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Performing with Computer Applications or Active Directory Best Practices 24sevensmall Small

2009-12-06T05:59:00.000-08:00

Performing with Computer Applications: Personal Information Manager, Word P

Author: Iris Blanc

Using the developmental approach to learning, Performing with Computer Applications, 3rd Edition offers a means of learning about computers, thinking critically, solving problems, communicating effectively, applying technology to task and working in teams. The book introduces word processing, Internet, desktop publishing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation concepts through sequential practice material. It is non-software specific so its exercises can be used with any software or operating system.

Introduction to Computers Unit I: Orientation 1. Get Started 2. Use Settings, Displays, Help, and File Management Unit II: Work with a Personal Information Manager 1. Exploring Outlook 2. Work with Contacts 3. Work with the Calendar, Tasks, and Notes Unit III: Word Processing 1. Create and Save Documents 2. Open and Edit Documents 3. Work with Text Alignments, Fonts, and Font Formatting 4. Basic Document Formatting and Editing 5. Additional Document Formatting and Editing 6. Work with the Internet 7. Work with Multiple-Page Documents and Multiple Documents 8. Work with Columns, Tables, and Forms 9. Work with AutoText and Macros; Merge Unit IV: Desktop Publishing 1. Work with Objects, Lines, and Text Boxes 2. Work with Drawing Tools 3. Add Special Effects Unit V: Spreadsheets 1. Create, Save, and Print a Worksheet 2. Use Formulas; Copy a Formula; Format and Enhance Worksheet Data 3. Use Functions, Additional Formatting, and Editing 4. Create and Edit Charts 5. Integrate Worksheets with Other Applications Unit VI: Database 1. Plan, Create, and Save a Database 2. Open, Edit, and Print a Database 3. Modify and Format a Database; Search and Sort a Database 4. Use Queries and Create Reports; Integrate Databases with Other Applications Unit VII: Presentations 1. Create, Save, and Print a Presentation 2. Enhance Slides; Work with Text and Objects 3. Work with Slide Shows; Integrate Presentations with Other Applications Unit VIII: Web Sites 1. Work with Web Pages 2. Create and Enhance Web Sites Capstone Projects 1. Planning a Conference 2. Organizing a Community Activity 3. Planning a Group Travel Expedition AppendicesGlossary

Look this: Winning Is Not Enough or The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Active Directory Best Practices 24sevensmall /Small: Migrating, Designing, and Troubleshooting

Author: Brad Pric

Advanced Coverage for Experienced Network Administrators

Active Directory Best Practices 24seven is written specifically to build on the practical and conceptual knowledge you've already earned. Taking a "just the facts, ma'am" approach this book provides targeted instruction and insider tips to help you quickly implement the best practices established by successful network administrators across a wide range of industries. This is also an excellent way to make a pain-free transition to the latest release of Active Directory. Coverage includes:

• Building a complete Active Directory-based infrastructure

• Understanding migration options, including the role of Organizational Units

• Configuring domain controllers to support Flexible Single Master Operations

• Understanding how Exchange affects Active Directory design

• Using the new backup and restore options

• Troubleshooting and optimizing the Active Directory database, File Replication Service, and Group Policy

• Setting up and maintaining interoperation between Active Directory and DNS

• Migrating and consolidating Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000-based domains

• Managing patches

• Securing the base operating system before promoting a domain controller

• Securing DNS to protect associated domain controllers

• Working with Active Directory security options

ALEKS with Users Guide and One Semester Access Code Stand Alone Version or Computers as Theatre

2009-12-05T01:48:00.000-08:00

ALEKS with User's Guide and One Semester Access Code Stand Alone Version

Author: ALEKS Corporation

ALEKS is an artificial intelligence-based system for individualized math learning, available for Higher Education from McGraw-Hill over the World Wide Web.

ALEKS delivers precise assessments of your math knowledge, guides you in the selection of appropriate new study material, and records your progress toward mastery of goals.

ALEKS interacts with you much as a skilled human tutor would, moving between explanation and practice as needed, correcting and analyzing errors, defining terms and changing topics on request. By accurately assessing your knowledge, ALEKS focus clearly on what you are ready to learn next, helping you master the course content more quickly and easily.

Note:

Included Internet access code is one time use only.

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Computers as Theatre

Author: Brenda Laurel

features a new chapter that takes the reader through virtual reality and beyond to a new level of human computer interaction that is genuinely transforming. Like its predecessor, this book presents a new theory of human-computer activity.

0201550601B04062001

Booknews

Building on Aristotle's analysis of the form and structure of drama, presents a new theory of human-computer activity. Suggests that the next generation of interactive computers will employ dramatic as well as psychological and graphic techniques. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

1. The Nature of the Best.
2. Dramatic Foundations, Part I: Elements of Qualitative Structure.
3. Dramatic Foundations, Part II: Orchestrating Action.
4. Dramatic Techniques for Orchestrating Human Response.
5. Design Principles for Human-Computer Activity.
6. New Directions in Human-Computer Activity.
7. Post-Virtual Reality: After the Hype is Over. 0201550601T04062001

Windows 2000 Scripting Bible or Problem Solving Cases in Microsoft Access and Excel

2009-12-03T21:37:00.000-08:00

Windows 2000 Scripting Bible

Author: William R Stanek

This authoritative, comprehensive guide is your bible to Windows® 2000 scripting. Written for people at all levels of technological know-how, it may be used as a reference book or a tutorial. You'll appreciate the step-by-step instructions and clear explanations enhanced by icons, charts, and hundreds of screenshots. The tips, insights, and shortcuts that appear in each chapter will help you to

Automate most network routines.
Master VBScript and JScript essentials.
Learn the ins and outs of scripting engines and the Windows Scripting Host architecture.
Read or write to files, manage drives and printers, configure menus, and work with the Registry.
Save time with scripts for network tasks, logon/logoff operations, and other routines.
Use Active Directory Services scripting to manage accounts, systems, and services.
Build spreadsheets, animate charts, and access databases with COM scripting.
Work with library utilities to automate scripts for file management, network administration, and more.

If you're an administrator or developer using Windows or scripting technologies, you'll find techniques not published anywhere else. You'll see why the entire Bible series has such an outstanding reputation when the Windows 2000 Scripting Bible goes the distance for you.

Problem-Solving Cases in Microsoft Access and Excel

Author: Joseph Brady

Now in its Second Annual Edition, Problem-Solving Cases in Microsoft Access and Excel helps build spreadsheet and database skills using realistic business cases and is the perfect complement to a computer literacy or MIS course. Each case introduces a compelling business problem and, with the help of tutorials on Microsoft Access and Excel, trains users in critical thinking and problem solving. Readers will use Microsoft Access and Excel throughout the book to work through the case material. The scenarios found in the text reflect real business situations, ranging from small, privately-owned companies to large corporations.

IP Telephony Using CallManager Express Lab Portfolio or Pro Perl Parsing

2009-12-02T17:25:00.000-08:00

IP Telephony Using CallManager Express-Lab Portfolio

Author: Cheryl Schmidt

IP Telephony Using CallManager Express

Lab Portfolio

Cheryl A. Schmidt

Ernie Friend

IP Telephony Using CallManager Express Lab Portfolio provides a hands-on approach to learning the basic principles of voice over IP (VoIP) to build a voice-enabled network for the small to medium-sized business.

As you work through the 51 labs in the book, you learn how to deploy a basic phone system using a CallManager Express-capable router. You install, configure, and customize Cisco® IP Phones to work in an IP Telephony environment as well as with traditional analog telephony devices.

Each chapter begins with an explanation of the converging technology used within that chapter’s labs and, where necessary, includes a refresher on routing and switching topics so that you can properly set up the labs. The collection of labs features clear objectives, equipment needs, alternative methods, and probing questions. Additionally, the book includes a command reference as one of the six supplemental appendixes.

All the material has been written and tested with students in a live classroom environment:

Labs enable you to deploy a progressively more layered VoIP environment as you complete the labs in each chapter.
Paper exercises help you work through and reinforce your understanding of fundamental topics such as dial plans, IP addressing, and dial peers.
Case Study labs present the material in scenarios that combine the methods learned in the previous chapters so that you apply your knowledge to a specific scenario or task. Pulling together various concepts simulates the real-world environment where things are rarely assigned one step at a time.

The Lab Portfolio can be used as a supplement to any textbook used to teach CVoice or CallManager Express. It can also be used as a standalone resource for anyone wanting to learn the basics of IP Telephony.

After completing all the exercises and hands-on labs in this book, you will know how VoIP works and be well prepared to configure the technology in a small to medium-sized business.

Cheryl A. Schmidt is a full-time faculty member in the Network Engineering Technology department at Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ).

She has a master's degree in computer and information resource management. For the past 10 years, Cheryl has been teaching courses such as computer repair, CCNA®, CCNP,® VoIP, QoS, and wireless.

Ernie Friend is the Director of Academic Systems at Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ) Florida. He manages the Network Engineering Technology department at FCCJ and had previously managed the college’s network and computer infrastructure. He has been managing computer and networking departments for more than 14 years at the college and continues to explore and teach the latest networking technologies.

Use this Lab Portfolio with:

Cisco IP Communications Express: CallManager Express with Cisco Unity Express

ISBN: 1-58705-180-X

Voice over IP Fundamentals, Second Edition

ISBN: 1-58705-257-1

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

Category: IP Telephony

Covers: CallManager Express

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Pro Perl Parsing

Author: Christopher M Frenz

I thoroughly enjoyed this...I write and maintain a fair amount of Perl, and matching and parsing patterns is often the largest part of the work.

— A.P. Lawrence, Information and Resources for Unix and Linux Systems

Perl, one of the world's most diffuse programming languages, was born out of the need to resolve the creator's dissatisfaction with what were at the time standard data-parsing solutions. Indeed, since the 1.0 release in 1987, Perl has been heralded for its powerful parsing capabilities--features that are further enhanced through the thousands of Perl extensions made available through CPAN (the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network).

Pro Perl Parsing begins with several chapters devoted to key parsing principles, discussing topics pertinent to regular expressions, parsing grammars, and parsing techniques. This material sets the stage for later chapters, which introduce numerous and powerful CPAN parsing modules, and provide an ample supply of example applications.

Multi Platinum Pro Tools or How to Do Everything with Windows Vista

2009-12-01T13:14:00.000-08:00

Multi-Platinum Pro Tools: Advanced Editing, Pocketing and Autotuning Techniques

Author: Nathan Adam

Learn how a real professional uses Pro Tools to make multi-platinum records with this jam-packed, fast-paced guide. Including over 300 color illustrations, Multi-Platinum Pro Tools takes you inside the minds of one of the top Pro Tools engineers in the business, giving you the skills you need to succeed. Using the interactive DVD (featuring a real Nashville recording session) you watch, listen, learn and edit alongside Multi-Platinum and Gold record engineer Brady Barnett in a real Pro Tools editing session!

Essential reading for current and aspiring recording engineers, students, musicians and all those who have some prior knowledge of Pro Tools but wish to become expert users, Multi-Platinum Pro Tools enables you to really enhance your Pro Tools skills without having to spend thousands on special 'digidesign training.'

* Provides step-by-step techniques for using Pro Tools in a session, enabling you to edit, tune, and pocket everything from rhythmic and melodic instruments to lead and background vocals
* High-quality DVD includes an interactive editing session and close-up movie screenshots giving you an in-depth look at the editing techniques used on major record label releases
* Pre-edited and final mix versions of the session demonstrate just how these techniques will take your mixes from Demo to Promo

Ch. 1	Pocketing, editing, and tuning : the what, whys, and hows of major-label Pro Tools editing	1
Ch. 2	Adjusting your seat-belt : setting up Pro Tools preferences for a streamlined edit session	13
Ch. 3	Beginning the pocket : building a song from the drums up	69
Ch. 4	Using beat detective to save time, money, and headaches	131
Ch. 5	Getting the bass player on time - and not just to rehearsal	173
Ch. 6	Locking up the acoustic tracks	207
Ch. 7	Electricity in the air	233
Ch. 8	Autotuning : the not-so-dirty little secret behind a great local track	261

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How to Do Everything with Windows Vista

Author: Curt Simmons

Bring clarity to your PC experience with Windows Vista and this easy-to-use guide. How to Do Everything with Windows Vista shows you how to take full advantage of all the powerful and fun features of this revolutionary new operating system. Learn to customize your settings, connect to the Internet, set up a home network, secure your system, and connect peripheral devices. You'll also discover how to maximize all of the entertainment capabilities--games, music, photos, video, and more.

Manage components, programs, folders, and files
Install hardware and software
Use printers, scanners, and digital cameras
Connect to the Internet
Set up and manage a home network
Manage security with Windows Firewall and Windows Defender
Play games on your PC or online
Play and record music with Windows Media Player
Create your own movies with Windows Movie Maker
Organize and print your digital photos
Optimize, manage, and troubleshoot Windows Vista

Curt Simmons is a technology author and trainer. He has written more than 50 computer and technology books, including three editions of How to Do Everything with Windows XP and two editions of How to Do Everything with Your Blackberry.

The Elements of Java Style or Photoshop Elements 4

2009-11-30T09:02:00.000-08:00

The Elements of Java Style

Author:

The Elements of Java Style, written by renowned author Scott Ambler, Alan Vermeulen, and a team of programmers from Rogue Wave Software, is directed at anyone who writes Java code. Many books explain the syntax and basic use of Java; however, this essential guide explains not only what you can do with the syntax, but what you ought to do. Just as Strunk and White's The Elements of Style provides rules of usage for the English language, this text furnishes a set of rules for Java practitioners. While illustrating these rules with parallel examples of correct and incorrect usage, the authors offer a collection of standards, conventions, and guidelines for writing solid Java code that will be easy to understand, maintain, and enhance. Java developers and programmers who read this book will write better Java code, and become more productive as well. Indeed, anyone who writes Java code or plans to learn how to write Java code should have this book next to his/her computer.

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	General Principles	1
2	Formatting Conventions	5
3	Naming Conventions	15
	Package Names	18
	Type Names	20
	Method Names	23
	Variable Names	25
	Constant Names	29
4	Documentation Conventions	31
	Comment Types	32
	Documentation Comments	36
	Internal Comments	52
5	Programming Conventions	57
	Type Safety	64
	Statements and Expressions	66
	Construction	70
	Exception Handling	72
	Assertions	75
	Concurrency	79
	Synchronization	80
	Efficiency	85
6	Packaging Conventions	89
	Summary	95
	Glossary	105
	Bibliography	119
	Index	123

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Photoshop Elements 4: The Missing Manual

Author: Barbara Brundag

Photoshop Elements 4 has everything you need to edit and organize your photos. In fact, the program gives you most of what big-daddy Photoshop offers. What it doesn't give you is a manual. Enter Photoshop Elements 4: The Missing Manual. It explains not only how the tools and commands work, but when you'd want to use them, too.

Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production or Ultimate Blogs

2009-11-29T04:51:00.000-08:00

Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production

Author: Pariah Burk

Mastering InDesign for Print Design and Production shows how experienced professionals with deadlines and billable hours use InDesign efficiently and effectively. Through the case studies and interviews, readers will find inspired to look beyond the over-emphasized basic features and into the depths of InDesign's utility for real-world print design.

Most InDesign books are written for beginners, and experienced users are frustrated by them. When you already know how to make, fill, and thread a text box, the entire first half of most InDesign books is useless. But this one doesn't dwell on the basics. Mastering InDesign for Print Design and Production fulfills the promise of the Mastering series, to provide real-world skills to professionals and students. Like all Mastering books, this one includes:

• A "by pros for pros" approach: The author is an active professional working in the field of graphic arts, layout, and design, writing for professionals who want to improve their skills or learn new skills.

• Real-world examples: Running throughout the text are examples of how the various skills are applied in real scenarios, described throughout the book in the form of examples and case studies from the author's own design and consulting work, as well as interviews with other designers using InDesign on the job.

• Skill-based teaching and hands-on exercises

Although the book has a comprehensive glossary, page one begins right away speaking to the core market—print professionals—in industry terms about industry challenges. This immediately lets experienced InDesign usersknow the book is about them. The approach is humorous, making the digestion and retention of complicated information easier for the reader through quips, anecdotes, and design- and print-geek humor. But at all times the book is true to its mission: Helping a professional do their job in InDesign without frustration, confusion, or aesthetic compromise.

Introduction.

Chapter 1: Customizing.

Chapter 2: Text.

Chapter 3: Characters.

Chapter 4: Drawing.

Chapter 5: Images.

Chapter 6: Objects.

Chapter 7: Pages.

Chapter 8: Stories.

Chapter 9: Documents.

Chapter 10: Output.

Chapter 11: Efficiency.

Chapter 12: Collaboration.

Appendix: The Bottom Line.

Glossary.

Index.

Ultimate Blogs: Masterworks from the Wild Web

Author: Sarah Boxer

“What are you working on?”
“An anthology of blogs.”
“I didn’t know you had a blog.”
“I don’t. It’s an anthology of other people’s blogs.”
“How do you find good blogs?”
“I read. I surf. I look at blog contests. I follow links. I ask people about the blogs they like.”
“Is a good blog hard to find?”
“Yes. Very.”

A Book of Blogs? WTF!!

Sarah Boxer, a former New York Times reporter and critic, travels through the blogosphere (more than 80 million blogs — and counting) and finds some masterpieces along the way. Among the bloggers in the anthology are:

two fashion critics mocking the inexplicable “fugliness” of celebrities
a Marine Corps lieutenant stationed in Fallujah in 2006
a 19-year old student in Singapore cheerfully pining for her ex
an illustrator’s tiny saga of a rodent and his ball of crap
Odysseus’s sidekick telling his side of the Iliad and Odyssey

Revealing and deceptive, grand and niggling, worldly and parochial, these blogs comprise a snapshot of life on the wild, wild Web.

Publishers Weekly

With this collection of 27 blogs culled from disparate corners of the Internet, Boxer, who writes for the New York Times, attempts to impose some kind of fixed order on a form that generally relies on the satisfaction of timely updates. For many blog-savvy readers, this collection would appear to have all the appeal of a new MP3 converted into 8-track format, but much of the writing contained in the book is well worth browsing for even the most hardened Web aficionado. The highlights in book format, predictably, are the blogs that maintain relatively tight spelling and grammar standards and focus on subjects beyond the writer's petty complaints. Benjamin Zimmer's "Language Log" reads like a wonderfully expansive and more self-aware William Safire column, while Sean Carroll's "Cosmic Variance" manages to be wryly humorous even while discussing theoretical physics at the Ph.D. level. Ringers like Alex Ross of the New Yorkerand Matthew Yglesias of the Atlantic Monthlyhardly seem like fair choices to demonstrate the democratization of the Web, but their blogs, on music and classical politics, respectively, are must-reads. Other, less conventional highlights include the neocon-spoofing comic "Get Your War On," the ruminative expat diary "How to Learn Swedish in 1000 Difficult Lessons" and the cheerfully hyperactive idea stockpile "Ironic Sans." (Feb.)

Forbes

The irony that an anthology of compelling blogs would appear in paperback is not lost on Sarah Boxer, the former New York Times Web critic and editor of Ultimate Blogs. But here it is, 27 blogs from the more than 80 million out there. Boxer has done the surfing for us, turning up a Nobel Prize laureate and U.S. Court of Appeals judge discussing immigration and global warming; a 19-year-old student in Singapore pining for her ex; an African-American arguing that King Kong is an inherently racist film. Many bare their souls, like gear-head-turned-Marine-Corps-lieutenant Jeffrey Barnett, who is thrilled to connect with the children of Abu Ghraib prisoner and yet plainly con-fesses, "That's right, we profile based on age and gender . . . and it works." Apparently there is more to the blogosphere than mere navel-gazing.—Stephanie Cooperman

AutoCAD AutoCAD LT All in One Desk Reference For Dummies or The Java EE 5 Tutorial

2009-11-28T00:39:00.000-08:00

AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

Author: David Byrnes

AutoCAD is the leading software tool for creating technical and architectural drawings, but it definitely doesn't lead in the "easy to master" category. That's why there's AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies—the perfect way to break a complex topic into bite-size, easy-to-understand pieces.

Once you get the hang of using AutoCAD and its slightly less feature-rich cousin, AutoCAD LT, you discover that it offers wonderful advantages. AutoCAD allows you to

• Create precision to 14 significant digits

• Re-use portions of your drawings by copying and pasting

• Draw things full size and print your drawings in any scale

• Produce drawings that are easier to read when reduced

• Electronically share and distribute drawings

• Design in 2D or 3D

So obviously, the trick is to speed up that "getting the hang of it" process. That's where AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies comes in especially handy. Ten easy-to-follow minibooks cover every aspect of AutoCAD, including the latest features of AutoCAD 2007, so you can find just what you need to know quickly and easily. You'll get the scoop on

• AutoCAD basics, such as setting up drawings, finding your way around the interface, and using all the tools

• Drawing and modifying objects in 2D and annotating your drawings

• 3D modeling and viewing, working with solids and surfaces, and rendering

• Understanding how AutoCAD LT differs from AutoCAD and deciding which program you need

• Advanced drafting skills,including organizing drawings, working with blocks, and using AutoCAD utilities

• Setting up your drawings for plotting to paper and publishing

• Sharing your drawings online for collaboration

• Customizing and programming AutoCAD to make it work the way you want it to

In the familiar, friendly For Dummies fashion, AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies gives you plain-English explanations and step-by-step directions. Written by a pair of AutoDesk Authorized Authors, this handy guide will help make your relationship with AutoCAD a happy and productive one.

Bk. 1	AutoCAD basics	7
Ch. 1	Drawing on (and in) AutoCAD	9
Ch. 2	Navigating the AutoCAD interface	15
Ch. 3	All about files	35
Ch. 4	Basic tools	55
Ch. 5	Setting up drawings	67
Ch. 6	Precision tools	93
Bk. II	2D drafting	115
Ch. 1	Drawing objects	117
Ch. 2	Modifying objects	143
Ch. 3	Managing views	171
Bk. III	Annotating drawings	185
Ch. 1	Text : when pictures just won't do	187
Ch. 2	Dimensioning	213
Ch. 3	Hatching your drawings	241
Bk. IV	LT differences	251
Ch. 1	The LT difference	253
Ch. 2	Extending AutoCAD LT	261
Ch. 3	Mixed environments	269
BK. V	3D modeling	275
Ch. 1	Introducing the third dimension	277
Ch. 2	Using the 3D environment	285
Ch. 3	Viewing in 3D	297
Ch. 4	Moving from 2D to 3D	307
Ch. 5	Working with solids	321
Ch. 6	Working with surfaces	329
Ch. 7	Rendering : lights, cameras, AutoCAD!	337
Bk. VI	Advanced drafting	347
Ch. 1	Playing with blocks	349
Ch. 2	Dynamic blocks	365
Ch. 3	External references	381
Ch. 4	Organizing your drawings	405
Ch. 5	AutoCAD utilities	415
Bk. VII	Publishing drawings	427
Ch. 1	Page setup	429
Ch. 2	Sheet sets without regret	449
Ch. 3	Print, plot, publish	477
Bk. VIII	Collaboration	497
Ch. 1	CAD management : the necessary evil	499
Ch. 2	CAD standards	509
Ch. 3	Working with drawing files	527
Ch. 4	Sharing electronic files	547
Bk. IX	Customizing AutoCAD	567
Ch. 1	The basics of customizing AutoCAD	569
Ch. 2	Customizing the interface	587
Ch. 3	Customizing the tools	607
Ch. 4	Delving deeper into customization	629
Bk. X	Programming AutoCAD	651
Ch. 1	The AutoCAD programming interfaces	653
Ch. 2	Using custom programs	663
Ch. 3	Introducing AutoLISP	681
Ch. 4	Visual Basic for AutoCAD	719

The Java EE 5 Tutorial

Author: Eric Jendrock

The Java™ EE 5 Tutorial, Third Edition, is the definitive, task-oriented, example-driven guide to programming server-side applications with Sun Microsystems' new Java(TM) EE 5 platform. Written by members of Sun's Java EE 5 platform team, this book enables new and intermediate Java programmers to build production-quality Java applications right away, as they gain a deep, rich understanding of the entire platform.

This tutorial offers expert guidance on developing presentation layers with the Java EE 5 platform's web tier technologies, using the platform's rich web services support, developing business logic with Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 technology, accessing databases via the Java Persistence API, and leveraging the Java EE 5 platform's powerful services. It contains extensive new material throughout, including detailed introductions to the latest APIs, and instructions for using the NetBeans 5.5 IDE and Sun Java System Application Server 9.

The technologies and services covered in depth include:

Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0
Java Persistence
JavaServer Faces Technology
Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS)
Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB)
Streaming API for XML (StAX)
Java Servlet 2.5
JavaServer Pages 2.1
JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ)

The Java™ Series is supported, endorsed, and authored by the creators of the Java technology at Sun Microsystems, Inc. It is the official place to go for complete, expert, and definitive information on Java technology. The booksin this Series provide the inside information you need to build effective, robust, and portable applications and applets. The Series is an indispensable resource for anyone targeting the Java 2 platform.

Simulation Using Promodel or Tomorrows Technology and You Complete

2009-11-26T20:26:00.000-08:00

Simulation Using Promodel

Author: Charles R Harrell

The second edition of Simulation Using ProModel covers the art and science of simulation in general and the use of ProModel simulation software in particular. The lead author is the Chief Technology Advisor for ProModel Corporation. The text is appropriate for use in both a graduate or undergraduate course in simulation in a Business, Engineering or Computer Science program, and as a self-study guide to simulation for practitioners in business and industry.

The second edition of Simulation Using Promodel reflects the most recent version of the ProModel software available (version 6.0) and includes a new chapter and lab that provide deeper coverage of how random behavior is simulated and how output results are generated and evaluated. Additional examples, review questions, lab exercises and case study assignments have also been added to further enhance students’ learning experience.

This text blends theory with practice presenting actual applications in business, services and manufacturing. General topics include simulation basics, planning, data collection and analysis, model building, model verification and validation, output analysis and experimental design. Additionally, this is the first simulation text that covers simulation optimization using modern techniques. For a practical emphasis, complete chapters are devoted to typical modeling issues encountered in manufacturing, material handling and service systems.

I Study Chapters

1 Introduction to Simulation

2 System Dynamics

3 Simulation Basics

4 Discrete-Event Simulation

5 Getting Started

6 Data Collection and Analysis

7 Model Building

8 Model Verification and Validation

9 Simulation Output Analysis

10 Comparing Systems

11 Simulation Optimization

12 Modeling Manufacturing Systems

13 Modeling Material Handling Systems

14 Modeling Service Systems

II Labs

1 Introduction to ProModel 6.0

2 ProModel World View, Menu and Tutorial

3 Running a ProModel Simulation

4 Building Your First Model

5 ProModel's Output Module

6 Fitting Statistical Distribution to Input Data

7 Basic Modeling Concepts

8 Model Verification and Validation

9 Simulation Output Analysis

10 Comparing Alternative Systems

11 Simulation Optimization with SimRunner

12 Intermediate Modeling Concepts

13 Material Handling Concepts

14 Additional Modeling Concepts

III Case Study Assignments

Case 1 Toy Airplane Manufacturing

Case 2 Mi Cazuela - Mexican Restaurant

Case 3 Jai Hind Cycles Inc. Plans New Production Facility

Case 4 The FSB Coin System

Case 5 Automated Warehousing at Athletic Shoe Company

Case 6 Concentrate Line at Florida Citrus Company

Case 7 Balancing the Production Line at Southern California Door Company

Case 8 Material Handling at California Steel Industries, Inc.

Appendixes

A Common Continuous and Discrete Distributions

B Critical Values for Students t Distribution

C F Distribution for a=0.05

D Critical Values for Chi-Square Distribution
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Tomorrow's Technology and You, Complete

Author: George Beekman

Completely updated, Tomorrow’s Technology and You, Ninth Edition provides you with an understanding of information technology so you can successfully navigate change and advance into the future.

Today we’re standing at the junction of three powerful and rapidly evolving technological forces: computers, communications, and digital entertainment. Computer technology is showing up in everything from automobiles to home appliances to telephones to televisions, and the lines that separate these machines are fading. This digital convergence is rapidly—and radically—altering the world in which we live.

