”
—Bob Eckert, Charman and CEO, Mattel, Inc.

“Send can help any of us send emails that build better business relationships and get better results.”
—Spencer Johnson, M.D., author of Who Moved My Cheese?

“It should not have taken until 2007 for someone to write the definitive tome on email. Send is to email what The Elements of Style is to writing. Thank God it’s here at last. (BCC: David Shipley and Will Schwalbe)”
—Guy Kawasaki, author of The Art of the Start

“This is just the book I’ve been waiting for.”
—Bill Bryson

“A fascinating, entertaining, and, above all, informative look at email—and how it changed the way we communicate with one another. What Strunk and White is to style, this book is to email. It’s a terrific read. I highly recommend it.”
—Charles Osgood

“The Internet has finally found its Emily Post. If after you’ve read this you fail to change your emailing habits, you’re doomed. Read it or weep.”
—Michael Lewis, author of The Blind Side and Moneyball

New interesting book: The Taste for Ethics or Edible France

ASP, ADO, and XML Complete

Author: Sybex Inc

ASP, ADO, and XML Complete is a one-of-a-kind computer book--valuable both for its extensive content and its low price. This book contains a wealth of vital information for any developer in need of a complete reference to the most essential technologies used for Web programming on the Windows platform.
ASP, ADO, and XML Complete not only covers the fundamentals of scripting and ASP but it also highlights database development with ADO and SQL Server, client-side scripting, building your own components, using XML with ASP, implementing e-commerce with Microsoft BizTalk server, and building your own online store.
ASP, ADO, and XML Complete introduces you to the work of some of Sybex's finest authors, so you'll know where to turn when you want to learn even more about key Web development topics.

Introduction.

Part i Programming Essentials.

Chapter 1: The Microsoft Toolset.

Chapter 2: Visual Basic and the Web.

Chapter 3: Web Applications and ASP.

Chapter 4: Introduction to VBScript.

Chapter 5: Introduction to JScript.

Part ii: Beginning ASP.

Chapter 6: IIS Applications.

Chapter 7: Introduction to ASP Applications.

Chapter 8: Building ASP Applications.

Chapter 9: State Maintenance in ASP Applications.

Chapter 10: Sample Application.

Part iii: Database Development.

Chapter 11: Database Access: Architectures and Technologies.

Chapter 12: Basic Concepts of Relational Databases.

Chapter 13: Introduction to Relational Databases and SQL.

Chapter 14: Exploring Data from Visual Basic.

Chapter 15: ADO 2.5 for Web Developers.

Part iv: Advanced ASP and WebClasses.

Chapter 16: Client-Side Scripting.

Chapter 17: Building Your Own Components.

Chapter 18: Planning Applications.

Part v: XML.

Chapter 19: Using XML/XSL with ASP.

Chapter 20: XML and ASP.

Chapter 21: XML and MS Databases.

Chapter 22: E-Commerce with MS BizTalk.

Part vi: Building Real-World Web Applications.

Chapter 23: Building the User Interface.

Chapter 24: Making a Basket Case.

Chapter 25: On Sale.

Chapter 26: Discussion Forums.

Index.

Network Security or UNIX Network Programming Volume 2

2009-12-02T16:15:00.000-08:00

Network Security: A Hacker's Perspective

Author: Thomson Course Technology Staff

Virtually every organization is reliant on its computer system, and when hackers infiltrate, the consequences can be grave-halts in productivity, sensitive information stolen, assets at risk. Network Security: A Hacker's Perspective, Second Edition will help you step into the minds of computer criminals so that you can predict their moves and stop them before they strike. Written for anyone with some networking experience, this completely updated edition of the bestseller covers the most serious network-related security threats, vulnerabilities, and loopholes related to most major platforms, including Windows, UNIX, and Novell. Using a hands-on approach and numerous real-life case studies, the book identifies the tools, techniques, and methods that criminals use to break into networks for espionage and malicious purposes, with tips for prevention, as well as countermeasures you can take in the event the hackers strike first. In addition to providing information on the significant advancements in the field of security, attacks, and network reconnaissance, this latest edition provides a completely new section on input validation attacks, password cracking, buffer overflows, Trojan attacks, and much, much more. A companion Web site offers all the tools, scripts, and code discussed in the book.

UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2: Interprocess Communications

Author: W Richard Stevens

Don't miss the rest of the series!

Vol. 1, Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI
Vol. 3, Applications (forthcoming)

The only guide to UNIX(r) interprocess communications you'll ever need!

Well-implemented interprocess communications (IPC) are key to the performance of virtually every non-trivial UNIX program. In UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2, Second Edition, legendary UNIX expert W. Richard Stevens presents a comprehensive guide to every form of IPC, including message passing, synchronization, shared memory, and Remote Procedure Calls (RPC).

Stevens begins with a basic introduction to IPC and the problems it is intended to solve. Step-by-step you'll learn how to maximize both System V IPC and the new Posix standards, which offer dramatic improvements in convenience and performance. You'll find extensive coverage of Pthreads, with many examples reflecting multiple threads instead of multiple processes. Along the way, you'll master every current IPC technique and technology, including:

Pipes and FIFOs.
Posix and System V Message Queues
Mutexes and Condition Variables
Read-Write Locks
Record Locking
Posix and System V Semaphores
Posix and System V Shared Memory
Solaris Doors and Sun RPC
Performance Measurements of IPC Techniques

If you've read Stevens' best-selling first edition of UNIX Network Programming, this book expands its IPC coverage by a factor of five! You won't just learn about IPC "from the outside." You'll actually create implementations of Posix message queues, read-write locks, and semaphores, gaining anin-depth understanding of these capabilities you simply can't get anywhere else.

The book contains extensive new source code-all carefully optimized and available on the Web. You'll even find a complete guide to measuring IPC performance with message passing bandwidth and latency programs, and thread and process synchronization programs.

The better you understand IPC, the better your UNIX software will run. One book contains all you need to know: UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2, Second Edition.

Learning in Real Time or Exploiting Software

2009-12-01T12:03:00.000-08:00

Learning in Real Time: Synchronous Teaching and Learning Online

Author: Jonathan E Finkelstein

Learning in Real Time is a concise and practical resource for education professionals teaching live and online or those wanting to humanize and improve interaction in their online courses by adding a synchronous learning component. The book offers keen insight into the world of synchronous learning tools, guides instructors in evaluating how and when to use them, and illustrates how educators can develop their own strategies and styles in implementing such tools to improve online learning.

Books about: Barbarians at the Gate or The PMP Exam

Exploiting Software: How to Break Code

Author: Greg Hoglund

Exploiting Software is filled with the tools, concepts, and knowledge necessary to break software.

Visual QuickStart Guide or Engineering with Excel

2009-11-30T07:52:00.000-08:00

Visual QuickStart Guide: SQL

Author: Chris Fehily

As dynamic, database-driven Web sites become the standard, more and more nonprogrammers just like yourself are being forced to work with database information and create and edit database objects. With SQL and this task-based guide to it, you can do it too--no programming experience required!

After going over the relational database model and SQL syntax in the first few chapters, veteran author Chris Fehily launches into the tasks that will get you comfortable with SQL fast. In addition to explaining SQL basics, this updated reference covers the ANSI SQL:2003 standard and contains a wealth of brand-new information, including a new chapter on set operations and common tasks, well-placed optimization tips to make your queries run fast, sidebars on advanced topics, and added IBM DB2 coverage.

Best of all, the book's examples were tested on the latest versions of Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, IBM DB2, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. On the companion Web site, you can download the SQL scripts and sample database for all these systems and put your knowledge to work immediately on a real database..

Interesting book: Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews or The 17 Indisputable Laws Of Teamwork

Engineering with Excel

Author: Ronald W Larsen

Based on Excel 2007 , Engineering with Excel, 3e takes a comprehensive look at using Excel in engineering. This book focuses on applications and is intended to serve as both a textbook and a reference for students.

Booknews

This textbook for a first-year engineering course explains how to apply the Excel spreadsheet program to perform common engineering calculations. Topics include graphing, matrix operations, linear regression, macros, Visual Basic for applications, financial calculations, statistics functions, and numerical integration techniques for differential equations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

1	Introduction to Excel	1
2	Graphing with Excel	46
3	Excel Functions	84
4	Matrix Operations in Excel	126
5	Linear Regression in Excel	153
6	Iterative Solutions Using Excel	187
7	Using Macros in Excel	225
8	Programming in Excel with VBA	268
9	Sharing Excel Information with Other Programs	296
10	Time Value of Money with Excel	335
11	Financial Calculations with Excel	363
12	Excel's Statistics Functions	387
13	Numerical Differentiation Using Excel	409
14	Numerical Integration Using Excel	433
15	Numerical Integration Techniques for Differential Equations Using Excel	459
	Index	490

Beginning Lua Programming or Creating Cool Web Sites with HTML XHTML and CSS

2009-11-29T03:40:00.000-08:00

Beginning Lua Programming

Author: Aaron Brown

Lua offers a wide range of features that you can use to support and enhance your applications. With this book as your guide, you’ll gain a thorough understanding of all aspects of programming with this powerful language. The authors present the fundamentals of programming, explain standard Lua functions, and explain how to take advantage of free Lua community resources. Complete code samples are integrated throughout the chapters to clearly demonstrate how to apply the information so that you can quickly write your own programs.

Creating Cool Web Sites with HTML, XHTML, and CSS

Author: Dave Taylor

• Walks readers through the process of creating a basic Web site from scratch using HMTL, the basis for billions of Web pages, and then jazzing it up with advanced techniques from the author's award-winning sites

• This updated edition features new material that shows readers how to attract visitors to a site and keep them there, including new JavaScript examples and coverage of cascading style sheets and XHTML, technologies that make building successful Web sites even easier

• Also features exciting new tips and tricks for beginning and advanced users, as well as more expanded examples and samples for users to incorporate in their own sites

• The book moves from basic design and deployment to advanced page layout strategies, showing how to spice up new or existing sites with sound, video, and animation

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Building a wicked cool web page	1
Ch. 1	So what's all this web jazz?	3
Ch. 2	Building your first web page : HTML basic	21
Ch. 3	Presenting text attractively	43
Ch. 4	Moving into the 21st century with cascading style sheets	57
Ch. 5	Lists and special characters	81
Ch. 6	Putting the web in world wide web : adding pointers and links	103
Ch. 7	From dull to cool by adding graphics	121
Pt. II	Rockin' page design strategies	157
Ch. 8	Tables and frames	159
Ch. 9	Forms, user input, and the common gateway interface	195
Ch. 10	Advanced form design	219
Ch. 11	Activating your pages with JavaScript	235
Ch. 12	Advanced cascading style sheets	261
Ch. 13	Site development with weblogs	293
Pt. III	Expanding your page into a web site	307
Ch. 14	Web sites versus web pages	309
Ch. 15	Thinking about your visitors and your site's usability	323
Ch. 16	Validating your pages and style sheets	335
Ch. 17	Building traffic and being found	351
	App. A: Step-by-step web site planning guide	373
	App. B: Finding a home for your web site	379
	Index	385

Visual Basic 6 for Windows for Dummies or Ruby on Rails For Dummies

2009-11-27T23:29:00.000-08:00

Visual Basic 6 for Windows for Dummies

Author: Wallace Wang

Create your own custom Visual Basic programs fast for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT with the power and friendly object-oriented interface of Microsoft's Visual Basic 6 with Visual Basic 6 For Dummies.

Here's a great resource to help you

Understand the art of object-oriented programming in Visual Basic
Build attractive user interfaces with buttons, boxes, and scroll bars
Master menus and submenus -- plus expanding, pull-down, and pop-up menus -- quickly and easily
Discover how to write subprograms that everyone can share
Save and retrieve information in databases like Microsoft Access
Integrate your own special ActiveX controls into applications

From the fundamentals of writing BASIC code to the thrill of distributing your very own custom applications, programming expert Wallace Wang brings a fresh and humorous perspective to the world of Visual Basic in terms everyone can understand. Plus, the bonus CD-ROM that comes with Visual Basic 6 For Dummies includes all the source code and examples from the book, along with demo or trial versions of some cool VB and ActiveX programs.

	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Creating a Visual Basic 6 Program	7
Ch. 1	How Visual Basic Works	9
Ch. 2	Using the Visual Basic User Interface	15
Ch. 3	Designing Your First User Interface	23
Ch. 4	Writing BASIC Code	41
Pt. II	Creating User Interfaces	53
Ch. 5	User Interface Design 101	55
Ch. 6	Forms and Buttons	81
Ch. 7	Boxes and Buttons for Making Choices	103
Ch. 8	Text Boxes for Typing and Showing Words	123
Ch. 9	Scroll Bars and Labels	135
Ch. 10	Pretty Pictures and Objects from Geometry	145
Pt. III	Making Menus	161
Ch. 11	Creating and Editing Pull-Down Menus	163
Ch. 12	Submenus, Growing Menus, and Pop-Up Menus	181
Ch. 13	Dialog Boxes	191
Pt. IV	The Basics of Writing Code	207
Ch. 14	Event Procedures	209
Ch. 15	Using Variables	223
Ch. 16	Responding to the User	247
Ch. 17	Math 101: Arithmetic, Logical, and Comparison Operators	259
Ch. 18	Strings and Things	275
Ch. 19	Defining Constants and Using Comments	287
Ch. 20	Killing Bugs	299
Pt. V	Making Decisions (Something You Stop Doing When You Get Married)	309
Ch. 21	The If-Then and If-Then-Else Statements	311
Ch. 22	The Select Case Statement	321
Pt. VI	Getting Loopy	327
Ch. 23	The Do While and Do-Loop While Loops	329
Ch. 24	The Do Until and Do-Loop Until Loops	335
Ch. 25	For Next Loops That Can Count	341
Ch. 26	Nested Loops and Quick Exits	349
Pt. VII	Writing Subprograms (So You Don't Go Crazy All at Once)	353
Ch. 27	General Procedures (Subprograms Tha Everyone Can Share)	355
Ch. 28	Passing Arguments	363
Ch. 29	Functions, a Unique Type of Subprogram	373
Ch. 30	Getting Some Class with Object-Oriented Programming	385
Ch. 31	Managing Files	403
Pt. VIII	Database Files and Printing	409
Ch. 32	Creating Database Files	411
Ch. 33	Using Files from Database Programs You d Rather Not Use	417
Ch. 34	Making Your Program Print Stuff	433
Pt. IX	The Part of Tens	441
Ch. 35	The Ten Visual Basic Topics That Didn't Fit Anywhere Else	443
	App. A: About the CD	451
	Index	459
	IDG Books Worldwide End-User License Agreement	476
	Installation Instructions	478
	Book Registration Information

Books about: Global and the Local or Erp Tools Techniques and Applications for Integrating the Supply Chain

Ruby on Rails For Dummies

Author: Barry Burd

Quickly create Web sites with this poweful tool

Use this free and easy programming language for e-commerce sites and blogs

If you need to build Web and database applications quickly but you don't dream in computer code, take heart! Ruby on Rails was created for you, and this book will have you up and running in no time. The Ruby scripting language and the Rails framework let you create full-featured Web applications fast. It's even fun!

Discover how to

• Install and run Ruby and Rails

• Use the RadRails IDE

• Create a blog with Ruby

• Connect your Web site to a database

• Build a shopping cart

• Explore Ruby's syntax

The Hidden Pattern or Black White Photography Techniques with Adobe Photoshop

2009-11-26T19:15:00.000-08:00

The Hidden Pattern: A Patternist Philosophy of Mind

Author: Ben Goertzel

The Hidden Pattern presents a novel philosophy of mind, intended to form a coherent conceptual framework within which it is possible to understand the diverse aspects of mind and intelligence in a unified way. The central concept of the philosophy presented is the concept of "pattern": minds and the world they live in and co-create are viewed as patterned systems of patterns, evolving over time, and various aspects of subjective experience and individual and social intelligence are analyzed in detail in this light.

Many of the ideas presented are motivated by recent research in artificial intelligence and cognitive science, and the author's own AI research is discussed in moderate detail in one chapter. However, the scope of the book is broader than this, incorporating insights from sources as diverse as Vedantic philosophy, psychedelic psychotherapy, Nietzschean and Peircean metaphysics and quantum theory. One of the unique aspects of the patternist approach is the way it seamlessly fuses the mechanistic, engineering-oriented approach to intelligence and the introspective, experiential approach to intelligence..

Go to: Umbertos Kitchen or Pearls of Kitchen Wisdom

Black & White Photography Techniques with Adobe Photoshop

Author: Maurice Hamilton

Fine art quality, black-and-white prints are within every photographer's reach with the techniques illustrated in this digital image editing guide. Taking advantage of the control and reproducibility that the digital darkroom offers, this handbook teaches photographers how to fine-tune images with contrast and exposure levels, crop and rotate images for dynamic results, and remove flaws such as dust and scratches long after the photograph has been taken. Instruction on techniques that simulate traditional hand coloring and tinting and add special effects such as frames, infrared, and lighting and lens effects helps photographers realize their artistic vision. Screen shots and images guide readers through the presented techniques, allowing photographers to gauge their own results and anticipate the effects of the outlined corrections and enhancements on their own images. A gallery of the author's work provides inspiration for simulating—and improving upon—the chemical-based darkroom experience.

Art Book News Annual

"Describes and illustrates classic concepts and Adobe Photoshop editing techniques for digital photographers seeking to create fine art prints.

Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants or Office XP for Dummies

2009-11-25T15:04:00.000-08:00

Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants

Author: Shawn Collins

If you¿re an online business, instead of paying for an ad, like a banner, you pay for the result <196> the sale. This is called affiliate marketing. Pay for Performance will show anyone conducting business online, how to plan, implement, and manage a successful affiliate marketing program. The reader will find valuable Web resources such as tracking software and contract templates with the guidance of this book. There will also be direction for the reader to focus the content and develop the right affiliate model for the type of business. It will also provide case studies of successful programs as well as failures and scams to demonstrate and teach the lessons of building a successful program.

Interesting textbook: Corporations and Other Business Associations or Human Value Management

Office XP for Dummies: Quick Reference

Author: Doug Low

You certainly get your money’s worth with Office XP. In one convenient bundle, you get a world-class word processor (Word 2002), a spreadsheet program (Excel 2002), a presentation program (PowerPoint 2002), an e-mail program (Outlook 2002), and a database program (Access 2002). Plus, you get a grab-bag of other useful programs. What a bargain!

With its plethora of features and commands, you may not know where or how to start using Office XP effectively. With Office XP For Dummies Quick Reference in hand, you'll find yourself zipping around in Office XP in no time. This handy guide is right for you if

You've just upgraded to Office XP
You currently use one of these versions of Microsoft Office XP: Standard Edition, Small Business Edition, Professional Edition
You already use Office XP and want to know more about its advanced features
You want quick, accessible answers to questions about Office XP

Office XP has tried to make your experience among the various Office programs as consistent as possible – from using dialog boxes and toolbars to starting or navigating a program. But you'll still need help getting around in any Office program. Here's a sampling of the quick, "get-in, get-out" information that you'll find in Office XP For Dummies Quick Reference:

Getting a handle on the basics: Spell checking, searching, using the Task Pane
Word 2002: Creating envelopes and labels, tables and columns, keyboard shortcuts
Excel 2002: Using Autoformat and Autosum, charts, formatting cells, Pivot Table
Powerpoint 2002: Working with Animation and colorschemes, Photo Album, Slide Show, templates
Access 2002: Entering data, working in fields, using queries and reports
Outlook 2002: Managing a calendar, adding and deleting contacts, using e-mail, creating tasks
The Drawing Toolbar: Using clip art, Autoshapes, diagrams, text boxes

Author Doug Lowe has written more than 50 computer books, including PowerPoint 2002 For Windows For Dummies, Networking For Dummies (5th Edition), and Internet Explorer 5.5 For Dummies, and he knows how to present boring technostuff in a style that is both entertaining and enlightening.

