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Spinning the Semantic Web or Comprehensive Functional Verification

2009-12-06T04:29:00.000-08:00

Spinning the Semantic Web: Bringing the World Wide Web to Its Full Potential

Author: Dieter Fensel

As the World Wide Web continues to expand, it becomes increasingly difficult for users to obtain information efficiently. Because most search engines read format languages such as HTML or SGML, search results reflect formatting tags more than actual page content, which is expressed in natural language. Spinning the Semantic Web describes an exciting new type of hierarchy and standardization that will replace the current "web of links" with a "web of meaning." Using a flexible set of languages and tools, the Semantic Web will make all available information -- display elements, metadata, services, images, and especially content -- accessible. The result will be an immense repository of information accessible for a wide range of new applications.

This first handbook for the Semantic Web covers, among other topics, software agents that can negotiate and collect information, markup languages that can tag many more types of information in a document, and knowledge systems that enable machines to read Web pages and determine their reliability. The truly interdisciplinary Semantic Web combines aspects of artificial intelligence, markup languages, natural language processing, information retrieval, knowledge representation, intelligent agents, and databases.

	Foreword
1	Introduction	1
2	SHOE : a blueprint for the Semantic Web	29
3	DAML-ONT : an ontology language for the Semantic Web	65
4	Ontologies and schema languages on the Web	95
5	UPML : the language and tool support for making the Semantic Web alive	141
6	Ontologies come of age	171
7	Sesame : an architecture for storing and querying RDF data and schema information	197
8	Enabling task-centered knowledge support through semantic markup	223
9	Knowledge mobility : semantics for the Web as a white knight for knowledge-based systems	253
10	Complex relationships for the Semantic Web	279
11	SEmantic portAL - the SEAL approach	317
12	Semantic gadgets : ubiquitous computing meets the Semantic Web	363
13	Static and dynamic semantics of the Web	377
14	Semantic annotation for Web content adpatation	403
15	Task-achieving agents on the World Wide Web	431

Go to: Annapurna or Newcomers Handbook for Moving to and Living in Los Angeles

Comprehensive Functional Verification: The Complete Industry Cycle

Author: Bruce Wil

One of the biggest challenges in chip and system design is determining whether the hardware works correctly. That is the job of functional verification engineers and they are the audience for this comprehensive text from three top industry professionals.

As designs increase in complexity, so has the value of verification engineers within the hardware design team. In fact, the need for skilled verification engineers has grown dramatically--functional verification now consumes between 40 and 70% of a project's labor, and about half its cost. Currently there are very few books on verification for engineers, and none that cover the subject as comprehensively as this text.

A key strength of this book is that it describes the entire verification cycle and details each stage. The organization of the book follows the cycle, demonstrating how functional verification engages all aspects of the overall design effort and how individual cycle stages relate to the larger design process. Throughout the text, the authors leverage their 35 plus years experience in functional verification, providing examples and case studies, and focusing on the skills, methods, and tools needed to complete each verification task. Additionally, the major vendors (Mentor Graphics, Cadence Design Systems, Verisity, and Synopsys) have implemented key examples from the text and made these available on line, so that the reader can test out the methods described in the text.

* Comprehensive overview of the complete verification cycle
* Combines industry experience with a strong emphasis on functional verification fundamentals
* Includes industry examples and real-world case studies

Object Oriented Data Structures Using Java or Advanced PHP Programming

2009-12-05T00:17:00.000-08:00

Object-Oriented Data Structures Using Java

Author: Nell B Dal

Data Structures in Java is a continuation of Nell Dale's best-selling Introduction to Java and Software Design text. Data Structures is designed for students who have already taken one semester of computer science and are able to take a problem of medium complexity, write an algorithm to solve the problem, code the algorithm in a programming language, and demonstrate the correctness of their solution. The focus is on teaching computer science principles with chapter concepts being reinforced by case studies. The object-oriented concepts of encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism are covered, while the book remains centered on abstract data types.

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Written to present the algorithmic, programming, and structuring techniques of traditional data structures courses in an object- oriented context, this text presents the familiar topics, but with an emphasis on defining structures using Java interfaces and encapsulating them as Java classes. Chapters cover software engineering, data design and implementation, unsorted and sorted lists, stacks and queues, linked structures, programming with recursion, and sorting and searching algorithms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

1	Software Engineering	1
2	Data Design and Implementation	69
3	ADTs Unsorted List and Sorted List	139
4	ADTs Stack and Queue	249
5	Linked Structures	341
6	Lists Plus	405
7	Programming with Recursion	475
8	Binary Search Trees	529
9	Priority Queues, Heaps, and Graphs	611
10	Sorting and Searching Algorithms	673
App. A	Java Reserved Words	749
App. B	Operator Precedence	750
App. C	Primitive Data Types	751
App. D	ASCII Subset of Unicode	752
	Answers to Selected Exercises	753
	Index	793

Advanced PHP Programming

Author: George Schlossnagl

Over the past three years PHP has evolved from being a niche language used to add dynamic functionality to small sites to a powerful tool making strong inroads into large-scale, business-critical Web systems.

The rapid maturation of PHP has created a skeptical population of users from more traditional "enterprise" languages who question the readiness and ability of PHP to scale, as well as a large population of PHP developers without formal computer science backgrounds who have learned through the hands-on experimentation while developing small and midsize applications in PHP.

While there are many books on learning PHP and developing small applications with it, there is a serious lack of information on "scaling" PHP for large-scale, business-critical systems. Schlossnagle's Advanced PHP Programming fills that void, demonstrating that PHP is ready for enterprise Web applications by showing the reader how to develop PHP-based applications for maximum performance, stability, and extensibility.

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George Schlossnagle has written a great book on PHP programming which ought to generate some enthusiasm. But it's not just about PHP5: the book includes great information on everything from coding style to high-level problem-solving. I met George through a friend of mine who works for the Developers Library, and I'm glad to have finally gotten a look at his book. ... Definitely recommended.

Multivariate Public Key Cryptosystems or Introduction to Computational Physics

2009-12-03T20:06:00.000-08:00

Multivariate Public Key Cryptosystems

Author: Jintai Ding

Multivariate Public Key Cryptosystems systematically presents the subject matter for a broad audience. Information security experts in industry can use the book as a guide for understanding what is needed to implement these cryptosystems for practical applications, and researchers in both computer science and mathematics will find it a good starting point for exploring this new field. It is also suitable as a textbook for advanced-level students. Written more from a computational perspective, the authors provide the necessary mathematical theory behind MPKC; students with some previous exposure to abstract algebra will be well-prepared to read and understand the material.

Introduction to Computational Physics

Author: Tao Pang

Thoroughly updated and revised for its second edition, this advanced textbook provides an introduction to the basic methods of computational physics, and an overview of recent progress in several areas of scientific computing. Tao Pang presents many step-by-step examples, including program listings in JavaTM, of practical numerical methods from modern physics and related areas. Now including many more exercises, the volume can be used as a textbook for either undergraduate or first-year graduate courses on computational physics or scientific computation. It will also be a useful reference for anyone involved in computational research.

Legal Guide to Web and Software Development or IBM DB2 Version 9 New Features

2009-12-02T15:55:00.000-08:00

Legal Guide to Web and Software Development

Author: Stephen Fishman

Protect your rights, and your hard work!

The laws covering website and software development are complex and confusing, but if you don't untangle them, it could cost you thousands of dollars in attorneys' fees and lawsuits.

Fortunately, Legal Guide to Web & Software Development decodes this complex area of the law, thoroughly and in reader-friendly English. It also provides contracts, agreements and legal forms on CD-ROM, with step-by-step instructions for filling them out, so you can protect your software and website without paying a lawyer's ransom.

Use Legal Guide to Web & Software Development to learn:

• what kind of legal protection you need
• the strengths and limitations of each type of protection
• how to avoid infringement
• which provisions you need when drafting an agreement
• how to obtain permission to use other people's materials

You'll find complete, step-by-step instructions to draft:

• employment agreements
• contractor and consultant agreements
• development agreements
• license agreements

The 5th edition of Legal Guide to Web & Software Development is completely update to provide the latest case law and statutory revisions.

Entrepreneur

Covers every imaginable detail important to such a rapidly growing and intangible medium.

What People Are Saying

Jeff Duntemann
"This book passes my own personal test for legal guides -- that it be easily readable for people who detest lawyers -- and passes it with higher marks than any other legal guide I've come across."--(Jeff Duntemann, Editor, PC Techniques Magazine)

John Dvorak
"An amazing book! A must for anyone in the software business... Answers nearly every legal question you can imagine and some you would have never thought of Highest recommendation!"--(John Dvorak, PC Magazine)

IBM DB2 Version 9 New Features

Author: Paul Zikopolous

Get up to speed quickly on the new features in IBM DB2 9

In this book, the IBM expert authors provide you with comprehensive technical details and real-world business uses for all of the exciting new features in the current release of DB2 9. You’ll learn about the capabilities found in pureXML™ as well as administrative enhancements in areas such as self management, high availability, and security. Also covered are features for the developer from a Ruby on Rails toolkit to the Developer Workbench and enhanced .NET developer support.

Paul C. Zikopoulos, BA, MBA, is on the IBM Database Competitive Technology team. He is the coauthor of DB2:The Complete Reference.

George Baklarz, B Math, M Sc, is a senior manager in the DB2 Worldwide Pre-sales Support Group.

Leon Katsnelson works in the IBM Toronto Lab where he manages a team of IBM DB2 UDB product managers.

Chris Eaton is the senior product manager for DB2 Universal Database.

Letters from Executives     xvii
Acknowledgments     xx
Introduction     xxiii
XML in the DB2 Hybrid Storage Engine
What Is XML?     3
Components of on XML Document     5
Parsing and Serialization     6
Well-Formed and Valid XML     7
XML Schema Definition Documents and DTDs     8
Namespaces: Your Guide to Element Naming Collisions     11
Helping a Namespace: A Universal Resource Identifier     12
Default Namespaces     13
XPath Expressions     13
Examples of Navigating XML with an XPath Expression     13
Defining How Your XML Looks     15
Wrap Up     16
When Do I Use pureXML?     17
Why XML?     18
Typical Use Cases for XML     19
Why XML in a Relational Database?     20
pureXML Solves Your Data Problems     21
XML and Relational Rules of Thumb     23
Our Rule of Thumb for When to Use an XML Model     23
Our Rule of Thumb for When to Use a Relational Model     24
Traditional Methods for Storing XML     24
Why the Large Object Approach Doesn't Work     25
Why Shredding XML to Relational Doesn'tWork     26
Wrap Up     29
pureXML: The DB2 9 XML Database     31
XML in DB2 9 in a Nutshell     32
DB2 9 and Your XML Data     33
Wrap Up     52
Tuning XML Performance     53
XML Performance Topics for Database Administrators     54
Optimizing XML Data Storage     54
Measuring XML Performance Using Snapshot Monitor     56
Indexing Strategies for XML Performance     57
Collecting Statistics for XML Data and Indexes     59
Bulk Loading of XML Data     59
XML Performance Topics for Database Programmers     60
Adjusting the Structure of XML Documents to Improve Performance     60
To Validate or Not to Validate: That Is the Question     61
Better Performing XPath Expressions     63
Use Predicates to Filter Your XML Data     64
Use Parameter Markers     66
Minimize Code Page Conversions     67
Wrap Up     68
Autonomics and Manageability
Up and Running Enhancements     71
New Preconfigured Features in DB2 9     72
Automatic Selection of Default I/O Prefetchers and Page Cleaners     72
Configuration Advisor      73
Self Tuning Memory Manager     73
Statistics Collection     74
Table and Index Reorganization     75
Automatic Storage     75
Copying Database Schemas     75
Installation Enhancements in DB2 9     76
Multiple DB2 Versions and Releases on a Server     76
Installation and Maintenance Features for Windows     77
New DB2 Client Packaging     77
New Standalone ODBC Driver     78
Wrap Up     79
The Self Tuning Memory Manager     81
The DB2 Memory Model 101     83
Operating System Memory Management and STMM     84
How Memory Was Tuned in Earlier DB2 Versions     85
DB2 Memory Tuning in DB2 7     85
DB2 Memory Tuning in DB2 8     85
The STMM in DB2 9     87
How STMM Works     87
Using STMM in DB29     96
Turn On STMM     96
Define the Amount of Memory Allocated to DB2     97
Configure Each Heap Supported by STMM     98
STMM Enablement and Configurotion Parameters     100
Disabling STMM     101
DB2 9 Memory Model Changes in Support of STMM     101
Getting STMM Details      102
Reaping the Benefits of STMM     102
Hitting a Home Run: Best Environments for STMM     102
Hitting a Double: Next Best Environments for STMM     104
How Well Does STMM Work?     104
The Dropped Index Test     105
The Two Databases Same Server Test     106
The Poorly Tuned Buffer Pool Test     107
Wrap Up     108
Automatic Storage     109
Table Space and Container Basics     110
Automatic Storage Table Spaces in 8.2.2     111
Automatic Storage Databases in 8.2.2     111
Database Partitioning Feature Support in DB2 9     112
Storage Paths and Expressions     113
Adding Storage Paths in DPF     114
Adding a Database Partition     115
Automatic Growth in DPF     115
Backup and Restore Considerations     116
Monitoring Space Utilization     117
Wrap Up     118
Other Autonomic and Manageability Enhancements     119
Autonomic Enhancements     120
Automatic Defaults for Page Cleaners and Prefetchers     120
Automatic Defaults for Table Space Characteristics     121
Autonomics by Default      122
Enhancements to Monitoring and Database Health     125
New and Updated Monitor UDFs and Views     125
SQL Access to Notification Logs     128
Manageability Enhancements     130
Copy and Drop Schema     131
In-Place Alter Table Operations     133
Database Administration Through SQL     134
Get Error Messages in SQL PL via SQLERRM     134
Storage Paths for Creating a Database in Windows     135
MQTs Considered by the Optimizer but Not Chosen     136
Wrap Up     138
Application Development
Rational Data Architect     141
Data Modeling     144
Putting Theory into Practice     145
Wrap Up     148
DB2 and the .NET Developer     151
.NET and the Database Programmer     152
The DB2 and .NET Stack     154
DB2 Implementation of AD0.NET     155
Implementing DB2 CLR Procedures     159
DB2 and Microsoft Visual Studio     160
Versions     161
Server Explorer and IBM Explorer     162
Organizing and Managing Assets     168
DB2 and .NET in the Palm of Your Hand     170
Wrap Up     170
DB2 and the Java Developer     171
Evolving with Java     172
JDBC, SQU, and Drivers that Implement Them     173
Driver Types     174
Stronger, More Functional Java     175
Development Tools     176
Java Meets XML     181
Wrap Up     183
DB2 and the Scripting Languages Developer     185
DB2 on Rails     186
Ruby, a Gem of a Language     186
The Rails Framework for Web Applications     188
Getting Started with DB2 on Rails     192
Perl     200
PHP     203
Wrap Up     205
DB2 and the XML Developer     207
Getting Ready to Store XML     209
XML and All That CRUD     211
Creating Data     211
Retrieving Data with SQL and XQuery     213
Updating and Deleting Data     215
Self-Describing XML     217
The Other Way to Store XML Data     218
The Other Way to Produce XML Data     221
Wrap Up     221
The DB2 Developer Workbenth     223
The Eclipse Platform     224
About the DB2 Development Center     224
A Tour of the Developer Workbench Views and Features     225
The Database Explorer View     226
The Data Project Explorer View     232
SQL Development     233
Routine Development     235
SQLJ Support     239
Comparison Utility     242
XML Development     243
Teaming Support     249
Visual Explain Facility     249
Wrap Up     249
Other Application Development Topics     251
Toad: It's Not Just for Oracle Anymore     252
Other Enhancements for Application Developers     254
Deploying Your Applications     256
Wrap Up     259
Security Enhancements
Label-Based Access Control     263
Security Levels     264
LBAC Overview     266
What LBAC Does Not Prevent     267
SECADM Authority     268
Defining Security Label Components     269
Security Labels     269
Defining Security Policies     270
Set Label Comparisons     271
Array Label Comparisons     272
Tree-Label Comparisons     273
Defining a Security Policy     274
Defining Security Labels     275
Creating Protected Tables     276
Column Security     277
Row Security     278
Row and Column Security     278
Table Security     279
Granting Security Labels to Users     280
LBAC Exemptions     280
Bringing It All Together: Using Protected Tables     283
Inserting with Protected Rows     283
Selecting from Tables with Protected Rows     286
Inserting with Protected Columns     288
Selecting from Tables with Protected Columns     289
Removing or Modifying LBAC Definitions     291
Modifying Security Definitions     292
Referential Integrity and Constraint Checking     292
Referential Integrity     292
Check Constraints     292
Primary and Unique Key Constraints     293
Wrap Up     293
Additiond Security Enhancements     295
SECADM Authority     296
LDAP Security Plug-in     297
LDAP Plug-in Availability     297
Implementing LDAP     298
Transfer Ownership     298
SETSESSIONUSER Privilege     299
RESTRICT on Database Create      300
Wrap Up     302
Sharp Enhancements
Table Partitioning     305
Table Partitioning: What Is It and Why Use It?     306
Creating a Range-Partitioned Table     309
Defining Ranges     310
Partition Elimination     311
Inserts and Updates     311
Open-Ended Ranges     312
Special Values     312
Inclusive and Exclusive Bounds     313
Implicit Bounds     314
Naming Partitions     314
Handling NULL Values     315
Computing Ranges: Short Syntax     316
Open-Ended Ranges with Computed Ranges     317
Partitioning on Multiple Columns     318
Storage Mapping of Range-Partitioned Tables     318
New Operations for Roll-Out and Roll-In     321
Adding Partitions to an Existing Table     321
Set Integrity Processing     323
Data Availability During Attach and Set Integrity Processing     324
Deleting Partitions from on Existing Table     325
Data Availability During Attach and Set Integrity Processing     327
Asynchronous Index Cleanup ofter DETACH     328
Additional Considerations for Range Partitioning      329
Migration from a UNION ALL View     329
Using MDC with Table Partitioning     330
Compression and Table Partitioning     331
Wrap Up     332
Larger Table Space Support     333
Table Spaces     334
Original Row Identifier Format     334
DB2 9 Row Idenfifiers     336
Creating Large Table Spaces     337
Migrating to Large Table Spaces     341
Considerations for Using Table Spaces     345
Indexes     346
Allow Reverse Scans     346
Considerations for Using Large Indexes     347
Wrap Up     347
Row Compression     349
Row Compression Basics     351
How Compression Works     351
Compressing Tables     352
How Best to Create Compressed Tables     354
Statistical Information on Compressed Tables     355
Estimating Storage Sovings from Compression     355
Dictionary Storage and Size     357
Adding Data to a Compressed Table     357
Using Compression with Table Partitioning     358
Using Compression with the Database Partitioning Feature     358
Compression Restrictions      359
Rules of Thumb for Compressed Tables     360
Wrap Up     360
Storage Savings     361
Performance Benefits     361
High-Availability Enhancements     363
Minimizing Unplanned Outages     364
Connection Timeout     364
Rebuild Partial Database     367
Redirected Restore Scripting     369
Engine Trap Data Collection     374
Server Hang Data Collection     375
Catch Errors and Gather Problem Determination Data     376
Change Point in Time for Recover     377
Rollforward Output Shows UTC or Local Time     378
Minimizing Planned Outages     380
In Place Alter Table     380
Retrieve List of Files for Comprehensive Backup     383
ADMIN_CMD for Wore Commond/Utility Processing     385
Wrap Up     388
Additional SHARP Enhancements     389
Internet Protocol Version 6     390
Operating System Support     391
Migration Support     393
Statistical Views     394
Enabling Statistical Views     395
Statistical View Example     395
MQT Enhancements      397
MQT Design     398
MQT Performance Enhancements     400
MQT Maintenance     401
MQT and NULL Columns     401
Large Page Size on AIX     401
Fast Communication Manager     402
SAP Optimization Enhancements     402
SAP Optimizotion     402
Automatic AVG_APPLS     403
Limiting Query Temp Space     403
Wrap Up     404
Index     405

Condemned or Office 2003 Bible

2009-12-01T11:43:00.000-08:00

Condemned: Criminal Origins: Prima Official Game Guide

Author: Prima Temp Authors

Condemned: Criminal Origins - PRIMA Official Game Guide will reveal the complete game experience for the player. With info on all weapons and comparisons of their efficacy, locations of every Achievement, and all forensic tools detailed the customer will learn all they need to survive the game. Plus enemy info and strategies, and how to unlock each of the four endings will be included.

Office 2003 Bible

Author: Allen Wyatt

Targets how to effectively and efficiently use data, text, and graphics from one Office application in another Office application.

• Features less emphasis on macros and programming and more focus on enhancements.

• Improved content and topical selection compared to previous editions.

	Preface
Pt. I	Getting Started
Pt. II	Using Word
Pt. III	Using Excel
Pt. IV	Using Outlook
Pt. V	Using PowerPoint
Pt. VI	Using Access
Pt. VII	Office and the Web
Pt. VIII	Collaborating in Office
Pt. IX	Customizing and Automating Office
	App. A: Describes the content of the accompanying CD-ROM
	App. B: "Optimizing Your Office Installation," provides a few tips on using Office Setup

InDesign CS2 for Macintosh Windows or Microsoft Works 2000 for Dummies

2009-11-30T07:32:00.000-08:00

InDesign CS2 for Macintosh & Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Author: Sandee Cohen

You already know why it makes sense for you to learn Adobe InDesign: because major magazines, newspapers, book publishers, ad agencies, graphic-design firms, and corporate creative groups worldwide use it to increase productivity and refine creative results. And you need to get up to speed on the very newest version--Adobe InDesign CS2--today! Enter Adobe InDesign CS2 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide. Using the task-based, visual approach that has become the hallmark of Peachpit's popular Visual QuickStart Guides, this volume provides a fast, easy, comprehensive introduction to everything InDesign. You'll learn about all aspects of the InDesign interface, including its tools and palettes, as well as how to create documents and master pages, import and style text and objects, automate your work, manage long documents, use the Bezier pen tools,create interactive PDF elements, and work with color. You'll also learn how to use the new Adobe Bridge file browser to locate, manage, and drag and drop assets easily into your InDesign layouts. You’ll find a new chapter on working with InCopy, complete coverage of more advanced topics (like preflighting and advanced text control) and a thorough introduction to all of InDesign's productivity-enhancing features and tools.

Ch. 1	Getting started	1
Ch. 2	Document setup	17
Ch. 3	Basic text	49
Ch. 4	Working with objects	81
Ch. 5	Working in color	117
Ch. 6	Styling objects	147
Ch. 7	Pen and beziers	179
Ch. 8	Imported graphics	193
Ch. 9	Text effects	231
Ch. 10	Pages and books	251
Ch. 11	Layers	289
Ch. 12	Libraries and snippets	297
Ch. 13	Tabs and tables	305
Ch. 14	Automating your work	341
Ch. 15	Text and object styles	367
Ch. 16	Typography controls	399
Ch. 17	Color management	415
Ch. 18	Interactive PDF elements	423
Ch. 19	Output	459
Ch. 20	Exporting	491
Ch. 21	Customizing inDesign	519

Interesting book: Dishes of Africa or Slice of Life

Microsoft Works 2000 for Dummies

Author: David Kay

Congratulations! Instead of blowing several hundred bucks on the biggest and most muscle-bound word processor, database program, spreadsheet program, graphics, and communications software you can find, you're using Microsoft Works 2000 – a program that can do probably everything you need for a lot less trouble and money.

Now it's time to stretch out your fingers and get ready to put this software to work. This step-by-step guide is for those people who

• Want to learn about their software without being bored silly

• Feel as though there should be a manual to explain the software manual

• Actually want to get some work done. Soon. Like today.

• Don't want to wade through a lot of technical gibberish/

• Don't think the way computer software engineers seem to think.

This book describes how to use all the programs of Microsoft Works 2000, separately and together, plus some introductory things on Windows, disks, and other basics. In this book, you'll explore the following topics and more:

• Window basics (opening, closing, and painting them shut)

• Word processing (like food processing, only messier)

• Spreadsheets (for soft, comfortable naps on your spreadbed)

• Databases (for storing all your baseless data)

• Graphics (for charting uncharted waters and general doodling)

• Calendarification, Calendarizing? (Using a calendar program)

• Web browsing (for schmoozing the Internet's World Wide Web)

• Newsgroups (for ranting about your petpeeves)

• E-mail (for sending and receiving messages and files)

• "Mail merge" of letters, envelopes, and labels (for doing your very own junk mail)

Unlike software manuals, this book doesn't have to deliver a positive message about the software, so it doesn't breathlessly try to show you everything you could possibly do. Nor does it describe, as a manual does, every button and command. Instead, it focuses on the everyday things you have to do, gives you some background, points you toward shortcuts, and steers you around some of the stuff you probably don't need.

Hands on Guide to Flash Video or JavaServer Faces

2009-11-29T03:20:00.000-08:00

Hands-on Guide to Flash Video: Web Video and Flash Media Server

Author: Stefan Richter

The Hands-On Guide to Flash Video is a professional reference book written by industry experts that are currently helping professionals produce Web video and implement Flash Media Server. This book covers Flash Video production from soup to nuts, beginning with how to configure your camcorder and ending to advanced server techniques like bandwidth detection and FMS logging and reporting. Real word lessons from case studies of successful Flash Video deployments are also included.

Supplemental files located at: flashvideobook.com

By reading this book, you'll learn to:

* Shoot high quality video for streaming
* Choose the best encoder and encoding techniques for producing Flash Video
* Deploy Flash Video via progressive download or via the Flash Media Server.
* Create and light a compression friendly set
* Deinterlace and preprocess your video prior to encoding
* Choose encoding parameters like data rate, resolution and frame rate
* Optimize encoding with Sorenson Squeeze, Flix Pro and the Adobe Flash Video Encoder
* Shoot and produce chromakey video for alpha channel delivery
* Customize a Flash player via skinning, and use Cue Points for navigation
* Setup, install, and maintain Flash Media Server

Key Features Include:

* Advanced Flash Media Server guidance and support
* Tecniques for shooting Web video specifically for Flash streaming
* Author tips from "in the trenches" experiences from two industry experts
* Case studies show you real-world examples of successful Flash video deployment

New interesting book: Secrets of Pilates or Trans Fats

JavaServer Faces: The Complete Reference

Author: Chris Schalk

Ideal for the 3+ million Java developers, this fast-paced tutorial offers in-depth coverage of JavaServer Faces (JSF) -- Sun Microsystem's Web application architecture for the future. Co-written by the #1 JSF expert in the Java community, this book offers the most complete resource on JSF available. * Extensive coverage on JSF custom component development* Serves as a thorough introduction to AJAX technology and techniques* Numerous custom JSF component examples including AJAX enabled components provided

Chris Schalk is a principal product manager and lead JSF evangelist for Oracle's application server and development tools division.

