Financial & Accounting Software Books

Improving Learning Transfer in Organizations or Hacking Gmail

2009-12-06T03:38:00.000-08:00

Improving Learning Transfer in Organizations

Author: Elwood F Holton III

Improving Learning Transfer in Organizations features contributions from leading experts in the field learning transfer, and offers the most current information, ideas, and theories on the topic and aptly illustrates how to put transfer systems into action. In this book, the authors move beyond explanation to intervention by contributing their most recent thinking on how best to intervene in organizational contexts to influence the transfer of learning. Written for chief learning officers, training and development practitioners, management development professionals, and human resource management practitioners, this important volume shows how to create systems that ensure employees are getting and retaining the information, skills, and knowledge necessary to accomplish tasks on the job.

Improving Learning Transfer in Organizations addresses learning transfer on both the individual and organizational level. This volume shows how to diagnose learning transfer systems, create a transfer-ready profile, and assess and place employees to maximize transfer. The book includes information on how to determine what process should be followed to design an organization-specific learning transfer system intervention. The authors focus on the actual learning process and show how to use front-end analysis to avoid transfer problems. In addition, they outline the issues associated with such popular work-based learning initiatives as action learning and communities of practice, and they also present applications on learning transfer within e-learning and team training contexts.

Book review: True Professionalism or Introduction to Managerial Accounting

Hacking Gmail

Author: Ben Hammersley

• The first book to unlock the true power behind Gmail, Hacking Gmail will immediately appeal to Google and Gmail fans

• This is serious, down-and-dirty, under-the-hood, code-level hacking that will have readers eliminating the default settings, customizing appearance, disabling advertising, and taking control over their Gmail accounts

• Covers turning Gmail into an online hard drive for backing up files, using it as a blogging tool, and even creating customized Gmail tools and hacks

• Shows readers how to check their Gmail without visiting the site; use Gmail APIs in Perl, Python, PHP, and other languages, or create their own; and maximize Gmail as a host for message boards, photo galleries, even a blog

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: Starting to Use Gmail.

Chapter 1: Desktop Integration.

Chapter 2: Integrating Your Existing Mail.

Chapter 3: Gmail Power Tips.

Part II: Getting Inside Gmail.

Chapter 4: Skinning Gmail.

Chapter 5: How Gmail Works.

Chapter 6: Gmail and Greasemonkey.

Chapter 7: Gmail Libraries.

Chapter 8: Checking for Mail.

Chapter 9: Reading Mail.

Chapter 10: Sending Mail.

Part III: Conquering Gmail.

Chapter 11: Dealing with Labels.

Chapter 12: Addressing Addresses.

Chapter 13: Building an API from the HTML-Only Version of Gmail.

Chapter 14: Exporting Your Mail.

Chapter 15: Using Gmail to.

Chapter 16: Using GmailFS.

Appendix: Long Code Listings.

Index.

Mobile Telemedicine or Embedded Systems Building Blocks

2009-12-04T23:27:00.000-08:00

Mobile Telemedicine: A Computing and Networking Perspecive

Author: Yang Xiao

Technical problems are inherent to telemedicine. Not only does the practical development and application of telemedicine depend on computing and networking techniques, but many ethical, social, and political problems arising in telemedicine need technical solutions as well. Mobile Telemedicine addresses such problems in detail, including video and audio compression and transmission, robotics, networking, security, and privacy. It explores patient and health care provider interactions with network systems, remote consultation challenges, wireless sensors in telemedicine, application protocols, as well as network and system solutions for hospital and emergency room monitoring.

Embedded Systems Building Blocks

Author: Jean J Labross

- This second edition features revisions that support the latest version of the author's popular operating system and book, MicroC/OS-II - Complete and ready-to-use modules in C Get a clear explanation of functional code modules and microcontroller theory You get hands-on experience with real-time system modules provided by the author and functional code modules that may be used to create basic embedded system functions. This second edition features a new chapter on PC services and uses the updated MicroC/OS-II.

A Practical Guide to Trusted Computing or HyperText 30

2009-12-03T19:16:00.000-08:00

A Practical Guide to Trusted Computing

Author: David Challener

Use Trusted Computing to Make PCs Safer, More Secure, and More Reliable

Every year, computer security threats become more severe. Software alone can no longer adequately defend against them: what's needed is secure hardware. The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) makes that possible by providing a complete, open industry standard for implementing trusted computing hardware subsystems in PCs. Already available from virtually every leading PC manufacturer, TPM gives software professionals powerful new ways to protect their customers. Now, there's a start-to-finish guide for every software professional and security specialist who wants to utilize this breakthrough security technology.

Authored by innovators who helped create TPM and implement its leading-edge products, this practical book covers all facets of TPM technology: what it can achieve, how it works, and how to write applications for it. The authors offer deep, real-world insights into both TPM and the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Software Stack. Then, to demonstrate how TPM can solve many of today's most challenging security problems, they present four start-to-finish case studies, each with extensive C-based code examples.

Coverage includes:

What services and capabilities are provided by TPMs
TPM device drivers: solutions for code running in BIOS, TSS stacks for new operating systems, and memory-constrained environments
Using TPM to enhance the security of a PC's boot sequence
Key management, in depth: key creation, storage, loading, migration, use, symmetric keys, and much more
Linking PKCS#11 and TSS stacks to support applications with middleware services
What you need to know about TPM and privacy—including how to avoid privacy problems
Moving from TSS 1.1 to the new TSS 1.2 standard
TPM and TSS command references and a complete function library

New interesting textbook: Twilight in the Desert or The Fifties

HyperText 3.0: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization

Author: George P Landow

George Landow's widely acclaimed Hypertext was the first book to bring together the worlds of literary theory and computer technology. Landow was one of the first scholars to explore the implications of giving readers instant, easy access to a virtual library of sources as well as unprecedented control of what and how they read. In hypermedia, Landow saw a strikingly literal embodiment of many major points of contemporary literary theory, particularly Derrida's idea of "de-centering" and Barthes's conception of the "readerly" versus "writerly" text.

From Intermedia to Microcosm, Storyspace, and the World Wide Web, Landow offers specific information about the kinds of hypertext, different modes of linking, attitudes toward technology, and the proliferation of pornography and gambling on the Internet. For the third edition he includes new material on developing Internet-related technologies, considering in particular their increasingly global reach and the social and political implications of this trend as viewed from a postcolonial perspective. He also discusses blogs, interactive film, and the relation of hypermedia to games. Thoroughly expanded and updated, this pioneering work continues to be the "ur-text" of hypertext studies.

HTML Illustrated Complete Third Edition or A Practical Guide to Unix for Mac OS X Users

2009-12-02T15:04:00.000-08:00

HTML Illustrated Complete, Third Edition

Author: Elizabeth Eisner Reding

This exciting and much anticipated third edition is updated to bring students the latest in HTML, conforming to XML and XHTML coding standards.

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A Practical Guide to Unix for Mac OS X Users

Author: Mark G Sobell

The Most Useful UNIX Guide for Mac OS X Users Ever, with Hundreds of High-Quality Examples!

Beneath Mac OS^{^®} X’s stunning graphical user interface (GUI) is the most powerful operating system ever created: UNIX^®. With unmatched clarity and insight, this book explains UNIX for the Mac OS X user—giving you total control over your system, so you can get more done, faster. Building on Mark Sobell’s highly praised A Practical Guide to the UNIX System, it delivers comprehensive guidance on the UNIX command line tools every user, administrator, and developer needs to master—together with the world’s best day-to-day UNIX reference.

This book is packed with hundreds of high-quality examples. From networking and system utilities to shells and programming, this is UNIX from the ground up—both the “whys” and the “hows”—for every Mac user. You’ll understand the relationships between GUI tools and their command line counterparts. Need instant answers? Don’t bother with confusing online “manual pages”: rely on this book’s example-rich, quick-access, 236-page command reference!

Don’t settle for just any UNIX guidebook. Get one focused on your specific needs as a Mac user!

A Practical Guide to UNIX^® for Mac OS^® X Users is the most useful, comprehensive UNIX tutorial and reference for Mac OS X and is the only book that delivers

Better, more realistic examples covering tasks you’ll actually need to perform
Deeper insight, based on the authors’ immense knowledge of every UNIX and OS X nook and cranny
Practical guidance for experienced UNIX users moving to Mac OS X
Exclusive discussions of Mac-only utilities, including plutil, ditto, nidump, otool, launchctl, diskutil, GetFileInfo, and SetFile
Techniques for implementing secure communications with ssh and scp—plus dozens of tips for making your OS X system more secure
Expert guidance on basic and advanced shell programming with bash and tcsh
Tips and tricks for using the shell interactively from the command line
Thorough guides to vi and emacs designed to help you get productive fast, and maximize your editing efficiency
In-depth coverage of the Mac OS X filesystem and access permissions, including extended attributes and Access Control Lists (ACLs)
A comprehensive UNIX glossary
Dozens of exercises to help you practice and gain confidence
And much more, including a superior introduction to UNIX programming tools such as awk, sed, otool, make, gcc, gdb, and CVS

About the Author

Mark G. Sobell is president of Sobell Associates Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in UNIX/Linux training, support, and custom software development. He is the author of many best-selling UNIX and Linux books and has more than twenty-five years of experience working with UNIX and Linux.

Peter Seebach, a freelance writer specializing in UNIX development, has published dozens of technical articles for IBM developerWorks.

Preface xxvii

Chapter 1: Welcome to Linux 1

The GNU-Linux Connection 2

The Heritage of Linux: UNIX 5

What Is So Good About Linux? 6

Overview of Linux 10

Additional Features of Linux 15

Chapter Summary 16

Exercises 17 PART i: The Linux Operating System 19 Chapter 2: Getting Started 21

Conventions Used in This Book 22

Logging In 24

Working with the Shell 25

Curbing Your Power: Superuser Access 28

Getting the Facts: Where to Find Documentation 29

More About Logging In 35

Chapter Summary 38

Exercises 39

Advanced Exercises 39 Chapter 3: Command Line Utilities 41

Special Characters 42

Basic Utilities 43

Working with Files 45

(Pipe): Communicates Between Processes 52

Four More Utilities 53

Compressing and Archiving Files 56

Locating Commands 61

Obtaining User and System Information 63

Communicating with Other Users 67

Email 69

Chapter Summary 69

Exercises 72

Advanced Exercises 73 Chapter 4: The Linux Filesystem 75

The Hierarchical Filesystem 76

Directory and Ordinary Files 77

Working with Directories 88

Access Permissions 91

Links 96

Chapter Summary 102

Exercises 103

Advanced Exercises 105 Chapter 5: The Shell 107

The Command Line 108

Standard Input and Standard Output 113

Running a Program in the Background 125

Filename Generation/Pathname Expansion 127

Builtins 132

Chapter Summary 133

Exercises 134

Advanced Exercises 136 PART ii: The Editors 137 Chapter 6: The vim Editor 139

History 140

Tutorial: Creating and Editing a File with vim 141

The compatible Parameter 148

Introduction to vim Features 148

Command Mode: Moving the Cursor 154

Input Mode 158

Command Mode: Deletingand Changing Text 160

Searching and Substituting 164

Miscellaneous Commands 170

Yank, Put, and Delete Commands 171

Reading and Writing Files 174

Setting Parameters 175

Advanced Editing Techniques 180

Units of Measure 184

Chapter Summary 188

Exercises 193

Advanced Exercises 194 Chapter 7: The emacs Editor 195

History 196

Tutorial: Getting Started with emacs 198

Basic Editing Commands 204

Online Help 209

Advanced Editing 212

Language-Sensitive Editing 225

Customizing emacs 235

More Information 240

Chapter Summary 241

Exercises 248

Advanced Exercises 250 PART iii: The Shells 253 Chapter 8: The Bourne Again Shell 255

Background 256

Shell Basics 257

Parameters and Variables 277

Processes 292

History 295

Aliases 312

Functions 315

Controlling bash Features and Options 318

Processing the Command Line 322

Chapter Summary 332

Exercises 334

Advanced Exercises 336 Chapter 9: The TC Shell 339

Shell Scripts 340

Entering and Leaving the TC Shell 341

Features Common to the Bourne Again and TC Shells 343

Redirecting Standard Error 349

Working with the Command Line 350

Variables 355

Control Structures 368

Builtins 377

Chapter Summary 381

Exercises 382

Advanced Exercises 384 PART iv: Programming Tools 385 Chapter 10: Programming Tools 387

Programming in C 388

Using Shared Libraries 396

make: Keeps a Set of Programs Current 399

Debugging C Programs 407

Threads 417

System Calls 417

Source Code Management 420

Chapter Summary 430

Exercises 431

Advanced Exercises 432 Chapter 11: Programming the Bourne Again Shell 435

Control Structures 436

File Descriptors 470

Parameters and Variables 474

Builtin Commands 487

Expressions 501

Shell Programs 510

Chapter Summary 520

Exercises 522

Advanced Exercises 524 Chapter 12: The gawk Pattern Processing Language 527

Syntax 528

Arguments 528

Options 529

Notes 529

Language Basics 530

Examples 537

Advanced gawk Programming 554

Error Messages 559

Chapter Summary 560

Exercises 561

Advanced Exercises 561 Chapter 13: The sed Editor 563

Syntax 564

Arguments 564

Options 564

Editor Basics 565

Examples 568

Chapter Summary 578

Exercises 579 PART v: Command Reference 581

Standard Multiplicative Suffixes 586

Common Options 587

The sample Utility 587

sample: Very brief description of what the utility does 588

aspell: Checks a file for spelling errors 589

at: Executes commands at a specified time 593

bzip2: Compresses or decompresses files 596

cal: Displays a calendar 598

cat: Joins and displays files 599

cd: Changes to another working directory 601

chgrp: Changes the group associated with a file 603

chmod: Changes the access mode (permissions) of a file 604

chown: Changes the owner of a file and/or the group the file is associated with 608

cmp: Compares two files 610

comm: Compares sorted files 612

configure: Configures source code automatically 614

cp: Copies files 616

cpio: Creates an archive or restores files from an archive 619

crontab: Maintains crontab files 624

cut: Selects characters or fields from input lines 627

date: Displays or sets the system time and date 630

dd: Converts and copies a file 633

df: Displays disk space usage 636

diff: Displays the differences between two files 638

du: Displays information on disk usage by file 644

echo: Displays a message 647

expr: Evaluates an expression 649

file: Displays the classification of a file 653

find: Finds files based on criteria 655

finger: Displays information about users 661

fmt: Formats text very simply 664

fsck: Checks and repairs a filesystem 666

ftp: Transfers files over a network 671

gcc: Compiles C and C++ programs 678

grep: Searches for a pattern in files 683

gzip: Compresses or decompresses files 688

head: Displays the beginning of a file 691

kill: Terminates a process by PID 693

killall: Terminates a process by name 695

less: Displays text files, one screen at a time 697

ln: Makes a link to a file 702

lpr: Sends files to printers 705

ls: Displays information about one or more files 708

make: Keeps a set of programs current 715

man: Displays documentation for commands 721

mkdir: Creates a directory 724

mkfs: Creates a filesystem on a device 725

Mtools: Uses DOS-style commands on files and directories 728

mv: Renames or moves a file 732

nice: Changes the priority of a command 734

nohup: Runs a command that keeps running after you log out 736

od: Dumps the contents of a file 737

paste: Joins corresponding lines from files 742

pr: Paginates files for printing 744

ps: Displays process status 746

rcp: Copies one or more files to or from a remote system 750

rlogin: Logs in on a remote system 752

rm: Removes a file (deletes a link) 753

rmdir: Removes a directory 755

rsh: Executes commands on a remote system 756

scp: Securely copies one or more files to or from a remote system 758

sleep: Creates a process that sleeps for a specified interval 760

sort: Sorts and/or merges files 762

split: Divides a file in into sections 771

ssh: Securely executes commands on a remote system 773

strings: Displays strings of printable characters 777

stty: Displays or sets terminal parameters 778

tail: Displays the last part (tail) of a file 783

tar: Stores or retrieves files to/from an archive file 786

tee: Copies standard input to standard output and one or more files 791

telnet: Connects to a remote system over a network 792

test: Evaluates an expression 794

top: Dynamically displays process status 798

touch: Changes a file's access and/or modification time 801

tr: Replaces specified characters 804

tty: Displays the terminal pathname 807

tune2fs: Changes parameters on an ext2 or ext3 filesystem 808

umask: Establishes the file-creation permissions mask 810

uniq: Displays unique lines 812

w: Displays information about system users 814

wc: Displays the number of lines, words, and bytes 816

which: Shows where in PATH a command is located 817

who: Displays information about logged-in users 819

xargs: Converts standard input into command lines 821 PART vi: Appendixes 825 Appendix a: Regular Expressions 827

Characters 828

Delimiters 828

Simple Strings 828

Special Characters 828

Rules 831

Bracketing Expressions 832

The Replacement String 833

Extended Regular Expressions 834

Appendix Summary 835 Appendix b: Help 837

Solving a Problem 838

Finding Linux-Related Information 839

Specifying a Terminal 844 Appendix c: Keeping the System Up-to-Date 847

yum: Updates and Installs Packages 848

Apt: An Alternative to yum 850

BitTorrent 855

Glossary 859

Index 913

Windows Vista Security for Dummies or Microsoft Visual C

2009-12-01T10:53:00.000-08:00

Windows Vista Security for Dummies

Author: Brian Koerner

Windows Vista is beefed up with plenty of new security features to help you deflect spyware, malware, and identity thieves. But unless you know how to use these powerful tools, all you’ll get is frustration. So arm yourself with Vista Security For Dummies and discover your right to Rights Management, what Windows Security Center provides, and how to toughen up your defenses.

This indispensable guide shows you how to slam your Windows shut on vulnerabilities and security threats. You’ll find out how to use the fortress built into Vista to assess your risk, protect your kids, keep pfishers out of your bank account, and much more. You’ll also learn how to get the most out of Vista’s security features using authentication, Windows Defender, parent controls, security enhancements, firewall buttresses, wireless protections, encryption, and much more. Discover how to:

• Save money by using built-in security tools

• Audit your network

• Fine-tune your firewall

• Use all of the enhancements in Explorer 7

• Control what your kids play and where they go online

• Develop a comprehensive security plan

• Dispense security from Windows Security Center

• Reduce exposure by controlling user tasks

• Secure your digital information with RMS

• Manage accounts, groups, and shares

• Plan and implement Encrypting File System

• Avoid data theft with BitLocker

• Establish advanced security practices

Don’t leave your computer and network security to chance. Get Vista SecurityFor Dummies and be ready for anything!

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Microsoft Visual C#: Build a Program Now!

Author: Patrice Pelland

In this lively, eye-opening, and hands-on book, all you need is a computer and the desire to learn how to program with Visual C# 2005 Express Edition. Featuring a full working edition of the software, this fun and highly visual guide walks you through a complete programming project-a desktop weather-reporting application-from start to finish. You'll get an unintimidating introduction to the Microsoft Visual Studio® development environment and learn how to put the lightweight, easy-to-use tools in Visual C# Express to work right away-creating, compiling, testing, and delivering your first, ready-to-use program. You'll get expert tips, coaching, and visual examples at each step of the way, along with pointers to additional learning resources.

Ch. 1	Introducing Microsoft Visual C# 2005 express edition	1
Ch. 2	Installing Visual C# : 2005 express edition	15
Ch. 3	Creating your first application	25
Ch. 4	Create your own Web browser in less than five minutes!	45
Ch. 5	Creating your first full Windows application	57
Ch. 6	Modify your Web browser now!	81
Ch. 7	Fixing the broken blocks	111
Ch. 8	Managing the data	127
Ch. 9	Build your own weather tracker application now!	165

Hands On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense or Photoshop for Video

2009-11-30T06:41:00.000-08:00

Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense

Author: Michael T Simpson

With cyber-terrorism and corporate espionage threatening the fiber of our world, the need for trained network security professionals continues to grow. This book describes the tools and penetration testing methodologies used by ethical hackers to better understand how to protect computer networks. A thorough discussion is first established outlining what and who an ethical hacker is, and how important they are in protecting corporate and government data from cyber attacks. This title provides a structured knowledge base for preparing security professionals to understand how to protect a network using some of the skills and tools of a penetration or ethical hacker.