The Musicians Internet or SharePoint Office Pocket Guide

2009-02-22T15:56:00.000-08:00

The Musician's Internet: Online Strategies for Success in the Music Industry

Author: Peter Spellman

This hands-on guide is essential for any musician who wants to build a fan base and increase profits through the Internet. Peter Spellman, Director of the Career Development Center at Berklee College of Music, guides the self-managed musician through successful strategies to promote music on-line, reach rew audiences, and maximize income!

	Acknowledgements	v
	Introduction	ix
Chapter 1.	Net Basics	1
Chapter 2.	Getting Started as a Net-Global Artist	15
Chapter 3.	Getting Listed in the Free Search Engines and Directories	35
Chapter 4.	Communicating via E-Mail with Fans, Teammates, and Customers	45
Chapter 5.	Sharing, Selling, and Licensing Your Music On-Line	57
Chapter 6.	Webcasting Your Shows via Virtual Nightclubs and Other On-Line Venues	73
Chapter 7.	Broadcasting Over Internet Radio	79
Chapter 8.	Signing a Deal with Off-Line and On-Line Record Labels	85
Chapter 9.	Using the Net as a Library of Music Career Guidance	93
Chapter 10.	Tips for Expanding Your On-Line Presence	103
Chapter 11.	Looking Backward, Seeing Forward: Gazing Into the Crystal Web	109
Appendix A.	Glossary: Net Jargon	121
Appendix B.	Resources: Further Food to Feed Your Internet Intelligence	131

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SharePoint Office Pocket Guide

Author: Jeff Webb

"SharePoint Office Pocket Guide" is the quick path to sharing documents and building lists. Written specifically for users of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, it covers the ins and outs of SharePoint clearly and concisely. Within minutes, you'll understand how to:

Create team sites, document libraries, and shared workspaces.

Add web parts to create custom pages.

Build searchable libraries of PDF files.

Link local copies of Word and Excel files to SharePoint workspace copies.

Reconcile changes from multiple authors.

Review document history.

Use the Explorer Views to drag-and-drop files into SharePoint quickly.

Create data lists that look up values from other lists (look-up tables).

Group, total, and filter list items using views.

Use InfoPath form libraries to collect data.

You get the how and why of the top tasks without the tedious menu-by-menu walkthroughs that take hundreds of pages but add little value. "SharePoint Office Pocket Guide" also includes a guide to online resources that expand your knowledge of specific topics.

AutoCAD 2008 in 3D or Streaming Media Bible

2009-02-21T11:45:00.000-08:00

AutoCAD 2008 in 3D: A Modern Perspective

Author: Frank Puerta

Embracing the full capabilities of this powerful program, AutoCAD in 3D: A Modern Approach offers a complete guide to the creation and modification of 3D models. Using simple language and descriptive illustrations, it provides a foundation in the three basic modeling techniques and includes chapters on generating drawings, outputs and rendering. Each chapter is filled with aids to increase understanding—from command grids to job skills sections, to icons that show AutoCAD’s 2008 enhancements. Comprehensive projects, tutorials and exercises are geared to specific disciplines and help users develop an understanding of this software’s potential in their own professional life. KEY TOPICS: Provides readers with features, uses and applications of AutoCAD not always discussed in competing books. Shows how 3D models are used to support new trends in stereolithography prototyping and 3D printing.

Streaming Media Bible

Author: Steve Mack

The Streaming Media Bible is the authoritative and comprehensive guide for producing professional-quality streaming media over the Internet. It provides an overview of what streaming media is, how it can be used and the tools and software programs available to consumers and businesses alike. It covers all aspects of streaming media, from the capturing, creation and optimization of source media files, to encoding and serving files over sites using the primary available technologies. Throughout the book, the streaming process is dissected and separated into its component pieces: original media creation, encoding, and serving. All three major streaming media systems (RealNetworks' RealSystem, Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Windows Media) are covered.
ABOUT THE CD-ROM
Includes a cross-platform CD-ROM with software and examples: RealPlayer, RealProducer, RealServerBasic
Windows Media Technologies, Windows Media Player 8, Windows Media On Demand Encoder, Apple QuickTime Player, QuickTime Encoder, SoundForge XP or CoolEdit, sample audio clips, sample video clips, video tutorials, and sample code libraries.

MIcrosoft Word 2004 for Mac OSX or POJOs in Action

2009-02-20T07:32:00.000-08:00

MIcrosoft Word 2004 for Mac OSX: Visual QuickStart Guide

Author: Maria Langer

Sure, you were happy when the first Mac OS X-compatible version of Word arrived (after all, it's the one software program you can't live without). But this is the version you've really been waiting for. In contrast to Word for Mac OS X-which gelled nicely with the new OS but didn't offer much compelling additional functionality-Word 2004 offers a slew of usability improvements. To start taking advantage of them immediately, you need this task-based guide from popular Mac teacher Maria Langer! Using simple step-by-step instructions, loads of visual aids, and plenty of well-placed tips, Maria gets you up and running fast on the basics before moving on to cover more advanced techniques (formatting, inserting objects, creating outlines, and more). If you're a veteran user, you can go directly to the new material (for example, learning how to record audio notes and link them to your Word docs). And if you're a beginner, you'll appreciate the thorough coverage of all the most common Word tasks.

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POJOs in Action

Author: Chris Richardson

The standard platform for enterprise application development has been EJB but the difficulties of working with it caused it to become unpopular. They also gave rise to lightweight technologies such as Hibernate, Spring, JDO, iBATIS and others, all of which allow the developer to work directly with the simpler POJOs. Now EJB version 3 solves the problems that gave EJB 2 a black eye-it too works with POJOs. "POJOs in Action describes the new, easier ways to develop enterprise Java applications. It describes how to make key design decisions when developing business logic using POJOs, including how to organize and encapsulate the business logic, access the database, manage transactions, and handle database concurrency. This book is a new-generation Java applications guide: it enables readers to successfully build lightweight applications that are easier to develop, test, and maintain.

1	Developing with POJOs : faster and easier	3
2	J2EE design decisions	31
3	Using the domain model pattern	61
4	Overview of persisting a domain model	95
5	Persisting a domain model with JDO 2.0	149
6	Persisting a domain model with Hibernate 3	195
7	Encapsulating the business logic with a POJO facade	243
8	Using an exposed domain model	289
9	Using the transaction script pattern	317
10	Implementing POJOs with EJB 3	360
11	Implementing dynamic paged queries	407
12	Database transactions and concurrency	451
13	Using offline locking patterns	488

Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible or Ruby Way

2009-02-19T03:21:00.000-08:00

Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible

Author: Ted Padova

"The Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible is the comprehensive guide to Acrobat for novices and power users alike. With a concise, easy-to-read format, you will be creating interactive XML forms, enabling streamlined document review processes, and publishing high-impact electronic documents in no time."
—Rick Brown, director of product management, Adobe Acrobat

The book you need to succeed with Adobe Acrobat!

Why do readers turn to the Adobe Acrobat Bible again and again? Because whether you're already experienced with Adobe Acrobat or you're learning to use this powerful tool for the first time, you'll find exactly what you need to know in these well-organized pages. Packed with helpful tips and step-by-step instructions, this latest edition will guide you through both basic and advanced features, enabling you to take full advantage of everything Acrobat 8 has to offer.

• Create, collect, and distribute forms with LiveCycle® Designer

• Work seamlessly with Microsoft® Office applications

• Convert AutoCAD® and Visio® files to PDF

• Discover new ways to edit PDFs and remove sensitive data

• Explore enhanced Shared Reviews tools with easy-to-use Wizard

• Collect form data by exporting it directly to Microsoft Excel®

• Combine files and create PDF Packages using new Acrobat 8 tools

What's on the CD-ROM?

You'll find valuable, author-developed sample files including PDF documents, Adobe Designer forms, and Acrobat PDF forms with JavaScripts—all arranged in folders according to chapters inthe book, so you use them along with the book's tutorials. The CD also includes:

• Adobe Reader software

• Entire book in searchable PDF with embedded index

• Windows demonstration plug-ins

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Ruby Way: Solutions and Techniques in Ruby Programming

Author: Hal Fulton

Ruby is an agile object-oriented language, borrowing some of the best features from LISP, Smalltalk, Perl, CLU, and other languages. Its popularity has grown tremendously in the five years since the first edition of this book.

The Ruby Way takes a “how-to” approach to Ruby programming with the bulk of the material consisting of more than 400 examples arranged by topic. Each example answers the question “How do I do this in Ruby?” Working along with the author, you are presented with the task description and a discussion of the technical constraints. This is followed by a step-by-step presentation of one good solution. Along the way, the author provides detailed commentary and explanations to aid your understanding.

Coverage includes

• An overview of Ruby, explaining terminology and basic principles

• Operations on low-level data types (numbers, strings, regular expressions, dates)

• The new regular expression engine (Oniguruma)

• Internationalization (I18N) and message catalogs in Ruby

• Operations on hashes, arrays, and other data structures such as stacks, trees, and graphs

• Working with general I/O, files, and persistentobjects

• Database coverage including MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, DBI, and more

• Ruby-specific techniques in OOP and dynamic programming

• Graphical interfaces in Ruby (Tk, GTK+, Fox, and Qt)

• Working with Ruby threads for lightweight multitasking

• Everyday scripting and system administration in Ruby

• Working with image files, PDFs, YAML, XML, RSS, and Atom

• Testing, debugging, profiling, and packaging Ruby code

• Low-level network programming and client-server interaction

• Web development tools including Rails, Nitro, Wee, IOWA, and more

• Working with distributed Ruby, Rinda, and Ring

• Ruby development tools such as IDEs, documentation tools, and more

The source code for the book can be downloaded from

Hal Fulton has worked for over 15 years with variousforms of Unix, including AIX, Solaris, and Linux. He was first exposed to Ruby in 1999, and in 2001 he began work on the first edition of this book–the second Ruby book published in the English language. He has attendednumerous Ruby conferences and has given presentations at several of those, including the first European Ruby Conference.

He has two degrees in computer science from the University of Mississippi and taught computer science for four years before moving to Austin, Texas to work as a contractor for variouscompanies, including IBM Austin. Hal currently works at Broadwing Communications in Austin, Texas, maintaining a large data warehouse and related telecom applications, working daily with C++, Oracle, and, of course, Ruby.

JavaScript or Explanation Based Neural Network Learning

2009-02-17T23:09:00.000-08:00

JavaScript: Complete Concepts and Techniques, Second Edition

Author: Gary B Shelly

Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman series, this text offers a step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach and extensive hands-on projects for meaningful learning of JavaScript.

Interesting textbook: Estratégias de Entrada de Mercados Internacionais

Explanation-Based Neural Network Learning: A Lifelong Learning Approach

Author: Sebastian Thrun

Lifelong learning addresses situations in which a learner faces a series of different learning tasks providing the opportunity for synergy among them. Explanation-based neural network learning (EBNN) is a machine learning algorithm that transfers knowledge across multiple learning tasks. When faced with a new learning task, EBNN exploits domain knowledge accumulated in previous learning tasks to guide generalization in the new one. As a result, EBNN generalizes more accurately from less data than comparable methods. Explanation-Based Neural Network Learning: A Lifelong Learning Approach describes the basic EBNN paradigm and investigates it in the context of supervised learning, reinforcement learning, robotics, and chess.

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Describes a paradigm for machine learning that may open a new generation of methods, especially for situations in which a series of different learning tasks provides an opportunity for synergy among them. The explanation-based neural network approach transfers knowledge across multiple learning tasks, allowing domain knowledge accumulated in previous learning efforts to guide generalization in new learning tasks. The result is more accurate generalizations with less data than previous methods. The method is demonstrated in contexts of supervised learning, reinforced learning, robotics, and chess. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

	Foreword
	Preface
1	Introduction	1
2	Explanation-Based Neural Network Learning	19
3	The Invariance Approach	49
4	Reinforcement Learning	93
5	Empirical Results	131
6	Discussion	177
	A An Algorithm for Approximating Values and Slopes with Artificial Neural Networks	195
	B Proofs of the Theorems	203
	C Example Chess Games	207
	References	227
	List of Symbols	253
	Index	259

QuickBooks 2009 All in One For Dummies or Digital Signal Processing

2009-02-16T18:58:00.000-08:00

QuickBooks 2009 All-in-One For Dummies

Author: Stephen L Nelson CPA MBA MS

QuickBooks accounting software is the favorite financial management and accounting software for small businesses, but it does take a little getting used to. QuickBooks 2009 All-in-One For Dummies is the QuickBooks reference guide that gets you through the learning curve in a hurry. Eight handy minibooks cover:

An Accounting Primer
Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks
Bookkeeping Chores
Accounting Chores
Financial Management
Business Plans
Care and Maintenance
Additional Business Resources

QuickBooks 2009 All-in-One For Dummies is written for the Premier version, but you’ll find the information works for the other versions too. It’s easy to find what you need to know:

Book I covers all the basic accounting stuff for those who don’t know a credit from a debit
Learn to set up the program, load files, and customize QuickBooks in Book II
In Book III you’ll see how to invoice customers, pay vendors, track inventory, and more
Take on activity-based costing, preparing a budget, and job costing in Book IV
Book V gets into cool stuff like ratio analysis, EVA, and capital budgeting
Find out in Book VI how to write the business plan you need
Book VII shows you how to manage maintenance for QuickBooks
Book VIII covers additional resources, an Excel primer, accounting terms, and more

Before you know it, you’ll be managing your business finances like a pro with QuickBooks 2009!

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Digital Signal Processing: A Computer Science Perspective, Vol. 1

Author: Jonathan Y Stein

Get a working knowledge of digital signal processing for computer science applications

The field of digital signal processing (DSP) is rapidly exploding, yet most books on the subject do not reflect the real world of algorithm development, coding for applications, and software engineering. This important new work fills the gap in the field, providing computer professionals with a comprehensive introduction to those aspects of DSP essential for working on today's cutting-edge applications in speech compression and recognition and modem design. The author walks readers through a variety of advanced topics, clearly demonstrating how even such areas as spectral analysis, adaptive and nonlinear filtering, or communications and speech signal processing can be made readily accessible through clear presentations and a practical hands-on approach. In a light, reader-friendly style, Digital Signal Processing: A Computer Science Perspective provides:
* A unified treatment of the theory and practice of DSP at a level sufficient for exploring the contemporary professional literature
* Thorough coverage of the fundamental algorithms and structures needed for designing and coding DSP applications in a high level language
* Detailed explanations of the principles of digital signal processors that will allow readers to investigate assembly languages of specific processors
* A review of special algorithms used in several important areas of DSP, including speech compression/recognition and digital communications
* More than 200 illustrations as well as an appendix containing the essential mathematical background

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This...book offers a contemporary and comprehensive treatment of DSP.

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This...book offers a contemporary and comprehensive treatment of DSP.

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While Stein was working for a high-tech company in Tel Aviv, he had no trouble finding experts in digital signal processing, but when he relocated to New York, he could find none. He discovered that it was not taught at all in the US at the undergraduate level, and at the graduate level only for electrical engineers. He developed and taught (Polytechnic U.) an undergraduate course for computer science majors, based on exactly the requirements he needed for his company. From that course emerged this textbook. He explains the theory and practice, the fundamental algorithms and structures used in computation, the principles of digital signal processors and how they differ from conventional ones, and some special areas of current research and develop such as speech compression and recognition and digital communications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface	xv
1	Introductions	1
1.1	Prehistory of DSP	2
1.2	Some Applications of Signal Processing	4
1.3	Analog Signal Processing	7
1.4	Digital Signal Processing	10
Part I	Signal Analysis
2	Signals	15
2.1	Signal Defined	15
2.2	The Simplest Signals	20
2.3	Characteristics of Signals	30
2.4	Signal Arithmetic	33
2.5	The Vector Space of All Possible Signals	40
2.6	Time and Frequency Domains	44
2.7	Analog and Digital Domains	47
2.8	Sampling	49
2.9	Digitization	57
2.10	Antialiasing and Reconstruction Filters	62
2.11	Practical Analog to Digital Conversion	64
3	The Spectrum of Periodic Signals	71
3.1	Newton's Discovery	72
3.2	Frequency Components	74
3.3	Fourier's Discovery	77
3.4	Representation by Fourier Series	80
3.5	Gibbs Phenomenon	86
3.6	Complex FS and Negative Frequencies	90
3.7	Properties of Fourier Series	94
3.8	The Fourier Series of Rectangular Wave	96
4	The Frequency Domain	103
4.1	From Fourier Series to Fourier Transform	103
4.2	Fourier Transform Examples	110
4.3	FT Properties	113
4.4	The Uncertainty Theorem	117
4.5	Power Spectrum	122
4.6	Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT)	126
4.7	The Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT)	132
4.8	DFT Properties	135
4.9	Further Insights into the DFT	141
4.10	The z Transform	143
4.11	More on the z Transform	151
4.12	The Other Meaning of Frequency	155
5	Noise	161
5.1	Unpredictable Signals	162
5.2	A Naive View of Noise	164
5.3	Noise Reduction by Averaging	171
5.4	Pseudorandom Signals	174
5.5	Chaotic Signals	180
5.6	Stochastic Signals	192
5.7	Spectrum of Random Signals	198
5.8	Stochastic Approximation Methods	202
5.9	Probabilistic Algorithms	203
Part II	Signal Processing Systems
6	Systems	207
6.1	System Defined	208
6.2	The Simplest Systems	209
6.3	The Simplest Systems with Memory	213
6.4	Characteristics of Systems	221
6.5	Filters	226
6.6	Moving Averages in the Time Domain	228
6.7	Moving Averages in the Frequency Domain	231
6.8	Why Convolve?	237
6.9	Purely Recursive Systems	241
6.10	Difference Equations	245
6.11	The Sinusoid's Equation	249
6.12	System Identification--The Easy Case	252
6.13	System Identification--The Hard Case	259
6.14	System Identification in the z Domain	265
7	Filters	271
7.1	Filter Specification	272
7.2	Phase and Group Delay	275
7.3	Special Filters	279
7.4	Feedback	289
7.5	The ARMA Transfer Function	293
7.6	Pole-Zero Plots	298
7.7	Classical Filter Design	303
7.8	Digital Filter Design	309
7.9	Spatial Filtering	315
8	Nonfilters	321
8.1	Nonlinearities	322
8.2	Clippers and Slicers	324
8.3	Median Filters	326
8.4	Multilayer Nonlinear Systems	329
8.5	Mixers	332
8.6	Phase-Locked Loops	338
8.7	Time Warping	343
9	Correlation	349
9.1	Signal Comparison and Detection	350
9.2	Crosscorrelation and Autocorrelation	354
9.3	The Wiener-Khintchine Theorem	357
9.4	The Frequency Domain Signal Detector	359
9.5	Correlation and Convolution	361
9.6	Application to Radar	362
9.7	The Wiener Filter	365
9.8	Correlation and Prediction	369
9.9	Linear Predictive Coding	371
9.10	The Levinson-Durbin Recursion	376
9.11	Line Spectral Pairs	383
9.12	Higher-Order Signal Processing	386
10	Adaptation	393
10.1	Adaptive Noise Cancellation	394
10.2	Adaptive Echo Cancellation	400
10.3	Adaptive Equalization	404
10.4	Weight Space	408
10.5	The LMS Algorithm	413
10.6	Other Adaptive Algorithms	420
11	Biological Signal Processing	427
11.1	Weber's Discovery	428
11.2	The Birth of Psychophysics	430
11.3	Speech Production	435
11.4	Speech Perception	439
11.5	Brains and Neurons	442
11.6	The Essential Neural Network	446
11.7	The Simplest Model Neuron	448
11.8	Man vs. Machine	452
Part III	Architectures and Algorithms
12	Graphical Techniques	461
12.1	Graph Theory	462
12.2	DSP Flow Graphs	467
12.3	DSP Graph Manipulation	476
12.4	RAX Externals	481
12.5	RAX Internals	487
13	Spectral Analysis	495
13.1	Zero Crossings	496
13.2	Bank of Filters	498
13.3	The Periodogram	502
13.4	Windows	506
13.5	Finding a Sinusoid in Noise	512
13.6	Finding Sinusoids in Noise	515
13.7	IIR Methods	520
13.8	Walsh Functions	523
13.9	Wavelets	526
14	The Fast Fourier Transform	531
14.1	Complexity of the DFT	532
14.2	Two Preliminary Examples	536
14.3	Derivation of the DIT FFT	539
14.4	Other Common FFT Algorithms	546
14.5	The Matrix Interpretation of the FFT	552
14.6	Practical Matters	554
14.7	Special Cases	558
14.8	Goertzel's Algorithm	561
14.9	FIFO Fourier Transform	565
15	Digital Filter Implementation	569
15.1	Computation of Convolutions	570
15.2	FIR Filtering in the Frequency Domain	573
15.3	FIR Structures	579
15.4	Polyphase Filters	584
15.5	Fixed Point Computation	590
15.6	IIR Structures	595
15.7	FIR vs. IIR	602
16	Function Evaluation Algorithms	605
16.1	Sine and Cosine Generation	606
16.2	Arctangent	609
16.3	Logarithm	610
16.4	Square Root and Pythagorean Addition	611
16.5	CORDIC Algorithms	613
17	Digital Signal Processors	619
17.1	Multiply-and-Accumulate (MAC)	620
17.2	Memory Architecture	623
17.3	Pipelines	627
17.5	Interrupts, Ports	631
17.5	Fixed and Floating Point	633
17.6	A Real-Time Filter	635
17.7	DSP Programming Projects	639
17.8	DSP Development Teams	641
Part IV	Applications
18	Communications Signal Processing	647
18.1	History of Communications	648
18.2	Analog Modulation Types	652
18.3	AM	655
18.4	FM and PM	659
18.5	Data Communications	664
18.6	Information Theory	666
18.7	Communications Theory	670
18.8	Channel Capacity	674
18.9	Error Correcting Codes	680
18.10	Block Codes	683
18.11	Convolutional Codes	690
18.12	PAM and FSK	698
18.13	PSK	704
18.14	Modem Spectra	708
18.15	Timing Recovery	710
18.16	Equalization	714
18.17	QAM	716
18.18	QAM Slicers	720
18.19	Trellis Coding	723
18.20	Telephone-Grade Modems	729
18.21	Beyond the Shannon Limit	733
19	Speech Signal Processing	739
19.1	LPC Speech Synthesis	740
19.2	LPC Speech Analysis	742
19.3	Cepstrum	744
19.4	Other Features	747
19.5	Pitch Tracking and Voicing Determination	750
19.6	Speech Compression	753
19.7	PCM	757
19.8	DPCM, DM, and ADPCM	760
19.9	Vector Quantization	765
19.10	SBC	768
19.11	LPC Speech Compression	770
19.12	CELP Coders	771
19.13	Telephone-Grade Speech Coding	775
A	Whirlwind Exposition of Mathematics	781
A.1	Numbers	781
A.2	Integers	782
A.3	Real Numbers	784
A.4	Complex Numbers	785
A.5	Abstract Algebra	788
A.6	Functions and Polynomials	791
A.7	Elementary Functions	793
A.8	Trigonometric (and Similar) Functions	795
A.9	Analysis	800
A.10	Differential Equations	803
A.11	The Dirac Delta	808
A.12	Approximation by Polynomials	809
A.13	Probability Theory	815
A.14	Linear Algebra	819
A.15	Matrices	821
A.16	Solution of Linear Algebraic Equations	826
	Bibliography	829
	Index	849