FastCARD or A Step by Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling

2009-11-25T16:14:00.000-08:00

FastCARD: Lotus Notes 7

Author: Course Technology

Get up to speed quickly with Course Technology's new four-color, tri-fold, six-sided FastCARDs! Our easy-to-follow design makes each FastCARD the perfect self-study tool to get you started with a new application, technology, or business skill. Use FastCARDs to roll out a new application, Office suite, or business topic, get answers to frequently asked questions, or teach a 1-2 hour or half-day course.

New interesting textbook: Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives or Move over Martha

A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling

Author: Larry Hatcher

Packed with concrete examples, Hatcher's book provides an introduction to more advanced statistical procedures and includes handy appendices that give basic instruction in using SAS. Novice SAS users will find all they need to master SAS basics and to move into advanced statistical analyses in this one book. Featured is a simple, step-by-step approach to testing structural equation models with latent variables using the CALIS procedure. The following topics are explained in easy-to-understand terms: exploratory factor analysis, principal component analysis, and developing measurement models with confirmatory factor analysis. Other covered topics of note include "LISREL-type" analyses with the user-friendly PROC CALIS and solving problems encountered in real-world social science research.

Supports releases 6.09E and higher of SAS software.

Microsoft Outlook 2003 Bible or Sams Teach Yourself Apache in 24 Hours

2009-02-22T17:06:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Outlook 2003 Bible

Author: Rob Tidrow

Packed with step-by-step instructions for using e-mail, scheduling times and tasks, keeping track of people and managing items and folders.
* Readers discover out to use Outlook to its full potential and allow them to work more efficiently.
* Coverage goes beyond the basics of mastering e-mail to include using Outlook as a Personal Information Manager, integrating it with other Office applications, and discovering advanced message development.
* The companion CD-ROM includes sample code from the book and valuable third-party tools to help integrate Outlook.

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Getting Started with Microsoft Outlook 2003	1
Ch. 1	Outlook 2003 in a Nutshell	3
Ch. 2	Installing Outlook 2003	23
Ch. 3	A Guided Tour of Outlook 2003	57
Ch. 4	Configuring Outlook 2003	85
Pt. II	Mastering E-mail	113
Ch. 5	E-mail Basics	115
Ch. 6	Message Options and Attachments	131
Ch. 7	Advanced E-mail Concepts	159
Ch. 8	Processing Messages Automatically	173
Pt. III	Information Manager	191
Ch. 9	Managing Your Contacts	193
Ch. 10	Managing Your Calendar	223
Ch. 11	Scheduling Your Time	249
Ch. 12	Tracking Tasks	265
Ch. 13	Keeping Your Journal	285
Ch. 14	Taking Notes	301
Ch. 15	Organizing Information with Categories	317
Ch. 16	Using Outlook Newsreader	333
Pt. IV	Getting the Most Out of Outlook 2003	355
Ch. 17	Customizing Outlook 2003	357
Ch. 18	Using Folders Effectively	385
Ch. 19	Integrating with Other Applications	407
Ch. 20	Delegating Tasks to an Assistant	427
Ch. 21	Using Windows SharePoint Services	439
Pt. V	Managing Outlook Users	463
Ch. 22	Supporting Roaming Users	465
Ch. 23	Managing Security and Performance	487
Ch. 24	Controlling Outlook (and Office) with Group and System Policies	501
Ch. 25	Backing Up and Recovering User Data	515
Ch. 26	Managing Exchange Server for Outlook Users	533
Pt. VI	Basics of Microsoft Outlook 2003	559
Ch. 27	Outlook 2003 Application Types	561
Ch. 28	Creating a Simple Outlook Form	579
Ch. 29	Controls in Outlook Forms	591
Ch. 30	Utilizing Custom Fields	609
Ch. 31	Adding Functionality to Outlook Forms	621
Pt. VII	Advanced Messaging Development	635
Ch. 32	Working with Application Folders	637
Ch. 33	Collaborative Messaging Basics	655
Ch. 34	Using the Outlook 2003 Object Model	665
Pt. VIII	Advanced Outlook Administration	675
Ch. 35	Using Business Contact Manager	677
Ch. 36	Using Outlook Web Access	703
Ch. 37	Optimizing Outlook Installations	723
	App.: What's on the CD-ROM	737
	Index	745
	End-User License Agreement	785

Sams Teach Yourself Apache in 24 Hours

Author: Daniel Lopez

Sams Teach Yourself Apache in 24 Hours covers the installation, configuration, and ongoing administration of the Apache Web server, the most popular Internet Web server. It covers both the 1.3 and the new 2.0 versions of Apache.

Using a hands-on, task-oriented format, it concentrates on the most popular features and common quirks of the server.

The first part of the book helps the reader build, configure, and get started with Apache. After completing these chapters the reader will be able to start, stop, and monitor the Web server. He also will be able to serve both static content and dynamic content, customize the logs, and restrict access to certain parts of the Web server.

The second part of the book explains in detail the architecture of Apache and how to extend the server via third-party modules like PHP and Tomcat. It covers server performance and scalability, content management, and how to set up a secure server with SSL.

Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics Second Edition or Magic Lantern Guides

2009-02-21T12:55:00.000-08:00

Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics, Second Edition

Author: Eric Lengyel

About the Author
Eric Lengyel (Sunnyvale, CA), best-selling author of Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics, and the OpenGL Extensions Guide, is the Chief Technology Officer for Terathon Software, a game engine development studio. He holds an M.S. in Mathematics from Virginia Tech and has written several articles for gamasutra.com and the Game Programming Gems series (Charles River Media).

New interesting textbook: Overcoming Problematic Alcohol and Drug Use or Self Awareness Deficits in Psychiatric Patients

Magic Lantern Guides: Sigma DP1

Author: Jason Schneider

- The founding editor-in-chief of Popular Photography magazine brings his authority on camera design and technology to this complete guide on the world’s first digital compact camera with an “SLR-sized” sensor.

- Packed with shooting advice and insider tips on making the most of this unique camera, this is a must for all DP1 users. *(Please note that this does not include wallet card.)

Digital Nature and Landscape Photography or Hacking Exposed VoIP

2009-02-20T08:43:00.000-08:00

Digital Nature and Landscape Photography

Author: Mark Lucock

Landscape photography is one of the last bastions of traditional film, but this is slowly changing, as more and more leading photographers adopt digital technology. This beautifully produced and illustrated reference outlines simple techniques for assuring that your nature images achieve both technical and creative excellence. Covering everything from using a digital camera in the field to image-editing methods in the digital darkroom, it elaborates on the best methods for working with tripods and flashes outside, the implications of using different exposure meters in certain lighting conditions, and a whole host of tips dedicated to gaining a proper understanding of the craft. With breathtaking images featured throughout, this resource is sure to inspire every amateur photographer eager to go digital outdoors.

Daniel Lombardo - Library Journal

These two volumes use completely different methods for inspiring photographers of the natural world. The unique format of Developing Vision and Style contains a dialog among three admired British landscape photographers (Charlie Waite, David Ward, and Joe Cornish) moderated by editor Eddie Ephraums. The answers to his thought-provoking questions are illustrated with each photographer's work. The same questions are then presented to several amateur and professional photographers for their insights, again accompanied by examples of their work. The result is a stunning landscape photography tutorial full of a broad range of insights. Highly recommended for all collections.

Lucock's splendid volume covers the new technical possibilities of digital nature and landscape photography. The coverage encompasses advice on the digital workflow from hardware to software, understanding the rich, creative potential of the medium, the use of digital cameras in the field, and basic and advanced image-editing techniques. As a biologist, professional photographer, and experienced author, Lucock is uniquely qualified to have produced this highly recommended book.

Hacking Exposed VoIP: Voice Over IP Security Secrets & Solutions

Author: David Endler

Sidestep VoIP Catastrophe the Foolproof Hacking Exposed Way

"This book illuminates how remote users can probe, sniff, and modify your phones, phone switches, and networks that offer VoIP services. Most importantly, the authors offer solutions to mitigate the risk of deploying VoIP technologies." --Ron Gula, CTO of Tenable Network Security

Block debilitating VoIP attacks by learning how to look at your network and devices through the eyes of the malicious intruder. Hacking Exposed VoIP shows you, step-by-step, how online criminals perform reconnaissance, gain access, steal data, and penetrate vulnerable systems. All hardware-specific and network-centered security issues are covered alongside detailed countermeasures, in-depth examples, and hands-on implementation techniques. Inside, you'll learn how to defend against the latest DoS, man-in-the-middle, call flooding, eavesdropping, VoIP fuzzing, signaling and audio manipulation, Voice SPAM/SPIT, and voice phishing attacks.

Find out how hackers footprint, scan, enumerate, and pilfer VoIP networks and hardware
Fortify Cisco, Avaya, and Asterisk systems
Prevent DNS poisoning, DHCP exhaustion, and ARP table manipulation
Thwart number harvesting, call pattern tracking, and conversation eavesdropping
Measure and maintain VoIP network quality of service and VoIP conversation quality
Stop DoS and packet flood-based attacks from disrupting SIP proxies and phones
Counter REGISTER hijacking, INVITE flooding, and BYE call teardown attacks
Avoid insertion/mixing of malicious audio
Learn about voice SPAM/SPIT andhow to prevent it
Defend against voice phishing and identity theft scams

David Endler is the Director of Security Research for TippingPoint, a division of 3Com. Previously, he performed security research for Xerox Corporation, the NSA, and MIT.  Endler is also the chairman and founder of the Voice over IP Security Alliance.

Mark Collier is CTO for SecureLogix Corporation.  He is an expert author and frequent presenter on the topic of VoIP security. Collier is also a founding member of the Voice over IP Security Alliance.

Sams Teach Yourself COBOL in 24 Hours with CD ROM or Network Security Assessment

2009-02-19T04:31:00.000-08:00

Sams Teach Yourself COBOL in 24 Hours with CD-ROM

Author: Thane Hubbell

Sams Teach Yourself COBOL in 24 Hours teaches the basics of COBOL programming in 24 step-by-step lessons. Each lesson builds on the previous one providing a solid foundation in COBOL programming concepts and techniques. Coupled with the source code and the compiler available from Fujitsu, this hands-on guide is the easiest, fastest way to begin creating standard COBOL compliant code. Business professionals and programmers from other languages will find this hands-on, task-oriented tutorial extremely useful for learning the essential features and concepts of COBOL programming. Writing a program can be a complex task. Concentrating on one development tool guides you to good results every time. There will be no programs that will not compile!

	Introduction
Pt. I	COBOL Program Basics
Hour 1	Getting Started
Hour 2	Writing Your First Program in COBOL
Hour 3	Different Data Types
Hour 4	Basic User Interface
Hour 5	Procedure Division
Hour 6	Manipulating Data
Hour 7	Manipulating String Data
Hour 8	Conditional Statements
Hour 9	The Evaluate Statement
Hour 10	Processing Loops
Hour 11	Advanced Perform Statements
Hour 12	Tables
Pt. II	File Handling
Hour 13	Sequential Files
Hour 14	Indexed Files
Hour 15	Reading Indexed File Records
Hour 16	Updating Indexed File Records
Hour 17	Sorting
Pt. III	Business Processing
Hour 18	Master File Updating
Hour 19	Reporting
Hour 20	Advanced Reporting
Pt. IV	Miscellaneous Functions
Hour 21	Date Manipulation
Hour 22	Other Intrinsic Functions
Pt. IV	Advanced Topics
Hour 23	The Call Interface
Hour 24	The Graphical User Interface
	Index

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Network Security Assessment

Author: Chris McNab

How secure is your network? The best way to find out is to attack it. Network Security Assessment provides you with the tricks and tools professional security consultants use to identify and assess risks in Internet-based networks-the same penetration testing model they use to secure government, military, and commercial networks. With this book, you can adopt, refine, and reuse this testing model to design and deploy networks that are hardened and immune from attack. Network Security Assessment demonstrates how a determined attacker scours Internet-based networks in search of vulnerable components, from the network to the application level. This new edition is up-to-date on the latest hacking techniques, but rather than focus on individual issues, it looks at the bigger picture by grouping and analyzing threats at a high-level. By grouping threats in this way, you learn to create defensive strategies against entire attack categories, providing protection now and into the future. Network Security Assessment helps you assess: Web services, including Microsoft IIS, Apache, Tomcat, and subsystems such as OpenSSL, Microsoft FrontPage, and Outlook Web Access (OWA) Web application technologies, including ASP, JSP, PHP, middleware, and backend databases such as MySQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Windows networking components, including RPC, NetBIOS, and CIFS services SMTP, POP3, and IMAP email services IP services that provide secure inbound network access, including IPsec, Microsoft PPTP, and SSL VPNs Unix RPC services on Linux, Solaris, IRIX, and other platforms Various types of application-level vulnerabilities that hacker tools and scripts exploit Assessment is the firststepany organization should take to start managing information risks correctly. With techniques to identify and assess risks in line with CESG CHECK and NSA IAM government standards, Network Security Assessment gives you a precise method to do just that.

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A good framework for anyone who is serious about running network security scans to security his perimeter and interior networks. ...If you are looking for a to-the-point book that does not get bogged down with screen prints and meaningless hacker stories and myths, Network Security Assessment is a good place to start.

Red Hat Fedora and Enterprise Linux 4 Bible or Retouching Photos in Photoshop Elements 3

2009-02-18T00:20:00.000-08:00

Red Hat Fedora and Enterprise Linux 4 Bible

Author: Christopher Negus

For desktop or business, here's all the Linux you need

Whether you want the latest Linux software in Fedora or a stable Red Hat Enterprise Linux for your business, this book covers it all. Install Fedora Core 4 from the DVD or two CDs included and learn to use Linux as a desktop system or an Internet server. Check out fun applications for surfing the Web and doing office tasks. Learn to manage basic system administration, and move up to running your own Web, mail, print, or file server.

Configure Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux to:

• Browse the Web with Firefox

• Read and send e-mail with Evolution

• Create documents, spreadsheets, or presentations with OpenOffice.org

• Set up networked Web, mail, file, database, LDAP, print, or other servers

Transition your Fedora skills to Enterprise Linux with:

• Descriptions of RHEL products, features, and services

• Pointers to professional RHEL training and certification

Install complete Fedora Core 4 from DVD

Using the bonus DVD, you can:

• Boot the DVD to check and prepare your computer before installing Fedora (using KNOPPIX)

• Install the complete Fedora Core 4 Linux operating system (all source code packages included)

Install desktop Fedora Core 4 from CD

Using the bonus 2-CD set, you can:

• Select the software you need for a well-stocked desktop system

• Add key server features to use with your desktop Fedora system

Open formore!

• Find ten cool things you can do with Fedora

• Use KNOPPIX to test and prepare your computer

• Get your Windows stuff working in Linux

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Ch. 1	An overview of Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux	3
Ch. 2	Installing Fedora	23
Ch. 3	Getting started with the Desktop	87
Ch. 4	Using Linux commands	139
Ch. 5	Accessing and running applications	181
Ch. 6	Publishing with Fedora and RHEL	233
Ch. 7	Gaming in Fedora and RHEL	269
Ch. 8	Music, video, and images in Linux	293
Ch. 9	Using the Internet and the Web	343
Ch. 10	Understanding system administration	399
Ch. 11	Setting up and supporting users	445
Ch. 12	Automating system tasks
Ch. 13	Backing up and restoring files	513
Ch. 14	Computer security issues	547
Ch. 15	Setting up a local area network	605
Ch. 16	Connecting to the Internet	649
Ch. 17	Setting up a print server	691
Ch. 18	Setting up a file server	715
Ch. 19	Setting up a mail server	755
Ch. 20	Setting up an FTP server	785
Ch. 21	Setting up a Web server	795
Ch. 22	Setting up an LDAP address book server	847
Ch. 23	Setting up boot servers : DHCP and NIS	863
Ch. 24	Setting up a MySQL database server	885
Ch. 25	Making servers public with DNS	917
Ch. 26	Using Linux servers from a Mac	943
Ch. 27	Adapting the Linux 2.6 kernel	969
Ch. 28	Implementing security enhanced Linux	977

Retouching Photos in Photoshop Elements 3: Visual QuickProject Guide

Author: Peachpit Press Staff

While Photoshop offers a host of professional-level image editing and color features, sometimes all users want to do is correct an image's lighting, fix a little red eye, or even out the tones in a photograph--they don't want (or need) to know the rest of Photoshop's bells and whistles. This book is for anyone who simply wants to get from start to finish fast, and doesn't need to know every single Photoshop feature, but just the ones they'll use to accomplish their goals. This slim, four-color volume, one of Peachpit's brand-new Visual QuickProject guides, gives readers the quickest route to a polished, improved photo. To do this, it focuses on a single photo that readers correct as they go. Each short chapter uses large, four-color screen shots and step-by-step instructions to lead readers through each component of the process. By the end of this book, they'll have adjusted the photo's lighting, corrected skin tones, swapped in a new background, and saved the final product to the file format of their choice. Occasional sidebars and tips point out useful Photoshop retouching tricks.

Macromedia Flash or Closer

2009-02-16T20:09:00.000-08:00

Macromedia Flash

Author: Mighty Assembly

The award-winning designers of Mighty Assembly present advanced Flash concepts and techniques in this richly-illustrated,full-color book. Inside,Mighty Assembly deconstructs their own site,from initial inception through implementation,offering in-depth insight along the way.

Execute your most creative concepts using Flash Get a developer's view of what it takes to conceive and produce an award-winning Flash Web site. This detailed case study deconstructs the site mightyassembly.com,offering readers a rare opportunity to observe and analyze how concepts are executed by pushing the limits of Flash. Learn how the developers and designers at Mighty Assembly merged original ideas and inspired designs with solid engineering principles using readily accessible Flash processes and techniques. This beautifully designed and informative book thoroughly and clearly examines the development and use of Flash graphics,sound,video,code-controlled motion,and linear animation. In the spirit of furthering the understanding and proliferation of Flash,Mighty Assembly's proprietary code is available free in downloadable form.

"This is a great resource for anyone interested in the in-depth processes and methods involved in creating an immersive online Flash experience. " —Matt Owens,volumeone.com

"Illuminates the value in the little paths a team explores during the process of refining every thought,pixel or line of code. " —Joshua Davis,praystation.com

"Provides an insider's look at how a Web site is made. Detailed accounts of how a concept is developed and individual parts are crafted demystify the work of a digital designer. " —Yoshi Sodeoka,C404

praystation.com - Joshua Davis

Illuminates the value in the little paths a team explores during the process of refining every thought, pixel or line of code.

volumeone.com - Matt Owens

This is a great resource for anyone interested in the in-depth processes and methods involved in creating an immersive online Flash experience.

Yoshi Sodeoka

Provides an insider's look at how a Web site is made. Detailed accounts of how a concept is developed and individual parts are crafted demystify the work of a digital designer.

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Closer: Performance, Technologies, Phenomenology

Author: Susan Kozel

In Closer, Susan Kozel draws on live performance practice, digital technologies, and the philosophical approach of phenomenology. Trained in dance and philosophy, Kozel places the human body at the center of explorations of interactive interfaces, responsive systems, and affective computing, asking what can be discovered as we become closer to our computers--as they become extensions of our ways of thinking, moving, and touching.

Performance, Kozel argues, can act as a catalyst for understanding wider social and cultural uses of digital technology. Taking this one step further, performative acts of sharing the body through our digital devices foster a collaborative construction of new physical states, levels of conscious awareness, and even ethics. We reencounter ourselves and others through our interactive computer systems. What we need now are conceptual and methodological frameworks to reflect this.

Kozel offers a timely reworking of the phenomenology of French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty. This method, based on a respect for lived experience, begins by listening to the senses and noting insights that arrive in the midst of dance, or quite simply in the midst of life. The combination of performance and phenomenology offered by Closer yields entwinements between experience and reflection that shed light on, problematize, or restructure scholarly approaches to human bodies using digital technologies.

After outlining her approach and methodology and clarifying the key concepts of performance, technologies, and virtuality, Kozel applies phenomenological method to the experience of designing and performing in a range of computationalsystems: telematics, motion capture, responsive architectures, and wearable computing.

The transformative potential of the alchemy between bodies and technologies is the foundation of Closer. With careful design, future generations of responsive systems and mobile devices can expand our social, physical, and emotional exchanges.

Exploring Getting Started with Computing Concepts or Managing Information Security Risks

2009-02-15T15:57:00.000-08:00

Exploring Getting Started with Computing Concepts

Author: Robert T 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.

Ideal for students and individuals seeking a comprehensive introduction to computer concepts for Microsoft Office 2007.

Managing Information Security Risks: The OCTAVE Approach

Author: Christopher J Alberts

Information security requires far more than the latest tool or technology. Organizations must understand exactly what they are trying to protect--and why--before selecting specific solutions. Security issues are complex and often are rooted in organizational and business concerns. A careful evaluation of security needs and risks in this broader context must precede any security implementation to insure that all the relevant, underlying problems are first uncovered.

The OCTAVE approach for self-directed security evaluations was developed at the influential CERT(R) Coordination Center. This approach is designed to help you:

Identify and rank key information assets
Weigh threats to those assets
Analyze vulnerabilities involving both technology and practices

OCTAVE(SM) enables any organization to develop security priorities based on the organization's particular business concerns. The approach provides a coherent framework for aligning security actions with overall objectives.

Managing Information Security Risks, written by the developers of OCTAVE, is the complete and authoritative guide to its principles and implementations. The book:

Provides a systematic way to evaluate and manage information security risks
Illustrates the implementation of self-directed evaluations
Shows how to tailor evaluation methods to different types of organizations

Special features of the book include:

A running example to illustrate important concepts and techniques
A convenient set of evaluation worksheets
A catalog of best practices to which organizations can comparetheir own

0321118863B05172002

Booknews

Written for people who manage information security risks for their organizations, this book details a security risk evaluation approach called "OCTAVE." The book provides a framework for systematically evaluating and managing security risks, illustrates the implementation of self-directed evaluations, and shows how to tailor evaluation methods to the needs of specific organizations. A running example illustrates key concepts and techniques. Evaluation worksheets and a catalog of best practices are included. The authors are on the technical staff of the Software Engineering Institute. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	Managing Information Security Risks	3
Ch. 2	Principles and Attributes of Information Security Risk Evaluations	17
Pt. II	The OCTAVE Method	41
Ch. 3	Introduction to the OCTAVE Method	43
Ch. 4	Preparing for OCTAVE	59
Ch. 5	Identifying Organizational Knowledge (Processes 1 to 3)	81
Ch. 6	Creating Threat Profiles (Process 4)	109
Ch. 7	Identifying Key Components (Process 5)	137
Ch. 8	Evaluating Selected Components (Process 6)	157
Ch. 9	Conducting the Risk Analysis (Process 7)	169
Ch. 10	Developing a Protection Strategy - Workshop A (Process 8A)	191
Ch. 11	Developing a Protection Strategy - Workshop B (Process 8B)	227
Pt. III	Variations on the OCTAVE Approach	239
Ch. 12	An Introduction to Tailoring OCTAVE	241
Ch. 13	Practical Applications	255
Ch. 14	Information Security Risk Management	275
	Glossary	293
	Bibliography	301
App. A	Case Scenario for the OCTAVE Method	311
	App. B: Worksheets	363
	App. C: Catalog of Practices	443
	About the Authors	457
	Index	461

The Sims 2 or Information Security Governance

2009-02-12T07:52:00.000-08:00

The Sims 2: Nightlife: Prima Official Game Guide

Author: Greg Kramer

Make it a night to remember
*Complete catalog of over 125 new Objects and Items
*Details on the new Pleasure and Aspiration
*Create the ultimate social butterfly with details on fun group outings night after night
*Send your Sims to the fanciest restaurant and the dingiest dives in the new downtown neighborhood
*Build the downtown of your dreams
*Become a true creature of the night--live the life of a vampire or a partier
*Be a winner at the dating game with tips for supercharging romantic pursuits

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Information Security Governance: Design, Implementation, Measurement & Compliance

Author: Timothy P Layton

Organizations rely on digital information today more than ever before. Unfortunately, that information is equally sought after by criminals. New security standards and regulations are being implemented to deal with these threats, but they are very broad and organizations require focused guidance to adapt the guidelines to their specific needs. Fortunately, Information Security: Design, Implementation, Measurement, and Compliance outlines a complete roadmap to successful adaptation and implementation of a security program based on the ISO/IEC 17799:2005 (27002) Code of Practice for Information Security Management. The book first describes a risk assessment model, a detailed risk assessment methodology, and an information security evaluation process. Upon this foundation, the author presents a proposed security baseline for all organizations, an executive summary of the ISO/IEC 17799 standard, and a gap analysis exposing the differences between the recently rescinded version and the newly released version of the standard. Finally, he devotes individual chapters to each of the 11 control areas defined in the standard, covering systematically the 133 controls within the 39 control objectives. Tim Layton's Information Security is a practical tool to help you understand the ISO/IEC 17799 standard and apply its principles within your organization's unique context.

Ch. 1	Information security risk assessment model (ISRAM)	3
Ch. 2	Global information security assessment methodology (GISAM)	17
Ch. 3	Developing an information security evaluation (ISE) process	49
Ch. 4	A security baseline	55
Ch. 5	Background of the ISO/IEC 17799 standard	71
Ch. 6	ISO/IEC 17799:2005 gap analysis	77
Ch. 7	Security policy	117
Ch. 8	Organization of information security	125
Ch. 9	Asset management	133
Ch. 10	Human resources security	139
Ch. 11	Physical and environmental security	147
Ch. 12	Communications and operations management	155
Ch. 13	Access control	173
Ch. 14	Information systems acquisition, development, and maintenance	185
Ch. 15	Information security incident management	195
Ch. 16	Business continuity management	199
Ch. 17	Compliance	203
App. A	ISO standards cited in ISO/IEC 17799:2005	209

SPSS for Psychologists or Pattern Oriented Software Architecture

2009-02-11T03:41:00.000-08:00

SPSS for Psychologists: A Guide to Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows, Versions 12 And 13

Author: Nicola Brac

The new edition of this best-selling guide carefully leads the user through the process of using SPSS to analyze psychological data. The authors review the basic issues regarding design and proceed through all of the major statistical techniques used in psychology, from introductory to advanced level. Readers are introduced to the rationale and use of each test and shown how to choose, perform, and report the statistical analysis of their own data.

SPSS for Psychologists, 3/E covers SPSS versions 12 and 13, but is also appropriate for those using versions 9 - 11. The new edition highlights the differences between the versions and now includes coverage of reliability measures, partial correlations, and using statistics for scale constructions.

Comprehensive in coverage, the book reviews advanced statistical material such as ANCOVA, factor analysis, logistic regression, and discriminant analysis as well as issues related to research design, data entry, data handling, data manipulation and modification in SPSS; how to calculate basic statistical procedures using SPSS; tests of difference for two sample designs, tests of correlation, and tests for nominal and categorical data; and tests for experiments involving complex designs or for data obtained using surveys.

Each statistical test features a brief description, an example of typical or actual research that might be analyzed using the test, and step-by-step instructions on how to perform the test using SPSS. Numerous screenshots and detailed descriptions of the steps required to perform the test, are included. Annotated examples of SPSS output help the reader understand and report the results of theiranalyses. Information on how to insert output into a text document is also included. The data used in the examples is found in an appendix and on a book specific Web site.

Intended for use as a supplementary text in statistics/research methods courses in psychology and related social sciences, a basic knowledge of Windows is assumed.

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Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture: A Pattern Language for Distributed Computing, Vol. 4

Author: Douglas C Schmidt

The eagerly awaited Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture (POSA) Volume 4 is about a pattern language for distributed computing.

The authors will guide you through the best practices and introduce you to key areas of building distributed software systems. POSA 4 connects many stand-alone patterns, pattern collections and pattern languages from the existing body of literature found in the POSA series. Such patterns relate to and are useful for distributed computing to a single language.

• The panel of experts provides you with a consistent and coherent holistic view on the craft of building distributed systems.

• Includes a foreword by Martin Fowler

• A must read for practitioners who want practical advice to develop a comprehensive language integrating patterns from key literature.