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Photoshop for Video

Author: Richard Harrington

Master the graphic design and production skills required of today's video editors and motion graphic professionals with this comprehensive guide to the video tools in Adobe Photoshop CS3. Every page is filled with techniques to help the video professional make graphics for use in television, video, the Internet, and DVD. Lively discourse, full-color presentations, and hands-on tutorials demonstrate everything you need to know about how to combine still and moving images. Fundamental concepts such as transparency, pixel aspect ratio, and alpha channels are made precisely clear, and advanced techniques show how to use Photoshop as a character generator, color corrector, and animation tool.

This edition features expanded coverage of DVD and motion graphics design, as well as addressing recent developments in High Definition video and 32-bit imaging. This indispensable reference includes:
* real-world solutions for making graphics for video
* introduction to third party plug-ins
* automation and shortcut methods that cut production time
* profiles of notable editors and motion graphic artists that include their favorite tips and tricks

The DVD offers a hands-on multimedia experience with hundreds of images to work on, tutorials to complete and 2 Ѕ hours of video training to watch.

Make It Happen; Pixels: Time for Tech; Why Layers?; What About Transparency?; Some Words on Words; Layer Styles: Bevels, Shadows, Glows, and More!; A Sense of History; Filters; Color Correction: How to Get It Right; Repairing Damaged Photos; Creating Backgrounds for Video; Automation; The Road to the NLE

SQL in a Nutshell or Cinema 4D 10 Workshop

2009-11-29T02:30:00.000-08:00

SQL in a Nutshell

Author: Kevin E Klin

SQL (Structured Query Language) is a standardized query language for requesting information from a database. Historically, SQL has been the choice for database management systems running on minicomputers and mainframes. Increasingly, however, SQL is being adapted to PC database systems because it supports distributed databases—databases that are spread out over several computer systems, so that several users on a local-area network can access the same database simultaneously. Although there are different dialects of SQL, it is the closest thing to a standard query language that currently exists.

SQL in a Nutshell is a practical and useful command reference to the latest release of the Structured Query Language (SQL99), helping readers learn how their favorite database product supports any standard SQL command. This book presents each of the SQL commands and describes its use in both commercial (Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Oracle 8i) and open source (MySQL, PostgreSQL 7.0) implementations. Each command reference includes the command syntax (by vendor, if the syntax differs across implementations), a description, and informative examples that illustrate important concepts and uses.

SQL in a Nutshell is more than a convenient reference guide for experienced SQL programmers, analysts, and database administrators. It's also a great learning resource for novice and auxiliary SQL users such as system administrators, users of packaged client/server products, and consultants who need to be familiar with the various SQL dialects across many platforms.

About the Authors:
Kevin Kline serves as the lead information architect for shared information services at Deloitte & Touche LLP. When he's not pulling out his hair over work issues, he likes to spend time with his wife and kids, garden, restore his '66 Chevy truck, and play classical guitar. After finishing SQL in a Nutshell, Kevin doesn't want to look at a computer outside of work hours for months! Kevin is the author of Transact-SQL Programming for O'Reilly & Associates. He is also the co-author of Professional SQL Server 6.5 Admin (WROX Press) and author of Oracle CDE: Reference and User's Guide (Butterworth-Heinemann).

Other than being Kevin's brother, Daniel Kline is an assistant professor of English at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, where he specializes in medieval literature, literary and cultural theory, and computer assisted pedagogy. Dan's technical specialty is in HTML and web applications for higher education.

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Cinema 4D 10 Workshop

Author: Arndt von Koenigsmarck

Model, animate and render with a practical command of all the essential functions and tools in CINEMA 4D 10. Detailed tutorials, suitable for novices and experienced users alike, demonstrate how to navigate the redesigned UI and orient you to the workflow. Next, the author guides you through the creation of a more complex project in which you model, create, apply textures, light, and render a final showcase image of a sports car. Finally, you will model, texture and prepare a comic character for animation using the new powerslider, timeline and the revised MOCCA module.

Build on your command of the essentials with an introduction to the new layer system as well as these advanced skills:
* Light, texture, and shade with CINEMA's material system, BodyPaint 3D, and the integrated shaders
* Build complex mechanical and organic models using NURBS and polygon tools
* Compose 3D content into photos
* Render with advanced techniques such as Multi Pass rendering, HDRI lighting and radiosity
* Simplify animation setups using XPresso constrains
* Work with specialized tools such as HAIR, Clothilde or SKY for special effects

The companion CD includes all of the required tutorial media, a bonus chapter on character modeling, Macintosh and PC demo versions of CINEMA 4D 10, and a limited edition of the PhotoMatch plug-in that permits you to easily insert 3D objects into photos.

* Covers all of the features of version 10 release including BODYPAINT 3D and the MOCCA module
* Tutorial-based approach demonstrates the workflow processes for modelling, texturing and animation
* Advanced features including HyperNURBS modelling, XPresso programming andthe Advanced Renderer.
* Companion CD includes tutorial files, a demo version of CINEMA 4D and plug-in samples

Introduction     vii
Getting Started     1
What Is "3D"?     1
Light and Shadows     3
Setting up Cinema 4D     4
The Interface Construction Kit     4
Creating and Manipulating Objects     13
Object Display in the Viewports     13
Operating Modes     17
Tools and Functions     17
Handler     19
Object Manager and Attribute Manager     19
Configuration of Editor Viewports     24
Display Options     25
Filter Options     25
Making HUD Elements Visible     25
Additional Viewport Options     27
Polygon Tools: A Work Example     29
Creating the Basic Form     30
HyperNURBS Modeling     78
The HyperNURBS Display in the Editor     79
Using Weighting     80
HyperNURBS Work Examples     83
The Sweep NURBS Object     88
The Lathe NURBS Object     93
The Loft NURBS Object     98
Working with Online Help     101
Continuative Information about the Managers     102
Surfaces, Light, and Rendering     115
Creating Materials     115
Edit Materials     115
The Material Editor     116
Basic Channel Settings     116
The Diffuse Channel     120
The Luminance Channel     121
The Transparency Channel     121
The Reflection Channel     124
The Environment Channel     125
The Fog Channel     125
The Bump Channel     126
The Normal Channel     127
The Alpha Channel     127
The Specular Channel     128
The Specular Color Channel     129
The Glow Channel     130
The Displacement Channel     130
Texture Settings     133
Illumination Settings     136
Applying Materials     137
What Are UV Coordinates?     137
The Quality of Textured Objects in Editor Viewports     138
Overview of Textured Objects     138
Organizing and Editing Textures     139
Painting with BodyPaint 3D     140
The Projection of Materials     147
Editing UV Coordinates     152
Defining Surfaces with Shaders     160
Texturing of a CD      161
Simulate Spectral Refraction and Scattering     171
Rendering and Saving Images     181
Output Settings     184
Save Settings     184
Antialiasing Settings     188
Options Settings     189
Multi-Pass Settings     191
Preparing the Scene     192
Starting the Render Process     192
The Virtual Photo Studio     194
Deformers     194
Using a Camera     196
Working with Area Lights     199
Ambient Occlusion     204
Applying the Material     206
Creating Metallic Shininess     218
Modeling and Texturing a Palm Tree     220
Creating Symmetrical Splines     220
Duplicating along a Spline     222
Finishing the Trunk     224
The Palm Branch     225
Materials of the Palm Tree     229
Working with Image Templates     239
Modeling the Fender     241
The Front of the Fender     245
Headlights and Bumper     250
The Bumper     252
Turn Signal and Fog Light     254
The Grille     255
The Front Trunk Lid     256
A Pillar and Roll Bar     257
The Door     259
Optimizing Edges and Points Manually     260
The Rear Bar     261
The Rear     263
The Rear Side Window     266
Ironing out Irregularities     268
The Tailgate     270
The Tail Cover     274
The Rear Bracket at the Tail     277
The Grid Areas     279
Tail Lights     281
The Gap Size     284
Front Air Vents and the Windshield     285
The Windshield Wiper     292
The Door Handle and Exterior Mirror     296
The Roof and Side Window     298
The Tailgate Hinge     300
Adding Various Small Parts     301
Tires     304
The Rim     307
Materials for the Car     312
Nonreflective Surfaces     313
Using Individually Shaped Faces in Materials     314
Headlights     316
The Lighting of the Car     317
Creating Virtual Surroundings     320
Creating Clouds     322
Baking Textures     324
Lighting with Images      326
Global Illumination     329
The Stochastic Mode     330
The Standard Mode     331
Preparation for Global Illumination Calculation     332
Animation     337
The Basics     337
The Powerslider     337
Manipulating Keyframes     338
Creating New Keyframes     339
The Navigation within an Animation     340
The Keyframe Interpolation     340
Modeling a Soccer Ball     341
Animating the Ball     344
Changing the Timing     346
Animating Parameters     347
The Timeline     349
Optimizing Keyframes and Working with F Curves     350
Rendering and Saving the Animation     352
Motion Blur     352
Connecting Parameters with XPresso     354
XPresso Nodes     356
Character Animation with MOCCA     359
Bones and Joints     360
Creating a Joint Skeleton     360
Assigning Weightings     363
Dynamic Cloth Simulation     365
Inverse Kinematics     369
Morphing     371
Group Target Objects     374
The Skin Deformer     377
Morph Poses with PoseMixer     378
Controlling XPresso Expressions with User Data     378
Index     383

The Creative Digital Darkroom or Go Google

2009-11-27T22:16:00.000-08:00

The Creative Digital Darkroom

Author: Katrin Eismann

This tutorial takes photographers beyond the quick tips and gimmicky effects of many digital photography books. Author Katrin Eismann -- an internationally acclaimed artist, bestselling author, and gifted educator -- offers high-profile work, including her own, as examples for teaching photographers how to use the digital medium to create, edit, and output images that reflect their true vision. Co-authored by photographer and teacher Sean Duggan, The Creative Digital Darkroom translates skills, concepts, and nomenclature of the traditional darkroom into digital solutions for photographers who sense that, despite the newness of the technologies at hand, there remains a timeless method for learning and practicing photography the right way. This is not a Photoshop book per se, but it does focus on the photographic aspects of Photoshop, something other books claim to do but rarely have the discipline to accomplish. The Creative Digital Darkroom includes: Four sections that cover the black & white darkroom, the color darkroom, creative techniques, and production essentials Chapters that begin with a thorough foundation followed by numerous tutorial examples that apply the theory to real-world examples Examples and a layout that enables readers to find, understand, and apply the featured techniques quickly and easily The authors are both renowned photographers and Photoshop experts Clearly, The Creative Digital Darkroom is not your typical digital photography "how to" book. It's ideal for intermediate and advanced photographers, artists, and educators looking for clear, concise, insightful, and inspiring information and techniques on how to make their photographs shine. The language,andtechniques will immediately appeal to serious students and professionals, and the original tutorial images and high-profile work will make the book an important visual resource for educators and art appreciators.

Go Google: 20 Ways to Reach More Customers and Build Revenue with Google Business Tools

Author: Greg Holden

Google is not only the search engine of choice for millions of users, it is an immensely powerful tool for savvy businesspeople who know how to use its advanced features. Go Google is a comprehensive guide to everything readers need to know about Google's myriad applications, including Google Apps, Google Docs and Spreadsheets, Google SMS, Google Base, and other services that will help businesses get organized—and get noticed. Companies will learn how to get their message heard and take their marketing to a new level by:

• Creating and strengthening their business websites with Google Page Creator, Google Analytics, and Google Checkout.

• Improving communication with clients and co-workers using Google Talk, Google SMS, and Google Groups.

• Marketing themselves to prospective customers using Google AdWords, AdSense, and Google directory placement.

• Improving their visibility by creating business blogs with Blogger.

Complete with information on research tools like Google Local, Google News, and Google Alerts, this is the ultimate guide for businesses of every size.

Real World Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers or ASPNET in a Nutshell

2009-11-26T18:05:00.000-08:00

Real World Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers

Author: Conrad Chavez

This edition of Real World Photoshop is more tightly focused for the needs and demands of the professional digital photographers. From acquiring images to using an efficient processing workflow to maintaining image quality and final output quality all within the powerful feature set of Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Extended CS4. Coverage of new features includes: live, non-destructive corrections in the Adjustments panel, re-editable, feathered, density controlled masks, enhanced auto-align, auto blend, 360 degree panoramas, and more.

The book's new focus helps readers understand the core workflow tasks, main print and web output options as well as the commercial printing information necessary to hand off images for prepress. Essentials information on file formats, color settings, image adjustment fundamentals, sharpness, detail, noise reduction, and image storage and output is also included. Photoshop Extended is covered where it relates specifically to photographers.

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ASP.NET in a Nutshell

Author: G Andrew Duthi

ASP.NET in a Nutshell is a supercharged introduction to ASP.NET that goes beyond the published documentation to highlight little-known details, stress practical uses for particular features, and provide real-world examples of their use in working applications. Here in one jam-packed volume is the definitive guide and reference for developers of both ASP.NET web applications and services. Newly updated for Visual Studio .NET 2003 and .NET 1.1, this second edition of ASP.NET in a Nutshell includes fresh information on application and web service development, custom controls, data access, security, deployment, and error handing, plus an overview of the System.Web class libraries at the heart of ASP.NET applications. For developers using Microsoft's older ASP technology, this book also provides information on migrating to ASP.NET. ASP.NET in a Nutshell offers the facts, including critical background information, in a no-nonsense manner. With its wealth of up-to-date information, web developers will refer to this book again and again.

Cisco CallManager Express or Tom Clancys Splinter Cell

2009-11-25T13:54:00.000-08:00

Cisco CallManager Express

Author: Christina Hattingh

Telephony solutions for the small and medium business, enterprise branch office, and small office

Detailed information not available in any other resource enables you to deploy IP telephony solutions with maximum efficiency
Building blocks of the product features provide solutions that enhance the operations and productivity of your organization
Numerous examples show you how to configure the comprehensive suite of features available with Cisco IPC Express
Insights from the experts demonstrate how you can enhance your IP telephony system with applications such as automated attendant and voice mail
Management and troubleshooting tips will help you keep your network up and running smoothly

Enterprise branches and small and medium businesses require IP telephony solutions particular to their size. Cisco® IP Communications (IPC) Express is the answer: a one-box solution that provides turnkey operation with an easy-to-use web-based interface for combined voice and data needs. Cisco IPC Express delivers a comprehensive suite of telephony features, security, and applications–but how will you use them to your best advantage?

This book, Cisco IP Communications Express, provides the detailed information you need to maximize the use of this powerful product suite. By reading this book, you will learn how Cisco IPC Express and its applications can become a business solution for your office or enterprise. The experts from CiscoSystems® give you in-depth design guidance, full configurations, and valuable examples to serve as blueprints for your network. The feature operation and deployment discussions demonstrate how to configure and customize the system and how to use different product features to achieve your specific business goals. Once you deploy your solutions, you will be able to maintain your network through the troubleshooting guidance and examples of resolutions to common problems provided in this book.

Cisco IP Communications Express is a must-have for any organization using Cisco CallManager Express or Cisco Unity® Express. Technology decision makers and network administrators will be armed with relevant information on how to deploy IP communications for their particular business needs. IT managers in larger enterprises will benefit from the plans for distributed call processing design for their networks. Service providers and resellers will be prepared to sell, install, configure, and troubleshoot Cisco IPC Express based on customer needs. Beyond its application in the workspace, Cisco IP Communications Express will also prove helpful to those studying for Cisco voice-related certifications.

This IP communications book is part of the Cisco Press® Networking Technology Series. IP communications titles from Cisco Press help networking professionals understand voice and IP telephony technologies, plan and design converged networks, and implement network solutions for increased productivity.

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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Author: Prima Temp Authors

Freedom Isn't Free
·Updated tech info on all the latest gadgets
·Tips on shadow movement and assassination
·Multiple run-throughs for each mission
·The lowdown on stealth multiplayer experience
·Every area covered in the single player campaign
·Training section readies you for action
·Arena combat strategies

Adobe InDesign CS Classroom in a Book or Operating Systems

2009-02-22T14:46:00.000-08:00

Adobe InDesign CS Classroom in a Book

Author: Adobe Press Staff

With its ever tightening integration with Adobe's full suite of creative products and its own increasingly sophisticated feature set, InDesign is winning legions of Quark converts. If you're among them--or if you've decided to sidestep those programs altogether--you need this book! In these pages, the Adobe Creative Team uses a series of project-based lessons, tested in the company's own classrooms and labs, to provide a thorough grounding in the InDesign school of page design. You'll find step-by-step lessons in InDesign CS fundamentals plus plenty of the advanced tips and techniques you need to take your page designs to the next level. The workbook-style format includes self-paced lessons followed by review questions to reinforce the knowledge and a CD with all of the files required to complete the book's projects. Throughout, special focus is given to the features new to InDesign CS: an updated Story Editor, nested styles, separation previews, the Package for GoLive command, and more.

	Getting Started	1
	A Quick Tour of Adobe InDesign	5
Lesson 1	Getting to Know the Work Area	39
Lesson 2	Setting Up Your Document	73
Lesson 3	Working with Frames	117
Lesson 4	Importing and Editing Text	147
Lesson 5	Working with Typography	189
Lesson 6	Working with Color	225
Lesson 7	Importing and Linking Graphics	255
Lesson 8	Creating Tables	289
Lesson 9	Drawing Vector Graphics	317
Lesson 10	Working with Transparency	369
Lesson 11	Creating Interactive Documents	390
Lesson 12	Combining Files into Books	409
Lesson 13	Printing & Print Preparation	438
Lesson 14	Exporting to PDF	459
Lesson 15	Ensuring Consistent Color	479
	Working with Version Cue	509
	Index	517

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Operating Systems: Design and Implementation

Author: Andrew S Tanenbaum

“The presentation is excellent. The book should be on the desk of any serious student of operating systems.”--Dr. Samuel Kohn, Thomas Edison State College

“I would give the authors very high grades for their writing style. Topics are explained in a clear and understandable manner. Presentations are well organized and they flow in logical fashion. The book provides the right depth and breadth of explanations with the appropriate amount of rigor and abstraction.” --Gojko Babic, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ohio State University

The definitive, up-to-date introduction to operating systems:

Core principles plus hands-on examples with the new MINIX 3 operating system

The world’s best-selling introductory operating systems text has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest advances in OS design and implementation. Offering an optimal balance of theory and practice, Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, Third Edition remains the best resource for anyone seeking a deep understanding of how operating systems work.

This edition includes MINIX 3, more compact, more reliable, better suited for embedded applications – and, above all, even easier to teach and learn from. Using MINIX, the authors introduce virtually every core concept needed to construct a working OS: system calls, processes, IPC, scheduling, I/O, deadlocks, memory management, threads, file systems, security, and more.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

· Newly-released,significantly-improved MINIX 3 operating system on CD-ROM: giving students hands-on experience in modifying and rebuilding a contemporary operating system

· Expanded and reorganized coverage of processes and communication

· Revised and enhanced coverage of CPU scheduling, deadlocks, file system reliability, and security

· Includes more than 150 end of chapter problems

· ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Andrew S. Tanenbaum has an S.B. degree from M.I.T. and a Ph. D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently a Professor of Computer Science and Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where, for more than 30 years, he has taught operating systems, computer organization, and networking to thousands of students. Professor Tanenbaum is the winner of the ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award and the ACM/SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education.

Albert S. Woodhull is Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science and Biology at the School of Natural Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. He also served until recently as computer system administrator for the Department of Biology in the School of Natural Science and Mathematics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. He holds an S.B. degree from M.I.T. and a Ph.D. the University of Washington. Supported by a Fulbright grant, he has taught at the Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria and the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua.