Ed Burns is a senior staff engineer at Sun Microsystems, Inc., and has led the development of JavaServer Faces technology since its inception. He currently co-leads a team of experts from across the industry in the continued development of JSF.

James Holmes is a leading Java Web development authority. He is a committer on the Struts project and the author of Struts: The Complete Reference.

Edited by Herbert Schildt, Java authority and bestselling author of Java: The Complete Reference.

PART I: The JavaServer Faces Framework

Chapter 1: Introduction to JavaServer Faces

Chapter 2: Building a Simple JavaServer Faces Application

Chapter 3: The JavaServer Faces Request Processing Lifecycle

Chapter 4: Managed Beans and the JSF Expression Language

Chapter 5: The Navigation Model

Chapter 6: The User Interface Component Model

Chapter 7: Converting and Validating Data

Chapter 8: The JSF Event Model

PART II: Extending JavaServer Faces

Chapter 9: Applying JSF: Introducing the Virtual Trainer Application

Chapter 10: Building Custom UI Components

Chapter 11: Building AJAX JSF Components

Chapter 12: Building Non-UI Custom Components

Chapter 13: Alternate View Description Technology and Facelets

Part III: Applying JavaServer Faces

Chapter 14: Localization and Accessibility with JavaServer Faces

Chapter 15: Securing JavaServer Faces Applications

Chapter 16: Automated Testing and Debugging of JavaServer Faces Applications

Part IV: JavaServer Faces Tools and Libraries

Chapter 17: Developing JSF Applications with Visual Development Environments

Chapter 18: The JavaServer Faces Configuration File

Chapter 19: The Standard JSF Component Library

Chapter 20: The MyFaces Implementation and Component Library

Part V: Appendices

Appendix A: Faces Console Quick Reference

Appendix B: Third-Party JSF Component Libraries

Appendix C: Migrating from Struts to Faces

Appendix D: JSF Futures: Apache Shale

INDEX

Web Design for ROI or SQL Third Edition

2009-11-27T23:09:00.000-08:00

Web Design for ROI: Turning Browsers into Buyers and Prospects into Leads

Author: Lance Loveday

This book, intended for online marketers, web site managers, business professionals, programmers, and information architects, focuses on designing web sites to achieve organizational objectives. The strategic role of various page types (home page, product page, category page, landing page, shopping cart, etc.) are discussed along with examples and case studies of each. Lists of design considerations and specific recommendations for what works are also included. This book demonstrates the relationship between design, user experience, and site/business metrics.

Look this: Public Opinion or Grover Cleveland

SQL, Third Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide Series)

Author: Chris Fehily

SQL is a standard interactive and programming language for querying and modifying data and managing databases. This task-based tutorial and reference guide takes the mystery out learning and applying SQL. After going over the relational database model and SQL syntax in the first few chapters, veteran author Chris Fehily immediately launches into the tasks that will get readers comfortable with SQL. In addition to covering all the SQL basics, this thoroughly updated reference contains a wealth of in-depth SQL knowledge and serves as an excellent reference for more experienced users.

The Laws of Cool or The Economics of Information Technology

2009-11-26T18:55:00.000-08:00

The Laws of Cool: Knowledge Work and the Culture of Information

Author: Alan Liu

Knowledge work is now the reigning business paradigm and affects even the world of higher education. But what perspective can the knowledge of the humanities and arts contribute to a world of knowledge work whose primary mission is business? And what is the role of information technology as both the servant of the knowledge economy and the medium of a new technological cool? In The Laws of Cool, Alan Liu reflects on these questions as he considers the emergence of new information technologies and their profound influence on the forms and practices of knowledge.

	Introduction : literature and creative destruction	1
Pt. I	The new enlightenment
	Preface : "unnice work" : knowledge work and the academy	14
1	The idea of knowledge work	23
Pt. II	Ice ages
	Preface : "we work here, but we're cool"	76
2	Automating	81
3	Informating	105
4	Networking	141
Pt. III	The laws of cool
	Preface : "what's cool?"	176
5	The ethos of information	181
6	Information is style	195
7	The feeling of information	231
8	Cyber-politics and bad attitude	239
Pt. IV	Humanities and arts in the age of knowledge work
	Preface : "more"	286
9	The tribe of cool	289
10	Historicizing cool : humanities in the information age	301
11	Destructive creativity : the arts in the information age	317
12	Speaking of history : toward an alliance of new humanities and new arts (with a prolegomenon on the future literary)	373
App. A	Taxonomy of knowledge work	391
App. B	Chronology of downsizing (through the 1990s)	394
App. C	"Ethical hacking" and art	396

Look this: Anlagengebäude & Gemeinschaftsentwicklung

The Economics of Information Technology: An Introduction (The Raffaele Mattioli Lectures Series)

Author: Hal R Varian

The Economics of Information Technology is a concise and accessible review of important economic factors affecting information technology industries. These industries are characterized by high fixed costs and low marginal costs of production, large switching costs for users, and strong network effects. Hal Varian outlines the basic economics of these industries while Joseph Farrell and Carl Shapiro describe the impact of these factors on competition policy. The volume is an ideal introduction for undergraduate and graduate students in economics, business strategy, law and related areas.

Play Between Worlds or Clinical Decision Support

2009-11-25T14:44:00.000-08:00

Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture

Author: T L Taylor

In Play Between Worlds, T. L. Taylor examines multiplayer gaming life as it is lived on the borders, in the gaps--as players slip in and out of complex social networks that cross online and offline space. Taylor questions the common assumption that playing computer games is an isolating and alienating activity indulged in by solitary teenage boys. Massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs), in which thousands of players participate in a virtual game world in real time, are in fact actively designed for sociability. Games like the popular Everquest, she argues, are fundamentally social spaces.

Taylor's detailed look at Everquest offers a snapshot of multiplayer culture. Drawing on her own experience as an Everquest player (as a female Gnome Necromancer)--including her attendance at an Everquest Fan Faire, with its blurring of online-and offline life--and extensive research, Taylor not only shows us something about games but raises broader cultural issues. She considers "power gamers," who play in ways that seem closer to work, and examines our underlying notions of what constitutes play--and why play sometimes feels like work and may even be painful, repetitive, and boring. She looks at the women who play Everquest and finds they don't fit the narrow stereotype of women gamers, which may cast into doubt our standardized and preconceived ideas of femininity. And she explores the questions of who owns game space--what happens when emergent player culture confronts the major corporation behind the game.

Interesting book: Poor Eaters or Aromaterapia Libro Practico

Clinical Decision Support: The Road Ahead

Author: Robert A Greenes

This book examines the nature of medical knowledge, how it is obtained, and how it can be used for decision support. It provides complete coverage of computational approaches to clinical decision-making. Chapters discuss data integration into healthcare information systems and delivery to point of care for providers, as well as facilitation of direct to consumer access. A case study section highlights critical lessons learned, while another portion of the work examines biostatistical methods including data mining, predictive modelling, and analysis. This book additionally addresses organizational, technical, and business challenges in order to successfully implement a computer-aided decision-making support system in healthcare delivery.

Alan Simpsons Windows Vista Bible Desktop Edition or Schaums Outline of Programming with FORTRAN 77

2009-02-22T15:36:00.000-08:00

Alan Simpson's Windows Vista Bible, Desktop Edition

Author: Alan Simpson

Check out the best of Windows Vista in this handy desktop-size resource. This convenient reference is drawn from the very best of bestselling author Alan Simpson’s Alan Simpson’s Windows Vista Bible. You’ll discover how to master the basics of PCs and operating systems, get started on Vista, and move ahead to multimedia, adding security, building a network, and more. You’ll even find special tips, workarounds, and advice on how to deal with Vista’s quirkier aspects.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: Beginner’s Crash Course.

Chapter 1: Getting Started.

Chapter 2: Workin’ It.

Chapter 3: Getting Help When You Need It.

Part II: Programs, Documents, and Folders.

Chapter 4: Running Programs.

Chapter 5: Navigating Your Folders.

Chapter 6: Working with Documents.

Chapter 7: Type, Edit, Copy, and Paste.

Chapter 8: Printing Documents.

Part III Using the Internet.

Chapter 9: Getting Online.

Chapter 10: Browsing the World Wide Web.

Chapter 11: Sending and Receiving E-mail.

Chapter 12: Chatting and Interacting Using the Internet.

Chapter 13: Keeping It Safe.

Part IV: Fun with Multimedia.

Chapter 14: Using Your Camera and Scanner.

Chapter 15: Playing with Pictures and the Photo Gallery.

Chapter 16: Music and Video with Media Player 11.

Chapter 17: Managing Music, Making CDs.

Chapter 18: Making Home Movies.

Part V: Getting Organized, Staying Organized.

Chapter 19: Managing Files and Folders.

Chapter 20: Finding Things on Your Computer.

Chapter 21: Using Your Hard Drive.

Chapter 22: Using Floppies, Thumb Drives, CDs, and DVDs.

Chapter 23: Working with Compressed (Zip) Files.

Chapter 24: Managing Your Time, Tasks, and Appointments.

Part VI: Have ItYour Way.

Chapter 25: Creating and Managing User Accounts.

Chapter 26: Personalizing Your Desktop.

Chapter 27: Using Parental Controls.

Chapter 28: Speech, Writing, and Other Accessibility.

Chapter 29: Expanding Your System.

Chapter 30: Disaster Prevention and Recovery.

Part VII: Connecting Your Computers.

Chapter 31: Design and Create Your Own Network.

Chapter 32: Sharing Things on a Network.

Appendix A: Installing Windows Vista.

Appendix B: Shortcut Key Quick Reference.

Index.

New interesting textbook: Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics Second Edition or Magic Lantern Guides

Schaum's Outline of Programming with FORTRAN 77

Author: Willam E Mayo

If you want fast mastery of Fortran 77 and top grades, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have! Inside, you will find: 326 detailed problems, with step-by-step solutions; hundreds of additional practice problems, with answers supplied; clear explanations of algorithm development, program design, control structures, loops, arrays, subprograms, and data files; and plenty of example code, as well as thorough coverage of debugging techniques. Whether used alone for independent study or with a class text, this popular SchaumÕs Outline is your ticket to a fast learning curve with Fortran 77!

He has been an active ATM Forum board member and technical committee chairperson. Recognized as a leader in ATM traffic management, McDysan is a frequent speaker and teacher at industry conferences. He lives in Richardson, Texas.Darren L. Spohn is Chief Technology Officer of NetSolve, Inc., whre he manages the company’s engineering, product development, and business development efforts. Previously he worked at MCI, where he held a number of critical engineering, marketing, and management positions in the development of advanced data networks. He lives in Austin, Texas.David E. McDysan is Director of Strategic Planning of ATM Services at MCI.

Foundation Form Creation with Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES or How to Write and Publish Your Own eBook in as Little as 7 Days

2009-02-21T11:25:00.000-08:00

Foundation Form Creation with Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES

Author: Kelly Wardrop

In this book, you'll learn how to use the advanced features in LiveCycle Designer ES, including ways to encourage your form users to return data correctly and promptly and with minimal effort on their behalf. You will discover how to create compelling and efficient forms and how to integrate forms with data using XML and WSDL technologies. You'll see and understand just how simply and quickly an intuitive form can be created and then customized and implemented or dispatched to the user using JavaScript and FormCalc scripting techniques.

How to Write and Publish Your Own eBook in as Little as 7 Days

Author: Jim Edwards

How to write and publish your own OUTRAGEOUSLY Profitable eBook in as little as 7 days even if you can't write, can't type and failed high school English class! Discover the secrets to having your own, outrageously profitable ebook written and published as quickly as ... only 7 days from today!

Software Systems Architecture or PostgreSQL

2009-02-20T07:12:00.000-08:00

Software Systems Architecture: Working with Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives

Author: Nick Rozanski

Software Systems Architecture is a practitioner-oriented guide to designing and implementing effective architectures for information systems. It is both a readily accessible introduction to software architecture and an invaluable handbook of well-established best practices. It shows why the role of the architect is central to any successful information-systems development project, and, by presenting a set of architectural viewpoints and perspectives, provides specific direction for improving your own and your organization's approach to software systems architecture.

With this book you will learn how to
• Design an architecture that reflects and balances the different needs of its stakeholders
• Communicate the architecture to stakeholders and demonstrate that it has met their requirements
• Focus on architecturally significant aspects of design, including frequently overlooked areas such as performance, resilience, and location
• Use scenarios and patterns to drive the creation and validation of your architecture
• Document your architecture as a set of related views
• Use perspectives to ensure that your architecture exhibits important qualities such as performance, scalability, and security

The architectural viewpoints and perspectives presented in the book also provide a valuable long-term reference source for new and experienced architects alike.

Whether you are an aspiring or practicing software architect, you will find yourself referring repeatedly to the practical advice in this book throughout the lifecycle of your projects.

A supporting Web site containing further information can be found atwww.viewpoints-and-perspectives.info

Go to: Arthritis or Not in My Family

PostgreSQL

Author: Korry Douglas

The second edition of the best-selling PostgreSQL has been updated to completely cover new features and capabilities of the 8.0 version of PostgreSQL. You will be lead through the internals of the powerful PostgreSQL open source database chapter, offering an easy-to-read, code-based approach that makes it easy to understand how each feature is implemented, how to best use each feature, and how to get more performance from database applications. This definitive guide to building, programming and administering the powerful PostgreSQL open-source database system will help you harness one of the most widely used open source, enterprise-level database systems.

1	Introduction to PostgreSQL and SQL	9
2	Working with data in PostgreSQL	77
3	PostgreSQL SQL syntax and use	139
4	Performance	189
5	Introduction to PostgreSQL programming	241
6	Extending PostgreSQL	253
7	PL/pgSQL	305
8	The PostgreSQL C API - libpq	361
9	A simpler C API - libpgeasy	405
10	The new PostgreSQL C++ API - libpqxx	421
11	Embedding SQL commands in C programs - ecpg	465
12	Using PostgreSQL from an ODBC client application	501
13	Using PostgreSQL from a Java client application	543
14	Using PostgreSQL with Perl	573
15	Using PostgreSQL with PHP	613
16	Using PostgreSQL with Tcl and Tcl/Tk	645
17	Using PostgreSQL with Python	683
18	Npgsql : the .NET data provider	707
19	Other useful programming tools	743
20	Introduction to PostgreSQL administration	777
21	PostgreSQL administration	783
22	Internationalization and localization	881
23	Security	899
24	Replicating PostgreSQLData with Slony	925
25	Contributed modules	947

Adobe InDesign CS3 Bible or The Elder Scrolls IV

2009-02-19T03:01:00.000-08:00

Adobe InDesign CS3 Bible

Author: Galen Gruman

While QuarkXPress has been the most-widely used page-layout program in the world, Adobe InDesign is rapidly gaining ground with better typography and transparency features, speedier performance, and more overall control. Learn InDesign now from respected InDesign and QuarkXPress expert Galen Gruman. He packs this book with real-world insights from publishing pros who use InDesign in critical projects, shows you the program's innovative architecture and functionality, and tells you everything you need to know to get up to speed. Whether an experienced designer, a novice, or somewhere in between, you'll find all the real-world tips and techniques you're looking for in this comprehensive reference.

	Foreword: Your Guide to InDesign's Challenge
	Foreword: Getting the Most from InDesign
	Foreword: The InDesign Mission
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Welcome to InDesign	1
Ch. 1	What InDesign Can Do for You	3
Ch. 2	A Tour of InDesign	23
Ch. 3	Getting InDesign Ready to Go	63
Ch. 4	Creating, Opening, and Saving Documents	97
Pt. II	Frame and Line Fundamentals	115
Ch. 5	Adding Text Frames, Picture Frames, and Lines	117
Ch. 6	Manipulating Frames and Lines	127
Ch. 7	Orchestrating Objects	149
Ch. 8	Time-Saving Techniques	163
Pt. III	Text Fundamentals	171
Ch. 9	Preparing Text Files for Import	173
Ch. 10	Working with Text	189
Ch. 11	Flowing Text Through a Document	213
Ch. 12	Specifying Character Formats	235
Ch. 13	Specifying Paragraph Formats	257
Ch. 14	Setting Up Tabs and Tables	275
Ch. 15	Setting Up Styles	293
Pt. IV	Typography Fundamentals	309
Ch. 16	Fundamental Typography	311
Ch. 17	Creating Special Text Formatting	337
Ch. 18	Working with Special Characters	359
Ch. 19	Treating Text as Artwork	371
Pt. V	Picture Fundamentals	381
Ch. 20	Preparing Picture Files for Import	383
Ch. 21	Importing Pictures	395
Ch. 22	Modifying Imported Pictures	409
Ch. 23	Special Effects for Pictures	427
Pt. VI	Drawing Fundamentals	441
Ch. 24	Drawing Free-Form Shapes and Curved Paths	443
Ch. 25	Modifying Shapes and Paths	457
Ch. 26	Special Effects for Drawings	469
Pt. VII	Color Fundamentals	479
Ch. 27	Defining Colors and Gradients	481
Ch. 28	Preparing for Color Prepress	503
Pt. VIII	Page Fundamentals	519
Ch. 29	Creating Layout Standards	521
Ch. 30	Working with Layers	547
Ch. 31	Working with Pages	563
Pt. IX	Output Fundamentals	577
Ch. 32	Preparing for Printing	579
Ch. 33	Printing Techniques	611
Ch. 34	Creating Output Files	629
Pt. X	Web Fundamentals	647
Ch. 35	Web-Page Setup	649
Ch. 36	Converting from Print to Web	671
Pt. XI	Advanced Issues	691
Ch. 37	Working with Others	693
Ch. 38	Using Plug-Ins	707
Ch. 39	The Right Toolkit	713
App. A	Installing Adobe InDesign	743
App. B	Most Useful Shortcuts	753
App. C	Top Tips for Using InDesign	769
App. D	Switching from QuarkXPress or PageMaker	781
App. E	What's on the CD-ROM	795
	Index	801
	End-User License Agreement	821
	CD-ROM Installation Instructions	824

Books about: Plain Lives in a Golden Age or Travel Perspectives

The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles: Prima Official Game Guide

Author: Bethesda Softworks

A New Realm, A New Path . . .

·Complete maps for the Main Quest and the realm of Sheogorath.

·Walkthroughs for every quest in the expansion, including the Main Quest and Freeform Quests.

·Detailed bestiary chapter to help you best deal with the strange denizens of the Shivering Isles.

·Complete sections for all new items, ingredients, and more.

·Includes full coverage on Knights of the Nine and Oblivion Downloadable Content.

Solaris 9 For Dummies or Linux Kernel Development

2009-02-17T22:49:00.000-08:00

Solaris 9 For Dummies

Author: David Taylor

Discover new security features and easier installation

Light up your system with a new resource manager, volume manager, and directory server

In the dark about Solaris 9? Open this book and let the sun shine in! It'll help you chart a course for StarOffice, explore CDE and GNOME desktops, and harness Solaris power to configure Web servers, access Internet services, build great Web sites, manage files and directories, and a galaxy of other tasks.

The Dummies Way

• Explanations in plain English

• "Get in, get out" information

• Icons and other navigational aids

• Tear-out cheat sheet

• Top ten lists

• A dash of humor and fun

	Foreword
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Getting Acquainted with Solaris	9
Ch. 1	Logging in and Poking Around	11
Ch. 2	Graphical Window Managers	25
Ch. 3	Interacting with the Shell	55
Ch. 4	Managing Files and Directories	81
Pt. II	The Inevitable Internet Section	105
Ch. 5	Doin' That E-Mail Thing	107
Ch. 6	Exploring the World Wide Web	129
Ch. 7	Creating Web Pages	153
Ch. 8	Accessing Internet Services	167
Pt. III	Becoming Productive with StarOffice	183
Ch. 9	Composing Documents with Writer	185
Ch. 10	The Rest of StarOffice	199
Pt. IV	Editing and Controlling Programs	213
Ch. 11	Exploring Text Files	215
Ch. 12	Editing Files	233
Ch. 13	Controlling Processes	253
Ch. 14	Finding Files	263
Pt. V	Administration and Security Issues	279
Ch. 15	Connecting to the Network	281
Ch. 16	Essential System Administration	293
Ch. 17	Keeping Your System Secure	309
Pt. VI	The Part of Tens	323
Ch. 18	Ten Best Web Sites	325
Ch. 19	Ten Key Security Features	329
Ch. 20	Ten Great Free Add-Ons	333
	Index	337

Interesting textbook: Che Guevara Reader or Modern Utopia

Linux Kernel Development

Author: Robert Lov

The Linux kernel is one of the most important and far-reaching open-source projects. That is why Novell Press is excited to bring you the second edition of Linux Kernel Development, Robert Love's widely acclaimed insider's look at the Linux kernel. This authoritative, practical guide helps developers better understand the Linux kernel through updated coverage of all the major subsystems as well as new features associated with the Linux 2.6 kernel. You'll be able to take an in-depth look at Linux kernel from both a theoretical and an applied perspective as you cover a wide range of topics, including algorithms, system call interface, paging strategies and kernel synchronization. Get the top information right from the source in Linux Kernel Development.

Multithreaded Programming with Java Technology or The Essential Guide to Digital Set Top Boxes and Interactive TV

2009-02-16T18:38:00.000-08:00

Multithreaded Programming with Java Technology

Author: Bil Lewis

Multithreaded Programming with Java Technology is the first complete guide to multithreaded development with the Java 2 platform. Multithreading experts Bil Lewis and Daniel J. Berg cover the underlying structures upon which threads are built; thread construction; and thread lifecycles, including birth, life, death, and cancellation. Next, using extensive code examples, they cover everything developers need to know to make the most of multithreading.

New interesting textbook: Amministrazione della forza di vendite

The Essential Guide to Digital Set-Top Boxes and Interactive TV

Author: Gerard ODriscoll

Everything you need to know about the coming digital interactive TV revolution!

There's a revolution coming to your TV: a digital, interactive, Internet-enabled revolution that will make possible services you've never imagined! The next TV revolution comes with new technologies, new standards, new architectures, and new business paradigms. Finally, there's a single source for up-to-the-minute insight into every aspect of next-generation digital TV: The Essential Guide to Digital Set-Top Boxes and Interactive TV!

From MPEG-4 to middleware, webcasting to Java OS, Gerard O'Driscoll covers the state-of-the-art, comparing the strategies and technologies-and cutting through the hype. Coverage includes all this, and more:

Digital TV building blocks: compression, encoding, modulation, conditional access, transmission, and management
Advanced digital set-tops: features, components, installation, and troubleshooting
Set-top operating systems: JavaOS, Windows CE, David OS-9, PowerTV, VxWorks, pSOS+, Linux, and more
Internet-based TV: set-top Web browsing, webcasting, email, online chat, broadband applications, video on demand, parental controls, and more
Electronic program guides (EPGs): 21st century TV portals
Development, server architecture, middleware, network management, smartcards, MPEG-4, and much more

Whether you're an investor, manager, marketing or PR professional, software developer, or consumer, you need to know where TV is headed, and only one book can show you: The Essential Guide to Digital Set-Top Boxes and Interactive TV!

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The author explores the various industry initiatives and standard bodies that are defining open set-top box technologies, describes the operating systems and middleware products available, and looks at the servers and technologies that are needed to support broadband Internet, intranet and TV-centric applications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

1. Overview of Digital TV.
Terminology. What is Digital Television? International Standard Bodies and Agreements. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB). Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC). Digital Audio Visual Council (DAVIC). European Cable Communications Association (ECCA). CableLabs. W3 Consortium (W3C). Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Building blocks of a Digital TV system. Compression and Encoding. Modulation. Conditional Access System. Network Transmission Technologies. Network Management. Summary.

2. Set-top Hardware Architecture.
Evolution of Advanced Digital Set-tops. Set-top Box Computing Paradigm. Basic Concepts. How a set-top Works. Under the Hood. System Board. Tuner(s). Modulator and Demodulator. Demultiplexer and Decryptor. Decoders. Graphics Processor. Central Processing Unit. Memory Configuration. Storage Devices. Physical Interfaces. Installing a digital set-top. Troubleshooting an installation. Summary.

3. Set-top Real-time Operating Systems.
Architecture of a Set-top OS. Choice of Set-top OSs. PowerTV OS. VxWorks. pSOSystem. Microware's DAVID OS-9. Microsoft's Windows CE. Java OS for Consumers. Linux. Summary.

4. Set-top Middleware and APIs.
Middleware concepts. Virtual machines. HTML Virtual Machine. JavaScript Virtual Machine. Personal Java Virtual Machine. MHEG-5. Middleware Standards. Multimedia Home Platform (MHP). DTV Application Software Environment (DASE). AdvancedTelevision Enhancement Forum (ATVEF). Set-top Middleware Choices. OpenTV. PowerTV. WebTV for Microsoft's TVPAK Platform. MediaHighway. Liberate eNavigator. PlanetWeb. Summary.

5. Set-top Specifications and Platforms.
Categories of digital set-tops. Eurobox. OpenCable. Sky Series 2200. CT5000+. Nokia MediaMaster T. Motorola Streamaster. The Explorer Set-top Family from Scientific-Atlanta. Implementations. Summary.

6. Set-top Application Development.
Developing for a set-top environment versus a PC environment. Set-top Application Development Cycle. Application Development Environments. OpenTV Application Development. Windows CE Application Development. Personal Java Application Development. Developing DVB Java Applications. Developing MediaHighway applications. Developing PowerTV applications. Developing MHEG-5 applications. Developing Liberate applications. Summary.

7. Set-top Internet Applications.
About the Internet. Understanding TCP/IP. About Internet Addresses. Subnetting an IP Broadband Network. Future of IP Addressing. Domain Name System. Assigning IP Addresses to Set-tops. Security policies and Firewalls. Introduction to Web browsing. Set-top Browsers. Functional Overview. Set-top Web Browser Application. Web Server. Set-top Proxy Server Software. High-speed Internet connection. How Set-top Web Browsing Works. Choosing a Set-top Browser Platform. Introduction to Set-top E-mail. How Set-top E-mail Works. Set-top E-mail Clients. Set-top E-mail Security. The Set-top E-mail Marketplace. Online Chat. Webcasting. How Webcasting Works? Summary.

8. Set-top Intranet Applications.
About Intranets. Choice of broadband Intranet applications. Client/Server Computing. Set-top Home Banking. Set-top E-commerce. Set-top Education. Set-top Gaming. Set-top Weather. TV Broadcast Services. Electronic Program Guides. Interactive Channel Browser. Pay Per View (PPV). Video on Demand. Near Video on Demand. Teletext. Parental Control. Summary.