Marketing Communication or Yu Yu Hakusho Tournament Tactics

2009-02-15T14:46:00.000-08:00

Marketing Communication, Vol. 4

Author: Basskaran Nair

Perception management is a critical public relations task and managing marketing communication is one of the key tasks for the corporate websites. Marketing communication looks at companies operating in an "Internetised" world, and the challenges facing the public relations practitioners.

Yu-Yu Hakusho Tournament Tactics: Prima Official Game Guide

Author: Prima Temp Authors

Battle the best the Spirit World has to offer.
·Walkthroughs for all 8 levels include maps, enemies, victory conditions, and tips
·Info for all 10 playable characters, featuring bonuses and prices for 4 skill categories
·Expert advice on which skills to raise first
·Uncovers all 43 enemies' stats and attacks
·Reveals the complete Dark Tournament storyline

Web TV for Dummies Quick Reference or FileNET

2009-02-12T06:42:00.000-08:00

Web TV for Dummies Quick Reference

Author: Renee Gentry

This one-stop guide offers easy-to-understand tips and shortcuts for installing and enjoying the fast-growing Internet system that allows people to surf the Web on their television screen. The book provides concise answers and information on the latest Web TV technology as well as advice on browsing, search engines, e-mail, WebPIP, TV Crossover Links, and much more.

Intro: How to Use This Book.
Organization Is the Key.
PART I: Getting to Know WebTV.
PART II: All about E-Mail.
PART III: Meeting Strangers and Making New Friends with Chat.
PART IV: Discussing Life in a Newsgroup.
PART V: The Wild, Wild Web.
PART VI: The TV Part of WebTV.
PART VII: Keyboards, Printers, and Other Accessories.
PART VIII: Building Your Own Home on the Web.
Appendix A: Favorite Surfing Hot Spots.
Appendix B: What to Do When Things Don't Seem Right.
Techie Talk.
Things I've Said and What I Meant.
The Cast of Icons.
First Things First.
PART I: Getting to Know WebTV.
Accessing Your Billing Statement.
Adding Extra Users.
Accounts for kids.
Call Waiting and WebTV.
Changing Your Account Settings.
Changing Your Password.
Changing Your Payment Method.
Connecting to and Disconnecting from the WebTV Service.
Programming Your WebTV Remote Control.
Removing a User.
Reviewing the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Signing Up for WebTV Service.
The first screen: Your first link.
Using the device of your choice for signup.
Tell them something about yourself.
Plus a few more steps for Plus.
Telling WebTV about the Devices Connected to It.
Updating Your WebTV Unit.
What Is an ISP and Do You Need One?
Using the ISP of your choice.
PART II: All about E-Mail.
ABCs of Online Typing.
Correcting mistakes.
Using paragraphs.
Adding a Picture to Your Message.
Adding a Personalized Signature to Your Messages.
Adding Your Voice and Other Sounds.
Automatically Checking for Messages.
Avoiding Spam, the OnlineVersion of Junk Mail.
Cleaning Up Your Mailbox.
Discarding a message.
Retrieving a discarded message.
Copying, Cutting; and Pasting.
Creating a Storage Area.
Don't Shout Unless You Mean To.
If Yuo Hav Por Spellin.
Reading Your Mail.
Replying To and Forwarding Mail.
Forwarding e-mail to others.
Replying to the sender.
Including the original message in your reply.
Replying to the sender and others.
Saving Your Messages.
Sending a Greeting to a Friend.
Sending a Greeting to Lots of Friends.
Sending an "Electronic Greeting Card"
Sending a Web Page to a Friend.
Smiley Faces and Other Happy Things.
"Have a Nice Day," the next generation.
Say more with less.
Alt key combinations.
Using the Address Book.
Adding a name and address.
Changing a name and address.
Removing a name and address.
Writing a message with the address book.
Your E-Mail Address.
PART III: Meeting Strangers and Making New Friends with Chat.
BBL and Other Ways to Leave a Room.
Chatting with Others.
Chatting Privately with Whisper.
Color-Coded Chat.
Creating a Chat Room.
Determining Who's in the Room with You.
Finding and Entering a Chat Room.
IRC.
Making Sense of the Cacophony.
Preventing Your Children from Chatting.
Safe (and Sane?) Chatting.
PART IV: Discussing Life in a Newsgroup.
Adding a Newsgroup to Your Favorites.
Creating Your Own Newsgroup.
Finding a Newsgroup.
Flame-Bait and Asbestos Gloves.
Posting a New Message.
Reading a Post and Other Related Messages.
Responding to a Post.
Subscribing to a Newsgroup.
Three Dots Mean There's More.
Voting on a Newsgroup Proposal.
WebTV-Only Newsgroups.
PART V: The Wild, Wild Web.
A Government Project Started It All.
Choosing a Different City for Around Town.
Connecting as a Different User.
Dot What?
For Kids Only.
Hanging Up and Ending Your Connection.
Home, Sweet Web Home.
Humming Right Along.
Organizing Your Favorites Folders.
Creating a new folder.
Listing items by name only.
Moving an item from one folder to another.
Removing a folder.
Removing an item from a folder.
Renaming an item in a folder.
Printing a Web Page.
Returning to Your Favorite Sites.
Saving Your Favorites.
A few of my favorite things.
Searching for Sites.
WebTV Search.
Other search engines.
Search-engine math.
Searching by category.
Security on the Web.
Credit cards recommended.
Picking a password.
Secure servers and encryption.
Shopping on the Web.
Adding items to your shopping cart.
Safety and shopping go hand in hand.
Ultimate attic of treasures.
Surfing Safari.
Using Shortcut (F1-F7) Keys.
Watching TV while Surfing the Web.
PART VI: The TV Part of WebTV.
Changing Channels.
Channel Surfing, High-Tech Style.
Controlling Live TV.
Finding Extra Info about Your Favorite Shows.
Getting Reminders about Upcoming Shows.
Going Interactive.
My Other Home Is a TV.
Playing a Video Tape.
Automatically recording a show.
Manually recording a show in progress.
Saving Your Favorite Channels.
Searching TV Listings.
Surfing the Web while Watching TV.
Switching Between TV Home and Full-Screen TV.
PART VII: Keyboards, Printers, and Other Accessories.
Buying a Printer.
Choosing a Keyboard.
WebTV wireless keyboards.
Computer keyboards.
On-Screen Keyboards.
Even Your Phone Jack Can Go Wireless.
When Your RF Needs Adapting.
PART VIII: Building Your Own Home on the Web.
Accepting the License Agreement.
Adding Links to Your Page.
Adding Pictures to Your Web Page.
Adding Text to Your Web Page.
Avoiding a Long Load Time.
Creating a New Web Page with Page Builder.
Editing and Changing Your Pages.
Preventing Your Children from Building a Web Page.
Publishing Your Pages for All to See.
Rearranging Items on Your Web Page.
Removing a Web Page You Created.
Removing Items from Your Web Page.
Removing Pictures from Your Scrapbook.
Saving Images to Your Scrapbook.
Images from e-mail.
Images from a Web page.
Images from a video capture.
Saving Your Web Pages to a VCR.
Telling Others about Your Web Pages.
Unpublishing Your Web Page.
Appendix A: Favorite Surfing Hot Spots.
Automobiles.
Beauty.
Career.
Cooking.
Community/People.
Entertainment.
Genealogy.
Health.
Drugstores.
Hobby, Home, and Garden.
Kids.
Money and Finance.
News.
Opinion, News, and Satire.
Reference/Education.
Search Engines.
Seniors.
Shopping.
Books.
Clothing.
Gifts and novelties.
Mega-stores and department stores.
Merchant ratings services.
Pet supplies.
Sporting goods.
Toys.
Videos/DVDs.
You set the price.
Sports/Recreation.
Teens.
Tools/Utilities.
Travel.
WebTV.
Wild & Wacky.
Appendix B: What to Do If Things Don't Seem Right.
Believe It or Not.
E-Mail.
Keyboard/Remote.
Passwords.
Phone Line/Connecting.
Printing.
TV listings.
TV Picture/Sound.
VCR/Camera (Video or Digital).
Web Surfing.
Appendix C: Connecting all the Cables.
Connection in a Nutshell.
Send the TV Signal to Your WebTV.
Connect Your WebTV Unit to Your TV.
Connect the IR Blaster.
Connect Other Devices.
Plug in Your Phone Line.
Get the Power.
Glossary: Techie Talk.
Index.
Book Registration Information.

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FileNET: A Consultant's Guide to Enterprise Content Management

Author: Todd R Groff

FileNet:
A Consultant's Guide to Enterprise Content Management

Todd R. Groff and Thomas P. Jones

"I provide consulting for ERP software and related business processes. One constant my clients face is knowing what software can and cannot do. They want truth and often get spin. In this age of spin and clouded truth, Todd Groff and Thomas Jones provide a breath of fresh air. They tell the truth and speak their minds. If you want to learn to navigate through FileNet armed with their insight and wisdom, buy this new book and use it. They have years of experience navigating through the FileNet software shoals and have given us a well-marked map."
— Gregory S. Bennett, ERP Software Functional Consultant

"As a Project Manager, I appreciate not only the coverage Groff and Jones have given to each system but also how they have impressed upon the viewer the linkage between systems. This book extends learning opportunities in many ways and from top to bottom it assumes nothing. Each chapter is written to provide a general knowledge and combines data-intensive index models with scenario-based techniques."
— Sandi Owen, Business Analyst

FileNet is the world's leading enterprise content management system. More than 3,700 organizations worldwide have implemented FileNet systems to provide content management services that are scalable, highly available, and provide strong disaster recovery capabilities.

Unfortunately, despite an open and modular design that runs on the majority of enterprise computing platforms, FileNet's products suffer from a dearth of independently produced knowledge resources. This book has been written to fill thatinformation void and provide wider understanding of this complex and powerful set of products to enterprise level decision makers, project managers, and technicians.
It answers questions such as:
How can I be sure that FileNet provides an adequate ROI?
What critical business problems can be solved with FileNet?
What should I expect in contract negotiations with FileNet?
How can I deploy a FileNet system quickly and effectively?
What is the basic architecture of FileNet?
How do I integrate FileNet with other vital systems?

This book gives you the information you need to understand and maximize the benefits FileNet offers any business.

Todd R. Groff and Thomas P. Jones are consultants with IBM's Business Consulting Services. They are the authors of Introduction to Knowledge Management. Groff and Jones have spent their entire careers designing, developing, and applying DM and imaging tools and processes to revolutionize key information management functions for some of the world's largest Fortune 500 companies.

The LaTeX Graphics Companion or Make

2009-02-11T02:30:00.000-08:00

The LaTeX Graphics Companion

Author: Michel Goossens

The LATEX typesetting system remains a popular choice for typesetting a wide variety of documents, from papers, journal articles, and presentations, to books--especially those that include technical text or demand high-quality composition. This book is the most comprehensive guide to making illustrations in LATEX documents, and it has been completely revised and expanded to include the latest developments in LATEX graphics. The authors describe the most widely used packages and provide hundreds of solutions to the most commonly encountered LATEX illustration problems.

This book will show you how to

Incorporate graphics files into a LATEX document
Program technical diagrams using several languages, including METAPOST, PSTricks, and XY-pic
Use color in your LATEX projects, including presentations
Create special-purpose graphics, such as high-qualitymusic scores and games diagrams
Produce complex graphics for a variety of scientific and engineering disciplines

New to this edition:

Updated and expanded coverage of the PSTricks and METAPOST languages
Detailed explanations of major new packages for graphing and 3-D figures
Comprehensive description of the xcolor package
Making presentations with the beamer class
The latest versions of gaming and scientific packages

There are more than 1100 fully tested examples that illustrate the text and solve graphical problems and tasks--all ready to run!

All the packages and examples featured in this book are freely downloadable from the Comprehensive TEX Archive Network (CTAN).

The LATEX Graphics Companion, SecondEdition, is more than ever an indispensable reference for anyone wishing to incorporate graphics into LATEX. As befits the subject, the book has been typeset with LATEX in a two-color design.

List of Figures   xvii
List of Tables   xxi
Preface   xxv

Why LATEX, and why PostScript?   xxvi
How this book is arranged   xxvii
Typographic conventions   xxix
Using the examples   xxxi
Finding all those packages and programs   xxxiii

Chapter 1: Graphics with LATEX 1

1.1   Graphics systems and typesetting   2
1.2   Drawing types   3
1.3   TEX's interfaces   6
1.4   Graphics languages   10
1.5   Choosing a package   21

Chapter 2: Standard LATEX Interfaces 23

2.1   Inclusion of graphics files   23
2.2   Manipulating graphical objects   36
2.3   Line graphics 42

Chapter 3: METAFONT and METAPOST: TEX's Mates 51

3.1   The META language   52
3.2   Differences between METAPOST and METAFONT   60
3.3   Running the META programs   68
3.4   Some basic METAPOST libraries   74
3.5   The METAOBJ package   80
3.6   TEX interfaces: getting the best of both worlds   120
3.7   From METAPOST and to METAPOST   137
3.8   The future of METAPOST   138

Chapter 4: METAPOST Applications 141

4.1   A drawing toolkit   141
4.2   Representing data with graphs   157
4.3   Diagrams   176
4.4   Geometry   189
4.5   Science and engineering applications   196
4.6   3-D extensions   207

Chapter 5: Harnessing PostScript Inside LATEX: PSTricks 213

5.1   The components of PSTricks   214
5.2   Setting keywords, lengths, and coordinates   217
5.3   The pspicture environment   220
5.4   The coordinate system   223
5.5   Grids   224
5.6   Lines and polygons 231
5.7   Circles, ellipses, and curves   240
5.8   Dots and symbols   249
5.9   Filling areas   53
5.10 Arrows   259
5.11 Labels   265
5.12 Boxes   269
5.13 User styles and objects   279
5.14 Coordinates   296
5.15 The PSTricks core   302

Chapter 6: The Main PSTricks Packages 313

6.1   pst-plot--Plotting functions and data   313
6.2   pst-node--Nodes and connections   334
6.3   pst-tree--Typesetting trees   366
6.4   pst-fill--Filling and tiling   383
6.5   pst-3d--Shadows, tilting, and three-dimensional representations   388
6.6   pst-3d plot--3-D parallel projections of functions and data   400
6.7   Short overview of other PSTricks packages   417
6.8   Summary of PSTricks commands and keywords   459

Chapter 7: The XY-pic Package 467

7.1   Introducing XY-pic   467
7.2   Basic constructs   469
7.3   Extensions   474
7.4   Features   478
7.5   Further examples   509

Chapter 8: Applications in Science, Technology, and Medicine 511

8.1   Typographical rules for scientific texts   512
8.2   Typesetting chemical formulae   518
8.3   Alignment and topology plots in bioinformatics   547
8.4   Drawing Feynman diagrams   555
8.5   Typesetting timing diagrams   572
8.6   Electronics and optics circuits   576

Chapter 9: PreparingMusic Scores 587

9.1   Using TEX for scores--An overview   589
9.2   Using MusiXTEX   590
9.3   abc2mtex--Easy writing of tunes   600
9.4   Preprocessors for MusiXTEX   615
9.5   The PMX preprocessor   618
9.6   M-Tx--Music fromTeXt   651
9.7   The music engraver LilyPond   661
9.8   TEXmuse--TEX and METAFONT working together   666

Chapter 10: Playing Games 667

10.1 Chess   668
10.2 Xiangqi--Chinese chess   687
10.3 Go   690
10.4 Backgammon    696
10.5 Card games   698
10.6 Crosswords in various forms   702
10.7 Sudokus   709

Chapter 11: The World of Color 713

11.1 An introduction to color   714
11.2 Colors with LATEX--The color and xcolor packages   719
11.3 Coloring tables   737
11.4 Color slides with LATEX--The beamer class   752

Appendix A: Producing PDF from Various Sources 797

A.1 dvipdfm and dvipdfmx   798
A.2 pst-pdf--From PostScript to PDF   800
A.3 Generating PDF from LATEX   803

Apendix B: LATEX Software and User Group Information 809

B.1 Getting help   809
B.2 How to get those TEX files?   810
B.3 Using CTAN   810
B.4 Finding the documentation on your TEX system   815
B.5 TEX user groups    817

Bibliography 819

Indexes 835

General Index   837
METAFONT and METAPOST   879
PSTricks   897
XY-pic   919
People   924

Make: Technology on Your Time

Author: Staff of Mak

If you like to tweak, disassemble, re-create, and invent cool new uses for technology, you'll love MAKE our new quarterly publication for the inquisitive do-it-yourselfer.