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The authors attempt to remove the magic from operating system design and to consolidate the material into a systematic discipline. The text begins with the hardware as supplied by a vendor and proceeds step-by- step through the design and implementation of a small system called Xinu, which serves as an illustration of and a pattern for system design. A college level textbook on theory and practice. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Identity Theft Inc or Feedback Systems

2009-02-21T10:34:00.000-08:00

Identity Theft, Inc.: A Wild Ride with the World's#1 Identity Thief

Author: Gary Hastings

Identity theft is the crime of this century. Just ask Frank Abagnale of Catch Me If You Can fame. He states so in the Q&A of the latest edition of that book. So here, then, is the true-crime book of this century. This is the first book on the subject from the inside, told by someone who's assumed hundreds of identities and become rich off it. Not only does the author reveal how ID theft is done, he tells loads of wildly unbelievable but true stories about his impersonations as they led to riches. Some of them are as funny and outrageous as they are amazing.

At the same time he tells people how to protect themselves from the gangs of ID thieves thriving in the real and virtual worlds of today, and as he explains in his foreword, Glenn Hastings is writing this book to repent for his crimes. While committing them, he failed to take into account the damage they caused his victims. He states that had he continued on his massive trail of ID and credit fraud, he could have conceivably made a billion dollars. But enough was enough; ultimately he had to do the right thing.

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Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers

Author: Karl J Astrom

This book provides an introduction to the mathematics needed to model, analyze, and design feedback systems. It is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate students, and is indispensable for researchers seeking a self-contained reference on control theory. Unlike most books on the subject, Feedback Systems develops transfer functions through the exponential response of a system, and is accessible across a range of disciplines that utilize feedback in physical, biological, information, and economic systems.

Karl Åström and Richard Murray use techniques from physics, computer science, and operations research to introduce control-oriented modeling. They begin with state space tools for analysis and design, including stability of solutions, Lyapunov functions, reachability, state feedback observability, and estimators. The matrix exponential plays a central role in the analysis of linear control systems, allowing a concise development of many of the key concepts for this class of models. Åström and Murray then develop and explain tools in the frequency domain, including transfer functions, Nyquist analysis, PID control, frequency domain design, and robustness. They provide exercises at the end of every chapter, and an accompanying electronic solutions manual is available. Feedback Systems is a complete one-volume resource for students and researchers in mathematics, engineering, and the sciences.

Covers the mathematics needed to model, analyze, and design feedback systems
Serves as an introductory textbook for students and a self-contained resource for researchers
Includes exercises at the end of every chapter
Features an electronic solutions manual
Offers techniques applicable across a range of disciplines

Understanding Linux Network Internals or Too Human

2009-02-20T06:22:00.000-08:00

Understanding Linux Network Internals

Author: Christian Benyen

If you've ever wondered how Linux carries out the complicated tasks assigned to it by the IP protocols -- or if you just want to learn about modern networking through real-life examples -- Understanding Linux Network Internals is for you.

Like the popular O'Reilly book, Understanding the Linux Kernel, this book clearly explains the underlying concepts and teaches you how to follow the actual C code that implements it. Although some background in the TCP/IP protocols is helpful, you can learn a great deal from this text about the protocols themselves and their uses. And if you already have a base knowledge of C, you can use the book's code walkthroughs to figure out exactly what this sophisticated part of the Linux kernel is doing.

Part of the difficulty in understanding networks -- and implementing them -- is that the tasks are broken up and performed at many different times by different pieces of code. One of the strengths of this book is to integrate the pieces and reveal the relationships between far-flung functions and data structures. Understanding Linux Network Internals is both a big-picture discussion and a no-nonsense guide to the details of Linux networking. Topics include:

Key problems with networking

Network interface card (NIC) device drivers

System initialization

Layer 2 (link-layer) tasks and implementation

Layer 3 (IPv4) tasks and implementation

Neighbor infrastructure and protocols (ARP)

Bridging

Routing

ICMP

Author Christian Benvenuti, an operating system designer specializing in networking, explains much more than how Linux code works. He shows the purposes of major networking features and the trade-offs involved in choosingone solution over another. A large number of flowcharts and other diagrams enhance the book's understandability.

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Too Human: Prima Official Game Guide

Author: David Knight

•Lead Baldur into battle with a complete step-by-step campaign walkthrough.
•Maximize your loot using detailed maps to find every container, obelisk, battle arena, and secret area.
•Dominate the battlefield with class-based anti-monster tactics from the developers.
•Customize your character with detailed breakdowns of the skill and alignment trees for all five classes.
•Breathe in the deep story with complete bios for every character, including their mythological inspirations.

CCNA or 3D Game Programming All in One

2009-02-19T02:10:00.000-08:00

CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Fast Pass

Author: Todd Lamml

Organized by exam objectives, this is a focused, concise review guide that works hand-in-hand with any learning tool, including the Sybex CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide, 6th and Deluxe editions.

The book will consist of four high-level chapters, each mapping to the four main Domains of the exam skill-set. The book will drill down into the specifics of the exam, covering the following:

• Designing Cisco internetworks

• Developing an access list

• Evaluating TCP/IP communication

• Configuring routers and switches

• Configuring IP addresses, subnet masks, and gateway addresses

• Performing LAN, VLAN, and WAN troubleshooting

• Understanding rules for packet control

The interactive CD contains two bonus exams, handy flashcard questions, and a searchable PDF of a Glossary of Terms.

Introduction.

Chapter 1: Describe how a network works.

Chapter 2: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot a switch with VLANs and interswitch communications.

Chapter 3: Implement an IP addressing scheme and IP Services to meet network requirements in a medium-size Enterprise branch office network.

Chapter 4: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot basic router operation and routing on Cisco devices.

Chapter 5: Explain and select the appropriate administrative tasks required for a WLAN.

Chapter 6: Identify security threats to a network and describe general methods to mitigate those threats.

Chapter 7: Implement, verify, and troubleshoot NAT and ACLs in a medium-sized Enterprise branch office network.

Chapter 8: Implement and verify WAN links.

Appendix A: About the Companion CD.

Glossary.

Index.

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3D Game Programming All in One

Author: Kenneth C Finney

Are you an aspiring game developer with a great idea, but no practical knowledge for turning that idea into reality? 3D Game Programming All in One is the comprehensive guide you need! This new edition updates the original coverage with the latest version of Torque from GarageGames, and provides the very best tools available to the Indie game maker. This hands-on book not only teaches the technical skills behind 3D game programming, but also provides you with the practical experience you need to create your own games. As you create a first-person shooter, you'll cover the techniques behind the programming, textures, and models that go into successful game creation. You'll also cover the Torque Engine and will learn how to integrate sound and music into your game. 3D Game Programming All in One provides you with the training, experience, and tools you need to turn your dreams of game creation into reality!

Real World FPGA Design with Verilog or MIPS Assembly Language Programming

2009-02-17T21:59:00.000-08:00

Real World FPGA Design with Verilog

Author: Ken Coffman

9985A-8

The practical guide for every circuit designer creating FPGA designs with Verilog!

Walk through design step-by-step-from coding through silicon. Partitioning, synthesis, simulation, test benches, combinatorial and sequential designs, and more.

Real World FPGA Design with Verilog guides you through every key challenge associated with designing FPGAs and ASICs using Verilog, one of the world's leading hardware design languages. You'll find irreverent, yet rigorous coverage of what it really takes to translate HDL code into hardware-and how to avoid the pitfalls that can occur along the way. Ken Coffman presents no-frills, real-world design techniques that can improve the stability and reliability of virtually any design. Start by walking a typical Verilog design all the way through to silicon; then, review basic Verilog syntax, design; simulation and testing, advanced simulation, and more. Coverage includes:

Essential digital design strategies: recognizing the underlying analog building blocks used to create digital primitives; implementing logic with LUTs; clocking strategies, logic minimization, and more
Key engineering tradeoffs, including operating speed vs. latency
Combinatorial and sequential designs
Verilog test fixtures: compiler directives and automated testing
A detailed comparison of alternative architectures and software-including a never-before-published FPGA technology selection checklist

Real World FPGA Design with Verilog introduces libraries and reusable modules, points out opportunities to reuse your own code, and helps you decide when to purchaseexisting IP designs instead of building from scratch. Essential rules for designing with ASIC conversion in mind are presented.

If you're involved with digital hardware design with Verilog, Ken Coffman is a welcome voice of experience-showing you the shortcuts, helping you over the rough spots, and helping you achieve competence faster than you ever expected!

The accompanying CD-ROM contains working demo and student versions of these popular design capture and simulation tools: David Murray's Prism Editor and Simucad's Silos III™ simulator. You also get EMATH (a collection of more than 300 key electrical engineering formulas) and electronic copies of all the Verilog code from this book.

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MIPS Assembly Language Programming

Author: Robert Britton

First impressions are important.

To introduce your Assembly Language programming students to the fundamental concepts of contemporary computer architecture, start with a Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC).

When students first encounter computer architecture, they need to begin with the basics of modern computer organization. The MIPS architecture embodies the fundamental design principles of all contemporary RISC architectures:

All instructions are directly executed in hardware
The rate at which instructions are issued is maximized
Instructions are easy to decode
Only load and store instructions reference memory
Plenty of general purpose registers are provided (32 for MIPS)

MIPS Assembly Language Programming offers students an understanding of how the functional components of modern computers are put together and how a computer works at the machine-language level. The book begins with a datapath diagram that shows a simple implementation of the MIPS architecture, consisting of a register file, an ALU, a memory. a program counter, and an instruction register. As students progress through the text, they will elaborate on this established datapath diagram model, allowing them to visualize how the instructions are fetched and executed as they write their programs.

The Spim simulator for the MIPS architecture runs on PC's and Unix^® systems. All the programming exercises are done using this simulator, which can be downloaded for free from the Internet. Using the MIPS simulator allows students to observe the contents of the registers and memorychange as their programs execute. The students are not isolated by a particular operating system from experiencing and writing code dealing with:

Memory-mapped I/0
Interrupts and exception processing
Delayed loads and delayed branches for a pipelined implementation

It is assumed that students using this text already have some experience in developing algorithms, and running programs in a high-level language. The skills they will learn with MIPS Assembly Language Programming offer a sound basis for advanced work in computer architectures and complex assembly languages.

Ch. 1	The MIPS Architecture	1
Ch. 2	Algorithm Development in Pseudocode	11
Ch. 3	Number Systems	24
Ch. 4	PCSpim, The MIPS Simulator	35
Ch. 5	Efficient Algorithm Development	44
Ch. 6	Function Calls Using the Stack	57
Ch. 7	Reentrant Functions	67
Ch. 8	Memory-Mapped I/O	73
Ch. 9	Exceptions and Interrupts	79
Ch. 10	A Pipelined Implementation	89
Ch. 11	Floating-Point Instructions	98
	App. A: Quick Reference	110
App. B	ASCII Codes	114
App. C	Integer Instruction Set	115
App. D	Macro Instructions	130
App. E	A Modified Trap Handler	135
App. F	Floating-Point Instruction Set	138

Digital Sensations or Business Intelligence

2009-02-16T17:48:00.000-08:00

Digital Sensations: Space, Identity, and Embodiment in Virtual Reality

Author: Ken Hillis

Ken Hillis is assistant professor of communication studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

	Acknowledgments
	List of Abbreviations
	Introduction: Digital Relations
1	A Critical History of Virtual Reality	1
2	Precursive Cultural and Material Technologies Informing Contemporary Virtual Reality	30
3	The Sensation of Ritual Space	60
4	Sight and Space	90
5	Space, Language, and Metaphor	133
6	Identity, Embodiment, and Place - VR as Postmodern Technology	164
	Epilogue: Digital Sensations	200
	Notes	213
	References	239
	Index	257

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Business Intelligence

Author: Elizabeth Vitt

This book illustrates how organizations can make better, faster decisions about their customers, partners, and operations by turning mountains of data into valuable business information that's at the fingertips of decision makers. It describes what's involved in using business intelligence to bring together information, people, and technology to create successful business strategies-and how to execute those strategies with confidence. Real-life case studies show how world leaders in finance, manufacturing, and retail have successfully implemented business intelligence solutions and detail the benefits they have reaped.

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This book illustrates how organizations can make better, faster decisions about their customers, partners, and operations using business intelligence, the process of turning large amounts of data into valuable information and making it easily available to decision makers. The book describes the components and general architecture that most business intelligence solutions share, offers stories of how real companies have implemented business intelligence solutions, and describes steps for implementing a business intelligence solution in an organization. Vitt has six years of business development and project management experience in business intelligence. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Faster Smarter Beginning Programming or Operations Management

2009-02-15T13:36:00.000-08:00

Faster Smarter Beginning Programming

Author: Jim Buyens

Create your first application for Microsoft(r) Windows(r) or the Web with Faster Smarter Beginning Programming. This guide uses a practical, learn-by-doing approach that makes learning to write code with Microsoft Visual Basic(r) .NET quick, easy, concrete, and fun. The exercises feature concise explanations, step-by-step instructions, and visual examples that help you create real functionality right away. Topics include learning basic language elements, designing Windows Forms and Web Forms, running and debugging applications, accessing data, and other essentials.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Ch. 1	Introducing Basic Concepts	1
Ch. 2	Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic .NET	23
Ch. 3	Using Elementary Statements	51
Ch. 4	Using Operators and Expressions	77
Ch. 5	Using Functions and Subroutines	101
Ch. 6	Using Built-in Functions	119
Ch. 7	Creating Classes and Objects	143
Ch. 8	Using Classes, Modules, and Forms	167
Ch. 9	Designing and Using Windows Forms	201
Ch. 10	Interacting with Windows Form Controls	231
Ch. 11	Accessing Databases	275
Ch. 12	Programming Web Forms	301
	Index	325

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Operations Management: An Integrated Approach

Author: Prakash Singh

Operations Management: An Integrated Approach provides a state-of-the-art account of the systems, processes, people and technology that determine an organisation's strategy and success. With contributions from leading experts internationally, the text takes a comprehensive, comparative, and best-practice approach and applies this specifically to the Asia-Pacific region. Rigorous in scholarship yet eminently accessible in style, Operations Management is replete with pedagogical features - figures and tables, discussion exercises, 'Learnings from the Internet', and a diversity of long and short case studies from around the world. Students are taken on a seamless journey from the fundamentals of operations management, through to the multiple approaches, the various innovations, challenges and risks, and ultimately to models of sustainability and evaluative tools and techniques. The text effectively prepares future managers across every sector of the economy - whether in services, manufacturing, profit or non-profit environments - to lead, organise, plan and control a set of resources, in pursuit of identified goals.

Adventures in Social Research or Crystal Reports 85

2009-02-12T05:31:00.000-08:00

Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using SPSS 14.0 and 15.0 for Windows

Author: Earl Babbi

*This edition comes already bundled with the student version of SPSS software. For the version without SPSS student software, please order ISBN: 9781412940832.*

Adventures in Social Research with SPSS Student Version: Data Analysis Using SPSS 14.0 and 15.0 for Windows, Sixth Edition guides readers step-by-step through the process of data analysis using the latest version of SPSS and the most up to date version of the General Social Survey. In this thoroughly revised edition, authors Earl Babbie, Fred Halley, and Jeanne Zaino stress active and collaborative learning as students engage in a series of practical investigative exercises.

New to the Sixth Edition:

Presents the latest version of SPSS for Windows: Readers are introduced to computerized data analysis using the latest version of SPSS for Windows (14.0 & 15.0).
Gives access to the latest version of the GSS: In the text and lab exercises, readers are given a chance to work with data from the most recent General Social Survey (GSS 2004).
Provides a shorter, more condensed version than the Fifth Edition: The latest edition has been restructured to make the material more user-friendly for students, including a separate chapter on recoding and a more straightforward discussion of composite measures.

Accompanied by High Quality Ancillaries!
An accompanying CD-ROM contains data sets, Designing Your Own Survey, and comprehensive appendices that include questionnaires, research reports, proposals, survey tips, commands, readings, and much more.

IntendedAudience:
Designed for both introductory and advanced research methods or statistics courses in Sociology, Political Science, Social Work, Criminal Justice, and Public Health departments, this is an ideal computer skills and data analysis textbook for any discipline that uses survey methods.

Part I Preparing for Data Analysis
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Theory and Practice of Social Research
Chapter 2 The Logic of Measurement
Chapter 3 Description of Data Sets: The General Social Survey
Part II Univariate Analysis
Chapter 4 Using SPSS: Some Basics
Chapter 5 Describing Your Data: Religiosity
Chapter 6 Presenting Your Data in Graphic Form: Political Orientations
Chapter 7 Recoding Your Data: Religiosity and Political Orientations
Chapter 8 Creating Composite Measures: Exploring Attitudes Toward Abortion in More Depth
Chapter 9 Suggestions for Further Analysis
Part III Bivariate Analysis
Chapter 10 Using Crosstabs to Examine the Sources of Religiosity
Chapter 11 Political Orientations as Cause and Effect
Chapter 12 What Causes Different Attitudes Toward Abortion?
Chapter 13 Measures of Association
Chapter 14 Tests of Significance
Chapter 15 Suggestions for Further Bivariate Analyses
Part IV Multivariate Analysis
Chapter 16 Multiple Causation: Examining Religiosity in Greater Depth
Chapter 17 Dissecting the Political Factor
Chapter 18 A Powerful Prediction of Attitudes Toward Abortion
Chapter 19 Suggestions for Further Multivariate Analyses
Part V The Adventure Continues
Chapter 20 Designing and Executing Your Own Survey
Chapter 21 Further Opportunities for Social Research

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Crystal Reports 8.5: The Complete Reference

Author: George Peck

The most definitive resource on Crystal Reports available! Create presentation-quality reports using the most powerful data analysis tool and this comprehensive guide. Crystal Reports 8.5: The Complete Reference explains in detail how to use the software to analyze and format data, generate reports, and perform advanced interactive reporting from the Web. Also, learn to develop custom applications and incorporate any Crystal Report into your Windows applications.

Visual Modeling with Rational Rose 2002 and UML or How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Access 2007

2009-02-11T01:20:00.000-08:00

Visual Modeling with Rational Rose 2002 and UML

Author: Terry Quatrani

In a matter of only a few years, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) has emerged as the design medium of choice for developing large-scale distributed object applications. The UML's standard semantics and notation for describing object structure and behavior make it particularly well suited to this function. Augmented by the Rational Unified Process, an extensive set of software development guidelines, and the Rational Rose visual modeling tool, the UML greatly facilitates the development of quality object-oriented applications that meet both deadlines and requirements.

Fully updated and revised, Visual Modeling with Rational Rose 2002 and UML is a comprehensive introduction and tutorial providing guidance on how to use a tool (Rational Rose 2002), a process (the Rational Unified Process), and a language (the UML) to successfully visualize, specify, document, and construct a software system. This timely third edition, written by the UML Evangelist at Rational Software Corporation, breaks the technology down to its essentials and provides clear explanations of each element. The book follows a simplified version of the Rational Unified Process from project inception through system analysis and design. The popular sample case study from the previous editions (a registration system for a fictional university) has been retained and updated, better illustrating the iterative development process in practice, the UML in action, and the proper application of Rational Rose 2002. Newly updated appendices demonstrate code generation and reverse engineering using Rational Rose 2002 with the C++, Visual C++, and Visual Basic programming languages. In addition, a handyglossary defines key object technology and software modeling terms.

Topics covered include:

Creating use cases
Finding objects and classes
UML stereotypes and packages
Scenarios, sequence diagrams, and collaboration diagrams
Discovering object interaction
Specifying relationships, association, and aggregation
Adding behavior and structure
Superclass/subclass relationships and inheritance
Object behavior and Harel state transition diagrams
Checking for model consistency
Specifying, visualizing, and documenting system architecture
The iteration planning process

	Foreword
	Preface
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Ch. 2	Beginning a Project	13
Ch. 3	Creating Use Cases	19
Ch. 4	Finding Classes	51
Ch. 5	Discovering Object Interaction	71
Ch. 6	Specifying Relationships	87
Ch. 7	Adding Behavior and Structure	103
Ch. 8	Discovering Inheritance	117
Ch. 9	Analyzing Object Behavior	129
Ch. 10	Checking the Model	143
Ch. 11	Designing the System Architecture	151
Ch. 12	Building the Iterations	169
App. A	Code Generation and Reverse Engineering with C++	187
App. B	Code Generation and Reverse Engineering with Visual C++ and Visual Basic	209
	App. C: A Visual Basic Example	221
	Glossary	239
	Index	249

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How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Access 2007

Author: Virginia Andersen

Maximize the powerful features of the latest release of today's most popular desktop database program. How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Access 2007 shows you how to create and customize an efficient, multi-user database, retrieve, interpret, and share your data, secure your information, and much more. Designed to help you get things done quickly and easily, this user-friendly guide is your all-access pass to Access 2007.