9. Electronic Program Guides.
Basic EPGs. Advanced EPGs. Why EPGs look the way they do. Future EPG Developments. The Mediators (1997). TV-internet EPG Project. Case Study. Summary.

10. Set-top Server Architecture.
Overview of server architecture. Application Server(s). Database Server(s). Web Server(s). Transaction Server(s). Commerce Server(s). Personalization and Membership Servers. Broadcast Server. OpenTV. Application Streamer. Broadcast Streamer. Microsoft TV Server. Windows 2000 Server Family. Site Server (Commerce Edition). SQL Server 7.0. TVPAK Server. Microsoft Commercial Internet Server. MSN Portal Services. Network Management. Summary.

11. Set-top Smart Card Technologies.
Architecture of set-top Smart Cards. CPU. RAM. ROM. EEPROM. I/O Serial Interface. Smart card Security. Smart card Software. Java Card from Sun Microsystems. MultOS from MasterCard. Microsoft's Smart Card for Windows. Visa Open Platform. Summary.

12. Set-top Enhanced TV.
Fundamentals. Benefits of enhanced TV. General Principles of Designing for a TV environment. Screen Resolution. Navigation. Font Dimensions, Colors, and Lines. Computer and Multimedia Standards. Audiences. Download Times. Content Standardization for Set-tops. Authoring Enhanced TV Content for ATVEF-compliant Set-tops. Authoring Enhanced TV Content for DASE-compliant Set-tops. Authoring Enhanced TV Content for MHP-compliant Set-tops. Delivering Enhanced TV Content. Levels of Interactivity. Basic Interactivity. Advanced Interactivity. Summary.

13. Advanced Set-top Features.
MPEG-4 Support. Home Networks. Wireline Home Networks. Wireless Home Networks. Set-top Home Networking Middleware. Voice Recognition. Personalization Technologies. Summary. For Further Information. Further Reading.

Index.

Improve NET Design Your Own Compilers or Digital Gehry

2009-02-15T14:26:00.000-08:00

Improve .NET! Design Your Own Compilers

Author: Edward G Nilges

All software developers use languages, which are the fundamental tool of the trade. Despite curiosity about how languages work, few developers actually understand how. Unfortunately, most texts on language and compiler development are hard to digest, written from academic platforms for use in college-level computer science programs. On the other hand, Build Your Own .NET Language and Compiler demystifies compiler and language development, and makes the subjects palatable for all programmers.

This practical book presents techniques that you can apply to everyday work. You'll learn to add scripts and macro languages to your applications, add runtime expression evaluation to their applications, and generate code immediately. Further, you will learn parsing techniques, which are essential to extract information from any structured form of data--like text files, user input, XML, or HTML. As a bonus, the book includes a complete QuickBasic compatible compiler with source code that works. The compiler illustrates the book's techniques and acts as a versatile .NET language.

Look this: Aldo Leopold or Supreme Court Opinions of Clarence Thomas 1991 2006

Digital Gehry: Material Resistance, Digital Construction

Author: Bruce Lindsay

Frank O. Gehry, born in 1929, founded his own architectural firm in Los Angeles in 1962, and since the building of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, he is undoubtedly among the ranks of international architecture superstars. His buildings are complex constructions, with curves and distortions, skilful plastic shapes which never cease to surprise with their breath-taking spatial effects.

To create these daring designs, Gehry makes extensive use of the latest electronic tools, physical models are transformed into digital models using software and hardware which has been adapted from the space industry and medical research. This book provides a colourful insight into Gehry's design methods and the creative process behind his fantastic buildings.

Author Biography: Bruce Lindsay studied at the Yale School of Architecture; he is now Associate Head at the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh (USA).

Microsoft Office Word 2003 or Malicious Bots

2009-02-12T06:22:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office Word 2003: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques, CourseCa

Author: Gary B Shelly

For the past three decades, the Shelly Cashman Series® has effectively introduced computers to millions of students, consistently providing the highest quality, most up-to-date, and innovative materials in computer education. Enjoy the proven step-by-step style and improved office 2003 updates of the Shelly Cashman Series® Word 2003 textbook to enhance your Office application skills today!

Interesting textbook: Cafe Food at Home or Chicken Etc

Malicious Bots: An Inside Look Into the Cyber-Criminal Underground of the Internet

Author: Ken Dunham

Originally designed to sabotage or annihilate websites, computerized "Bots" are increasingly used in mass spamming events, fraud, extortion, identity theft, and software theft. Once they are loose on the Internet there is no controlling the harm they can inflict. With more than 26 years of information security experience between them, Dunham and Melnick provide a much needed a resource for understanding the scope, sophistication, and criminal uses of bots and how to more proactively protect against them. They examine the top bot attacks against financial and government networks over the last four years and reveal the who, how, and why behind them.

Preface     ix
Acknowledgments and Permissions     xi
About the Authors     xiii
Introduction to Bots     1
Thr34t Security Krew and the TK Worm     7
The Investigation of the Thr34t Krew   Lance Mueller     9
First DYNDNS Account (BestIce)     12
Second DYNDNS Account (Phreeze)     16
Third DYNDNS Account (D00M)     19
Seth Fogie     21
Help with Additional Technical Details     23
A Trip Across the Pond     23
Sitexec     25
DiSice     26
XaNiTH     28
Sitexec     30
Second Search Warrant Sweep     30
Jadaka     30
Mr40     31
Thr34t Krew Investigation: Concluding Comments     31
Demonstration: How a Hacker Launches a Botnet Attack     33
Step 1: Find, Modify, and Build a Bot     33
Step 2: Customize the Binary for Attack     35
Step 3: Launch the Attack     37
Step 4: Managing the Botherd     37
Step 5: Payloads, with an Emphasis on "Pay"     39
Introduction to the Use of Botnets in Criminal Activity     41
Timeline     41
Bots: A Pathway to Criminalization of the Information Age     44
Bots: The Integrated Business Solution for Criminals     45
"Botmasters" Who Were Caught     46
International Botnet Task Force Conferences     47
Operation "Bot Roast" I and II     47
How Big Do Botnets Need to Be to Pose a Serious Threat?     48
Peering Inside the IRC Botnet     50
Post-IRC-Based Bots     50
Botnet Attack Statistics     52
Botnet Features and the Criminal Enterprise     54
A Modular Approach to Botnets: A Major Aid to Criminals     54
Granular Spreading Capabilities     55
A "Service Bot"     55
The Degradation Feature of Botnets and Its Impact on Criminal Activity     56
Botherds Through the Eyes of a Criminal Mind     57
Criminal Vectors Utilizing Bots     57
Theft of Sensitive Information     57
DDoS Attacks and Extortion     58
Bot for Rent or Hire     60
Spam     63
Spam Bots and Criminalization     65
Pump-and-Dump Fraud     66
Covert Communications     67
Click Fraud and Affiliate Abuse     68
Adware Abuse      69
Taking Out the Competition     70
Botnets and the eCrime Cycle: The iSIGHT Partners' Approach     71
Technical Introduction to Bots     75
Common Ports     75
Command and Control Strategies     76
IRC C&C     76
Peer-to-Peer C&C     79
Web-Based C&C     80
Use of Encryption or Obfuscation     84
Types of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks     85
Introduction to Selected Bots     86
AgoBot     89
SDBot     91
PhatBot     96
The Infamous Hang-UP Team and IRC-Based Fraud Operations     98
Reptile     101
ZoTob     102
PBot     103
Tsunami     105
Kelvir     106
MetaFisher     107
Storm     113
Mitigation     123
Concluding Thoughts     125
USA Today: Botnets Used for Blackmail in Cyber Extortions     125
The Kraken Botnet     126
A Botnet That Targets .edu and .mil Servers     126
"Poisoning" the Storm Botnet     126
The Battle Is Joined!     127
The "Cyber Parasites" of the Internet     127
On the Edge of a Precipice     128
Glossary     131
Bibliography     135
Index     145

The Call Center Handbook or Game Development Essentials

2009-02-11T02:10:00.000-08:00

The Call Center Handbook: The Complete Guide to Starting, Running, and Improving Your Call Center

Author: Keith Dawson

Need to know how to buy a phone switch for your call center? How to measure the productivity of agents? How to choose from two cities that both want your center? No problem. The Call Center Handbook is a complete guide to starting, running, and improving your call center. It explains it all: everything that goes into the connection between a company and its customers. From technology primers to details about choosing and using specific products, this handbook is an indispensable guide for the call center manager. Tips for what works and what doesn't. Help with operational problems, like managing people and technology, for without tools call centers fail to thrive. Includes information on switches, IVR, voice processing, call center peripherals, software, long distance and toll-free services, outsourcing, agent training, monitoring, the Internet, and disaster prevention.

New and expanded topics in this edition include:

IP technology in small and mid-sized centers--what it means for the manager, and how to coordinate with the IT department
The impact of the economy on an industry once thought to be "recession-proof"--what it means for hiring, service levels, and technology development
What to do when your vendor goes belly up
The offshore revolution--India, Philippines, Australia, and other low-labor cost areas that are altering the cost equations for service delivery and site selection

Look this: The Killing of Reinhard Heydrich or Disobedience and Democracy

Game Development Essentials: Game Project Management

Author: John Hight

Game Development Essentials: Game Project Management is the only book on the market that offers a comprehensive introduction to game project management in an informal and accessible style, while concentrating on both theory and practice. This book offers an overview of the game project management process including: roles and responsibilities of team members; phases of production; concept development; testing, marketing; scheduling; and budgeting. The fast-growing game industry has fueled rapid upward movement of game production staff into the ranks of management. This book will train readers in the tools and techniques necessary to become effective team leaders.

Discovering AutoCAD 2008 or iMovie 6 iDVD

2009-02-09T21:59:00.000-08:00

Discovering AutoCAD 2008

Author: Mark Dix

Designed for introductory AutoCAD users, Discovering AutoCAD 2008 offers a hands-on, activity-based approach to the use of AutoCAD as a drafting tool—complete with techniques, tips, shortcuts, and insights that improve efficiency. Topics and tasks are carefully grouped to lead users logically through the AutoCAD command set, with the level of difficulty increasing steadily as skills are acquired through experience and practice. Straightforward explanations focus on what is relevant to actual drawing procedures, and illustrations show exactly what to expect on the computer screen. Introduces readers to the AutoCAD commands using a structured, intuitive approach. Provides a simple overview of basic command procedures in a step-by-step format. Demonstrates what users should expect to see on their screen and encourages self-paced study. Includes drawing suggestions, timesaving tips, and meaningful explanations of how to use techniques in actual applications. Working drawings accompany drawing problems. Designed for introductory AutoCAD users.

Books about: The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov or The Anatomy of Fascism

iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual

Author: David Pogu

While the last version of iMovie HD gave moviemakers the ability to capture and edit widescreen High Definition Video (HDV) from the new generation of HDV camcorders, iMovie HD 6 is all about the ease of moviemaking itself. iMovie HD 6 includes five professionally designed themes with backgrounds, motion graphics, titles and effects that act as building blocks for your projects. You can preview effects in real time using the full screen, and add sound effects with a built-in sound studio. And now you can work on multiple iMovie projects at once (and drag & drop clips among them), and output your creations to the Web with the new iWeb application, to an iPod, and even as a video Podcast. Magic iDVD offers easy-to-use themes including new widescreen options.

For professional and amateur moviemakers, this is amazing stuff. But if you want to learn the full capabilities of these applications, Apple documentation won't make the cut. Instead, "iMovie HD 6 & iDVD 6: The Missing Manual is the ideal third-party authority that covers all of these changes through an objective lens. This witty and entertaining guide from celebrated author David Pogue details every step of iMovie HD video production, from choosing and using a digital camcorder to burning the finished work onto DVDs or posting it online. The book also provides a firm grounding in basic film technique so that the quality of your video won't rely entirely on magic.

Ch. 1	The DV camcorder	13
Ch. 2	Turning home video into pro video	31
Ch. 3	Special event filming	63
Ch. 4	Camcorder meets Mac	81
Ch. 5	Building the movie	119
Ch. 6	Transitions and special effects	149
Ch. 7	Titles, captions, and credits	185
Ch. 8	Narration, music, and sound	217
Ch. 9	Still pictures and QuickTime movies	247
Ch. 10	Professional editing techniques	265
Ch. 11	Back to the camcorder	275
Ch. 12	From iMovie to QuickTime	285
Ch. 13	Movies on the Web, the iPod, and the phone	315
Ch. 14	QuickTime player	339
Ch. 15	From iMovie to iDVD	355
Ch. 16	iDVD projects by hand	389
Ch. 17	Designing iDVD themes	411
Ch. 18	iDVD secrets	425
App. A	iMovie 6, menu by menu	443
App. B	Troubleshooting	461
App. C	Master keyboard shortcut list	479

Grand Theft Auto or Eternal Sonata

2009-02-08T17:47:00.000-08:00

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Official Strategy Guide (PS2)

Author: BradyGames

BradyGames' Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PS2) Official Strategy Guide includes the following:
A complete walkthrough of every mission.
Extensive area maps of Liberty City plot the precise location of weapons, armor, health, bribes, adrenaline and more.
A virtual showroom of every mode of transportation available.
Secret locations and items revealed!

Platform: PlayStation 2

Genre: Action/AdventureThis product is available for sale worldwide.

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Eternal Sonata

Author: Jennifer Sims

A World of Vivid Colors. A World That Feels Real. Is This Just a Dream?

SIDE QUESTS

Maximize the fun by learning everything there is to know about the game’s side quests. This guide has a complete listing of every Score Piece in the game!

AREA MAPS

Find every treasure chest in the game and safely navigate through each area. Every map comes loaded with item callouts and screenshots!

COMPREHENSIVE WALKTHROUGH

Game-tested strategies and detailed tips for each area in the game. Learn specific strategies for fighting in the light and dark! Fear no boss, as each foe’s attacks and weaknesses are revealed.

ITEM & EQUIPMENT LISTINGS

Tons of statistical information for armor, accessories, and weapons. Includes a complete listing of every item!

ALL-INCLUSIVE BESTIARY

Get the lowdown on every monster and boss with a wide range of essential data, including a foe’s morphing ability.

Platform: Xbox 360

Genre: Role-Playing Game

This product is available for sale in North America only.

Windows Home Server Bible or Beginning PERL

2009-02-07T13:36:00.000-08:00

Windows Home Server Bible

Author: Greg Kettell

Transform digital chaos into a well-organized home network

When was the last time you backed up your home computer? If your household is a hodge-podge of unconnected laptops, desktops, and printers, it's time to bring order and peace of mind by creating your own secure home network with Windows Home Server (WHS) and this comprehensive guide. From protecting your data against hardware failures to organizing all of your family's digital media onto one central hub, this practical reference covers all the techniques and step-by-step instruction you need to succeed.

• Choose the out-of-the-box WHS solution or repurpose a spare PC

• Go wired or wireless, run Ethernet cable, and configure a router

• Walk through installation and get up to speed on the WHS Console

• Establish user accounts, set up shared folders, and create a print server

• Schedule backups for PCs or Macs and recover from crashes

• Build a media hub and stream to computers, Xboxes, and PlayStations

• Monitor your home remotely with a webcam

Look this: Développement et Changement Social :une Perspective Globale

Beginning PERL: From Novice to Professional

Author: James Le

Beginning Perl, Second Edition is a well-named text that starts exactly where it claims...This book is a fine place to start.

— James Edward Gray II, Slashdot contributor

...there are great examples, and projects assigned after each chapter to help you really understand and remember how to code in Perl.

— Mark Spritzler, JavaRanch Bartender

This book is a well-conceived introduction to Perl in tutorial form... A Very Good Book. :) :) :) :) of 5.

— George Woolley of Oakland Perl Mongers

The Perl (this book) teaches is strong industry-standard Perl that is...considered best practice.

— Jack Herrington, Editor, Code Generation Network

Originally created as a powerful text processing tool, Perl has since evolved into a multi-purpose, multi-platform language capable of implementing a variety of tasks such as system administration, CGI and network programming, XML processing, and more. Beginning Perl, Second Edition provides valuable insight into Perl's role regarding all of these tasks and more.

Commencing with a comprehensive overview of language basics, you'll learn all about important concepts such as Perl's data types and control flow constructs. This material sets the stage for a discussion of more complex topics, such as writing custom functions, using regular expressions, and file input and output. Next, we move on to the advanced topics of object oriented programming, modules, CGI programming, and database administration with Perl's powerful database interface module, DBI. The examples and code provided offer you all of the information you need to start writing your ownpowerful scripts to solve the problems listed above, and many more.

Whether you are a complete novice or an experienced programmer, Beginning Perl, Second Edition offers an ideal guide to learning Perl.

Ch. 1	First steps in Perl	1
Ch. 2	Scalars	13
Ch. 3	Control flow constructs	51
Ch. 4	Lists and arrays	77
Ch. 5	Hashes	111
Ch. 6	Subroutines/functions	127
Ch. 7	Regular expressions	149
Ch. 8	Files and data	177
Ch. 9	String processing	205
Ch. 10	Interfacing to the operating system	213
Ch. 11	References	229
Ch. 12	Object-oriented Perl	253
Ch. 13	Modules	287
Ch. 14	Introduction to CGI	315
Ch. 15	Perl and DBI	347

Mathematical Techniques in Multisensor Data Fusion or Network Management

2009-02-06T09:24:00.000-08:00

Mathematical Techniques in Multisensor Data Fusion

Author: David L Hall

"Since the publication of the first edition of Mathematical Techniques in Multisensor Data Fusion, advances in algorithms, logic, and software tools have transformed the field of data fusion. This updated edition covers these areas as well as smart agents, human computer interaction, cognitive aides to analysis, and data system fusion control." Besides assisting practitioners in selecting the appropriate algorithm for implementing a data, fusion system, this book offers guidance in determining the trade-offs among competing data fusion algorithms, selecting commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) tools, and understanding when data fusion improves systems processing. Completely new chapters in this second edition explain data fusion system control and the latest applications of data fusion in data warehousing, medical equipment, and defense systems.

Booknews

Research into how to combine data from multiple (and sometimes different) sensors to find out what is going on, has been split between military (battlefield surveillance, etc.) and non-military (robotics, etc.) concerns. The two groups don't speak to each other, and have developed different approaches, techniques, and terminology. Here is a distillation of the mathematics they both use for data- fusion reduced to the bare bones to be comprehensible to researchers and application engineers in many fields. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Network Management: Accounting and Performance Strategies

Author: Benoit Clais

Network Management: Accounting and Performance Strategies

The definitive guide to collecting usage information from Cisco networks

Benoit Claise, CCIE® No. 2868

Ralf Wolter

Understanding network performance and effectiveness is now crucial to business success. To ensure user satisfaction, both service providers and enterprise IT teams must provide service-level agreements (SLA) to the users of their networks–and then consistently deliver on those commitments. Now, two of the Cisco® leading network performance and accounting experts bring together all the knowledge network professionals need to do so.

Network Management: Accounting and Performance Strategies imparts a deep understanding of Cisco IOS® embedded management for monitoring and optimizing performance, together with proven best strategies for both accounting and performance management.

Benoit Claise and Ralf Wolter begin by introducing the role of accounting and performance management in today’s large-scale data and voice networks. They present widely accepted performance standards and definitions, along with today’s best practice methodologies for data collection.

Next, they turn to Ciscodevices and the Cisco IOS Software, illuminating embedded management and device instrumentation features that enable you to thoroughly characterize performance, plan network enhancements, and anticipate potential problems and prevent them. Network standards, technologies, and Cisco solutions covered in depth include Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Management Information Bases (MIB), Remote Monitoring (RMON), IP accounting, NetFlow, BGP policy accounting, AAA Accounting, Network Based Application Recognition (NBAR), and IP SLA (formerly known as SAA). For each, the authors present practical examples and hands-on techniques.

The book concludes with chapter-length scenarios that walk you through accounting and performance management for five different applications: data network monitoring, capacity planning, billing, security, and voice network performance.

Network Management: Accounting and Performance Strategies will be indispensable to every professional concerned with network performance, effectiveness, or profitability, especially NMS/OSS architects, network and service designers, network administrators, and anyone responsible for network accounting or billing.

Benoit Claise, CCIE® No. 2868, is a Cisco Distinguished Engineer working as an architect for embedded management and device instrumentation. His area of expertise includes accounting, performance, and fault management. Claise is a contributor to the NetFlow standardization at the IETF in the IPFIX and PSAMP Working Groups. He joined Cisco in 1996 as a customer support engineer in the Technical Assistance Center network management team and became an escalation engineer before joining the engineering team.

Ralf Wolter is a senior manager, consulting engineering at Cisco. He leads the Cisco Core and NMS/OSS consulting team for Europe, works closely with corporate engineering, and supports large-scale customer projects. He specializes in device instrumentation related to accounting and performance management.

Compare accounting methods and choose the best approach for you
Apply network performance best practices to your network
Leverage built-in Cisco IOS network management system components to quantify performance
Uncover trends in performance statistics to help avoid service degradation before it occurs
Identify under use of network paths, so you can improve overall network efficiency

Walk through hands-on case studies that address monitoring, capacity planning, billing, security, and voice networks
Understand Cisco network performance, deliver on your SLAs, and improve accounting and billing

This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press®, which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.