Photoshop Elements 2 for Dummies or Wi Fi Toys

2009-02-09T23:29:00.000-08:00

Photoshop Elements 2 for Dummies

Author: Deke McClelland

As far as sequels go, Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 belongs in the ranks of The Godfather: Part II – a sequel that improves on the original. What made the first release of Elements so impressive wasn't that it was especially easy to use; it was how much of Photoshop's power you could get for such a low price. Elements 2.0, however, takes big steps forward in both power and ease.

Photoshop Elements 2.0 For Dummies explains this program from the ground up, assuming that you know absolutely nothing about the program or even about image editing in general. But step by step, concept by concept, tool by tool, you'll gradually work through a thorough examination of Photoshop Elements 2.0 and the incredible things it can do for your images.

While this book is organized in logical order, with the lofty idea that you'll read it cover to cover, the best thing about Photoshop Elements 2.0 For Dummies is that you don't have to. Feel free to skip around if you get restless. There are even 16 color pages stuck in the book to show you things that can't be explained in black and white. You'll gain insight into

• Getting to know the Photoshop tools and palettes

• Editing your images

• Saving your files in proper format

• Making a bad image better

• Painting and distorting your images

Just as one CD contains both the Windows and Mac versions of Elements, so this one took tells both Windows and Mac users everything they need to know to use Elements on their system of choice. And because Elements 2.0 runs on both Windows XP and Mac OS X, we've also updatedthe figures in this book to show off the spiffy look of these two new operating systems.

As an Elements user, you've got a whole lot of Photoshop power coiled up inside your computer, waiting for you to discover how to harness it. Photoshop Elements 2.0 For Dummies is your guide for doing just that.

Book review: Elementos necesarios de Finanzas de Bienes inmuebles

Wi-Fi Toys: 15 Cool Wireless Projects for Home, Office, and Entertainment (ExtremeTech Series)

Author: Mike Outmesguin

• This ultra-cool volume invites readers to tap into your inner geek and build seventeen ultra-cool wireless devices including a solar powered access point, a wireless picture frame that dynamically changes its own photos, and even a wireless car-to-car audio and video system

• With a few simple tools, some off-the-shelf parts, and this book, readers will be creating wireless devices they never thought were possible-toys that certainly can't be found at the local computer store

• Written by the cofounder and members of the Southern California Wireless Users Group, this book provides readers with hands-on instruction and insider tips and tricks from those who are on the bleeding edge of wireless technology

• New addition to the ExtremeTech line of books-books for serious technophiles

	Preface	xxvii
	Introduction	xxix
Part I	Building Antennas	1
Chapter 1	Building Your Own Wi-Fi Antenna Cable	3
	About Wi-Fi	4
	Parts of a Wi-Fi Project	9
	Understanding Coaxial Cables	12
	Building a Coaxial Cable	16
	Choosing a Wi-Fi Pigtail	31
	Cheap Cable Testing	33
	Summary	33
Chapter 2	Building a Classic Paperclip Antenna	35
	Recognizing Different Antennas	35
	Before You Start	45
	What You Need	46
	Choosing a Wireless Card	47
	Choosing Platform Materials	48
	Building the Paperclip Antenna	48
	Mounting and Testing Your Paperclip Antenna	56
	Hitting the Road with Your Paperclip Antenna	57
	Summary	57
Chapter 3	Building a Directional Tin Can Antenna	59
	Types of Can Antennas	60
	Finding the Right Can	63
	Preparing the Can	64
	Where to Drill	65
	Fitting the Radiating Element	68
	Final Construction and Weatherizing	73
	Extra: Antenna Simulation and Patterns	76
	Summary	79
Chapter 4	Modifying Your Access Point with a High-Gain Antenna	81
	Choosing an Antenna	83
	Staying Legal	84
	The Site Survey	88
	Attaching a High-Gain Antenna	91
	What About Signal Amplification?	99
	Summary	100
Part II	War Driving--Wireless Network Discovery and Visualization	101
Chapter 5	Gearing Up for War Driving	103
	Overview of the War Drive	103
	It All Starts with the Wireless Adapter	106
	Choosing the Right Software	109
	Using GPS on Your Laptop	112
	Picking the Right Antenna	115
	Powering Your Rig	117
	Installing the System in Your Car	118
	Your First War Drive!	123
	Summary	124
Chapter 6	War Driving with NetStumbler	127
	Installing NetStumbler	128
	Configuring NetStumbler	133
	Setting Up a GPS	135
	Navigating the NetStumbler Screens	137
	Working with NS1 Log Files	139
	Using War Driving Data	143
	Summary	143
Chapter 7	Mapping Your War Driving Results	145
	Mapping Overview	146
	Mapping Software	146
	The Global Positioning System	150
	Creating a Map	151
	Visualizing Extras	161
	Summary	166
Part III	Playing with Access Points	169
Chapter 8	Build Your Own Outdoor Access Point	171
	Location, Location, Location	172
	Choosing the Parts	175
	Configuring Your Access Point	182
	Assembling the Box	191
	Taking It To The Next Level	201
	Summary	205
Chapter 9	Building a Solar-Powered Wireless Repeater	207
	Learning Solar Basics	209
	Setting Up a Wireless Repeater	211
	Integrating Solar Power	213
	Configuring Your Solar System	216
	Time to Go Outside	227
	Applying Power and Testing	234
	Summary	235
Chapter 10	Creating a Free Wireless Hotspot	237
	What Is NoCatAuth?	240
	Risk Management	242
	Pre-Install Setup	244
	Installing NoCat	249
	Configuring NoCat	250
	Testing and Using NoCat	251
	Troubleshooting NoCat	258
	Summary	266
Chapter 11	Playing Access Point Games	267
	The Basica of AP Gaming	269
	Crazy Like a Foxhunt	271
	Finding Mass Quantities of Access Points	274
	An Access Point Treasure Hunt	277
	Other AP Games	280
	Finding an Edge in Competition	282
	Summary	283
Part IV	Just for Fun	285
Chapter 12	Wi-Fi Your TiVo	287
	TiVo Models	288
	PC to TiVo to PC	298
	TiVo Hacks	301
	Summary	302
Chapter 13	Create a Long-Distance Wi-Fi Link	303
	Selecting a Site	304
	Design Considerations	305
	Determining the Fresnel Zone	311
	Budgeting Your Wireless Link	314
	Putting It All Together	317
	Testing and Troubleshooting	319
	Summary	322
Chapter 14	Deploy a Car-to-Car Wireless Video Link	323
	Introduction to Videoconferencing	324
Step 1	Choosing a Camera	326
Step 2	Configuring NetMeeting	332
Step 3	Setting Up a Wi-Fi Link	337
Step 4	Preparing the Cars	340
	Extra Credit: Multipoint Car Conference	342
	Summary	344
Chapter 15	Making a Dynamic Wireless Digital Picture Frame	345
	What is a Digital Picture Frame?	346
	Choosing a Digiframe Computer	347
	Preparing the Computer	349
	Hacking the Laptop	354
	Mounting the Picture Frame	360
	Shutting Down the Frame	362
	Updating Pictures	363
	Extra Credit: Motion Video	363
	Summary	363
	Index	365

E Writing or Upgrading and Repairing Networks Fifth Edition

2009-02-08T19:18:00.000-08:00

E-Writing: 21st-Century Tools for Effective Communication

Author: Dianna Booher

Are you guilty of email "trigger finger"? Do you constantly "cc" people you never even see? What are today's rules for conducting business over the Internet? Now, The Elements of Style meets "the Miss Manners of memos" in the ultimate writing guide for the digital age.

In an era when written communication in the workplace is more crucial than ever, at a time when many professionals all but completely eschew face-to-face dealings, E-Writing is poised to become the new bible of business writing. Accessible and inviting, this Web-savvy "How-to" book promises to transform anxious email hacks and mediocre memo writers into eloquent electronic scribes in no time at all.

Inside, you will learn how to:

combat counter-productive email habits
write authoritatively and persuasively, with a clear message that generates quick action
handle email and letter correspondence efficiently and effectively
select an appropriate style for the audience you're addressing
heighten your professional image, self-confidence, and career prospects

Practicing what she preaches, award-winning communicator and bestselling author Dianna Booher writes in a refreshingly straightforward style and has organized E-Writing to make on-the-spot referencing a snap. Keep it handy; refer to it often—and your online mailbox will never be the same again.

Working Woman

Dianna Booher incorporat[es] commonsense advice on office politics and tact.

Introduction: Writing Electronically.....1
Part 1: E-Mail Exchange.....9: 1: Select the Right Medium to Communicate.....11; 2: Follow the Rules of E-Mail Etiquette to Create the Proper Image.....15; 3: Compose Clear, to-the-Point Messages.....23; 4: Aim to Get Attention for Your Own E-Mail.....29; 5: Manage High-Volume E-Mail Effectively.....33; 6: Become Savvy About E-Mail Mechanics.....40; 7: Make Sure You're Legal.....43
Part 2: The E-Writing Culture.....47: 8: Counterproductive Communication Habits.....49
Part 3: Writing On Paper Or Online.....67: 9: Step 1: Consider Your Audience for the Proper Approach.....71; 10: Step 2: Anticipate Special Reader Reactions.....77; 11: Step 3: Outline Your Message Functionally.....80; 12: Step 4: Develop the First Draft Quickly.....126
Part 4: Step 5: Edit Content and Layout, Grammer, Clarity, Conciseness, and Style.....133: 13: Edit for Content and Layout.....138; 14: Edit for Grammar.....166; 15: Edit for Clarity.....230; 16: Edit for Conciseness.....259; 17: Edit for Style.....273
Part 5: Let's Get Technical.....287: 18: Guidelines for Document Variations on the
Transmittals.....291
Requests for Voluntary Action.....294
Negative Responses.....297
Complaints.....299
Apologies.....302
Accomplishment or Status Reports.....306

19: Meeting Minutes.....312
20: Service and Inspection Reports.....318
21: Procedures.....320
22: Formal Technical Reports.....325
23: Proposals.....342
24: Websites.....354
A Final Note to the Reader.....359
Bibliography.....361
Appendix A: Grammar Glossary.....363
Appendix B: Answers to Spelling Awareness Exercise.....369
Acknowledgments.....371
Other Resources By Dianna Booher Available from
Booher Consultants.....373
For More Information.....375
Index.....377; 19: Meeting Minutes.....312; 20: Service and Inspection Reports.....318; 21: Procedures.....320; 22: Formal Technical Reports.....325; 23: Proposals.....342; 24: Websites.....354; A Final Note to the Reader.....359; Bibliography.....361; Appendix A: Grammar Glossary.....363; Appendix B: Answers to Spelling Awareness Exercise.....369; Acknowledgments.....371; Other Resources By Dianna Booher Available from; Booher Consultants.....373; For More Information.....375; Index.....377

Book review: Podcast Solutions or SQL Server 2005 T SQL Recipes

Upgrading and Repairing Networks, Fifth Edition

Author: Scott Mueller

Upgrading and Repairing Networks, Fifth Edition is the definitive guide for anyone with a network, from home networking enthusiasts to professional network administrators. The book explains network architectures and protocols using plain English and real-world examples, and gives valuable insight for fixing network problems. This updated edition includes the latest on network planning and design, and building a network using wired, wireless, or both technologies. It covers the latest updates in Windows XP Service Pack 2, as well as Gigabit Ethernet, virtual LANs, Bluetooth, WAP, security, firewalls, and VPN use.

Beginning SQL Server 2005 Administration or SharePoint Users Guide

2009-02-07T15:06:00.000-08:00

Beginning SQL Server 2005 Administration

Author: Chris Leiter

For the first time, SQL Server 2005 provides features that can support large-scale enterprise databases. With this powerful new release, you may find yourself being called upon to perform duties that are no longer strictly "administrative," duties that have become much more complicated and difficult. With that in mind, a team of experienced Microsoft Certified Professionals provides you with the necessary information to be a more competent and successful database developer or administrator.

Beginning with a foundation that features detailed coverage of typical administrative duties, the authors proceed to explain how to build complex data transformations for data import, build distributed data solutions, and maintain the security and integrity of the database. You will be able to apply what you learn to real-world scenarios, and smoothly navigate the vastly changed landscape of SQL Server 2005 administration.

What you will learn from this book

• How to install, maintain, and manage an SQL Server 2005 installation, including high availability and security considerations

• Various features such as the Common Language Runtime, SQL Server Integration Services, Notification Service, and the Service Broker

• How to use the tools that are necessary to manage configuration, backups, restores, security, availability, performance, and monitoring

• A sampling of some of the more advanced areas and complex jobs of the broadening role of a database administrator in the enterprise

Who this book is for

This book is for both developers and administrators who are responsible forthe management and maintenance of an SQL Server 2005 database. Familiarity with relational database concepts and SQL is assumed.

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

Enhance Your Knowledge Advance Your Career

Look this: International Business or Business Cycle Theory

SharePoint User's Guide: Infusion Development Corporation

Author: Infusion Development Corporation

There's nothing like teamwork for making progress on aproject, but sharing information and building on eachother's successes can be challenging when your team isscattered across the miles. Microsoft's SharePoint helpsteams and organizations close the distance. With SharePoint,groups construct web sites specifically forcollaboration—sites where individuals can capture and shareideas, and work together on documents, tasks, contacts, andevents. It's the next best thing to being in the roomtogether.

Unfortunately, much of the documentation for SharePoint iswritten to help system administrators get it up and running,which often leaves end users in the dark. The SharePointUser's Guide takes another approach: this quick and easyguide shows you what you need to know to start usingSharePoint effectively and how to get the most from it. You'll learn how to create sites that your organization canuse to work together or independently, from an end user'spoint of view. Now, even beginners can learn how to:access sites that are already set upcreate new sitespersonalize sitesuse the document and picture libraries for adding andediting contentadd discussion boards and surveys to a siteenhance securityYou'll learn how you can receive alerts to tell you whenexisting documents and information have been changed, orwhen new information or documents have been added. You caneven share select information with partners or customersoutside your organization. No one that uses SharePointcollaboration services can afford to be without this handybook.

The SharePoint User's Guide is designed to help you findanswers quickly, explaining key concepts and major points instraightforward language. WithSharePoint, any team ororganization can overcome geographic or time-zonechallenges, and the SharePoint User's Guide will show themhow.

Color Index or Sams Teach Yourself WPF in 24 Hours

2009-02-06T10:55:00.000-08:00

Color Index: Over 1,100 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media

Author: Kraus

Let Color Index turbo-charge your creativity! With over 1100 color combinations and formulas, it's guaranteed to help you solve design dilemmas and create more effective graphics for both print and the Web. From progressive colors to natural tones, Color Index makes choosing hues for any job easy! You'll start working with color in exciting new ways to create original, eye-catching designs that pop off the page. So go ahead. Explore and experiment with color. Now you've got everything you need, right in the palm of your hand.

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Sams Teach Yourself WPF in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself -- Hours Series)

Author: Rob Eisenberg

Printed entirely in color, with helpful figures and syntax coloring to make code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio.

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you will be able to begin effectively using WPF to solve real-world problems, developing rich user interfaces in less time than you thought possible.

Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds on a real-world foundation forged in both technology and business matters, allowing you to learn the essentials of WPF from the ground up.

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks.
The Q&A sections, quizzes, and exercises help you build and test your knowledge.
By the Way notes present interesting pieces of information.
Did You Know? tips offer advice or teach an easier way to do something.
Watch Out! cautions advise you about potential problems and help you steer clear of disaster.

Learn how to...

Use XAML to build user interfaces
Leverage data binding to minimize tedious code
Create visually engaging applications
Architect and design WPF applications using proven patterns such as MVP
Incorporate audio and video into your applications
Customize controls with styles, templates, and animation
Apply best practices for developing software with WPF
Deploy WPF applications to the desktop and Web
Take advantage of WPF’s advanced printing capabilities
Grow as a developer by improving your overall software designskills

Introduction 1
Part I                   Getting Started
1      What WPF Is and Isn’t 5
2      Understanding XAML 17
3      Introducing the Font Viewer 27
4      Handling Application Layout 41
5      Using Basic Controls 59
6      Introducing Data Binding 75
Part II        Reaching the User
7      Designing an Application 93
8      Building a Text Document Editor 107
9      Getting a Handle on Events 121
10    Commands 145
11    Output 157
Part III      Visualizing Data
12    Building a Contact Manager 177
13    Presenters and Views 193
14    Resources and Styles 211
15    Digging Deeper into Data Binding 229
16    Visualizing Lists 251
Part IV       Creating Rich Experiences
17    Building a Media Viewer 267
18    Drawing with Shapes 291
19    Colors and Brushes 315
20    Transforms and Effects 331
21    Using Control Templates 347
22    Triggers 369
23    Animation 383
24    Best Practices 407
Part V         Appendixes
Appendix A: Tools and Resources 423
Appendix B: 3D Tutorial Using ZAM 3D 427
Appendix C: Project Source (downloadable) 437
Index 439

In Search of Stupidity or GCC Book

2009-02-05T06:43:00.000-08:00

In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters

Author: Merrill R Chapman

In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters, Second Edition is National Lampoon meets Peter Drucker. It's a funny and well-written business book that takes a look at some of the most influential marketing and business philosophies of the last twenty years. Through the dark glass of hindsight, it provides an educational and entertaining look at why these philosophies didn't work for many of the country's largest and best-known high-tech companies.

Marketing wizard Richard Chapman takes you on a hilarious ride in this book, which is richly illustrated with cartoons and reproductions of many of the actual campaigns used at the time. Filled with personal anecdotes spanning Chapman's remarkable career (he was present at many now-famous meetings and events), In Search of Stupidity, Second Edition examines the best of the worst marketing ideas and business decisions in the last twenty years of the technology industry.

The second edition includes new chapters on Google and on how to avoid stupidity, plus the extensive analyses of all chapters from the first edition. You'll want to get a copy because it

Features an interesting preface and interview with Joel Spolsky of "Joel on Software"
Offers practical advice on avoiding PR disaster
Features actual pictures of some of the worst PR and marketing material ever created
Is highly readable and funny
Includes theme-based cartoons for every chapter

Slashdot.org
An excellent source of information, analysis and good laughs. It's one of the few industry titles that will give you a large supply of stories to re-tell to other developers over a beer. Chapman's book is also an excellent case study collection of anti-management rules that one should avoid when running a high tech company.

Book about: Politica sporca: Inganno, distrazione e democrazia

GCC Book

Author: Kurt Wall

The Definitive Guide to GCC is a comprehensive tutorial and guide to using the newest version of GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection. GCC is quite simply the most used and most powerful tool for programmers on the planet. GCC has long been available for most major hardware and operating system platforms and is often the preferred compiler for those platforms. As a general-purpose compiler, GCC produces higher quality, faster performing executable code with fewer bugs than equivalent offerings supplied by hardware and software vendors. GCC, along with GNU Emacs, the Linux operating system, the Apache web server, the Sendmail mail server, and the BIND DNS server, is one of the showpieces of the free software world and proof that sometimes you can get a free lunch.

In The Definitive Guide to GCC, authors William von Hagen and Kurt Wall teach you how to build, install, customize, use, and troubleshoot GCC 3.2. This guide goes beyond just command-line invocations to show you how to use GCC to improve the quality of your code (with debugging, code profiling, and test code coverage), and how to integrate other GNU development tools, such as libtool, automake, and autoconf, into your GCC-based development projects.

	About the Authors
	About the Technical Reviewer
	Acknowledgments
	Introducing GCC and the Definitive Guide to GCC
Ch. 1	Building GCC	1
Ch. 2	Installing GCC on DOS and Windows Platforms	39
Ch. 3	Basic GCC Usage	59
Ch. 4	Advanced GCC Usage	101
Ch. 5	Optimizing Code with GCC	135
Ch. 6	Performing Code Analysis with GCC	147
Ch. 7	Using Autoconf and Automake	187
Ch. 8	Using Libtool	221
Ch. 9	Troubleshooting GCC	245
Ch. 10	Using GCC's Online Help	265
Ch. 11	GCC Command-Line Options	283
Ch. 12	Additional GCC Resources	347
App. A	Building and Installing Glibc	363
App. B	Machine and Processor-Specific Options for GCC	403
	Index	497

Introduction to Software Testing or Programming with QT

2009-02-04T02:31:00.000-08:00

Introduction to Software Testing

Author: Paul Ammann

Extensively class tested, this text takes an innovative approach to explaining the process of software testing: it defines testing as the process of applying a few well-defined, general-purpose test criteria to a structure or model of the software. The structure of the text directly reflects the pedagogical approach and incorporates the latest innovations in testing, including techniques to test modern types of software such as OO, web applications, and embedded software.

List of Figures     ix
List of Tables     xiii
Preface     xv
Overview     1
Introduction     3
Activities of a Test Engineer     4
Testing Levels Based on Software Activity     5
Beizer's Testing Levels Based on Test Process Maturity     8
Automation of Test Activities     10
Software Testing Limitations and Terminology     11
Coverage Criteria for Testing     16
Infeasibility and Subsumption     20
Characteristics of a Good Coverage Criterion     20
Older Software Testing Terminology     21
Bibliographic Notes     22
Coverage Criteria     25
Graph Coverage     27
Overview     27
Graph Coverage Criteria     32
Structural Coverage Criteria     33
Data Flow Criteria     44
Subsumption Relationships among Graph Coverage Criteria     50
Graph Coverage for Source Code     52
Structural Graph Coverage for Source Code     52
Data Flow Graph Coverage for Source Code     54
Graph Coverage for Design Elements     65
Structural Graph Coverage for Design Elements     65
Data Flow Graph Coverage for Design Elements     67
Graph Coverage for Specifications     75
Testing Sequencing Constraints     75
Testing State Behavior of Software     77
Graph Coverage for Use Cases     87
Use Case Scenarios     90
Representing Graphs Algebraically     91
Reducing Graphs to Path Expressions     94
Applications of Path Expressions     96
Deriving Test Inputs     96
Counting Paths in a Flow Graph and Determining Max Path Length     97
Minimum Number of Paths to Reach All Edges     98
Complementary Operations Analysis     98
Bibliographic Notes     100
Logic Coverage     104
Overview: Logic Predicates and Clauses     104
Logic Expression Coverage Criteria     106
Active Clause Coverage     107
Inactive Clause Coverage     111
Infeasibility and Subsumption     112
Making a Clause Determine a Predicate     113
Finding Satisfying Values     115
Structural Logic Coverage of Programs     120
Predicate Transformation Issues     127
Specification-Based Logic Coverage     131
Logic Coverage of Finite State Machines     134
Disjunctive Normal Form Criteria     138
Bibliographic Notes     147
Input Space Partitioning     150
Input Domain Modeling     152
Interface-Based Input domain Modeling     153
Functionality-Based Input Domain Modeling     154
Identifying Characteristics     154
Choosing Blocks and Values     156
Using More than One Input Domain Model     158
Checking the Input Domain Model     158
Combination Strategies Criteria     160
Constraints among Partitions     165
Bibliographic Notes     166
Syntax-Based Testing     170
Syntax-Based Coverage Criteria     170
BNF Coverage Criteria     170
Mutation Testing     173
Program-Based Grammars     176
BNF Grammars for Languages     176
Program-Based Mutation     176
Integration and Object-Oriented Testing     191
BNF Integration Testing     192
Integration Mutation     192
Specification-Based Grammars     197
BNF Grammars     198
Specification-Based Mutation     198
Input Space Grammars     201
BNF Grammars     201
Mutation for Input Grammars     204
Bibliographic Notes     210
Applying Criteria in Practice     213
Practical Considerations     215
Regression Testing     215
Integration and Testing     217
Stubs and Drivers     218
Class Integration Test Order     218
Test Process     219
Requirements Analysis and Specification     220
System and Software Design     221
Intermediate Design     222
Detailed Design     223
Implementation     223
Integration     224
System Deployment     224
Operation and Maintenance     224
Summary     225
Test Plans     225
Identifying Correct Outputs     230
Direct Verification of Outputs     230
Redundant Computations     231
Consistency Checks     231
Data Redundancy     232
Bibliographic Notes     233
Engineering Criteria for Technologies     235
Testing Object-Oriented Software     236
Unique Issues with Testing OO Software      237
Types of Object-Oriented Faults     237
Testing Web Applications and Web Services     256
Testing Static Hyper Text Web Sites     257
Testing Dynamic Web Applications     257
Testing Web Services     260
Testing Graphical User Interfaces     260
Testing GUIs     261
Real-Time Software and Embedded Software     262
Bibliographic Notes     265
Building Testing Tools     268
Instrumentation for Graph and Logical Expression Criteria     268
Node and Edge Coverage     268
Data Flow Coverage     271
Logic Coverage     272
Building Mutation Testing Tools     272
The Interpretation Approach     274
The Separate Compilation Approach     274
The Schema-Based Approach     275
Using Java Reflection     276
Implementing a Modern Mutation System     277
Bibliographic Notes     277
Challenges in Testing Software     280
Testing for Emergent Properties: Safety and Security     280
Classes of Test Cases for Emergent Properties     283
Software Testability     284
Testability for Common Technologies     285
Test Criteria and the Future of Software Testing     286
Going Forward with Testing Research     288
Bibliographic Notes     290
List of Criteria     293
Bibliography     295
Index     319

Interesting book: Project Study Guide or IPsec Virtual Private Network Fundamentals

Programming with QT: Writing Portable GUI Applications on Unix and Win32

Author: Matthias Kalle Dalheimer

Qt is a C++ class library for writing GUI applications that run on UNIX, Windows 95/98, and Windows NT platforms. Qt is much easier to use than the standard Motif toolkit for UNIX systems, but at the same time Qt emulates the look-and-feel of Motif. Best of all, after you have written an application with Qt, all you have to do is recompile it to have a version that works on Windows systems. Qt also emulates the look-and-feel of Windows, so you can provide all of your users with native-looking interfaces.

Platform independence is not the only benefit of Qt. Qt uses an ingenious signal/slot mechanism for connecting user interaction with program functionality, providing an excellent framework for component-based programming. Graphical rendering in Qt is highly optimized due to its use of effective caching mechanisms -- rendering in Qt is often faster than with the similar native API. In addition to user interface classes, Qt features portable support for file system access, working with date and time values, and network programming. With Qt, you'll find that you need to write very little, if any, platform-dependent code because Qt already has what you need.

Qt is popular with open-source and Linux developers because it can be used for free on UNIX systems for this type of development. For commercial development, you need a license for Qt, which is available from Troll Tech, the developers of Qt. In addition to open-source development, Qt is being used by several major companies and government and international agencies.

While programming with Qt is straightforward and feels natural once you get the hang of it, the learning curve can be steep. Qt comes with excellent reference documentation, but beginners often find the included tutorial is not enough to really get started with Qt. That is where this book steps in. Programming with Qt guides you through the steps of writing a Qt application by showing you how to write a simple paint application. It also helps deepen your understanding of the topics with exercises and fully worked out answers. The book presents all of the GUI elements in Qt, along with advice about when and how to use them, so that you can make full use of the toolkit. There's also lots of information for seasoned Qt programmers, including material on advanced 2D transformations, drag-and-drop, and writing custom image file filters.

Programming with Qt helps you get the most out of Qt. With it, you'll learn to take full advantage of this powerful, easy-to-use, cross-platform toolkit.

Electronic Review of Books - Lou Grinzo

Linux's meteoric rise in both popularity and usage is increasing the demand for solid information for programmers about all aspects of Linux development, as well as cross-platform issues. Programming with Qt, by Matthias Dalheimer, covers a tool that addresses some of the thornier topics in modern GUI programming, cross-platform application frameworks, and widget toolkits. Qt is a product of Troll Tech, and is available for both X Windows and Win32 environments. Dalheimer is a member of the board of directors of the KDE Foundation, and has considerable Qt experience, since the KDE desktop environment for Linux is based on Qt.

In the book's 25 chapters, Dalheimer provides a good overview of the Qt programming model, and presents a solid conceptual framework for any experienced programmer new to Qt. He includes several usage tips and many pieces of thoughtful advice, any one of which could easily be worth the cost of the book in the right circumstances. He also talks about some more advanced topics, such as how to deal with resizable dialogs, especially at a time when large monitors are nearly ubiquitous; portability issues; and even the pros and cons of various approaches to writing a cross-platform widget toolkit like Qt. For readers new to Qt, especially those with a Windows background, this is all useful and enlightening material.