Navigate the new user interface with ease
Design a well-organized database using pre-designed templates
Enter and edit data and ensure data validity
Sort, filter, and print records
Extract specific information using queries
Master form and report design basics
Add charts and graphs to forms and reports easily
Optimize database performance and speed
Exchange database objects and text files between Access databases

Virginia Andersen has written or contributed to nearly 25 books about PC-based applications.

Effective Methods for Software Testing or Programming Portlets

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

Effective Methods for Software Testing

Author: William E Perry

• Written by the founder and executive director of the Quality Assurance Institute, which sponsors the most widely accepted certification program for software testing

• Software testing is a weak spot for most developers, and many have no system in place to find and correct defects quickly and efficiently

• This comprehensive resource provides step-by-step guidelines, checklists, and templates for each testing activity, as well as a self-assessment that helps readers identify the sections of the book that respond to their individual needs

• Covers the latest regulatory developments affecting software testing, including Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, and provides guidelines for agile testing and testing for security, internal controls, and data warehouses

• CD-ROM with all checklists and templates saves testers countless hours of developing their own test documentation

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

	Acknowledgments
	How to Use This Book
Pt. 1	Assessing Testing Capabilities and Competencies	1
Ch. 1	Assessing Software Testing Capabilities and Staff Competencies	3
Pt. 2	Building a Software Testing Environment	33
Ch. 2	Building a Software Testing Strategy	35
Ch. 3	Establishing a Software Testing Methodology	61
Ch. 4	Determining Your Software Testing Techniques	99
Ch. 5	Selecting and Installing Software Testing Tools	135
Pt. 3	The Eleven-Step Testing Process	159
Ch. 6	Eleven-Step Software Testing Process Overview	161
Ch. 7	Step 1: Assess Project Management Development Estimate and Status	177
Ch. 8	Step 2: Develop Test Plan	211
Ch. 9	Step 3: Requirements Phase Testing	275
Ch. 10	Step 4: Design Phase Testing	313
Ch. 11	Step 5: Program Phase Testing	369
Ch. 12	Step 6: Execute Test and Record Results	403
Ch. 13	Step 7: Acceptance Test	461
Ch. 14	Step 8: Report Test Results	489
Ch. 15	Step 9: Testing Software Installation	525
Ch. 16	Step 10: Test Software Changes	557
Ch. 17	Step 11: Evaluate Test Effectiveness	599
Pt. 4	Testing Specialized Systems and Applications	613
Ch. 18	Testing Client/Server Systems	615
Ch. 19	Testing Rapid Application Development	635
Ch. 20	Testing the Adequacy of System Documentation	655
Ch. 21	Testing Web-based Systems	675
Ch. 22	Testing Off-the-Shelf Software	695
Ch. 23	Testing in a Multiplatform Environment	721
Ch. 24	Testing Security	735
Ch. 25	Testing a Data Warehouse	753
Pt. 5	Building Test Documentation	787
Ch. 26	Creating Test Documentation	789
	Bibliography	803
	Index	805

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Programming Portlets: From JSR 168 to WebSphere Portal Extensions

Author: Ron Lynn

Portals have evolved from simple Web applications with multiple links to an enterprise application delivery platform that serves composite applications. In a world where organizations are gearing up with service-oriented architecture (SOA) strategies and re-working existing apps to fit the Web 2.0 programming model, portals are strategic infrastructure components on every CIO's radar. As companies move toward SOA, portlets become an even hotter topic. Portlets provide the user interface for these services. IBM's unwavering commitment to open standards such as Java Specification Request (JSR 168) and strong presence in the application server market (IBM WebSphere Application Server) have helped establish WebSphere Portal as a leader among available portal solutions in the market.

Programming Portlets, Second Edition takes developers down a path of understanding all the latest concepts, including SOA, AJAX, and best practices to consider when building a J2EEbased portal. The book offers the reader the tools and information necessary to develop portlets and portal applications in two ways. Part 1 focuses on building portlets that will adhere to the JSR 168 API standard. This allows developers who want to use any JSR 168–compliant portlet container to quickly build quality portlets. Part 2 extends the focus to building JSR 168–compliant portlets for the IBM WebSphere Portal Server and includes information on portlet extensions and WebSphere Portal capabilities that can be leveraged in a portal development effort.

Among the many things you will find inside Programming Portlets, Second Edition:

Addition of extensive JSR 168 material
Updates for WebSphere Portal (V6)
Coverage of new technologies such as IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory and Lotus Workplace Forms Ways to use AJAX in portlets
Explanation of how portals and portlets fit into SOA
Method for creating JSR 168–compliant portlets using IBM WebSphere
IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory, Workplace Forms, and creation of portal services
Instructions for building complex portlets quickly using Rational Application Developer or WebSphere Portlet Factory
Use of JavaServerTM Faces in portlets
Proper use of JSTL with regard to portlets
Effective integration of Struts in the portal framework
Ways of inter-portlet communication
Method to build a portlet from the ground up quickly and effectively
The best practices of portlet development
Valuable information resources, including examples of various types of portlets

Programming Microsoft Ado Net 2 0 Core Reference or Microsoft Expression Web for Windows

2009-02-08T16:57:00.000-08:00

Programming Microsoft ADO. NET 2. 0 Core Reference

Author: David Sceppa

This Core Reference demonstrates how to use ADO.NET 2.0, a technology within Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005, to access, sort, and manipulate data in standalone, enterprise, and Web-enabled applications. Discover best practices for writing, testing, and debugging database application code using the new tools and wizards in Visual Studio 2005, and put them to work with extensive code samples, tutorials, and insider tips. The book describes the ADO.NET object model, its XML features for Web extensibility, integration with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005, and other core topics.

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Microsoft Expression Web for Windows: Visual QuickStart

Author: Nolan Hester

Microsoft Expression Web offers a powerful array of visual tools for creating great looking sites while fully supporting Web-based standards. Expression Web makes it easy for designers to quickly design cool sites with tools that feel familiar. Thanks to Expression Web's underlying standards, the files can then be passed to developers who can code the site in the development tools they prefer. This back and forth without designers having to touch the code unless they want to makes this a powerful program. In Expression Web 2, Microsoft has added support for PHP backed sites and made it easy to work with PHP. Other new features include: Silverlight support and new editing capabilities for Flash SWF and Windows Media files . In addition Expression Web 2 now provides ASP.NET AJAX server controls that enable users to quickly create web pages that include a rich user experience with responsive and familiar user interface (UI) elements. All these new features are coved in this latest version of Microsoft Expression Web: Visual Quickstart Guide.

Ivor Hortons Beginning Visual C 2005 or Exam Cram 2 Windows XP Professional Second Edition

2009-02-07T12:46:00.000-08:00

Ivor Horton's Beginning Visual C++ 2005

Author: Ivor Horton

• Popular author Ivor Horton uses his trademark approachable writing style to provide novice programmers with the basic tools as they learn Visual C++ 2005

• Readers will learn how to program in C++ using Visual C++ 2005-without any previous knowledge of C++

• More than 35 percent new and updated material covers the new release of Visual C++, and exercises and solutions help readers along the way

• Demonstrates the significant new features of Visual C++ 2005, providing improved flexibility in developing Microsoft applications in C++

Acknowledgments.

Chapter 1: Programming with Visual C++ 2005.

Chapter 2: Data, Variables, and Calculations.

Chapter 3: Decisions and Loops.

Chapter 4: Arrays, Strings, and Pointers.

Chapter 5: Introducing Structure into Your Programs.

Chapter 6: More about Program Structure.

Chapter 7: Defining Your Own Data Types.

Chapter 8: More on Classes.

Chapter 9: Class Inheritance and Virtual Functions.

Chapter 10: Debugging Techniques.

Chapter 11: Windows Programming Concepts.

Chapter 12: Windows Programming with the Microsoft Foundation Classes.

Chapter 13: Working with Menus and Toolbars.

Chapter 14: Drawing in a Window.

Chapter 15: Creating the Document and Improving the View.

Chapter 16: Working with Dialogs and Controls.

Chapter 17: Storing and Printing Documents.

Chapter 18: Writing Your Own DLLs.

Chapter 19: Connecting to Data Sources.

Chapter 20: Updating Data Sources.

Chapter 21: Applications Using Windows Forms.

Chapter 22: Accessing Data Sources in a Windows Forms Application.

Appendix A: C++ Keywords.

Appendix B: ASCII Codes.

Index.

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Exam Cram 2 Windows XP Professional, Second Edition: Exam 70-270

Author: Dan Balter

The MCSE 70-270 Exam Cram 2: Windows XP Professional, Second Edition is an efficient, effective and concise guide that gives you exactly what you need to know to pass one of the most popular exams in the MCSE program. Organized according to the exam objectives, you will be able to quickly and easily assess your understanding of the key exam topics. You will find test-taking strategies and timesaving tips that will help you score better on the test, and the popular Cram Sheet tearcard is include for last-minute review on exam day. Also included are over 200 practice questions with detailed answers and an innovative test-engine on CD from MeasureUp. With all of these great features and proven study methods, MCSE 70-270 Exam Cram 2: Windows XP Professional, Second Edition is your smartest way to get certified.

Neuro Fuzzy and Soft Computing or COM Programming with Microsoft Net

2009-02-06T08:34:00.000-08:00

Neuro-Fuzzy and Soft Computing: A Computational Approach to Learning and Machine Intelligence

Author: Jyh Shing Roger Jang

Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling and Soft Computing places particular emphasis on the theoretical aspects of covered methodologies, as well as empirical observations and verifications of various applications in practice. Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling and Soft Computing is oriented toward methodologies that are likely to be of practical use. It includes exercises, some of which involve MATLAB programming tasks to provide readers with hands-on programming experiences for practical problem-solving. Each chapter also includes a reference list to the research literature so that readers may pursue topics in greater depth. This book is suitable as a self-study guide by researchers who want to learn basic and advanced neuro-fuzzy and soft computing within the framework of computational intelligence.

Booknews

Unlike traditional, hard computing, this field aims to accommodate the pervasive imprecision of the real world, using the human mind as its role model. Intended for use as a graduate level text, or a self- study guide for students and researchers, this book presents an introduction to the field, and then covers fuzzy set theory, regression and optimization, neutral networks, neuro-fuzzy modeling and controls, and advanced applications. It also includes hints to selected exercises, and lists of Internet resources, MATLAB programs, and acronyms. Contains an offer for free companion software. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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COM Programming with Microsoft .Net

Author: John Mueller

Microsfot .NET is here, but COM and COM+ will be a valuable part of every Microsoft Windows programmer's toolbox for years. This in-depth programming guide explains how and where COM and COM+ fit into the new .NET world, demonstrates the new technologies that are available in .NET, and shows how to interoperate between COM/COM+ and .NET. It explains how to use Microsoft Visual Studio .NET to write traditional COM objects, how to use COM objects in .NET code, and how to use .NET objects as COM objects. It also discusses COM+ topics such as disconnected applications and subscriptions. The authors show you both theoretical and practical approaches -- explaining how the mechanisms work and also providing practical advice with sample code to show how to handle interoperability.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Pt. I	The .NET View of COM and COM+
1	COM and .NET	3
2	COM+ and .NET	27
3	Using COM Components in .NET Code	53
4	Using .NET Components in COM Applications	103
5	An Overview of COM+ Coding for .NET	155
Pt. II	Writing COM Code
6	Attributed Programming	189
7	ATL and ATL Server	233
Pt. III	Writing COM+ Code
8	A Simple COM+ Example	289
9	Working with Disconnected Applications	315
10	Creating Subscriptions	345
11	Web Application Scenarios	373
Pt. IV	Interoperability
12	Interacting with Unmanaged Code	401
13	Advanced Interaction	435
14	Working with Predefined Interfaces	471
	Index	491

How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Web Based Business or Excel 2007 PivotTables Recipes

2009-02-05T04:22:00.000-08:00

How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Web-Based Business

Author: Beth Williams

With e-commerce expected to reach {dollar}40 billion and online businesses anticipated to increase by 500 percent through the year 2010, you need to be a part of this exploding area of Internet sales. If you want to learn about starting a Web business, how to transform your brick, and mortar business to a Web business, or even if you arc simply interested in making money online, this is the book for you.

This manual delivers literally hundreds of innovative ways demonstrated to streamline your business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother and increase performance, shut down waste, reduce costs, and increase profits. In addition, you will appreciate this valuable book as a resource and reference it in your daily activities as a source of ready-to-use forms, Web sites, and operating and cost-cutting ideas that can be easily applied to your operation.

Foreword     9
Should You Start Your Own Web-Based Business?     13
A Hot Commodity: Shopping Online     13
Web-based Businesses - A Brief History     14
The Benefits of Starting a Web-based Business     17
Do You Have What It Takes to Run Your Own Web-based Business?     19
Keys to Success     22
Types of Web-based Businesses     23
A Word of Caution: Scams     35
Finding Your Niche     37
What Is a Niche?     37
What Interests You?     39
Research     40
Writing Your Business Plan     43
Legal Business Entities     57
Legal Considerations     63
Choosing a Name for Your Web-based Business     63
Registering Your Business Name     64
Business Licenses Required by Your City/State     67
Employer Identification Number (EIN)     70
FTC Regulations That Will Impact How You Do Business Online     72
Before You Open     79
Equipment You Will Need     79
Accounting Considerations     84
How and When Do You Pay Federal and State Taxes?     94
Finding Products     99
Co-branding     102
Pricing Your Products     104
Pricing Your Services     105
Establishing a Return Policy     106
Determining Shipping Rates     107
What Not to Do     108
Your Web Site     111
How to Choose a Domain Name     111
How to Choose a Web Host     115
Designing Your Web Site     123
Using a Template     138
Hiring a Professional Web Designer     139
Securing Your Web-Based Business     143
Business Insurance     143
Invest in Anti-Virus Protection     146
The Fear of Internet Fraud     151
Encryption     152
Show Your Visitors Your Site Is Secure     152
Firewalls: Protecting Your Computer     156
Popular Firewalls     157
The Importance of Search Engines     159
Submit Your Web Site to Search Engines     163
Keep Track of Your Web Visitors     164
Pay-per-click Advertising     165
Creating Powerful Content For Your Web Site     169
Should You Hire Someone Else to Write Your Web Content?     172
Marketing Your Web-Based Business      175
Create a Logo     175
Write Articles and Submit to Article Directories     178
Purchase or Create Business Cards     179
Join Your Local Chamber of Commerce     180
Network     181
Join the Better Business Bureau (Online)     185
Press Releases     186
Online Forums and Message Boards     189
Your Signature Line     191
Banner Advertising     193
Online Directories     195
Blog     196
Podcast     200
Offer Referral Incentives     201
Radio Ads     202
TV Commercials     203
Newspaper Ads     204
Keeping Your Customers Coming Back Again and Again     207
Set Up Your Own Affiliate Program     207
Add a Message Board to Your Web Site     211
Build an Online Community     211
Offer E-coupons     216
Offer Discounts     217
Hold Contests     218
E-mail/Online Newsletters     218
Blog     223
Give Free Samples     224
Offer a Bonus     225
Become a Sponsor     226
Provide Superior Customer Service     226
Merchant Accounts and Customer Payment Options     231
Shopping Carts     234
Payment Options     235
Adding a Storefront     241
Hiring Employees     245
Resources     271
Bibliography     279
Author Dedication and Biography     282
Index     283

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Excel 2007 PivotTables Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

Author: Debra Dalgleish

Debra Dalgleish, Microsoft Office Excel MVP since 2001, and an expert and trainer in Excel, brings together a one-stop resource for anyone curious about representing, analyzing, and using their data with PivotTables and PivotCharts. You’ll find this book inimitable when facing any new or difficult problem in PivotTables, covering the entire breadth of situations you could ever encounter, from planning and creating, to formatting and extracting data, to maximizing performance and troubleshooting.

The author presents tips and techniques in this collection of recipes that can’t be found in Excel’s Help section, while carefully explaining the most confusing features of PivotTables to help you realize their powerful potential.

The chapters in this book have been organized into a collection of recipes to take you step by step from the problem you are experiencing to the solution you are aiming for. Without fuss, you’ll find clear and precise information to help you assess your situation, whether common or unique, and solve your problem. Working examples of complex PivotTables and numerous PivotTable programming examples will help you solve problems quickly, without the need to digest heavy content.
What you’ll learn

How to create and format PivotTables to be as attractive as they are useful
How to reuse prepackaged “recipe” code to put PivotTables to work in a variety of data-driven scenarios
How to determine why results of your computations and charting might not match what you expect and how to understand and fix those problems
Related programming techniques using working examples of advancedPivotTables

Who is this book for?

This book is a must-have resource for anyone who uses Excel frequently.
Related Titles

Beginning PivotTables in Excel 2007: From Novice to Professional
Excel 2007: Beyond the Manual

Database Design Application Development and Administration or CCDA

2009-02-04T00:10:00.000-08:00

Database Design, Application Development, and Administration

Author: Michael V Mannino

Mannino’s Database Design, Application Development, and Administration provides the information you need to learn relational databases. The book teaches students how to apply relational databases in solving basic and advanced database problems and cases. The fundamental database technologies of each processing environment are presented; as well as relating these technologies to the advances of e-commerce and enterprise computing. This book provides the foundation for the advanced study of individual database management systems, electronic commerce applications, and enterprise computing.

Pt. 1	Introduction to database environments	1
Ch. 1	Introduction to database management	3
Ch. 2	Introduction to database development	23
Pt. 2	Understanding relational databases	43
Ch. 3	The relational data model	45
Ch. 4	Query formulation with SQL	79
Pt. 3	Data modeling	133
Ch. 5	Understanding entity relationship diagrams	135
Ch. 6	Developing data models for business databases	167
Pt. 4	Relational database design	217
Ch. 7	Normalization of relational tables	219
Ch. 8	Physical database design	249
Pt. 5	Application development with relational databases	295
Ch. 9	Advanced query formulation with SQL	297
Ch. 10	Application development with views	339
Ch. 11	Stored procedures and triggers	375
Pt. 6	Advanced database development	425
Ch. 12	View design and integration	427
Ch. 13	Database development for student loan limited	449
Pt. 7	Managing database environments	479
Ch. 14	Data and database administration	481
Ch. 15	Transaction management	515
Ch. 16	Data warehouse technology and management	553
Ch. 17	Client-server processing, parallel database processing, and distributed databases	605
Ch. 18	Object database management systems	641

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CCDA: Cisco Certified Design Associate Study Guide

Author: Andy Barkl

Here's the book you need to prepare for Cisco's revised CCDA exam, 640-861. This Study Guide provides:

• In-depth coverage of every CCDA exam objective

• Practical information on Cisco design solutions

• Hundreds of challenging practice questions, in the book and on the CD

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

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:

• Gathering and evaluating information regarding current and future network requirements

• Identifying possible opportunities for network performance improvement

• Evaluating solutions for meeting IP addressing, routing protocol, and network management needs

• Incorporating equipment and technology within a campus design

• Applying the Enterprise Composite Network Model

• Addressing the issues of delivering voice traffic over a data network

• Evaluating solutions for compliance with SAFE architecture

• Developing implementation, prototype testing, and verification plans

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

First Week With My New PC or Digital Portfolios

2009-02-02T19:58:00.000-08:00

First Week With My New PC: A Very Basic Guide for Mature Adults and Everyone Who Wants to "Get Connected"

Author: Pamela R Lessing

This book was specifically written for the author's 85-year-old mother who is now a master, but it was also "field-tested" by adults of all ages. Within one moth everyone was an "expert" - sending and receiving e-mail, using the Internet, writing and correspondence, and playing music and games. You'll "be connected" without the fuss and frustration - just simple step-by-step instructions, no jargon, no complications.