Introduction     xxvi
Data Collection and Methodology Standards     3
Understanding the Need for Accounting and Performance Management     5
Definitions and the Relationship Between Accounting and Performance Management     11
Defining Accounting Management     11
Defining Performance Management     13
The Relationship Between Accounting and Performance     17
A Complementary Solution     20
The Purposes of Accounting     22
Network Monitoring     22
User Monitoring and Profiling     24
Application Monitoring and Profiling     26
Capacity Planning     31
Link Capacity Planning     31
Network-Wide Capacity Planning     32
Traffic Profiling and Engineering     34
Peering and Transit Agreements     37
Billing     43
Volume-Based Billing     49
Destination-Sensitive Billing     50
Destination and Source-Sensitive Billing     52
Quality-of-Service Billing     53
Application and Content-Based Billing     55
Time/Connection-Based Billing     55
Voice over IP (VoIP) and IP Telephony (IPT) Billing     55
Security Analysis     57
Purposes of Performance     61
Device Performance Monitoring     62
Network Element Performance Monitoring     63
System and Server Performance Monitoring     64
Network Performance Monitoring     65
Service Monitoring     66
Baselining     68
Fault Management     70
Applying the Information to the Business     74
Summary     80
Data Collection Methodology     85
Data Collection Details: What to Collect     86
What Are the Keys?     89
What Are the Values?     89
Value Versus Key Example: DiffServ Code Point     90
Value Versus Key Example: BGP Autonomous System Path     91
What Are the Required Versus Nice-to-Have Types of Data?     93
Data Types List     93
Example: Application Monitoring     94
Example: Traffic Matrix     98
Example: SLA Monitoring     99
Defining the User     100
Metering Methods: How to Collect Data Records     102
Active Versus Passive Monitoring     103
Passive Monitoring Concepts     104
Full Collection     104
Partial Collection     105
Filtering Versus Sampling     105
Sampling Methods     107
Filtering at the Network Element     118
Active Monitoring Concepts     120
Concepts for Generating Synthetic Traffic     120
Active Monitoring Technologies and Tools: ping, traceroute, and IP SLA     126
Best Practice: How to Position Active and Passive Monitoring     128
Outlook: Passive Monitoring for One-Way Delay Analysis     129
Metering Positions: Where to Collect Data Records     130
Network Element Versus End Device Collection     130
Edge Versus Core Collection     132
Embedded Versus External Device Collection     136
Ingress Versus Egress Collection     138
Flow Destination or Source Lookup     140
Technology-Dependent Special Constraints     141
Collection Infrastructure: How to Collect Data Records     144
Pull Versus Push Model     144
Event-Based Model     145
Export Protocols     146
SNMP     148
NetFlow     149
FTP     150
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) Architecture     151
Network Design for the Collection Infrastructure     151
Communication Concepts     152
Collection Server Concepts     154
Placing the Collection Server (Centralized, Distributed)     154
Real-Time Requirements     156
Mediation Device Functionality: How to Process Data Records     157
Filtering     157
Estimation from Sampling     159
Threshold Monitoring     159
Data Aggregation     160
Data Record Correlation and Enrichment     164
Flow De-Duplication     165
Data Record Formatting and Storage     165
Security Considerations: How to Ensure Data Authenticity and Integrity     167
Source Authentication     167
Ensuring Data and Device Integrity     168
Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attacks     169
Summary     170
Accounting and Performance Standards and Definitions     173
Understanding Standards and Standards Organizations     173
Architectural and Framework Standards: The TMN/FCAPS Model (ITU-T)     176
Fault Management     180
Configuration Management     181
Accounting Management     181
Performance Management     182
Security Management     183
The TMN Framework     184
Architectural and Framework Standards: the eTOM Model (TMF)     185
Informational IETF Standards     189
IETF RFC 2924, Accounting Attributes and Record Formats     189
IETF RFC 2975, Introduction to Accounting Management     189
Information Modeling     190
Data Collection Protocols: SNMP, SMI, and MIB     191
Internet Management Model and Terminology     191
MIB Modules and Object Identifiers     193
SMI Definitions     194
SNMP Versions     196
References for SMIv1 and SMIv2     199
Data Collection Protocols: NetFlow Version 9 and IPFIX Export Protocols     201
NetFlow Version 9 Export Protocol     202
The Template Mechanism     202
The Export Protocol     204
NetFlow Version 9 Export Protocol Example     206
IPFIX     208
The IPFIX Export Protocol     209
Work in Progress     211
IPFIX References     211
Data Collection Protocols: PSAMP     212
PSAMP Protocol Specifications     212
PSAMP References     213
Data Collection Protocols: AAA (Radius, Diameter, and TACACS+)     214
Radius     214
TACACS+     216
Diameter     216
Data Collection Protocols: IPDR     217
Data Collection Protocols: CMISE/CMIP and GDMO     218
Service Notions     219
Summary     222
Implementations on the Cisco Devices     225
SNMP and MIBs     227
MIBs     228
IOS Support for SNMP Versions     229
Net-snmp Utilities     229
CLI Operations and Configuration Example for SNMPv2c     230
SNMPv2c Configuration Example     230
SNMPv2c Data Retrieval     231
Displaying SNMPv2c Statistics     231
CLI Operations and Configuration Examples for SNMPv3     231
authNoPriv SNMP Example     233
authPriv SNMP Example     235
MIB Table Retrieval Example     235
MIB Functional Area Comparison Table     237
General-Purpose MIBs for Accounting and Performance     239
MIB-II (RFC 1213), IF-MIB (RFC 2863), and CISCO-IF-EXTENSION-MIB     240
CISCO-PING-MIB     241
Relevant MIB Objects (Read-Write)     241
Relevant MIB Objects (Read-Only)      242
CISCO-PROCESS-MIB     242
CISCO-ENVMON-MIB and CISCO-HEALTH-MONITOR-MIB     244
CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB     244
CISCO-DATA-COLLECTION-MIB     244
Advanced Device Instrumentation     247
Technology-Specific MIBs for Accounting and Performance     247
Frame Relay     247
MPLS     249
MPLS Label Switch Router (LSR) MIB (RFC 3813)     249
MPLS Traffic Engineering MIB (RFC 3812)     250
IPv6     251
Multicast     252
Interface Group MIB (RFC 2863)     253
RMON-MIB (RFC 1757)     253
Multicast Routing MIB for IPv4 (RFC 2932)     253
VLAN     253
Community String Indexing     254
Additional Monitoring Parameters     254
Traffic Management and Control     255
CISCO-CAR MIB     255
CISCO-CLASS-BASED-QOS-MIB     256
Telephony     257
Dial Control Management MIB (RFC 2128)     259
CISCO-VOICE-DIAL-CONTROL-MIB     260
CISCO-VOICE-COMMON-DIAL-CONTROL-MIB     261
CISCO-CALL-HISTORY-MIB     261
SIP MIB     262
Creating New MIB Objects: EXPRESSION-MIB      265
EXPRESSION-MIB Examples     266
EVENT-MIB Associated with EXPRESSION-MIB     268
Obtaining MIBs     269
RMON     273
RMON 1 and RMON 2 MIBs     273
RMON Principles     277
Supported Devices and IOS Versions     277
Cisco NAM Modules     278
CLI Operations     279
SNMP Operations     280
RMON Row Concept     280
Operations to Activate the Network Layer Host Group from the RMON 2 MIB     282
Examples     282
Initial Configuration     282
Collection Monitoring     282
DSMON MIB     284
DSMON MIB Principles     286
Supported Devices and IOS Versions     286
CLI Operations     286
SNMP Operations     286
Examples     287
SMON MIB     287
Supported Devices and IOS Versions     288
CLI Operations     288
SNMP Operations     288
Examples     289
Collection Monitoring     289
APM MIB and ART MIB     289
Supported Devices and IOS Versions     291
CLI Operations      291
SNMP Operations     291
Examples     291
Collection Monitoring     291
Applicability     292
Further Reading     293
IP Accounting     297
IP Accounting (Layer 3)     298
IP Accounting (Layer 3) Principles     298
Supported Devices and IOS Versions     299
CLI Operations     299
SNMP Operations     300
Examples (CLI and SNMP)     301
Initial Configuration     302
Collection Monitoring     302
IP Accounting Access Control List (ACL)     303
IP Accounting ACL Principles     304
Supported Devices and IOS Versions     304
CLI Operations     304
SNMP Operations     305
Examples (CLI and SNMP)     305
Initial Configuration     305
Collection Monitoring     306
IP Accounting MAC Address     308
IP Accounting MAC Address Principles     308
Supported Devices and IOS Versions     309
CLI Operations     309
SNMP Operations     310
Examples (CLI and SNMP)     311
Initial Configuration     311
Collection Monitoring     311
IP Accounting Precedence     312
IP Accounting Precedence Principles     313
Supported Devices and IOS Versions     313
CLI Operations     314
SNMP Operations     314
Examples (CLI and SNMP)     315
Initial Configuration     315
Collection Monitoring     315
Applicability     317
NetFlow     319
Fundamentals of NetFlow     322
Flow Definition     322
Cache Concept     325
Aging Flows on a Router     327
Aging Flows on a Catalyst     328
Export Version and Related Information Elements     329
The Beginning     330
The Foundation     330
Catalyst-Specific     330
Router-Based Aggregation     332
Flexible and Extensible     336
IPFIX     337
Comparison of Information Elements and NetFlow Version     338
Supported Interfaces     339
Export Protocol: UDP or SCTP     340
NetFlow Device-Level Architecture: Combining the Elements     342
Cisco NetFlow Collector     344
CLI Operations      345
SNMP Operations with the NETFLOW-MIB     346
Example: NetFlow Version 5 on a Router     347
Example: NetFlow Configuration on the Catalyst     348
Example: NetFlow Version 8     350
Example: NetFlow Version 9     350
New Features Supported with NetFlow Version 9     351
SCTP Export     351
Sampled NetFlow     353
Packet-Based Sampling on the Routers     354
Flow-Based Sampled NetFlow on the Catalyst     356
NetFlow Input Filters     358
MPLS-Aware NetFlow     360
BGP Next-Hop Information Element     362
NetFlow Multicast     363
NetFlow Layer 2 and Security Monitoring Exports     365
Top Talkers     366
Flexible NetFlow     370
Fields in Flexible NetFlow     372
Packet Sections     374
Flexible NetFlow Cache Types     374
Comparison of Original NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow     375
CLI Operations     377
Flexible NetFlow Examples     379
Deployment Guidelines     385
Supported Devices and IOS Versions     387
BGP Policy Accounting     389
Input BGP Policy Accounting      390
Output BGP Policy Accounting     391
Summary of All Four BGP Policy Accounting Combinations     392
Fundamentals     393
BGP Policy Accounting Commands     394
SNMP Operations     395
Examples (CLI and SNMP)     396
Initial Configuration     396
Collection Monitoring     397
Destination-Sensitive Services     398
Destination-Sensitive Billing     398
Destination-Sensitive Billing Example     399
Destination-Sensitive Traffic Shaping (DSTS)     399
Destination-Sensitive Traffic Shaping Example     400
Applicability     400
AAA Accounting     403
Fundamentals of AAA Accounting     405
High-Level Comparison of Radius, TACACS+, and Diameter     406
Radius     407
Radius Attributes     409
Radius CLI Operations     415
Voice Extensions for Radius     416
Concept of Call Legs     416
Radius Accounting with the Vendor-Specific Attribute     419
Radius Accounting with the Overloaded Acct-Session-Id     423
Comparing the Vendor-Specific Attribute and the Acct-Session-Id     424
CLI Operations for VoIP Accounting with Radius     425
Diameter Details     428
NBAR     433
NBAR Functionality     434
Distributed NBAR     435
NBAR Classification Details     435
Classification of HTTP by URL, Host, or MIME     436
Classification of Citrix ICA Traffic by Application Name     437
NBAR Packet Description Language Module (PDLM)     437
NBAR Scope     438
Supported Devices and IOS Versions     438
NBAR Protocol Discovery (PD) MIB     439
NBAR Supported Protocols     440
NBAR Protocol Discovery Statistics     440
NBAR Top-N Statistics     441
NBAR Protocol Discovery Thresholds, Traps, and History     442
NBAR Configuration Commands     443
NBAR show Commands     443
NBAR Examples (CLI and SNMP)     445
Basic NBAR Configuration     445
Custom Application Example     446
Limiting Peer-to-Peer Traffic     447
HTTP Requests Payload Inspection     447
NBAR Applicability     449
IP SLA     451
Measured Metrics: What to Measure     453
Network Delay     454
Jitter     454
Packet Loss     455
Measurement Accuracy     455
TCP Connect     456
DHCP and DNS Response Time     456
HTTP Response Time     456
Linking Metrics to Applications     456
Operations: How to Measure     457
Operations Parameters     457
Frequency     457
Number of Packets     458
Interpacket Interval     458
Packet Size     458
Timeout     458
Lifetime     459
Start Time     459
MPLS VPN Awareness     459
IP SLA Responder     459
Operation Types     463
ICMP Operations     464
UDP Operations     468
TCP Connect Operation     470
FTP Operation     470
DHCP Operation     471
DNS Operation     471
HTTP Operation     472
Frame Relay Operation     473
ATM Operation     475
VoIP Gatekeeper Registration Delay Monitoring Operation     476
VoIP Call Setup (Post-Dial Delay) Monitoring Operation     477
RTP-Based VoIP Operation     477
DLSw+ Operation     479
IP SLA CLI Operations     480
SNMP Operations with the CISCO-RTTMON-MIB     482
Application-Specific Scenario: HTTP     483
Application-Specific Scenario: VoIP     486
Advanced Features     488
Scheduling     488
Recurring Function     489
Multiple Operation Scheduling     489
Random Scheduling     491
Distribution of Statistics     491
History Collection     494
Thresholds and Notifications     495
Enhanced Object Tracking for IP SLA     499
Implementation Considerations     501
Supported Devices and IOS Versions     501
Performance Impact     503
Accuracy     504
Security Considerations     506
IP SLA Deployment     507
IP SLA Architecture and Best Practices     508
NMS Applications     511
Summary of Data Collection Methodology     515
Applicability     515
Assigning Technologies to Solutions     523
Monitoring Scenarios     525
Network Blueprint for Monitoring     525
Device and Link Performance     526
Network Connectivity and Performance     530
Application Monitoring     534
Service Monitoring and Routing Optimization     536
Capacity Planning Scenarios     541
Link Capacity Planning     541
Network Blueprint for Capacity Planning     543
Problem Space     544
Capacity Planning Tools     546
Methods for Generating the Core Traffic Matrix     548
NetFlow BGP Next Hop ToS Aggregation     551
Flexible NetFlow     552
MPLS-Aware NetFlow     553
BGP Passive Peer on the NetFlow Collector     554
BGP Policy Accounting     555
Other Methods     556
Additional Considerations: Peer-to-Peer Traffic     557
Summary     557
Voice Scenarios     559
Network Blueprint for IP Telephony     560
Voice Performance Measurement     561
Standards and Technology     561
Mean Opinion Scores (MOS)     562
Impairment/Calculated Planning Impairment Factor (ICPIF)     563
Network Elements in the Voice Path     564
Passive Voice Performance Measurement     564
Active Voice Performance Measurement     565
Cisco CallManager (CCM)     565
Application Examples     570
Network Analysis Module     571
CiscoWorks Unified Operations Manager     572
Voice Accounting     573
Standards and Technology     573
Network Elements in the Voice Path     574
Gateway, Gatekeeper, Multimedia Conference Manager     575
Cisco CallManager (CCM)     575
Application Example     575
Is Your Network Ready for IP Telephony?     577
Security Scenarios     579
Network Blueprint for Security Management     580
Security Management Process     582
Preparation     583
Identification     584
Classification     587
NetFlow     587
Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR)     589
Network Analysis Module (NAM)     589
Other Attack Classification Features     590
Trace Back     591
Reaction     593
Postmortem     594
Summary     596
Billing Scenarios     599
Network Blueprint for Billing     600
Billing Approaches     602
Time-Based Billing      602
pWLAN     602
Dial-In     603
Volume-Based Billing     603
Residential Broadband Access (DSL or Cable)     603
Transit and Peering Agreements     604
Destination-Sensitive Billing     606
Time- and Distance-Based Billing     606
Service-Based Billing     607
Video on Demand (VoD)     608
Enterprise Departmental Charge Back     608
Flat Rate Billing     609
Summary     609
Index     612

Microsoft Expression Web Illustrated Introductory or Joomla Cash

2009-02-05T05:12:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Expression Web-Illustrated Introductory

Author: Julie Riley

This Microsoft Office 2007 Illustrated Series book covers the introductory information that you need to know now for Microsoft Expression Web. Our signature two-page spread design has been updated and refreshed to take full advantage of the new features of the software. This practical, easy to navigate book provides you with the essential knowledge you need to succeed at both work and beyond.

Joomla! Cash

Author: Brandon Dawson

This book for business people with a medium level of technical skill is a fast and easy-to-read primer on how to implement a cash-generating! website, taking the reader from the inception of an idea to a fully working cash-generating website built on Joomla!. Joomla! is an award-winning freely available open-source Content Management System (CMS) that helps you build websites and other powerful online applications. Joomla! is used all over the world to power everything from simple, personal homepages to complex corporate web applications and includes features such as page caching to improve performance, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, searching, and internationalization. The emphasis of this book is on Using Joomla! for e-commerce; it gives the reader a valuable knowledge base on search-engine ranking, website layout and design, shopping cart setup using VirtueMart, marketing the website, affiliate marketing with the iDevAffiliate system, and more.

Customer Data Integration or Curriculum Webs

2009-02-04T01:01:00.000-08:00

Customer Data Integration: Reaching a Single Version of the Truth

Author: Don Peppers

"Customers are the heart of any business. But we can't succeed if we develop only one talk addressed to the 'average customer.' Instead we must know each customer and build our individual engagements with that knowledge. If Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is going to work, it calls for skills in Customer Data Integration (CDI). This is the best book that I have seen on the subject. Jill Dyché is to be complimented for her thoroughness in interviewing executives and presenting CDI."
-Philip Kotler, S. C. Johnson

Distinguished Professor of International Marketing Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

"In this world of killer competition, hanging on to existing customers is critical to survival. Jill Dyché's new book makes that job a lot easier than it has been."
-Jack Trout, author, Differentiate or Die

"Jill and Evan have not only written the definitive work on Customer Data Integration, they've made the business case for it. This book offers sound advice to business people in search of innovative ways to bring data together about customers-their most important asset-while at the same time giving IT some practical tips for implementing CDI and MDM the right way."

-Wayne Eckerson, The Data Warehousing Institute author of Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business

Whatever business you're in, you're ultimately in the customer business. No matter what your product, customers pay the bills. But the strategic importance of customer relationships hasn't brought companies much closer to a single, authoritative view of their customers. Written from both business andtechnicalperspectives, Customer Data Integration shows companies how to deliver an accurate, holistic, and long-term understanding of their customers through CDI.

Interesting textbook: Access Denied or Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model Second Edition

Curriculum Webs: Weaving the Web into Teaching and Learning

Author: Craig Cunningham

Curriculum Webs helps educators, curriculum developers, and teachers build and use the World Wide Web as a central resource to facilitate learning. A curriculum web is a Web page or web site designed to support a unit of curriculum. This text describes the process of building curriculum webs from the early planning stages through design of the Web pages, using the finished product in classrooms, reflecting on the results, and revising for further use. Readers will see how successful Web-based curricula can be developed based on the stages of curriculum development and the needs of learners.

Ch. 1	Planning curriculum for the Web	1
Ch. 2	Creating a simple curriculum Web	20
Ch. 3	Identifying curriculum goals	35
Ch. 4	Laying out an effective Web page	70
Ch. 5	Choosing learning activities	92
Ch. 6	Planning instruction and assessment	116
Ch. 7	Gathering Web-based resources	136
Ch. 8	Designing an effective Web site	163
Ch. 9	Using multimedia	179
Ch. 10	Constructing interactivity	196
Ch. 11	Evaluating and maintaining curriculum Webs	222
Ch. 12	Teaching with curriculum Webs	233
App	An overview of Web technologies	249

Learning to Fly or Amazoncom

2009-02-02T20:48:00.000-08:00

Learning to Fly: Practical Lessons from Some of the World's Leading Knowledge Companies

Author: Chris Collison

Today, no one is, nor can be, an expert in everything. In every challenge, it is easy to feel that you don't know enough to keep up with the accelerating pace of change inside our organisations, let alone the world outside. Start with the assumption that somebody somewhere has already done what you are trying to do. How can you find out whom, and learn from them? Learning to Fly shows exactly how to put knowledge management theory into practice, sharing the tools used and the experience and insights gained by two leading practitioners.

Completely updated for the second edition, Learning to Fly shares the authors’ experiences from BP and other leading knowledge organisations.and incorporates new material on implementation and best practice, including a CD-ROM with KM tools and exercises.

“Chris Collison and Geoff Parcell show how new ideas and tools are making working and learning inseparable.” Peter Senge.

Interesting textbook: Nuts or Juices

Amazon.com: Get Big Fast

Author: Robert Spector

In Amazon.com Jeff Bezos built something the world had never seen. He created the most recognized brand name on the Internet, became for a time one of the richest men in the world, and was crowned "the king of cyber-commerce."

Yet for all the media exposure, the inside story of Amazon.com has never really been told. In this revealing, unauthorized account, Robert Spector, journalist and best-selling author, gives us this up-to-date, fast-paced, behind-the-scenes story of the company's creation and rise, its tumultuous present, and its uncertain future.

Publishers Weekly

Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos declined to be interviewed for this book, relates Spector, a journalist who has written for USA Today and UPI. But Bezos had nothing to fear. Spector has taken an extremely benign look at the so-called e-commerce success story, beginning with Bezos's career as an investment banker, passing through Amazon.com's early days in a dingy warehouse, the search for investor dollars, the company's transformation from a virtual to a physical entity, skirmishes in the marketplaces and the courts and, finally, the improbable expansion into other products (besides books) and countries. Sometimes chronological, sometimes topical, this comprehensive overview is filled with interesting trivia (e.g., the company initially protected itself against credit card theft by walking a floppy disk from one PC to another instead of transmitting information over the Net). Unfortunately, Spector writes with a glibness that leaves the reader wondering exactly what he means: "Setting about to run a corporate culture from the ground up, Bezos focused on hiring the absolute best people he could find." In other cases, he starts down a promising road but never brings us to the end; for example, he writes that "in reality, in the quest to get big fast, the seemingly mild-mannered Bezos is a fierce, take-no-prisoners competitor," and proceeds to fuzzily document how Amazon gets closer to the consumer. Those looking for a quick primer on the growth of one of the world's most famous dot-coms will find this useful. Readers looking for a journalistically penetrating account, readers will be better served by the business press. (Apr) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.|

	Acknowledgments
	Preface
	Introduction
Ch. 1	Who Is Jeffrey Bezos?	1
Ch. 2	I'll Take Manhattan	12
Ch. 3	Seattle	33
Ch. 4	Garage In, Garage Out	47
Ch. 5	Out to Launch	64
Ch. 6	Get Big Fast	84
Ch. 7	Raise the Bar	105
Ch. 8	"Anal-Retentive" About Customer Service	126
Ch. 9	Toast of the Town ... or Amazon.toast?	158
Ch. 10	Poster Child for Internet Commerce	179
Ch. 11	Get Bigger Faster	207
	Notes	237
	Index	247

Apple Pro Training Series or Expert C Cli

2009-02-01T16:36:00.000-08:00

Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started with Final Cut Server

Author: Matthew Geller

Tailor-made for the Final Cut editor, Final Cut Server takes the headache out of managing large collections of media files. The software delivers intuitive media asset management, plus tools for tracking job status, review and approval, and automating complex sequences of tasks in a busy production environment. In this handy reference guide, system integrator and author Matthew Geller shares essential workflows that will shave hours from your post-production jobs. Covers everything from how to search for, catalog, and find the right asset quickly, to handling large quantities of real-time HD video in a fast-paced production environment. The book’s compact size makes it easy to fit in a jacket pocket or computer case so that you have it handy when you need it most.

Expert C++/Cli

Author: Marcus Heeg

C++/CLI is Microsoft's latest extension to C++ that targets the heart of .NET 2.0, the common language runtime. Expert Visual C++/CLI is written by visual C++ MVP Marcus Heege, who examines the core of the C++/CLI language. He explains both how the language elements work and how Microsoft intends them to be used.

Even if you're new to C++/CLI but are planning to migrate to it from another language, this book will ground you in the core language elements and give you the confidence to explore further and migrate effectively. It provides concise, yet in-depth coverage of all major C++/CLI features: short code examples succinctly illustrate syntax and concepts, and more elaborate examples show how C++/CLI should be used.

Design to Sell Using Microsoft Publisher to Inform Motivate and Persuade or Visio 2007 Bible

2009-01-31T12:24:00.000-08:00

Design to Sell Using Microsoft Publisher to Inform, Motivate and Persuade: Use Microsoft Publisher to Plan, Write and Design Great Marketing Pieces

Author: Roger C Parker

Not a designer? Don't have a big marketing budget? Now you can design effective marketing materials yourself with this guide written by best-selling author and design expert Roger C. Parker. This one-stop guide to marketing gives you the basics for creating effective messages and step-by-step instruction for using Publisher 2003 to design compelling, easy-to-read marketing materials that deliver your message successfully.

Even if you're not a designer or you have no marketing experience, you'll get expert advice and learn how to:

Develop a market empathy, think like your market, and solve their problems using their language
Format your message so it's attractive and easy to read-by taking a crash course in graphic design
Save time and money by using Publisher to create several different types of effective marketing pieces-including postcards to promote your business and newsletters that keep you in touch with your customers
Use techniques for quickly harnessing powerful Publisher capabilities
Do it right from the start and avoid common pitfalls and design mistakes

Each chapter includes an interactive exercise as well as review questions with answers on the author's companion Web site. Also on the Web site are downloadable worksheets and templates, more illustrations of the projects in the book, additional before-and-after project makeovers, and other resources.

Look this: Women in Medieval English Society or Innovation New Technologies

Visio 2007 Bible

Author: Bonnie Biafor

Whether you’re designing a network, a business plan, or an office building, Visio 2007 can transform your vision into sophisticated diagrams and drawings and this comprehensive reference shows you how. You’ll discover how to use Visio for IT, architecture, engineering, and business projects; explore the new features of Visio 2007; learn to publish Visio diagrams to the Web; and much more. If you want to develop your skills in Visio, this is the book you need to succeed.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: Understanding Visio Fundamentals.

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Visio.

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Drawings.

Chapter 3: Working with Visio Files.

Chapter 4: Working with Shapes.

Chapter 5: Connecting Shapes.

Chapter 6: Working with Text.

Chapter 7: Enhancing Diagram Appearance with Formatting.

Part II: Integrating Visio Drawings.

Chapter 8: Inserting, Linking, and Embedding Objects.

Chapter 9: Importing, Exporting, and Publishing to the Web.

Chapter 10: Linking Shapes with Data.

Part III: Using Visio for Office Productivity.

Chapter 11: Collaborating with Others.

Chapter 12: Building Block Diagrams.

Chapter 13: Constructing Charts and Graphs.

Chapter 14: Working with Organization Charts.

Chapter 15: Building Visio Flowcharts.

Chapter 16: Documenting Processes, Workflows, and Data Flows.

Chapter 17: Scheduling Projects with Visio.

Chapter 18: Documenting Brainstorming Sessions.

Chapter 19: Analyzing Results with PivotDiagrams.

Part IV: Using Visio in Information Technology.

Chapter 20: Modeling and Documenting Databases.

Chapter 21: Building UML Models.

Chapter 22: Building Software Development Diagrams.

Chapter 23: Mapping Web Sites.

Chapter 24: Creating Network Diagrams.

Part V: Using Visio for Architecture and Engineering.

Chapter 25: Working with Scaled Drawings.

Chapter 26: Creating and Managing Scaled Drawings.

Chapter 27: Laying Out Architectural and Engineering Plans.

Chapter 28: Planning Space and Managing Facilities.

Chapter 29: Integrating CAD and Visio.

Chapter 30: Working with Engineering Drawings.

Part VI: Customizing Stencils, Templates, and Shapes.

Chapter 31: Creating and Customizing Templates.

Chapter 32: Creating and Customizing Stencils.

Chapter 33: Creating and Customizing Shapes.

Chapter 34: Customizing Shapes Using ShapeSheets.

Chapter 35: Formatting with Styles.

Chapter 36: Customizing Toolbars and Menus.

Chapter 37: Automating Visio.

Part VII: Quick Reference.

Chapter 38: Installing Visio 2007.

Chapter 39: Visio Help Resources.

Chapter 40: Additional Resources for Templates and Stencils.

Chapter 41: Keyboard Shortcuts.

Chapter 42: Template and Stencil Reference.

Index.

Google Apps or Professional Web Design

2009-01-30T08:12:00.000-08:00

Google Apps: The Missing Manual

Author: Nancy Conner

Among its many amazing applications, Google now has web-based alternatives to many of the applications in Microsoft Office. This comprehensive and easy-to-follow new book enables you to explore Google's new office applications in detail. Once you do, you'll be in good company—more than 100,000 small businesses and some corporations are already looking to take advantage of these free Google offerings. Google Apps: The Missing Manual teaches you how to use three relatively new applications from Google: "Docs and Spreadsheets," which provide many of the same core tools that you find in Word and Excel; and Google Calendar and Gmail, the applications that offer an alternative to Outlook. This book demonstrates how these applications together can ease your ability to collaborate with others, and allow you access to your documents, mail and appointments from any computer at any location. Of course, as remarkable as these applications are, Google's office suite is definitely a work-in-progress. Navigating what you can and can't do and—more importantly—understanding how to do it isn't always easy. And good luck finding enough help online. Google Apps: The Missing Manual is the one book you need to get the most out of this increasingly useful part of the Google empire. This book: Explains how to create, save and share each of Google's web-based office applications Offers separate sections for Docs and Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, and Gmail Demonstrates how to use these applications in conjunction with one another Gives you crystal-clear and jargon-free explanations that will satisfy users of all technical levels Many of you already use Gmail, but do you knowits full potential? Do youknow how you can increase its power by using Gmail with Doc and Spreadsheets and Google Calendar? You'll find out with Google Apps: The Missing Manual. You'll also come to understand why large corporations such as General Electric and Proctor & Gamble are taking a long, hard look at these applications.

Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates (CSS and XHTML)

Author: Clint Eccher

Whether you are an intermediate Web designer looking to take your sites to the next level or a more experienced designer looking to improve your professional skills, you will find the tools to meet your needs in Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates, Second Edition. This completely updated version of the best-selling book features the 50 professional-quality, license-free Web design templates from the original, as well as 15 new templates, all of which can be easily customized and extended. Each ready-to-use design includes a homepage, and one second-level page, and the framework to build subsequent pages. All of the specific techniques that are required for building these and other highly usable sites have been updated to cover the latest technologies, including HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Photoshop CS, and PHP. Also included are five new HTML e-mail templates, an increasingly important marketing tool. Detailed tutorials and hands-on projects teach both basic and sophisticated design concepts, including how to create designs for low, medium, or high content sites and the strengths and weaknesses of each. The new edition also includes four new chapters on Cascading Style Sheets, using client-side scripting, creating dynamic sites, and an overview of the new Web designs. It covers important topics such as client- and server-side scripting, security, and using databases to update a site's content.