Every issue is packed with projects to help you make the most of all the technology in your life. Everything from home entertainment systems, to laptops, to a host of PDAs is fair game. If there's a way to hack it, tweak it, bend it, or remix it, you will find out about it in MAKE.

This isn't another gadget magazine. MAKE focuses on cool things you can do to make technology work the way you want it to. The publication is inspired by our bestselling Hacks series books but with a twist. MAKE is a mook (rhymes with book). We ve combined the excitement, unexpectedness, and visual appeal of a magazine with the permanence and in-depth instructiveness of a how-to book.

Whether you're a geek or hacker who delights in creating new uses for technology, or a Saturday afternoon tinkerer who loves to get his hands dirty, you'll keep every issue of MAKE on your bookshelf for years to come. Our premier issue, available in February 2005, includes 220 pages packed with tips and tricks, including:

how to create a $14 stabilizer for your video camera with readily available household items how to use an ordinary kite to take extraordinary professional quality aerial digital photos how to get rid of that tangle of wires by creating your own 5-in-1 network cable

how to decipher the magnetic stripe on your credit card to find out what your credit card company really knows about you and lots more!

Every quarter, MAKE will contain a unique set of innovative ideas and creations for a variety of new technologies, including mobile devices, in-car computers, web services, digital media, wireless and home networking, and computer hardware.

CD and DVD Recording for Dummies 2nd Edition or Cisco Networking Simplified

2009-02-09T22:19:00.000-08:00

CD and DVD Recording for Dummies, 2nd Edition

Author: Mark L Chambers

Most new PCs and Macs today are equipped with the latest in recording and storage equipment: CD-RW and DVD-R/RW drives. Even if your computer is a little older, you can still join the revolution with add-on hardware and software. You can record music and movies, store photos and data, and organize things you want to preserve for posterity, safely and easily.

CD and DVD Recording For Dummies®, Second Edition, takes the frustration out of choosing and using these cool recording systems. This easy-to-follow guide will help you find what you need and use it efficiently, and it covers all the newest equipment. You’ll discover how to

• Choose and install a CD or DVD recorder

• Pick the best software for your needs

• Store large data files safely on CD

• Use EasyCD and DVD Creator and Toast

• Record mixed media disks

• Create electronic photo albums, baby books, genealogies, and more

Once upon a time, videotape, vinyl record albums, and floppy disks were state of the art for preserving movies, music, and data. The superior durability and capacity of CDs and DVDs have made these tools as obsolete as the washboard, but never fear. CD and DVD Recording For Dummies®, Second Edition, makes it easy to

• Transfer your favorite VHS movies to DVD

• Preserve those classic LPs on CD

• Archive records and data files, and safely store treasured family photos

• Ask the right questions when shopping for CD or DVD recording hardware and software

• Record original material, copy and eraserewriteable disks, and make backups of important data

• Add menus to your disks, label them, and care for them properly

• Record a bootable CD-ROM

Today’s CD and DVD recorders can produce everything from superb sound quality to original movies you can play on your DVD player. CD and DVD Recording For Dummies® will get your recording career going in a jiffy.

Book about: Discourses on Livy or Americas Bubble Economy

Cisco Networking Simplified

Author: Paul L Della Maggiora

A visual explanation of networking technologies

What you always wanted to know about networking but were afraid to ask!

How the Internet works
How e-mail, e-learning, and telephony work on the Internet
What makes a network safe
How traffic gets from here to there
Disaster recovery and other ways to keep a network running
How businesses share data
See the world of Cisco networking with this illustrated guide's visual approach to learning
Useful for both novices and networking professionals
Covers a broad variety of internetworking topics-from e-mail to VPNs

At last-an illustrated guide to the world of Cisco networking. Cisco Networking Simplified breaks down the complicated world of internetworking into easy-to-understand parts. Learn quickly and easily the fundamentals of a variety of topics, such as security, IP telephony, and quality of service, from the full-color diagrams and clear explanations found in Cisco Networking Simplified.

This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press, the only authorized publisher for Cisco Systems.

Library Journal

A clearly written and nicely illustrated overview of networking concepts, this will appeal to potential or beginning administrators, in addition to managers trying to understand just what it is their IT departments do. Most of the material is non-Cisco-specific, and terms are explained more plainly than in most other beginning networking manuals. "At a Glance" sidebars on topics ranging from voice-over IP to routing provide additional info and explain the importance of concepts. Content is basic but will provide a solid foundation for further study and exploration. Recommended for all libraries. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

	Introduction
Pt. I	How the Internet Works	2
	How Computers Communicate	4
	TCP/IP and IP Addressing	12
	Internet Applications	24
Pt. II	Telephones and Movies on the Internet	32
	IP Telephony	34
	IP Call Center	44
	IP Convergence with Tunneling	52
	Multicast	58
	Videoconference	64
Pt. III	Making the Network Safe	70
	Security	72
	Hacking	84
	Firewall and IDS	92
	VPNs	100
	Client Authentication and Public Key Encryption	108
Pt. IV	How Traffic Gets from Here to There	114
	Ethernet	116
	LAN Switching	122
	Routing and Switching	128
	Mobility and Wireless Networks	138
Pt. V	Keeping the Network Running	144
	Disaster Recovery	146
	High Availability	152
	Network Management	160
	QoS	166
	Routing Protocols	174
	Spanning Tree	178
Pt. VI	Moving Traffic Across the Street and the World	184
	Campus Networks and Hierarchical Design	186
	Optical Technologies	192
	Broadband Technologies	198
	WAN Technologies	206
	Traffic Engineering with MPLS	214
Pt. VII	How Businesses Share Data	220
	Data Center	222
	Storage Area Networks	230
	Content Networking	238
	Caching	242
	Desktop Protocols	246
	SNA Infrastructure	252
	Index	256

Oracle SQL Plus or Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Resource Kit

2009-02-08T18:07:00.000-08:00

Oracle SQL Plus: The Definitive Guide

Author: Jonathan Gennick

Despite its wide availability and usage, few developers andDBAs have mastered the true power of Oracle SQL*Plus. This bestselling book—now updated for Oracle 10g—is the only in-depth guide to this interactive query tool for writing SQL scripts. It's an essential resource for any Oracle user.

The new seco of Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide clearly describes how to perform, step-by-step, all of the tasks that Oracle developers and DBAs want to perform with SQL*Plus—and maybe some you didn't realize you could perform.

With Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide, you'll expertly:

write and execute script files

generate ad hoc reports

extract data from the database

query the data dictionary tables

customize an SQL*Plus environment

and much more

It also includes a handy quick reference to all of its syntax options and an often-requested chapter on SQL itself, along with a clear, concise, and complete introduction.

This book is truly the definitive guide to SQL*Plus. It's an indispensable resource for those who are new to SQL*Plus, a task-oriented learning tool for those who are already using it, and an immediately useful quick reference for every user. If you want to leverage the full power and flexibility of this popular Oracle tool, you'll need this book.

1	Introduction to SQL[superscript *]Plus	1
2	Command-line SQL[superscript *]Plus	20
3	Browser-based SQL[superscript *]Plus	70
4	A lightning SQL tutorial	89
5	Generating reports with SQL[superscript *]Plus	128
6	Creating HTML reports	157
7	Advanced reports	174
8	Writing SQL[superscript *]Plus scripts	206
9	Extracting and loading data	243
10	Exploring your database	273
11	Advanced scripting	308
12	Tuning and timing	358
13	The product user profile	401
14	Customizing your SQL[superscript *]Plus environment	418
A	SQL[superscript *]Plus command reference	429
B	SQL[superscript *]Plus format elements	525

Book review: Financial Services and Financial Institutions or Economics

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Resource Kit

Author: Robert Larson

Get the definitive reference for administering and supporting Virtual Server 2005, including the R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) release-with insights from the Microsoft experts who know the technology best. This official Microsoft RESOURCE KIT provides the in-depth technical guidance on installing, configuring, administering, and supporting Virtual Server 2005. In addition, you get in-depth chapters on advanced configurations; development and test tools; migration and management tools; security, scripting; Linux support; disaster recovery; and extending and customizing Virtual Server 2005. You also get a CD with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 with SP1 and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 evaluation software; sample scripts, source code, and sample applications; technical whitepapers; videos from the authors; and a fully searchable version of the entire RESOURCE KIT.

Key Book Benefits

• Provides in-depth technical information for configuring, administering, and supporting Virtual Server 2005 including coverage of Virtual Server R2 with SP1

• Delivers expert guidance from those who know the technology best.

• Includes a CD with evaluation software of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 with SP1 and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007; sample scripts, source code, and sample applications; technical whitepapers; videos from the authors; and a fully searchable version of the entire RESOURCE KIT book

Designing with Web Standards or Photoshop Lightroom Adventure

2009-02-07T13:56:00.000-08:00

Designing with Web Standards (Voices That Matter Series)

Author: Jeffrey Zeldman

Best-selling author, designer, and web standards evangelist Jeffrey Zeldman has updated his classic, industry-shaking guidebook. This new edition--now in full color--covers improvements in best practices and advances in the world of browsers since the first edition introduced the world to standards-based design. Written in the same engaging and witty style, making even the most complex information easy to digest, it remains an essential guide to creating sites that load faster, reach more users, and cost less to design and maintain.

Readers will learn from Jeffrey's insights as he demonstrates how web standards are driving search engine friendliness ("findability") and the Web 2.0 applications that have reinvigorated the medium and the online marketplace. Readers will discover new techniques to make CSS layouts work better across multiple browsers and ways to make web content more accessible.

Photoshop Lightroom Adventure: Mastering Adobe's Next-Generation Tool for Digital Photographers

Author: Mikkel Aaland

This beautifully illustrated and eminently practical book is the first to offer a complete tour of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.2, the integrated digital photography workflow application that allows serious photographers to import, select, develop and showcase large volumes of digital images. Augmented by photos and case studies from a demanding road test in Iceland, award-winning photographer Mikkel Aaland explains how Lightroom 1.2 can improve the way you work. After watching -- and often helping -- Adobe create Lightroom entirely from the ground up, Aaland (author of Photoshop CS2 RAW) was ready to see how well it would do in the field. He organized a group of 12 top-notch photographers for a trek to "Nature's Light Room," the pristine Icelandic landscape where each summer day is bathed in 22 hours of horizontal light -- and where the only studio was Lightroom on a laptop. In Photoshop Lightroom Adventure, Aaland uses hands-on knowledge from the trip to demonstrate how Lightroom 1.2 can help you create the best possible image under any conditions. This unique tutorial walks you step-by-step through Lightroom's: Library module for uploading, sorting, tagging, ranking and adding keywords to your images Develop module with Adobe Camera RAW for complete non-destructive color and tonal adjustments Slideshow module, where you select and size images, and export the show to HTML, Flash, or PDF formats Print module, which includes several templates for printing contact sheets or full images Web module, where you can create Flash or HTML web galleries With many gorgeous examples shot in the soft natural light of Iceland, this book lets you see the results for yourself. Mikkel Aaland'strademarkability to teach complicated topics on digital imaging with straightforward, easy-to-follow text makes this book a valuable learning tool for anyone serious about digital photography. This is not an update of previous Lightroom versions, but the first book that's completely up-to-date for Lightroom 1.2.

Foreword     xi
Introduction     xiii
The Lightroom Workspace Revealed     1
Lightroom Modules     2
Organizing the Lightroom Workspace     10
Creating Identity Plates     18
Importing Images into Lightroom     21
Importing Images into Lightroom     22
Import Photos Dialog Options     26
Creating & Using Watched Folders     40
Using the Library Module     43
The Library Module Revealed     44
Creating & Applying Keywords in the Library Module     59
Using the Metadata Pane     61
Editing a Day's Shoot in Iceland     66
Using Virtual Copies to Create Multiple Versions     75
Creating & Using Stacks     76
Using Quick Develop     80
The Develop Module     85
The Develop Module Revealed     86
Develop View Options     92
Cropping in Develop Module     96
Retouching Tools in Develop     101
Noise Reduction     106
Sharpening the Way You Like it     109
Lens Corrections     115
Develop Great-Looking Photos     119
Evaluating Tonal Distribution &Color     120
Adjusting White Balance     126
Basic Tone Controls     132
Tone Curve for Advanced Control     138
Color-Tuned Photos     147
Controlling Vibrance & Saturation     148
Adding Clarity     150
The HSL Color Pane     154
The Split Toning Pane     160
Color Calibrating Your Camera     162
Black and White and Special Effects     167
When to Convert to Black and White     168
Basic Black and White Conversion     174
Using Grayscale Mix for More Control     176
Adding a Color Tint     182
Getting A Cross-Processing Look with Split Toning     186
Pushing the Boundaries with Special Effects     188
Develop Recipes from Iceland     193
Controlled Toning     194
Mixing Light     198
High Drama     202
A Cibachrome Look     206
An Antique Look     210
High Key     214
The Velvia Look     218
The Bergman Look     220
Oz Colors     224
Exporting Files     229
Exporting Revealed     230
Editing in Photoshop & Other Applications     240
Saving Metadata to the Original File     246
Lightroom Slideshows     253
The Slideshow Module Revealed     254
Real World: Creating the Adventure Slideshow     262
Using Metadata and Custom Text for Slideshow Captions     268
Exporting to a PDF Slideshow     270
Creating a QuickTime Slideshow     271
Power Printing     275
The Print Module Revealed     276
Selecting & Printing a Single Full-Page Image     282
Adding Text to Prints     288
Printing Multiple Images     290
Lightroom Color Management     296
Creating a Web Gallery     301
The Web Module Revealed     302
Customizing a Web Gallery     310
Adding Text to Web Galleries     318
Index     323

Standardisation Processes in It or Web Programmers Desk Reference

2009-02-06T09:44:00.000-08:00

Standardisation Processes in It

Author: Kai Jakobs

Standards have to meet the demands of their potential users to survive in the market. Particularly in the fast moving IT domain this has not always been the case. The book shows what can be done to develop good standards, which are geared to market requirements. Against common wisdom it claims that the popular call for more users on the standards committees is counter-productive. Analysis is provided to support this claim, and show what has to be done to actually produce useful IT standards.

Web Programmer's Desk-Reference: A Complete Cross-Reference to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Author: Lazaro Issi Cohen

The complete web programmer's cross-reference.

HTML, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and JavaScript are the three basic web programming languages that web programmers use to build functional, attractive, and interactive web sites. HTML creates the text, images, and other content on a web page; CSS formats and positions those elements; and JavaScript adds interactivity to websites by responding to user choices. The Web Programmer's Desk Reference is the only book to serve as a single point of reference to all three primary web programming languages. It begins with a web programming primer that gives beginning and intermediate programmers an understanding of the core elements of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, then moves on to a reference section that lists every element of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Each listing includes the latest syntax and functionality, compatibility with other elements, and cross-browser compatibility issues. Whether you are a professional web programmer, professional web designer, or a recreational webmaster with a dynamic web site, this will be the book that you use whenever you need to know how to use a particular HTML element, JavaScript object, or CSS style.

Windows XP Gigabook for Dummies or Knowledge Creation Processes

2009-02-05T05:32:00.000-08:00

Windows XP Gigabook for Dummies

Author: Doug Low

What’s a Gigabook? A collection of just about everything you need to know on a topic, all in one convenient place! Windows XP Gigabook For Dummies takes the best from five other For Dummies books and squeezes out everything but the most important stuff. This single super-sized reference — more than 800 pages’ worth — gives you a go-to guide on everything connected with Windows XP, PCs and peripherals, the Internet, Office 2003, and Money 2004. You might think of it as a “greatest hits” collection.

Want to know how to set up, navigate, use, and maintain Windows XP? It’s all in Book I. Book II covers the care and feeding of PCs in general and takes you on a complete tour of peripherals—those add-ons that make computing cool. Want to explore the world via the World Wide Web? Check Book III. And if you finally have to do some work, check into Book IV, where you’ll get the complete story on Office 2003 and Money 2004. You’ll discover how to:

• Customize Windows XP, set up user accounts, and share files

• Work with digital photos, Windows Media Player, and Windows Movie Maker

• Choose a printer, scanner, game hardware, and additional storage

• Set up a wireless home network

• Get online safely, protect your kids, create your own Web pages, and cruise for bargains on eBay

• Use Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Manage your finances with Microsoft Money

Windows XP Gigabook For Dummies is packed with information that’s easy to find and even easier to understand. Keepit handy for reference—you’ll be gigapleased with how useful it is!

Knowledge Creation Processes: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Knowledge Intensive Firms

Author: Gregorio Martin de Castro

Today the capability to create and apply new knowledge represents one of the main sources of sustained competitive advantage. Nevertheless, there are very few empirical studies of this. This book develops an improved and extended theoretical model about knowledge creation and transfer within organizations and tests it empirically with a survey in 115 knowledge-intensive firms. The results show the different knowledge creation processes employed by firms in practice and allow us to obtain evidence-driven models of the various foms of knowledge creation process.

List of Tables     vii
List of Figures     x
Introduction     xii
The Knowledge Society and Inter-Firm Competition     1
The evolution of economic activity: towards the Knowledge Society     1
Characteristics of the Knowledge Economy     9
Inter-firm competition, learning, and knowledge     25
An Approach to Knowledge Creation and Transfer: The EO-SECI Model     48
Towards the formulation of a model of knowledge creation and organizational learning     50
General framework of analysis: the EO-SECI model     54
Specific framework of analysis     61
Designing the Empirical Research     64
Sampling procedures     64
Measurement tools     74
Stages for data gathering     96
Research Results     99
Preliminary analysis     100
Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis: knowledge creation and transfer processes in knowledge-intensive firms     109
Conclusions     162
Preliminary conclusions     162
Limitations of the work     167
Annexes     169
References     189
Index     199

Introductory Digital Image Processing or Automated Network Management Systems

2009-02-04T01:21:00.000-08:00

Introductory Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective

Author: John Jensen

Explains how to apply digital image processing techniques to remotely sensed imagery, and how to obtain useful results and information during this process. It assumes a course in introductory remote sensing or air photo interpretation, college algebra, and basic statistics.