Internet Book Watch

While The First Week With My New PC was written for the author's 85-year-old mother who is now a PC master, it can be enjoyed by any - including business managers who have resisted the lure of the computer screen. From how to watch the stock market and produce a document to emailing and formatting work, this is packed with fine basics in simple language any can readily understand.

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction: Read This to Find Hidden Special Offer!	1
Chapter 1	Out of the Box: What You Should Do Whether Help Is or Is Not on the Way	5
Chapter 2	Everything Is Connected--So Now What Do I Do?	11
Chapter 3	The First Time: All Alone with the Computer (Will My Family Still Respect Me in the Morning?)	17
Chapter 4	What Is the Internet? What Is a "User Name"? Just Tell Me How to Find Out What the Weather Will Be HERE!	29
Chapter 5	The Time Has Come: I Am Really Ready to DO SOMETHING	35
Chapter 6	More to the Internet than Just E-Mail: The World Wide Web Is Waiting!	49
Chapter 7	Some Simple Basic Fun??? This Is Like the Piano! Do I Really Have to Practice One Hour a Day?	59
Chapter 8	Writing Documents and Correspondence: I Am Already in the Middle of the Book and I Still Don't Know How to Write a Letter!	63
Chapter 9	Other Ways to Get Information and Have Fun, or, What Do I Do with All These CDs and Did I Have to Pay Extra for All This Stuff?	81
Chapter 10	The Start Menu and All the Other Things That Have Not Yet Been Discussed	85
Chapter 11	A Step-By-Step Guide for Each Task	91
	Appendices	133
Appendix A	Trouble Shooting and the Usual Questions, or, Why Won't This Stupid Thing Work?	134
Appendix B	Some Important Key Commands	145
Appendix C	Some "World Wide Web" Addresses of Interest	146
Appendix D	E-Mail Etiquette: "Smileys," Abbreviations, and Other Tips	152
Appendix E	Tech Support: Phone Numbers and Web Site Addresses	154
Appendix F	Healthy Computer Habits: Taking Care of Yourself Physically and Mentally	155
	Glossary	159
	Index	183

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Digital Portfolios: Powerful Tools for Promoting Professional Growth and Reflection

Author: Elizabeth Hartnell Young

Digital technology offers powerful tools for educators who wish to develop electronic portfolios to foster and enrich their professional learning. Written by experts in the field, Digital Portfolios, Second Edition, explores the latest methods and techniques for creating electronic portfolios.

In this revised edition, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young and Maureen Morriss demonstrate how teachers, principals, and professors of education can develop high-quality portfolios that reflect personal vision, record professional growth, and celebrate accomplishments.

The authors present a comprehensive framework for portfolio development, from determining the audience and selecting material from a personal archive, to defining, producing, and sharing digital portfolios. This timely resource offers ten easy-to-follow steps and

Provides the "why" for creating digital portfolios
Emphasizes the importance of reflection as part of the process
Presents tips and strategies for using digital technology
Includes guidelines for evaluating portfolios.

Whether you are a novice teacher or a veteran educator, this practical handbook is your comprehensive guide to digital portfolio development.

Authorized Self Study Guide Cisco IP Telephony or SAP R 3 Handbook

2009-02-01T15:45:00.000-08:00

Authorized Self-Study Guide Cisco IP Telephony (CIPT): Second Edition

Author: Jeremy Cioara

Foundation Learning for CCVP IP Telephony

Jeremy Cioara, CCIE® No. 11,727

Cisco IP Telephony (CIPT), Second Edition, is a Cisco®-authorized, self-paced learning tool for CCVP IP telephony foundation learning. This book provides you with the knowledge needed to install, configure, and maintain a Cisco IP telephony solution. By reading this book, you will gain a thorough understanding of Cisco Unified CallManager version 4.1, the call routing and signaling component for the Cisco IP telephony solution.

Cisco IP Telephony (CIPT) expands your knowledge of voice over IP (VoIP) and public switched telephone network (PSTN) components and technologies. This book teaches you how to describe, install, configure, and support Cisco Unified CallManager 4.1 in a Cisco network including such features as security and video; how to configure gateways, gatekeepers, and switches; and how to build route plans to place intra- and intercluster Cisco IP phone calls. Chapter review questions, detailed configuration examples, network diagrams, and thorough explanations help reinforce learning.

Whether you are preparing for CCVP certification or simply want to gain a better understanding of IP telephony and Cisco Unified CallManager, you will benefit from the foundation information presented in this book.

CiscoIP Telephony (CIPT), Second Edition, is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems® that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

Jeremy D. Cioara, CCIE® No. 11,727, is the owner of AdTEC Networks and works as a network consultant, instructor, and author. He has been working in network technologies for more than a decade and has deployed networks worldwide. His current consulting work focuses on network and VoIP implementations.

Examine design strategies behind a Cisco Unified CallManager cluster, cluster replication, and Cisco Unified CallManager deployment models
Perform Cisco Unified CallManager server installations and upgrades
Learn the features of all Cisco IP Phones, the IP phone startup process, and audio codec communication
Add IP phone users and apply bulk moves, adds, and changes
Configure Cisco gateways and trunks
Design and configure Cisco Unified CallManager route plans
Implement telephony call restrictions and control
Effectively coordinate multisite deploymentsConfigure user features, Cisco Unified CallManager Attendant, and Cisco IP Manager Assistant
Secure the Windows operating system and Cisco Unified CallManager administration
Prevent toll fraud and harden the IP phone against attack
Configure Cisco Unified CallManager to support video
Monitor performance and configure alarms, traces, and CAR

This volume is in the Certification Self-Study Series offered by Cisco Press®. Books in this series provide officially developed self-study solutions to help networking professionals understand technology implementations and prepare for the Cisco Career Certifications examinations.

Category: IP Communications

Covers: Cisco Unified CallManager v4.1

$65.00 USA / $81.00 CAN

SAP R/3 Handbook

Author: Jose Antonio Hernandez

Implement a comprehensive, integrated application platform

Take full advantage of the power, flexibility, and adaptability of SAP -- the premier solution for service-based, enterprise-scale business processes. SAP R/3 Handbook, Third Edition offers complete coverage of installation, implementation, operation, and support. You'll get full details on all the components, including SAP Web Application Server, SAP NetWeaver, the ABAP workbench, and more. Administration, security, and integration with other systems is also covered.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR SAP TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS

Get an overview of SAP business, integration, and collaboration solutions
Understand SAP Web Application Server architecture
Get details on the SAP NetWeaver platform
Access SAP systems through the SAP presentation interface
Use the ABAP workbench development environment
Handle system administration and implement security
Manage system-wide changes with the Transport Management System (TMS)
Analyze performance and troubleshoot SAP solutions

Essential C 30 or Windows Administration at the Command Line for Windows 2003 WindowsVista WindowsXP and Windows2000

2009-01-31T11:33:00.000-08:00

Essential C# 3.0: For .NET Framework 3.5

Author: Mark Michaelis

Essential C# 3.0 is an extremely well-written and well-organized “no-fluff” guide to C# 3.0, which will appeal to programmers at all levels of experience with C#. Unlike other books on the topic, this fully updated edition dives deep into the new features that are revolutionizing programming with brand new chapters covering LINQ, Query Expressions, Lambda Expressions, Delegates, Collection Interfaces, and Standard Query Operators.

Author Mark Michaelis covers the C# language in depth, and each important construct is illustrated with succinct, relevant code examples. (Complete code examples are available online.) Graphical “mind maps” at the beginning of each chapter show what material is covered and how each topic relates to the whole. Topics intended for beginners and advanced readers are clearly marked.

Following an introduction to C#, readers learn about

C# primitive data types, value types, reference types, type conversions, and arrays
Operators and control flow, loops, conditional logic, and sequential programming
Methods, parameters, exception handling, and structured programming
Classes, inheritance, structures, interfaces, and object-oriented programming
Well-formed types, operator overloading, namespaces, and garbage collection
Generics, collections, custom collections, and iterators
Delegates and lambda expressions
LINQ query operators and query expressions
Reflection, attributes, and declarative programming
Threading,synchronization, and multithreaded patterns
Interoperability and unsafe code
The Common Language Infrastructure that underlies C#

Whether you are just starting out as a programmer, are an experienced developer looking to learn C#, or are a seasoned C# programmer interested in learning the new features of C# 3.0, Essential C# 3.0 gives you just what you need to quickly get up and running writing C# applications.

Windows Administration at the Command Line for Windows 2003, WindowsVista, WindowsXP, and Windows2000

Author: John Paul Mueller

As the only complete reference for Windows command line utilities, this book take an in-depth look at the often-overlooked utilities accessible through the command line in Windows Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000. You’ll learn to locate files, check status, monitor systems, and save time by using scripts to automate time-consuming tasks. Plus, this is the only book on the market with the complete set of Windows command line utilities—including the latest for Vista—and offers solutions that will help increase your productivity.

Professional Excel Services or Professional BlackBerry

2009-01-30T07:22:00.000-08:00

Professional Excel Services

Author: Shahar Prish

Professional Excel Services

With this unique resource, you'll discover how to unlock the power behind Excel Services in order to effectively utilize server-side spreadsheet calculation and rendering. It walks you through all programming aspects of Excel Services, covering everything from APIs to UDFs (User Defined Functions). You'll quickly gain a strong understanding of what Excel Services is, how to work with it, and how to develop applications using its robust features.

Written by the senior software development engineer for Excel Services, this book first provides you with detailed explanations about the various programmability options Excel Services offers. You'll then gain an inside look into the problematic areas that you must avoid. And you'll find ideas for solutions that you can create using this server technology. This information will help you extend and work against Excel Services as you develop business-critical applications.

What you will learn from this book

• Steps for streamlining work with the Excel Web Services API

• In-depth explanations about Excel Services UDFs, including various ways to make them work in Excel 2007

• How to use Excel Models to extend your applications

• Various techniques used to employ both Excel and Excel Services in end-to-end solutions.

• How to streamline processes that rely on Excel spreadsheets, such as modeling, handling, and storing data

• Tools used for generating Excel Workbook-based custom Web services, RSS feeds, and more

• Hints for building your own mashups using Excel Services

Who this book is for

This book is for developers who have built applications on Excel or have used a spreadsheet as a starting point for code. You should be comfortable working in the .NET environment.

"More solutions are built on Microsoft Excel than any other Office tool. Excel Services extends Excel to the server and opens up a whole new world of applications. This book is a must read for developers looking to take advantage of this new server functionality."
—PJ Hough, Director of Program Managment, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corporation

"Excel is probably the most used end-user tool among our Microsoft customers, and Excel 2007 is emphasizing this trend even more. By adding Excel Services to the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack, our customers have the ground to create better and more manageable enterprise-oriented solutions while using Excel! This book helps you understand what Excel Services is, how it works, and how to develop solutions using the web services API it provides. It is a great resource for any serious developer looking to leverage the power of Excel in enterprise applications."
—Stig Torngaard Hammeken, VP of Consulting, Platon A/S

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

Book review: Chocolate Indulgences or Smokehouse Ham Spoon Bread Scuppernong Wine

Professional BlackBerry

Author: Craig J Johnston

• BlackBerrys enable users to stay connected with wireless access to e-mail, calendars, and corporate data; they have a phone and a Web browser in addition to other wireless features

• Written by a BlackBerry insider with assistance from Research in Motion, this book covers support topics ranging from setting up BlackBerry pilot programs to developing applications that let BlackBerry users access corporate data and systems remotely

• Key topics include how to deploy BlackBerrys within the organization, how to create push applications to extend the functionality of BlackBerrys, and how to implement new features of the latest BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 4.0

• Details rolling out BlackBerrys to users in an easy and controlled manner, planning for disaster recovery, and developing Web-based applications using mobile Web technology

Ch. 1	System architecture	3
Ch. 2	Planning your first BlackBerry installation	19
Ch. 3	Deploying the desktop software	27
Ch. 4	Upgrading your BlackBerry environment	43
Ch. 5	Installing or upgrading the handheld software	55
Ch. 6	Monitoring and enhancing your BlackBerry environment	67
Ch. 7	Managing your BlackBerry users	81
Ch. 8	Disaster-recovery planning	97
Ch. 9	Introduction to mobile data service and simulators	109
Ch. 10	BlackBerry Web portal	121
Ch. 11	The BlackBerry channel	143
Ch. 12	The BlackBerry Web message and cache content	157
Ch. 13	Developing BlackBerry Java applications	163
Ch. 14	The Plazmic media engine	191
App. A	Wireless markup language reference	217
App. B	WMLScript compendium	229
App. C	Java low memory manager : a development guide	263
App. D	Writing efficient J2ME software	267
App. E	User interface coding tips	273
App. F	Storing data persistently	277

Signaling System 7 or AutoCAD 2009 Instructor

2009-01-29T03:10:00.000-08:00

Signaling System #7

Author: Travis Russell

"If one book were to be used as a reference source and learning tool for the SS7 protocol in today's switching networks, this should be the choice."
Now updated for packet telephony!
The #1 Working Reference on SS7--
Revised & Expanded
Signaling System #7
Travis Russell
A leading-edge, sought-after source in telecommunications, Travis Russell's Signaling System #7 provides a bedrock understanding of the signaling network, its architecture, and the protocols used to communicate through it. Accessible even to novices, Russell's guide also provides the technical details, protocol messages, and application examples so fundamentally helpful to developers, engineers, and network planners.
In this Internet-intensive edition, network-switching expert Russell brings his succinct, logical style to:
New coverage on VoIP and SS7-TCP/IP interactions.
Solutions to protocol issues in migrating telecom to the Internet.
Details on SS7 in broadband and cellular networking.
Lucid explanations of protocols and network entities, with hands-on examples and applications.
Clarifications of ANSI standards and Bellcore publications, with model solutions.
New information on local number portability.
Needed technical data for design and specifications.
Travis Russell's guide is a model of clarity and content, designed to help anyone understand the "why's" and "how's" of SS7, and to help technical professionals make the most of it. Bypassing heavy-handed engineering theory and mathematical derivations, each chapter presents a readable discussion, followed by technical details such as parameters, message structures, and bit values. Isn't it time to see for yourself why Signaling System #7 is the hands-down choice for engineers and network managers everywhere?
* On the second edition.

Booknews

A technical reference on the signaling network that supports cellular communications, broadband networking, ISDN, and virtually all international networks. Using a tutorial approach supported by numerous real-world examples, it shows how Signaling System #7 permits seamless switching from carrier to carrier, network to network, or office to office within a network, explaining protocol functionality, applications, and key components. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

AutoCad 2009 Instructor

Author: James A Leach

AutoCAD 2009 Instructor covers all features and capabilities of AutoCAD. The text is command-oriented so chapters are centered around groups of related commands.

The full range of AutoCAD commands, concepts, and features is explained in the text. The author's simple writing style enables students to grasp concepts easily. Fundamental concepts are discussed first, then more advanced and specialized features.

1 Getting Started
2 Working with Files
3 Draw Command Concepts
4 Selection Sets
5 Helpful Commands
6 Basic Drawing Setup
7 Object Snap and Object Snap Tracking
8 Draw Commands I
9 Modify Commands I
10 Viewing Commands
11 Layers and Object Properties
12 Advanced Drawing Setup 13 Layouts and Viewports
14 Printing and Plotting 15 Draw Commands II
16 Modify Commands II
17 Inquiry Commands
18 Creating and Editing Text
19 Internet Tools
20 Advanced Selection Sets
21 Blocks, DesignCenter, and Tool Palettes
22 Block Attributes 23 Grip Editing
24 Multiview Drawing
25 Pictorial Drawings
26 Section Views
27 Auxiliary Views
28 Dimensioning
29 Dimension Styles and Dimension Variables 30 Xreferences
31 Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
32 Raster Images And Vector Files 33 Advanced Layouts and Plotting 34 3D Modeling Basics
35 3D Display and Viewing 36 User Coordinate Systems 37 Wireframe Modeling 38 Solid Modeling Construction 39 Advanced Solids Features 40 Surface Modeling 41 Rendering [Web-only chapter]
42 Creating 2D Drawings From 3D Models [Web-only chapter]
43 Miscellaneous Commands and Features [Web-only chapter]
44 Basic Customization [Web-only chapter] 45 Menu Customization [Web-only chapter] 46 CAD Management [Web-only chapter] 47 Express Tools and Batch Plotting [Web-only chapter]

Appendix A System Variables Appendix B Command Alias List Sorted by Command Appendix C Command Alias List Sorted by Alias Appendix D Buttons and Special Keys Appendix E Command Table Index

The Business of Software or VBA and Macros for Microsoft Excel

2009-01-27T22:58:00.000-08:00

The Business of Software: What Every Manager, Programmer, and Entrepreneur Must Know to Thrive and Survive in Good Times and Bad

Author: Michael A Cusumano

The world's leading expert on the global software industry and coauthor of the bestseller Microsoft Secrets reveals the inner workings of software giants like IBM, Microsoft, and Netscape and shows what it takes to create, develop, and manage a successful company -- in good times and bad -- in the most fiercely competitive business in the world.

In the $600 billion software industry it is the business, not the technology, that determines success or failure. This fact -- one that thousands of once glamorous start-ups have unhappily discovered for themselves -- is the well-documented conclusion of this enormously readable and revealing new book by Michael Cusumano, based on nearly twenty years of research and consulting with software producers around the world.

Cusumano builds on dozens of personal experiences and case studies to show how issues of strategy and organization are irrevocably linked with those of managing the technology and demonstrates that a thorough understanding of these issues is vital to success. At the heart of the book Cusumano poses seven questions that underpin a three-pronged management framework. He argues that companies must adopt one of three basic business models: become a products company at one end of the strategic spectrum, a services company at the other end, or a hybrid solutions company in between. The author describes the characteristics of the different models, evaluates their strengths and weaknesses, and shows how each is more or less appropriate for different stages in the evolution of a business as well as in good versus bad economic times. Readers will also find invaluable Cusumano's treatment of software development issues rangingfrom architecture and teams to project management and testing, as well as two chapters devoted to what it takes to create a successful software start-up. Highlights include eight fundamental guidelines for evaluating potential software winners and Cusumano's probing analysis, based on firsthand knowledge, of ten start-ups that have met with varying degrees of success.

The Business of Software is timely essential reading for managers, programmers, entrepreneurs, and others who follow the global software industry.

Publishers Weekly

Cusumano, a professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management and coauthor of Microsoft Secrets, offers a comprehensive overview of the software business and how the right approach is key to the success of technology companies. Cusumano first identifies the key distinction between software and other businesses. In fact, he believes it is unlike every other business because software doesn't have one purpose but becomes whatever function it is handling for a particular customer or company. As a result, software companies must sell both products and services, according to the author. The two typical ways software companies operate is by getting the lion's share of revenues from new product sales or via IT consulting. The third way is what the author calls "hybrid solutions companies-software firms that have some new product sales, but derive as much as 80% of their revenues from services and "maintenance." However, what's essential for company success in today's rapidly changing technological marketplace is having sufficient flexibility to change to meet customer needs. Citing both real companies including IBM, Netscape, etc., along with academic studies, Cusumano describes the changing face of the software industry over the past two decades. The writing is coherent and, given the somewhat technical subject matter, surprisingly graspable even for technophobes. Still, this is a niche book, apt to appeal to people involved in the world of software, rather than a general business audience. (Mar.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Interesting textbook: Theme Birthday Parties for Children or If I Can Cook You Know God Can

VBA and Macros for Microsoft Excel

Author: Bill Jelen

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is a powerful development technology for customizing desktop applications and integrating them with existing data and systems, enabling customers to buy off-the-shelf software and customize it to meet their specific needs. This is a big cost-saving solution for most business who cannot afford to build programs from scratch. There are an estimated 65 million Excel users. Many are Excel power users, but few have figured out how to effectively use Excel VBA. This book teaches the skills necessary to use Microsoft VBA to customize the Excel spreadsheet. No prior programming knowledge is assumed. It takes a reader who has, perhaps, built a couple of macros from a standing start to a complete knowledge of the VBA language. Topics covered include: event programming, user forms, charts, pivot tables, Web queries, multi-dimensional arrays, classes, records, and collections, and more!