KEY FEATURES
* Covers the entire design process, from gathering requirements and creating a comp, to enhancing usability, designing for scalability, developing architecture, and simplifying navigation
* Explains technical and aesthetic graphics issues, from when to use GIF or JPEG images to which design will best suit your content
* Teaches you how to upload your site to a server and test for compatibility with Web browsers

On The CD-ROM
* EXAMPLES - Includes all of the samples from the book
* SOFTWARE - Includes an Open Source Web server package (containing Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl), trial versions of Adobe Photoshop CS and Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004, and JavaScript CD Cookbook 3^rd Edition and The HTML/CSS Developer's Resource Guide software
* WEB SITE TEMPLATES - Provides the 50 license-free, ready-to-use templates from the original edition, 15 new templates, and 5 HTML e-mail templates

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
PC: 600 MHz Intel Pentium III processor or equivalent; Windows 98 SE (4.10.2222 A), Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003; 192MB RAM (256 MB recommended); 280MB available disk space; Color monitor with 16-bit color or greater video card; 1024x768 or greater monitor resolution; CD-ROM drive; MAC: Mac OS X 10.2.6 and later, 10.3; 500 MHz Power PC G3 processor; 192MB computer RAM (256MB recommended); 320MB available disk space; Color monitor with 16-bit color or greater video card; 1024x768 or greater monitor resolution; CD-ROM drive

Booknews

This book/CD-ROM package presents 50 ready-to-use, license-free Web design templates; the source files are on the CD-ROM along with two free software packages and demo versions of third party software. Coverage includes the entire design process and the technical issues. Numerous projects and case studies help readers—beginners to intermediate level—develop and enhance their skills. Eccher is an experienced Web designer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Guide to Elliptic Curve Cryptography or Software Architect Bootcamp

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

Guide to Elliptic Curve Cryptography

Author: Darrel R Hankerson

A broad-ranging expository guidebook on EEC cryptosystems and technology, written by leading EEC researchers and authorities. All aspects of the topic are clearly presented (accessible technical level, i.e., B.S. degree), with plenty of supporting real-world examples. An essential reference for practitioners or professionals in computer science, computer engineering, network design, and network/data security, as well as a useful self-study resource for researchers.

Software Architect Bootcamp

Author: Mowbray

Become a great software architect—hands-on!
Define architectures that leverage today's best design patterns
Maximize scalability and technical flexibility
Lead your technical organization to successful implementation

Your hands-on "field manual" for becoming a great software architect!

This hands-on "field manual" gives developers the essential skills they need to survive and thrive as software architects! You'll find insightful, real-world coverage of everything from design patterns to prototyping, business case development to leadership.

Leading software architects Raphael Malveau and Thomas Mowbray share profound insights and practical solutions for all the key challenges of architectures using objects, components, and distributed Internet computing, showing how to avoid time-consuming pitfalls and costly errors. You'll master proven methods for:

Identifying the best architectural model for any project
Executing heavyweight or lightweight approaches to software architecture
Addressing scalability and long-term business flexibility
Making the most of abstraction, refactoring, and architectural prototyping
Leveraging superior design patterns to improve your implementations

With hands-on exercises, real-life war stories, and a take-no-prisoners attitude, Software Architect Bootcamp won't just help you become a great software architect: it'll help you become a true technical leader of your organization.

Secure Coding in C and C or Edisons Eve

2009-01-27T23:49:00.000-08:00

Secure Coding in C and C++

Author: Robert C Seacord

The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) was formed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in November 1988 in response to the Morris worm incident, which brought ten percent of Internet systems to a halt in November 1988. The CERT/CC is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense.

The initial focus of the CERT/CC was incident response and analysis. Incidents include successful attacks such as compromises and denial of service, as well as attack attempts, probes, and scans. Since 1988, the CERT/CC has received more than 22,665 hotline calls reporting computer security incidents or requesting information, and has handled more than 319,992 computer security incidents. The number of incidents reported each year continues to grow.

Responding to incidents, while necessary, is insufficient to secure the Internet and interconnected information systems. Analysis indicates that the majority of incidents are caused by trojans, social engineering, and the exploitation of software vulnerabilities, including software defects, design decisions, configuration decisions, and unexpected interactions between systems. The CERT/CC monitors public sources of vulnerability information and regularly receives reports of vulnerabilities. Since 1995, more than 16,726 vulnerabilities have been reported. When a report is received, the CERT/CC analyzes the potential vulnerability and works with technology producers to inform them of security deficiencies in their products and to facilitate and track their response to those problems.

Similar to incidentreports, vulnerability reports continue to grow at an alarming rate. While managing vulnerabilities pushes the process upstream, it is again insufficient to address the issues of Internet and information system security. To address the growing number of both vulnerabilities and incidents, it is increasingly apparent that the problem must be attacked at the source by working to prevent the introduction of software vulnerabilities during software development and ongoing maintenance. Analysis of existing vulnerabilities indicates that a relatively small number of root causes account for the majority of vulnerabilities. The goal of this book is to educate developers about these root causes and the steps that can be taken so that vulnerabilities are not introduced.Audience

Secure Coding in C and C++ should be useful to anyone involved in the development or maintenance of software in C and C++.

For a C/C++ programmer, this book will teach you how to identify common programming errors that result in software vulnerabilities, understand how these errors are exploited, and implement a solution in a secure fashion.
For a software project manager, this book identifies the risks and consequences of software vulnerabilities to guide investments in developing secure software.
For a computer science student, this book will teach you programming practices that will help you to avoid developing bad habits and enable you to develop secure programs during your professional career.
For a security analyst, this book provides a detailed description of common vulnerabilities, identifies ways to detect these vulnerabilities, practical avoidance strategies.

Organization and Content

Secure Coding in C and C++ provides practical advice on secure practices in C and C++ programming. Producing secure programs requires secure designs. However, even the best designs can lead to insecure programs if developers are unaware of the many security pitfalls inherent in C and C++ programming. This book provides a detailed explanation of common programming errors in C and C++ and describes how these errors can lead to code that is vulnerable to exploitation. The book concentrates on security issues intrinsic to the C and C++ programming languages and associated libraries. It does not emphasize security issues involving interactions with external systems such as databases and web servers, as these are rich topics on their own. The intent is that this book be useful to anyone involved in developing secure C and C++ programs regardless of the specific application.

Secure Coding in C and C++ is organized around functional capabilities commonly implemented by software engineers that have potential security consequences, such as formatted output and arithmetic operations. Each chapter describes insecure programming practices and common errors that can lead to vulnerabilities, how these programming flaws can be exploited, the potential consequences of exploitation, and secure alternatives. Root causes of software vulnerabilities, such as buffer overflows, integer type range errors, and invalid format strings, are identified and explained where applicable. Strategies for securely implementing functional capabilities are described in each chapter, as well as techniques for discovering vulnerabilities in existing code.

This book contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the problem, introduces security terms and concepts, and provides insight as to why so many vulnerabilities are found in C and C++ programs.
Chapter 2 describes string manipulation in C and C++, common security flaws, and resulting vulnerabilities including buffer overflow and stack smashing. Both code and arc injection exploits are examined.
Chapter 3 introduces arbitrary memory write exploits that allows an attacker to write a single address to any location in memory. This chapter describes how these exploits can be used to execute arbitrary code on a compromised machine. Vulnerabilities resulting from arbitrary memory writes are discussed in later chapters.
Chapter 4 describes dynamic memory management. Dynamically allocated buffer overflows, writing to freed memory, and double-free vulnerabilities are described.
Chapter 5 covers integral security issues (security issues dealing with integers) including integer overflows, sign errors, and truncation errors.
Chapter 6 describes the correct and incorrect use of formatted output functions. Both format string and buffer overflows vulnerabilities resulting from the incorrect use of these functions are described.
Chapter 7 describes common vulnerabilities associated with file I/O including race conditions and time of creation, time of use (TOCTOU) vulnerabilities.
Chapter 8 recommends specific development practices for improving the overall security of your C / C++ application. These recommendat the recommendations included in each chapter for addressing specific vulnerability classes.

Secure Coding in C and C++ contains hundreds of examples of secure and insecure code as well as sample exploits. Almost all of these examples are in C and C++, although comparisons are drawn with other languages. The examples are implemented for Windows and Linux operating systems. Unless otherwise stated, Microsoft Windows examples are compiled using Visual C++ .NET and tested on Windows 2000 Professional platform with an Intel Pentium 4 processor while Linux examples are compiled with GNU gcc/g++ and tested running Red Hat Linux 9 on an Intel Pentium 4 processor.

While the specific examples have typically been compiled and tested in one or more of these environments, vulnerabilities are evaluated to determine whether they are specific to or generalizable across compiler version, operating system, microprocessor, applicable C or C++ standards, little or big endian architectures, and execution stack architecture.

This book focuses on programming flaws in C and C++ that are the most common causes of software vulnerabilities. However, because of size and space constraints, not every potential source of vulnerabilities is covered.

Preface.
1. Running with Scissors.
Gauging the Threat.
Security Concepts
C and C++.
Development Platforms.
Summary.
For Further Reading.
2. Strings.
String Characteristics.
Common String Manipulation Errors.
String Vulnerabilities.
Process Memory Organization.
Stack Smashing.
Code Injection.
Arc Injection.
Mitigation Strategies.
Notable Vulnerabilities.
Summary.
For Further Reading.
3. Pointer Subterfuge.
Data Locations.
Function Pointers.
Data Pointers.
Modifying the Instruction Pointer.
Global Offset Table.
The .dtors Section.
Virtual Pointers.
The atexit() and on_exit() Functions.
The longjmp() Function.
Exception Handling.
Mitigation Strategies.
Summary.
For Further Reading.
4. Dynamic Memory Management.
Dynamic Memory Management.
Common Dynamic Memory Management Errors.
Doug Lea's Memory Allocator.
RtlHeap.
Mitigation Strategies.
Notable Vulnerabilities.
Summary.
For Further Reading.
5. Integer Security.
Integers.
Integer Conversions.
Integer Error Conditions.
Integer Operations.
Vulnerabilities.
Non-Exceptional Integer Logic Errors.
Mitigation Strategies.
Notable Vulnerabilities.
Summary.
For Further Reading.
6. Formatted Output.
Variadic Functions.
Formatted Output Functions.
Exploiting Formatted Output Functions.
Stack Randomization.
Mitigation Strategies.
Notable Vulnerabilities.
Summary.
For Further Reading.
7. File I/O.
Concurrency.
Time of Check, Time of Use.
Files as Locks and File Locking.
File System Exploits.
Mitigation Strategies.
Summary.
8. Recommended Practices.
Secure Software Development Principles.
Systems Quality Requirements Engineering.
Threat Modeling.
Use/Misuse Cases.
Architecture and Design.
Off-the-Shelf Software.
Compiler Checks.
Input Validation.
Data Sanitization.
Static Analysis.
Quality Assurance.
Memory Permissions.
Defense in Depth.
TSP-Secure.
Summary.
Further Reading.
References.
Acronyms.
Index.

Look this: Cooking with the Original Search Engine or Pick of the Crop Two

Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life

Author: Gaby Wood

"Could an eighteenth-century mechanical duck really digest and excrete its food? Was "the Turk," a celebrated chess-playing and -winning machine fabricated in 1769, a dazzling piece of fakery, or could it actually think? Why was Thomas Edison obsessed with making a mechanical doll - a perfect woman, mass-produced? Can a twenty-first-century robot express human emotions of its own?" Taking up themes long familiar from the realms of fairy tales and science fiction, Gaby Wood traces the hidden prehistory of a modern idea - the thinking, hoaxes, and inventions that presaged contemporary robotics and the current experiments with artificial intelligence. Informed by the author's scientific and historical research, Edison's Eve is also a brilliant literary, cultural, and philosophical examination of the motives that have driven human beings to pursue the creation of mechanical life, and the effects of that pursuit - both in its successes and in its failures - on our sense of what makes us human.

The New York Times

Tracing the human fascination with robotics to the sophisticated mechanical toys of the Enlightenment, the author conjures a menagerie of bizarre and quixotic automatons, including chess-playing machines, artificial defecating ducks and Thomas Edison's doomed venture to mass-produce talking dolls.

The New Yorker

Embodying the confusions between what is "lifelike" and what is alive, robots have always held an anxious fascination. When eighteenth-century physicians described the body as a complex piece of machinery, the stage was set for inventors like Jacques de Vaucanson, who thrilled Paris with a flute-playing android, and Wolfgang von Kempelen, whose chess-playing automaton took on the best players of its time. Deftly balancing historical detail with provocative meditations on the reception accorded such marvels, Wood then traces the development of subsequent imitations of life, such as the talking doll designed by Thomas Edison and the magic-filled films of Georges Méliès. Her contention that in the twentieth century human freaks came to seem more uncanny than machines may not entirely persuade, but the exotic particulars -- especially those pertaining to a group of circus midgets called the Doll Family -- more than make up for this inconsistency.

John Glassie - Forbes

Our fear of human cloning and uppity, thinking computers may seem unique to our age, but this book shows that people have been trying to create artificial life, or play God, for a long time. Archytas of Tarentum, a contemporary of Plato, is said to have built a flying wooden pigeon, and Hero of Alexandria created a simulated human that, thanks to a special neck mechanism, defied all attempts at decapitation. Things really got busy in the Age of Reason, when sci-ence began to suggest that men were machines (with souls). In the 1730s, Jacques de Vaucanson built an elaborate flute-playing automaton that actually "breathed" air and delighted Parisian audiences with 12 different melodies. (Diderot saw the show and coined the term "androA de.") He soon topped himself with a mechanical duck that "ate food out of the exhibitor's hand, swallowed it, digested it and excreted it" before the likes of Louis XV and Voltaire. The Hungarian Wolfgang von Kempelen subsequently created a mechanical chess player that toured internationally over many decades, taking on Napoleon (who lost), Catherine the Great (who was disqualified for cheating) and Benjamin Franklin (out-come undocumented). This baffling wooden "Turk" rolled his eyes and moved game pieces with an ingeniously engi-neered arm. It (he) made ladies faint, whipped up widespread philosophical debate about the nature of intelligence and stirred Edgar Allan Poe into writing an exposA in which he asserted, rightly, that a human being had to be inside. Need-less to say, the area between science and spectacle, experiment and amusement, metaphysics and fun has historically been rather gray. There's even evidence that Thomas Edison developed thephonograph as a component for a talking doll he wanted to mass-produce. He did in fact create a metal doll with a tiny phonograph inside, the Eve of this book's title, but it was a huge commercial flop. (Recording technology, on the other hand, has done pretty well.) Simulations of life have always been creepy, if not downright frightening, even when meant to entertain. One day in 1895, in Paris, the first paying audience sat down to experience the Cinematograph. When the moving image of a train came rushing to-ward them, they ran right out of the theater. In the end, the author says, each of these inventions has been "a riddle, a fundamental challenge to our perception of what makes us human." And there are more of them on the way.

Publishers Weekly

In five entertaining chapters, British journalist Wood describes the ways humans have built machines to resemble themselves over the past three centuries. Wood begins with the dynamic creations of the 18th-century Frenchman Jacques de Vaucanson, explaining how his elaborate automatons, most notably a mechanical flute player and a mechanical duck apparently capable of eating and defecating, fascinated onlookers throughout Europe. She then moves to Wolfgang von Kempelen's chess-playing machine, constructed to look like a Turkish gentleman and capable of beating virtually any chess player in the 18th century, and Thomas Alva Edison's unsuccessful attempt to capture the American toy market by incorporating a version of his phonograph into the first talking doll. In her fourth chapter, Wood switches her attention from machines that look like humans to humans who look like machines. To wit, the Doll family: four midgets who toured with Ringling Brothers' Circus and appeared in The Wizard of Oz, in addition to other lesser known Hollywood productions. Some audiences refused to believe the Dolls were alive, assuming instead that they were sophisticated toys. Wood's anecdotes are delightful, though the book as a whole feels somewhat repetitive and short on analysis. She frequently reminds readers that these historical vignettes show the continuous struggle to determine what makes us human, but that's about as far as her commentary goes. (Aug.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Karen Reeds - KLIATT

It quacked like a duck, it flapped like a duck, it even pooped like a duck. So, how was this metal clockwork creature different from a real duck? The question perplexed its 18th-century audiences, and the quest to create imitations of life continues to bemuse and unnerve us. Gaby Wood, a staff writer for the London Observer, leads us through a splendid tour of modern robots, mechanical automata, Edison's talking dolls, Barnum & Bailey's living Doll Family, and the illusionary automata of Kempelen's Chess-Playing Turk, early photographers, movies, and magicians. Her research has turned up a remarkable range of historical and fictional examples of technology simulating life and vice versa. (I only regret the omission of Robertson Davies's use of the Talking Head tradition in The Deptford Trilogy). They are all fascinating in themselves, and her perceptive analysis connects them in wonderful ways. But it is the unfailing grace of Wood's writing and her willingness to put herself into the story that makes this a truly memorable book. Put this into the hands of high-school students as a model of first-rate prose and cultural history. If I were teaching English, history, film, sociology, psychology, philosophy, science, or computers-from middle school through grad school-I'd read parts aloud just for the fun of seeing where the discussion would go. Keep it in mind for adult book groups, too. KLIATT Codes: A-Recommended for advanced students and adults. 2002, Random House, Anchor, 304p. bibliog. index., Ages 17 to adult.

Booknews

Borrowing her title from the name of the talking doll manufactured by Thomas Edison, essayist Wood examines historical automata and the often-anxious reaction of the humans that came into contact with them. Recalling a mechanical duck that digested food; "The Turk," a mechanical chess player (secretly controlled by a human being); and Edison's Eve, she suggests that human reaction to these pre-robotic forms may offer clues to how we as a species will deal with the advent of advanced robotics and artificial intelligence. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Kirkus Reviews

British journalist Wood profiles roboticists with castration complexes and other men, both real and fictional, who thought they might somehow be able to create life. From Icarus to Dr. Frankenstein and beyond, these inventors display a mechanical ingenuity that appeals to the author almost as much as the Freudian aura of all their endeavors. Despite the title, Wood's favorite seems to be Jacques de Vaucanson, a French designer who crafted bizarre automata in the mid-18th century. His moving musicians on pedestals were the toast of Europe (one flutist had a 12-song repertoire), but his crowning achievement was a quacking, waddling, clockwork duck that could gobble up bits of food and, after an appropriate interval, defecate. By the time it was revealed that possibly green-dyed breadcrumbs were stored within the duck for effective release, Vaucanson had moved on to revolutionize French silk manufacture. Mechanical humanoids that could write poetry, play chess, tell fortunes, etc., may not have much in common with today's software-driven laboratory robots, but Wood finds the sentiments of compulsion and fascination ("They register emotions but do they realize what emotions they're registering?") to be a constant passed from tinkerer to cyberneticist. She has her way with Thomas Edison, finding the Wizard of Menlo Park to be an opportunistic misogynist who stuffed his newly minted phonograph into the body of a "talking doll" that sold for $10, about a week's wages for a factory worker. In the same vein, she introduces an obscure French novel whose Edison-like protagonist creates the perfect woman for a love-crazed client, annotating it with quotations from the real Thomas A. to buttress hercontention that he looked at a woman and saw a product that could be improved. A rigorously researched, clever, and obliquely feminist look at what happens over the ages when the Pygmalion complex is closeted in a well-equipped workshop.

31 Days Before Your CCNA Exam or Kismet Hacking

2009-01-26T19:37:00.000-08:00

31 Days Before Your CCNA Exam: A Day-by-Day Review Guide for the Cisco Networking Academy Program Student (Cisco Networking Academy Program Series)

Author: Scott Bennett

If you have completed or are about to complete the four courses of the CCNA version 3.1 curriculum in the Cisco Networking Academy Program, you are ready to make your knowledge official with a CCNA certification. 31 Days Before Your CCNA Exam offers you a personable and practical way to understand the certification process and commit to taking the 640-801 CCNA certification exam while the course material is fresh in your mind.

Use the day-by-day guide and checklist to organize, prepare, and review. The best motivation for studying is scheduling an actual test date, so sign up and declare, "I am going to take the CCNA exam in 31 days, and this is what I will do to prepare leading up to the exam."

Each day in this guide breaks down an exam topic into a manageable bit of information to review using short summaries from relevant parts of the four Networking Academy CCNA courses.

The features of the book empower you to fit exam preparation into an otherwise busy schedule:

-Visual calendar summarizing each day's study topic
-Checklist providing advice for preparation activities leading up to the exam
-Description of the 640-801 CCNA exam and how to sign up for it, including how to use a course voucher
-Strategies to be mentally, organizationally, and physically prepared for exam day
-Conversational tone, which makes your study time more enjoyable

Pt. I	31-24 days before the exam - technology	1
	Day 31 : describe network communications using layered models	3
	Day 30 : describe the spanning tree process	11
	Day 29 : compare and contrast key characteristics of LAN environments	15
	Day 28 : evaluate the characteristics of routing protocols	19
	Day 27 : evaluate the TCP/IP communication process and its associated protocols	27
	Day 26 : describe the components of network devices	35
	Day 25 : evaluate rules for packet control	39
	Day 24 : evaluate key characteristics of WANs	43
Pt. II	23-18 days before the exam - planning and design	47
	Day 23 : design a simple LAN using Cisco Technology	49
	Day 22 : design an IP addressing scheme to meet design requirements	57
	Day 21 : select an appropriate routing protocol based on user requirements	63
	Day 20 : design a simple Internetwork using Cisco Technology	69
	Day 19 : develop an access list to meet user specifications	73
	Day 18 : choose WAN services to meet customer requirements	77
Pt. III	17-9 days before the exam - implementation and operation	87
	Day 17 : configure routing protocols given user requirements	89
	Day 16 : configure IP addresses, subnet masks, and gateway addresses on routers and hosts	99
	Day 15 : configure a router for additional administrative functionality	105
	Day 14 : configure a switch with VLANs and interswitch communication	113
	Day 13 : implement a LAN	121
	Day 12 : customize a switch configuration to meet specified requirements and manage system image and device configuration files (two objectives)	125
	Day 11 : perform an initial configuration on a router and perform an initial configuration on a switch (two objectives)	133
	Day 10 : implement an access list	141
	Day 9 : implement simple WAN protocols	145
Pt. IV	8-1 day(s) before the exam - troubleshooting	153
	Day 8 : utilize the OSI model as a guide for systematic troubleshooting	155
	Day 7 : perform LAN and VLAN troubleshooting	159
	Day 6 : troubleshoot routing protocols	163
	Day 5 : troubleshoot IP addressing and host configuration	167
	Day 4 : troubleshoot a device as part of a working network	171
	Day 3 : troubleshoot an access list	175
	Day 2 : perform simple WAN troubleshooting	177
	Day 1 : key points from each day for relaxed skimming	181
Pt. V	Exam day and post-exam information	203
	Exam day : becoming a CCNA	205
	Post-exam information : after the CCNA	207

Kismet Hacking

Author: Brad Haines

Kismet is the industry standard for examining wireless network traffic, and is used by over 250,000 security professionals, wireless networking enthusiasts, and WarDriving hobbyists.

Unlike other wireless networking books that have been published in recent years that geared towards Windows users, Kismet Hacking is geared to those individuals that use the Linux operating system. People who use Linux and want to use wireless tools need to use Kismet. Now with the introduction of Kismet NewCore, they have a book that will answer all their questions about using this great tool. This book continues in the successful vein of books for wireless users such as WarDriving: Drive, Detect Defend.

*Wardrive Running Kismet from the BackTrack Live CD

*Build and Integrate Drones with your Kismet Server

*Map Your Data with GPSMap, KisMap, WiGLE and GpsDrive

Windows XP All in One Desk Reference for Dummies or Digital Photographers Guide to Adobe Lightroom

2009-01-25T15:26:00.000-08:00

Windows XP All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies

Author: Woody Leonhard

Windows is the number one operating system in the world. There’s a lot to Windows XP, with office productivity applications, multimedia features, the Internet, and security upgrades. Now and then, you probably wish you could call Tech Support.

That’s when you’ll be grateful to have nine books about Windows XP in one — Windows XP All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, Second Edition. It replaces a whole shelf of reference books and covers

• Windows XP basics

• Customization

• The Internet

• Internet Explorer

• Microsoft Network

• Hardware

• Multimedia

• Windows Media Center

• Wired and wireless networks

Fully updated with the latest information on Microsoft’s improved security features, the newest on multimedia applications and Windows Media Center, and plenty of additional stuff to help you decide about broadband Internet connections, this edition of Windows XP All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies makes Windows XP manageable. It helps you

• Get started with Windows XP, search for files, use shortcuts, deal with common problems, and take advantage ofbuilt-in help

• Customize your desktop, menus, icons, and startup programs

• Protect your PC by using Windows Firewall, appropriate virus protection, and other security measures

• Compare browsers, connect to the Internet, choose the right e-mail program, and manage newsgroups and chats

• Work with digital images, download and play music, burn CDs, find out about digital camcorders, and create movies with Movie Maker

• Decide whether a Media Center PC is right for you

• Create a home network and troubleshoot any problems that come up

With thumbtabs that make it easy to find what you’re looking for and the famous For Dummies cheat sheet in the front, this book is designed to make life with Windows XP a lot easier, happier, safer, and a whole lot more fun.

Book review: Räume der Hoffnung

Digital Photographer's Guide to Adobe Lightroom

Author: John Beardsworth

Digital technology has transformed the entire photographic workflow—and Adobe™ Lightroom, the latest application from the creators of Photoshop®, is at the forefront of the revolution. With this in-depth guide, photographers can make the most of the cutting-edge software and understand the entire image-making process. It’s filled with expert tips and techniques, and comprehensively covers both professional essentials (setting up photo libraries, white balance) and advanced topics like studio branding. You’ll learn how to have a photo shoot, whittle it down to the best shots, and fine-tune their tone, balance, and exposure. Zoom in, zoom out, crop, and undo, all without altering the original. Put the file on CD or the web for clients or friends, then make picture-perfect prints, in color, mono, or sepia. The possibilities are amazing!

Guide To Operating Systems Enhanced Edition or Workflow Management

2009-01-24T11:13:00.000-08:00

Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children: What Our Kids Go through - and how We Can Help

Author: Michael Palmer

Helping your child through a weight problem doesn't have to be a long, difficult process. In Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children, Dr. Sylvia Rimm, one of America's most trusted family psychologists for more than 20 years, cuts to the heart of the issue with simple advice you can use today, even as you are still searching for ways to help your child lose weight.

You will discover:
* How to coach your child to success, rather than judge his shortcomings
* Why overweight girls feel pressure to have sex at an earlier age than their friends--and how to protect them
* How to set guidelines for television and computer time
* Ways to keep your child from getting bullied at school
* Conversations you can have with your child's siblings to get their support

Plus, meet dozens of adults who overcame their childhood weight problems. These real people show you the simple strategies that their parents used to help them to success--ideas you'll want to use in your own family, such as:
* Focusing your child on her strengths to take the sting out of getting teased at school
* Helping your child find the right clothes to fit in with her peers
* Using a special-interest camp or exercise group to build positive peer relationships
* Identifying other adults who can build your child's self-esteem
* The best ways to praise your child

Book about: Aprendizagem a Trabalho:Como Crianças de Classe de Trabalho Adquirem Empregos de Classe de Trabalho

Workflow Management: Models, Methods, and Systems

Author: Wil van der Aalst

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to workflow management, the management of business processes with information technology. By defining, analyzing, and redesigning an organization's resources and operations, workflow management systems ensure that the right information reaches the right person or computer application at the right time. The book provides a basic overview of workflow terminology and organization, as well as detailed coverage of workflow modeling with Petri nets. Because Petri nets make definitions easier to understand for nonexperts, they facilitate communication between designers and users. The book includes a chapter of case studies, review exercises, and a glossary. A special Web site developed by the authors, workflowcourse.com, features animation, interactive examples, lecture materials, exercises and solutions, relevant links, and other valuable resources for the classroom.