Booknews

A textbook for students of physical, natural, and social sciences interested in the quantitative analysis of remotely sensed data to solve real-world problems. Assumes a background in remote sensing, college-level algebra, and univariate and multivariate statistics. Suitable for a one-semester graduate or undergraduate course. Substantially revised from the 1986 edition to incorporate new technologies and findings. Includes 16 pages of color plates. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Introduction to Digital Image Processing of Remotely Sensed Data	1
Ch. 2	Remote Sensing Data Acquisition Alternatives	17
Ch. 3	Image Processing System Considerations	65
Ch. 4	Initial Statistics Extraction	77
Ch. 5	Initial Display Alternatives and Scientific Visualization	87
Ch. 6	Image Preprocessing: Radiometric and Geometric Correction	107
Ch. 7	Image Enhancement	139
Ch. 8	Thematic Information Extraction: Image Classification	197
Ch. 9	Digital Change Detection	257
Ch. 10	Geographic Information Systems	281
	Index	307

New interesting book: Picture Yourself Creating with Photoshop Elements 50 or The Monster under the Bed

Automated Network Management Systems

Author: Douglas E Comer

Now more than ever, there is a big opportunity for research leading to automated systems that manage networks. In this innovative new book, Comer examines possibilities for the future, including ways to build software that automates management tasks. KEY TOPICS: Describes existing tools, technologies, platforms, and paradigms for network management. Covers the basics and define the scope of the problem. Aims to define terminology, but refers to standard network technologies and protocols (e.g. Ethernet, DSL/cable modem, TCP, IP, DHCP, and DNS) without giving details. Assumes a basic understanding of networking. A comprehensive guide for programmers or other information technology professionals who want to increase their network management skills.

The Structure and Dynamics of Networks or CMMI Scampi Distilled

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

The Structure and Dynamics of Networks

Author: Mark Newman

From the Internet to networks of friendship, disease transmission, and even terrorism, the concept--and the reality--of networks has come to pervade modern society. But what exactly is a network? What different types of networks are there? Why are they interesting, and what can they tell us? In recent years, scientists from a range of fields--including mathematics, physics, computer science, sociology, and biology--have been pursuing these questions and building a new "science of networks." This book brings together for the first time a set of seminal articles representing research from across these disciplines. It is an ideal sourcebook for the key research in this fast-growing field.

The book is organized into four sections, each preceded by an editors' introduction summarizing its contents and general theme. The first section sets the stage by discussing some of the historical antecedents of contemporary research in the area. From there the book moves to the empirical side of the science of networks before turning to the foundational modeling ideas that have been the focus of much subsequent activity. The book closes by taking the reader to the cutting edge of network science--the relationship between network structure and system dynamics. From network robustness to the spread of disease, this section offers a potpourri of topics on this rapidly expanding frontier of the new science.

Book about: Waxing Made Easy or Maybe You Know My Kid

CMMI Scampi Distilled: Appraisals for Process Improvement

Author: Addison Wesley Staff

SCAMPI appraisals can help you identify the strengths and weaknesses of current software engineering processes, reveal crucial development and acquisition risks, prioritize improvement plans, derive capability and maturity level ratings, even perform realistic benchmarking. This book delivers the first practical, start-to-finish roadmap to success with SCAMPI.

CMMI's SCAMPI V1.1 is today's state-of-the-art appraisal methodology for organizations seeking to drive quantifiable software process improvements. SCAMPI appraisals are rapidly becoming a core criteria in awarding major government and defense contracts -- and thousands of professionals are being called upon to participate in them for the first time. In CMMI^® SCAMPI^SM Distilled, world-class appraisers and quality experts offer concise, realistic guidance for every stage of the SCAMPI process. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience, they demonstrate how SCAMPI works in the real world -- and how to overcome the obstacles to a successful appraisal.

The authors outline the role of appraisals as part of a comprehensive approach to process improvement, showing how SCAMPI integrates with quality initiatives, international standards, and other CMMI models and methods. They introduce SCAMPI Class A, B, and C, as well as SCAMPI modes for process improvement, supplier selection, and process monitoring. They walk through the entire appraisal process: preparation; on-site activities; preliminary observations, findings, and ratings; final reporting; and follow-on activities.

They also address crucial management issues faced by organizations involved with appraisals. Coverage includes: leveragingappraisals in organizations with immature processes; conducting cross-discipline appraisals; performing appraisals concurrently with other quality initiatives; and responding to customer-driven needs. Whether you're a manager, team leader, acquisition specialist, quality specialist, or appraiser, this book will help you use SCAMPI to achieve your real goals: better processes and better software.

Robot Builders Cookbook or End to End QoS Network Design

2009-02-01T16:56:00.000-08:00

Robot Builder's Cookbook: Build and Design Your Own Robots

Author: Owen Bishop

Owen Bishop introduces, through hands-on project work, the mechanics, electronics and programming involved in practical robot design-and-build. The use of the PIC microcontroller throughout provides a painless introduction to programming whilst harnessing the power of a highly popular microcontroller used by students and design engineers worldwide.

This is a book for first-time robot builders, advanced builders wanting to know more about programming robots and students in Further and Higher Education tackling microcontroller-based practical work. They will all find this book a unique and exciting source of projects, ideas and techniques, to be combined into a wide range of fascinating robots.

* Full step-by-step instructions for 5 complete self-build robots
* Introduces key techniques in electronics, programming and construction - for robust robots that work first time
* Illustrations, close-up photographs and a lively, readable text make this a fun and informative guide for novice and expericenced robot builders

End to End QoS Network Design

Author: Tim Szigeti

Best-practice QoS designs for protecting voice, video, and critical data while mitigating network denial-of-service attacks

Understand the service-level requirements of voice, video, and data applications
Examine strategic QoS best practices, including Scavenger-class QoS tactics for DoS/worm mitigation
Learn about QoS tools and the various interdependencies and caveats of these tools that can impact design considerations
Learn how to protect voice, video, and data traffic using various QoS mechanisms
Evaluate design recommendations for protecting voice, video, and multiple classes of data while mitigating DoS/worm attacks for the following network infrastructure architectures: campus LAN, private WAN, MPLS VPN, and IPSec VPN

Quality of Service (QoS) has already proven itself as the enabling technology for the convergence of voice, video, and data networks. As business needs evolve, so do the demands for QoS. The need to protect critical applications via QoS mechanisms in business networks has escalated over the past few years, primarily due to the increased frequency and sophistication of denial-of-service (DoS) and worm attacks.

End-to-End QoS Network Design is a detailed handbook for planning and deploying QoS solutions to address current business needs. This book goes beyond discussing available QoS technologies and considers detailed design examples that illustrate where, when, and how to deploy various QoS features to provide validated and tested solutions for voice, video, and critical data over the LAN, WAN, and VPN.

The book starts with a brief background of network infrastructure evolution andthe subsequent need for QoS. It then goes on to cover the various QoS features and tools currently available and comments on their evolution and direction. The QoS requirements of voice, interactive and streaming video, and multiple classes of data applications are presented, along with an overview of the nature and effects of various types of DoS and worm attacks. QoS best-practice design principles are introduced to show how QoS mechanisms can be strategically deployed end-to-end to address application requirements while mitigating network attacks. The next section focuses on how these strategic design principles are applied to campus LAN QoS design. Considerations and detailed design recommendations specific to the access, distribution, and core layers of an enterprise campus network are presented. Private WAN QoS design is discussed in the following section, where WAN-specific considerations and detailed QoS designs are presented for leased-lines, Frame Relay, ATM, ATM-to-FR Service Interworking, and ISDN networks. Branch-specific designs include Cisco® SAFE recommendations for using Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR) for known-worm identification and policing. The final section covers Layer 3 VPN QoS design-for both MPLS and IPSec VPNs. As businesses are migrating to VPNs to meet their wide-area networking needs at lower costs, considerations specific to these topologies are required to be reflected in their customer-edge QoS designs. MPLS VPN QoS design is examined from both the enterprise and service provider's perspectives. Additionally, IPSec VPN QoS designs cover site-to-site and teleworker contexts.

Whether you are looking for an introduction to QoS principles and practices or a QoS planning and deployment guide, this book provides you with the expert advice you need to design and implement comprehensive QoS solutions.

	Introduction	xxii
Part I	Introduction to QoS	3
Chapter 1	Introduction to QoS	5
	A Brief Historical Perspective	5
	QoS Evolution	7
	User Network Expectations	9
	Understanding QoS	10
	QoS Models	14
	Introduction to the QoS Toolset	17
	Simplifying QoS	19
	If I Have AutoQoS, Why Should I Be Reading This Book?	26
	The Continuing Evolution of QoS	29
	Summary	29
	Further Reading	30
Chapter 2	QoS Design Overview	33
	QoS Requirements of VoIP	33
	QoS Requirements of Video	39
	QoS Requirements of Data	42
	QoS Requirements of the Control Plane	48
	Scavenger Class	49
	DoS and Worm Mitigation Strategy Through Scavenger Class QoS	50
	Principles of QoS Design	54
	Summary	63
	Further Reading	64
Part II	QoS Toolset	67
Chapter 3	Classification and Marking Tools	69
	Classification Tools	70
	Marking Tools	77
	Summary	98
	Further Reading	99
Chapter 4	Policing and Shaping Tools	103
	Token Bucket Algorithms	105
	Policers	107
	Shapers	118
	Further Reading	128
Chapter 5	Congestion-Management Tools	133
	Understanding Scheduling and Queuing	134
	Legacy Layer 3 Queuing Mechanisms	136
	Currently Recommended Layer 3 Queuing Mechanisms	139
	Layer 2 Queuing Tools	150
	Tx-ring	152
	PAK_priority	153
	Summary	154
	Further Reading	154
Chapter 6	Congestion-Avoidance Tools	159
	Random Early Detection	160
	Weighted Random Early Detection	161
	DSCP-Based Weighted Random Early Detection	162
	Explicit Congestion Notification	163
	Summary	166
	Further Reading	166
Chapter 7	Link-Specific Tools	169
	Header-Compression Techniques	170
	Link Fragmentation and Interleaving	181
	Summary	190
	Further Reading	191
Chapter 8	Bandwidth Reservation	195
	RSVP Overview	196
	MPLS Traffic Engineering	199
	Scalability	200
	RSVP-DiffServ Integration	200
	Endpoints and Proxies	201
	Summary	201
	Further Reading	201
Chapter 9	Call Admission Control (CAC)	205
	CAC Overview	205
	CAC Defined	206
	CAC Tool Categories	207
	CallManager Locations CAC	209
	Gatekeeper CAC	211
	RSVP	212
	Summary	218
	Further Reading	218
Chapter 10	Catalyst QoS Tools	223
	Generic Catalyst QoS Models	224
	Catalyst 2950	231
	Catalyst 3550	235
	Catalyst 2970, 3650, and 3750	242
	Catalyst 4500	247
	Catalyst 6500	252
	Summary	263
	Further Reading	266
Chapter 11	WLAN QoS Tools	269
	QoS for Wireless LANs Versus QoS on Wired LANs	270
	Upstream Versus Downstream QoS	271
	IEEE 802.11 DCF	272
	IEEE 802.11e EDCF	275
	IEEE 802.1D Classes of Service	279
	QoS Operation on Cisco APs	280
	Configuring QoS on Cisco APs	281
	Summary	284
	Further Reading	285
Part III	LAN QoS Design	287
Chapter 12	Campus QoS Design	289
	DoS/Worm-Mitigation Strategies	292
	Call-Signaling TCP/UDP Ports in Use	295
	Access-Edge Trust Models	302
	Catalyst 2950 QoS Considerations and Design	314
	Catalyst 3550 QoS Considerations and Design	325
	Catalyst 2970/3560/3750 QoS Considerations and Design	342
	Catalyst 4500-SupII+/III/IV/V QoS Considerations and Design	357
	Catalyst 6500 QoS Considerations and Design	372
	WAN Aggregator/Branch Router Handoff Considerations	420
	Case Study: Campus QoS Design	422
	Summary	440
	Further Reading	441
Part IV	WAN QoS Design	445
Chapter 13	WAN Aggregator QoS Design	447
	Where Is QoS Needed over the WAN?	447
	WAN Edge QoS Design Considerations	448
	WAN Edge Classification and Provisioning Models	453
	WAN Edge Link-Specific QoS Design	467
	Case Study: WAN Aggregation Router QoS Design	505
	Summary	507
	Further Reading	508
Chapter 14	Branch Router QoS Design	513
	Branch WAN Edge QoS Design	514
	Branch Router LAN Edge QoS Design	517
	Case Study: Branch Router QoS Design	535
	Summary	541
	Further Reading	541
Part V	VPN QoS Design	545
Chapter 15	MPLS VPN QoS Design	547
	Where Is QoS Needed over an MPLS VPN?	548
	Customer Edge QoS Design Considerations	550
	Provider-Edge QoS Considerations	563
	Core QoS Considerations	582
	Case Study: MPLS VPN QoS Design (CE/PE/P Routers)	616
	Summary	632
	Further Reading	632
Chapter 16	IPSec VPN QoS Design	635
	Site-to-Site V3PN QoS Considerations	637
	Site-to-Site V3PN QoS Designs	658
	Headend VPN Edge QoS Options for Site-to-Site V3PNs	665
	Teleworker V3PN QoS Considerations	666
	Teleworker V3PN QoS Designs	682
	Case Study: IPSec VPN QoS Design	686
	Summary	696
	Further Reading	697
Appendix	QoS "At-A-Glance" Summaries	701
	Index	713

Professional XML or Eclipse for Dummies

2009-01-31T12:44:00.000-08:00

Professional XML

Author: Alessandro Vernet

• As XML gains popularity, developers are looking to implement XML technologies in their line-of-business applications

• This book offers readers real-world insight into XML so that they can build the best possible applications

• Offers an in-depth look at XML and discusses XML tools, services (RSS, SOAP, REST, WSDL), programming (DOM, SAX, Ajax), and languages (.NET, Java, PHP)

Interesting textbook: Lose to Win or The Hungry Self

Eclipse for Dummies

Author: Barry Burd

• In his friendly, easy-to-understand style, the bestselling author of Java 2

• For Dummies shows developers how to get up to speed fast on this popular Java IDE

• Eclipse, an open source product originally developed by IBM, has an estimated 500,000 users-a 45 percent market share among Java IDEs

• Shows Java developers how to maximize programming productivity with Eclipse, covering all the basics as well as advanced techniques such as using Ant, developing new Eclipse plug-ins, and working with Javadocs JAR files

Pt. I	The Eclipse landscape	7
Ch. 1	Reader, meet Eclipse; Eclipse, meet the reader	9
Ch. 2	Installing Eclipse	19
Ch. 3	Using the Eclipse Workbench	41
Ch. 4	Changing your perspective	65
Ch. 5	Some useful perspectives and views	83
Pt. II	Using the Eclipse environment	103
Ch. 6	Using the Java editor	105
Ch. 7	Getting Eclipse to write your code	119
Ch. 8	Straight from the source's mouse	137
Ch. 9	More Eclipse "sourcery"	155
Ch. 10	Refactoring : a Burd's eye view	173
Ch. 11	Refactor this!	189
Ch. 12	Looking for things in all the right places	225
Pt. III	Doing more with Eclipse	249
Ch. 13	Working with projects	251
Ch. 14	Running code	281
Ch. 15	Getting help	299
Ch. 16	Squashing bugs	315
Pt. IV	The part of tens	323
Ch. 17	Ten frequently asked questions (and their answers)	325
Ch. 18	Ten great plug-ins for Eclipse	331

Teach Yourself Visually PowerPoint 2003 or The Little Digital Video Book

2009-01-30T08:32:00.000-08:00

Teach Yourself Visually PowerPoint 2003

Author: Nancy C Muir

* Helpful sidebars that offer practical tips and tricks
* Succinct explanations that walk you through step by step
* Full-color screen shots that demonstrate each task
* Two-page lessons that break big topics into bite-sized modules

Learn How To:
* Enter and format presentation text
* Work with outlines and layouts
* Draw, rotate, and resize objects
* Animate slides with transitions and effects
* Insert movies and sounds
* Present in a business or Internet setting

The Little Digital Video Book: A Friendly Introduction to Home Video

Author: Michael Rubin

Congratulations! You've got a brand-new digital camcorder. Now what do you do with it? Before you shoot a single frame of tape, pick up The Little Digital Video Book. This friendly guide to the basics of digital video will teach you how to shoot well, organize easily, and quickly edit your own footage. For new camcorder owners, it's the ideal--and affordable--introduction to the exciting world of quality digital filmmaking.

The Little Digital Video Book is not some dense, jargon-filled reference tome. Instead, it focuses on practical shooting and editing techniques, and shows you how to start (and actually finish) that video project you have in mind--in less than a day. You get a thorough grounding in the basics of digital video, from how to get a good close-up shot and how to add a sound track to your video to how to organize your videotapes. The Little Digital Video Book is platform- and software-neutral, truly making it the guide for the moviemaking masses.

Fundamentals of Process Control Theory with CD ROM or Implementing Backup and Recovery

2009-01-29T04:20:00.000-08:00

Fundamentals of Process Control Theory with CD-ROM

Author: Paul W Murrill

ISA's all-time best-selling book is now updated and expanded, offering a way for you to teach yourself the complexities of process control theory. Fundamentals of Process Control Theory has been praised for its clear, stylish presentation of the principles of process automation and its excellent overview of advanced control techniques.

More than just a reference book, it's a complete course on the subject, with exercises and answers to work through. Both theoretical and practical, this guide allows readers to teach themselves the fundamental scientific principles that govern process control, particularly feedback control. Its 17 self-study units provide a solid foundation in theory, as well as a discussion of recent technologies such as computer-integrated manufacturing, statistical process control, and expert systems. New chapters focus on the conceptual framework for an application, offering a practical understanding of the theory, along with specific illustrations on how concepts are implemented.

Booknews

The Independent learning modules have been regularized and given a new mission: four per year with an emphasis on emerging technologies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Interesting textbook: What Every Home Owner Needs to Know about Mold and What to Do about It or Babyproofing Bible

Implementing Backup and Recovery (Veritas Series): The Readiness Guide for the Enterprise

Author: David B Littl

Offers the first comprehensive reference on the topic of backup systems for both UNIX and Windows NT
Provides a complete tutorial on the general topic of data backup systems along with a detailed, step-by-step guide for planning and full implementation of backup systems
Authors include personal tips and strategic and tactical advice gained from many company implementations
Uses VERITAS NetBackup product to illustrate backup system functions

	Acknowledgments
	About the Authors
	Introduction
Pt. 1	Introduction to Backup and Recovery in the Enterprise Environment	1
Ch. 1	Backup and Recovery System Requirements Explained	3
Ch. 2	Business Requirements of Backup Systems	17
Ch. 3	An Introduction to NetBackup	31
Pt. 2	Backup Product Tutorial	43
Ch. 4	Evaluating Storage Media Requirements	45
Ch. 5	General Discussion on Configuration	53
Ch. 6	Monitoring the Backup Process	91
Ch. 7	Evaluating Other Backup-Related Features and Options	115
Ch. 8	General Troubleshooting Tips	133
Ch. 9	The Expanding Backup System	151
Pt. 3	The Enterprise Impact of Backup Systems	181
Ch. 10	The Future of Backup	183
Ch. 11	Major Players in the Backup Arena	197
App. A	Command-Line Interface Guide	215
	App. B: Glossary	229
App. C	Tuning Your Backup and Recovery Application	241
App. D	Disaster Recovery Planning Kit: From End to Beginning	245
App. E	Business Impact Analysis Planning Kit: The Storm Before the Calm	269
App. F	Performance Test Tech Note	285
App. G	NetBackup Performance Tuning on Windows	291
	Index	323

Microsoft Office Word 2007 or MindManager for Dummies

2009-01-28T00:09:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office Word 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques

Author: Gary B Shelly

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

MindManager for Dummies

Author: Hugh Cameron

The first book available on this fast-growing and highly regarded software package MindManager allows users to visually map their ideas and brainstorming sessions in order to better organize thoughts and put them into action. Exploring all there is to know about the MindManager product, including the Standard, Business, Enterprise, and handheld releases, this book walks readers through the process and techniques in using MindManager to communicate ideas.
Hugh Cameron (Indianapolis, IN) heads Camtech, Inc., a clinical engineering company that extends its reach to incorporate a diverse group of projects. Roger Voight, PhD, is a certified project manager with more than 30 years of experience in software design, development, and software project management.