I	First steps up the VBA learning curve
1	Unleash the power of excel with VBA!	11
2	This sounds like BASIC, so why doesn't it look familiar?	29
3	Referring to ranges	61
4	User-defined functions	75
5	Looping	103
6	R1C1 style formulas	117
7	Names	131
8	Event programming	141
9	Userforms - an introduction	161
II	Automating excel power in VBA
10	Charts	175
11	Data mining with advanced filter	207
12	Pivot tables	235
13	Excel power	291
14	Reading from and writing to the web	331
15	XML in excel 2003 professional	349
16	Automating word	359
III	Techie stuff you will need to produce applications for the administrator to run
17	Arrays	379
18	Text file processing	387
19	Using access as a back end to enhance multi-user access to data	401
20	Creating classes, records, and collections	415
21	Advanced userform techniques	433
22	Windows application programming interface (API)	453
23	Handling errors	467
24	Using custom menus to run macros	481
25	Add-ins	497
26	Case study - designing an excel application	505

Windows Server 2008 PKI and Certificate Security or Adobe Lightroom Photoshop Workflow Bible

2009-01-26T18:47:00.000-08:00

Windows Server 2008 PKI and Certificate Security

Author: Brian Komar

Get in-depth guidance for designing and implementing certificate-based security solutions-straight from PKI expert Brian Komar. No need to buy or outsource costly PKI services when you can use the robust PKI and certificate-based security services already built into Windows Server 2008! This in-depth reference teaches you how to design and implement even the most demanding certificate-based security solutions for wireless networking, smart card authentication, VPNs, secure email, Web SSL, EFS, and code-signing applications using Windows Server PKI and certificate services. A principal PKI consultant to Microsoft, Brian shows you how to incorporate best practices, avoid common design and implementation mistakes, help minimize risk, and optimize security administration. This definitive reference features a CD loaded with tools, scripts, and a fully searchable eBook.

Key Book Benefits:
• Guides system engineers and administrators how to design and implement PKI-based solutions
• Explains how to exploit the tight integration of Windows Server 2008 PKI services with Active Directory® directory service
• Features best practices based on real-world implementations
• Includes a CD with tools, scripts, and a fully-searchable eBook

Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop Workflow Bible

Author: Mark Fitzgerald

The digital photographer's workflow is divided into two styles of workflow. The first portion of the workflow is used to import and organize images, and prepare them for presentation via proof printing, Web, or slideshow. Increasingly, photographers are turning to Adobe's acclaimed new Lightroom software to manage these needs. After the best images have been identified in the first portion of workflow, photographers move to improve upon the chosen images using a variety of digital tools. An overwhelming majority of digital photographers choose Photoshop as their image editor. Many photographers are confused by one or both parts of this workflow. Written by an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop CS & CS2, Mark Fitzgerald, the Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop Workflow Bible will guide digital photographers through the image editing process from uploading large quantities of Raw files into the computer, to printing that special image from a single file. The Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop Workflow Bible will be an invaluable reference on optimizing the management of images through Photoshop and Lightroom to create an efficient, effective, and logical workflow. The book's website will include full-color images from throughout the book.

Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite 4 All in One or Java 2 Weekend Crash Course with Cdrom

2009-01-25T14:35:00.000-08:00

Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite 4 All in One

Author: Mordy Golding

In one big, easy-to-use book, Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite 4 All in One brings together all the answers beginning users need to succeed with Adobe's flagship Web development and graphic design products. Unlike some competitive books, this one recognizes that you don't want to learn only one product: you want to draw on tools from the entire suite to handle real projects and solve real problems. Thoroughly updated for the new Adobe Creative Suite 4, this book offers thorough, step-by-step coverage of the new versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, Flash, and Dreamweaver. It also shows you how to take full advantage of the rich integration features Adobe has built into each Creative Suite application. You will gain real-world mastery through a series of professionally developed projects that illustrate each lesson: projects covering both print and Web assignments. This edition's fresh, full-color, wide-trim design makes it even more visually appealing, and its new layout and organization makes its content even easier to understand and use.

Java 2 Weekend Crash Course with Cdrom

Author: Julio Sanchez

The Weekend Crash Course series consists of 30 sessions over a period of three days. Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period beginning on Friday evening and ending on Sunday afternoon. Naturally, you can adapt their learning to whatever schedule best suits your needs.

Java 2 Weekend Crash Course is written to meet the needs of the reader who is new to Java. However, through the use of carefully constructed roadmaps at the beginning of each session as well as pre- and post-assessment software on the CD-ROM, the book is also quite accessible to the reader who already has some knowledge of Java.

CCNA Portable Command Guide or The Digital Person

2009-01-24T10:21:00.000-08:00

Cancer Prevention and Management through Exercise and Weight Control

Author: Scott D Empson

"..it is increasingly clear that cancer is also a disease of inertia. In this book, a broadly multidisciplinary group presents the evidence and provides the recommendations. - The antidote to diseases of inertia is movement - let's move!"

John Potter, M.D.,Ph.D., from the Foreword

The American Cancer Society estimates that a third of all cancer deaths could be prevented through avoidance of obesity and the rejection of sedentary lifestyles. The World Health Organization also supports this claim. Additionally, these and other organizations now recognize the role that activity can play in improving the quality of life for cancer patients.

Cancer Prevention and Management through Exercise and Weight Control provides us with the support necessary to make a call to action. Itbrings together the contributions of world-class researchers to lay out the evidence and a plan of attack for coping with this crisis. The text begins by focusing on the research methods used in assessing the complex associations between activity, energy balance, and risk and prognosis. In comprehensive literature reviews, the authors consider the role of physical activity in the incidence of individual cancers, then explore the mechanisms that might explain this connection. They continue with a look at the relation between weight and cancer incidence, including a consideration of genetics.

Research is also provided linking physical activity and weight control to a cancer patient's quality of life and prognosis. The work concludes with ideas on how a plan of action might be implemented at the individual, clinical, and public health levels. It also provides guidance on incorporatingexercise and diet recommendations into clinical oncology practice.

The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age

Author: Daniel Solov

Seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, electronic databases are compiling information about you. As you surf the Internet, an unprecedented amount of your personal information is being recorded and preserved forever in the digital minds of computers. For each individual, these databases create a profile of activities, interests, and preferences used to investigate backgrounds, check credit, market products, and make a wide variety of decisions affecting our lives. The creation and use of these databases—which Daniel J. Solove calls "digital dossiers"—has thus far gone largely unchecked. In this startling account of new technologies for gathering and using personal data, Solove explains why digital dossiers pose a grave threat to our privacy.

Digital dossiers impact many aspects of our lives. For example, they increase our vulnerability to identity theft, a serious crime that has been escalating at an alarming rate. Moreover, since September 11^th, the government has been tapping into vast stores of information collected by businesses and using it to profile people for criminal or terrorist activity.

THE DIGITAL PERSON not only explores these problems, but provides a compelling account of how we can respond to them. Using a wide variety of sources, including history, philosophy, and literature, Solove sets forth a new understanding of what privacy is, one that is appropriate for the new challenges of the Information Age. Solove recommends how the law can be reformed to simultaneously protect our privacy and allow us to enjoy the benefits of our increasingly digital world.

Daniel J. Solove is associate professor of law at the George Washington University Law School. He is the author (with Marc Rotenberg) of INFORMATION PRIVACY LAW.

What People Are Saying

Paul Schwartz
A must-read. The Digital Person is a far-reaching examination of how 'digital dossiers' are shaping our lives. Solove has persuasively reconceptualized privacy for the digital age.
—Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School

Pamela Samuelson
Solove's book is the best exposition thus far about the threat that computer databases containing personal data about millions of Americans poses for information privacy. Solove documents not only how ongoing advances in information technology is increasing this threat significantly, but also how governmental uses of private sector databases and private sector uses of governmental databases are further eroding the privacy-by-obscurity protection of yesteryear. Most importantly, Solove offers a conception of privacy that, if adopted, provides guidance about policies that would preserve information privacy as a social value.
—Chancellor's Professor of Law and Information Management at the University of California, Berkeley

Jeffrey Rosen
Daniel Solove is one of the most energetic and creative scholars writing about privacy today. The Digital Person is an important contribution to the privacy debate, and Solove's discussion of the harms of what he calls 'digital dossiers' is invaluable.
—author of The Unwanted Gaze and The Naked Crowd

1	Introduction	1
2	The rise of the digital dossier	13
3	Kafka and Orwell : reconceptualizing information privacy	27
4	The problems of information privacy law	56
5	The limits of market-based solutions	76
6	Architecture and the protection of privacy	93
7	The problem of public records	127
8	Access and aggregation : rethinking privacy and transparency	140
9	Government information gathering	165
10	The fourth amendment, records, and privacy	188
11	Reconstructing the architecture	210
12	Conclusion	223

Microsoft Office 2007 Business Intelligence or Observing the User Experience

2009-01-23T06:09:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office 2007 Business Intelligence

Author: Doug Harts

Extract and analyze mission-critical enterprise data using Microsoft Office 2007

This authoritative volume is a practical guide to the powerful new collaborative Business Intelligence tools available in Office 2007. Using real-world examples and clear explanations, Microsoft Office 2007 Business Intelligence: Reporting, Analysis, and Measurement from the Desktop shows you how to use Excel, Excel Services, SharePoint, and PerformancePoint with a wide range of stand-alone and external data in today's networked office. You will learn how to analyze data and generate reports, scorecards, and dashboards with the Office tools you're already using to help you in your everyday work.

Create Excel PivotTables and PivotCharts and apply Conditional Formatting
Convert Excel spreadsheets into Excel Tables with Conditional Formatting and Charting
Table of Contents:
Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction to Microsoft Office BI Concepts

Chapter 2. PivotTables, PivotCharts, and Conditional Formatting

Chapter 3. Excel Tables: Conditional Formatting, What-If and Statistics, and Charts

Chapter 4. Excel and External Data: Files, Databases, Cubes, and Data from the Internet

Chapter 5. Excel and SharePoint: Reports, Key Performance Indicators, and Dashboards

Chapter 6. Excel and Data Mining: Key Influencers, Categories, and Forecasting

Chapter 7. PerformancePoint: Dashboards, Scorecards, and Key Performance Indicators

Chapter 8. Office BI: Office, Visio, Windows Mobile, Office Online, SQL Server, and Virtual Earth

Index
New interesting book: Savvy Patient or Bach Flowers
Observing the User Experience: A Practioner's Guide for User Research

Author: Mike Kuniavsky
Wow! So many of the user experience research methods we have refined and used over the years are now organized and described in detail in one book.
--Christian Rohrer, Manager, User Experience Research, Yahoo!

I love Observing the User Experience! This comprehensive guide approaches user experience research like never before, and is well-written, easy-to-read, and quite user friendly. It provides a real-world example of how research is done in just enough detail that it can both inform a CEO of the role of usability research as well as introduce methodology to someone starting out in the field. Bravo!
--Kelly Braun, Usability Manager, Ebay

The gap between who designers and developers imagine their users are, and who those users really are can be the biggest problem with product development. Observing the User Experience will help you bridge that gap to understand what your users want and need from your product, and whether they'll be able to use what you've created.

Filled with real-world experience and a wealth of practical information, this book presents a complete toolbox of techniques to help designers and developers see through the eyes of their users. It provides in-depth coverage of 13 user experience research techniques that will provide a basis for developing better products, whether they're Web, software or mobile based. In addition, it's written with an understanding of how software is developed in the real world, taking tight budgets, short schedules, and existing processes into account.

Features and benefits:

•Explains how to create usable products that are still original, creative, and unique

•A valuableresource for designers, developers, project managers—anyone in a position where their work comes in direct contact with the end user.

•Provides a real-world perspective on research and provides advice about how user research can be done cheaply, quickly and how results can be presented persuasively

•Gives readers the tools and confidence to perform user research on their own designs and tune their software user experience to the unique needs of their product and its users

ProTools For Musicians and Songwriters or Adobe InDesign CS4 One on One

2009-01-22T01:58:00.000-08:00

ProTools For Musicians and Songwriters

Author: Gina Fant Saez

Digidesign's Pro Tools sets the standard for digital audio software, yet you haven't been able to use it because you can't translate the engineering-speak that dominates most of the references to it. Now, finally, there's help: a guide that speaks a language you, as a musician, can understand. In Pro Tools for Musicians and Songwriters, author and musician Gina Fant-Saez encourages you to think of Pro Tools as not just a piece of software but as another musical instrument—thus ensuring you'll not be overwhelmed by too much technology nor get too little of the musical vernacular you understand so well. From creating that first track to working with loops; recording, editing, and mixing audio; working with MIDI; managing files; working with other musicians; and more, you'll find everything you need here to start making music in your own home studio with Pro Tools. Throughout, the emphasis is on the music—with simple step-by-step instructions to get going, tons of visual aids and sidebars to illuminate the text, and a companion Web site with downloadable QuickTime video tutorials, loops, and source files.

Adobe InDesign CS4 One-on-One

Author: Deke McClelland

Master the fundamentals of Adobe InDesign with One-on-One, Deke McClelland's unique and effective learning system. Abode InDesign CS4 One-on-One includes step-by-step tutorials, more than four hours of DVD-video demonstrations, and hands-on projects to help you improve your knowledge and hone your skills. Once you read about a particular technique, you can see how it's done first-hand in the video. The combination is uniquely effective. Whether you're new to InDesign or a creative professional interested in the groundbreaking features of CS4, Deke's conversational style and carefully structured lessons guide you easily through the program's fundamental and advanced concepts and techniques. More than 900 full-color photos, diagrams, and screen shots illustrate every key step. With this book, you will: Learn at your own speed with 12 self-paced tutorials Create professional-looking documents with InDesign's powerful text and graphic tools Discover how to create, import, and modify artwork Apply a sequence of style sheets to format an entire document in one operation Compose a fully interactive document with bookmarks, hyperlinks, buttons, sounds, and movies Test your knowledge with multiple-choice quizzes in each chapter

And more. Written and produced by a Photoshop expert with well over 20 years of experience, Adobe InDesign CS4 One-on-One simulates a classroom environment that provides one-on-one attention as you proceed from lesson to lesson. You'll learn to use InDesign faster, more creatively, and more efficiently than you thought possible.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 On Demand or Corporate E Learning

2009-01-20T21:46:00.000-08:00

Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 on Demand

Author: Perspection Inc

Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 on Demand teaches this newest version through real-world, step-by-step examples presented in full color. Designed for everyone who would rather be shown than told, this task-based guide relies on the proven On Demand format that has proven immensely successful with other graphics and design tutorials. This comprehensive book offers more content for less money! It walks readers through virtually every task they'll want to perform : importing, viewing, and finding photos; using Elements' powerful editing toolset; adjusting and correcting color; retouching; using layer styles, photo effects, and filters; getting creative with type; sharing images in scrapbooks, web galleries, and photo email, and much more. An exclusive end-of-book workshop shows readers how to use multiple features together on a major start-to-finish project. This book is organized for super-fast access to any task, and supported by an extensive collection of downloadable practice files and resources.

New interesting textbook: Breathing for a Living or Lose That Baby Fat

Corporate E-Learning: An Inside View of IBM's Solutions

Author: Luther Tai

Corporate e-learning has become increasingly important in the contemporary universal-access business world, and can provide strategic and competitive advantages to corporations as a way to accelerate training and reduce the high costs of face-to-face learning programs. However, most of the books that are written about e-learning do not describe in detail how corporate e-learning is actually implemented within a specific company. Corporate E-Learning fills that gap by describing in depth how e-learning programs are developed and instituted, and how their effectiveness is measured, from the perspective of practicing e-learning professionals at IBM, an early and liberal user of e-learning technologies to train their global workforce. Drawing on a wealth of in-person interviews of numerous e-learning professionals at IBM, as well as recent e-learning literature, Tai discusses how IBM has significantly contributed to the evolution of corporate e-learning. In the course of doing so, he makes useful comparisons with other companies and industries, and draws conclusions that are applicable to any company considering utilizing e-learning. Companies should be careful, concludes Tai, to use e-learning only when it makes strategic and economic sense, not simply because the technology is available. In addition, e-learning should always be used along with other more traditional means of learning, and carefully monitored by feedback mechanisms to measure whether its objectives have been accomplished, and how e-learning programs might improve in the future. Corporate E-Learning is designed for classroom use in technology management courses, and will also appeal to corporate professionals who areinvolved in training, human resources development, and performance improvement.

Mac OS X System Administration Reference Volume 1 or Future of Business

2009-01-19T21:48:00.000-08:00

Mac OS X System Administration Reference, Volume 1 (Apple Training Series)

Author: Schoun Regan

This comprehensive, technical reference guide provides in-depth information on Apple technical architecture. It will teach the reader how to install and configure machines; architect and maintain networks; enable, customize, tune and troubleshoot a wide range of services; and integrate Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, and other Apple technologies within a networked environment. The book covers myriad system administration topics from Directory Services integration to Tiger Server deployment, Xsan administration, account management best practices, security best practices, and more. Following the learning objectives of the Apple Certified System Administrator exam, this book is a perfect supplement to Apple's own training class and a in-depth technical reference for existing system administrators and engineers.

New interesting book: Community Policing and Problem Solving or Andrew Johnson

Future of Business

Author: Lawrence J Gitman

THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS prepares students for a successful career in business by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and competencies they need to prepare for tomorrow's competitive workplace. Each chapter offers a thorough presentation of business principles and also highlights emerging business trends in fields such as management, leadership, production, marketing and finance. Trends include shifts in economic policies in Europe, the global marketplace, the boom in the service sector, managing workforce diversity, new technology, and more. The text also helps students envision themselves in a business career, revealing possibilities that exist when they select business as a major through new "Exploring Business Careers" opening vignettes and videos. Advanced learning tools such as online learning resources (ThomsonNOW) and the Integrated Learning System help build business competencies. To help students develop high-performance workplace skills, the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) recommends students develop five workplace competencies: using and allocating resources, working with others, acquiring and using information, understanding systems, and working with technology. The "Preparing for Tomorrow's Workplace" activities are designed to develop these workplace skills in students. SCANS competencies and workplace skill-building are key features included in the homework section of each chapter.

Booknews

Packaged for the MTV crowd with companion Web site, CD-ROM, and video lectures, the interactive edition of this introductory text is also loaded up with e-commerce case studies, color photos, and quick-hit sidebars. It explains what a business does and how it's created, identifies trends that will affect all businesses in the coming century, and provides information on careers. The authors are teachers of finance (Gitman, San Diego State U.) and marketing (McDaniel, U. of Texas-Arlington). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Pt. 1	The Business Environment
1	Your Future in Business Begins Now	1
App	Getting Your Career Off on the Right Track	26
2	Understanding Evolving Economic Systems and Competition	34
3	Competing in the Global Marketplace	64
4	Making Ethical Decisions and Managing a Socially Responsible Business	98
App	Understanding the Legal and Tax Environment	125
Pt. 2	Business Ownership
5	Forms of Business Ownership	136
6	Entrepreneurship: Starting and Managing Your Own Business	168
	Careers in Small Business	200
Pt. 3	Business Management
7	Management and Leadership in Today's Organization	202
8	Designing Organizational Structures	228
9	Managing Human Resources	259
10	Motivating Employees and Creating Self-managed Teams	286
11	Understanding Labor-Management Relations	314
12	Achieving World-class Operations Management	344
	Careers in Management	376
Pt. 4	Marketing Management
13	Understanding the Customer and Creating Goods and Services that Satisfy	380
14	Developing Quality Products at the Right Price	410
15	Distributing Products in a Timely and Efficient Manner	442
16	Using Integrated Marketing Communications to Promote Products	470
	Careers in Marketing	497
Pt. 5	Technology and Information
17	Using Technology to Manage Information	500
18	Using the Internet for Business Success	532
19	Using Financial Information and Accounting	566
	Careers in Technology and Managing Information	595
Pt. 6	Finance
20	Understanding Money and Financial Institutions	600
21	Financial Management	620
22	Understanding Securities and Securities Markets	646
23	Managing Your Personal Finances	678
App	Managing Risk and Insurance	708
	Careers in Finance	714

MCDST or FISMA Certification and Accreditation Handbook

2009-01-19T11:36:00.000-08:00

MCDST: Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician Study Guide (70-271 and 70-272)

Author: Bill Ferguson

Here's the book you need to prepare for Microsoft's new MCDST exams—70-271: Supporting Users and Troubleshooting a Microsoft XP Operating System; and 70-272: Supporting Users and Troubleshooting Desktop Applications on a Microsoft Windows XP Operating System.