Exploring Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Comprehensive or Macromedia Fireworks 8

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

Exploring Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Comprehensive

Author: Robert Grauer

The Exploring series helps students master the How and Why of performing tasks in Office to gain a greater understanding of how to use the individual applications together to solve business problems. Exploring titles feature Perfect pages where every step of every hands-on exercise as well as every end-of-chapter problem begins on a new page and has its own screen shot to make it easier to follow. Each chapter contains Hands-on Exercises, Capstone Exercises, and Mini-Cases for practicing and reviewing skills acquired. Exploring Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Comprehensive, 1/e, covers the following topics: introduction to Excel; using formulas, functions, and charts; working with large worksheets and tables; converting data to information; consolidating data and linking files; What-If analysis, forecasting, and amortization; employing templates, themes, and web pages; collaboration and macros; data analysis; VBA. Ideal for students and individuals seeking a comprehensive introduction to Excel 2007.

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Excel

Section 1: Introduction to Spreadsheets
Defining Worksheets and Workbooks
Using Spreadsheets Across Disciplines
Planning for Good Workbook and Worksheet Design
Identifying Excel Window Components
Entering and Editing Data in Cells
Hands-On Exercise #1: Introduction to Microsoft Excel

Section 2: Mathematics and Formulas
Describing and Using Symbols and the Order of Precedence
Displaying Cell Formulas
Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
Using Cell Ranges, Excel Move, Copy, Paste and Paste Special, and AutoFill
Hands-On Exercise #2: Jakes Gym Continued

Section 3: Workbook and Worksheet Enhancements
Managing Worksheets
Formatting Worksheets
Hands-On Exercise #3: Formatting Jake's Gym Worksheet

Section 4: Page Setup and Printing
Selecting Page Setup Options for Printing
Managing Cell Comments
Hands-On Exercise #4: Printing Jake's Gym Worksheet

Summary
Key Terms
Multiple Choice
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 2 - Microsoft Excel: Formulas and Functions

Section 1: Formula Basics
Creating and Copying Formulas
Using Relative and Absolute Cell Addresses
Hands-On Exercise #1: Smithtown Hospital Radiology Department Payroll

Section 2:Function Basics
Using AutoSum
Inserting Basic Statistical Functions
Using Date Functions
Hands-On Exercise #2: Completing the Smithtown Hospital Radiology Department

Section 3: Logical and Lookup Functions
Using the IF Function
Using the VLOOKUP Function
Hands-On Exercise #3: Athletic Department Eligibility Gradebook

Section 4: Financial Functions
Using the PMT Function
Using the FV Function
Hands-On Exercise #4: Purchasing a Van for the School for Exceptional Children

Summary
Key Terms
Multiple Choice
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 3 - Microsoft Excel: Charts

Section 1: A Picture is the Message
Choosing A Chart Type
Creating a Chart
Hands-on Exercise 1: The First Chart

Section 2: Chart Enhancements
Modifying a Chart
Enhancing Charts with Graphic Shapes
Hands-on Exercise 2: Multiple Data Series

Section 3: Chart Distribution
Embedding Charts
Printing Charts
Hands-on Exercise 3: Embedding, Printing, And Saving Chart as a Web Page

Summary
Key Terms
Multiple Choice
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 4: Microsoft Excel: Working with Large Worksheets and Tables

Section 1: Large Worksheet Preparation
Freezing Rows and Columns
Hiding and Unhiding Rows, Columns, and Worksheets
Protecting a Cell, a Worksheet and a Workbook
Controlling Calculation
Printing Large Worksheets
Hands-On Exercise #1: Marching Band Roster

Section 2: Excel Data Tables
Exploring Basic Table Management
Sorting Data
Filtering and Totaling Data
Hands-On Exercise #2: Marching Band Roster Revisited

Summary
Key Terms
Multiple Choice
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 5 - Data to Information

Section 1 Table Management
Designing Tables Based on Table Data Theory
Importing Data from Text Files and Other Sources
Applying Conditional Formatting
Hands-on Exercise 1: Gee Airlines Human Resources Department

Section 2 Data Management
Applying Advanced Filtering and Sorting Methods
Creating and Using Range Names
Using Database Functions
Hands-on Exercise 2: Gee Airlines Human Resources Department Revisited

Section 3 Data Analysis with PivotTables and PivotCharts
Creating and Deleting PivotTables and PivotChart Reports
Formatting, Sorting, Filtering, Subtotaling, and Refreshing a PivotTable
Hands-on Exercise 3: Eye First Advertising Department Sales

Summary
Key Terms
Multiple Choice
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 6 — Data Tables and Amortization Tables

Section 1 Tables
Separating and Combining Text
Manipulating Text with Functions
Hands-on Exercise 1: IT Department String Manipulation

Section 2 Data Analysis and Windows
Identifying and Removing Duplicate Rows
Grouping and Subtotaling Data
Working with Windows
Hands-on Exercise 2: Ajax College Band

Section 3 Conditional and Logical Functions
Using Conditions in Functions
Creating Nested IF Functions
Using AND, OR, NOT and IFERROR Functions
Hands-on Exercise 3: Classic Cars and Security

Section 4 Amortization Table
Defining the Amortization Table
Using Functions in Amortization Tables
Hands-on Exercise 4: Purchase a New House

Summary
Key Terms
Multiple Choice
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 7 — Data Consolidation, Links, and Formula Auditing

Section 1 Data Consolidation
Consolidating Data from Multiple Worksheets
Defining the Three-Dimensional Workbook
Creating Three-Dimensional References in Formulas
Hands-on Exercise 1: Consolidating Best Restaurant Corporate Sales

Section 2 Workbook Linking and Documentation
Linking Workbooks
Creating the Documentation Worksheet
Hands-on Exercise 2: Consolidating Workbooks for Corporate Sales and Adding Documentation

Section 3 Workbook Auditing
Restricting Values to a Drop-Down List
Validating Data
Auditing Formulas
Setting up a Watch Window
Hands-on Exercise 3: JAS Manufacturing

Summary
Key Terms
Multiple Choice
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 8 — What-If Analysis

Section 1 One- and Two- Variable Data Tables
Creating a One-Variable Data Table
Creating a Two-Variable Data Table
Hands-on Exercise 1: Can You Afford It?

Section 2 Goal Seek and Scenario Manager
Defining Forecasting
Solving Problems with Goal Seek
Using Scenario Manager
Hands-on Exercise 2: Purchase Golf Cars and Manufacture Golf Clubs

Section 3 Solver
Loading the Solver Add-In
Solving Problems with Solver
Hands-on Exercise 3: FAL Computing Manufacturing

Summary
Key Terms
Multiple Choice
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 9 - Collaboration and Workbook Distribution

Section 1 Excel Collaboration and Workbook Sharing
Tracking Changes
Enabling Simultaneous Changes by Multiple Users
Saving Workbooks in Different Formats
Sending a Workbook by E-mail
Copying Data to Word and PowerPoint
Hands-on Exercise 1: Collaborate and Share

Section 2 Workbook Distribution
Finalizing Documents
Preparing Workbooks for Distribution
Hands-on Exercise 2: Distribute and Secure Workbooks

Section 3 Excel Options and Add-ins
Understanding Excel Options
Working with the Quick Access Toolbar
Adding Add-ins
Hands-on Exercise 3: Customizing Excel

Summary
Key Terms
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Project
Mini Cases

Chapter 10 — Templates, Styles, Web, and Macros

Section 1 Worksheet Automation
Working with Existing Templates, Themes, and Styles
Using Styles for Advanced Formatting
Creating a Template
Hands-on Exercise 1: Use and Create Themes, Styles, and Templates

Section 2 Web Pages and Queries
Creating a Web Page
Creating Web Queries
Hands-on Exercise 2: Query the Web and Create a Web Page

Section 3 Repetitive Tasks
Working with Macros
Creating Macro Buttons
Understanding the Basics of VBA
Hands-on Exercise 3: Work with Macros and Visual Basic for Applications

Summary
Key Terms
Multiple Choice
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Look this: Droidmaker or Foundations of Python Network Programming

Macromedia Fireworks 8: Training from the Source

Author: Patti Schulz

If you learn best by doing, and what you’re intent on doing is create stunning Web graphics with Macromedia Fireworks 8, this is the place to turn. The best-selling tutorial book on Fireworks has been completely updated to get you hands-on fast with all of the program’s most important features, including its newest: additional blend modes, support for special characters and AutoShape properties, workflow improvements, and more. Through project-based lessons that equal 16 to 20 hours of instruction, you’ll cover the entire process of creating Web graphics with Fireworks 8—from creating images to optimizing and exporting them. Simple step-by-step instructions, loads of screen shots, and a CD with media files and a trial version of the program will have you creating rollovers, pop-ups, and more in no time. Whether you’re new to the world of Fireworks graphics or a veteran user eager to tap the power of the latest version, you’ll find the trusted, Macromedia-certified instruction you need in these pages.

CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide or Professional LINQ

2009-01-22T02:48:00.000-08:00

CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide

Author: David Hucaby

CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide

Fourth Edition

• Master all 642-812 exam topics with the official study guide
• Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes
• Review key concepts with foundation summaries
• Practice with hundreds of exam questions on the CD-ROM

David Hucaby, CCIE® No. 4594

CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, is a best of breed Cisco® exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the BCMSN exam. Successfully passing the BCMSN 642-812 exam certifies that you have knowledge and skills necessary to implement scalable multilayer switched networks.

CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, follows a logical organization of the BCMSN exam objectives. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing readers’ retention and recall of exam topics. Lead network engineer and consultant David Hucaby shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve your switching knowledge through the use of the consistent features in each chapter. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists and Foundation Summary tables make referencing easy and give you a quick refresher whenever you need it. Scenario-based exercises help you think about exam objectives in real-world situations, thus increasing recall during exam time. Challenging chapter-ending review questions help you assess your knowledge and reinforce key concepts.

The companion CD-ROMcontains a powerful testing engine that enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, presenting question-by-question remediation to the text.

Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this book helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.

David Hucaby, CCIE® No. 4594, is a lead network engineer for a large medical environment using Cisco multilayer switching and security products. He also is an independent networking consultant focusing on Cisco-based solutions for healthcare and banking clients.

The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the BCMSN exam, including
• Spanning Tree Protocol concepts
• Virtual LAN (VLAN), VLAN trunking, and inter-VLAN routing
• Gateway redundancy technologies and protocols
• Wireless LAN topologies, components, connectivity, and standards
• Implementing a Cisco Unified Wireless Network
• Wireless client access
• Access layer voice concepts
• Preventing and mitigating attacks against switched network security

Companion CD-ROM

The CD-ROM contains an electronic copy of the book and more than 200 practice questions for the BCMSN exam, including simulation-based questions, all available in study mode, test mode, and flash card format.

This volume is part of the Exam Certification Guide Series from Cisco Press®. Books in this series provide officially developed exam preparation materials that offer assessment, review, and practice to help Cisco Career Certification candidates identify weaknesses, concentrate their study efforts, and enhance their confidence as exam day nears.

Category: Cisco Certification

Covers: BCMSN Exam 642-812

$59.99 USA / $74.99 CAN

New interesting book: El Ambiente Legal de Negocio

Professional LINQ

Author: Scott Klein

Professional LINQ introduces experienced programmers and database developers to LINQ database queries in their native VB and C# languages. Some of the topics covered include:

• LINQ Queries

• LINQ and the Standard Query Operators

• Programming with XLinq

• Querying XML with XLinq

• Mixing XML and other data models

• DLinq and Queries

• LINQ over datasets

• Interoperating with ADO.NET

• LINQ and ASP.NET

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: Introduction to Project LINQ.

Chapter 1: Project LINQ.

Chapter 2: A Look at Visual Studio 2008.

Chapter 3: LINQ Queries.

Chapter 4: LINQ Standard Query Operators.

Part II: LINQ to XML.

Chapter 5: Understanding LINQ to XML.

Chapter 6: Programming with LINQ to XML.

Chapter 7: LINQ to XML and Other LINQ Data Models.

Chapter 8: Advanced LINQ to XML Programming Topics.

Chapter 9: LINQ to XML and Visual Basic .NET.

Part III: LINQ to SQL.

Chapter 10: LINQ to SQL Overview.

Chapter 11: LINQ to SQL Queries.

Chapter 12: Advanced Query Concepts.

Chapter 13: More About Entity Classes.

Chapter 14: LINQ to DataSet.

Chapter 15: Advanced LINQ to SQL Topics.

Appendixes.

Appendix A: Case Study.

Appendix B: LINQ to Entities: The ADO.NET Entity Framework.

Appendix C: LINQ to XSD.

Index.

Making a Movie in iMovie and iDVD or Windows XP Simplified Service Pack 2nd Edition

2009-01-20T22:36:00.000-08:00

Making a Movie in iMovie and iDVD: Visual QuickProject Guide (Visual Quickproject Guide Series)

Author: Jeff Carlson

If you're like many users, you may just now be figuring out what Apple may have neglected to mention: A built-in movie studio-in the form of the free iMovie and iDVD apps included in Mac OS X-does not a moviemaker make. This book, however, does! Realizing that you won't want to waste a single minute reading about all you can do with iMovie and iDVD, best-selling author Jeff Carlson cuts straight to the chase in this compact, low-priced volume, using simple project-based instruction and big, colorful screen shots to guide you through the process of making your first movie with iMovie and iDVD. By focusing on a single goal (making that first movie) rather than exploring every option and feature, Jeff demonstrates the quickest, easiest, smartest route to cinematic success. Each short lesson builds on the last as you learn how to shoot, edit, and produce your own movies and then distribute them on DVDs to share with friends, family, and colleagues.

Windows XP Simplified Service Pack, 2nd Edition

Author: Paul McFedries

* The perfect guide for visual learners who are brand-new to Windows XP and want to be shown-rather than told-how to solve problems and work through tasks
* Features highly visual two-page tutorials and full-color step-by-step screen shots that walk Windows newcomers through tasks such as working with files, sharing a computer, browsing the Web, using e-mail, and even creating movies
* Covers new SP2 enhancements, including the new Windows Firewall and wireless interface as well as updates to Windows Update, Media Player, and Internet Explorer

Designing the User Interface or Reconfigurable Computing

2009-01-19T22:38:00.000-08:00

Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction

Author: Ben Shneiderman

In 1996, recognizing this book, ACM's Special Interest Group on Documentation (SIGDOC) presented Ben Shneiderman with the Joseph Rigo Award. SIGDOC praised the book as one "that took the jargon and mystery out of the field of human-computer interaction" and attributed the book's success to "its readability and emphasis on practice as well as research."

In revising this best-seller, Ben Shneiderman again provides a complete, current, and authoritative introduction to user-interface design. The user interface is the part of every computer system that determines how people control and operate that system. When the interface is well designed, it is comprehensible, predictable, and controllable; users feel competent, satisfied, and responsible for their actions. In this book, the author discusses the principles and practices needed to design such effective interaction.

Based on 20 years experience, Shneiderman offers readers practical techniques and guidelines for interface design. As a scientist, he also takes great care to discuss underlying issues and to support conclusions with empirical results. Interface designers, software engineers, and product managers will all find here an invaluable resource for creating systems that facilitate rapid learning and performance, yield low error rates, and generate high user satisfaction. Coverage includes the human factors of interactive software (with added discussion of diverse user communities), tested methods to develop and assess interfaces, interaction styles (like direct manipulation for graphical user interfaces), and design considerations (effective messages, consistent screen design, appropriate color).

Booknews

In this revised and updated presentation of user interface design for designers, managers, and evaluators of interactive systems, Schneiderman (computer science, U. of Maryland) discusses the underlying issues, principles, and empirical results, and describes practical guidelines and techniques necessary to realize an effective design. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Go to: Introduction to Digital Photography or Programming with POSIX Threads

Reconfigurable Computing: The Theory and Practice of FPGA-Based Computation

Author: Scott Hauck

The main characteristic of Reconfigurable Computing is the presence of hardware that can be reconfigured to implement specific functionality more suitable for specially tailored hardware than on a simple uniprocessor. Reconfigurable computing systems join microprocessors and programmable hardware in order to take advantage of the combined strengths of hardware and software and have been used in applications ranging from embedded systems to high performance computing. Many of the fundamental theories have been identified and used by the Hardware/Software Co-Design research field. Although the same background ideas are shared in both areas, they have different goals and use different approaches.This book is intended as an introduction to the entire range of issues important to reconfigurable computing, using FPGAs as the context, or "computing vehicles" to implement this powerful technology. It will take a reader with a background in the basics of digital design and software programming and provide them with the knowledge needed to be an effective designer or researcher in this rapidly evolving field.

• Treatment of FPGAs as computing vehicles rather than glue-logic or ASIC substitutes
• Views of FPGA programming beyond Verilog/VHDL
• Broad set of case studies demonstrating how to use FPGAs in novel and efficient ways

Contents Preface Introduction Part One: Hardware Part I INTRO Chapter 1 - General-Purpose FPGA Architecture
Chapter 2 - Reconfigurable Computing Devices Chapter 3 - Reconfigurable Computing Systems Chapter 4 - Reconfiguration Management Part Two: Software Part II Intro Chapter 5 - Computer Models and System Architectures Andrй DeHon Chapter 6 - Hardware Description Languages (VHDL)
Chapter 7 - Compilation for Reconfigurable Computing Machines
Chapter 8 - Streaming Models
8.1 MATLAB/SIMULINK
8.2 SCORE Chapter 9 SIMD/Vector Chapter 10 - OS/Runtime Systems Chapter 11 - JHDL Chapter 12 -Technology Mapping Chapter 13 - Placement
13.1 General-purpose / FPGA
13.2 Datapath
13.3 Constructive Chapter 14 - Routing Chapter 15 - Retimin Chapter 16 - Bitstream Generation, JBits Chapter 17 - Fast Mapping Part Three: Application Development PART III INTRO Chapter 18 - Evaluating and Optimizing problems for FPGA implementations Chapter 19- Instance-specific design, Constant Propagation & Partial Evaluation
Chapter 20 - Precision Analysis & Floating Point Chapter 21 - Distributed Arithmetic Chapter 22 - CORDIC Chapter 23 - Task allocation: FPGA vs. CPU partitioning Part Four: Case Studies PART IV INTRO Chapter 24 - Image Processing, Variable Precision, Algorithm Alteration: SPIHT Compression Chapter 25 - Run-time reconfiguration: Automatic Target Recognition Chapter 26 - Problem-specific circuitry: SAT Solving
Chapter 27 - Multi-FPGA Systems: Logic Emulation Chapter 28- Floating Point Chapter 29 - FDTD Chapter 30 - Genetic Evolution
Chapter 31 - Packet Filtering (Networking application)
Chapter 32 - Active Pages [Memorycentric] Part Five:Theoretical Underpinnings and Future Directions
PART V INTRO Chapter 33- Theoretical Underpinnings, Metrics and Analysis Chapter 34 - Defect and Fault Tolerance Chapter 35 - Reconfigurable Computing and Nanotechnology

iSpeak German or JBoss 40

2009-01-19T12:26:00.000-08:00

iSpeak German

Author: Alex Chapin

See it. Hear it. Speak it.

Turn your iPod into a portable translator and put 1,500 German phrases in your pocket.

Instead of just listening to the latest hits, you can use your iPod to hear and see 1,500 essential German phrases. It's as simple as listening to a song by your favorite artist:

Go to “Artist”--Choose the theme you want.
Go to “Album”--Select your topic within the theme.
Select the phrase you want to hear—you will not only hear the phrase but see it on your iPod screen!

Traveling has never been so easy nor sounded so good!

Designed for use with iPod.
Also compatible with Zune and most MP3 players. See manual for details.
Contains one MP3 audio disc and 64-page booklet.

Interesting book: Downtown Girls Guide to Wine or Tell Me More

JBoss 4.0: The Official Guide

Author: Marc Fleury

If you need to understand how JBoss works, why not learn it from the people who created it? JBoss 4.0 — The Official Guide is the authoritative resource recognized as the official print documentation for JBoss 4.0. The only book for advanced JBoss users, this guide presents a complete understanding to configuring and using JBoss 4.0. It is fully up-to-date with the new features and changes in JBoss 4.0, including those used to integrate development with Eclipse, incorporate Aspect-Oriented Programming and implement J2EE 1.4 functionality months ahead of the commercial competition. Get under the hood and explore everything that JBoss 4.0 can offer you with JBoss 4.0 — The Official Guide.

Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL 2E or Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 on Demand

2009-01-19T03:14:00.000-08:00

Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL 2E

Author: Hugh E Williams

There are many reasons for serving up dynamic content from aweb site:to offer an online shopping site, create customized information pages for users, or just manage a large volume of content through a database. Anyone with a modest knowledge of HTML and web site management can learn to create dynamic content through the PHP programming language and the MySQL database. This book gives you the background and tools to do the job safely and reliably.

Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL, Second Edition thoroughly reflects the needs of real-world applications. It goes into detail on such practical issues as validating input (do you know what a proper credit card number looks like?), logging in users, and using templates to give your dynamic web pages a standard look.

But this book goes even further. It shows how JavaScript and PHP can be used in tandem to make a user's experience faster and more pleasant. It shows the correct way to handle errors in user input so that a site looks professional. It introduces the vast collection of powerful tools available in the PEAR repository and shows how to use some of the most popular tools.

Even while it serves as an introduction to new programmers, the book does not omit critical tasks that web sites require. For instance, every site that allows updates must handle the possibility of multiple users accessing data at the same time. This book explains how to solve the problem in detail with locking.

Through a sophisticated sample application—Hugh and Dave's Wine Store—all the important techniques of dynamic content are introduced. Good design is emphasized, such as dividing logic from presentation. The book introduces PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1 features, while providing techniques that can be used on older versions of the software that are still in widespread use.

This new edition has been redesigned around the rich offerings of PEAR. Several of these, including the Template package and the database-independent query API, are fully integrated into examples and thorougly described in the text. Topics include: Installation and configuration of Apache, MySQL, and PHP on Unix®, Windows®, and Mac OS® X systems Introductions to PHP, SQL, and MySQL administration Session management, including the use of a custom database for improved efficiency User input validation, security, and authentication The PEAR repository, plus details on the use of PEAR DB and Template classes Production of PDF reports

Book review: My New MAC or How to Do Everything with Access 2003

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 on Demand

Author: Steve Johnson

FOR THOSE WHO WOULD RATHER BE SHOWN HOW THAN TOLD HOW.
SEE HOW TO:
- Understand and use the latest Web technologies to create sites
- Choose the right site structure and layout for sites
- Create and use Web page templates to quick create pages
- Create and maintain Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Add Flash elements to Web pages
- Use JavaScript behaviors to implement page functionality
- Use coding tools to develop consistent and reusable code
- Manage collaboration with multiple developers
- Manage local, remote, and testing sites
- Transfer, synchronize, and validate sites
- Browse, organize, and process files using Adobe Bridge and Version Cue
- Test content on different target devices using Adobe Device Central
Includes ACE Courseware Objectives!

This book uses real world examples to give you a context in which to perform a task. This book also includes workshops to help you put together individual tasks into projects. The Dreamweaver example files that you need for project tasks are available at www.perspection.com.

Perspection has written and produced books on a variety of computer software, including Adobe Flash CS3 and 8, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS2, Microsoft Office 2007 and 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista and XP, Microsoft Expression Web, and Apple Mac OS X Panther. Perspection was founded in 1991, and is committed to providing information and training to help people use software more effectively. Perspection has written more than 80 computer books, and sold more than 5 million copies.

This courseware meets the objectives for the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Program. Upon completion of this courseware you may be prepared to take an exam for ACE qualification. To learn more about becoming an Adobe Certified Expert, visit www.adobe.com/support/certification/ace.htm

Building Online Stores with osCommerce or Publish and Prosper

2009-01-18T15:03:00.000-08:00

Building Online Stores with osCommerce: Beginner Edition

Author: David Mercer

Building Online Stores with osCommerce: Beginner Edition will teach you how to build and maintain a working e-commerce Website using osCommerce. You will learn all the information required to set up, modify and maintain your own online store.

It is often hard to find well presented, clear, and helpful information regarding the many settings and complications associated with running an osCommerce store. This book is a boon for those who want to learn how to do things for themselves.

The book's business oriented approach focuses on using osCommerce to meet your business goals and requirements.

You will also learn how to get the most from the osCommerce community, and see how the open source nature of osCommerce can bring great benefits to the quality of your site.

By the end of this book, you will be confident in running your own store and possess enough know how to establish a strong online business.
There is a Professional Edition of this title available ISBN 1904811140

Book about: Stretching Basics or The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Men

Publish and Prosper: Blogging for Your Business

Author: D L Byron

While personal blogs take up much of the blogosphere, blogs are quickly gaining popularity in business as an inexpensive and amazingly effective marketing tool. It’s time for a practical book about business blogging: this is the first book to demonstrate how businesses are blogging and how you can use blogging technology to converse with your customers to build your brand and sell your products.

Written from the business person/designer’s perspectives, this book shows how businesses can leverage current, real-world blogging techniques, tools, and platforms to promote and enhance their ventures. The key idea is that the conversation with your market is stronger and more meaningful with a blog. Filled with practical information and a how-to approach, this book provides case studies of companies as large as Boeing or General Motors and as small as Clip-’n-seal. Readers will learn about the types of business blogs, how companies use blogs, how to sell blogs to management and IT, effective blog design, content, and conversation, pitfalls to avoid, how to develop Web presence, and more.

Computer Networking First Step or Designing Interactions

2009-01-17T12:21:00.000-08:00

Computer Networking First-Step

Author: Wendell Odom

Your first step into the world of computer networking

No experience required
Includes clear and easily understood explanations
Makes learning easy

Your first step to computer networking begins here!

Learn basic networking terminology
Understand how information is routed from place to place
Explore Internet connectivity secrets
Protect your computer from intrusion
Build local-area networks (LANs)

Welcome to the world of networking!

Networking and the Internet touch our lives in untold ways every day. From connecting our computers together at home and surfing the net at high speeds to editing and sharing digital music and video, computer networking has become both ubiquitous and indispensable.