Introduction.

Part I: Discovering Visual Organization.

Chapter 1: Getting Organized — Visually.

Chapter 2: Making Your First Map.

Chapter 3: Exploring the Neighborhood.

Part II: The Path Takes You There.

Chapter 4: Icons and Colors.

Chapter 5: Images: Graphic Ideas.

Chapter 6: Grouping and Relating Topics.

Chapter 7: Getting Wordy.

Chapter 8: Catapulting Your Creativity.

Part III: Maps and Buried Treasure.

Chapter 9: Putting Plans in Place.

Chapter 10: Big Maps for Big Ideas or Projects.

Chapter 11: Adding Supplemental Information.

Chapter 12: Putting the World at Your Mouse Click.

Chapter 13: Finding and Filtering the Information You Need.

Chapter 14: Getting a Fast Start with Templates and Styles.

Chapter 15: Letting a Wonderful Wizard Guide You.

Chapter 16: Recombining the Building Blocks with Scripting.

Part IV: Maps through Webs and Windows.

Chapter 17: Mining and Managing Information.

Chapter 18: To the Host with It: Creating Web Pages.

Chapter 19: Presenting Your Maps with PowerPoint.

Chapter 20: Word Wonders.

Chapter 21: Out to Outlook.

Chapter 22: Linking with Microsoft Project.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 23: Ten Helpful Add-Ins and User Groups.

Chapter 24: Ten(Or So) Shortcuts.

Chapter 25: Ten Useful Things You Won’t Need Every Day.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Differences in MindManager Editions.

Appendix B: Using Tablets and PDAs.

Appendix C: Useful Scripts.

Index.

RoxioEasy Media Creator 8 For Dummies or The Practice of System and Network Administration

2009-01-26T19:57:00.000-08:00

RoxioEasy Media Creator 8 For Dummies

Author: Greg Harvey PhD

Your step-by-step guide to digital media fun - no experience required!

Share your movies, create a music library, or preserve important records

What do you want to put on CDs or DVDs? Whether you need a backup archive for valuable business data or a personalized video library that rocks, you can do it with Roxio Easy Media Creator 8. Follow this handy guide to find the task you want to perform and make it happen, quickly and easily.

Discover how to

• Quickly navigate the Creator 8 suite

• Copy data with Drag-to-Disc

• Schedule regular backups

• Produce slideshows with background music

• Build media projects with task Assistants

• Create DVDs with audio, video, and photos

Ch. 1	Getting acquainted with Easy Media Creator 8	9
Ch. 2	The ins and outs of digital media and gear	37
Ch. 3	Backing up and copying data files	55
Ch. 4	Organizing media files with media manager	111
Ch. 5	Editing audio with sound editor	137
Ch. 6	Managing digital photos	163
Ch. 7	Burning audio CDs, MP3, and DVD music discs	207
Ch. 8	Creating disc labels and case inserts	231
Ch. 9	Acquiring digital media	253
Ch. 10	Creating and editing video productions	273
Ch. 11	Building and burning DVDs	311
Ch. 12	Top ten (or so) components of the Roxio Creator 8 suite	329
Ch. 13	Ten (or so) coolest features in the Roxio Creator 8 suite	339

Look this: Type 2 Diabetes or Healing Yourself with Self Hypnosis

The Practice of System and Network Administration

Author: Thomas A Limoncelli

The first edition of The Practice of System and Network Administration introduced a generation of system and network administrators to a modern IT methodology. Whether you use Linux, Unix, or Windows, this newly revised edition describes the essential practices previously handed down only from mentor to protйgй. This wonderfully lucid, often funny cornucopia of information introduces beginners to advanced frameworks valuable for their entire career, yet is structured to help even the most advanced experts through difficult projects.

The book's four major sections build your knowledge with the foundational elements of system administration. These sections guide you through better techniques for upgrades and change management, catalog best practices for IT services, and explore various management topics. Chapters are divided into The Basics and The Icing. When you get the Basics right it makes every other aspect of the job easier--such as automating the right things first. The Icing sections contain all the powerful things that can be done on top of the basics to wow customers and managers.

Inside, you'll find advice on topics such as
-The key elements your networks and systems need in order to make all other services run better
-Building and running reliable, scalable services, including web, storage, email, printing, and remote access -Creating and enforcing security policies
-Upgrading multiple hosts at one time without creating havoc
-Planning for and performing flawless scheduled maintenance windows
-Managing superior helpdesks and customer care
-Avoiding the "temporary fix" trap
-Building data centers that improve server uptime
-Designing networks for speed and reliability
-Web scaling and security issues
-Why building a backup system isn't about backups
-Monitoring what you have and predicting what you will need
-How technically oriented workers can maintain their job's technical focus (and avoid an unwanted management role)
-Technical management issues, including morale, organization building, coaching, and maintaining positive visibility
-Personal skill techniques, including secrets for getting more done each day, ethical dilemmas, managing your boss, and loving your job
-System administration salary negotiation
It's no wonder the first edition received Usenix SAGE's 2005 Outstanding Achievement Award!

This eagerly anticipated second edition updates this time-proven classic:
-Chapters reordered for easier navigation
-Thousands of updates and clarifications based on reader feedback
-Plus three entirely new chapters: Web Services, Data Storage, and Documentation

ercb.com - Jack Woehr

Despite sporting a title that sounds about as interesting as The Longest Checkers Games I Ever Saw, Thomas Limoncelli and Christine Hogan's The Practice of System and Network Administration is an exceptionally valuable book.

This book assumes you have the technical skills already. Now the authors are going to teach you how to use those technical skills, with an emphasis on reality bites. This makes for an entertaining read, as we are introduced to the Rioting Mob enterprise-wide desktop upgrade, the rule of No Changes On Friday, the value of Visible Presence the Next Day, rules for Shredding, and the heartburn of Dealing with Printer Abuse. And how could we have survived until now without knowing why data centers install their Power Down Units upside down?

So you don't get the wrong impression, this is not a book of humor. Nor, overall, is the book funny or witty. Ironic perhaps; this is a technical book for technical people, but when you're an administrator, the problem is always in the wetware, and let's face it, people are pretty funny. So it's no coincidence that the phrase "social engineering" recurs in the book like a leitmotif.

The greatest value of the book is Limoncelli and Hogan's breathtakingly comprehensive view of the playing field of system and network administration. They see how the puzzle pieces fit, from the cloud down to hand-holding with the end user. They are equally familiar with network security issues, fire suppression, rack mounts, and unmanageable management goals.

Some readers' favorite chapter might be the last, Chapter 31, "Firing System Administrators," a topic wherein end users and managers find much common ground, but that's probably not fair to administrators. I know, because I administer the Suns at work while my pal Paul administers the Linux and Windows boxes. Paul is a much better administrator: Although perhaps I understand the machines and software better than he does, he is more humane than I am. So are the authors of this book, who among their other hats wear one called Social Director and one called Mr. Break Time, both of whom flow with enough of the milk of human kindness to bear with the team member known as The Martyr.

What The Practice of System and Network Administration is really about is administering machines for people. Four of the authors' goals Simplicity, Clarity, Generality, and Automation are extensively applied to a wealth of technical problems, but woven through the treatment is their fifth goal - Communication.

Nonetheless, The Practice of System and Network Administration is not a feel-good book. It's a technical book of the first caliber, one properly scoped, carried out with first-rate writing, skillfully edited, well-designed, attractively bound, and typeset cleanly in LaTex style. Recommended reading for advanced administrators and those who would be if they could.

Dreamweaver CS4 for Windows and Macintosh or Network Exam Cram 2

2009-01-25T15:46:00.000-08:00

Dreamweaver CS4 for Windows and Macintosh: (Visual QuickStart Guide Series)

Author: Tom Negrino

With the release of Adobe Creative Suite CS4, Dreamweaver solidifies its role as the de facto tool of choice for anyone using Photoshop and designing for the Web. Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide uses a combination of task-based instruction and strong visuals to teach beginning and intermediate users how to create, design, and publish powerful, innovative Web sites with Dreamweaver. Leading technology authors Tom Negrino and Dori Smith take readers step-by-step through the new features in Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, with completely revised chapters on critical tools like linking and including images and Flash animations. They also cover improvements to using styles and CSS in Dreamweaver, and the new Code Navigator in Dreamweaver CS4. Beginning users will learn to create their first Web site, add text, style and position page content, manage styles, work with links, incorporate images, media, tables, forms, and frames, design site navigation, and so much more. Experienced users will find this a convenient reference to the new features of Dreamweaver CS4.

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Network+ Exam Cram 2: Exam N10-003

Author: Mike Harwood

Attention Network + Candidates: Stop spending valuable study time sorting through confusing study aids. Network + Exam Cram 2 is the second edition of a best-selling Network + study guide that gives you unique insight into exam concepts. Packed with test-taking strategies, time-saving tips and Exam Notes, only the information that you need to know for the test is included in a logical, easy-to-follow format. 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 Cram 2 is the smarter, more efficient way to get certified.

Ch. 1	Introduction to networking	1
Ch. 2	Cabling and connectors	33
Ch. 3	Networking devices	59
Ch. 4	OSI model and network protocols	87
Ch. 5	TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/Internet protocol)	111
Ch. 6	WAN technologies Internet access, and security protocols	143
Ch. 7	Network operating systems and client connectivity	177
Ch. 8	Network security	217
Ch. 9	VLANs, antivirus, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery	241
Ch. 10	Troubleshooting connectivity	271
Ch. 11	Troubleshooting and supporting the network	317
Ch. 12	Practice exam 1	345
Ch. 13	Answer key to practice exam 1	361
Ch. 14	Practice exam 2	373
Ch. 15	Answers to practice exam 2	389
App. A	CD contents and installation instructions	401

CCNA Virtual Lab or Mcts

2009-01-24T11:33:00.000-08:00

CCNA Virtual Lab

Author: Todd Lamml

Perfect Your Cisco(r) Networking Skills on a Virtual Network!

If you're serious about passing the CCNA exam, you need hands-on experience with routers and switches. This unique software product offers unlimited opportunities for you to practice your skills on a virtual network. You can use the pre-designed networks in conjunction with labs that cover CCNA exam objectives--or design your own custom networks and labs. An affordable alternative to products and courses costing hundreds, even thousands, of dollars, the CCNA Virtual Lab, Titanium Edition gives you all the practical experience and know-how you need for success on the exam--and in the real world.
* Work in pre-designed networks or make your own with the drag-and-drop capabilities of the Network Visualizer
* Create a network of unlimited devices that can be saved and used for further practice
* Access configuration consoles for network devices, including 2621Cisco routers and 1900, 2950, and 3550 Cisco switches, and practice using over 470 commands
* Test your troubleshooting skills using Net Assessment, a tool for generating and evaluating problem-solving scenarios
* Prepare for the exam with over 250 labs from Todd Lammle, including Two-Router Labs, VLSM Labs, an OSPF Lab, NAT-PAT Labs, a 3550 Switching Lab, Net Connect Labs, Standard Labs, and Extended Labs

Introduction.

CCNA Virtual Labs.

Two-Router Labs.

Chapter 4: Introduction to the Cisco IOS.

Standard Lab 4—Introduction To The Cisco IOS.

Chapter 4: Introduction to the Cisco IOS.

Standard Lab 5—IP Routing.

Chapter 5: Introduction to IP Routing.

Standard Lab 6—EIGRP And OSPF.

Standard Lab 7—Configuring The Catalyst Switch.

Chapter 7: Introduction to Configuring the Catalyst Switch.

Setting Passwords.

Standard Lab 8—Virtual LANs.

Chapter 8: Virtual LANs.

Standard Lab 9—Managing a Cisco Internetwork.

Chapter 9: Introduction to Managing a Cisco Internetwork.

Standard Lab 10—Managing Traffic with Access Lists.

Chapter 10: Introduction to Managing Traffic with Access Lists.

Standard Lab 11—Cisco Wide Area Network Support.

Chapter 11: Introduction to Cisco Wide Area Network Support.

Extended Labs.

Extended Lab 4—Introduction to the Cisco IOS.

Chapter 4: Introduction to the Cisco IOS.

Extended Lab 5—IP Routing.

Chapter 5: Introduction to IP Routing.

Extended Lab 6—EIGRP And OSPF.

Extended Lab 7—Configuring The Catalyst Switch.

Chapter 7: Introduction to Configuring the Catalyst Switch.

Extended Lab 8—Virtual LANs.

Chapter 8: Virtual LANs.

Extended Lab 9—Managing a Cisco Internetwork.

Chapter 9:Introduction to Managing a Cisco Internetwork.

Extended Lab 10—Managing Traffic with Access Lists.

Chapter 10: Introduction to Managing Traffic with Access Lists.

Extended Lab 11—Cisco Wide Area Network Support.

Chapter 11: Introduction to Cisco® Wide Area Network Support.

NAT/PAT Labs.

NAT (Network Address Table).

Configuring Your Routers For NAT.

Setting up the NAT Lab.

Configuring Dynamic NAT.

Configuring PAT.

Net Connect Labs.

Net Connect—Introduction.

Net Connect—Registration.

Net Connect—Signing Out.

Net Connect—Status.

Net Connect—Contacts.

Net Connect—Chat.

Net Connect—Chatroom.

Host/Router and a Router and Two Switches.

Net Connect—Example Networks.

OSPF Lab.

OSPF DR and BDR Elections—Introduction.

Hands-on Lab: OSPF DR and BDR Elections.

VLSM with Summarization Lab.

Section 1: Configuring the Routers.

Configuring F through J.

Testing your configuration.

Section 2: Configuring EIGRP with Discontiguous Networking.

Section 3: Configuring Summarization.

Switching Lab.

Hands-On Lab: Configuring Trunking, VLANs, VTP, and InterVLAN routing with the Cisco 3550 Switch.

VLSM Labs.

RIPv2 with Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSMs).

CCNA Practice Sims.

RIP Practice Sim.

OSPF Practice Sim.

Access List Practice Sim.

Configured Networks.

Two-Router Labs.

Standard Labs.

Other Configured Labs.

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McTs: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration (Exam 70-642)

Author: Tylor Wentworth

* This comprehensive guide offers coverage of the exam objectives, real-world scenarios, hands-on exercises, and challenging review questions
* Prepares readers to configure network access and name resolution and deploy servers
* The newest set of Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP) certifications will include exams on Windows Server 2008 and this book is a must-have for those who are looking to upgrade their certifications

The Game Design Reader or Lotus Notes R5 for Dummies Quick Reference

2009-01-23T07:20:00.000-08:00

The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology

Author: Katie Salen

The Game Design Reader is a one-of-a-kind collection on game design and criticism, from classic scholarly essays to cutting-edge case studies. A companion work to Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman's textbook Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, The Game Design Reader is a classroom sourcebook, a reference for working game developers, and a great read for game fans and players.

Thirty-two essays by game designers, game critics, game fans, philosophers, anthropologists, media theorists, and others consider fundamental questions: What are games and how are they designed? How do games interact with culture at large? What critical approaches can game designers take to create game stories, game spaces, game communities, and new forms of play?

Salen and Zimmerman have collected seminal writings that span 50 years to offer a stunning array of perspectives. Game journalists express the rhythms of game play, sociologists tackle topics such as role-playing in vast virtual worlds, players rant and rave, and game designers describe the sweat and tears of bringing a game to market. Each text acts as a springboard for discussion, a potential class assignment, and a source of inspiration. The book is organized around fourteen topics, from The Player Experience to The Game Design Process, from Games and Narrative to Cultural Representation. Each topic, introduced with a short essay by Salen and Zimmerman, covers ideas and research fundamental to the study of games, and points to relevant texts within the Reader. Visual essays between book sections act as counterpoint to the writings.

Like Rules of Play, The Game Design Reader isan intelligent and playful book. An invaluable resource for professionals and a unique introduction for those new to the field, The Game Design Reader is essential reading for anyone who takes games seriously.

	Foreword
	Preface
	Interstitial : how to win "Super Mario Bros"
	The player experience	3
	The rules of a game	9
	Gaming the game	15
	The game design process	21
	Player and character	27
	Games and narrative	33
	Game communities	39
	Speaking of games	45
	Game design models	53
	Game economies	59
	Game spaces	65
	Cultural representation	71
	What is a game?	77
	What is play?	83
	Interstitial : cosplay
	Interstitial : urban invasion
	Nature and significance of play as a cultural phenomenon (1955)	96
	The definition of play : the classification of games (1962)	122
	Shoot club : the DOOM 3 review (2004)	156
	Interstitial : collateral romance
	Construction of a definition (1990)	172
	I have no words & I must design (1994)	192
	The cabal : valve's design process for creating half-life (1999)	212
	Interstitial : urban games
	Semiotic domains : is playing video games a "waste of time?" (2003)	228
	The evil summoner FAQ v1.0 : how to be a cheap ass (2001)	268
	Play and ambiguity (2001)	296
	A theory of play and fantasy (1972)	314
	"Complete freedom of movement" : video games as gendered play spaces (1998)	330
	Interstitial : DDR step charts
	Formal abstract design tools (1999)	366
	Game theory (1992)	382
	Games and design patterns (2005)	410
	Tools for creating dramatic game dynamics (2005)	438
	Game analysis : Centipede (2001)	460
	Interstitial : indie game jam
	Unwritten rules (1999)	476
	Beyond the rules of the game : why are Rooie rules nice? (1983)	504
	Changing the game (1978)	518
	The design evolution of magic : the gathering (1993 \| 2004)	538
	Interstitial : blast theory
	Eyeball and cathexis (1983)	558
	Frames and games (1983)	578
	Bow, Nigger (2004)	602
	Cultural models : do you want to be the blue sonic or the dark sonic? (2003)	610
	Interstitial : red vs. blue
	Interaction and narrative (2000 \| 2005)	642
	Game design as narrative architecture (2004)	670
	Adventure as a video games : adventure for the atari 2600 (1983-84)	690
	Eastern front (1941) (2003)	714
	Interstitial : serious games
	The lessons of Lucasfilm's habitat (1990)	728
	Hearts, clubs, diamonds, spades : players who suit MUDs (1996)	754
	Declaring the rights of players (2000)	788
	Virtual worlds : a first-hand account of market and society on the cyberian frontier (2001)	814
	Interstitial : painstation
	Coda : piercing the spectacle (2005)	866
	Interstitial : Le Parkour
	Final word	924

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Lotus Notes R5 for Dummies Quick Reference

Author: Stephen Londergan

Waste no time with the unimportant odds and ends of Lotus Notes -- start completing your tasks right away. From using super-fast Notes-enhanced information searches to organizing your calendar, this superb, bite-sized reference, Lotus Notes R5 For Dummies Quick Reference, gives you the information you need in order to use all the important features of Lotus Notes R5. E-mail, calendars, databases, and more all are at your disposal, and all these can be stress free after you flip through this handy guide. Take advantage of this product's new-and-improved, user-friendly interface and discover its easy compatibility with Windows 98 and NT. Find out about your options for using Notes on-site or on the go. All this information (and more) is at your fingertips in Lotus Notes R5 For Dummies Quick Reference and can easily be accessed thanks to this book's lay-flat binding.

Pro SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services or Macromedia Flash 8 For Dummies

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

Pro SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

Author: Rodney Landrum

Purchase this book and you'll get the free, fully searchable eBook--a $20 value! (Details are printed inside the book.)

It does a good job of covering the fundamentals and simple reporting needs. For the SSRS newcomer, it is a great place to start.