Dalheimer takes you through the expected steps, from the obligatory "Hello, world!" program to dealing with menus, event handling, Qt's layout managers and container classes, graphics and text programming, file handling, focus issues, and interapplication communication. One of the longer chapters covers writing your own Qt widgets, and includes two extended examples that will be useful references for anyone taking on this task. Chapter 9 is one of the strongest parts of the book, in that it covers numerous graphics programming topics, such as palette management, saving and displaying graphics, double buffering, and transformations.

One area the author focuses on throughout the book, and to good effect, is Qt's use of signals and slots. (These are not traditional UNIX IPC signals, but a variation unique to Qt.) This is the technology that notifies specific parts of a program when UI events happen, such as users clicking on a button or an item in a listbox. Every application framework has its own way of performing this "plumbing," and understanding it well enough to get notifications in the right places, forward them effectively, and so on, is critical to using the framework. Dalheimer clearly appreciates this fact, and doesn't just talk about Qt's signals and slots once and then move on, but returns to the topic several times in different contexts.

Experienced programmers might raise an eyebrow over the thought of covering all this material -- an entire application framework and a widget toolkit -- in a mere 361 pages. (Petzold's Programming Windows, easily the standard in this area, is well over twice the page count in its second edition, for example, even if it does cover some topics not in Qt.) This highlights the only serious problem with this book: Its treatment of some topics is conspicuously thin. For example, the discussion of the file open/save dialogs is barely half a page of text (not counting illustrations), yet you will likely spend considerable time with these dialogs in various programs, using them in different ways. This book isn't meant to be a replacement for Troll Tech's reference manual, obviously, but several examples of how to use these dialogs with various options (multiple selection, file must exist, and the like), as well as a discussion of cross-platform issues would have been very welcome. Similarly, there are places where Dalheimer leaves pertinent questions unanswered, such as what the limit is on the number of items that a Qt listbox will handle. (He does advise against putting too many items into a listbox, for human factors reasons, which is clearly good advice, but it's critical for programmers to know what such limits are if they're to avoid exceeding them.)

I was bothered by the number of extremely short chapters. Chapter 13, "Working with Date and Time Values" is less than one page of text, Chapter 18, "Debugging" is not quite two full pages, and "Sample Qt Projects" mentions only two -- KDE and Ortho Vista -- and doesn't provide nearly the insight into real-world usage of Qt for commercial work that I'd hoped for. More serious yet is the book's almost complete avoidance of font and text output issues, something nearly all programmers will have to wrestle with.

These problems certainly don't make this a bad book, but they do make me wish for at least a few hundred more pages of the kind of work that Dalheimer is clearly capable of, to provide the fuller treatment programmers need of Qt at this time. Still, Programming with Qt, combined with the Qt reference material (freely available from the Troll Tech web site), should be enough to get experienced programmers started, while we hold out hope for a more comprehensive second edition.

Web Design or Financial Applications using Excel Add in Development in C C

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

Web Design: The L Line, The Express Line to Learning

Author: Sue Jenkins

Get on the fast track to creating your own Web site

Want to create a compelling Web site for a home business, family, or fun? Whether you're a student, aspiring designer, or entrepreneur, you can -- with Dreamweaver(r) and this easy-to-follow guide. Gain solid skills as you go from station to station in a series of clear-cut tutorials that cover site planning, registering a domain, formatting, and more. The last stop? Put your new site online and go live! Start your journey today on The L Line.
* Define your goals and create a site plan
* Learn the best ways to combine HTML and Cascading Style Sheets
* Use layers, create forms, and make the site interactive
* Master Web standards and the latest search engine optimization techniques

All aboard for valuable online extras

Visit The L Line Web site at wiley.com/go/thelline for valuable online supplementary materials:
* Test bank with challenging review questions
* PowerPoint slides with chapter outlines
* Images and Web page files from the book
* Practice exam answers
* A CSS reference guide

Along The L Line
* Complete tutorial coverage with step-by-step instruction
* Ample illustrations and examples
* Real-world case studies, applications, and hints for avoiding pitfalls
* Practice exams that let you evaluate your progress

Preface     xvii
Starting with a Plan     1
Determining the Site's Purpose     3
Keeping up with the competition     3
Gathering Information     4
Developing a purpose statement     4
Defining the Benefits to Visitors     6
Discovering the true benefits     6
Seeing the visitor's perspective     7
Constructing an Image for the Site     9
Determining Site Content Requirements     10
The bare minimum     11
Marketing and sales content     13
Diagnosing a Site's Dynamic Needs     17
Defining Ways to Drive Traffic to a Site     19
E-newsletters     19
Tips and articles     21
Blogs     22
Polls     26
Calculators     26
Contests and Sweepstakes     28
Defining Your Audience     33
Understanding Market Research     36
Gathering Internet Usage Statistics     37
Looking at Competitors' Web Sites     38
Describing the Ideal Site Visitor     42
Planning for a Multilanguage Site     45
Understanding the options for organizing content     46
Choosing an organization method     48
Translating a site's content     50
Pulling Together the Content     55
Discovering a Site's Content Needs     57
Wireframes     60
Gathering all the written content     64
Hiring illustrators and photographers     64
Licensing and buying stock images     65
Page titles and Meta tag data     66
Organizing Site Content     68
Making the Site Map     70
Choosing Development Tools and Techniques     77
Working with Page-Creation Tools     79
HTML and Web-editing programs     80
Introducing HTML tags     81
Understanding basic HTML page structure     82
Creating a page in a text editor     83
Saving Web page files     84
Working with the Right Design Tools     85
Choosing graphics programs     86
Using Web-safe colors     88
Introducing hexadecimal color values     89
Looking up hexadecimal values in a graphics program     90
Adding an E-Commerce Shopping Cart     93
PayPal shopping carts     93
Third-party and Web host shopping carts      94
Custom-built shopping carts     94
Planning for secure transactions     95
Knowing When to Hire a Programmer     96
Registering a Domain and Getting a Hosting Plan     103
Choosing a Domain Name     105
Using a domain name generator     108
Verifying domain name availability     109
Registering a Domain     110
Finding a Good Hosting Plan     112
Adding a Custom Placeholder Page     115
Designing the page     116
Putting the placeholder page on the Web     122
Defining the Site's Look and Feel     127
Beginning with Target Audience Data     129
Making Basic Layout and Design Decisions     131
Setting the layout width     132
Choosing layout expandability and orientation     133
Choosing a method for printing the layout     136
Choosing a color palette     136
Choosing fonts for the layout     138
Selecting a Navigation Scheme     140
Outlining a Design's Look and Feel     144
Mocking Up the Design     149
Understanding the Value of a Mockup     151
Working from the Site Map     152
Creating the Mockup     153
Strategically Placing Mockup Elements     160
Adding Design Elements to the Mockup     161
Finalizing a Mockup     166
Showing the subnavigation (or rollover)     166
Presenting a mockup to a client     167
Designing Additional Web Site Graphics     169
Header graphics     169
Rollover graphics     169
Background images     172
Other images     172
Optimizing Graphics     177
Understanding Web Graphics     179
Selecting a Web Optimization Program     186
Optimizing Graphics with ImageReady     187
Picking the Right Web Format     189
Choosing Web Optimization Settings     192
GIF and PNG-8 Optimization     194
JPG optimization     196
Slicing Up Graphics     197
Optimization Output Options     204
Working with Web Standards (HTML/XHTML/CSS/508)     209
Following Web Standards     211
Learning about standards online     212
Learning Web site content     214
Using DOCTYPEs (DTDs)     216
Setting the DOCTYPE     216
Adding a DOCTYPE in Dreamweaver     218
Writing HTML and XHTML Code     220
Using CSS Instead of HTML     222
Learning about Accessibility Standards     228
Understanding the HTML accessibility standards     229
Using Dreamweaver's accessibility tools     232
Using Search Engine Optimization Techniques     237
Practicing Ethical SEO Techniques     239
Including Ethical SEO Techniques in Web Pages     241
Maximizing the impact of relevant keywords     241
Embedding object and image descriptions     243
Including description and keywords Meta tags     244
Writing unique page titles     245
Submitting a Web address to search tools     245
Using an HTML Site Map     249
Creating the HTML site map     251
Making the site map accessible     253
Building Basic Pages     261
Setting Up the Basic HTML Skeleton     263
Understanding Meta Tags     266
Adding Content to Pages     271
Text     272
Graphics     274
Lists     278
Tables     280
Creating Hyperlinks     287
Local and global links     287
Link targets     288
Linking images     288
Other link types     290
Semantic HTML Coding     293
Labeling Objects     295
Improving Page Accessibility     296
Page Formatting with CSS     303
Learning about CSS     306
Anatomy of a style     306
Inline, internal, and external CSS     308
Linking external CSS to a page     310
Setting CSS media types     311
Linking external CSS and setting media types in Dreamweaver     314
CSS Style Selectors     315
Applying styles selectively with custom class     315
Redefining tag defaults     316
Morphing other page elements with advanced selectors     317
The Eight Style Categories     319
Formatting with CSS     321
Finding Additional CSS Help     324
Creating Navigation Systems     329
Considering the Site's Organization and Audience     331
Learning about Navigation Systems     332
Creating a Text Navigation Menu     335
Creating a Rollover Button Graphic Navigation Menu     338
Outputting rollovers in ImageReady     340
Creating rollovers in Dreamweaver     343
Creating a Tiered Text-Based JavaScript Navigation Menu     345
Creating a CSS List Navigation Menu     349
Layers- versus Tables-based Layouts     359
Tables versus Layers     362
Creating a Layout with Tables     365
Creating a Layout with Layers     370
Using Layout Resources for CSS and Layers     377
Using Templates and Server-Side Includes (SSIs)     383
Using Dreamweaver Templates     386
Preparing a page to become a template     387
Converting an HTML/XHTML file into a template     388
Creating and editing template-based files     392
Working with Server-Side Includes     393
Creating, including, and testing SSIs     395
Editing paths to work with SSIs     398
Comparing Templates and SSIs     401
Creating Forms     405
Organizing Visitor Information     407
Encrypting and Processing Form Data     409
Building Web Forms     412
Validating Forms     418
Testing Validated Forms     422
Making the Site Interactive     427
Exploring the World of JavaScript     430
Creating multiple rollover effects     432
Launching a new browser window     436
Building complex image maps     440
Adding Multimedia Files     443
Increasing Visitor Interactivity     445
A daily tip     447
Daily Sudoku     450
Testing, Testing, Testing     457
Setting Up a Prelaunch Testing Method     459
Cleaning Up Code     460
Finding and replacing global errors     461
Checking spelling     463
Cleaning up unwanted formatting     465
Cleaning up HTML/XHTML syntax     466
Applying consistent code formatting     467
Checking the Code for Common Problems     468
Validating the markup     469
Checking for browser support     470
Checking links     471
Generating site reports     472
Testing Web Pages on Different Platforms and Browsers     473
Code Validation and Compliance     481
Keeping Syntax Consistent with the Couvert Syntax Tool     483
Validating CSS, HTML, and More with Online Tools     486
Fixing Noncompliant Code     491
Fixing common coding mistakes     491
Retesting and failing acceptably     493
Obtaining Proof of Validation     495
Taking the Site to the Web     499
Uploading with File Transfer Protocol     501
Choosing an FTP application     502
Setting up a remote connection     504
Publishing a Site     507
Setting up a test directory     508
Getting and putting files     509
Testing one last time     511
Finishing the site publication     514
Contacting Search Engines     515
What's Next?     516
CSS Attributes     A-1
Exam Answer Appendix     B-1
Index     521

Financial Applications using Excel Add-in Development in C/C++

Author: Steve Dalton

Financial Applications using Excel Add-in Development in C/C++ is a must-buy book for any serious Excel developer.Excel is the industry standard for financial modelling, providing a number of ways for users to extend the functionality of their own add-ins, including VBA and C/C++. This is the only complete how-to guide and reference book for the creation of high performance add-ins for Excel in C and C++ for users in the finance industry. Steve Dalton explains how to apply Excel add-ins to financial applications with many examples given throughout the book. It also covers the relative strengths and weaknesses of developing add-ins for Excel in VBA versus C/C++, and provides comprehensive code, workbooks and example projects on the accompanying CD-ROM. The impact of Excel 2007’s multi-threaded workbook calculations and large grids on add-in development are fully explored. Financial Applications using Excel Add-in Development in C/C++ features:

• Extensive example codes in VBA, C and C++, explaining all the ways in which a developer can achieve their objectives.

• Example projects that demonstrate, from start to finish, the potential of Excel when powerful add-ins can be easily developed.

• Develops the readers understanding of the relative strengths and weaknesses of developing add-ins for Excel in VBA versus C/C++.

• A CD-ROM with several thousand lines of example code, numerous workbooks, and a number of complete example projects.

Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce or Microsoft Office Excel 2003

2009-02-01T18:07:00.000-08:00

Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce: Deploying Windows Forms Applications with ClickOnce

Author: Brian Noyes

Microsoft's new ClickOnce auto-updating technology can radically simplify application deployment. Using it, .NET developers and architects can deliver a powerful, smart client experience along with the easy maintenance of today's best Web applications.

Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Brian Noyes has unsurpassed experience previewing and teaching ClickOnce to professional developers. In Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce, Noyes demonstrates exactly how to make the most of ClickOnce in your real-world enterprise applications. Noyes covers ClickOnce design, architecture, security, installation, updates, and Bootstrapping—each with a full case study and detailed sample code.

This focused, concise book explains how to

Design client applications for efficient deployment and auto-updating
Perform application deployments and automatic updates quickly and easily
Deliver "on-demand" client application updates
Deploy prerequisites with the Visual Studio 2005 Bootstrapper
Take full control of ClickOnce's powerful publishing, update, and security options
Leverage the Visual Studio 2005 and .NET 2.0 platform features that make ClickOnce possible
Understand how your application will behave in the ClickOnce runtime environment

See also: International Wine Guide or Guide to Craft Brewing
Microsoft Office Excel 2003: Complete Concepts and Techniques, CourseCard E

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 Excel 2003 updates of the Shelly Cashman Series® and enhance your Office application skills today!

Table of Contents:
1. Creating a Worksheet and an Embedded Chart 2. Formulas, Functions, Formatting, and Web Queries 3. What-If Analysis, Charting, and Working with Large Worksheets Web Feature: Creating Static and Dynamic Web Pages Using Excel 4. Financial Functions, Data Tables, Amortization Schedules, and Hyperlinks 5. Creating, Sorting, and Querying a List 6. Creating Templates and Working with Multiple Worksheets and Workbooks Integration Feature: Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and Web Discussions Appendices A: Microsoft Excel Help System B: Speech and Handwriting Recognition and Speech Playback C: Publishing Office Web Pages to a Web Server D: Changing Screen Resolution and Resetting the Excel Toolbars and Menus E: Microsoft Office Specialist Certification

The Book of Postfix or AutoCAD 2007 For Dummies

2009-01-31T13:54:00.000-08:00

The Book of Postfix: State-of-the-Art Message Transport

Author: Ralf Hildebrandt

New guide examines state-of-the-art message transport

January 18, 2004, San Francisco - Email is, without a doubt, the lifeline of many companies. To manage it, one option is Postfix, the highly regarded open source mail transfer agent (MTA) authored by Wietse Venema, which is known for its enhanced security, relatively simple configuration and excellent performance. "The Book of Postfix" (No Starch Press, February '05) offers a practical approach that will satisfy experts and novices alike, allowing them to administer and manage Postfix for a variety of purposes.

Authors Ralf Hildebrandt and Patrick Koetter are both recognized authorities on Postfix who maintain high-volume university mail servers and have seen it all when it comes to email administration. They consulted regularly with the developers of Postfix, including Venema, during the development of "The Book of Postfix," as well as other contributing programmers and virtually every noted expert active in the Postfix Users mailing list.

In writing their book, Hildebrandt and Koetter made no assumptions about their readers' technical expertise or purposes for using Postfix. Instead, they pooled their vast Postfix expertise and research in one volume that contains a wealth of technical information, documentation and answers to frequently asked questions. "The Book of Postfix" covers the most common uses for the MTA - as a mail relay or virus-scanning gateway, as a company mail server or for home email use - as well as less common functions. "The Book of Postfix" also features practical examples that show how to deal with daily challenges, such as protecting users from spam and viruses, managing multiple domains and allowing roaming access.

Too many technology books take either a highly technical approach or a no-frills, step-by-step approach, but "The Book of Postfix" bridges the gap between the two. The basics won't be boring or overdone for experts, and advanced topics are properly explained and understandable to novices. Information is presented in a logical format that will make sense to any Postfix administrator, and the book's clear, straightforward writing is appropriate for all levels of UNIX/Linux administrators.

"In an age of bloated computer books, Ralf and Patrick bring clarity to a complex topic and examine all the angles without giving readers more than they'd need or want," said No Starch Press publisher Bill Pollock. "We saw a gap in the market for a better Postfix book, and these authors have been intimate with the program for years."

Also described in "The Book of Postfix":
· Content control and understanding restrictions
· Understanding SMTP authentication and Transport Layer Security
· Performance tuning and troubleshooting

New interesting textbook: Comportamenti di comprensione per efficace Leaderhsip

AutoCAD 2007 For Dummies

Author: David Byrnes

AutoCAD 2007 is a premiere computer-aided designing program that lets you organize the objects you draw, their properties, and their files. It also helps you create great-looking models. But it’s not always easy to figure out how to perform these functions, and many users end up missing out on AutoCAD’s full potential.

AutoCAD 2007 For Dummies will show you how to perform these tasks and more! This hands-on guide lets you discover how to navigate around all the complications and start creating cool drawings in no time. Soon you’ll have the tools you need to use DWG, set up drawings, add text, and work with lines, as well as:

• Draw a base plate with rectangles and circles

• Organize a successful template

• Zoom and pan with glass and hand

• Use the AutoCAD design center

• Navigate through your 3-D drawing projects

• Plot layout, lineweights, and colors

• Design block definitions

• Slice and dice your drawings to create new designs

• Create a Web format using AutoCAD

This book also features suggestions and tips on how to touch up your creations as well as ways to swap drawing data with other people and programs. Written in a friendly, straightforward tone that doesn’t try to overwhelm you, AutoCAD 2007 For Dummies shows you the fun and easy way to draw precise 2-D and 3-D drawings!

Ch. 1	Introducing AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT	11
Ch. 2	Le Tour de AutoCAD 2007	19
Ch. 3	A lap around the CAD track	47
Ch. 4	Setup for success	71
Ch. 5	Get ready to draw	105
Ch. 6	Where to draw the line	133
Ch. 7	Edit for credit	159
Ch. 8	A zoom with a view	199
Ch. 9	On a 3D spree	211
Ch. 10	Text with character	229
Ch. 11	Entering new dimensions	255
Ch. 12	Down the hatch	281
Ch. 13	The plot thickens	291
Ch. 14	Playing blocks and rasteroids	321
Ch. 15	Drawing on the Internet	355
Ch. 16	Ten ways to do no harm	375
Ch. 17	Ten ways to swap drawing data with other people and programs	379

Advanced Painter Techniques or Junkbots Bugbots and Bots on Wheels

2009-01-30T09:42:00.000-08:00

Advanced Painter Techniques

Author: Don Seegmiller

Traditional art instruction books often start with a blank canvas and, through a series of images, show how to construct a painting or drawing. Advanced Painter Techniques takes a similar approach, but with a somewhat backward twist.

Each chapter starts with a compelling, detailed digital painting. Painter Master and expert Don Seegmiller then deconstructs individual sections showing how he created and painted the effect or object. The focus is not on how to duplicate or imitate the original image, but on the method, reasons, technique, and thinking that goes into such an image, and how that can be adapted to individual artistic needs.

This process, by necessity, involves featuring Painter’s tools and how to use them, but a lot of time is devoted to why something is done and how it may be adapted for personal use.
Painter users of all stripes will be drawn to Seegmiller’s insight -- from web, film, and video game artists to traditional print artists, furniture designers, and those in medical visualization. Photoshop, 2D and 3D artists alike rely on the power of Painter to create textures and material maps for their models, and will find the advanced knowledge in this book a key component they have been missing.

Look this: Hobbes and Republican Liberty or Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia

Junkbots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels: Building Simple Robots with Beam Technology

Author: David Hrynkiw

From the publishers of BattleBots: The Official Guide comes this do-it-yourself guide to BEAM (Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, Mechanics) robots. They're cheap, simple, and can be built by beginners in just a few hours, with help from this expert guide complete with full-color photos. Get ready for some dumpster-diving!

1: Welcome to the World of Simple Robotics!

2: BEAM Safety: Read This Before Building a Robot

3: Identifying Electronic Bits

4: Electronics Assembly Techniques

5: Tools and Mechanical Assembly Techniques

6: Dumpster Diving 101: How to Scavenge Robot Parts

7: Project 1: The Symet: An Introduction to Solar Powered Robotics

8: Project 2: The Solaroller: BEAM-Style Drag Racer

9: Project 3: The Herbie Photovore

10: Project 4: The Bicore Headbot

11: Project 5: The BEAM Magbot Pendulum

12: Project 6: The BEAM Mini-Sumo Wrestling Edgebot

13: Project 7: The BEAM Walking Robot

14: Biomech Motor Bridges and the Adaptive Bicore

A: Resources for More BEAM Information

B: Materials and Techniques of BEAM Robotics

C: Technical SchematicsIndex

MFC Internals or Get Rich Click

2009-01-29T05:31:00.000-08:00

MFC Internals: Inside the Microsoft Foundation Class Architecture

Author: George Shepherd

"This book is definitely not a rehash of existing documents. It is not a 'how-to' book--it is a 'how does it work' book."

--Dean McCrory, MFC Development Lead Finally, a book on MFC that fills the gap between "Using the Wizards" Visual C++ books, product documentation and MFC source code. MFC Internals is a guide to what goes on inside the Microsoft Foundation Classes, giving you unique and in-depth information on undocumented MFC classes, utility functions and data members, useful coding techniques, and critical analysis of the way various MFC classes work and how they all fit together.

The first half of the book covers core Windows graphical user interface classses and their supporting classes; the second half covers subjects like OLE that are extensions to the basic Windows support. You'll become an expert at understanding MFC implementation details by:

exploring under the hood of MFC's document/view architecture to learn about view synchronization, printing and even print preview
diving deep into undocumented aspects of MFC serialization and undocumented classes like CPreview, CPreviewDC, CMirrorFile, CDockBar, etc.
finally learning how MFC and OLE work together under the hood, and how OLE controls are implemented
building the skills that help you investigate and understand MFC source code on your own

MFC Internals focuses on MFC 4.0 for Windows 95 and Windows NT. Most key "internal" concepts also apply to previous versions, but where they don't, the authors warn you with a version note. The book's disk contains example code and the MFC FAQ file, and be sure to check outAppendix A, a handy MFC source code field guide.

MFC Internals is an essential guide to tapping MFC's rich and robust application framework and applying advanced MFC knowledge in world-class Windows applications.

0201407213B04062001

Emily Berk

Telling It Like It Is, Not How It Should Be

What we've lost now that "user-friendly" days are here and structured programming is passé is the concept of right and wrong in programming. Everyone strives to encapsulate reality, but, perhaps because everyone's reality differs, every developer's concept of the right way to implement an application differs as well. What was science has become art. But don't let Microsoft or any other tool vendor fool you -- software engineering still isn't easy to do. Developers may have fewer lines of code to write, but they have to think more about each line of code.

The tool a developer uses to create applications influences the reality that gets encapsulated. These days, Windows developers' reality is often constrained by Microsoft's Visual C++. That means Windows developers must know the SDK, C, and C++ and the peculiar assortment of building blocks and C++ extensions called the Microsoft Foundation Classes. (Did someone tell you that we didn't need to know the SDK anymore now that we have Visual C++? Sorry to disappoint you I have, actually, written programs using Borland C++ where I never needed my SDK docs, but that was in an alternate universe, one where I didn't need to call Create() after every new.)

MFC is a work in progress. It's nigh on impossible for the ordinary person to determine all its features and pitfalls using the documentation that Microsoft provides, let alone to follow its evolution; it changes quarterly. In fact, because MFC's documentation is usually shipped on-line only, it's hard to find out about something unless you know its name and how to spell it. Knowing a good deal about the history of VC++ itself helps as well. (My favorites are the functions that begin with "Afx"... Try finding out about these if you forget the "Afx"!)

That's why many MFC developers learn MFC by trial and error. You write something, it compiles fine, you run it and it blows up, and, once you fix the problem, you've learned something. Or, you read about an interesting class, spend time designing an object that seems appropriate, but then it turns out, you really can't use that class to construct that object, at least not in the way you conceived of it.

In addition, much information of vital importance to developers is simply not documented in any of the materials that accompany this compiler. And, few books about Visual C++ convey much of this vital information either. In fact, most books about MFC do little more than restate the documentation provided by Microsoft. What we need is a book that tells it the way it is, not the way it is supposed to be.

That's why, if you program in MFC, you need MFC Internals. Shepherd and Wingo don't dazzle us with science. MFC Internals has few pretty pictures and it comes with a plain old floppy disk, not a CD. The text of the book is not on the disk, nor is there code for every chapter. But there are a number of un-assuming but interesting little programs, alluded to in the book, that relate to particular topics of interest. The authors don't tell us everything we might want to know about them, but they give us enough to get started.

MFC Internals has little flow, either, which is actually an advantage in a book of this type. It's advisable to read whole chapters in order, but you don't necessarily have to read the first five chapters to understand the sixth. The authors provide helpful suggestions about which chapters to read together early on in the book.

MFC Internals is not a book for those just learning Visual C++. It doesn't tell newbies how to use an App Wizard, or how to use the IDE. You need to use VC++ for a while, notice its good features, get frustrated by its idiosyncrasies, before you can appreciate a work like this one.

MFC Internals gets specific where other reference sources about Visual C++ stop. Take, for example, MFC's much-hyped Document-View architecture. Even in the bad old days of linear programming, we knew that separating data from the display of data was a good idea. Doc-View plays a prominent part in every MFC program, but, in my experience, is so poorly explained and implemented in MFC that the average MFC programmer doesn't take advantage of it.

MFC programmers talk the Document-View talk, but never venture past the document templates the App Wizards generate. The learning curve spirals abruptly upwards every time you try to do anything interesting with MFC's CDocument or CView classes, not to mention the CDocTemplate classes, which I haven't found documented usefully anywhere until MFC Internals.

Discussion of the Document-View architecture and, especially, the distinctions between the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) and Single Document Interface (SDI) proves treacherous for most authors. Document-View should mean that I can display a single document (or, data source) in a variety of formats. But, actually, MFC's SDI precludes displaying multiple views of a single document, except in its brain-dead splitter windows. Most authors are, perhaps understandably, reluctant to come out and say that Microsoft has made it almost impossible to create a useful SDI application using the tools MFC makes public.

Which is probably why most authors cave. They define terms exactly as they are defined in the MFC docs. They throw in one brain-dead SDI example with a splitter window. Then, they spend pages and pages explaining how MDI is the way Microsoft implements important applications like Word and Excel. So, all these books imply, isn't MDI the way we all really want to go, because we want all our applications to look like just Microsoft's Word and Excel don't we?

Contrast this with the exposition of Document-View in MFC Internals. Politically skirting the issue of why SDI allows only a splitter window, Shepherd and Wingo thoroughly define all the terms and tell us what Microsoft's rules for them are. Fairly often, they throw in something like: "You don't need to use a CView here, but you lose some of the functionality of the CView." I believe that this is where they are recommending that we go around Doc-View, and then they tell us how. Later, in discussing document templates, they say "You can use frames/views/documents without relying on CDocTemplate or any of its derivatives. CDocTemplate really doesn't do anything special other than encapsulate a few common uses of the document/view framework." In other words, CDocTemplates have straight-jacketed us for years, but there is a way around them too.