This two-in-one Study Guide was developed to meet the exacting requirements of today's certification candidates. In addition to the consistent and accessible instructional approach that earned Sybex the "Best Study Guide" designation in the 2003 CertCities Readers Choice Awards, this book provides:

• In-depth coverage of all exam topics

• Practical information on supporting users and troubleshooting applications

• Hundreds of challenging review questions

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

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:

Exam 70-271:

• Installing a Windows Desktop Operating System

• Managing and Troubleshooting Access to Resources

• Configuring and Troubleshooting Hardware Devices and Drivers

• Configuring and Troubleshooting the Desktop and User Environments

• Troubleshooting Network Protocols and Services

Exam 70-272:

• Configuring and Troubleshooting Applications

• Resolving Issues Related to Usability

• Resolving Issues Related to Application Customization

• Configuring and Troubleshooting Connectivity for Applications

• Configuring ApplicationSecurity

New interesting textbook: Thanksgiving or Game Bird Classic Recipes

FISMA Certification and Accreditation Handbook

Author: L Taylor

The only book that instructs IT Managers to adhere to federally mandated certification and accreditation requirements.

This book will explain what is meant by Certification and Accreditation and why the process is mandated by federal law. The different Certification and Accreditation laws will be cited and discussed including the three leading types of C&A: NIST, NIAP, and DITSCAP. Next, the book explains how to prepare for, perform, and document a C&A project. The next section to the book illustrates addressing security awareness, end-user rules of behavior, and incident response requirements. Once this phase of the C&A project is complete, the reader will learn to perform the security tests and evaluations, business impact assessments system risk assessments, business risk assessments, contingency plans, business impact assessments, and system security plans. Finally the reader will learn to audit their entire C&A project and correct any failures.

* Focuses on federally mandated certification and accreditation requirements
* Author Laura Taylor's research on Certification and Accreditation has been used by the FDIC, the FBI, and the Whitehouse
* Full of vital information on compliance for both corporate and government IT Managers

Foreword     xxiii
Preface     xxv
What Is Certification and Accreditation?     1
Introduction     2
Terminology     3
Audit and Report Cards     6
A Standardized Process     7
Templates, Documents, and Paperwork     8
Certification and Accreditation Laws Summarized     9
Summary     10
Notes     11
Types of Certification and Accreditation     13
Introduction     14
The NIACAP Process     15
The NIST Process     16
NIACAP and NIST Phases, Differences, and Similarities     16
NIACAP and NIST Compared     17
DITSCAP     18
DCID 6/3     19
The Common Denominator of All C&A Methodologies     20
C&A for Private Enterprises     21
Summary     23
Notes     23
Understanding the Certification and Accreditation Process     25
Introduction     26
Recognizing the Need for C&A     26
Roles and Responsibilities     27
Chief Information Officer     27
Authorizing Official     29
Senior Agency InformationSecurity Officer     30
Senior Agency Privacy Official     31
Certification Agent/Evaluation Team     31
Business Owner     33
System Owner     33
Information Owner     33
Information System Security Officer     34
C&A Preparers     35
Agency Inspectors     35
GAO Inspectors     36
Levels of Audit     36
Stepping through the Process     37
The Initiation Phase     37
The Certification Phase     40
The Accreditation Phase     41
The Continuous Monitoring Phase     42
Summary     44
Establishing a C&A Program     45
Introduction     46
C&A Handbook Development     46
What to Include in Your Handbook     47
Who Should Write the Handbook?     48
Template Development     48
Provide Package Delivery Instructions     50
Create an Evaluation Process     51
Authority and Endorsement     51
Improve Your C&A Program Each Year     52
Problems of Not Having a C&A Program     52
Missing Information     52
Lack of Organization     53
Inconsistencies in the Evaluation Process     53
Unknown Security Architecture and Configuration     53
Unknown Risks     54
Laws and Report Cards     54
Summary     55
Developing a Certification Package     57
Introduction     58
Initiating Your C&A Project     58
Put Together a Contact List     58
Hold a Kick-Off Meeting     59
Obtain Any Existing Agency Guidelines     60
Analyze Your Research     61
Preparing the Documents     61
It's Okay to Be Redundant     62
Different Agencies Have Different Requirements     62
Including Multiple Applications and Systems in One Package     63
Verify Your Information     64
Retain Your Ethics     64
Summary     66
Preparing the Hardware and Software Inventory     67
Introduction     68
Determining the Accreditation Boundaries     68
Collecting the Inventory Information     70
Structure of Inventory Information     71
Delivery of Inventory Document     72
Summary     74
Determining the Certification Level     75
Introduction     76
What Are the C&A Levels?     76=970 03$lLevel 1     76=970 03$lLevel 2     77=970 03$lLevel 3     77=970 03$lLevel 4     78
Importance of Determining the C&A Level     79
Don't Make This Mistake     79
Criteria to Use for Determining the Levels     81
Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability     81
Confidentiality     82
Determining the Confidentiality Level     83
Integrity     84
Determining the Integrity Level     84
Availability     85
Determining the Availability Level     86
How to Categorize Multiple Data Sets     86
Impact Levels and System Criticality     87
System Attribute Characteristics     89
Interconnection State (Interfacing Mode)     89
Access State (Processing Mode)     90
Accountability State (Attribution Mode)     91
Mission Criticality     92
Determining Level of Certification     93
Template for Levels of Determination     94
Rationale for the Security Level Recommendation     97
Process and Rationale for the C&A Level Recommendation     99
The Explanatory Memo     102
Template for Explanatory Memo     103
Summary     105
Performing and Preparing the Self-Assessment     107
Introduction     108
Objectives     108
Designing the Survey     109
Levels of Compliance     109
Management Controls     111
Operational Controls     112
Technical Controls     113
Correlation with Security Policies and Laws     113
Answering the Questions     114
Questions for Self-Assessment Survey     116
Summary     137
Notes     138
Addressing Security Awareness and Training Requirements     139
Introduction     140
Purpose of Security Awareness and Training     140
Security Training     141
Security Awareness     142
The Awareness and Training Message     142
Online Training Makes It Easy     144
Document Your Plan     144
Security Awareness and Training Checklist     145
Security Awareness Material Evaluation     145
Security Awareness Class Evaluation      147
Summary     148
Notes     148
Addressing End-User Rules of Behavior     149
Introduction     150
Implementing Rules of Behavior     150
What Rules to Include     151
Rules for Applications, Servers, and Databases     151
Additional Rules for Handhelds     152
Additional Rules for Laptops and Desktop Systems     153
Additional Rules for Privileged Users     154
Consequences of Noncompliance     155
Rules of Behavior Checklist     155
Summary     156
Addressing Incident Response     157
Introduction     158
Purpose and Applicability     158
Policies and Guidelines     159
Reporting Framework     160
Roles and Responsibilities     162
Agency CSIRC     162
Information System Owner and ISSO     163
Incident Response Manager     164
Definitions     165
Incident     165
Impact, Notification, and Escalation     166
Incident Handling     168
Detecting an Incident     169
Containment and Eradication     171
Recovery and Closure     172
Forensic Investigations     173
Incident Types     176
Incident Response Plan Checklist     180
Security Incident Reporting Form     181
Summary     183
Additional Resources     183
Incident Response Organizations     183
Additional Resources     184
Articles and Papers on Incident Response     185
Notes     186
Performing the Security Tests and Evaluation     187
Introduction     188
Types of Security Tests     188
Confidentiality Tests     189
Integrity Tests     191
Availability Tests     192
Types of Security Controls     193
Management Controls     193
Operational Controls     194
Technical Controls     194
Testing Methodology and Tools     194
Algorithm Testing     197
Code and Memory Analyzers     198
Network and Application Scanners     199
Port Scanners     200
Port Listeners     201
Modem Scanners     201
Wireless Network Scanner     202
Wireless Intrusion Detection Systems      202
Wireless Key Recovery     203
Password Auditing Tools     203
Database Vulnerability Testing Tools     204
Test Management Packages     204
Who Should Perform the Tests?     205
Documenting the Tests     205
Analyzing the Tests and Their Results     205
Summary     207
Additional Resources     207
Books Related to Security Testing     207
Articles and Papers Related to Security Testing     208
Notes     209
Conducting a Privacy Impact Assessment     211
Introduction     212
Privacy Laws, Regulations, and Rights     212
OMB Memoranda     213
Laws and Regulations     213
PIA Answers Questions     214
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)     215
Persistent Tracking Technologies     217
Determine Privacy Threats and Safeguards     218
Decommissioning of PII     219
System of Record Notice (SORN)     220
Posting the Privacy Policy     220
PIA Checklist     220
Summary     222
Books on Privacy     222
Notes     222
Performing the Business Risk Assessment     225
Introduction     226
Determine the Mission     227
Create a Mission Map     229
Construct Risk Statements     230
Describe the Sensitivity Model     232
Impact Scale     233
Likelihood Scale     234
Calculating Risk Exposure     234
Lead the Team to Obtain the Metrics     235
Analyze the Risks     235
Make an Informed Decision     237
Accept the Risk     237
Transfer the Risk     238
Mitigate the Risk     238
Summary     241
Books and Articles on Risk Assessment     241
Notes     242
Preparing the Business Impact Assessment     243
Introduction     244
Document Recovery Times     244
Establish Relative Recovery Priorities     245
Telecommunications     246
Infrastructure Systems     247
Secondary Systems     247
Define Escalation Thresholds     248
Record License Keys     249
BIA Organization     250
Summary     252
Additional Resources     252
Developing the Contingency Plan     253
Introduction     254
List Assumptions     255
Concept of Operations     255
System Description     255
Network Diagrams and Maps     256
Data Sources and Destinations     256
Roles and Responsibilities     257
Contingency Planning Coordinator     258
Damage Assessment Coordinator     259
Emergency Relocation Site Adviser and Coordinator     260
Information Systems Operations Coordinator     260
Logistics Coordinator     260
Security Coordinator     261
Telecommunications Coordinator     261
Levels of Disruption     262
Procedures     263
Backup and Restoration Procedures     263
Procedures to Access Off-site Storage     264
Operating System Recovery Procedures     264
Application Recovery Procedures     265
Connectivity Recovery Procedures     265
Key Recovery Procedures     266
Power Recovery Procedures     266
Recovering and Assisting Personnel     267
Notification and Activation     267
Line of Succession     269
Service Level Agreements     269
Contact Lists     270
Testing the Contingency Plan     270
Appendices     271
Contingency Plan Checklist     271
Additional Resources     272
Performing a System Risk Assessment     275
Introduction     276
Risk Assessment Creates Focus     276
Determine Vulnerabilities     278
Threats     280
Threats Initiated by People     280
Threats Initiated by Computers or Devices     280
Threats from Natural Disasters     281
Qualitative Risk Assessment     282
Quantitative Risk Assessment     283
Qualitative versus Quantitative Risk Assessment     287
Present the Risks     288
Make Decisions     291
Checklist     291
Summary     293
Additional Resources     293
Notes     294
Developing a Configuration Management Plan     295
Introduction     296
Establish Definitions     296
Describe Assets Controlled by the Plan     297
Describe the Configuration Management System      298
Define Roles and Responsibilities     299
Establish Baselines     301
Change Control Process     302
Change Request Procedures     303
Emergency Change Request Procedures     303
Change Request Parameters     304
Configuration Control Board     304
Configuration Management Audit     306
Configuration and Change Management Tools     307
Configuration Management Plan Checklist     308
Summary     309
Additional Resources     309
Preparing the System Security Plan     311
Introduction     312
Laws, Regulations, and Policies     312
The System Description     313
System Boundaries     315
System Mission     316
Data Flows     318
Security Requirements and Controls     318
Management Controls     325
Risk Mitigation     325
Reporting and Review by Management     326
System Lifecycle Requirements     328
Security Planning     329
Documentation for Managers     329
Operational Controls     330
Personnel Security     330
Physical and Environmental Controls and Safeguards     331
Administration and Implementation     332
Preventative Maintenance     333
Contingency and Disaster Recovery Planning     334
Training and Security Awareness     334
Incident Response Procedures     335
Preservation of Data Integrity     335
Network and System Security Operations     336
Technical Controls     338
Authentication and Identity Verification     338
Logical Access Controls     341
Secure Configurations     341
Interconnectivity Security     344
Audit Mechanisms     346
ISSO Appointment Letter     349
System Security Plan Checklist     351
Summary     353
Additional Resources     353
Notes     354
Submitting the C&A Package     355
Introduction     356
Structure of Documents     356
Who Puts the Package Together?     357
Markings and Format     357
Signature Pages     358
A Word About "Not Applicable" Information     359
Submission and Revision     360
Defending the Certification Package     360
Checklist     362
Summary     363
Additional Resources     363
Evaluating the
Certification Package for Accreditation     365
Introduction     366
The Security Assessment Report     366
Checklists for Compliance     366
Compliance Checklist for Management Controls     368
Compliance Checklist for Operational Controls     380
Compliance Checklist for Technical Controls     392
Recommendation to Accredit or Not     404
Accreditation and Authority to Operate     405
Interim Authority to Operate     405
Evaluations by an OIG     407
Evaluations by the GAO     408
Checklist     409
Summary     410
Addressing C&A Findings     411
Introduction     412
POA&Ms     412
Development and Approval     412
POA&M Elements     413
A Word to the Wise     416
Checklist     416
Summary     417
Improving Your Federal Computer Security Report Card Scores     419
Introduction     420
Elements of the Report Card      420
Actions for Improvement     421
Trends     422
Summary     423
Resources     425
Acronyms     428
FISMA     431
OMB Circular A-130: Appendix III     453
FIPS 199     473
Index     485

Maran Illustrated Windows Vista Guided Tour or Digital Photographers Handbook

2009-01-19T02:24:00.000-08:00

Maran Illustrated Windows Vista Guided Tour

Author: Ruth Maran

Maran Illustrated? Windows Vista Guided Tour is an excellent guide for Windows users of all skill levels. Our Guided Tour books feature our famous disk character that walks you through each task step by step. Using clear, concise instructions accompanied by hundreds of full-color screen shots, Maran Illustrated? Windows Vista Guided Tour is perfect for any visual learner who prefers seeing what to do rather than reading lengthy explanations. Maran Illustrated? Windows Vista Guided Tour is the fastest and easiest way to get started and get up to speed with Windows Vista. New and improved Windows Vista features covered in this book include: Live Taskbar Thumbnails, Windows Flip and Flip 3D Vista Firewall and Windows Defender Internet Explorer 7, including Tabbed Browsing Windows Sidebar and Gadgets Maran Illustrated? Windows Vista Guided Tour is an information-packed resource. The easy-to-follow information is communicated through clear, step-by-step instructions and accompanied by hundreds of full-color screen shots - perfect for any visual learner. Learning Windows has never been this easy.

Interesting textbook: Saddam or LBJ

Digital Photographer's Handbook

Author: Tom Ang

Encompassing both digital and conventional photography and revised to include the most up-to-date cameras, computers, peripherals, and software, the Digital Photographer's Handbook encourages traditional photographers to experiment with new technology while inspiring experienced users to reach new heights. Expert photographer Tom Ang shows how to get the most out of this new technology - from improving casual snapshots to learning the secrets of lighting, composition, and digital image manipulation. The accessible yet in-depth text, stunning photography, and quick-fix features provide a practical approach to producing better photographs in a snap.

Publishers Weekly

The revolution will surely be streamed as well as televised, and the slide show for the new century will projected from the desktop. This guide will have you clogging inboxes in no time; Ang (Tao of Photography), senior lecturer in photographic practice at London's University of Westminster, starts out with the very basic: he explains what the World Wide Web is and compares computers, cameras, software, and printers-before moving on to how to take better pictures. Ang then walks readers through manipulating and perfecting images (including cropping, rotation, sharpening, "split toning" and host of other possibilities), and incorporating old-style slides and photos into a digital portfolio. There are tip sheets in all the right places, and after every section, a "Quick Fix" list of common problems to help with troubleshooting. There's also a glossary and more than 1,000 color illustrations. Perhaps most useful are the screen shots of the many puzzling dialogue boxes computers offer, and careful explanations for dealing with them. In all, this is an excellent guide to a confusing realm. (Sept.) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Generously illustrated with over 1000 photographs, this fine book covers virtually every aspect of digital photography. Photo editor and author Ang knowledgeably discusses digital technology, including cameras, lenses, scanners, and printers, along with computers, accessories, and software. He then goes on to explore the unique challenges and advantages of composition and exposure with digital cameras. Separate chapters deal with scanning, including troubleshooting and file management. Ang thoroughly addresses image manipulation and image output, including details on printing, developing a portfolio, and mounting an exhibit. He offers practical advice about selecting equipment and establishing a profitable business. This is certainly one of the best and most comprehensive books available about digital photography. Despite the depth and detail of the subject, the book is written in a clear, straightforward style. Both amateur photographers and seasoned professionals will find this handbook to be a very useful guide as they explore new photographic technology. Highly recommended for both general and subject collections in public and academic libraries.-Raymond Bial, Parkland Coll. Lib., Champaign, IL Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Writing Better Requirements or Principles of Digital Audio

2009-01-18T14:12:00.000-08:00

Writing Better Requirements

Author: Ian F Alexander

Experience has shown us that investment in the requirements process saves time, money, and effort. Yet, development efforts consistently charge ahead without investing sufficiently in the requirements process. We are so intent to develop the technical solutions that we are unwilling to take the time and effort to understand and meet the real customer needs.
--From the Foreword by Ralph R. Young, author of Effective Requirements Practices

Who is it for?

If you are involved in the systems engineering process, in any company -- from transport and telecommunications, to aerospace and software -- you will learn how to write down requirements to guarantee you get the systems YOU need.

What skills will I learn?