— Will Wagers, C# Online.NET

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) 2005 is the latest version of the reporting technology from Microsoft. This book examines all of the technology that SSRS provides to design, author, render and deploy professional business reports to the Web or to the company intranet (in a variety of formats, from HTML to XML, PDF, or TIFF), with detailed examples at every step.

It covers all of the new functionality present in the 2005 version, including the new management and BI development studios as well as the new report viewer controls and end-user reporting tools. It also contains significantly expanded chapters on Business Intelligence along with a wealth of tips and workarounds for effective development with SSRS.

The authors are both highly experienced with SQL Server and with business reporting in the medical industry, which is subject to rigorous HIPAA regulations and strict security. It is not their intention to evangelize the product or present "idealized" examples based on the simple built-in schemas. Instead, they take a hard, critical look at the technology and provide exactly what the reader needs to know to deliver effective reports. Their code examples are based on real, complex schemas and the need to deliver versatile, dynamic reports, as well as on strict security and performance requirements.

In summary, this book will provide you withstep-by-step guides, best practices, and real code examples covering all of the common Reporting Services tasks, including:

A detailed overview of the reporting architecture and tools
The new Report Definition Language Standard, which is XML-based and allows you to define reports in VS.NET
Building effective queries for high-performance reporting
Building custom .NET applications with SSRS
Rendering reports to HTML, XML, PDF and Excel
Deploying secure reports, using Windows authentication through Active directory
Business Intelligence reporting using SQL Server Analysis Services

Ch. 1	Introducing the reporting services architecture	1
Ch. 2	Report authoring : designing efficient queries	17
Ch. 3	Using report designer	35
Ch. 4	Building reports	81
Ch. 5	Using custom .NET code with reports	123
Ch. 6	Rendering reports from .NET applications	147
Ch. 7	Deploying reports	175
Ch. 8	Managing reports	197
Ch. 9	Securing reports	249
Ch. 10	Delivering business intelligence with SSRS	285
Ch. 11	Performing ad hoc reporting using report builder	321

Books about: Economia de Desenvolvimento

Macromedia Flash 8 For Dummies

Author: Ellen Finkelstein

Make the Web interactive with your own animations

Liven up your Web site with graphics that move, buttons that light up, and more

Flash is fun - and this book makes it easy whether you're using a Mac(r) or Windows(r). Fill letters with images, create buttons that glow or change color when you pass your mouse over them, play video and sound files, morph objects into different ones, and do dozens of other things to make your site flashier.

Discover how to
* Create animated text
* Find sample Flash files
* Explore links to additional information
* Add sound and video
* Build great user interfaces
* Publish your Flash files

Beginning Joomla or Nikon D200 Digital Field Guide

2009-01-20T22:56:00.000-08:00

Beginning Joomla!: From Novice to Professional

Author: Dan Rahmel

Do you want the ability to manage documents, photos, and other content over the Web but don't want to shell out thousands of dollars in proprietary solutions? Want to create an online community for your hobby or user group? You're not alone. For thousands of like-minded around the globe, the answer is Joomla!, an open source content management system used to manage all sorts of data over the Web.

While Joomla! is relatively easy to install, a fair amount of knowledge is required in order to configure the application to your specific needs. Beginning Joomla! answers many of the questions you're sure to have, guiding you through the process of creating your own design templates, adding and managing content, and adding popular community features such as article commenting, user profile management, and forums. Later chapters discuss e-commerce integration, explore search engine optimization, and show you how to extend Joomla! by creating your own plug-ins.

Books about: Going Wild in the Kitchen or Jazzy Jars

Nikon D200 Digital Field Guide

Author: David D Busch

You've been waiting for an affordable dSLR with the quality and versatility of the Nikon D200. Packed with great techniques and full-color examples, this book helps you take advantage of all the D200's features. From the Quick Tour on how to use your D200 to the intricacies of setting white balance, working with the flash, converting NEF, and shooting superb images in more than twenty common situations, it's all here - and it goes anywhere you and your Nikon can.
* Get a clear understanding of your camera's challenges and advantages
* Choose the right shooting, exposure, and focus modes for each type of shot
* Use extended ISO and noise reduction
* Explore how various lenses can enhance your work
* Work with different flash options and available light

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Introduction to Solid Modeling Using Solidworks 2008 with Solidworks Student Design Kit or DB2 Fundamentals Certification for Dummies with CD ROM

2009-01-19T22:58:00.000-08:00

Introduction to Solid Modeling Using SolidWorks 2008 with SolidWorks Student Design Kit

Author: William E Howard

This text presents solid modeling not just as a communication tool, but as an essential part of the design process. To this end, the text explores design intent, the use of solid models in engineering analysis, and introduces techniques from manufacturing such as mold design and sheet metal patterning.

Howard and Musto provide a student-friendly presentation filled with easy to use tutorials. Their approach is also designed to help students understand how engineering is used in the real world. For instance, modeling exercises are largely centered on examples drawn from industrial applications. FREE Solid Works software is now available to students with an access card, so students can apply exactly what they are reading!

Interesting textbook: Healing Your Emotional Self or PDR Guide to over the Counter Drugs

DB2 Fundamentals Certification for Dummies with CD-ROM

Author: Jennifer Gibbs

IBM Universal Database is experiencing tremendous share growth, and certification in DB2 is quickly becoming an important hiring factor with many corporations turning to UDB for their database solutions. This book will guide you quickly through preparation for the DB 2 Fundamentals exam and start you on the path to DB2 certification!

The IBM DB2 Universal Database is one of IBM's Business Intelligence solution tools, and offers an extensive array of application options. DB2 Fundamentals certification is a vendor-neutral, product-neutral lead-in exam that establishes the basic solution

* Focused specifically on this exam, DB 2 Fundamentals FD will allow readers to prepare quickly and efficiently for the Fundamentals exam.
* Extensive self-assessment opportunities, including questions prepared by IBM insiders with access to the actual exam content
* Iincludes coverage of what to expect during the actual testing situation, and tips and hints on how to best prepare for the exam
* Organized around the exam objectives so the reader can easily identify areas for extra review

	Introduction	1
Pt. I	DB2 Certification: What Do I Need to Know?	7
Ch. 1	What the Heck Is Certification and Why Should I Care?	9
Ch. 2	How to Get Certified and What's Available	17
Ch. 3	Taking the Test: A Trial Run	27
Pt. II	Introducing DB2	45
Ch. 4	An Introduction to DB2 Products and Packaging	47
Ch. 5	Installing a DB2 Server	89
Ch. 6	Installing a DB2 Client	133
Ch. 7	Getting Clients and Servers Talking	167
Ch. 8	The DB2 Tools	185
Pt. III	The Geeky Stuff: Inside DB2	221
Ch. 9	Database Building Blocks	223
Ch. 10	Security and DB2	275
Ch. 11	Database Concurrency	311
Pt. IV	Talking to DB2 with Structured Query Language	335
Ch. 12	SQL Boot Camp	337
Ch. 13	The Rest of the SQL Story	371
Pt. V	The Part of Tens	401
Ch. 14	SQL Questions That You'll Need to Read Ten Times	403
Ch. 15	Ten Sources of DB2 Information	409
App	About the CD-ROMs	413
	Index	417
	Hungry Minds End-User License Agreement	431
	Installation Instructions	433

No Place to Hide or Programming 16 Bit PIC Microcontrollers in C

2009-01-19T12:46:00.000-08:00

No Place to Hide

Author: Robert OHarrow

In No Place to Hide, award-winning Washington Post reporter Robert O'Harrow, Jr., pulls back the curtain on an unsettling trend: the emergence of a data-driven surveillance society intent on giving us the conveniences and services we crave, like cell phones, discount cards, and electronic toll passes, while watching us more closely than ever before. He shows that since the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, the information industry giants have been enlisted as private intelligence services for homeland security. And at a time when companies routinely collect billions of details about nearly every American adult, No Place to Hide shines a bright light on the sorry state of information security, revealing how people can lose control of their privacy and identities at any moment.

Now with a new afterword that details the latest security breaches and the government's failing efforts to stop them, O'Harrow shows us that, in this new world of high-tech domestic intelligence, there is literally no place to hide.

As O'Harrow writes, "This book is all about you and your personal information -- and the story isn't pretty."

Programming 16-Bit PIC Microcontrollers in C: Learning to Fly the PIC 24

Author: Lucio Di Jasio

•
A Microchip insider tells all on the newest, most powerful PICs ever!

• FREE CD-ROM includes source code in C, the Microchip C30 compiler, and MPLAB SIM software

• Includes handy checklists to help readers perform the most common programming and debugging tasks

The new 16-bit PIC24 chip provides embedded programmers with more speed, more memory, and more peripherals than ever before, creating the potential for more powerful cutting-edge PIC designs. This book teaches readers everything they need to know about these chips: how to program them, how to test them, and how to debug them, in order to take full advantage of the capabilities of the new PIC24 microcontroller architecture.

Author Lucio Di Jasio, a PIC expert at Microchip, offers unique insight into this revolutionary technology, guiding the reader step-by-step from 16-bit architecture basics, through even the most sophisticated programming scenarios. This book's common-sense, practical, hands-on approach begins simply and builds up to more challenging exercises, using proven C programming techniques. Experienced PIC users and newcomers to the field alike will benefit from the text's many thorough examples, which demonstrate how to nimbly side-step common obstacles, solve real-world design problems efficiently, and optimize code for all the new PIC24 features.

You will learn about:
• basic timing and I/O operations,
• multitasking using the PIC24 interrupts,
• all the new hardware peripherals
• how to control LCD displays,
• generating audio and video signals,
• accessing mass-storage media,
• how toshare files on a mass-storage device with a PC,
• experimenting with the Explorer 16 demo board, debugging methods with MPLAB-SIM and ICD2 tools, and more!

E Mail Selling Techniques or How to Cheat in Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

2009-01-19T03:34:00.000-08:00

E-Mail Selling Techniques (That Really Work!)

Author: Stephan Schiffman

The sales culture of the twenty-first century is one where decisions are often made on the fly, calls are not thought out, and communication is based on onscreen ramblings, hitting "send," and seeing what happens next. While e-mail has made it easier for salespeople to communicate than ever before, it's crucial to your success that your message is clear, concise, and to the point.

Renowned sales guru Stephan Schiffman understands the unique benefits and challenges of using e-mail as a sales tool. E-mail Selling Techniques delivers dependable strategies to help you understand when and how to use e-mail to communicate with a client or prospect.

E-mail Selling Techniques offers essential guidelines for:

The proper length and format of sales e-mails
Advice on tone and content
Tips for writing attention-grabbing subject lines
Identifying when a phone call might be more appropriate

If you rely on computers and portable e-mail devices to do business, Stephan Schiffman will show you how to use technology to your advantage and get the deal done.

Stephan Schiffman, America's #1 Corporate Sales Trainer, is the author of dozens of bestselling books, including Cold Calling Techniques, (That Really Work), 5th Edition; and The 250 Sales Questions to Close the Deal. His clients include Aetna, AT&T, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Boise Office Solutions, ChevronTexaco, Cox Communications, EMC, Federal Express, IBM, Merrill Lynch, Motorola, The New York Times, Sony, and Waste Management. END

Introduction     ix
Foundation Concepts
A Tale of Two E-mail Messages     3
E-mail and the New Sales Culture     5
Way Back When     7
The Information Equation     9
The Information Equation, Continued     11
Wishful Thinking     13
Screwing Up the Sales Process     15
Relationship = Commitment     19
No Magic Wand     21
This Won't Hurt a Bit     23
Mass E-mail Ticks People Off     27
What Makes E-mail Different     31
What Makes E-mail Different, Continued     33
Why E-mail Is Not Enough     37
Top of the Mind     43
Nine E-mail Strategies for Accelerating the Selling Cycle     45
The Art of the Next Step
The Selling Process and the Next Step     49
The Best Available Evidence     51
What Has to Take Place?     53
Establishing the Relationship     55
Selling Signals and Buying Signals     57
The Date     59
"Hey, Would You Take a Look at My Web Site?"     65
The Message Template     69
The Perfect E-mail Message?     73
What Works
About the Subject Line     79
The Secret Weapon     83
Signatures     91
The P.S     93
My Pet Peeve     95
Three Critical E-mail Selling Principles     97
E-mail "Branding"     107
E-mail and Online Newsletters     109
On Opt-In Lists     113
E-mail and Article Distribution     119
E-mail and Blogging     123
E-mail as a C-Level Selling Tool     125
What Not to Do
22 Unforgivable E-mail Mistakes     131
On Cold Calling     141
Online Resources Worth Checking Out     143
Index     145

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How to Cheat in Adobe Photoshop Elements 6: Create Stunning Photomontages on a Budget

Author: David Asch

How to Cheat in Elements 6 is an invaluable resource for all users of Photoshop Elements and shows you how to 'cheat' by sharing insider secrets from clever and cunning Elements gurus, David Asch and series forerunner, Steve Caplin.

Compatible with previous releases of Elements, this is jam packed with dazzling tips and tricks, unearthed secrets, and creative techniques that challenge and inspire.

Work through each section to build up your Photoshop Elements skills, creating everything from basic layer and masking effects right up to advanced manipulation. Or just dip right into a project to learn a new technique:
* turn day into night
* add snow, shadows and water to your scenes
* make fire and smoke
* give your car a respray
...if you can imagine it, we can show you how to do it in Photoshop Elements!

A full glossary of terms, useful keyboard shortcuts, and a detailed index will help you locate that fantastic technique in a flash. Follow the QuickTime movie tutorials on the CD, and use the high resolution royalty free images in your own creations . you can also ask questions, solve problems and meet other Elements users in the book's dedicated website, howtocheatinphotoshopelements.com

Once you have mastered the techniques in this book - the only limit is your imagination!

David Asch is a freelance author and journalist specializing in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements image editing and manipulation.

Steve Caplin is a graphic artist, illustrator, and journalist who loves to create photomontages that blur the line between illusion and reality.

Work through each section to build up your PhotoshopElements skills, creating everything from basic layer and masking effects right up to advanced manipulation. Or just dip right into a project to learn a new technique:
* turn day into night
* add snow, shadows and water to your scenes
* make fire and smoke
* give your car a respray
...if you can imagine it, we can show you how to do it in Photoshop Elements!

Take Back Your Life or Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming

2009-01-18T15:23:00.000-08:00

Take Back Your Life!: Using Microsoft Outlook to Get Organized and Stay Organized

Author: Sally McGe

Unrelenting e-mail. Conflicting commitments. Endless interruptions. In Take Back Your Life!, productivity expert Sally McGhee shows you how to take control and reclaim something you thought you'd lost forever—your work-life balance. Now you can benefit from Sally's popular and highly regarded corporate education programs, learning simple but powerful techniques for rebalancing your personal and professional commitments using the productivity features in Microsoft® Outlook®.

Learn the proven methods that will empower you to:

Clear away distractions and loose ends and focus on what's really important to you and your business.
Take charge of your productivity using techniques and processes designed by McGhee Productivity Solutions and implemented in numerous Fortune 500 companies.
Customize and exploit the productivity features in Microsoft Outlook to help you create balance at home and on the job.

When you change your approach, you can change your results. So learn what thousands of Sally's clients worldwide have discovered about taking control of their everyday productivity—and start transforming your own life today! Note: Take Back Your Life covers Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, Outlook Version 2002, and Outlook 2000.

Ch. 1	Change your approach, change your results	2
Ch. 2	What is personal productivity?	18
Ch. 3	The three phases for creating an integrated management system	36
Ch. 4	Setting up your approved collecting points	48
Ch. 5	Clearing the mind	76
Ch. 6	Introducing the planning and action categories	98
Ch. 7	Processing and organizing your task list	110
Ch. 8	Setting up your reference system	156
Ch. 9	Processing and organizing your e-mail	180
Ch. 10	Prioritizing and planning	220

See also: Simple French Cookery or Wine

Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators

Author: Sue Mosher

Microsoft Outlook is the most widely used e-mail program and offers the most programmability. Sue Mosher introduces key concepts for programming Outlook using Visual Basic for Applications, custom Outlook forms, and external scripts, without the need for additional development tools.

For those who manage Outlook installations, it demonstrates how to use new features in the Outlook E12 programming model such as building scripts that can create rules and views and manage categories. Power users will discover how to add new features to Outlook, such as the ability to process incoming mail and extract key information. Aimed at the non-professional programmer, it also provides a roadmap for taking Outlook applications to a higher level using Visual Studio Tools for Office, Microsoft InfoPath, SharePoint, and other technologies

*Dozens of new programming objects detailed including views, rules, categories, searches
*No previous coding experience or additional development tools required
*Examples outline issues using real-world functionality

Movie Maker 2 for Windows or Winning at Internet Poker for Dummies

2009-01-17T12:41:00.000-08:00

Movie Maker 2 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Author: Jan Ozer

Just because you have the built-in software to transform your homemade videos into compelling, creative content doesn't necessarily mean you have the know-how to do so. For that you need this no-nonsense task-based guide. In these pages video guru Jan Ozer uses simple, step-by-step instructions peppered with plenty of visual aids and loads of time-saving tips to show you how to use Microsoft's Movie Maker 2 video-editing software (which is included with Windows XP) to edit your videos and share them with family and friends. Providing a visual approach to a visual product, Jan shows you how to start making movie magic instantly and effortlessly with the transitions, title options, and 2-D special effects included in Movie Maker 2. you'll learn how to create wipes, dissolves, freeze frames, and more in the process of producing a finished product that you'll be proud to email to friends, post on your Web site, or copy to CD or DVD.

Pt. I	Getting started	1
Ch. 1	Getting your PC ready for Movie Maker	3
Ch. 2	Creating watchable video	15
Ch. 3	Getting started with Movie Maker	41
Pt. II	Gathering your assets	73
Ch. 4	Capturing DV	75
Ch. 5	Capturing analog video	89
Ch. 6	Working with still images	107
Ch. 7	Importing music	119
Ch. 8	Working in the contents pane	135
Pt. III	Editing	149
Ch. 9	Trimming and assembling your movie	151
Ch. 10	Using transitions	197
Ch. 11	Applying special effects	221
Ch. 12	Working with audio	241
Ch. 13	Designing titles and credits	255
Ch. 14	Working with AutoMovie	273
Pt. IV	Output	283
Ch. 15	Writing to tape	285
Ch. 16	Outputting digital files	295
App. A	Sonic solutions myDVD	319
App. B	Creating movies in photo story	327
App. C	Windows media encoder and tools	341

Interesting book: Le fait d'augmenter au Surveillant

Winning at Internet Poker for Dummies

Author: Chris Derossi

Take poker online the fun and easy way!

Five years ago, 50 million people were playing poker recreationally or professionally. Now that number is more than 100 million, including a huge influx of young people. Online betting is up nearly four-fold over the past year, with total wagers running over $30 billion. Winning at Internet Poker For Dummies provides the lowdown on the hottest game around, highlighting the best sites and virtual games and showing how to make secure online bets. The book covers setting up an account, securing funds, navigating a basic online poker game, using Internet abbreviations and lingo, observing online poker etiquette, playing popular online poker games such as Texas Hold 'Em and Omaha, devising a winning strategy, and participating in tournaments.

Pro ASPNET 35 in C 2008 or Crystal Reports Encyclopedia Volume 2

2009-01-17T01:28:00.000-08:00

Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008: Includes Silverlight 2, Third Edition

Author: Matthew MacDonald

ASP.NET 3.5 is the latest version of Microsoft’s revolutionary ASP.NET technology. It is the principal standard for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 raises the bar for high–quality, practical advice on learning and deploying Microsoft’s dynamic web solution.

This new edition is updated with everything you need to integrate Silverlight 2.0 and SQL Server 2008 into your ASP.NET applications. You will learn about Silverlight’s exciting new features so that your ASP projects can be rich in visual flair and compelling to the user.