In the chapters having to do with Doc-View, as in other chapters, MFC Internals shows us the ways around the MFC ties that bind most uncomfortably. In addition, it describes many undocumented classes. Although the authors are careful to say these are subject to change in the future, they also point out which ones are used extensively within MFC itself, which makes it unlikely they will change.

Shepherd and Wingo use quite a few adjectives, admiring ones, natch, in the first chapter or two, but they soon run out of them, which is good. They are quite careful about how they state things that might, in other hands, seem to be accusing Microsoft of not having a clear plan for MFC. Often a historical context is used to show how something evolved to be the perverse mess it is today. In other cases, they'll reproduce a conversation with a Microsoft insider who isn't exactly sure why suddenly something changed. And yet, the authors don't waste time bashing Microsoft or Visual C++. Usually, if they use an adjective like "wacky" to describe something, it's hyperbole. They then proceed to baldly state the pros and cons of Microsoft's decisions.

The choice of topics is good as well. Particularly interesting to me was "Chapter 5: All Roads Lead to CObject", which really does prove that we should be deriving almost everything in our realities from CObject if we want to take advantage of what MFC gives us. The chapters on COM and OLE were obviously written before ActiveX and its associated buzzwords invaded our reality. The concepts may be the same, but the jargon is, unfortunately, not in the index. By the time you've digested the rest of the book, an update to the book will, hopefully, remedy this shortcoming.

Not convinced that this book is for you? Go to your local bookstore and read page 100 of MFC Internals. Observe how Wingo and Shepherd walk that fine line between admiration, skepticism and, is that -- wonder -- when they note how much is not documented. Their wry observations make otherwise dry topics memorable; I learned something new about pretty much every topic covered. But don't read this book until you've developed your first real application in MFC. You need to learn how much you need to learn before you can appreciate MFC Internals.

If only MFC Internals explained why Microsoft forces us to do a Create() after every new, I'd stand on street corners asking developers if they'd been saved and giving away copies of this book....--Dr. Dobb's Electronic Review of Computer Books

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Get Rich Click: 350+ Ways to Make a Fortune Online

Author: Marc Ostrofsky
Marc Ostrofsky knows how to “Get Rich Click.” In his first major deal, at age 29, he created and sold technology magazines and trade shows for $7 million. He made headlines selling the domain name Business.com for $7.5 million, landing him in the Guinness Book of World Records. At age 45, he personally owns over 350 web sites such as SummerCamps.com, CuffLinks.com and Blinds.com, which alone does over $50 million annually selling window coverings online-with absolute NO stock or inventory. His recent get rich click venture, Internet REIT, includes investors such as Starbucks founder Howard Schultz and former presidential candidate Ross Perot. The firm owns over 350,000 domain names and sells the traffic from those sites to Google on a monthly revenue share basis. He is a serial entrepreneur and professional speaker on the topics of making a fortune on the internet and entrepreneurship.
Each of Ostrofsky's wildly successful ventures started from a simple, low-cost idea based on making money on the internet. What sets them apart is his revolutionary way of viewing the internet. Now, this “technology wildcatter” and entrepreneur offers the definitive guide for anyone who wants to follow in his footsteps.
Get Rich Click outlines a clear-cut path to using the internet to make money-lots of it. Hundreds of examples and case studies for new income opportunities, plus profiles of actual entrepreneurs, offer unlimited opportunity for getting rich online.

AutoCAD 2006 and AutoCAD LT 2006 or Learning Web Page Design w Adobe CS3 Student Edition

2009-01-28T01:19:00.000-08:00

AutoCAD 2006 and AutoCAD LT 2006: No Experience Required

Author: David Frey
With AutoCAD 2006 and AutoCAD LT 2006, Autodesk has added enhancements to drafting functions, the interface, tables, and more. AutoCAD 2006 and AutoCAD LT 2006: No Experience Required is the perfect step-by-step introduction to the world's leading CAD software. Inside this clear-cut guide are concise explanations and practical tutorials that explain how to plan and develop a complete AutoCAD project.
Follow the tutorials, which have been fully updated for AutoCAD 2006, sequentially or begin at any chapter by downloading the drawing files from the Sybex website. Either way, you'll develop a solid grounding in the essentials and learn how to use AutoCAD's productivity tools to get your work done efficiently.
Gain the Imperative AutoCAD Skills
Find your way around AutoCAD and LT
Understand the basic commands and how to set up a drawing
Apply AutoCAD's coordinate systems
Master drawing strategies
Employ Polar and Object Snap Tracking
Set up and manage layers, colors, and linetypes
Use blocks and Wblocks
Drag AutoCAD objects from one drawing to another
Generate elevations and orthographic views
Work with hatches and fills
Control text in a drawing
Manage external references
Set up layouts and print an AutoCAD drawing
Use AutoCAD's enhanced tool palettes
Create and render a 3D model.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Interesting book: Healing by Design or Fitness Ball Drills
Learning Web Page Design w/Adobe CS3 Student Edition

Author: Katherine Murphy
Hands-on exercises and applications provide students with a practical method to learning software skills as well as web design concepts. Exercises introduce basic skills then build to integrate Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks together. The full color illustrations visually support the concepts taught. The text is spiral bound for extra ease-of-use.

The Adsense Code or ACT 6 for Dummies

2009-01-26T21:08:00.000-08:00

The Adsense Code: What Google Never Told You about Making Money with Adsense

Author: Joel Comm
Hidden on the Internet, scattered among billions of Web pages, are the clues to an incredible secret. For those who know the secret, the result is untold wealth. Each month, a small group of people - an elite club who have uncovered the mysteries of The AdSense Code- put their knowledge to use and receive checks for tens of thousands of dollars from Google. And untold numbers of additional site owners are regularly generating supplemental income via AdSense while they play, sleep and eat. The AdSense Code is concise and very focused on the objective of revealing the proven online strategies to creating passive income with Google AdSense. The AdSense Code reveals hands-on solutions to many of the concerns and challenges faced by content publishers in their quest to attract targeted traffic, improve content relevance and increase responsiveness to AdSense ads - using easy and legitimate techniques that have worked for those who know the secrets. Google AdSense expert, Joel Comm, provides you with the keys you need to "crack" The AdSense Code and unlock the secrets to making money online.

New interesting book: 1968 in Europe or Bakunin
ACT! 6 for Dummies

Author: Karen S Fredricks

• ACT! organizes customer information in one place, providing instant access to names, phone numbers, addresses, appointments, call histories, follow-up activities, and more
• Explores ACT!'s features, including a ready-to-use contact database with search capabilities; Internet links; mail, fax, and e-mail merge; synchronization with Palm OS handhelds; integration with Outlook and other popular products; report generation; and a customizable database
• Latest edition of this successful title shows business professionals how to use ACT!'s new e-mail features, new active libraries, and improved Internet services and Outlook integration

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1
Pt. I The Opening ACT! 7
Ch. 1 An Overview of ACT! 9
Ch. 2 The Various Faces of ACT! 15
Ch. 3 Getting Your ACT! Together 29
Pt. II Putting the ACT! Database to Work 47
Ch. 4 Making Contact(s) 49
Ch. 5 The Contact List 61
Ch. 6 The ACT! Lookup: Searching for Your Contacts 73
Ch. 7 Make a Note of That 91
Ch. 8 Organizing Your Daily Tasks 105
Pt. III Sharing Your Information with Others 121
Ch. 9 Printing Non-Reports 123
Ch. 10 Using the Basic ACT! Reports 133
Ch. 11 Designing Your Own Reports 143
Ch. 12 Merging Your Information into a Document 153
Ch. 13 ACT! E-Mail 169
Pt. IV Advanced ACT!ing 181
Ch. 14 Creating Contact Fields 183
Ch. 15 Customizing Layouts 191
Ch. 16 Zen and the Art of Database Maintenance 201
Ch. 17 Calling in the Reinforcements 219
Pt. V Commonly Overlooked ACT! Features 229
Ch. 18 ACT!ing on the Internet 231
Ch. 19 ACT!ing on Your Sales Opportunities 241
Ch. 20 Grouping Your Contacts 255
Ch. 21 I'm Going to the Library Tab 271
Pt. VI The Part of Tens 281
Ch. 22 Ten Cool New Features in ACT! 6 283
Ch. 23 Ten Cool Ways to Customize Your ACT! Layout 291
Ch. 24 Ten Cool Tools to Make ACT! Work Better 299
Index 311

DotNetNuke For Dummies or Wicked Cool Shell Scripts

2009-01-25T16:56:00.000-08:00

DotNetNuke For Dummies

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

DotNetNuke For Dummies helps you get down to business and shows you how to create a user-friendly Web site. You’ll find out how you can build and manage a flexible, versatile site with all the advantages an open-source application offers, use convenient modules, build a community, and save some money at the same time. This plain-English guide lets you discover how to:

• Install, run, and troubleshoot DotNetNuke

• Change and customize portal settings

• Add and manage pages on your site

• Make your site look professional

• Deliver contents with Text/HTML

• Add news feeds, online surveys, and banners

• Interact with visitors through blogging, feedback comments, and forums

• Create an e-business

• Customize the look of your site with exciting components

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

Table of Contents:
Introduction.

Part I: Drawing from the DotNetNuke Power Source.

Chapter 1: Maximize Your Web Potential.

Chapter 2: Installing DotNetNuke.

Chapter 3: Set It and Forget It: Default Portal Settings.

Part II: Putting the Power of DotNetNuke to Work.

Chapter 4: Getting Your Site Started on the Right Foot.

Chapter 5: Delivering Content Right Out of the Box.

Chapter 6: Adding Bells and Whistles to Your Site.

Part III: Jumping to Light Speed with DotNetNuke.

Chapter 7: Getting Interactive with DotNetNuke.

Chapter 8: Collaborating and Selling with DNN.

Part IV: Getting Under the Hood.

Chapter 9: Standard Stuff You Can Customize.

Chapter 10: Keeping Tabs with the Site Log and Log Viewer.

Chapter 11: Customizing the Look of Your Site with Components.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 12: Ten Commercial Modules Worth a Look.

Chapter 13: Ten Free (Or Really Cheap) Modules You Shouldn’t Pass Up.

Chapter 14: Ten Fun Things for Your Forum Users.

Index.

Interesting textbook: Foods That Combat Heart Disease or Low Fat No Fat Vegetarian
Wicked Cool Shell Scripts: 101 Scripts for Linux, Mac OS X, and UNIX Systems

Author: Dave Taylor
Fun and functional Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX shell scripts
The UNIX shell is the main scripting environment of every Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX system, whether a rescued laptop or a million-dollar mainframe. This cookbook of useful, customizable, and fun scripts gives you the tools to solve common Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX problems and personalize your computing environment. Among the more than 100 scripts included are an interactive calculator, a spell checker, a disk backup utility, a weather tracker, and a web logfile analysis tool. The book also teaches you how to write your own sophisticated shell scripts by explaining the syntax and techniques used to build each example scripts. Examples are written in Bourne Shell (sh) syntax.
Slashdot.org
This incredibly fun book (really!), written by Dave Taylor, a veteran UNIX, Solaris and Mac OS X author, is chock full of 101 scripts to customize the UNIX (Bourne) shell. ... Sysadmins and webmasters will find this book fundamentally critical to day-to-day operations; there are dozens of invaluable, customizable scripts highlighted in this book to enable professionals to save time and add simple, elegant solutions to annoying issues in their work environment. User account management, rotating log files, cron scripts, web page tweaks, apache passwords, synchronizing via ftp, etc. are all eminently useful and tweakable.

How to Write a com Business Plan or Make a Million from Online Poker

2009-01-24T12:45:00.000-08:00

How to Write a .com Business Plan: The Internet Entrepreneur's Guide to Everything You Need to Know about Business Plans and Financing Options

Author: Joanne Eglash
Online business is booming,and you're ready for a piece of the e-biz pie. Maybe you've developed a brilliant idea for a ".com" business that is sure to reap big bucks,or perhaps you run an established small business,and plan to take your concept online.
How can you convince an investment "angel" to fund your dreams of expansion? What you need is a business plan—your path to success,the best way to win investment dollars from venture capitalists or from individual investors.
This guide tells you how to do just that,detailing not just the steps but offering advice from successful entrepreneurs,leading venture capital executives,and noted e-biz experts.
In addition,the second-half of the book comprises a
"Dotcom" directory. Author Joanne Eglash has sleuthed out the top resources for e-biz entrepreneurs,and she reveals where to find what you need to get your dotcom off and running — and to make it a success. You'll find detailed information on "virtual" government agencies and free publications,resources for young entrepreneurs,management and recruitment Web sites,incubators,marketing and advertising,and even more.
Succeed in the Wired World Whether you're an entrepreneur with a great e-biz idea,a business owner who wants to enter the dot-com domain,or the owner of a popular but currently unprofitable Web site,you need a business plan to get your concept online,attract investors,and reap the benefits of the growing online business boom. How to Write a . Com Business Plan is the only "how-to" book that focuses on the unique needs and requirements of the online arena. Here you'll discover how to address the Internet-related subjects that distinguish onlinebusinesses from more conventional entrepreneurial pursuits,from search engines to site security. Using two fictional sites as case studies throughout the book,Silicon Valley journalist Joanne Eglash demystifies the creation and implementation of the business plan,complete with step-by-step checklists and interviews with successful Internet entrepreneurs,venture capitalists,and other e-commerce experts.
Learn how a well-developed dot-com business plan can help you:
* Secure financing,wow prospective investors,and lure top employees
* Lay out a roadmap for your future,both for you and your colleagues,for tomorrow—and the next five years
* Evaluate how you can most effectively manage your business and market your product or service—and create a blueprint for implementation
* Develop descriptions of your company,your financial projections,and ways you can beat the competition
. . . and much more,including an invaluable Dot-Com Directory to help you locate information about a range of relevant topics. From mission statements and financial management to choosing and registering that all-important make-or-break domain name to the reality of the long hours your newbiz-dot-com will require,this much-needed,easy-to-use guide will set you on a solid path to e-success today.
What People Are Saying
Netsurfer Digest
K, so you look around and you think that the dotcom boom is over. Not for a minute. Despite media hype of dying Net companies, quite a lot of venture capital is still going to Net-related startups. Only these days, the money is a bit smarter and more interested in business plans which actually make sense. Which is where a book like this comes in. While you may be able to find advice, checklists, and examples in other business plan books, what sets this one apart is a large collection of online and other resources designed to give e-biz entrepreneurs a leg up on the daunting startup tree.--Netsurfer Digest

Christine Harmel
Highly concentrated ... if you are an entrepreneur seeking to build an online business, let this serve as your guidebook. Joanne's advice is right-on. Concise, yet thorough and witty - this book is a timely resource for those who are looking to build an online business. Packed with useful tips on writing your business plan, getting financed, marketing and launching an online business, Joanne Eglash has tapped some of the best in the business. She includes useful examples and gives solid advice. Much of it is advice I give my own clients who are writing business plans and launching Internet ventures - I'll definitely direct them to this book/hand them a copy of this book. (Christine Harmel, CEO, The Interactive Resource)

Douglas H. Kass
Any entrepreneur dreaming of on-line success will benefit from Eglash's step-by-step guidelines, informative do's and don'ts, and useful checklists. (Douglas H. Kass, CEO, Viewpoint Group, Inc.)

Rozella Kennedy
A useful, honest guide to helping you develop your .com business plan for the daunting world of Internet entrepreneurship. (Rozella Kennedy, Producer of Job Wise - Moms Online at Oxygen.com)

Go to: All about Wine Cellars or Puttin on the Peachtree
Make a Million from Online Poker: The Surefire Way to Profit from the Internet's Coolest Game

Author: Nigel Goldman
The world is playing poker online--learn how to play with the best and win a fortune.
Every year, billions of dollars are up for grabs in online poker rooms, and the number of people playing on the internet is growing at an astonishing rate. But for many, it's a struggle to keep up with more experienced players; all too often, the money ends up going the wrong way. Whether you're a complete novice or an old hand, this book will show you how to succeed at the game that has swept the nation. From understanding poker terminology, probability, odds, raising, and bluffing, to developing strategic skills, the author guides you through every stage of the game, equipping you with the know-how to confidently "boss" a table anywhere.

Transition Guide to Microsoft Office 2007 or Concise Encyclopedia of Robotics

2009-01-23T08:30:00.000-08:00

Transition Guide to Microsoft Office 2007

Author: Hall Prentic
Explore the new features of Microsoft Office 2007!

Microsoft Office 2007 introduces many new features to help you get your work done more efficiently and effectively. By far the biggest change in Office 2007 is the new user interface. A user interface, which is what you see on the screen when you are using software, provides a way for you to interact with software and tell it what tasks you want to perform. With Office 2007, Microsoft has streamlined the user interface, so that you can more quickly and easily locate program features and complete tasks.

The most noticeable user interface change in Office 2007 is the replacement of the traditional menus and toolbars with the Ribbon, which groups commands in a way that corresponds directly to the way people work. The Ribbon works along with galleries and the Live Preview feature to present you with graphical examples of formatting results, to help eliminate the time wasted on trial and error. The KeyTips feature allows users to invoke commands with just a few simple steps.

This Transition Guide to Microsoft Office 2007 is designed to:

Introduce you to the new Office 2007 user interface components.

Demonstrate--using a side-by-side comparision with Office 2003--how to perform basic tasks and use the new features that are shared across the Office 2007 programs.

Learning how toperform these basic tasks right up front will put you on your way to producing professional-looking documents, effective spreadsheets, compelling presentations, and powerful databases using Microsoft Office 2007.

Books about: Turismo:o Negócio de Viagem
Concise Encyclopedia of Robotics

Author: Stan Gibilisco
Written by an award-winning electronics author, the Concise Encyclopedia of Robotics delivers 400 up-to-date, easy-to-read definitions that make even complex concepts understandable. Over 150 illustrations make the information accessible at a glance and extensive cross-referencing and a comprehensive bibliography facilitate further research.
Covering the very latest trends and developments and written with an eye toward future applications, this reference belongs on the desktop of every robotics, artificial intelligence, and electronics hobbyist.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Introduction Acknowledgments Concise Encyclopedia of Robotics and AI Suggested Additional Reference Index

The Rational Unified Process or The New CIO Leader

2009-01-22T04:19:00.000-08:00

The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction

Author: Philippe Kruchten
Philippe Kruchten is the lead architect of the Rational Unified Process. Mr. Kruchten has more than twenty-seven years of experience in the development of large, software-intensive systems for telecommunications, defense, aerospace, transportation, and software development tools. He is also the author of The Rational Unified Process, An Introduction (Addison-Wesley), which has been translated into seven languages and has sold more than 150,000 copies in its two editions.
Booknews
Offers a quick introduction to the concepts, structure, content, and motivation of the Rational Unified Process, a Web-enabled software engineering process that enhances team productivity and delivers software best practices to all team members. This second edition is updated to match the contents of the latest version of the Rational Unified Process, with more guidance on e-development, applying the process, testing, and designing systems using patterns and frameworks. The author has 25 years of experience in the development of large, software-intensive systems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Jack Woehr
Rational Is As Rational Does

The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction is a good overview of Rational's prescription for whole-project health. The process is unified as in "Unified Field Theory." Thesis, Antithesis, and Synthesis, (or Booch, Jacobson, and Rumbaugh, as they are known today) twine in a celestial dance to the Spheres, Rectangles, Clouds, and stray pointers that make up UML and its increasingly ambitious extensions, additions, and heroic leaps of faith.
Rational visualizes the elements and modalities of code and projects in a fashion found compelling by increasing numbers of corporate customers. It's a vision embodied in several software suites, including the eponymous Rational Unified Process, for which this book is designed to serve as the introduction. Face it, you are going to run into Rational on the job. This volume is a good place to get know about it.
The book is not an independent assessment of Rational. Editor Philippe Kruchten is lead architect of the Rational Unified Process product. The thrust is the process of processes, specifically process in software projects, as viewed by Rational and supported by its project-management toolsets.
The tone is set for the book in Chapter One, which is Grady Booch's "Software Development Best Practices." Booch lists 19 "Symptoms and Root Causes of Software Development Problems." Booch clearly hasn't worked anywhere I've worked, because missing from his list are "Moron from acquired business unit appointed director," "Manager owns nice suit but can't follow logical proof," and "Inept team member keeps job by threatening suicide."
All of us have our own notations, albeit hastily scribbled, for the steps and players of a project or computational process. Believing, as nerds tend to do, that the methods used to describe program objects and execution steps are suitable for managing human social units, Rational's scientists, to their credit, have elevated napkin scratching and whiteboard scrawls to an art form, and given our industry a certain shared vocabulary of icons for these familiar entities. They've also made a few not entirely obvious comments about software testing that can't do any harm by their addition to the literature.
However, I found nothing new in this volume that was helpful, and nothing helpful that was new. I summarize here at random from The Rational Unified Process:
One should cope with risk by a policy of risk avoidance, risk transfer, risk acceptance, risk mitigation and contingency planning.
A metric is a measurable attribute of an entity.
If you must hit the market early, you can shorten the construction phase and lengthen the transition phase.

In other words, if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with ISO-9001. The first two of the above are self-referential and the third is a tautology. We don't need more planning gurus -- we need more software engineers with liberal arts educations and a minor in Formal Logic.
Here are more hastily excerpted gems, with my comments in parentheses:
The following are examples of iteration goals [in the Transition Phase]:
1. Fix all severity 1 problems discovered at beta customer sites.... This may be related to credibility in the market.
(Fix the major problems your beta sites report? What a concept! This could revolutionize software development.)
In building a base plan, you must assess trade-offs between staff, schedule and project scope.
(You mean, I have to carefully marshal my resources? Didn't Sun Tzu say this umpteen years ago? Doesn't anyone read classics anymore?)

The scary thing is that statements like these may come as news to some folks working for your company. Apparently, they are the intended audience, those people who know nada about software development yet are managing projects (and who also, one assumes, have purchase authority for project management software).
A good idea, well-positioned within the technology of the time and in accordance with the genuine needs of an informed user group, designed and executed by a team sharing a vision and managed by an inscrutable, diplomatic, restrained, and benevolent management team... In such a case development, delivery, installation, training, and maintenance are simplicity itself and demand no special tools at all.
It's the worst-designed programs that you spend the most time debugging, and it's the worst thought-out projects that are laden with fashionable project-management tools. In my worm's-eye view, you will always find management using these tools on the screwed-up projects.
Assuming I'm correct in my assessment, we can probably expect the Rational Unified Process to be mandated by law in the near future. With that in mind, The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction is a mercifully short introduction.--Dr. Dobb's Electronic Review of Computer Books

See also: The Differentiated Network Organizing Multinational Corporations for Value Creation or Financial Management
The New CIO Leader: Setting the Agenda and Delivering Results

Author: Marianne Broadbent
An Actionable Framework for Elevating the CIO's Strategic Role
Two converging factors-the ubiquitous presence of technology in organizations and the recent technology downturn-have brought Chief Information Officers (CIOs) to a critical breaking point. They can seize the moment to leverage their expertise into a larger and more strategic role than ever before, or they can allow themselves to be relegated to the sideline function of "chief technology mechanic."

Drawing from exclusive research conducted by Gartner, Inc., with thousands of companies and CIOs, Marianne Broadbent and Ellen Kitzis reveal exactly what CIOs must do now to solidify their credibility with the executive team and bridge the chasm that currently separates business and IT strategy. The New CIO Leader outlines the agenda CIOs need to integrate business and IT assets in a way that moves corporate strategy forward- whether a firm is floundering, successfully competing, or leading its industry.

Mandatory reading for CIOs in every firm, The New CIO Leader spells out how information systems can deliver results that matter-and how CIOs can become the enterprise leaders they should be.

Author Biography:
Marianne Broadbent is a Gartner Fellow at Gartner, Inc., Associate Dean at Melbourne Business School and coauthor of Leveraging the New Infrastructure (HBS Press, 1998). Ellen Kitzis is Group Vice President of Gartner's Executive Programs, a membership-only program for over 2000 CIOs.

Soundview Executive Book Summaries
Setting The Agenda And Delivering Results
According to corporate advisers Marianne Broadbent and Ellen Kitzis, chief information officers (CIOs) today are at a crossroads in the business environment. In one direction lies a lingering dissatisfaction with information technology (IT) that is left over from the bust of the Internet bubble, the belief that IT is irrelevant to competitive advantage, and concern over IT jobs being outsourced to faraway countries. In the other direction lies the view of IT as a source of business innovation; a foundation for products and services; and a way for companies to comply with the timeliness, completeness and accuracy of corporate information that are required by the current regulatory environment. In The New CIO Leader, the authors describe how CIOs can most effectively follow this second path, win credibility and earn a higher role in their organizations.
According to the authors, the role of the new CIO leader requires changes to the traditional CIO skills, approach and priorities. Although these changes might not appear to be revolutionary, they point out that CIOs who do not make them will have difficulty in their executive experience.

To determine how CIOs can consistently deliver results that matter to the executive team, the authors have performed years of research and surveys that have taught them much about the changing demands on CIOs. In The New CIO Leader, they explain the results of their studies and describe how CIOs can face the challenge of becoming an irreplaceable part of a company's success and what new skills, priorities and actions they need to take to reach the next level.

Three Categories of Enterprises
The authors write that all enterprises tend to fall into one of three categories at any given time. They call the three categories of enterprises fighting for survival, maintaining competitiveness, and breaking away.

In the first category, companies struggle to find ways to cut costs while going through layoffs and scaling back capital investments and long-term projects, including IT development. Maintaining-competitiveness companies tend to mirror the economy: In tough times they are cautious about new business projects; in better times, new projects gradually increase. Breaking-away enterprises tend to aggressively increase their business investments — and IT budgets — each year, and seek IT-enabled business innovation to gain competitive advantage. The authors write, "Enterprises that are fighting for survival need CIO leadership every bit as much as enterprises that are breaking away."

Ten Critical Points of Focus
Throughout The New CIO Leader, the authors present 10 critical points of focus that differentiate the new, more effective CIO leaders from their struggling counterparts. They explain that the first and second points in their list provide the firm foundation that is required for the rest to be effective. These are:
New CIO leaders must lead, not just manage. Leadership and management are not the same; they are complementary. To lead, a CIO needs a personal vision and a point of view about how information and IT can make his or her enterprise more effective.

New CIO leaders must know their enterprise inside and out, as thoroughly as, if not better than, their executive colleagues do. A CIO needs to know his or her industry and competitive environment and be able to engage key decision makers and stakeholders on their terms.

Based on these points, the rest of the principles described in detail throughout The New CIO Leader develop the role of the CIO in any organization by laying down the clear actions a CIO must take while becoming more proactive. These critical points of focus are:

Create a vision for how IT will build your organization's success.

Shape and inform expectations for an IT-enabled enterprise.

Create clear and appropriate IT governance.

Weave business and IT strategy together.

Build a new information services (IS) organization — one that is leaner and more focused than its more traditional predecessor.

Develop and nurture a high-performing team in your IS organization.

Manage the new enterprise and IT risks.

Communicate IS performance in business-relevant language.

The authors write that, although these 10 points of focus are not the only issues with which a CIO must cope, they are the most critical issues facing CIOs today. New CIOs must be ready to build credibility by working on each of them.