No experience needed!

Computer Networking First-Step explains the basics of computer networking in easy-to-grasp language that all of us can understand. This book takes you on a guided tour of the core technologies that make up network and Internet traffic. Whether you are looking to take your first step into a career in networking or are interested in just gaining a conversational knowledge of the technology, this book is for you!

Slashdot.org

The best thing going for the book is its relaxed, you-can-do-it tone. ... If you are looking for a conceptual understanding of computer networking to untangle the underlying mystery, read this book. I think this is a great text for high school students, home computer users, and even computer professionals who do not deal with networking in their daily work.

	Introduction
Pt. I	Networking basics	3
Ch. 1	What is a network?	5
Ch. 2	A network's reason for existence	17
Ch. 3	Building a network : it all starts with a plan	37
Pt. II	Running the local department of (network) transportation	63
Ch. 4	How to build a local (network) roadway	65
Ch. 5	Rules of the road : how to use the local (network) roadway	87
Ch. 6	Reducing congestion and driving faster on the local (network) roadway	107
Ch. 7	Adding local (network) roadways for no extra money	131
Pt. III	Shipping and logistics : commerce using the (network) roadways	151
Ch. 8	Shipping goods over a (network) roadway	153
Ch. 9	Choosing shipping options when transporting the goods over the (network) roadway	181
Pt. IV	Navigating the roadways to find the right street address	205
Ch. 10	Delivering the goods to the right street (IP) address	207
Ch. 11	Knowing where to turn at each intersection (router)	235
Ch. 12	Painting the road signs on your interstate (internetwork)	263
Ch. 13	People like names, but computers like numbers	279
Pt. V	Building an interstate (inter-LAN) highway system	293
Ch. 14	Leasing a (network) roadway between two points	295
Ch. 15	Leasing a (network) roadway between lots of places	315
Ch. 16	Driving from home onto the globally interconnected (internet) roadway	333
Pt. VI	Securing the network	353
Ch. 17	Accepting the right people and rejecting the wrong people	355
Ch. 18	Keeping a watchful eye over who drives into your (network) neighborhood	373
Pt. VII	Appendixes	391
	App. A: Answers to chapter review questions	393
	App. B: Converting IP addresses between decimal and binary	435
	Glossary	459
	Index	497

Go to: Economics of the Environment or Creative Problem Solving

Designing Interactions

Author: Bill Moggridg

Digital technology has changed the way we interact with everything from the games we play to the tools we use at work. Designers of digital technology products no longer regard their job as designing a physical object--beautiful or utilitarian--but as designing our interactions with it. In Designing Interactions, award-winning designer Bill Moggridge introduces us to forty influential designers who have shaped our interaction with technology. Moggridge, designer of the first laptop computer (the GRiD Compass, 1981) and a founder of the design firm IDEO, tells us these stories from an industry insider's viewpoint, tracing the evolution of ideas from inspiration to outcome. The innovators he interviews--including Will Wright, creator of The Sims, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google, and Doug Engelbart, Bill Atkinson, and others involved in the invention and development of the mouse and the desktop--have been instrumental in making a difference in the design of interactions. Their stories chart the history of entrepreneurial design development for technology.

Moggridge and his interviewees discuss such questions as why a personal computer has a window in a desktop, what made Palm's handheld organizers so successful, what turns a game into a hobby, why Google is the search engine of choice, and why 30 million people in Japan choose the i-mode service for their cell phones. And Moggridge tells the story of his own design process and explains the focus on people and prototypes that has been successful at IDEO--how the needs and desires of people can inspire innovative designs and how prototyping methods are evolving for the design of digitaltechnology.

Designing Interactions is illustrated with more than 700 images, with color throughout. Accompanying the book is a DVD that contains segments from all the interviews intercut with examples of the interactions under discussion.

Interviews with:

Bill Atkinson, Durrell Bishop, Brendan Boyle, Dennis Boyle, Paul Bradley, Duane Bray, Sergey Brin, Stu Card, Gillian Crampton Smith, Chris Downs, Tony Dunne, John Ellenby, Doug Englebart, Jane Fulton Suri, Bill Gaver, Bing Gordon, Rob Haitani, Jeff Hawkins, Matt Hunter, Hiroshi Ishii, Bert Keely, David Kelley, Rikako Kojima, Brenda Laurel, David Liddle, Lavrans Løvlie, John Maeda, Paul Mercer, Tim Mott, Joy Mountford, Takeshi Natsuno, Larry Page, Mark Podlaseck, Fiona Raby, Cordell Ratzlaff, Ben Reason, Jun Rekimoto, Steve Rogers, Fran Samalionis, Larry Tesler, Bill Verplank, Terry Winograd, and Will Wright

What People Are Saying

"This will be the book--the book that summarizes how the technology of interaction came into being and prescribes how it will advance in the future. Written by the designer who was there, who helped make it happen, who pioneered the digital revolution. Essential, exciting, and a delight for both eyes and mind."
—Don Norman, Nielsen Norman Group and Northwestern University, author of Emotional Design

"During the past forty years, interaction designers have powerfully transformed the daily lives of billions. Designing Interactions is a deeply knowing, intimate portrayal of these people: who they are, how they think, and precisely what they do. If you live or work with computers or cell phones--and who among us has any choice about that?--then you owe it to yourself to read this. A labor of love that was years in the making, this classic has no rival in its field."
—Bruce Sterling, author of Shaping Things

Learning by Doing or Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C

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

Learning by Doing: A Comprehensive Guide to Simulations, Computer Games, and Pedagogy in e-Learning and Other Educational Experiences

Author: Clark Aldrich

Designed for learning professionals and drawing on both game creators and instructional designers, Learning by Doing explains how to select, research, build, sell, deploy, and measure the right type of educational simulation for the right situation. It covers simple approaches that use basic or no technology through projects on the scale of computer games and flight simulators. The book role models content as well, written accessibly with humor, precision, interactivity, and lots of pictures. Many will also find it a useful tool to improve communication between themselves and their customers, employees, sponsors, and colleagues. As John Coné, former chief learning officer of Dell Computers, suggests, “Anyone who wants to lead or even succeed in our profession would do well to read this book.”

Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C++

Author: Mark Allen Weiss

In this second edition of his successful book, experienced teacher and Author Mark Allen Weiss continues to refine and enhance his innovative Approach to Algorithms And data structures. Written for the advanced data structures course, this text highlights theoretical topics like Abstract data types and the efficiency of Algorithms, as well as performance and running time. This edition also includes A new chapter on advanced data structures and material on the Standard Template Library that conforms to the new standard. In Addition, All code has been updated and tested on multiple p1atforms and conforms to the ANSI ISO Final Draft standard. Before covering Algorithms and data structures, the author provides A brief introduction to C++ for programmers unfamiliar with the language. All of the source code will be Available over the Internet.

Dr. Weiss also distinguishes the book with his user-friendly writing style, logical organization of topics, and extensive use of figures and examples that show the successive stages of an algorithm.

Booknews

Written for the advanced data structures course, this textbook highlights theoretical topics such as abstract data types and the efficiency of algorithms and data structures, as well as performance and running time. The second edition adds an appendix on the Standard Template Library (STL), and C++ code that conforms to the ANSI ISO final draft standard. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

IT Auditing or MCSA MCSE

2009-01-16T15:56:00.000-08:00

IT Auditing: Using Controls to Protect Information Assets

Author: Chris Davis

Protect Your Systems with Proven IT Auditing Strategies

"A must-have for auditors and IT professionals." -Doug Dexter, CISSP-ISSMP, CISA, Audit Team Lead, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Plan for and manage an effective IT audit program using the in-depth information contained in this comprehensive resource. Written by experienced IT audit and security professionals, IT Auditing: Using Controls to Protect Information Assets covers the latest auditing tools alongside real-world examples, ready-to-use checklists, and valuable templates. Inside, you'll learn how to analyze Windows, UNIX, and Linux systems; secure databases; examine wireless networks and devices; and audit applications. Plus, you'll get up-to-date information on legal standards and practices, privacy and ethical issues, and the CobiT standard.

Build and maintain an IT audit function with maximum effectiveness and value

Implement best practice IT audit processes and controls
Analyze UNIX-, Linux-, and Windows-based operating systems
Audit network routers, switches, firewalls, WLANs, and mobile devices
Evaluate entity-level controls, data centers, and disaster recovery plans
Examine Web servers, platforms, and applications for vulnerabilities
Review databases for critical controls
Use the COSO, CobiT, ITIL, ISO, and NSA INFOSEC methodologies
Implement sound risk analysis and risk management practices
Drill down into applications to find potential controlweaknesses

Chris Davis, CISA, CISSP, shares his experience from architecting, hardening, and auditing systems. He has trained auditors and forensic analysts. Davis is the coauthor of the bestselling Hacking Exposed: Computer Forensics.

Mike Schiller, CISA, has 14 years of experience in the IT audit field, most recently as the worldwide IT Audit Manager at Texas Instruments.

Kevin Wheeler, CISA, CISSP, NSA IAM/IEM, is the founder and CEO of InfoDefense and has over ten years of IT security experience. 

Look this: Active Living Cognitive Functioning and Aging or An ADHD Primer

MCSA/MCSE: Windows XP Professional Study Guide (70-270)

Author: Lisa Donald

Here's the book you need to prepare for the Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional exam (70-270). This Study Guide was developed to meet the exacting requirements of today's certification candidates. In addition to the consistent and accessible instructional approach that made Sybex the preferred choice for certification exam candidates, this book provides:

• Practical information on installing, configuring, and administering Windows XP Professional

• Updated and expanded information on key exam topics, including new Service Pack 2 enhancements

• Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a testing engine, electronic flashcards, and simulation software

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:

• Installing Windows XP Professional

• Implementing and conducting administration of resources

• Implementing, managing, and troubleshooting hardware devices and drivers

• Monitoring and optimizing system performance and reliability

• Configuring and troubleshooting the desktop environment

• Implementing, managing, and troubleshooting network protocols and services

• Implementing, monitoring, and troubleshooting security

Ch. 1	Getting started with Windows XP Professional	1
Ch. 2	Automating the Windows XP installation	37
Ch. 3	Upgrading to Windows XP Professional	93
Ch. 4	Configuring the Windows XP environment	117
Ch. 5	Managing the Windows XP Professional desktop	169
Ch. 6	Managing users and groups	195
Ch. 7	Managing security	237
Ch. 8	Managing disks	279
Ch. 9	Accessing files and folders	335
Ch. 10	Managing network connections	389
Ch. 11	Managing printing	439
Ch. 12	Dial-up networking and Internet connectivity	481
Ch. 13	Optimizing Windows XP	551
Ch. 14	Performing system recovery functions	605

Object Oriented Application Development in Java or Beginning Perl

2009-01-14T19:49:00.000-08:00

Object-Oriented Application Development in Java

Author: E Reed Dok

Get complete coverage of the Object-Oriented development process! Utilizing Java to develop object-oriented information systems, this text moves from an overview of key concepts and Java fundamentals into a building case study utilizing UML models.

Part 1: Object Orientation and Java Fundamentals 1. Object-Oriented System Development 2. Java Programming Fundamentals 3. Java Programming with Supplied Classes 4. Object-Oriented Analysis and Design in a Nutshell Part 2: Defining Problem Domain Classes 5. Writing a Problem Domain Class Definition 6. More About Problem Domain Classes 7. Generalization/Specialization and Inheritance 8. Additional Inheritance Concepts and Techniques 9. Implementing Association Relationships Part 3: Defining GUI Classes 10. Writing Graphical User Interfaces 11. A GUI Interacting with a Problem Domain Class 12. Designing Multi-Window Applications 13. Using an Integrated Development Environment Part 4: Defining Data Access Classes 14. Designing Data Access Classes 15. Creating More Complex Database Applications Part 5: Deploying the Three-Tier Application 16. Combining the Three Tiers: GUI, Problem Domain, and Data Access Classes 17. Deploying Java Applications on the Web

New interesting textbook: Self Healing Reiki or Eldercare 911

Beginning Perl

Author: Simon Cozens

Perl is an immensely popular scripting language that combines the best features of C, key UNIX utilities and a powerful use of regular expressions. It has a wide range of uses beyond simple text processing and is commonly used for web programming - creating and parsing CGI forms, validating HTML syntax and hyperlinks - as well as e-mail and Usenet news filtering.

Perl is increasingly the system administrator's scripting language of choice and is used for file and directory manipulation, database access and a whole range of daily system operator chores.

Electronic Review of Computer Books

There are two groups of programmers in this world -- those who know enough about Perl, and those who don't. Thanks to Perl's rather exuberant personality, you can make a pretty good argument that the first group is the null set.

Which brings us to the obvious question: How does a reasonably educated programmer get up to speed with Perl? Simon Cozens's Beginning Perl is a respectable starting point, and it also weighs in at about 400 fewer pages than "the camel book" -- Programming Perl, third edition, by Larry Wall et al., (O'Reilly & Associates, 2000). Beginning Perl's stated audience, as well as its initial chapters, aim the book squarely at those new to programming. Of course, introducing someone to programming via Perl and its eccentricities is a disturbing concept, to say the least.

Cozens approaches his topic in a big way, tackling everything from Chapter One's "First Steps in Perl" (with the obligatory "hello, world" program), up to CGI programming, debugging, database access, and module creation and use, plus a series of reference appendices. Throughout, he displays a writing style that's casual enough to be inviting, but without losing much in precision.

That reader-friendly style is repeatedly put to the test by the subject matter, and Cozens does a nice job of detailing the ins-and-outs of Perl's handling of variables and variable interpolation, lists, hashes, references, control statements, and more. The author was clearly on the lookout for opportunities to drop into a shadowed box and emphasize some small but critical syntactic point, such as when to use brackets ([]) and when to use curly brackets ({}), or how to deal with Perl's built-in variables. About the only way the publisher could have improved that aspect of the book would have been to prehighlight those snippets in bright yellow and dog-ear the pages.

Nowhere are Cozens's pedagogical and descriptive skills put to a greater test than in Chapter Five, "Regular Expressions." This is probably the one area where Perl most earns its reputation for source code that looks like your cat walked across the keyboard. Undaunted, Cozens plunges in, and does an admirable job of explaining and demonstrating the key issues and techniques.

Thanks to the continued webification of the world, Chapters 12 and 13 (covering CGI programming and database access, respectively) are of particular interest. Even though both chapters are largely quick introductions to concepts with some code samples, they will likely be heavily used as references.

My biggest complaint with this book is that Cozens handles the language and the ramifications of its use a bit too gently. In numerous places, he points out minor potholes that authors such as himself can easily fall into, and he typically makes solid recommendations to help avoid problems. But then he doesn't go far enough, and some of his advice is akin to telling people that they should handle nitroglycerin carefully because it will stain their clothes. While this might well be true (I haven't a clue, not being an explosives expert), it ignores a far more compelling and potentially dangerous issue. For instance, when discussing object-oriented programming, Cozens provides an example that shows how to set the attributes and values of an instance of an object by passing its constructor a hash (basically a 2D array). This technique might be handy, but it's the equivalent of letting code outside the object determine the number, name, type, and contents of an object's variables, something that should make just about any self-respecting programmer run screaming for the hills. Yet Cozens is remarkably sanguine about the prospects of people doing such things. Perhaps long use of the language has made him immune to such anything-goes Perlisms.

A close second to the first objection is the use of examples. Beginning Perl is peppered with example code, normally an excellent thing in this type of book, but Cozens falls into the trap of making virtually all the examples so short and tightly focused on the topic at hand that they never give readers the "30,000-foot view" of the language. Given the amount of nontrivial code being written in Perl today, I'm sure many readers would benefit from seeing several much longer examples that pulled together techniques from various sections of the book into a more coherent whole.

Beginning Perl is a good book (its curious positioning as an introduction to programming aside), and it should provide just about anyone with a solid introduction to one of the hottest and most important languages on the Internet.

Google Hacks or Advanced ASPNET AJAX Server Controls

2009-01-14T10:37:00.000-08:00

Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World's Information

Author: Rael Dornfest

Now that new features and services such as Google Maps, Google Talk, and Google Desktop have been added to the expanding Google universe, we've made the third edition of this bestseller into an infinitely more useful book for this powerful search engine. You'll not only find dozens of hacks for new Google services, but plenty of updated tips, tricks and scripts for hacking the old ones.

Everyone knows that Google lets you search billions of web pages. But few people realize that Google also gives you hundreds of cool ways to organize and play with information.

Since we released the last edition of this bestselling book, Google has added many new features and services to its expanding universe: Google Earth, Google Talk, Google Maps, Google Blog Search, Video Search, Music Search, Google Base, Google Reader, and Google Desktop among them. We've found ways to get these new services to do even more.

The expanded third edition of Google Hacks is a brand-new and infinitely more useful book for this powerful search engine. You'll not only find dozens of hacks for the new Google services, but plenty of updated tips, tricks and scripts for hacking the old ones. Now you can make a Google Earth movie, visualize your web site traffic with Google Analytics, post pictures to your blog with Picasa, or access Gmail in your favorite email client. Industrial strength and real-world tested, this new collection enables you to mine a ton of information within Google's reach. And have a lot of fun while doing it:

Search Google over IM with a Google Talk bot
Build a customized Google Map and add it to your own web site
Cover your searching tracks and take back your browsing privacy
Turn any Google query into an RSS feed that you can monitor in Google Reader or the newsreader of your choice
Keep tabs on blogs in new, useful ways
Turn Gmail into an external hard drive for Windows, Mac, or Linux
Beef up your web pages with search, ads, news feeds, and more
Program Google with the Google API and language of your choice

For those of you concerned about Google as an emerging Big Brother, this new edition also offers advice and concrete tips for protecting your privacy. Get into the world of Google and bend it to your will!

Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls: For .NET Framework 3.5

Author: Adam Calderon

ASP.NET AJAX server controls can encapsulate even the most powerful AJAX functionality, helping you build more elegant, maintainable, and scalable applications. This is the firstcomprehensive,code-rich guide to custom ASP.NET AJAX server controls for experienced ASP.NET developers. Unlike other books on ASP.NET AJAX, this book focuses solely on server control development and reflects the significant improvements in ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX and the latest Visual Studio 2008 features for streamlining AJAX development.

Adam Calderon and Joel Rumerman first review the core Microsoft AJAX Library and JavaScript techniques needed to support a rich client-side experience. Next, they build upon these techniques showing how to create distributable AJAX-enabled controls that include rich browser-independent JavaScript client-side functionality. The authors thoroughly explain both the JavaScript and .NET aspects of control development and how these two distinct environments come together to provide a foundation for building a rich user experience using ASP.NET AJAX.

Creating object oriented cross browser JavaScript that supports .NET style classes, interfaces, inheritance and method overloading
Working with components, behaviors, and controls and how they relate to DOM elements
Understand Sys.Application and the part it plays in object creation, initialization, and events in the Microsoft AJAX Library
Build Extender and Script controls that provide integrated script generation for their corresponding client-side counterparts
Localizing ASP.NET AJAX controls including client script
Understanding ASP.NET AJAX client and server communication architecture and the new support for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Using ASP.NET AJAX Application Services and creating a custom application service to provide an integrated approach to communication from the client to the server
Designing controls for a partial postback environment
Understanding the AJAX Control Toolkit architecture and the many features it provides
Developing highly interactive controls using the AJAX Control Toolkit
Use the AJAX Control Toolkit’s base, support, and designer classes
Use the AJAX Control Toolkit to build new extender controls

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Foreword

Preface

Part I: Client Code

Chapter 1: Programming with JavaScript

Chapter 2: Microsoft AJAX Library Programming

Part II: Controls

Chapter 3: Components

Chapter 4: Sys.Application

Chapter 5: Adding Client Capabilities to Server Controls

Chapter 6: ASP.NET AJAX Localization

Part III: Communication

Chapter 7: ASP.NET AJAX Communication Architecture

Chapter 8: Application Services

Chapter 9: Control Development in a Partial Postback Environment

Part IV: AJAX Control Toolkit

Chapter 10: ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Architecture

Chapter 11: Adding Client Capabilities to Server Controls Using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit

Appendix A: JavaScript in Visual Studio 2008

Appendix B: Validating Method Parameters

Appendix C: ASP.NET Handlers and Modules

Appendix D: Client Error Handling Code

Index

Illustrator CS4 For Dummies or Programming ERLANG

2009-01-13T23:25:00.000-08:00

Illustrator CS4 For Dummies

Author: Ted Alspach

Have more fun and get more done with Illustrator—here’s how to free your creativity!
Illustrator is the artist’s choice for creating spectacular graphics, and here’s the fast and easy way to get up to speed on all the coolest features. This full-color guide gives you the scoop on the newest tools; tips on color control and path editing; ways to organize graphics; and how to create for print, the Web, or mobile devices.

Colorful choices — learn when to choose RGB instead of CMYK and how to get perfect color when printing
Follow the path — compare path and pixel documents, adjust points on a path, and learn to use the versatile Pen and Pencil tools
Just your type — use the Character and Paragraph panels and get creative with type on a path
The artistic Web — work in pixel preview mode, create Web-specific vector graphics, and use Flash with Illustrator
Get it out there — set up your pages for printing and work with separations, or save files in Web friendly formats

Open the book and find:

How to work with Illustrator’s panels and menus
The newest tools and how to use them
Ways to create basic shapes and bring them together
Simple steps for tweaking color
How to create straight lines and precise curves
What to do with styles and effects
How to organize with the Layers panel
How Illustrator works with the rest of Adobe’s Creative Suite

Book review: Democratic Institutions of Undemocratic Individuals or Eugene McCarthy

Programming ERLANG: Software for a Concurrent World

Author: Joe Armstrong

Erlang solves one of the most pressing problems facing developers today: how to write reliable, concurrent, high-performance systems. It's used worldwide by companies who need to produce reliable, efficient, and scalable applications. Invest in learning Erlang now.

Moore's Law is the observation that the amount you can do on a single chip doubles every two years. But Moore's Law is taking a detour. Rather than producing faster and faster processors, companies such as Intel and AMD are producing multi-core devices: single chips containing two, four, or more processors. If your programs aren't concurrent, they'll only run on a single processor at a time. Your users will think that your code is slow.

Erlang is a programming language designed for building highly parallel, distributed, fault-tolerant systems. It has been used commercially for many years to build massive fault-tolerated systems that run for years with minimal failures.

Erlang programs run seamlessly on multi-core computers: this means your Erlang program should run a lot faster on a 4 core processor than on a single core processor, all without you having to change a line of code.

Erlang combines ideas from the world of functional programming with techniques for building fault-tolerant systems to make a powerful language for building the massively parallel, networked applications of the future.

This book presents Erlang and functional programming in the familiar Pragmatic style. And it's written by Joe Armstrong, one of the creators of Erlang.

It includes example code you'll be able to build upon. In addition, the book contains the full source code for two interesting applications:

ASHOUTcastserver which you can use to stream music to every computer in your house, and a full-text indexing and search engine that can index gigabytes of data.

Learn how to write programs that run on dozens or even hundreds of local and remote processors. See how to write robust applications that run even in the face of network and hardware failure, using the Erlang programming language.

Begin     1
Road Map     2
Begin Again     5
Acknowledgments     6
Getting Started     7
Overview     7
Installing Erlang     10
The Code in This Book     12
Starting the Shell     13
Simple Integer Arithmetic     14
Variables     16
Floating-Point Numbers     21
Atoms     22
Tuples     24
Lists     27
Strings     29
Pattern Matching Again     30
Sequential Programming     33
Modules     33
Back to Shopping     39
Functions with the Same Name and Different Arity     42
Funs     42
Simple List Processing     48
List Comprehensions     51
Arithmetic Expressions     54
Guards     55
Records     59
Case and if Expressions     62
Building Lists in Natural Order     63
Accumulators     64
Exceptions     67
Exceptions     67
Raising an Exception     68
Try...catch     69
Catch     72
Improving Error Messages     73
Programming Style with try...catch     73
Catching Every Possible Exception     74
Old- and New-Style Exception Handling     75
Stack Traces     75
Advanced Sequential Programming     77
BIFs     78
Binaries     78
The Bit Syntax     80
Miscellaneous Short Topics     89
Compiling and Running Your Program     109
Starting and Stopping the Erlang Shell     109
Modifying the Development Environment     110
Different Ways to Run Your Program     113
Automating Compilation with Makefiles     118
Command Editing in the Erlang Shell     121
Getting Out of Trouble     122
When Things Go Wrong     122
Getting Help     125
Tweaking the Environment     126
The Crash Dump     127
Concurrency     129
Concurrent Programming     133
The Concurrency Primitives     134
A Simple Example     135
Client-Server-An Introduction     136
How Long Does It Take to Create a Process?     140
Receive with a Timeout     142
Selective Receive     145
Registered Processes     146
How Do We Write a Concurrent Program?     148
A Word About Tail Recursion     148
Spawning with MFAs     149
Problems     150
Errors in Concurrent Programs     151
Linking Processes     151
An on_exit Handler     152
Remote Handling of Errors     154
The Details of Error Handling     154
Error Handling Primitives     162
Sets of Linked Processes     164
Monitors     164
A Keep-Alive Process     165
Distributed Programming     167
The Name Server     169
The Distribution Primitives     174
Libraries for Distributed Programming     177
The Cookie Protection System     178
Socket-Based Distribution     179
IRC Lite     183
Message Sequence Diagrams     185
The User Interface     186
Client-Side Software     187
Server-Side Software     191
Running the Application     195
The Chat Program Source Code     196
Exercises      203
Interfacing Techniques     205
Ports     206
Interfacing an External C Program     207
Open_port     213
Linked-in Drivers     214
Notes     218
Programming with Files     219
Organization of the Libraries     219
The Different Ways of Reading a File     220
The Different Ways of Writing to a File     228
Directory Operations     232
Finding Information About a File     233
Copying and Deleting Files     234
Bits and Pieces     234
A Find Utility     235
Programming with Sockets     239
Using TCP     240
Control Issues     249
Where Did That Connection Come From?     252
Error Handling with Sockets     253
UDP     254
Broadcasting to Multiple Machines     257
A SHOUTcast Server     259
Digging Deeper     266
ETS and DETS: Large Data Storage Mechanisms     267
Basic Operations on Tables     268
Types of Table     269
ETS Table Efficiency Considerations     270
Creating an ETS Table     271
Example Programs with ETS     273
DETS     278
What Haven't We Talked About?     281
Code Listings     282
OTP Introduction     285
The Road to the Generic Server     286
Getting Started with gen_server     295
The gen_server Callback Structure     299
Code and Templates     303
Digging Deeper     306
Mnesia: The Erlang Database     307
Database Queries     307
Adding and Removing Data in the Database     311
Mnesia Transactions     313
Storing Complex Data in Tables     317
Table Types and Location     319
Creating the Initial Database     322
The Table Viewer     323
Digging Deeper     323
Listings     325
Making a System with OTP     329
Generic Event Handling     330
The Error Logger     333
Alarm Management     340
The Application Servers     342
The Supervision Tree     345
Starting the System     348
The Application     352
File System Organization     354
The Application Monitor     355
Digging Deeper     355
How Did We Make That Prime?     357
Multicore Prelude     359
Programming Multicore CPUs     361
How to Make Programs Run Efficiently on a Multicore CPU     362
Parallelizing Sequential Code     366
Small Messages, Big Computations     369
Mapreduce and Indexing Our Disk     373
Growing Into the Future     383
Documenting Out Program     385
Erlang Type Notation     386
Tools That Use Types     389
Erlang on Microsoft Windows     391
Erlang     391
Fetch and Install MinGW     391
Fetch and Install MSYS     392
Install the MSYS Developer Toolkit (Optional)     392
Emacs     392
Resources     395
Online Documentation     395
Books and Theses     396
Link Collections     396
Blogs     396
Forums, Online Communities, and Social Sites     397
Conferences     397
Projects     397
Bibliography     398
A Socket Application     399
An Example      399
How lib_chan Works     402
The lib_chan Code     405
Miscellaneous     415
Analysis and Profiling Tools     415
Debugging     418
Tracing     427
Dynamic Code Loading     431
Module and Function Reference     435
Module: application     435
Module: base64     436
Module: beam_lib     437
Module: c     437
Module: calendar     439
Module: code     440
Module: dets     441
Module: dict     444
Module: digraph     445
Module: digraph_utils     446
Module: disk_log     447
Module: epp     448
Module: erl_eval     449
Module: erl_parse     449
Module: erl_pp     450
Module: erl_scan     450
Module: erl_tar     450
Module: erlang     451
Module: error_handler     460
Module: error_logger     460
Module: ets     461
Module: file     464
Module: file_sorter     466
Module: filelib     467
Module: filename      467
Module: gb_sets     468
Module: gb_trees     470
Module: gen_event     471
Module: gen_fsm     472
Module: gen_sctp     473
Module: gen_server     474
Module: gen_tcp     474
Module: gen_udp     475
Module: global     475
Module: inet     476
Module: init     477
Module: io     477
Module: io_lib     478
Module: lib     479
Module: lists     479
Module: math     483
Module: ms_transform     483
Module: net_adm     483
Module: net_kernel     484
Module: os     484
Module: proc_lib     485
Module: qlc     485
Module: queue     486
Module: random     487
Module: regexp     488
Module: rpc     488
Module: seq_trace     490
Module: sets     490
Module: shell     491
Module: slave     491
Module: sofs     492
Module: string     496
Module: supervisor     497
Module: sys     497
Module: timer     498
Module: win32reg     499
Module: zip     500
Module: zlib     500
Index     503

Teachers Discovering Computers or YouTube 4 You

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

Teachers Discovering Computers: Integrating Technology and Digital Media in

Author: Gary B Shelly

This title covers up-to-date topics in computer concepts, Internet and digital media integration, interactivity, extraordinary visual drawings and photographs, and unprecedented currency.