Seasoned .NET professionals Matthew MacDonald and Mario Szpuszta explain how you can get the most from this groundbreaking new technology. They cover ASP.NET 3.5 as a whole, illustrating both the brand–new features and the functionality carried over from previous versions of ASP. This book will give you the knowledge you need to code real ASP.NET 3.5 applications in the best possible style.

This book will teach you ASP.NET 3.5 starting with core concepts before moving on to more advanced topics. You will learn

Core concepts of ASP.NET 3.5. Why it’s special. What its fundamental principals are. The basics of Visual Studio. How ASP.NET 3.5 controls are created, and how they fit into ASP.NET 3.5 pages, ultimately creating full applications.

Data access details. The intricacies of ADO.NET and how to perform data binding to many sources from databases to file streams to XML. The authors include LINQ coverage so you’re on the bleeding edge.

Security. Once considered the Achilles heel of all Windows web applications, security has vastly improved and is a cornerstone of ASP.NET 3.5. This book explains the various forms of available security and how to best apply them.

Taking things further using advanced user interface techniques. This includes user controls, customer server controls, client–side JavaScript, and GDI+.

Web services. In an increasingly connected world, working with web services grows in importance. This book will show you how to work with them.

ASP.NET AJAX, with an emphasis on contemporary web development techniques.

Development using Internet Information Services 7, Microsoft’s premier web hosting platform.

And much more…

About the Apress Pro Series

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

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

Go to: The Spirit of Democracy or Sick

Crystal Reports Encyclopedia Volume 2: Programming .NET 2005

Author: Brian Bischof

Written with experienced .NET programmers in mind, this volume provides in-depth information for integrating Crystal Reports into various applications, fully maps out the Crystal Reports object model, and enables developers to create windows, Web, and enterprise-level reporting solutions. Featuring code samples that can be copied and pasted into the reader's own applications, this manual explores all platforms and programming languages. Completely examining the latest VS.NET 2005 version of the software, this edition is updated with detailed tutorials on every aspect of the program to speed users through the process of creating reports.

Heavenly Sword or Learning the Korn Shell2nd Edition

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

Heavenly Sword: Prima Official Game Guide

Author: Doublejump Productions

Super Styles: Master the tricks to building "super style" points to unleash devastating level-three attacks.
Glyphs: Earn every glyph to unlock all special combos and bonus feature movies.
Maps: Labeled maps detailing items and key locations.
Walkthrough: The complete story mode walkthrough gives you the tools to dominate every enemy and master every puzzle.
Art Section: Beautiful art section with some of the most spectacular art available.

Learning the Korn Shell,2nd Edition

Author: Bill Rosenblatt

The Korn shell is an interactive command and scripting language for accessing Unix® and other computer systems. As a complete and high-level programming language in itself, it's been a favorite since it was developed in the mid 1980s by David G. Korn at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Knowing how to use it is an essential skill for serious Unix users. Learning the Korn Shell shows you how to use the Korn shell as a user interface and as a programming environment.

Writing applications is often easier and quicker with Korn than with other high-level languages. Because of this, the Korn shell is the most often used shell in commercial environments and among inexperienced users. There are two other widely used shells, the Bourne shell and the C shell. The Korn shell, or ksh, has the best features of both, plus many new features of its own. ksh can do much to enhance productivity and the quality of a user's work, both in interacting with the system, and in programming. The new version, ksh93, has the functionality of other scripting languages such as awk, icon, Perl, rexx, and tcl.

Learning the Korn Shell is the key to gaining control of the Korn shell and becoming adept at using it as an interactive command and scripting language. Prior programming experience is not required in order to understand the chapters on basic shell programming. Readers will learn how to write many applications more easily and quickly than with other high-level languages. In addition, readers will also learn about Unix utilities and the way the Unix operating system works in general. The authors maintain that you shouldn't have to be an internals expert to use and program the shell effectively.

A solid offering for many years, this newly revised title inherits a long tradition of trust among computer professionals who want to learn or refine an essential skill.

Booknews

A thorough introduction to UNIX's newest and most powerful command interpreter, which combines the best features of the older Bourne and C shells, in addition to providing many new features of its own. The volume provides a guide to all aspects of Korn shell usage: interactive "command line" use, plus coverage of shell programming. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
1	Korn Shell Basics	1
2	Command-Line Editing	33
3	Customizing Your Environment	65
4	Basic Shell Programming	91
5	Flow Control	135
6	Command-Line Options and Typed Variables	172
7	Input/Output and Command-Line Processing	209
8	Process Handling	257
9	Debugging Shell Programs	290
10	Korn Shell Administration	321
A	Related Shells	337
B	Reference Information	366
C	Building ksh from Source Code	386
D	AT&T ast Source Code License Agreement	390
	Index	397

Assembler Language Programming for IBM and IBM Compatible Computers Formerly 370 360 Assembler Language Programming or Digital Design and VERILOG HDL Fundamentals

2009-01-14T20:10:00.000-08:00

Assembler Language Programming for IBM and IBM Compatible Computers Formerly 370/360 Assembler Language Programming

Author: Nancy B Stern

Presents a comprehensive business-oriented approach to teaching assembly language programming on IBM and IBM-compatible computers, geared towards freshman and sophomores majoring in data processing or computer science. Rich in student aids including self-evaluation quizzes, chapter objectives, exercises, and chapter summaries.

Interesting textbook: Optimal Muscle Performance and Recovery or My House Is Killing Me

Digital Design and Verilog HDL Fundamentals

Author: Joseph Cavanagh

Comprehensive and self contained, this tutorial covers the design of a plethora of combinational and sequential logic circuits using conventional logic design and Verilog HDL. Number systems and number representations are presented along with various binary codes. Several advanced topics are covered, including functional decomposition and iterative networks. A variety of examples are provided for combinational and sequential logic, computer arithmetic, and advanced topics such as Hamming code error correction. Constructs supported by Verilog are described in detail. All designs are continued to completion. Each chapter includes numerous design issues of varying complexity to be resolved by the reader.

Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars or Man Behind the Microchip

2009-01-14T10:57:00.000-08:00

Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars

Author: Prima Games

Detailed Unit Stats - An in depth look at all the units in the game with behind the scene stats will give you the edge you need for victory.
Complete Campaign Walkthrough - Don't get stuck on any one scenario or mission. The Prima walkthrough will provide all the strategies and tips you need to keep the story rolling.
Muliplayer Maps & Strategy - Full color detailed maps of every multiplayer battleground gives you the birds eye view of the strategic points of control. Tips and strategies from the experts will provide the edge you need to succeed against other players from around the world.

Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley

Author: Leslie Berlin

Hailed as the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of Silicon Valley, Robert Noyce was a brilliant inventor, a leading entrepreneur, and a daring risk taker who piloted his own jets and skied mountains accessible only by helicopter. Now, in The Man Behind the Microchip, Leslie Berlin captures not only this colorful individual but also the vibrant interplay of technology, business, money, politics, and culture that defines Silicon Valley.
Here is the life of a high-tech industry giant. The co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel, Noyce co-invented the integrated circuit, the electronic heart of every modern computer, automobile, cellular telephone, advanced weapon, and video game. With access to never-before-seen documents, Berlin paints a fascinating portrait of Noyce: an ambitious and intensely competitive multimillionaire who exuded a "just folks" sort of charm, a Midwestern preacher's son who rejected organized religion but would counsel his employees to "go off and do something wonderful," a man who never looked back and sometimes paid a price for it. In addition, this vivid narrative sheds light on Noyce's friends and associates, including some of the best-known managers, venture capitalists, and creative minds in Silicon Valley. Berlin draws upon interviews with dozens of key players in modern American business--including Andy Grove, Steve Jobs, Gordon Moore, and Warren Buffett; their recollections of Noyce give readers a privileged, first-hand look inside the dynamic world of high-tech entrepreneurship.
A modern American success story, The Man Behind the Microchip illuminates the triumphs and setbacks of one of the most important inventors and entrepreneurs ofour time.

The Washington Post - David Kushner

The book is at its best when connecting Noyce's adventure with the industry and culture booming around him. The success went to his head, and he was soon chain-smoking and brashly cheating on his wife. Despite his "disdain for hierarchy," as Berlin calls it, Noyce floated readily to the top, far from the distant front lines of engineering that he once swore by. Though slow going at times, Berlin's thoughtful and thorough biography is at once a celebratory and a cautionary tale.

Publishers Weekly

By the high-tech boom of the 1990s, Intel CEO Andy Grove had become the man most commonly associated with the industry's leading manufacturer of microprocessors. But the real credit for creating Intel, Berlin argues, belongs to Noyce (1927-1990), who cofounded the company with Gordon Moore in 1968-a little more than a decade after the two men took part in the creation of another early Silicon Valley fixture, Fairchild Semiconductor. Berlin, a science historian at Stanford, provides a well-rounded biography that easily establishes Noyce's scientific credentials-in addition to holding the patent on the integrated circuit, he also just missed out on taking credit for two Nobel-worthy discoveries-as well as his bumpy path through the corporate world, which began when he was recruited by seven colleagues to break away from the research lab where they were employed to found Fairchild. Interviews with Noyce's contemporaries and family illuminate the less happy aspects of his personal life. With the bloom off the Internet economy, it may prove harder to generate interest in the life of a technology executive, but that shouldn't diminish Berlin's excellent work here. (June) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Final Cut Pro 6 for Mac OS X or C 30 Design Patterns

2009-01-13T23:45:00.000-08:00

Final Cut Pro 6 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickPro Guide [Visual QuickPro Guide Series]

Author: Lisa Brenneis

Newly updated for Final Cut Pro 6, this Visual QuickPro Guide is hands-down one of the most sought out books on Apple’s non-linear editing system. An undisputed master of the digital video medium, Lisa Brenneis once again demystifies the complexities of the program with her straightforward approach that uses tasked-based, step-by-step instructions and loads of visuals and time-saving tips. Busy professionals and newcomers alike will appreciate that they can quickly find and learn tasks specific to their needs, benefiting from the award-winning Visual QuickPro style. Topics covered include essential editing tasks and media-management strategies, transitions, effects and filters, rendering options, and much much more. This is a must-have reference for anyone wanting to learn to use Final Cut Pro, whether they are new to the program or are upgrading.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Welcome to Final Cut Pro
Chapter 2: Installing and Setting Up
Chapter 3: Presets and Preferences
Chapter 4: Projects, Sequences, and Clips
Chapter 5: Capturing Video
Chapter 6: Importing Digital Media
Chapter 7: Organizing Clips in the Browser
Chapter 8: Working with Clips in the Viewer
Chapter 9: Basic Editing
Chapter 10: Editing in the Timeline and the Canvas
Chapter 11: Fine Cut: Trimming Edits
Chapter 12: Audio Tools and Techniques
Chapter 13: Creating Transitions
Chapter 14: Compositing and Effects Overview
Chapter 15: Motion Effects
Chapter 16: Filters and Compositing
Chapter 17: Titles and Generators
Chapter 18: Real Time and Rendering
Chapter 19: Creating Final Output
Chapter 20: Managing Complex Projects
Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts
Index

C# 3.0 Design Patterns

Author: Judith Bishop

If you want to speed up the development of your .NET applications, you're ready for C# design patterns -- elegant, accepted and proven ways to tackle common programming problems. This practical guide offers you a clear introduction to the classic object-oriented design patterns, and explains how to use the latest features of C# 3.0 to code them. C# Design Patterns draws on new C# 3.0 language and .NET 3.5 framework features to implement the 23 foundational patterns known to working developers. You get plenty of case studies that reveal how each pattern is used in practice, and an insightful comparison of patterns and where they would be best used or combined. This well-organized and illustrated book includes: An explanation of design patterns and why they're used, with tables and guidelines to help you choose one pattern over another Illustrated coverage of each classic Creational, Structural, and Behavioral design pattern, including its representation in UML and the roles of its various players C# 3.0 features introduced by example and summarized in sidebars for easy reference Examples of each pattern at work in a real .NET 3.5 program available for download from O'Reilly and the author's companion web site Quizzes and exercises to test your understanding of the material. With C# 3.0 Design Patterns, you learn to make code correct, extensible and efficient to save time up front and eliminate problems later. If your business relies on efficient application development and quality code, you need C# Design Patterns.

The Pentium Chronicles or Digital Signal Processing Using MATLAB

2009-01-13T13:33:00.000-08:00

The Pentium Chronicles: The People, Passion, and Politics Behind Intel's Landmark Chips

Author: Robert P Colwell

The Pentium Chronicles describes the architecture and key decisions that shaped the P6, Intel's most successful chip to date. As author Robert Colwell recognizes, success is about learning from others, and Chronicles is filled with stories of ordinary, exceptional people as well as frank assessments of "oops" moments, leaving you with a better understanding of what it takes to create and grow a winning product.

Digital Signal Processing Using MATLAB

Author: Vinay K Ingl

This supplement to any standard DSP text is one of the first books to successfully integrate the use of MATLAB® in the study of DSP concepts. In this book, MATLAB® is used as a computing tool to explore traditional DSP topics, and solve problems to gain insight. This greatly expands the range and complexity of problems that students can effectively study in the course. Since DSP applications are primarily algorithms implemented on a DSP processor or software, a fair amount of programming is required. Using interactive software such as MATLAB® makes it possible to place more emphasis on learning new and difficult concepts than on programming algorithms. Interesting practical examples are discussed and useful problems are explored. This updated second edition includes new homework problems and revises the scripts in the book, available functions, and m-files to MATLAB® V7.

Booknews

The primary use of this textbook is as a supplement in junior- or senior-level undergraduate courses on DSP, and assumes familiarity with the fundamentals of MATLAB. Ingle and Proakis (Northeastern University) round out the text with application projects in adaptive filtering and communications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Windows Powershell Scripting Guide or The Ultimate HTML Reference

2009-01-13T04:22:00.000-08:00

Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide

Author: Ed Wilson

Get practical guidance for using Windows PowerShell to manage Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Written by Ed Wilson, a leading scripting expert and trainer at Microsoft, this reference offers a task-based approach to help you find the information you need for day-to-day tasks. With more than 200 scripts, it offers rich examples that administrators can customize for their own environment and needs. The scripts range in complexity from one-line commands, to full-blown scripts with managed output and command-line arguments-examples that are applicable to all skill levels. Includes a companion CD with fully searchable eBook, sample scripts, and other resources for managing your Windows-based environment. Description:ISBN-10: 0-7356-2279-5Short Description Discover how to use Windows PowerShell to manage your Windows® environment. This practical, task-based reference includes expert insights and example scripts from a leading scripting trainer. Features a CD with eBook, scripts, and other resources.

Go to: Understanding Consumer Behavior or Principles of Practical Cost Benefit Analysis

The Ultimate HTML Reference

Author: Ian Lloyd

"The Ultimate HTML Reference" is just that" comprehensive, authoritative, and completely up-to-date. The book covers: Every element in the HTML and XHTML Specifications, including an example of its correct use Coverage of depreciated elements and those from the upcoming HTML 5 specification The popular microformats so you can future-proof your website Detailed browser compatibility information for every element will save you hours of painful debugging and frustration

	Attack Patterns
	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Software - The Root of the Problem	1
2	Attack Patterns	37
3	Reverse Engineering and Program Understanding	71
4	Exploiting Server Software	147
5	Exploiting Client Software	201
6	Crafting (Malicious) Input	233
7	Buffer Overflow	277
8	Rootkits	367
	References	449
	Index	453

Ch. 1	Preparing the attack	1
Ch. 2	Gathering information for the attack	99
Ch. 3	Executing the attack	223
Ch. 4	Secure protocols, encryption algorithms, and file security	327
App. A	Well-known port numbers	375
App. B	Country codes	379
App. C	Trojan port numbers	385
App. D	Protocol numbers list	393

	The Big Picture: Office XP
Pt. I	Doing Common Chores	1
Pt. II	Word 2002	15
Pt. III	Excel 2002	59
Pt. IV	PowerPoint 2002	93
Pt. V	Access 2002	123
Pt. VI	Outlook 2002	145
Pt. VII	Working with the Drawing Toolbar	163
Pt. VIII	Completing Complex Tasks	185
	Index	199

Ch. 1	Process appraisal strategies	3
Ch. 2	New aspects of the SCAMPI method	43
Ch. 3	SCAMPI class a method definition	51
Ch. 4	SCAMPI class B and C appraisal methods	87
Ch. 5	SCAMPI for internal process improvement	97
Ch. 6	SCAMPI for external audits	107
Ch. 7	SCAMPI implementation issues	119

3D Computer Graphics Book

Software Craftsmanship or Inside Cisco

Software Craftsmanship: The New Imperative

Table of Contents:

Inside Cisco: The Real Story of Sustained M&A Growth

Publishers Weekly

Texturing Modeling or Case Studies in Knowledge Management

Texturing & Modeling: A Procedural Approach

Table of Contents:

Case Studies in Knowledge Management

Send or ASP ADO and XML Complete

Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home

The New York Times - Dave Barry

Publishers Weekly

School Library Journal

What People Are Saying

ASP, ADO, and XML Complete

Table of Contents:

Network Security or UNIX Network Programming Volume 2

Network Security: A Hacker's Perspective

Table of Contents:

UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2: Interprocess Communications

Learning in Real Time or Exploiting Software

Learning in Real Time: Synchronous Teaching and Learning Online

Exploiting Software: How to Break Code

Table of Contents:

Visual QuickStart Guide or Engineering with Excel

Visual QuickStart Guide: SQL

Engineering with Excel

Booknews

Table of Contents:

Beginning Lua Programming or Creating Cool Web Sites with HTML XHTML and CSS

Beginning Lua Programming

Creating Cool Web Sites with HTML, XHTML, and CSS

Table of Contents:

Visual Basic 6 for Windows for Dummies or Ruby on Rails For Dummies

Visual Basic 6 for Windows for Dummies

Table of Contents:

Ruby on Rails For Dummies

The Hidden Pattern or Black White Photography Techniques with Adobe Photoshop

The Hidden Pattern: A Patternist Philosophy of Mind

Black & White Photography Techniques with Adobe Photoshop

Art Book News Annual

Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants or Office XP for Dummies

Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants

Office XP for Dummies: Quick Reference

Table of Contents:

The Musicians Internet or SharePoint Office Pocket Guide

The Musician's Internet: Online Strategies for Success in the Music Industry

Table of Contents:

SharePoint Office Pocket Guide

AutoCAD 2008 in 3D or Streaming Media Bible

AutoCAD 2008 in 3D: A Modern Perspective

Table of Contents:

Streaming Media Bible

MIcrosoft Word 2004 for Mac OSX or POJOs in Action

MIcrosoft Word 2004 for Mac OSX: Visual QuickStart Guide

POJOs in Action

Table of Contents:

Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible or Ruby Way

Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible

Ruby Way: Solutions and Techniques in Ruby Programming

Table of Contents:

JavaScript or Explanation Based Neural Network Learning

JavaScript: Complete Concepts and Techniques, Second Edition

Explanation-Based Neural Network Learning: A Lifelong Learning Approach

Booknews

Table of Contents:

QuickBooks 2009 All in One For Dummies or Digital Signal Processing

QuickBooks 2009 All-in-One For Dummies

Digital Signal Processing: A Computer Science Perspective, Vol. 1

Choice

Choice

Booknews

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Marketing Communication or Yu Yu Hakusho Tournament Tactics

Marketing Communication, Vol. 4

Table of Contents:

Yu-Yu Hakusho Tournament Tactics: Prima Official Game Guide

Web TV for Dummies Quick Reference or FileNET

List of Figures xvii
List of Tables xxi
Preface xxv