Why We Like This Book
While providing the theoretical basis and practical application sides of the CIO equation, The New CIO Leader remains readable because it captures real-world IT stories and turns them into a path for CIOs to follow. By remaining down-to-earth in their presentation of facts and concepts, the authors offer winning guidance to all CIOs. Copyright © 2005 Soundview Executive Book Summaries

Beginning CSS Web Development or Sony Alpha DSLR A100 Digital Field Guide

2009-01-21T00:07:00.000-08:00

Beginning CSS Web Development: From Novice to Professional

Author: Simon Collison
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are one of the most important technologies on the web today. They give web developers the power to style their web sites so those sites are usable, compact, good looking, consistently displayable, and quick and efficient to change if so desired.
There are many books out there on CSS, but Beginning CSS Web Development is different—it doesn't waste time discussing theory, and it delves straight into the practical matter. It provides you with what you need to know, faster. It is also completely up to date, covering the most modern CSS standards and design techniques.
In addition to the essential CSS basics, this book covers advanced techniques like accessibility, hacks, and filters. The book concludes with a case study, and features a CSS reference section that allows you to look up required syntax as quickly as possible.
Summary of Contents

PART 1 - Get to Know CSS

Getting Started

Core Concepts of CSS

CSS Building Blocks

Text

Color, Backgrounds, and Images

Lists

Links

Tables and Definition Lists

Forms

PART 2 - Logical Layouts

Layout Basics

Classic Layouts

Layout Manipulation

The Journey from Layout to Template

Usability and Accessibility Enhancements

Tips, Tricks, and Troubles

Case Study: The Dead Goods

CSS Reference

Look this: Change Leader or Stat Medical Office Emergency Manual
Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Digital Field Guide

Author: David D Busch
Start taking the best photos of your life--today

Your Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 has dozens of amazing features. Would you rather spend hours studying the manual or snapping pictures? This guide gets you on the fast track, with full-color illustrations that help you identify and understand every button and dial and the effects you can shoot for. Learn to use every control, what pitfalls to dodge, and the secrets of capturing spectacular images in more than 20 shooting situations. Wherever your A100 goes, this book should go too.

* Follow an illustrated road map that makes it easy to locate the controls on your camera and learn what each does
* Review photographic essentials including exposure, lighting, and lens choices
* Learn to capture great images of tricky subjects like flowers, pets, sporting events, sunsets, and fireworks
* Explore such techniques as fill flash, infrared, panoramic, macro, and filter effect photography
* Troubleshoot potential problems with your A100

Visit our Web site at wiley.com/compbooks

Table of Contents:
Introduction.

Quick Tour.

Part I: Using the Sony Alpha DSLR-A100.

Chapter 1: Exploring the Sony Alpha DSLR-A100.

Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Sony Alpha DSLR-A100.

Part II: Creating Great Photos with the Sony Alpha DSLR-A100.

Chapter 3: Photography Essentials.

Chapter 4: All About Lenses.

Chapter 5: Working with Light.

Chapter 6: Photo Subjects.

Chapter 7: Downloading and Editing Pictures.

Part III: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Troubleshooting.

Glossary.

Index.

Youth Identity and Digital Media or Lean Six SIGMA Logistics

2009-01-20T00:08:00.000-08:00

Youth, Identity, and Digital Media

Author: David Buckingham
As young people today grow up in a world saturated with digital media, how does it affect their sense of self and others? As they define and redefine their identities through engagements with technology, what are the implications for their experiences as learners, citizens, consumers, and family and community members? This volume addresses the consequences of digital media use for young people’s individual and social identities.

The contributors explore how young people use digital media to share ideas and creativity and to participate in networks that are small and large, local and global, intimate and anonymous. They look at the emergence of new genres and forms, from SMS and instant messaging to home pages, blogs, and social networking sites. They discuss such topics as "girl power" online, the generational digital divide, young people and mobile communication, and the appeal of the "digital publics" of MySpace, considering whether these media offer young people genuinely new forms of engagement, interaction, and communication.

Contributors:

Angela Booker, danah boyd, Kirsten Drotner, Shelley Goldman, Susan C. Herring, Meghan McDermott, Claudia Mitchell, Gitte Stald, Susannah Stern, Sandra Weber, Rebekah Willett.

Interesting book: My Fall From Grace or Surprise Security and the American Experience
Lean Six SIGMA Logistics: Strategic Development to Operational Success

Author: Thomas J Goldsby
Logistics, Lean, and Six Sigma form a natural union. Logistics is about managing inventory; Lean is about speed, flow, and the elimination of waste; and Six Sigma is about understanding and reducing variation. Lean Six Sigma Logistics features the Logistics Bridge Model to serve as your roadmap for continuous improvement, leveraging value, eliminating waste, and enhancing your abilities to view the supply chain with a critical eye. It provides a method for developing strategies as well as tactical steps that will help you achieve successful operational implementation of Lean Six Sigma Logistics. The primary focus is on logistics flow, capability, and discipline as the guiding principles for solving any logistics challenge. Whatever the status of your supply chain, this book provides the essence for developing and implementing a successful logistics strategy.

Table of Contents:
Ch. 1 What is lean Six Sigma logistics? 3
Ch. 2 The importance of logistics and supply chain management 9
Ch. 3 The waste of inventory 19
Ch. 4 The waste of transportation 27
Ch. 5 The waste of space and facilities 35
Ch. 6 The waste of time 39
Ch. 7 The waste of packaging 47
Ch. 8 The waste of administration 51
Ch. 9 The waste of knowledge 55
Ch. 10 A tour of the bridge 65
Ch. 11 Logistics flow : asset flow 71
Ch. 12 Flow : information flow 85
Ch. 13 Flow : financial flow 97
Ch. 14 Capability : predictability 115
Ch. 15 Capability : stability 129
Ch. 16 Capability : visibility 141
Ch. 17 Discipline : collaboration 153
Ch. 18 Discipline : systems optimization 173
Ch. 19 Discipline : waste elimination 185
Ch. 20 Strategy and planning tools 201
Ch. 21 Problem-solving tools 213
Ch. 22 Operational tools 227
Ch. 23 Measurement tools 237
Ch. 24 Case study : GoldSMART Products, Inc 249
Ch. 25 Summary and conclusion 267

Software Configuration Management Patterns or Expert SQL Server 2005 Development

2009-01-19T13:57:00.000-08:00

Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration

Author: Stephen P Berczuk
Effective software configuration management (SCM) strategies promote a healthy, team-oriented culture that produces better software. Software Configuration Management Patterns alleviates software engineers' most common concerns about software configuration management—perceived rigidity and an overemphasis on process.

Through the use of patterns, the authors show that a properly managed workflow can avert delays, morale problems, and cost overruns. The patterns approach illustrates how SCM can be easily and successfully applied in small- to mid-size organizations. By learning how these patterns relate to each other, readers can avoid common mistakes that too often result in frustrated developers and reduced productivity.

Key coverage includes instruction on how to:

Develop the next version of a product while fixing problems with the current one.

Develop code in parallel with other developers and join up with the current state of codeline.

Identify what versions of code went into a particular component.

Analyze where a change happened in the history of a component's development.

Use current tools more effectively, and decide when to use a manual process.

Incrementally introduce good practices into individual workspaces and throughout the organization.

Identify crucial aspects of the software process so that team projects can run smoothly.

Build and foster a development environment focused on producing optimal teamwork and quality products.

Software Configuration Management Patterns also includes a detailed listof SCM tools and thorough explanations of how they can be used to implement the patterns discussed in the book. These proven techniques will assist readers to improve their processes and motivate their workforce to collaborate in the production of higher quality software.

0201741172B09202002

Table of Contents:
List of Figures
Foreword
Preface
Contributor's Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Pt. I Background 1
Ch. 1 Putting a System Together 3
Ch. 2 The Software Environment 19
Ch. 3 Patterns 33
Pt. II The Patterns 47
Ch. 4 Mainline 49
Ch. 5 Active Development Line 59
Ch. 6 Private Workspace 67
Ch. 7 Repository 79
Ch. 8 Private System Build 87
Ch. 9 Integration Build 97
Ch. 10 Third Party Codeline 103
Ch. 11 Task Level Commit 111
Ch. 12 Codeline Policy 117
Ch. 13 Smoke Test 123
Ch. 14 Unit Test 129
Ch. 15 Regression Test 135
Ch. 16 Private Versions 141
Ch. 17 Release Line 147
Ch. 18 Release-Prep Code Line 153
Ch. 19 Task Branch 157
Ch. 20 Referenced Patterns 163
App. A SCM Resources Online 165
App. B Tool Support for SCM Patterns 171
Photo Credits 195
About the Photos 197
Bibliography 199
Index 207

Interesting textbook: Martha Stewarts Quick Cook or Ohio Cook Book
Expert SQL Server 2005 Development

Author: Adam Machanic
While building on the skills you already have, Expert SQL Server 2005 Development will help you become an even better developer by focusing on best practices and demonstrating how to design high-performance, maintainable database applications.
This book starts by reintroducing the database as a integral part of the software development ecosystem. You'll learn how to think about SQL Server development as you would any other software development. For example, there's no reason you can't architect and test database routines just as you would architect and test application code. And nothing should stop you from implementing the types of exception handling and security rules that are considered so important in other tiers, even if they are usually ignored in the database.
You'll learn how to apply development methodologies like these to produce high-quality encryption and SQLCLR solutions. Furthermore, you'll discover how to exploit a variety of tools that SQL Server offers in order to properly use dynamic SQL and to improve concurrency in your applications. Finally, you'll become well versed in implementing spatial and temporal database designs, as well as approaching graph and hierarchy problems.

Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Blackberry Pearl Pocket Guide

2009-01-19T04:44:00.000-08:00

Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming, Vol. 2

Author: Itzik Ben Gan
This thorough, hands-on reference for database developers and administrators delivers expert guidance on sophisticated uses of Transact-SQL (T-SQL)-one of the most familiar and powerful programming languages for SQL Server. Written by a T-SQL guru, this guide focuses on language features and how they are interpreted and processed by the SQL Server execution engine. You'll get in-depth coverage of the sophisticated uses of T-SQL, including triggers, user-defined functions, exception handling, and more. The book explains and compares solutions to database-development problems in both SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005, discussing the new T-SQL programming features added to SQL Server 2005 in detail. Includes extensive code samples, table examples, and logic puzzles to help database developers and administrators understand the intricacies and help promote mastery of T-SQL.

Table of Contents:
1 Datatype-related problems, XML, and CLR UDTs 1
2 Temporary tables and table variables 85
3 Cursors 111
4 Dynamic SQL 139
5 Views 181
6 User-defined functions 213
7 Stored procedures 257
8 Triggers 315
9 Transactions 361
10 Exception handling 391
11 Service broker 411
App. A Companion to CLR routines 465

Books about: Das Entwickeln des Potenzials Über eine Volle Reihe von Führungen: Fälle auf Transactional und Transformationsführung
Blackberry Pearl Pocket Guide

Author: Bart G Farkas
Here is your essential companion to the BlackBerry Pearl smartphone. The BlackBerry Pearl Pocket Guide steers you through how to: Send and receive personal and corporate email with your Pearl and synchronize it with your PC. Use the Address Book to make calls, and learn how to set unique caller IDs for individual phone numbers. Browse the Internet, instant-message with friends, and send text messages. Take pictures with the built-in camera, and play audio and video. Personalize your Pearl with themes, ringtones, games, and more. Use BlackBerry Maps to see driving directions for an errand or a vacation. Create calendars and to-do lists to make memos and set alarms and tasks.

Data Mining and Predictive Analysis or Crisp

2009-01-18T16:33:00.000-08:00

Data Mining and Predictive Analysis: Intelligence Gathering and Crime Analysis

Author: Colleen McCu
It is now possible to predict the future when it comes to crime. In Data Mining and Predictive Analysis, Dr. Colleen McCue describes not only the possibilities for data mining to assist law enforcement professionals, but also provides real-world examples showing how data mining has identified crime trends, anticipated community hot-spots, and refined resource deployment decisions. In this book Dr. McCue describes her use of "off the shelf" software to graphically depict crime trends and to predict where future crimes are likely to occur. Armed with this data, law enforcement executives can develop "risk-based deployment strategies," that allow them to make informed and cost-efficient staffing decisions based on the likelihood of specific criminal activity.

Knowledge of advanced statistics is not a prerequisite for using Data Mining and Predictive Analysis. The book is a starting point for those thinking about using data mining in a law enforcement setting. It provides terminology, concepts, practical application of these concepts, and examples to highlight specific techniques and approaches in crime and intelligence analysis, which law enforcement and intelligence professionals can tailor to their own unique situation and responsibilities.

* Serves as a valuable reference tool for both the student and the law enforcement professional
* Contains practical information used in real-life law enforcement situations
* Approach is very user-friendly, conveying sophisticated analyses in practical terms

Table of Contents:
1 Basics 3
2 Domain expertise 19
3 Data mining 25
4 Process models for data mining and analysis 45
5 Data 67
6 Operationally relevant preprocessing 93
7 Predictive analytics 117
8 Public safety - specific evaluation 143
9 Operationally actionable output 165
10 Normal crime 177
11 Behavioral analysis of violent crime 187
12 Risk and threat assessment 215
13 Deployment 239
14 Surveillance detection 267
15 Advanced topics 301
16 Future trends 315

Book about: Healthcare Fraud or Information Security Risk Analysis
Crisp: Writing Effective E-Mail, Revised Edition: Improving Your Electronic

Author: Nancy Flynn
E-mail is more prevalent today than ever before. Its instantaneous nature makes it a convenient, time-saving tool for businesses. However, it is also more important than ever to take the time to write messages that are secure as well as clear and error-free. The revised edition of Writing Effective E-Mail includes an added emphasis on how to avoid workplace disasters such as lost sales, customer-service nightmares—and in the worst cases, lawsuits and financial losses—triggered by careless or poorly written e-mail. This book will also guide you in writing a comprehensive and effective e-mail policy for your organization.

After Effects Expressions or Hands on Digital Photography

2009-01-17T13:51:00.000-08:00

After Effects Expressions

Author: Marcus Geduld
Put the power of Expressions to work in your animations with controls and efficiencies impossible to achieve with traditional keyframing techniques.
No programming skills are required. Foundation concepts and skills orient the new designer and serve as a handy reference to the experienced one. Basics of creating Expressions, variables, commands, and Expression helpers precede the leap into JavaScript and math essentials for more advanced Expressions that include randomness and physical simulations.
Full color illustrations display the scripts and the resulting effects, Pick Whip techniques, and sequential animations. Downloadable companion files include QuickTime movies of the demo animations, and AE project files that permit you to examine the Expressions.
* No programming experience required.
* Full-color presentation of Pick Whip techniques and sequential animations.
* Downloadable project files and QuickTime videos.

Book review: Six Great Ideas or Arts Inc
Hands-on Digital Photography: A Step-by-Step Course in Camera Controls, Software Techniques, and Successful Imaging

Author: George Schaub
George Schaub has taught digital photography to hundreds of people in workshops and courses across the country. All of his students have had one thing in common: They wanted to get the best images from their digital cameras. Now, in Hands-On Digital Photography, Schaub presents everything he teaches and everything he has learned in his fifteen years of teaching. Image processing software is great...but Schaub's practical, project-based approach focuses on the camera and getting the best shot possible every time, so beginning to intermediate photographers can spend more time capturing the shot and less time manipulating it. In easy-to-follow projects, the author discusses how digital photography allows greater creativity; file formats and how they affect post-exposure processing; how to choose resolution and compression ratios; exposures for the best digital images; camera menus; RAW file format; in-camera exposure adjustments; in-camera contrast adjustments; and much more. Now it's easy for photographers to get the most from their digital cameras and to make every shot a great shot!
Daniel Lombardo - Library Journal
Editorial director of Shutterbugand eDigitalPhotomagazines, Schaub focuses on knowing the camera so well that one gets the best possible photo every time. Though aimed at the beginning to intermediate student, this book is most useful for advanced photographers. The projects and exercises are not subject based but function based, with the text divided into sections titled "Understanding the Digital Image," "In-Camera Controls," and "Software Controls." Beginning photographers will be better served by Tom Ang's How To Photograph Absolutely Everything(reviewed on p. 90).

Table of Contents:
Introduction     8
Understanding the Digital Image
Pixels: Picture Elements     12
File Formats     14
Resolution, Resizing, and Resampling     20
RGB Channels     26
Color     29
Color Options     32
Contrast     40
Getting into Raw     42
In-Camera Controls
A Quick Camera Tour     54
ISO: Light Sensitivity     62
Noise Reduction     66
White Balance     70
Aperture and Depth of Field     76
Shutter Speed     80
Metering     84
Exposure Compensation     90
Bracketing     94
Fill Flash     96
Color Saturation     100
Contrast     102
Sharpening     104
Combining Settings     106
Color Matching vs. Color Mood     108
Color Bias     112
Black-and-White Mode     114
Panorama Mode     118
Digital Filter Effects     124
Special Effects     126
Playback Diagnostics     130
Software Controls
Memory Cards and Image Downloading     138
Exposure     144
Cropping     152
Adding Color     156
Contrast     158
Saturation     162
Transforming     166
Interpretations     168
Unlocking the Beauty     172
Index     176

Sams Teach Yourself PERL in 21 Days or Fedora 9 Linux Desktop Handbook

2009-01-17T02:39:00.000-08:00

Sams Teach Yourself PERL in 21 Days

Author: Laura Lemay
Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days covers the basics of Perl in the first few chapters, and then moves on to practical issues of Perl and in-depth discussions of more advanced topics. Later chapters also delve into software engineering topics, with discussions of modular code and object-oriented programming. CGI is covered in one chapter, but it is not the focus on the book. The book relies heavily on longer working examples and code, as opposed to small snippets and code fragments, and each chapter includes two to three smaller complete examples and one major one that illustrates most of the concepts for that chapter and builds on the chapters before it. Written by Laura Lemay, this is her third major book after Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in 21 Days and Sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days.

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Fedora 9 Linux Desktop Handbook

Author: Richard Petersen
This book examines Fedora for the user. Though administrative tools are covered, the emphasis is on what a user would need to know to perform tasks. The emphasis here is on what users face when using Fedora, covering topics like installation, applications, software management, the GNOME and KDE desktops, shell commands, and both the Fedora administration and network tools. Desktops are examined in detail, including configuration options. Applications are reviewed. This book is very much an handbook for Fedora 9, with all the latest features of interest to users.

Schaums Outline of Feedback and Control Systems Second Edition or Advanced Server Virtualization

2009-01-16T17:27:00.000-08:00

Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems, Second Edition

Author: Allen J Stubberud
If you want top grades and thorough understanding of feedback and control systems—both analog and digital—in less study time, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have! It takes you step-by-step through the subject and gives you accompanying problems with fully worked solutions—plus hundreds of additional problems with answers at the end of chapters, so you can measure your progress. You also get the benefit of clear, detailed illustrations. Famous for their clarity, wealth of illustrations and examples—and lack of tedious detail—Schaum’s Outlines have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. This guide will show you why!

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Control Systems Terminology
Differential Equations, Difference Equations, and Linear Systems
The LaPlace Transform and The Z-Transform
Stability
Transfer Functions
Block Diagram Algebra and Transfer Functions of Systems
Signal Flow Graphs
System Sensitivity Measures and Classification of Feedback Systems
Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems: Objectives and Methods
Nyquist Analysis
Nyquist Design
Root-Locus Design
Bode Analysis
Bode Design
Nichols Chart Analysis
Nichols Chart Design
Introduction to Nonlinear Control Systems
Introduction to Advanced Topics in Control Systems Analysis and Design

Book review: Medicinal Plants or Coronary Heart Disease
Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware and Microsoft Platforms in the Virtual Data Center

Author: David Marshall
Executives of IT organizations are compelled to quickly implement server virtualization solutions because of significant cost savings. However, most IT professionals tasked with deploying virtualization solutions have little or no experience with the technology. This creates a high demand for information on virtualization and how to properly implement it in a datacenter. Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware® and Microsoft® Platforms in the Virtual Data Center focuses on the core knowledge needed to evaluate, implement, and maintain an environment that is using server virtualization. This book emphasizes the design, implementation and management of server virtualization from both a technical and a consultative point of view. It provides practical guides and examples, demonstrating how to properly size and evaluate virtualization technologies. This volume is not based upon theory, but instead on real world experience in the implementation and management of large scale projects and environments. Currently, there are few experts in this relatively new field, making this book a valuable resource The book is divided into major sections making it both a step-by-step guide for learning and implementing server virtualization as well as a quick reference. The chapter organization focuses first on introducing concepts and background, and then provides real-world scenarios.

PHP Solutions or Excel 2003 VBA Programmers Reference

2009-01-16T05:14:00.000-08:00

PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy

Author: David Powers
In this book you'll learn how to:

Create dynamic websites with design and usability in mind, as well as functionality

Understand how PHP scripts work, giving you confidence to adapt them to your own needs

Bring online forms to life, check required fields, and ensure user input is safe to process

Upload files and automatically create thumbnails from larger images

Manage website content with a searchable database

You want to make your websites more dynamic by adding a feedback form, creating a private area where members can upload images that are automatically resized, or perhaps storing all your content in a database. The problem is, you're not a programmer and the thought of writing code sends a chill up your spine. Or maybe you've dabbled a bit in PHP and MySQL, but you can't get past baby steps. If this describes you, then you've just found the right book.
PHP and the MySQL database are deservedly the most popular combination for creating dynamic websites. They're free, easy to use, and provided by many web hosting companies in their standard packages. Unfortunately, most PHP books either expect you to be an expert already or force you to go through endless exercises of little practical value. In contrast, this book gives you real value right away through a series of practical examples that you can incorporate directly into your sites, optimizing performance and adding functionality such as file uploading, email feedback forms, image galleries, content management systems, and much more. Each solution is created with not only functionality in mind, but also visual design.
But this book doesn't just providea collection of ready-made scripts: each PHP Solution builds on what's gone before, teaching you the basics of PHP and database design quickly and painlessly. By the end of the book, you'll have the confidence to start writing your own scripts or—if you prefer to leave that task to othersto adapt existing scripts to your own requirements.
Right from the start, you're shown how easy it is to protect your sites by adopting secure coding practices. The book has been written with an eye on forward and backward compatibilityrecommending the latest PHP 5 techniques, but providing alternative solutions for servers still running PHP 4.3. All database examples demonstrate how to use the original MySQL extension, MySQL Improved, or the PHP Data Objects (PDO) introduced in PHP 5.1, letting you choose the most suitable option for your setup.
Summary of Contents:

Chapter 1: What Is PHPAnd Why Should I Care?

Chapter 2: Getting Ready to Work with PHP

Chapter 3: How to Write PHP Scripts

Chapter 4: Lightening Your Workload with Includes

Chapter 5: Bringing Forms to Life

Chapter 6: Uploading Files

Chapter 7: Using PHP to Manage Files

Chapter 8: Generating Thumbnail Images

Chapter 9: Pages That Remember: Simple Login and Multipage Forms

Chapter 10: Setting Up MySQL and phpMyAdmin

Chapter 11: Getting Started with a Database

Chapter 12: Creating a Dynamic Online Gallery

Chapter 13: Managing Content

Chapter 14: Solutions to Common PHP/MySQL Problems

Chapter 15: Keeping Intruders at Bay

Table of Contents:
Summary of contents:

Chapter 1: What Is PHPAnd Why Should I Care?
Chapter 2: Getting Ready to Work with PHP
Chapter 3: How to Write PHP Scripts
Chapter 4: Lightening Your Workload with Includes
Chapter 5: Bringing Forms to Life
Chapter 6: Uploading Files
Chapter 7: Using PHP to Manage Files
Chapter 8: Generating Thumbnail Images
Chapter 9: Pages That Remember: Simple Login and Multipage Forms
Chapter 10: Setting Up MySQL and phpMyAdmin
Chapter 11: Getting Started with a Database
Chapter 12: Creating a Dynamic Online Gallery
Chapter 13: Managing Content
Chapter 14: Solutions to Common PHP/MySQL Problems
Chapter 15: Keeping Intruders at Bay

See also: Bach Flower Remedies for Women or My Child Has Diabetes
Excel 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference

Author: Brian Patterson
What is this book about?

Excel 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference is an updated and expanded version of the two previous editions now with a reference section downloadable from the Web for easy perusal. The book is aimed at Excel users who want to gain more control over their spreadsheets using VBA or who want to develop Excel applications for other users. The book starts with a primer chapter focused on bringing the readers up to speed with Excel and VBA. From there, the book expands to focus on major issues faced by advanced Excel users and developers.

What does this book cover?

In this book, you'll discover how to do the following:

• Set up applications and convert them to add-ins

• Package and distribute Excel applications

• Set up interaction with other Office applications and databases

• Program the VB Editor and use the Windows API

• Use VB6 and VB.NET with Excel

• Set up internationalization

• Advanced debugging and error handling techniques

Scripting Recipes for Second Life or Call to Action

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

Scripting Recipes for Second Life

Author: Jeff Heaton
Second Life is an Internet-based virtual world where residents can explore, meet other residents, socialize and participate in individual and group activities. Another major activity is the ability to create and trade/sell items and services to other residents. However, to create advanced items you must program in the Linden Scripting Language.
This book presents many common objects in Second Life, with complete Linden Scripting Language examples. For each example, you are provided with copy/modifyable objects for all examples in the Second Life world. These examples are presented as a series of recipes, which are useful by themselves, or as a starting point for more complex objects.
The recipes span a wide array of uses. Useful recipes for buildings provide elevators, teleport pads, and locking doors. Vehicles are covered with example cars, boats and helicopters. The video game side of Second Life is demonstrated with an assortment of gun and bullet recipes. Recipes for wearable items such as glittering jewelry, jet packs, parachutes, and anti-push orbs are also presented. Recipes for slide shows, cannons, weather stations, and other miscellaneous items are also covered. Commerce is a huge part of Second Life. Two chapters are dedicated to commerce objects, such as tip jars, rental scripts and vendor kiosks.

Interesting textbook: Desserts and Drinks from around the World or In 60 Ways
Call to Action: Secret Formulas to Improve Online Results

Author: Bryan Eisenberg
Call to Action includes the information businesses need to know to achieve dramatic results from online efforts. Are you planning for top performance? Are you accurately evaluating that performance? Are you setting the best benchmarks for measuring success? How well are you communicating your value proposition? Are you structured for change? Can you achieve the momentum you need to get the results you want? If you have the desire and commitment to create phenomenal online results, then this book is your call to action.
Within these pages, New York Times best-selling authors Bryan and Jeffrey Eisenberg walk you through the five phases that comprise web site development, from the critical planning phase, through developing structure, momentum, and communication, to articulating value. Along the way, they offer advice and practical applications culled from their years of experience "in the trenches."

Table of Contents:
Contents
FOREWORD....................xi
INTRODUCTION: A BRIEF CONVERSION PRIMER Calculating Your Company's Conversion Rate....................xiii
Your Vertical Industry's Conversion Rate....................xiv
The Micro-Perspective on Conversion....................xv
Conversion versus Persuasion: A Bigger Picture....................xvii
Benefits of Increasing Your Conversion Rate....................xxiii
CHAPTER ONE: PLANNING An Incredibly Condensed History of Persuasion and Sales....................1
Value-Customer Defined....................3
A Solid Foundation....................7
Principle #1: Avoid Accidental Marketing....................10
Principle #2: Get the Winning Edge....................12
Principle #3: Understand Your Customers....................14
Principle #4: Don't Frustrate Your Customers....................15
Principle #5: Shun Assumptions That Kill Sales....................20
Principle #6: Put Customer Service Where It Counts....................23
Principle #7: Emphasize Conversion....................27
Principle #8: Recheck the Basics....................32
CHAPTER TWO: STRUCTURING From Traditional to Persuasion Architecture....................38
Architect Your Path to Success....................42
Uncovery-A Closer Look....................48
(Wire) Frame Yourself....................68
Storyboarding-Now the Plot Thickens....................69
Why Success Among the Failures....................107
KISS Your Customers If You Want Them Back....................109
CHAPTER THREE: COMMUNICATING 20,000 Leagues into theBrain....................112
Does Your Online Writing Have What It Takes?....................115
Case Study: MaxEffect Before and After....................119
Image and Web Site Images....................123
Can't Smell It on the Web?....................127
When Your Copy Must Leap Oceans....................129
In-Site Search Engines-Thumbs Down....................131
E-mail Strategy-Saying the Right Thing at the Right Time....................133
Advanced Wordsmithing: Three Stylistic Ways to Become Memorable....................139
Some Final Thoughts on Language....................140
CHAPTER FOUR: MOMENTUM The Foundation for Momentum....................143
Persuasive Scenarios....................146
Don't Slow 'Em Down....................150
Qualifying Your Visitors....................152
Overcoming Analysis Paralysis....................157
Map Scent Trails That Build Momentum....................159
The ABCs of GTC (and By the Way, POA)....................171
Twenty Tips for Lowering Shopping Cart Abandonment....................178
How CafePress.com Lowered Its Abandonment Rate....................185
What About Your Web Forms?....................195
The New Frontier: Complex Sales....................205
CHAPTER FIVE: OPTIMIZING "Good Enough" Conversion Rates?....................209
E-Commerce Metrics: Drowning in Your Own Data?....................213
Ending the Single Page Visit....................218
Is Your Home Page Helping or Hindering Sales?....................219
Beyond the Sacred Portal of the Home Page....................221
Increase Your Pay-Per-Click ROI....................222
Optimizing Your Scent Trails....................223
Making the Dial Move by Testing....................224
Web Analytics for Retailers....................229
GLOSSARY....................238
NOTES....................258

On the Way to the Web or Okami Wii Official Strategy Guide

2009-01-14T00:55:00.000-08:00

On the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Founders

Author: Michael A Banks
Was there an Internet before the Web? Who built it, and why? Do you want to know the real story behind the Internet? Are you curious as to who created all this stuff, and the business structure behind the online world? If so, you've come to the right place! Learn where, when, how and why the Internet came Into being, and exactly what hundreds of thousands of people were doing online before the Web. See who was behind it all, and what inspired them. The real stories are all here: the great businesses, colossal blunders,and great showmanship that led up to the Net and the Web-and beyond. turning your perception of the Web and the people who created it upside down.