Interesting book: Wörtliches Judo Weg der Führung: Das Ermächtigen der Dünnen Blauen Linie von innen

YouTube 4 You

Author: Michael Miller

VIEW. UPLOAD. SHARE. That's what YouTube is all about–viewing, uploading, and sharing your favorite videos. And the book you hold in your hands will help you get the most out of this hot website. You'll learn how to find the latest viral videos, share your favorite videos with friends and the YouTube community, and shoot and upload your own videos to the YouTube website. YouTube 4 You is the first book to take you inside YouTube, show you how the site works, and provide tips and tricks for becoming a more successful YouTuber!

You’ll Learn How To

• Find and watch the latest videos

• Manage and share your favorite videos

• Download and save YouTube videos to your computer or iPod

• Upload your own YouTube video creations

• Get more out of the YouTube community

• Troubleshoot viewing and uploading problems

Google Analytics or Microsoft Windows Command Line Administrators Pocket Consultant

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

Google Analytics

Author: Jerri L Ledford

You know you need to analyze the success of your Web site, but how? Do you even know what to look for? Is there a tool powerful enough to help you evaluate your marketing efforts, products, and services, but simple enough to use if you're not a propeller-head?

Google Analytics is that tool, and this is the handbook you need to make it work for you. Learn to set up Google Analytics, understand the reports it generates, and use the information to make your Web site a real asset to your business.

• Get familiar with the concept of analytics, what Google Analytics offers, and how it compares to popular site statistics programs.

• Learn to set up the program, navigate the interface, understand filters, and use goal-setting features.

• Integrate Google Analytics with Google AdWords.

• Make the most of reporting dashboards.

• Find out how to use analytics for marketing and content optimization.

• Understand what each type of report means and how to interpret it.

• Explore how other companies have used analytics to improve site performance.

• Investigate how to use Google Analytics for complete e-commerce analysis.

Order your copy today and make your Web site work for you!

Interesting book: Financial Accounting for Future Business Leaders or Current Perspectives

Microsoft Windows Command-Line Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Author: William R Stanek

This practical, pocket-sized reference delivers ready answers for using Microsoft Windows command-line tools to manage multiple clients and servers. It's packed with hundreds of examples that show you how to run, use, schedule, and script Windows commands, support tools, and Resource Kit tools-without ever touching the GUI. Written by a well-known author of more than two dozen computer books-and featuring easy-to-read tables, lists, and step-by step instructions-this POCKET CONSULANT delivers fast, accurate information on the spot.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Pt. I	Windows command line fundamentals
1	Overview of the Windows command line	3
2	Getting the most from the command line	15
3	Command line scripting essentials	25
4	Scheduling tasks to run automatically	57
Pt. II	Windows systems administration
5	Managing Windows systems	83
6	Event logging, tracking, and automated monitoring	103
7	Monitoring processes and performance	119
Pt. III	Windows file system and disk administration	139
8	Configuring and maintaining hard disk drives	141
9	Partitioning basic disks	167
10	Managing volumes and RAID on dynamic disks	181
Pt. IV	Windows active directory and network administration
11	Core active directory services administration	199
12	Managing computer accounts and domain controllers	217
13	Managing active directory users and groups	237
14	Administering network printers and print services	267
15	Configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting TCP/IP networking	297
App	Essential command-line tools reference	343
	Index	377

Metamagical Themas or Starting Out With Java

2009-01-12T15:50:00.000-08:00

Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern

Author: Douglas R Hofstadter

Hofstadter’s collection of quirky essays is unified by its primary concern: to examine the way people perceive and think.

What People Are Saying

Martin Gardner
"This wonderful collection tackles virtually every area of fascination and controversy in science today."

Look this: The Complete Book of Enzyme Therapy or Jerry Bakers Herbal Pharmacy

Starting Out With Java: From Control Structures through Objects

Author: Tony Gaddis

KEY BENEFIT: In Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Objects, Gaddis covers procedural programming—control structures and methods—before introducing objects in the latter part of the book. As with all Gaddis texts, clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise and practical real-world examples, and an abundance of exercises appear in every chapter.

Introduction to Computers and Java; Java Fundamentals; Decision Structures; Loops and Files; Methods; A First Look at Classes; A First Look at GUI Applications; Arrays and the ArrayList Class; A Second Look at Classes and Objects; Text Processing and More about Wrapper Classes; Inheritance; Exceptions and Advanced File I/O; Advanced GUI Applications; Applets and More; Recursion.

For all readers interested in introductory programming.

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers and Java
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Why Program?
1.3 Computer Systems: Hardware and Software
1.4 Programming Languages
1.5 What Is a Program Made of?
1.6 The Programming Process
1.7 Object-Oriented Programming

Chapter 2 Java Fundamentals
2.1 The Parts of a Java Program
2.2 The print and println Methods, and the Java API
2.3 Variables and Literals
2.4 Primitive Data Types
2.5 Arithmetic Operators
2.6 Combined Assignment Operators
2.7 Conversion between Primitive Data Types
2.8 Creating Named Constants with final
2.9 The String Class
2.10 Scope
2.11 Comments
2.12 Programming Style
2.13 Reading Keyboard Input
2.14 Dialog Boxes
2.15 Common Errors to Avoid

Chapter 3 Decision Structures
3.1 The if Statement
3.2 The if-else Statement
3.3 The if-else-if Statement
3.4 Nested if Statements
3.5 Logical Operators
3.6 Comparing String Objects
3.7 More about Variable Declaration and Scope
3.8 The Conditional Operator (Optional)
3.9 The switch Statement
3.10 Creating Objects with the DecimalFormat Class
3.11 The printf Method
3.12 Common Errors to Avoid

Chapter 4 Loops and Files
4.1 The Increment and Decrement Operators
4.2 The while Loop
4.3 Using the while Loop for Input Validation
4.4 The do-while Loop
4.5 The for Loop
4.6 Running Totals and Sentinel Values
4.7 Nested Loops
4.8 The break and continue Statements (Optional)
4.9 Deciding Which Loop to Use
4.10 Introduction to File Input and Output
4.11 The RandomClass
4.12 Common Errors to Avoid

Chapter 5 Methods
5.1 Introduction to Methods
5.2 Passing Arguments to a Method
5.3 More about Local Variables
5.4 Returning a Value from a Method
5.5 Problem Solving with Methods
5.6 Common Errors to Avoid

Chapter 6 A First Look at Classes
6.1 Classes and Objects
6.2 Instance Fields and Methods
6.3 Constructors
6.4 Overloading Methods and Constructors
6.5 Scope of Instance Fields
6.6 Packages and import Statements
6.7 Focus on Object-Oriented Design: Finding the Classes and Their Responsibilities
6.8 Common Errors to Avoid

Chapter 7 A First Look at GUI Applications
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Creating Windows
7.3 Equipping GUI Classes with a main Method
7.4 Layout Managers
7.5 Radio Buttons and Check Boxes
7.6 Borders
7.7 Focus on Problem Solving: Extending Classes from JPanel
7.8 Splash Screens
7.9 Using Console Output to Debug a GUI Application
7.10 Common Errors to Avoid

Chapter 8 Arrays and the ArrayList Class
8.1 Introduction to Arrays
8.2 Processing Array Elements
8.3 Passing Arrays As Arguments to Methods
8.4 Some Useful Array Algorithms and Operations
8.5 Returning Arrays from Methods
8.6 String Arrays
8.7 Arrays of Objects
8.8 The Sequential Search Algorithm
8.9 Two-Dimensional Arrays
8.10 Arrays with Three or More Dimensions
8.11 The Selection Sort and the Binary Search Algorithms
8.12 Command-Line Arguments and Variable-Length Argument Lists
8.13 The ArrayList Class
8.14 Common Errors to Avoid

Chapter 9 A Second Look at Classes and Objects
9.1 Static Class Members
9.2 Passing Objects As Arguments to Methods
9.3 Returning Objects from Methods
9.4 The toString Method
9.5 Writing an equals Method
9.6 Methods That Copy Objects
9.7 Aggregation
9.8 The this Reference Variable
9.9 Enumerated Types
9.10 Garbage Collection
9.11 Focus on Object-Oriented Design: Class Collaboration
9.12 Common Errors to Avoid

Chapter 10 Text Processing and More about Wrapper Classes
10.1 Introduction to Wrapper Classes
10.2 Character Testing and Conversion with the Character Class
10.3 More String Methods
10.4 The StringBuilder Class
10.5 Tokenizing Strings
10.6 Wrapper Classes for the Numeric Data Types
10.7 Focus on Problem Solving: The TestScoreReader Class
10.8 Common Errors to Avoid

Chapter 11 Inheritance
11.1 What Is Inheritance?
11.2 Calling the Superclass Constructor
11.3 Overriding Superclass Methods
11.4 Protected Members
11.5 Chains of Inheritance
11.6 The Object Class
11.7 Polymorphism
11.8 Abstract Classes and Abstract Methods
11.9 Interfaces
11.10 Common Errors to Avoid

Chapter 12 Exceptions and Advanced File I/O
12.1 Handling Exceptions
12.2 Throwing Exceptions
12.3 Advanced Topics: Binary Files, Random Access Files, and Object Serialization
12.4 Common Errors to Avoid

Chapter 13 Advanced GUI Applications
13.1 The Swing and AWT Class Hierarchy
13.2 Read-Only Text Fields
13.3 Lists
13.4 Combo Boxes
13.5 Displaying Images in Labels and Buttons
13.6 Mnemonics and Tool Tips
13.7 File Choosers and Color Choosers
13.8 Menus
13.9 More about Text Components: Text Areas and Fonts
13.10 Sliders
13.11 Look and Feel
13.12 Common Errors to Avoid

Chapter 14 Applets and More
14.1 Introduction to Applets
14.2 A Brief Introduction to HTML
14.3 Creating Applets with Swing
14.4 Using AWT for Portability
14.5 Drawing Shapes
14.6 Handling Mouse Events
14.7 Timer Objects
14.8 Playing Audio
14.9 Common Errors to Avoid

Chapter 15 Recursion
15.1 Introduction to Recursion
15.2 Solving Problems with Recursion
15.3 Examples of Recursive Methods
15.4 A Recursive Binary Search Method
15.5 The Towers of Hanoi
15.6 Common Errors to Avoid

Appendix A Getting Started with Alice

Student CD-ROM:
Appendix B The ASCII/Unicode Characters
Appendix C Operator Precedence and Associativity
Appendix D Java Key Words
Appendix E Installing the JDK and JDK Documentation
Appendix F Using the javadoc Utility
Appendix G More about the Math Class
Appendix H Packages
Appendix I Working with Records and Random Access Files
Appendix J Using JBuilder 8
Appendix K More about JOptionPane Dialog Boxes
Appendix L Answers to Checkpoints
Appendix M Answers to Odd-Numbered Review Questions
Case Study 1 Calculating Sales Commission
Case Study 2 The Amortization Class
Case Study 3 The PinTester Class
Case Study 4 Parallel Arrays
Case Study 5 The FeetInches Class
Case Study 6 The SerialNumber Class
Case Study 7 A Simple Text Editor Application

Microsoft Office Project 2007 or Microsoft Office Sharepoint Designer 2007 Brief

2009-01-12T05:38:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office Project 2007

Author: Elaine Marmel

Microsoft Office Project 2007 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies is a compilation of multiple short reference-style books covering Microsoft Project, enhanced by the format of a single, easy-to-use, task-oriented step-by-step package. All-in-One For Dummies books are made up of multiple minibooks that could each stand alone. Each minibook covers one topic completely.

This book features a companion Web site where readers can download Microsoft Project add-ins, templates, and author-generated materials. The book also features a gate-fold cheat sheet that contains myriad quick-reference information, tips, and shortcuts for reference when using Microsoft Project 2007.

The structure of the book is as follows:
Book I: Project Basics Book II: Structure of a Project Book III: Defining Task Details Book IV: Establishing Task Timing Book V: Working with Resources and Costs Book VI: Communicating Project Information Book VII: Resolving Problems with Your Plan Book VIII: Tracking Book IX: Advanced Project Topics Book X: Project in the Enterprise Environment Book XI: Project Case Studies

Introduction.

Book I: Project Management.

Chapter 1: A Project Management Overview.

Chapter 2: The Ins and Outs of Using Project.

Chapter 3: Just What Tasks Should You Include?

Chapter 4: Exploring the Project Environment.

Chapter 5: What’s New in Project 2007.

Book II: Project Basics.

Chapter 1: Building a Project Plan.

Chapter 2: Creating That First Task.

Chapter 3: Exploring Task Views.

Chapter 4: Working with Calendars.

Chapter 5: Getting Help.

Book III: Getting Your Plan in Order.

Chapter 1: Organizing the Structure of a Project Plan.

Chapter 2: Assigning Outline Codes to Tasks.

Chapter 3: Using WBS Coding.

Chapter 4: Linking and Consolidating Projects.

Book IV: Establishing Task Timing.

Chapter 1: Looking at Timing.

Chapter 2: Defining What Drives Task Timing.

Chapter 3: Adding Dependencies.

Chapter 4: Working with Constraints and Deadlines.

Book V: Working with Resources and Costs.

Chapter 1: Creating Resources.

Chapter 2: Understanding Costs.

Chapter 3: Assigning Resources to Tasks.

Chapter 4: Tallying Costs.

Book VI: Communicating Project Information.

Chapter 1: Working with Views.

Chapter 2: Working with Tables.

Chapter 3: Preparing Traditional Reports.

Chapter 4: Creating Visual Reports.

Book VII: Resolving Problems in Your Plan.

Chapter 1: Working with Filters.

Chapter 2: Solving Resource Conflicts.

Chapter 3: Reviewing Timing and Costs.

Chapter 4: Putting Final Changes into Place.

Book VIII: Tracking.

Chapter 1: Working with Baselines and Interim Plans.

Chapter 2: Entering Actuals.

Chapter 3: Reviewing Your Budget.

Book IX: Advanced Project Topics.

Chapter 1: Working Your Own Way.

Chapter 2: Changing the Look of a Project.

Chapter 3: Using Macros.

Chapter 4: Importing Information into Project.

Chapter 5: Exporting Project Information.

Book X: The Basics of Project Server.

Chapter 1: Understanding Project Server.

Chapter 2: The Project Server Administrator.

Chapter 3: Project Server and the Project Manager.

Chapter 4: Project Server and the Team Member.

Glossary.

Index.

Go to: Grundlagen des Managements: Wesentliche Konzepte und Anwendungen

Microsoft Office Sharepoint Designer 2007, Brief

Author: Robert Grauer

The goal of the Exploring series has been to move students beyond the point and click, helping them understand the why and how behind each skill.

Designing and building Web sites, integrating Microsoft Office 2007 documents and fading interactive web forms to Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Web sites, html, xhtml, xml, and css.

For professionals seeking to enhance their knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint 2007.

Programming Logic and Design Comprehensive with CDROM or The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture

2009-01-11T10:26:00.000-08:00

Programming Logic and Design, Comprehensive with CDROM

Author: Joyce Farrell

With a clear writing style that is stripped of highly technical jargon, Programming Logic and Design, Comprehensive, Fifth Edition provides beginning programmers with a guide to developing structured program logic. The book's main goal is to introduce universal programming concepts, while enforcing good style and logical thinking along the way. Designed for readers with little or no programming language experience, it begins with general programming concepts and key concepts of structure. Coverage then progresses to the intricacies of decision-making, looping, array manipulation, and methods. Additional chapters discuss control break programs, advanced array manipulation techniques, and file handling. After the reader has mastered programming fundamentals, an extremely thorough, yet easy-to-understand chapter covers the intricacies of object-oriented programming. The book concludes with chapters on event-driven programming, system modeling with the UML, and the fundamentals of relation database management.

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The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture

Author: Linda Null

The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture was written to provide a textbook that incorporated all of the necessary organization and architecture topics, yet was concise enough to allow the material to be covered in one semester. Covering all the core topics, such as digital logic, data representation, machine-level language, general organization, assembly language programming, CPU organization, memory organization and input/output devices. The goal of The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture allow the students to tie the hardware knowledge covered in this book to the concepts learned in their introductory programming classes to give a complete and thorough picture of how hardware and software fit together.

Photoshop Elements 5 or The Incredible Hulk Official Strategy Guide

2009-01-11T01:14:00.000-08:00

Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual

Author: Barbara Brundag

The most popular photo-editing program on the market, Photoshop Elements not only has Photoshop's marvelous powers, but includes creative capabilities the mothership lacks. The latest version, Photoshop Elements 5, offers new scrapbook features among many other improvements. Our Missing Manual carefully explains every feature (something no other book has done) by putting each one into a clear, easy-to-understand context -- all with a bit of wit and good humor.

Anyone still think that Adobe Photoshop Elements is a toy version of the real thing? As the most popular photo-editing program on the market, Photoshop Elements not only has Photoshop's marvelous powers, but also has capabilities the mothership lacks. Each new version includes more tools designed specifically for today's consumer digital photo enthusiasts. The latest edition, Photoshop Elements 5, solidifies the reputation of this superb and inexpensive product with new scrapbook features, a link to online photo services, and many other improvements.

In fact, there's so much to Photoshop Elements that it can be quite confusing at times. That's precisely why our Missing Manuals are the bestselling books on the topic. Adobe provides a pamphlet and some help files; our book, now in its fifth edition, carefully explains every feature the program has to offer (something no other book has done) by putting each one into a clear, easy-to-understand context. Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual covers the Windows version of Adobe's workhorse and gives you the low down on a host of new features:

Learn to create multiple page documents, custom photo layouts with frames, and highly customized layouts for scrapbook projects
Master the new editor for Layer Styles, which lets you customize individual layers in a photo
"Attach" your photos to areas of a Yahoo! Map so your friends and family can see the pictures you took in specific places

Author Barbara Brundage also introduces you to a new sophisticated tool called "Curves" to adjust the color and contrast in your photos, and shows you how to burn multi-session CDs and DVDs. As always, she lets you know which features work well, which don't, and why -- all with a bit of wit and good humor. Although the book progresses from simple to complex tasks, you can easily jump around to learn specific techniques, such as creating photomontages (composites), restoring old photos, preparing images for the Web, and archiving. More than a dozen downloadable images let you practice using the editing tools right away!

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The Incredible Hulk Official Strategy Guide

Author: BradyGames Staff

BradyGames’ The Incredible Hulk Official Strategy Guide includes the following:

A complete walkthrough of all the destruction.
Detailed map of New York pinpointing key items and unlockables.
Comprehensive coverage of Hulk’s abilities including Rage and Power.
In-depth listing of all the enemies Hulk will encounter.
Expert multiplayer strategies focusing on strength and destruction.

Platform: PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii

Genre: Action/Adventure

This product is available for sale in North America only.

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2	Matsumoto-Imai cryptosystems	11
3	Oil-vinegar signature schemes	63
4	Hidden field equations	99
5	Internal perturbation	113
6	Triangular schemes	137
7	Direct attacks	191
8	Future research	233

1	Meet the blogs	1
2	Determining your focus	21
3	How much blog - and how often?	43
4	Designing for readers	57
5	Tools and implementation	83
6	Writing your blog	111
7	Launching your blog and getting noticed	131
8	Monitoring and managing your blog	149
9	Beyond blogging	165

	List of Algorithms
	List of Tables
	List of Figures
	Acronyms
	Preface
1	Introduction and Overview	1
2	Finite Field Arithmetic	25
3	Elliptic Curve Arithmetic	75
4	Cryptographic Protocols	153
5	Implementation Issues	205
A	Sample Parameters	257
B	ECC Standards	267
C	Software Tools	271
	Bibliography	277
	Index	305

1	Project overview	1
2	Create an iMovie project	7
3	Import video into iMovie	11
4	Assemble your movie	17
5	Add photos and music	25
6	Edit clips	33
7	Add transitions	49
8	Add titles	55
9	Add effects	61
10	Share your movie	65
11	Explore iDVD	73
12	Choose and customize a theme	77
13	Add more content to the DVD	91
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Spinning the Semantic Web or Comprehensive Functional Verification

Spinning the Semantic Web: Bringing the World Wide Web to Its Full Potential

Table of Contents:

Comprehensive Functional Verification: The Complete Industry Cycle

Object Oriented Data Structures Using Java or Advanced PHP Programming

Object-Oriented Data Structures Using Java

Booknews

Table of Contents:

Advanced PHP Programming

Multivariate Public Key Cryptosystems or Introduction to Computational Physics

Multivariate Public Key Cryptosystems

Table of Contents:

Introduction to Computational Physics

Legal Guide to Web and Software Development or IBM DB2 Version 9 New Features

Legal Guide to Web and Software Development

Entrepreneur

What People Are Saying

IBM DB2 Version 9 New Features

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Condemned or Office 2003 Bible

Condemned: Criminal Origins: Prima Official Game Guide

Office 2003 Bible

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InDesign CS2 for Macintosh Windows or Microsoft Works 2000 for Dummies

InDesign CS2 for Macintosh & Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Table of Contents:

Microsoft Works 2000 for Dummies

Hands on Guide to Flash Video or JavaServer Faces

Hands-on Guide to Flash Video: Web Video and Flash Media Server

JavaServer Faces: The Complete Reference

Table of Contents:

PART I: The JavaServer Faces Framework

Chapter 1: Introduction to JavaServer Faces

Chapter 2: Building a Simple JavaServer Faces Application

Chapter 3: The JavaServer Faces Request Processing Lifecycle

Chapter 4: Managed Beans and the JSF Expression Language

Chapter 5: The Navigation Model

Chapter 6: The User Interface Component Model

Chapter 7: Converting and Validating Data

Chapter 8: The JSF Event Model

PART II: Extending JavaServer Faces

Chapter 9: Applying JSF: Introducing the Virtual Trainer Application

Chapter 10: Building Custom UI Components

Chapter 11: Building AJAX JSF Components

Chapter 12: Building Non-UI Custom Components

Chapter 13: Alternate View Description Technology and Facelets

Part III: Applying JavaServer Faces

Chapter 14: Localization and Accessibility with JavaServer Faces

Chapter 15: Securing JavaServer Faces Applications

Chapter 16: Automated Testing and Debugging of JavaServer Faces Applications

Part IV: JavaServer Faces Tools and Libraries

Chapter 17: Developing JSF Applications with Visual Development Environments

Chapter 18: The JavaServer Faces Configuration File

Chapter 19: The Standard JSF Component Library

Chapter 20: The MyFaces Implementation and Component Library

Part V: Appendices

Appendix A: Faces Console Quick Reference

Appendix B: Third-Party JSF Component Libraries

Appendix C: Migrating from Struts to Faces

Appendix D: JSF Futures: Apache Shale

INDEX

Web Design for ROI or SQL Third Edition

Web Design for ROI: Turning Browsers into Buyers and Prospects into Leads

SQL, Third Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide Series)

The Laws of Cool or The Economics of Information Technology

The Laws of Cool: Knowledge Work and the Culture of Information

Table of Contents:

The Economics of Information Technology: An Introduction (The Raffaele Mattioli Lectures Series)

Play Between Worlds or Clinical Decision Support

Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture

Clinical Decision Support: The Road Ahead

Alan Simpsons Windows Vista Bible Desktop Edition or Schaums Outline of Programming with FORTRAN 77

Alan Simpson's Windows Vista Bible, Desktop Edition

Table of Contents:

Schaum's Outline of Programming with FORTRAN 77

Foundation Form Creation with Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES or How to Write and Publish Your Own eBook in as Little as 7 Days

Foundation Form Creation with Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES

How to Write and Publish Your Own eBook in as Little as 7 Days

Software Systems Architecture or PostgreSQL