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Okami Wii Official Strategy Guide

Author: Doug Walsh
LEARN THE WAY OF THE WOLF

A hundred years of peace and tranquility have been shattered. Amid the destruction, only Kamiki Village was able to repel the spread of darkness. Enter the white wolf, Okami Amaterasu. As the sun goddess returned to earth, it’s up to you to answer the wood sprite Sakuya’s pleas for help. This is your guide to restoring spirit and beauty to a corrupt and polluted world.

Complete Walkthrough

Strategies for accomplishing every quest and side-mission in all six Acts.

Level & Item Maps

We reveal the locations for all important items[md]including moon circles, treasure chests, and clovers.

Spirits of the Brush

Full account of the powers and folklore behind each of the 13 gods and their constellations.

Lupine Logbook

We’ve itemized everything you need to collect and accomplish in the game[md]including Wanted List, Animal Feeding, Fishing, Treasure, and Stray Beads.

Nippon-folk

A gallery of character art that introduces you to everyone you’ll encounter in your travels.

PLUS: Invaluable information on Praise, health, painting, ink, shops, dojo training, and godhood.

Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: Action/Adventure

Project Management for Information Technology Business and Certification or Mobilizing Generation 20

2009-01-13T14:44:00.000-08:00

Project Management for Information, Technology, Business and Certification

Author: Gopal K Kapur
This book supplies IT/Business professionals with proven project-management processes, broadly-tested techniques, and solid approaches to the successful management of projects in varying sizes and degrees of complexity. Individual steps demonstrate how a project manager effectively and efficiently navigates through the what, when, and how of work necessary to take a project from idea to execution; and shows the important role disciplined project management plays in transforming corporate strategy into reality. Chapter topics include fundamentals, the idea stage; planning; developing detailed estimates; scheduling, controlling, and tracking the project; the implementation stage; the operation stage; project portfolio management; procurement planning ; and financial analysis. For IT and business professionals in industries such as banking, publications, manufacturing, finance, insurance, health care, education, apparel, communications, and a number of leading public organizations.

Table of Contents:
1 Introduction 1
2 Fundamentals 51
3 Idea stage 87
4 The pre-launch stage 109
5 Launch stage : planning 205
6 Launch stage : developing detailed estimates 319
7 Execute stage : schedule, track, and control the project 355
8 Implement stage 429
9 Operation stage 445
10 Project portfolio management 451
App. 1 Procurement planning 467
App. 2 Financial analysis 479

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Mobilizing Generation 2.0: A Practical Guide to Using Web2.0 Technologies to Recruit, Engage & Activate Youth

Author: Rock the Vot
Use new media to attract and mobilize young people!
Explore and examine the gamut of new media and the ways in which it can be used to recruit, organize, and mobilize young people--who represent the majority of new media users. Answer the questions: What is it? How is it being used? How does it work? How to get started? You'll get concise descriptions, screenshots, case studies, resources, and best practices in language that is easy for non-technical people to understand. You'll also gain a sense of the technology--without requiring any downloads, software or plug-ins.

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum or Wicket in Action

2009-01-13T05:32:00.000-08:00

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High-Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity

Author: Alan Cooper
Imagine, at a terrifyingly aggressive rate, everything you regularly use is being equipped with computer technology. Think about your phone, cameras, cars-everything-being automated and programmed by people who in their rush to accept the many benefits of the silicon chip, have abdicated their responsibility to make these products easy to use. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum argues that the business executives who make the decisions to develop these products are not the ones in control of the technology used to create them. Insightful and entertaining, The Inmates Are Running the Asylum uses the author's experiences in corporate America to illustrate how talented people continuously design bad software-based products and why we need technology to work the way average people think. Somewhere out there is a happy medium that makes these types of products both user and bottom-line friendly; this book discusses why we need to quickly find that medium.

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Wicket in Action

Author: Martijn Dashorst
There are dozens of Java frameworks out there, but most of them require you to learn special coding techniques and new, often rigid, patterns of development. Wicket is different. As a component-based Web application framework, Wicket lets you build maintainable enterprise-grade web applications using the power of plain old Java objects (POJOs), HTML, Ajax, Spring, Hibernate and Maven. Wicket automatically manages state at the component level, which means no more awkward HTTPSession objects. Its elegant programming model enables you to write rich web applications quickly.
Wicket in Action is an authoritative, comprehensive guide for Java developers building Wicket-based Web applications. This book starts with an introduction to Wicket's structure and components, and moves quickly into examples of Wicket at work. Written by two of the project's earliest and most authoritative experts, this book shows you both the "how-to" and the "why" of Wicket. As you move through the book, you'll learn to use and customize Wicket components, how to interact with other technologies like Spring and Hibernate, and how to build rich, Ajax-driven features into your applications.

Table of Contents:
1 What is Wicket? 3
2 The architecture of Wicket 24
3 Building a cheesy Wicket application 45
4 Understanding models 81
5 Working with components: labels, links, and repeaters 106
6 Processing user input using forms 139
7 Composing your pages 173
8 Developing reusable components 199
9 Images, CSS, and scripts: working with resources 223
10 Rich components and Ajax 238
11 Securing your application 267
12 Conquer the world with l1O n and i18n 282
13 Multitiered architectures 299
14 Putting your application into production 321
Index 351

Signage and Wayfinding Design or Discrete Mathematics with Applications

2009-01-12T17:21:00.000-08:00

Signage and Wayfinding Design: A Complete Guide to Creating Environmental Graphic Design Systems

Author: Chris Calori
Signage and Wayfinding Design is a comprehensive and accessible resource that enables readers to apply a standard, proven design process to large and small projects in an efficient and systematic manner. Environmental graphic design is the development of a systematic, visually cohesive graphic communication system for a given site within the built environment. Increasingly recognized as a contributor to well-being, safety and security in unfamiliar and high-stress environments, EGD is also being used to extend and reinforce the brand experience.

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Discrete Mathematics with Applications

Author: Susanna S Epp
Susanna Epp's DISCRETE MATHEMATICS, THIRD EDITION provides a clear introduction to discrete mathematics. Renowned for her lucid, accessible prose, Epp explains complex, abstract concepts with clarity and precision. This book presents not only the major themes of discrete mathematics, but also the reasoning that underlies mathematical thought. Students develop the ability to think abstractly as they study the ideas of logic and proof. While learning about such concepts as logic circuits and computer addition, algorithm analysis, recursive thinking, computability, automata, cryptography, and combinatorics, students discover that the ideas of discrete mathematics underlie and are essential to the science and technology of the computer age. Overall, Epp's emphasis on reasoning provides students with a strong foundation for computer science and upper-level mathematics courses.

Table of Contents:
1. The Logic of Compound Statements. 2. The Logic of Quantified Statements. 3. Elementary Number Theory and Methods of Proof. 4. Sequences and Mathematical Induction. 5. Set Theory. 6. Counting. 7. Functions. 8. Recursion. 9. O-Notation and the Efficiency of Algorithms. 10. Relations. 11. Graphs and Trees. Appendix A: Properties of the Real Numbers. Appendix B: Solutions and Hints to Selected Exercises. Index.

Mac OS X or Database Modeling and Design

2009-01-12T07:09:00.000-08:00

Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition

Author: David Pogu
You can set your watch to it: As soon as Apple comes out with another version of Mac OS X, David Pogue hits the streets with another meticulous Missing Manual to cover it with a wealth of detail. The new Mac OS X 10.4, better known as Tiger, is faster than its predecessors, but nothing's too fast for Pogue and Mac OS X: The Missing Manual. There are many reasons why this is the most popular computer book of all time.
With its hallmark objectivity, the Tiger Edition thoroughly explores the latest features to grace the Mac OS. Which ones work well and which do not? What should you look for? This book tackles Spotlight, an enhanced search feature that helps you find anything on your computer; iChat AV for videoconferencing; Automator for automating repetitive, manual or batch tasks; and the hundreds of smaller tweaks and changes, good and bad, that Apple's marketing never bothers to mention.
Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition is the authoritative book that's ideal for every user, including people coming to the Mac for the first time. Our guide offers an ideal introduction that demystifies the Dock, the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure, and the entirely new Mail application. There are also mini-manuals on iLife applications such as iMovie, iDVD, and iPhoto, those much-heralded digital media programs, and a tutorial for Safari, Mac's own web browser.
And plenty more: learn to configure Mac OS X using the System Preferences application, keep your Mac secure with FileVault, and learn about Tiger's enhanced Firewall capabilities. If you're so inclined, this Missing Manual also offers an easy introduction to the Terminal application for issuing basic Unix commands.
There's something new on practically every page, and David Pogue brings his celebrated wit and expertise to every one of them. Mac's brought a new cat to town and we have a great new way to tame it.

Table of Contents:
Ch. 1 Folders and Windows 15
Ch. 2 Organizing your stuff 55
Ch. 3 Spotlight 87
Ch. 4 Dock, desktop, and toolbar 115
Ch. 5 Documents, programs, and dashboard 139
Ch. 6 Back to Mac OS 9 199
Ch. 7 Moving data 217
Ch. 8 Automator and AppleScript 229
Ch. 9 System preferences 263
Ch. 10 The free programs 307
Ch. 11 CDs, DVDs, and iTunes 401
Ch. 12 Accounts, firewalls, and security 429
Ch. 13 Networking 477
Ch. 14 Graphics, fonts, printing, and faxing 503
Ch. 15 Sound, movies, speech, and handwriting 535
Ch. 16 Terminal : doorway to Unix 573
Ch. 17 Fun with Terminal 601
Ch. 18 Hacking Mac OS X 625
Ch. 19 Internet setup, .Mac, and iSync 637
Ch. 20 Mail and address book 663
Ch. 21 Safari, iChat, and Sherlock 705
Ch. 22 SSH, FTP, VPN, and Web sharing 739

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Database Modeling and Design: Logical Design

Author: Toby J Teorey
Database systems and database design technology have undergone significant evolution in recent years. The relational data model and relational database systems dominate business applications; in turn, they are extended by other technologies like data warehousing, OLAP, and data mining. How do you model and design your database application in consideration of new technology or new business needs?

In the extensively revised fourth edition, you'll get clear explanations, lots of terrific examples and an illustrative case, and the really practical advice you have come to count on--with design rules that are applicable to any SQL-based system. But you'll also get plenty to help you grow from a new database designer to an experienced designer developing industrial-sized systems:

+ a detailed look at the Unified Modeling Language (UML-2) as well as the entity-relationship (ER) approach for data requirements specification and conceptual modeling--with examples throughout the book in both approaches!
+ the details and examples of how to use data modeling concepts in logical database design, and the transformation of the conceptual model to the relational model and to SQL syntax;
+ the fundamentals of database normalization through the fifth normal form;
+ practical coverage of the major issues in business intelligence--data warehousing, OLAP for decision support systems, and data mining;
+ examples for how to use the most popular CASE tools to handle complex data modeling problems.
+ Exercises that test understanding of all material, plus solutions for many exercises.

About the Authors

Toby J. Teorey is a professor inthe Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his current research focuses on database design and performance of computing systems. Sam S. Lightstone is the cofounder and leader of DB2's autonomic computing R&D effort, and has been with IBM since 1991. His current research includes automatic physical database design, adaptive self-tuning resources, automatic administration, benchmarking methodologies, and system control. Mr. Lightstone is an IBM Master Inventor. Thomas P. Nadeau is a senior technical staff member of Ubiquiti Inc. and works in the area of data and text mining. His technical interests include data warehousing, OLAP, data mining and machine learning.

Create Your Own Website or Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Quicksteps

2009-01-11T11:56:00.000-08:00

Create Your Own Website: 8 Easy Project in Full Color

Author: Scott Mitchell
Build a great personal or business website… absolutely no experience needed!

Why pay a professional web developer? If you can use a word processor, you can do it yourself! This package contains all the software, templates, and simple step-by-step instructions you need to build a great site in practically no time!

Build sites like these using our professional-quality templates:

-Family sites

-Hobby sites

-Community and nonprofit sites

-Online storefronts that accept credit card payments via PayPal

-Post video on YouTube

8 Easy Projects

In this book you’ll see just how easy it is to create your own website. The CD included with this book contains professional website templates and a free web page editor. With the web page editor, you can quickly and easily customize the templates into your personal websites. Better still, using the editor is as simple as using a word processor.

Use easy web-based services to:

-Sell products at your own eBay Store

-Create your own personal or professional blog

-Display your digital photos on your own Snapfish site

-Share your videos on YouTube

-Create a MySpace page that’ll stand out from the crowd

-Build your social network with your own Facebook presence

You won’t believe how easy it is to build your own site...or how much fun!

CD-ROM contains all the tools you need:

The complete open source SeaMonkey Suite software toolset for buildingwebsites (no restrictions, not a demo!)

HTML sample templates

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Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Quicksteps

Author: Martin S Matthews
Brace youself, because here comes QuickSteps: The fast, easy, accessible information on Outlook 2003 in a full-color cookbook-style format. Provides answers to all of your How-do-I questions in a concise and meaningful way. Lengthwise page layout allows for easy page viewing. Useful tips and cautions are displayed in the margins so that they don’t break the flow of the quick steps themselves.
Series editors Martin and Carole Matthews each have more than thirty years of computing experience. They have written 57 U.S. editions of 32 titles, a number of which have been critically acclaimed. Among their more recent books are: Windows XP, A Beginner’s Guide; FrontPage 2002: The Complete Reference; Windows 2000, A Beginner’s Guide; Office 2000 Answers, Certified Tech Support; Windows 98 Companion; and Windows 98 Answers, Certified Tech Support.
Library Journal
Osborne's new "QuickSteps" series targets complete beginners with full-color, screen shot-heavy, step-by-step instructions on the most common tasks in each of these programs. Tabbed, color-coded chapters help readers navigate, many screen shots include labels for common functions, tips and notes add extra info, and unfamiliar terms are defined in text. Excel covers "both basic (opening and saving workbooks) and complex tasks (working with PivotTables), relying heavily on wizards for more complicated features. Access begins by explaining the basic options in the database window and then moves through more complex tasks such as modifying print jobs and creating cross-tab queries. Unfortunately, some items are explained only in passing-e.g., installing security updates-and therefore may be intimidating to beginners. PowerPoint dives into creating or opening presentations, moves through additional features from speaker notes to using clip art, and ends with different printing options. Outlook starts by discussing importing data from Outlook Express, which new users are likely to do, and ends with more complex features like mail merge and using Outlook with PDAs. The authors include a useful note on email viruses and security and a suggestion about installing third-party antivirus software-all new users should take note. These handy additions to your Office 2003 collection (see also Computer Media, LJ 2/1/04) are solid choices for libraries serving novice computer users; purchase to supplement more comprehensive guides and where series like "Easy" (QUE) and "Teach Yourself Visually" (Wiley) are popular. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction xvii
Chapter 1 Stepping into Outlook 1
Start Outlook 1
Use the Start Menu to Start Outlook 2
Starting Outlook in Other Ways 2
Use the Startup Wizard 3
Upgrade from Outlook Express 4
Exit Outlook 5
Explore Outlook 6
Explore the Outlook Window 7
Using Outlook Toolbars 8
Display the Advanced Toolbar 8
Use the Navigation Pane 9
Using Menus 11
Use Outlook Today 11
Get Help 13
Access Help 13
Using Help 14
Do Research 15
Work with the Office Assistant 15
Customize Outlook 17
Setting Preferences 17
Customize Outlook Toolbars 19
Customize Outlook Menus 21
Using Multiple User Profiles 22
Update Outlook 23
Chapter 2 Receiving and Handling E-Mail 25
Set Up E-Mail 25
Get Online 26
Collecting Account Information 29
Use Hotmail 29
Install Accounts in Outlook 29
Receive E-Mail 30
Check for E-Mail 31
Read E-Mail 32
Download Sender and Subject Only 33
Filtering Out Spam 35
Head Off Junk Mail 35
Deal With E-Mail Messages 37
Mark Messages as Read or Unread 37
Flag Messages for Follow-Up 37
Arrange the Inbox 39
Make Up Your Own Rules 40
Manipulating the Rules 41
Find a Message 41
Archive Messages 41
Delete Messages 42
Manage Attachments 43
Print Messages 44
Chapter 3 Creating and Sending E-Mail 45
Write Messages 45
Create a Message 46
Address a Message 47
Use a Distribution List 48
Add Carbon and Blind Copies 48
Edit a Message 49
Formatting Messages 51
Use Stationery 51
Include Hyperlinks 53
Attach Files 53
Creating Personal Stationery 53
Sign Messages 55
Using Signatures 56
Use Digital Certificates 56
Check Spelling 58
Send Messages 59
Reply to Messages 59
Forward Messages 61
Set Priority 61
Sending Messages 62
Set Security 62
Request Receipts 63
Delay Delivery with a Rule 64
Chapter 4 Managing Contacts 65
Create Contacts 65
Add a New Contact 67
Add Multiple Contacts 69
Editing Contacts 71
Copy Contacts from E-Mail 71
Create a Distribution List 72
Change a Distribution List 74
Use Contacts 74
Add Contacts to E-Mail 74
Arrange Contacts 75
Flagging Contacts 77
Find a Contact 77
Print Contact Information 79
Phone a Contact 80
Compose a Letter to a Contact 81
Use Business Contact Manager 82
Set Up Business Contact Manager 82
Create Contact Records 83
Preparing Reports 85
Track Accounts 85
Chapter 5 Scheduling and the Calendar 87
Use the Calendar 87
Explore the Calendar 88
Navigating the Calendar 90
Customize the Calendar 91
Customize Calendar Views 94
Set Up the Calendar 96
Maintain Multiple Calendars 101
Share a Calendar 102
Make Appointments 103
Create Appointments 103
Entering Dates and Times 103
Enter Recurring Appointments 107
Move Appointments 108
Use Reminders 109
Print Calendars 109
Creating a Group Schedule 111
Plan Meetings and Request Attendance 111
Initiate a Meeting 111
Respond to an Invitation 114
Manage Meeting Responses 115
Change a Meeting 115
Initiate an Online Meeting 117
Testing NetMeeting 118
Use NetMeeting 118
Chapter 6 Using Task Lists 121
Use the Tasks Folder 121
Explore the Tasks Folder 122
View Tasks 123
Customizing the Tasks Folder 125
Create Tasks 126
Add a Task 126
Change a Task 128
Assigning Tasks to Others 129
Add a Time Estimate 129
Make a Task Recurring 130
Prioritize a Task 131
Set a Reminder 132
Set a Category 134
Make a Task Private 135
Mark a Task Completed 136
Delete a Task 136
Monitoring Tasks 137
Manage Tasks 137
Create Status Reports 138
Share Task Information 139
Using the TaskPad 140
Chapter 7 Using a Journal and Making Notes 141
Use a Journal 141
Explore the Journal 142
Setting Up the Journal 143
Add a Journal Entry 144
Change a Journal Entry 145
Delete a Journal Entry 145
Move a Journal Entry 146
Attach Journal Entries to Contacts 146
Viewing Journal Entries 147
Assign a Category 147
Print Journal Entries 148
Share Journals 148
Make Notes 149
Explore Notes 149
Setting Up Notes 150
Use Notes 151
Share Notes 155
Print Notes 156
Using Notes in Other Outlook Areas 157
Chapter 8 Managing Files and Folders 159
Work with Folders 159
Create a Normal Folder 160
Create a Search Folder 161
Copying and Moving Folders 162
Rename Folders 163
Share Folders 163
Delete Folders 164
Set Folder Properties 165
Copying and Moving Files 166
Manipulate Files 166
Viewing Files 167
Share Files 167
Delete Files 167
Group Files 167
Sort Files 168
Import and Export Files 169
Make Outlook Secure 171
Set Security Options 171
Encrypt Messages 173
Protecting Against Viruses 175
Chapter 9 Using Forms, Labels, and Mail Merge 177
Use Forms 177
Explore Outlook Forms 178
Modify a Standard Form 179
Create a Custom Form 180
Use the Controls Toolbox 184
Change the Tab Order 186
Use Separate Compose and Read Layouts 186
Publish a Form 188
Use a Custom Form 189
Creating and Using a Template 190
Perform a Mail Merge 190
Prepare Contacts 191
Selecting Contacts 192
Prepare a Word Merge Document 193
Perform a Mail Merge 195
Print Mailing Labels 195
Print Envelopes 197
Chapter 10 Using Outlook in Other Ways 199
Use Instant Messaging with Outlook 199
Set Up Instant Messaging 200
Activate IM in Outlook 201
Instant Messaging from Outlook 201
Use Outlook with PDAs 203
Set Up a PDA with Pocket PC 203
Set Up ActiveSync 204
Synchronize with a PDA 206
Transfer Information with a PDA 206
Managing a PDA and ActiveSync 208
Back Up a PDA 209
Other Extensions of Outlook 210
Use the Office Clipboard 210
Editing E-Mail with Word 212
Browse the Web with Outlook 213
Use Handwriting in Outlook 214
Index 217

The Practice of Programming or It Project Management

2009-01-11T02:45:00.000-08:00

The Practice of Programming

Author: Brian W Kernighan
With the same insight and authority that made their book The Unix programming Environment a classic, Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike have written The Practice of Programming to help make individual programmers more effective and productive.
The practice of programming is more than just writing code. Programmers must also assess tradeoffs, choose among design alternatives, debug and test, improve performance, and maintain software written by themselves and others. At the same time, they must be concerned with issues like compatibility, robustness, and reliability, while meeting specifications.
The Practice of Programming covers all these topics, and more. This book is full of practical advice and real-world examples in C, C++, Java, and a variety of special-purpose languages. It includes chapters on:

Debugging: finding bugs quickly and methodically
Testing: guaranteeing that software works correctly and reliably
Performance: making programs faster and more compact
Portability: ensuring that programs run everywhere without change
Design: balancing goals and constraints to decide which algorithms and data structures are best interfaces: using abstraction and information hiding to control the interactions between components
Style: writing code that works well and is a pleasure to read
Notation: choosing languages and tools that let the machine do more of the work
Kernighan and Pike have distilled years of experience writing programs, teaching, and working with other programmers to create this book. Anyone who writes software will profit from the principles and guidance in The Practice of Programming.
Dr Dobbs Journal
A great candidate to fill this widely perceived lack in the literature... Very solid and very educational, this manual is one I highly recommend to all programmers.
Association of C & C++ Users
This book is full of good common sense. In addition it is written in highly readable English. Pick up a copy, choose any chapter and start reading. I think you will then feel motivated to buy yourself a copy... Whatever language you program in, I think you will benefit from reading this book.
Sys Admin
An outstanding book... a readable and well-written style combined with their experience and valuable expertise.
Slashdot.org
Rating 9/10: Practical and enjoyable, this book captures its authors' considerable wisdom and experience.
Booknews
Offers practical advice and examples on programming in C, C++, Java, and a variety of special-purpose languages, with chapters on debugging, testing, performance, portability, design, interfaces, style, notation, and other topics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
What People Are Saying
Paul McNamee
The book fills a critical need by providing insight into pragmatic designand coding issues so that programmers become better at their craft... Programmers just out of school should be given this book on their first day of work. It will save employers thousands of dollars due to lost productivity and "mindless" debugging. --Computer Scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Peter Memishian
The examples are just about right. Chapter 3's example (markov) is stellar; it is simple, thought-provoking, elegant, and most importantly, provides an opportunity to analyze good design... It is the most concise book of its kind and offers the most useful, no-nonsense treatment of how to program from authors who know a great deal about the topic. Member of Technical Staff, Sun Microsystems

Chris Cleeland
There is a tendency for many books to be in the high hundreds of pages long these days with very little justification. This text is well-written, and is not overly interdependent, thus allowing the reader to "skip around" as interests motivate.... I found [the examples] to be interesting. I like it when I don't have to spend time figuring out an example and I can concentrate on the lesson the example is trying to teach. Too many books have overly-complex examples, and this one doesn't. --Technical Lead, IONA Technologies, Inc.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Style

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It Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish, Second Edition

Author: Joseph Phillips
Renowned IT project management expert, Joseph Phillips, again delivers an authoritative, easy-to-understand guide that delves into all CompTIA IT Project+ certification objectives. The “Inside the Exam” sections focus on the necessary topics to pass the new CompTIA exam. Each chapter features an end-of-chapter review, and the CD-ROM includes an IT Project+ practice test, plus templates and worksheets to use when managing a project. The included real-world examples that provide on-the-job insight from practicing project management professionals, and tie discussed theory to practice, make this comprehensive reference a must-have for IT staff.

Learn Programming Now or Microsoft Expression Web 2

2009-01-10T14:33:00.000-08:00

Learn Programming Now!: With Microsoft XNA Game Studio 2.0

Author: Rob S Miles
This engaging, learn-by-doing guide combines fun and games with the fundamentals of computer programming. Computer programming often has a reputation among students as being mired in details and short on fun. Now Xbox gamers and aspiring developers can have fun while learning hands-on how to create and customize Xbox 360 games! With XNA Game Studio Express and Visual C# 2008, beginning programmers can easily modify existing Xbox games-and even learn how to build their own! Fun, practical programming skills, and two CDs featuring XNA Game Studio Express software and Visual C# 2008 Express Edition software-all in one package!

Key Book Benefits:
•Combines fun with practical instruction for a captivating learning experience
•Provides the basics for any aspiring developer (of games or other applications)
•Includes CDs with XNA Game Studio Express and Visual C# Express Edition

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Microsoft Expression Web 2: On Demand, Vol. 2

Author: Steve Johnson
Microsoft Expression Web 2 on Demand
FOR THOSE WHO WOULD RATHER BE SHOWN HOW THAN TOLD HOW
SEE HOW TO
• Create Web sites using drag and drop controls
• Insert Flash, Windows Media, and Photoshop content
• Create Cascading Style Sheet layouts
• Integrate media and interactive Web applications using Microsoft Silverlight
• Create a page design using layout tables
• Explore the capabilities of Microsoft Expression Studio
• Add interactive buttons and create hyperlinks
• Create dynamic Web templates to reuse
• Create forms to gather online information
• Write, edit, and optimize code and scripts
• Use IntelliSense to help reduce coding errors
• Retrieve and present data from live RSS feeds
• Integrate data from databases or XML data
• Create dynamic Web content using ASP.NET technology
On the Web
This book uses real world examples to give you a context in which to use the task. This book also includes workshops to help you put together individual tasks into projects. The Expression Web 2 example files that you need for project tasks are available.
Perspection has written and produced books on a variety of computer software, including Adobe Flash CS3 and 8, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS2, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Microsoft Office 2007 and 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista and XP, Microsoft Expression Web, and Apple Mac OS X Leopard. 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 than5 million copies.

Counter Hack Reloaded or Adobe Illustrator for Fashion Design

2009-01-10T05:21:00.000-08:00

Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses, 2nd Edition

Author: Edward Skoudis
The Next Generation Hacker Book
The step-by-step guide to defending against hacker intrusions!

Defend against today's most powerful hacker attacks!

Hands-on, step-by-step techniques for UNIX/Linux and Windows environments

Intrusion detection: New evasion techniques—and countermeasures

By the security expert who demonstrated hacking to the U.S. Senate!
This easy-to-use, step-by-step guide will empower network and system administrators to defend their information and computing assets—whether or not they have security experience. In Counter Hack, leading network security expert Edward Skoudis presents comprehensive, insider's explanations of today's most destructive hacker tools and tactics-and specific, proven countermeasures for both UNIX and Windows environments. Skoudis covers all this and more:

Know your adversary: from script kiddies to elite attackers

A hacker's view of networks, TCP/IP protocols, and their vulnerabilities

Five phases of hacking: reconnaissance, scanning, gaining access, maintaining access, and preventing detection

The most dangerous and widespread attack scenarios—explained in depth

Key hacker tools: port scanners, firewall scanners, sniffers, session hijackers, RootKits, and more

How hackers build elegant attacks from simple building blocks

Detecting and preventing IP spoofing, covert channels, denial of service attacks, and other key attacks

How hackers cover their tracks—and how you can uncover their handiwork

A preview ocountermeasures
Whatever your role in protecting network infrastructure and data, Counter Hack delivers proven solutions you can implement right now—and long-term strategies that will improve security for years to come.

Booknews
Infrastructure network consultant Skoudis provides a step-by-step guide that will help network and system administrators defend their information and computing assets, whether or not they have had security experience. The 13 chapters discuss a hacker's view of networks, TCP/IP protocols, and their vulnerabilities; five phases of hacking (reconnaissance, scanning, gaining and maintaining access, and preventing detection); the most dangerous and widespread attack scenarios; key hacker tools and how they work to build elegant attacks from simple building blocks; detecting and preventing IP spoofing, covert channels, denial of service, and other key attacks; how to uncover the handiwork of hackers; and a preview of tomorrow's hacker tools, attacks, and countermeasures. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Soundview Executive Book Summaries
Skoudis, a leading network security expert, has compiled his wealth of knowledge on protecting information and computing assets into a 564-page masterwork. Sharing his insider's view on the destructive tools and tactics used by hackers, Skoudis offers an encyclopedia of hacker tools, attack detecting techniques and preventive measures to protect the vulnerabilities of today and tomorrow. Copyright (c) 2002 Soundview Executive Book Summaries

Table of Contents:
Foreword xxi
Preface Reloaded xxiii
About the Authors xxxi
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
The Computer World and the Golden Age of Hacking 2
Why This Book? 4
The Threat: Never Underestimate Your Adversary 7
A Note on Terminology and Iconography 12
Caveat: These Tools Could Hurt You 15
Organization of Rest of the Book 19
Summary 23
Chapter 2: Networking Overview: Pretty Much Everything You Need to Know About Networking to Follow the Rest of This Book 25
The OSI Reference Model and Protocol Layering 26
How Does TCP/IP Fit In? 28
Understanding TCP/IP 32
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) 33
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) 41
Internet Protocol (IP) and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) 44
ICMP 51
Other Network-Level Issues 53
Don’t Forget About the Data Link and Physical Layers! 66
Security Solutions for the Internet 75
Conclusion 86
Summary 87
Chapter 3: Linux and UNIX Overview: Pretty Much Everything You Need to Know About Linux and UNIX to Follow the Rest of This Book 91
Introduction 91
Architecture 95
Accounts and Groups 107
Linux and UNIX Permissions 110
Linux and UNIX Trust Relationships 115
Common Linux and UNIX Network Services 119
Conclusion 124
Summary 124
Chapter 4: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Overview: Pretty Much Everything You Need to Know About Windows to Follow the Rest of This Book 127
Introduction 127
A Brief History of Time 128
The Underlying Windows Operating System Architecture 133
How Windows Password Representations Are Derived 137
Kernel Mode 139
From Service Packs and Hotfixes to Windows Update and Beyond 141
Accounts and Groups 142
Privilege Control 147
Policies 149
Trust 152
Auditing 154
Object Access Control and Permissions 156
Network Security 160
Windows 2000 and Beyond: Welcome to the New Millennium 162
Conclusion 177
Summary 177
Chapter 5: Phase 1: Reconnaissance 183
Low-Technology Reconnaissance: Social Engineering, Caller ID Spoofing, Physical Break-In, and Dumpster Diving 184
Search the Fine Web (STFW) 195
Whois Databases: Treasure Chests of Information 212
The Domain Name System 220
General-Purpose Reconnaissance Tools 230
Conclusion 235
Summary 235
Chapter 6: Phase 2: Scanning 239
War Driving: Finding Wireless Access Points 240
War Dialing: Looking for Modems in All the Right Places 252
Network Mapping 261
Determining Open Ports Using Port Scanners 268
Vulnerability-Scanning Tools 307
Intrusion Detection System and Intrusion Prevention System Evasion 319
Conclusion 335
Summary 335
Chapter 7: Phase 3: Gaining Access Using Application and Operating System Attacks 339
Script Kiddie Exploit Trolling 339
Pragmatism for More Sophisticated Attackers 340
Buffer Overflow Exploits 342
Password Attacks 377
Web Application Attacks 406
Exploiting Browser Flaws 431
Conclusion 435
Summary 435
Chapter 8: Phase 3: Gaining Access Using Network Attacks 439
Sniffing 439
IP Address Spoofing 470
Session Hijacking 482
Netcat: A General-Purpose Network Tool 491
Conclusion 510
Summary 510
Chapter 9: Phase 3: Denial-of-Service Attacks 513
Locally Stopping Services 515
Locally Exhausting Resources 517
Remotely Stopping Services 518
Remotely Exhausting Resources 523
Conclusion 543
Summary 544
Chapter 10: Phase 4: Maintaining Access: Trojans, Backdoors, and Rootkits ... Oh My! 547
Trojan Horses 547
Backdoors 548
The Devious Duo: Backdoors Melded into Trojan Horses 553
Nasty: Application-Level Trojan Horse Backdoor Tools 555
Also Nasty: The Rise of the Bots 568
Additional Nastiness: Spyware Everywhere! 578
Defenses Against Application-Level Trojan Horse Backdoors, Bots, and Spyware 581
Even Nastier: User-Mode Rootkits 587
Defending Against User-Mode Rootkits 604
Nastiest: Kernel-Mode Rootkits 608
Defending Against Kernel-Mode Rootkits 616
Conclusion 623
Summary 623
Chapter 11: Phase 5: Covering Tracks and Hiding 627
Hiding Evidence by Altering Event Logs 628
Defenses Against Log and Accounting File Attacks 637
Creating Difficult-to-Find Files and Directories 641
Hiding Evidence on the Network: Covert Channels 647
Defenses Against Covert Channels 665
Conclusion 668
Summary 668
Chapter 12: Putting It All Together: Anatomy of an Attack 671
Scenario 1: Crouching Wi-Fi, Hidden Dragon 673
Scenario 2: Death of a Telecommuter 685
Scenario 3: The Manchurian Contractor 696
Conclusion 708
Summary 709
Chapter 13: The Future, References, and Conclusions 711
Where Are We Heading? 711
Keeping Up to Speed 715
Final Thoughts ... Live Long and Prosper 721
Summary 722
Index 723
Forewords & Introductions
Preface
My cell phone rang. I squinted through my sleepy eyelids at the clock. Ugh! 4 a.m., New Year's Day. Needless to say, I hadn't gotten very much sleep that night.
I picked up the phone to hear the frantic voice of my buddy, Fred, on the line. Fred was a security administrator for a medium-sized Internet Service Provider, and he frequently called me with questions about a variety of security issues.
"We've been hacked big time!" Fred shouted, far too loudly for this time of the morning.
I rubbed my eyes to try to gain a little coherence.
"How do you know they got in? What did they do?" I asked.
Fred replied, "They tampered with a bunch of Web pages. This is bad, Ed. My boss is gonna have a fit!"
I asked, "How did they get in? Have you checked out the logs?"
Fred stuttered, "W-Well, we don't do much logging, because it slows down performance. I only snag logs from a couple of machines. Also, on those systems where we do gather logs, the attackers cleared the log files."
"Have you applied the latest security fixes from your operating system vendor to your machines?" I asked, trying to learn a little more about Fred's security posture.
Fred responded with hesitation, "We apply security patches every three months. The last time we deployed fixes was?um?two-and-a-half months ago."
I scratched my aching head and said, "Two major buffer overflow attacks were released last week. You may have been hit. Have they installed any RootKits? Have you checked the consistency of critical files on the system?"
"You know, I was planning to install something like Tripwire, but just never got around to it," Fredadmitted.
I quietly sighed and said, "OK. Just remain calm. I'll be right over so we can start to analyze your machines."
You clearly don't want to end up in a situation like Fred, and I want to minimize the number of calls I get at 4 a.m. on New Year's Day. While I've changed Fred's name to protect the innocent, this situation actually occurred. Fred's organization had failed to implement some fundamental security controls, and it had to pay the price when an attacker came knocking. In my experience, many organizations find themselves in the same state of information security unpreparedness.
But the situation goes beyond these security basics. Even if you've implemented all of the controls discussed in my Fred narrative above, there are a variety of other tips and tricks you can use to defend your systems. Sure, you may apply security patches, use a file integrity checking tool, and have adequate logging, but have you recently looked for unsecured modems? Or, how about activating port-level security on the switches in your critical network segments to prevent powerful, new active sniffing attacks? Have you considered implementing non-executable stacks to prevent one of the most common types of attacks today, the stack-based buffer overflow? Are you ready for kernel-level RootKits? If you want to learn more about these topics and more, please read on.
As we will see throughout the book, computer attacks happen each and every day, with increasing virulence. To create a good defense, you must understand the offensive techniques of your adversaries. In my career as a system penetration tester, incident response team member, and information security architect, I've seen numerous types of attacks ranging from simple scanning by clueless kids to elite attacks sponsored by the criminal underground. This book boils down the common and most damaging elements from these real-world attacks, while offering specific advice on how you can proactively avoid such trouble from your adversaries. We'll zoom in on how computer attackers conduct their activities, looking at each step of their process so we can implement in-depth defenses.
The book is designed for system administrators, network administrators, and security professionals, as well as others who want to learn how computer attackers do their magic and how to stop them. The offensive and defensive techniques laid out in the book apply to all types of organizations using computers and networks today, including enterprises and service providers, ranging in size from small to gigantic.
Computer attackers are marvelous at sharing information with each other about how to attack your infrastructure. Their efficiency at information dissemination about victims can be ruthless. It is my hope that this book can help to even the score, by sharing practical advice about how to defend your computing environment from the bad guys. By applying the defenses from this book, you can greatly improve your computer security and, perhaps, we'll both be able to sleep in late next New Year's Day.

Interesting textbook: Dr Atkins 4 Book Package or Malt Whisky
Adobe Illustrator for Fashion Design

Author: Susan Lazear
More than just a how to manual, Adobe Illustrator for Fashion Design introduces readers to the Illustrator approach to design and ways to think about designing fashion apparel and textiles using the program.
Early chapters provide a strong foundation in the commands and capabilities of the program while later sections offer application exercises that develop skills in fashion drawing, textile design and presentation techniques. Available with an accompanying DVD, this book emphasizes the creative process and explores the capabilities of this powerful program as related to drawings of clothing, fashion poses, and textile prints.
Anyone looking to get into the fashion industry. Prepares readers for the competitive job market by teaching them sought after technical skills.

Joomla Template Design or Adobe Dreamweaver CS3

2009-01-09T18:10:00.000-08:00

Joomla! Template Design: Create your own professional-quality templates with this fast, friendly guide

Author: Tessa Blakeley Silver
This complete, easy-to-use guide for web designers wanting to create unique templates for Joomla! websites covers template design workflow, debugging and validating code, creating drop-down menus, interactive and dynamic forms, and packaging templates for distribution, with advice on using multiple templates, replacing tables with CSS, using animation and other effects, and tricks to tweak existing templates. Readers need basic knowledge of Joomla! (which can be gained from Packt's Building Websites with Joomla!), of CSS and HTML, and of using Dreamweaver for coding.
Written in PHP, free, award-winning Joomla! CMS is easy to install, simple to manage, reliable, and allows easy publication of content to Web or intranet. From simple websites to complex corporate applications, it is used world-wide. A Joomla! template controls the presentation of content; it provides the design for viewing a Joomla! website and works with the content stored in databases to present a complete website.

Book review: Souled Out or The History of US Feminism
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3: Introductory Concepts and Techniques

Author: Gary B Shelly
Readers will easily follow along with the chapters in Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 to gain valuable and comprehensive software skills to build their own exciting and dynamic Web sites and develop Internet applications.

Microsoft Windows Group Policy Guide or The Elements of User Experience

2009-01-09T07:58:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Windows Group Policy Guide

Author: Darren Mar Elia
Get the in-depth information you need to use Group Policy to administer your enterprise system-direct from industry experts and the Microsoft Group Policy team. With Group Policy and Active Directory® directory service, administrators can take advantage of policy-based management to streamline the administration of users and computers throughout the enterprise-from servers running Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server to workstations running Windows XP Professional or Windows 2000 Professional. This essential resource explains how to simplify and automate administrative tasks, including policy enforcement, system updates, and software installations, as well as how to centralize the management of network resources. The CD provides essential utilities, custom ADMs, GPO spreadsheets, and more. It's everything you need to help increase your efficiency while bolstering user productivity, security services, and system reliability.

Interesting book: Food As Medicine or Bebes Con Sindrome de Down
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web

Author: Jesse James Garrett
Smart organizations recognize that Web design is more than just creating clean code and sharp graphics. A site that really works fulfills your strategic objectives while meeting the needs of your users. Even the best content and the most sophisticated technology won't help you balance those goals without a cohesive, consistent user experience to support it.
But creating the user experience can seem overwhelmingly complex. With so many issues involved-usability, brand identity, information architecture, interaction design-it can seem as if the only way to build a successful site is to spend a fortune on specialists who understand all the details.
The Elements of User Experience cuts through the complexity of user-centered design for the Web with clear explanations and vivid illustrations that focus on ideas rather than tools or techniques. Jesse James Garrett gives readers the big picture of Web user experience development, from strategy and requirements to information architecture and visual design. This accessible introduction helps any Web development team, large or small, to create a successful user experience.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1
Ch. 1 User Experience and Why It Matters 6
Ch. 2 Meet the Elements 20
Ch. 3 The Strategy Plane: Site Objectives and User Needs 38
Ch. 4 The Scope Plane: Functional Specifications and Content Requirements 60
Ch. 5 The Structure Plane: Interaction Design and Information Architecture 84
Ch. 6 The Skeleton Plane: Interface Design, Navigation Design, and Information Design 112
Ch. 7 The Surface Plane: Visual Design 140
Ch. 8 The Elements Applied 160
Index 176

1	Working with sites and workspaces	1
2	Basic Web parts	26
3	Extending site pages	63
4	Securing SharePoint sites	77
5	Integrating with Office 2003	88
6	Setting up Windows SharePoint Services	107

	Introduction	1
Pt. I	The Opening ACT!	7
Ch. 1	An Overview of ACT!	9
Ch. 2	The Various Faces of ACT!	15
Ch. 3	Getting Your ACT! Together	29
Pt. II	Putting the ACT! Database to Work	47
Ch. 4	Making Contact(s)	49
Ch. 5	The Contact List	61
Ch. 6	The ACT! Lookup: Searching for Your Contacts	73
Ch. 7	Make a Note of That	91
Ch. 8	Organizing Your Daily Tasks	105
Pt. III	Sharing Your Information with Others	121
Ch. 9	Printing Non-Reports	123
Ch. 10	Using the Basic ACT! Reports	133
Ch. 11	Designing Your Own Reports	143
Ch. 12	Merging Your Information into a Document	153
Ch. 13	ACT! E-Mail	169
Pt. IV	Advanced ACT!ing	181
Ch. 14	Creating Contact Fields	183
Ch. 15	Customizing Layouts	191
Ch. 16	Zen and the Art of Database Maintenance	201
Ch. 17	Calling in the Reinforcements	219
Pt. V	Commonly Overlooked ACT! Features	229
Ch. 18	ACT!ing on the Internet	231
Ch. 19	ACT!ing on Your Sales Opportunities	241
Ch. 20	Grouping Your Contacts	255
Ch. 21	I'm Going to the Library Tab	271
Pt. VI	The Part of Tens	281
Ch. 22	Ten Cool New Features in ACT! 6	283
Ch. 23	Ten Cool Ways to Customize Your ACT! Layout	291
Ch. 24	Ten Cool Tools to Make ACT! Work Better	299
	Index	311

Ch. 1	What is lean Six Sigma logistics?	3
Ch. 2	The importance of logistics and supply chain management	9
Ch. 3	The waste of inventory	19
Ch. 4	The waste of transportation	27
Ch. 5	The waste of space and facilities	35
Ch. 6	The waste of time	39
Ch. 7	The waste of packaging	47
Ch. 8	The waste of administration	51
Ch. 9	The waste of knowledge	55
Ch. 10	A tour of the bridge	65
Ch. 11	Logistics flow : asset flow	71
Ch. 12	Flow : information flow	85
Ch. 13	Flow : financial flow	97
Ch. 14	Capability : predictability	115
Ch. 15	Capability : stability	129
Ch. 16	Capability : visibility	141
Ch. 17	Discipline : collaboration	153
Ch. 18	Discipline : systems optimization	173
Ch. 19	Discipline : waste elimination	185
Ch. 20	Strategy and planning tools	201
Ch. 21	Problem-solving tools	213
Ch. 22	Operational tools	227
Ch. 23	Measurement tools	237
Ch. 24	Case study : GoldSMART Products, Inc	249
Ch. 25	Summary and conclusion	267

	List of Figures
	Foreword
	Preface
	Contributor's Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Pt. I	Background	1
Ch. 1	Putting a System Together	3
Ch. 2	The Software Environment	19
Ch. 3	Patterns	33
Pt. II	The Patterns	47
Ch. 4	Mainline	49
Ch. 5	Active Development Line	59
Ch. 6	Private Workspace	67
Ch. 7	Repository	79
Ch. 8	Private System Build	87
Ch. 9	Integration Build	97
Ch. 10	Third Party Codeline	103
Ch. 11	Task Level Commit	111
Ch. 12	Codeline Policy	117
Ch. 13	Smoke Test	123
Ch. 14	Unit Test	129
Ch. 15	Regression Test	135
Ch. 16	Private Versions	141
Ch. 17	Release Line	147
Ch. 18	Release-Prep Code Line	153
Ch. 19	Task Branch	157
Ch. 20	Referenced Patterns	163
App. A	SCM Resources Online	165
App. B	Tool Support for SCM Patterns	171
	Photo Credits	195
	About the Photos	197
	Bibliography	199
	Index	207

1	Datatype-related problems, XML, and CLR UDTs	1
2	Temporary tables and table variables	85
3	Cursors	111
4	Dynamic SQL	139
5	Views	181
6	User-defined functions	213
7	Stored procedures	257
8	Triggers	315
9	Transactions	361
10	Exception handling	391
11	Service broker	411
App. A	Companion to CLR routines	465

1	Basics	3
2	Domain expertise	19
3	Data mining	25
4	Process models for data mining and analysis	45
5	Data	67
6	Operationally relevant preprocessing	93
7	Predictive analytics	117
8	Public safety - specific evaluation	143
9	Operationally actionable output	165
10	Normal crime	177
11	Behavioral analysis of violent crime	187
12	Risk and threat assessment	215
13	Deployment	239
14	Surveillance detection	267
15	Advanced topics	301
16	Future trends	315

1	Introduction	1
2	Fundamentals	51
3	Idea stage	87
4	The pre-launch stage	109
5	Launch stage : planning	205
6	Launch stage : developing detailed estimates	319
7	Execute stage : schedule, track, and control the project	355
8	Implement stage	429
9	Operation stage	445
10	Project portfolio management	451
App. 1	Procurement planning	467
App. 2	Financial analysis	479

Ch. 1	Folders and Windows	15
Ch. 2	Organizing your stuff	55
Ch. 3	Spotlight	87
Ch. 4	Dock, desktop, and toolbar	115
Ch. 5	Documents, programs, and dashboard	139
Ch. 6	Back to Mac OS 9	199
Ch. 7	Moving data	217
Ch. 8	Automator and AppleScript	229
Ch. 9	System preferences	263
Ch. 10	The free programs	307
Ch. 11	CDs, DVDs, and iTunes	401
Ch. 12	Accounts, firewalls, and security	429
Ch. 13	Networking	477
Ch. 14	Graphics, fonts, printing, and faxing	503
Ch. 15	Sound, movies, speech, and handwriting	535
Ch. 16	Terminal : doorway to Unix	573
Ch. 17	Fun with Terminal	601
Ch. 18	Hacking Mac OS X	625
Ch. 19	Internet setup, .Mac, and iSync	637
Ch. 20	Mail and address book	663
Ch. 21	Safari, iChat, and Sherlock	705
Ch. 22	SSH, FTP, VPN, and Web sharing	739

	Acknowledgments	xv
	Introduction	xvii
Chapter 1	Stepping into Outlook	1
	Start Outlook	1
	Use the Start Menu to Start Outlook	2
	Starting Outlook in Other Ways	2
	Use the Startup Wizard	3
	Upgrade from Outlook Express	4
	Exit Outlook	5
	Explore Outlook	6
	Explore the Outlook Window	7
	Using Outlook Toolbars	8
	Display the Advanced Toolbar	8
	Use the Navigation Pane	9
	Using Menus	11
	Use Outlook Today	11
	Get Help	13
	Access Help	13
	Using Help	14
	Do Research	15
	Work with the Office Assistant	15
	Customize Outlook	17
	Setting Preferences	17
	Customize Outlook Toolbars	19
	Customize Outlook Menus	21
	Using Multiple User Profiles	22
	Update Outlook	23
Chapter 2	Receiving and Handling E-Mail	25
	Set Up E-Mail	25
	Get Online	26
	Collecting Account Information	29
	Use Hotmail	29
	Install Accounts in Outlook	29
	Receive E-Mail	30
	Check for E-Mail	31
	Read E-Mail	32
	Download Sender and Subject Only	33
	Filtering Out Spam	35
	Head Off Junk Mail	35
	Deal With E-Mail Messages	37
	Mark Messages as Read or Unread	37
	Flag Messages for Follow-Up	37
	Arrange the Inbox	39
	Make Up Your Own Rules	40
	Manipulating the Rules	41
	Find a Message	41
	Archive Messages	41
	Delete Messages	42
	Manage Attachments	43
	Print Messages	44
Chapter 3	Creating and Sending E-Mail	45
	Write Messages	45
	Create a Message	46
	Address a Message	47
	Use a Distribution List	48
	Add Carbon and Blind Copies	48
	Edit a Message	49
	Formatting Messages	51
	Use Stationery	51
	Include Hyperlinks	53
	Attach Files	53
	Creating Personal Stationery	53
	Sign Messages	55
	Using Signatures	56
	Use Digital Certificates	56
	Check Spelling	58
	Send Messages	59
	Reply to Messages	59
	Forward Messages	61
	Set Priority	61
	Sending Messages	62
	Set Security	62
	Request Receipts	63
	Delay Delivery with a Rule	64
Chapter 4	Managing Contacts	65
	Create Contacts	65
	Add a New Contact	67
	Add Multiple Contacts	69
	Editing Contacts	71
	Copy Contacts from E-Mail	71
	Create a Distribution List	72
	Change a Distribution List	74
	Use Contacts	74
	Add Contacts to E-Mail	74
	Arrange Contacts	75
	Flagging Contacts	77
	Find a Contact	77
	Print Contact Information	79
	Phone a Contact	80
	Compose a Letter to a Contact	81
	Use Business Contact Manager	82
	Set Up Business Contact Manager	82
	Create Contact Records	83
	Preparing Reports	85
	Track Accounts	85
Chapter 5	Scheduling and the Calendar	87
	Use the Calendar	87
	Explore the Calendar	88
	Navigating the Calendar	90
	Customize the Calendar	91
	Customize Calendar Views	94
	Set Up the Calendar	96
	Maintain Multiple Calendars	101
	Share a Calendar	102
	Make Appointments	103
	Create Appointments	103
	Entering Dates and Times	103
	Enter Recurring Appointments	107
	Move Appointments	108
	Use Reminders	109
	Print Calendars	109
	Creating a Group Schedule	111
	Plan Meetings and Request Attendance	111
	Initiate a Meeting	111
	Respond to an Invitation	114
	Manage Meeting Responses	115
	Change a Meeting	115
	Initiate an Online Meeting	117
	Testing NetMeeting	118
	Use NetMeeting	118
Chapter 6	Using Task Lists	121
	Use the Tasks Folder	121
	Explore the Tasks Folder	122
	View Tasks	123
	Customizing the Tasks Folder	125
	Create Tasks	126
	Add a Task	126
	Change a Task	128
	Assigning Tasks to Others	129
	Add a Time Estimate	129
	Make a Task Recurring	130
	Prioritize a Task	131
	Set a Reminder	132
	Set a Category	134
	Make a Task Private	135
	Mark a Task Completed	136
	Delete a Task	136
	Monitoring Tasks	137
	Manage Tasks	137
	Create Status Reports	138
	Share Task Information	139
	Using the TaskPad	140
Chapter 7	Using a Journal and Making Notes	141
	Use a Journal	141
	Explore the Journal	142
	Setting Up the Journal	143
	Add a Journal Entry	144
	Change a Journal Entry	145
	Delete a Journal Entry	145
	Move a Journal Entry	146
	Attach Journal Entries to Contacts	146
	Viewing Journal Entries	147
	Assign a Category	147
	Print Journal Entries	148
	Share Journals	148
	Make Notes	149
	Explore Notes	149
	Setting Up Notes	150
	Use Notes	151
	Share Notes	155
	Print Notes	156
	Using Notes in Other Outlook Areas	157
Chapter 8	Managing Files and Folders	159
	Work with Folders	159
	Create a Normal Folder	160
	Create a Search Folder	161
	Copying and Moving Folders	162
	Rename Folders	163
	Share Folders	163
	Delete Folders	164
	Set Folder Properties	165
	Copying and Moving Files	166
	Manipulate Files	166
	Viewing Files	167
	Share Files	167
	Delete Files	167
	Group Files	167
	Sort Files	168
	Import and Export Files	169
	Make Outlook Secure	171
	Set Security Options	171
	Encrypt Messages	173
	Protecting Against Viruses	175
Chapter 9	Using Forms, Labels, and Mail Merge	177
	Use Forms	177
	Explore Outlook Forms	178
	Modify a Standard Form	179
	Create a Custom Form	180
	Use the Controls Toolbox	184
	Change the Tab Order	186
	Use Separate Compose and Read Layouts	186
	Publish a Form	188
	Use a Custom Form	189
	Creating and Using a Template	190
	Perform a Mail Merge	190
	Prepare Contacts	191
	Selecting Contacts	192
	Prepare a Word Merge Document	193
	Perform a Mail Merge	195
	Print Mailing Labels	195
	Print Envelopes	197
Chapter 10	Using Outlook in Other Ways	199
	Use Instant Messaging with Outlook	199
	Set Up Instant Messaging	200
	Activate IM in Outlook	201
	Instant Messaging from Outlook	201
	Use Outlook with PDAs	203
	Set Up a PDA with Pocket PC	203
	Set Up ActiveSync	204
	Synchronize with a PDA	206
	Transfer Information with a PDA	206
	Managing a PDA and ActiveSync	208
	Back Up a PDA	209
	Other Extensions of Outlook	210
	Use the Office Clipboard	210
	Editing E-Mail with Word	212
	Browse the Web with Outlook	213
	Use Handwriting in Outlook	214
	Index	217

	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	User Experience and Why It Matters	6
Ch. 2	Meet the Elements	20
Ch. 3	The Strategy Plane: Site Objectives and User Needs	38
Ch. 4	The Scope Plane: Functional Specifications and Content Requirements	60
Ch. 5	The Structure Plane: Interaction Design and Information Architecture	84
Ch. 6	The Skeleton Plane: Interface Design, Navigation Design, and Information Design	112
Ch. 7	The Surface Plane: Visual Design	140
Ch. 8	The Elements Applied	160
	Index	176