How to write simple, clear requirements -- so you get what you want
How to organize requirements as scenarios -- so everyone understands what you want
How to review requirements -- so you ask for the right things

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Book review: Das Entwickeln des Potenzials Über eine Volle Reihe von Führungen: Fälle auf Transactional und Transformationsführung

Principles of Digital Audio

Author: Ken C Pohlmann

THE #1 BEST-SELLING BOOK ON DIGITAL AUDIO ENGINEERING
This definitive text provides comprehensive coverage of today’s leading digital audio technologies as well as a thorough survey of fundamentals and theory. Written by well-known audio engineering expert and best-selling author Ken Pohlmann, four previous editions have been valued for their clear explanations and have been widely used as college texts and professional references. The fifth edition of Principles of Digital Audio has been extensively updated and revised to reflect ongoing widespread changes in the audio industry.
Beginning with an in-depth discussion of digital audio recording and reproduction, the text then details perceptual low bit-rate coding, CD and DVD disc formats, digital audio broadcasting, internet and network audio, and DSP. From the basic theory to the latest technological advancements, Principles of Digital Audio completely covers this multifaceted field, including topics such as:

MP3, AAC, and Dolby Digital audio coding
DVD playback and recording formats
PC-based desktop audio systems
5.1-channel surround-sound coding
HD Radio and satellite radio
Music downloading and streaming
Digital signal processing

ALL THE ESSENTIALS OF DIGITAL AUDIO
* Sound and Numbers * Fundamental Theory * Digital Audio Recording * Digital Audio Reproduction * Error Correction * Digital Audio Tape * Optical Disc Storage * Compact Disc and SACD * Recordable CD * Interconnection * Perceptual Coding: Theory and Applications * MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 * MP3 Codec * MPEG-4 and AAC * Psychoacoustic Models * Surround Sound Coding * Lossless Coding *DVD-Video and DVD-Audio * Recordable DVD * HD-DVD and Blu-ray * Minidisc * Desktop Audio * Network Audio * Downloadable and Streaming Internet Audio * File Formats * Digital Rights Management * Watermarking and Encryption * MPEG-7 * Digital Radio and TV Broadcasting * HD Radio * Satellite Radio * Digital Audio Workstations * Digital Signal Processing: Theory and Applications * Sigma Delta Conversion and Noise Shaping

	Preface to the third edition
	Introduction
1	Sound and Numbers	1
2	Fundamentals of Digital Audio	22
3	Digital Audio Recording	50
4	Digital Audio Reproduction	82
5	Error Correction	133
6	Magnetic Tape Storage	174
7	Digital Audio Tape (DAT)	203
8	Optical Storage and Transmission	227
9	The Compact Disc	264
10	Interconnection	317
11	Perceptual Coding	354
12	The MiniDisc	416
13	Digital Audio Broadcasting	439
14	Digital Audio Workstations	461
15	Digital Signal Processing	484
16	Low-Bit Conversion and Noise Shaping	532
	Appendix The Sampling Theorem	572
	Bibliography	577
	Index	604
	About the Author	623

Computer Programming for Teens or Final Cut Pro HD for Dummies

2009-01-17T11:30:00.000-08:00

Computer Programming for Teens

Author: Mary E Farrell

Ready to learn computer programming but aren't sure where to start? Look no further, Computer Programming for Teens is the book for you. Other books on programming tend to be language specific and often get bogged down in the syntax of the language. That is fine if you already have a strong background in programming, but if you're a novice, the language-specific approach can make things unnecessarily difficult. Computer Programming for Teens stresses concepts over language, but still includes examples in the most popular languages—specifically HTML, C++, and Java. It begins by explaining the fundamental topics, like data storage, and progresses through to more complex topics, such as decisions, loops, design, and complex data structures. Written by a high school teacher, the book includes helpful tips and analogies to guide readers through the maze of programming techniques, concepts, and common pitfalls. It introduces the most relevant topics for beginners and pinpoints the essential skills needed for programming success.

Final Cut Pro HD for Dummies

Author: Helmut Kobler

“Save it in the edit” is a common saying among film professionals. Editing makes the difference between boring vacation movies and exciting travelogues…between the whole dull news conference and the highlights on the evening news. Whether you’re a budding Spielberg, a proud parent who wants two-year-old Junior’s every feat documented for posterity, or a band that wants your music video to rock, Final Cut Pro HD For Dummies tells you what you need to know to edit regular digital or high definition video like a pro. It covers the basics of capturing, importing, and editing digital videos, with detailed how-to for:

• Organizing your media

• Navigating the audio and video Timeline tracks and selecting clips and frames on the Timelines

• Getting fancier with split, roll, ripple, slip, and slide edits

• Working with audio, including mixing, editing out scratches and pops, and using filters to create effects

• Using Soundtrack to compose a musical score, even if you don’t know the difference between horns and strings

• Apply transitions such as 3D simulation, dissolve, iris, stretch and squeeze, and more

• Adding text for captions, opening titles, and closing credits

• Color-correcting video

• Compositing, rendering, and outputting your final product to tape, CD, DVD, or the Web

Three bonus chapters online go into more depth about rendering, customizing the interface, and managing media so you can refine your skills even further.

Final Cut Pro HD For Dummies was written by Helmut Kobler, a LosAngeles-based filmmaker, owner of K2Films, and a frequent contributor to Macaddict Magazine. Having this book next to your editing equipment is the next best thing to having him sit next to you and guide you through the editing process.

Pt. I	First things first	9
Ch. 1	Introducing Final Cut Pro	11
Ch. 2	Getting started	23
Ch. 3	All about HD (high definition)	47
Pt. II	Importing and organizing your media	57
Ch. 4	Capturing media from tape	59
Ch. 5	Importing media that's already on your Mac	77
Ch. 6	Organizing your media	91
Pt. III	Editing your media	109
Ch. 7	Editing basics	111
Ch. 8	Getting to know the timeline	137
Ch. 9	Editing wizardry	161
Pt. IV	Adding pizzazz	197
Ch. 10	Audio excellence	199
Ch. 11	Composing a soundtrack	231
Ch. 12	Creating transitions	255
Ch. 13	Adding text to your videos	271
Ch. 14	Special effects with filters and color correction	295
Ch. 15	Motion effects	319
Ch. 16	Compositing	337
Pt. V	Outputting your masterpiece	353
Ch. 17	Recording to tape	355
Ch. 18	Exporting your movie to a digital file	371
Pt. VI	The part of tens	389
Ch. 19	Ten tips for becoming a better editor	391
Ch. 20	Almost ten tips for managing big projects	397

Microsoft Office Word 2007 Introduction or Php Architects Zend Php 5 Certification Study Guide

2009-01-17T00:18:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office Word 2007 Introduction

Author: Timothy J OLeary

The goal of the O’Leary Series is to give students a basic understanding of computing concepts and to build the skills necessary to ensure that information technology is an advantage in whatever career they choose in life. The O’Leary Microsoft Office 2003 texts are crafted to be the true step-by-step way for students to develop Microsoft Office application skills. The text design emphasizes step-by-step instructions with full screen captures that illustrate the results of each step performed. Each Tutorial (chapter) combines conceptual coverage with detailed software-specific instructions. A running case that is featured in each tutorial highlights the real-world applications of each software program and leads students step-by-step from problem to solution.

New interesting textbook: Sur l'Apprentissage D'organisation

Php/Architect's Zend Php 5 Certification Study Guide

Author: Davey Shafik

Zend's new PHP 5 Certification Exam represent an excellent tool for professional
PHP developers who want to distinguish themselves in their field.

php|architect's Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide, edited and produced by
the publishers of php|architect magazine, provides the most comprehensive and
thorough preparation tool for developers who wish to take the exam.

This book provides complete coverage of every topic that is part of the exam,
including:

• PHP Basics
• Functions
• Arrays
• Strings and Patterns
• Web Programming
• Object Oriented Programming
• Database Programming
• Object-oriented Design
• XML and Web Services
• Security
• Streams and Network Programming
• Differences Between PHP 4 and 5

Written by PHP professionals and Zend Certified PHP 5 Engineers Davey Shafik and Ben Ramsey, and reviewed by core PHP developer Derick Rethans, this is the perfect book for every prospective Zend Certified PHP Engineer candidate!

Pro WPF with VB 2008 or Oracle Database 10g SQL

2009-01-16T15:06:00.000-08:00

Pro WPF with VB 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 3.5

Author: Matthew MacDonald

Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation provides the foundation for building applications and high–quality user experiences in Windows Vista. WPF blends application user interface, documents, and media content to provide richer control, design, and development of the visual aspects of Windows programs.

Author Matthew MacDonald shows you how WPF really works. His no–nonsense, practical advice will get you building high–quality WPF applications quickly and easily. MacDonald will take you through a thorough investigation of the more advanced aspects of WPF, and its relation to other elements of the WinFX stack and the .NET Framework 3.5, to complete your understanding of WPF and VB 2008.

WPF’s functionality extends to support for Tablet PCs and other forms of input device, and provides a more modern imaging and printing pipeline, accessibility and UI automation infrastructure, data–driven UI and visualization, as well as the integration points for weaving the application experience into the Windows shell.
What you’ll learn

WPF basics: XAML, layout, control essentials, and data flow
WPF applications: Navigation, commands, localization, and deployment
Advanced controls: Custom controls, menus, toolbars, and trees
WPF documents: Text layout, printing, and document packaging
Graphics and multimedia: Drawing shapes, sound and video, animation, geometric transformations, and imaging

Who is this book for?

Developers encountering WPF and .NET 3.5 for the first time in their professional lives.
About the Apress Pro Series

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

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

Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition
Pro VB 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Third Edition
Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5, Second Edition
Pro Silverlight

Oracle Database 10g SQL (10g Series)

Author: Jason Pric

This volume will take you from novice to master, covering not only how to use SQL but also the Oracle extensions to SQL. The examples feature the sample schemas available with Oracle Database 10g, and free code will be available for download.

The Security Development Lifecycle or Linear System Theory and Design

2009-01-14T18:59:00.000-08:00

The Security Development Lifecycle: SDL: A Process for Developing Demonstrably More Secure Software

Author: Michael Howard

The software industry has been struggling with how to create and release software that is more security-enhanced and reliable- the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) provides a methodology that works. Adapted from Microsoft's standard development process, SDL is a critical way to help reduce the number of security defects in code at every stage of the development process, from design to release. In addition to a brief history of the methodology, this book details each stage of the SDL methodology and discusses its implementation across a range of Microsoft software, including Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1, to help measurably improve security features. Coauthored by Michael Howard and Steve Lipner, you get direct access to insights from Microsoft's security team and lessons that are repeatable and applicable to software development processes worldwide, whether on a small-scale or large-scale. This book includes a CD featuring videos of developer training classes.

1	Enough is enough : the threats have changed	3
2	Current software development methods fail to produce secure software	17
3	A short history of the SDL at Microsoft	27
4	SDL for management	41
5	Stage O : education and awareness	53
6	Stage 1 : project inception	67
7	Stage 2 : define and follow design best practices	75
8	Stage 3 : product risk assessment	93
9	Stage 4 : risk analysis	101
10	Stage 5 : creating security documents, tools, and best practices for customers	133
11	Stage 6 : secure coding policies	143
12	Stage 7 : secure testing policies	153
13	Stage 8 : the security push	169
14	Stage 9 : the final security review	181
15	Stage 10 : security response planning	187
16	Stage 11 : product release	215
17	Stage 12 : security response execution	217
18	Integrating SDL with agile methods	225
19	SDL banned function calls	241
20	SDL minimum cryptographic standards	251
21	SDL-required tools and compiler options	259
22	Threat tree patterns	269

Interesting book: Coming China Wars or Wheres Bin Laden

Linear System Theory and Design

Author: Chi Tsong Chen

An extensive revision of the author's highly successful text, this third edition of Linear System Theory and Design has been made more accessible to students from all related backgrounds. After introducing the fundamental properties of linear systems, the text discusses design using state equations and transfer functions. In state-space design, Lyapunov equations are used extensively to design state feedback and state estimators. In the discussion of transfer-function design, pole placement, model matching, and their applications in tracking and disturbance rejection are covered. Both one-and two-degree-of-freedom configurations are used. All designs can be accomplished by solving sets of linear algebraic equations.
The two main objectives of the text are to:
DT use simple and efficient methods to develop results and design procedures
DT enable students to employ the results to carry out design
All results in this new edition are developed for numerical computation and illustrated using MATLAB, with an emphasis on the ideas behind the computation and interpretation of results. This book develops all theorems and results in a logical way so that readers can gain an intuitive understanding of the theorems. This revised edition begins with the time-invariant case and extends through the time-varying case. It also starts with single-input single-output design and extends to multi-input multi-output design. Striking a balance between theory and applications, Linear System Theory and Design, 3/e, is ideal for use in advanced undergraduate/first-year graduate courses in linear systems and multivariable system design in electrical, mechanical, chemical, andaeronautical engineering departments. It assumes a working knowledge of linear algebra and the Laplace transform and an elementary knowledge of differential equations.

Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 or Wireless Crash Course

2009-01-14T09:47:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office Publisher 2007: Complete Concepts and Techniques

Author: Gary B Shelly

Microsoft Publisher 2007: Complete Concepts and Techniques provides a project-based, step-by-step approach to teaching Publisher 2007.

Wireless Crash Course

Author: Paul Bedell

Crash course in wireless telecom

Need a jargon-free explanation of how wireless telecommunications work, with an emphasis on the design and management of systems? You'll find it in Paul Bedell's Wireless Crash Course. This guide provides everything you need to understand the basic working of wireless, its technology and markets. You get a crystal-clear introduction to basic concepts like radio frequency (RF), cell sites, and switching, and insight into issues such as site acquisition, tower selection and construction, design of the fixed network (a.k.a the "backhaul"), and interconnection to the Public Switched Telephone Network. The expert author carefully delineates the complex regulatory processes that affect all wireless service providers. This A to Z treatment of every major feature of wireless explains both coming wireless internet access (WAP, Bluetooth, wireless data, etc.) and wireless broadband access (LMDS, MMDS) and their prospects in the marketplace.

Ch. 1	Cellular radio history and development	1
Ch. 2	Basic wireless network design and operation	13
Ch. 3	The cell base station	27
Ch. 4	Radio frequency operation and technologies	49
Ch. 5	Antennas, power, and sectorization	83
Ch. 6	Digital wireless technologies	111
Ch. 7	3G : third- generation wireless	139
Ch. 8	Personal communication services	169
Ch. 9	Towers	191
Ch. 10	Best station equipment and radio frequency (RF) signal flow	213
Ch. 11	Capacity management, propagation models, and drive testing	225
Ch. 12	The mobile switching center, the network operations center, and the backhaul network	235
Ch. 13	Microwave radio systems	255
Ch. 14	Interconnection to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and the Internet	279
Ch. 15	Roaming and intercarrier networking	317
Ch. 16	Wireless data technologies	347
Ch. 17	The new age of cell phones	405
Ch. 18	The business side and wireless applications	415
Ch. 19	ESMR and Nextel	443
Ch. 20	Wi-Fi (802.11 wireless fidelity)	451
Ch. 21	802.163 WiMAX	473
Ch. 22	Home networking	489

Windows Vista for Starters or Learning Dreamweaver CS3

2009-01-13T22:34:00.000-08:00

Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual

Author: David Pogu

Written by New York Times columnist, blogger, bestselling author, and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue, Window Vista For Starters is perfect for people who want to learn the basics so they can start using Vista right away. For anyone interested in zeroing in on just the information they need without all the complicated jargon, our new For Starters manual provides just the solution. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and plenty of illustrations, this book offers a refreshingly simple approach to Vista. Whether you're a first-time user who just wants the basics, or an experienced user who simply needs a quick overview, our new book is designed to deliver what you need to know. This jargon-free book explains Vista's features quickly and clearly -- revealing which work well and which don't.

Look this: The ACE Programmers Guide or Absolute Beginners Guide to WordPerfect 12

Learning Dreamweaver CS3

Author: Fred Gerantabe

Learning Dreamweaver CS3 is like having access to a top-notch team of your very own instructors. Written by product experts and trainers who have produced many of Adobe's training titles, the book takes you step-by-step through the process of learning to use Dreamweaver X like a pro. This full-color book is organized into lessons, with easy-to-follow instructions, tips, examples, and review questions at the end of every lesson. Each lesson is self-contained, so you can go through the entire book sequentially or just focus on individual lessons. Topics covered include: What's new in Dreamweaver CS3 Dreamweaver CS3 Jumpstart Creating web sites Styling pages with CSS Working with Snippets and library items Using tables and frames Adding Flash, video, and audio content In addition, the book comes with a companion DVD with video tutorials and all of the files needed for the lessons, including final, completed Dreamweaver files. A free Instructor's Guide is available online.

Cryptography for Dummies or Core J2EE Patterns

2009-01-13T12:23:00.000-08:00

Cryptography for Dummies

Author: Chey Cobb

• Cryptography is the most effective way to achieve data security and is essential to e-commerce activities such as online shopping, stock trading, and banking

• This invaluable introduction to the basics of encryption covers everything from the terminology used in the field to specific technologies to the pros and cons of different implementations

• Discusses specific technologies that incorporate cryptography in their design, such as authentication methods, wireless encryption, e-commerce, and smart cards

• Based entirely on real-world issues and situations, the material provides instructions for already available technologies that readers can put to work immediately

• Expert author Chey Cobb is retired from the NRO, where she held a Top Secret security clearance, instructed employees of the CIA and NSA on computer security and helped develop the computer security policies used by all U.S. intelligence agencies

Book review: Westward Dharma or Economic Principles Applied to Space Industry Decisions

Core J2EE Patterns (Core Design Series): Best Practices and Design Strategies

Author: Deepak Alur

Over the last few years, Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technology has emerged and matured as a standard platform for building enterprise applications. While the platform has matured into a solid offering for developing and deploying enterprise applications, it does offer its challenges. As developers, often we confuse learning the technology with learning to design with the technology. In this book, senior architects from the Sun Java Center, Sun's Java consulting organization share with the reader their cumulative design experience with and expertise on J2EE technology.

The primary focus of the book is on patterns, best practices, design strategies, and proven solutions using the key J2EE technologies including JavaServer Pages (JSP), Servlets, Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), and Java Message Service (J.M.S) API. Other ancillary technologies like JDBC and JNDI are also discussed as relevant to their usage in these patterns. The J2EE Patterns catalog with 16 patterns and numerous strategies is presented to document and promote best practices for these technologies.

In addition to the patterns and strategies, the book offers the following:

Presents various design strategies for the presentation tier and business tier design.
Identifies bad practices in presentation, business, and integration tiers, and offers directions to remedy them by using certain patterns, strategies, and refactorings.
Refactorings for various tiers and mechanics to move away from a bad implementation to a better solution.
Sample code and examples for patterns, strategies, and refactorings.

Core J2EE Patterns delivers:

Proven solutions for enterprise applications
J2EE Patterns Catalog with patterns for JSP technology, EJB technology, and J.M.S.
Identifies bad practices and recommends solutions
Refactorings to improve existing designs using patterns, strategies, and best practices
UML Diagrams illustrate structure and behavior of each pattern

Booknews

Presents 15 patterns for the Java 2 platform enterprise edition (J2EE) that solve problems typically encountered by application developers. Patterns include a data access object, a front controller for handling requests, and a business delegate to reduce coupling between presentation-tier clients and business services. The authors, who are architects with the Sun Java Center, also discuss some design considerations for Java server pages, servlets, and enterprise Javabeans. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Foreword
	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Acknowledgments - First Edition
Pt. I	Patterns and J2EE	2
Ch. 1	Introduction	6
Ch. 2	Presentation Tier Design Considerations and Bad Practices	18
Ch. 3	Business Tier Design Considerations and Bad Practices	44
Ch. 4	J2EE Refactorings	62
Pt. II	J2EE Pattern Catalog	112
Ch. 5	J2EE Patterns Overview	116
Ch. 6	Presentation Tier Patterns	142
Ch. 7	Business Tier Patterns	300
Ch. 8	Integration Tier Patterns	460
	Epilogue	580
	Bibliography	621
	The Apache Software License, Version 1.1	625
	Index	627

Excel 2003 Just the Steps for Dummies or Steal This Computer Book 40

2009-01-13T03:11:00.000-08:00

Excel 2003 Just the Steps for Dummies

Author: Diane Koers

Easy steps for creating spreadsheets you can really use

Simple steps...

...for great results

Use AutoOutline

• Choose Data Group and Outline AutoOutline. Figure 11-9 illustrates a worksheet with outline headings for both rows and columns. Row outline symbols are at the top of the worksheet.

• AutoOutline works best if the worksheet has summary formulas that reference cells in the detail cells. The summary formulas must be adjacent to the detail.

• To expand the outline, click the Show Detailbuttons to the left of the rows or above thecolumn headings. (See Figure 11-10.)

• To collapse the outline, click the Hide buttonsto the left of the rows or above the columnheadings.

• To remove the AutoOutline, choose Data Group and outline Clear Outline.

Get ready to

• Format cells and data

• Build formulas and functions

• Save time with Excel tools

• Add color graphics toyour spreadsheets

• Analyze your data

• Create charts and PivotTables

Ch. 1	Working with Excel files	5
Ch. 2	Entering spreadsheet data	13
Ch. 3	Building formulas	21
Ch. 4	Formatting cells and data	33
Ch. 5	Adding color and graphics	43
Ch. 6	Working with workbooks	53
Ch. 7	Changing worksheet views	67
Ch. 8	Sorting data	75
Ch. 9	Creating charts with Excel	85
Ch. 10	Printing workbooks	97
Ch. 11	Working with outlines	109
Ch. 12	Filtering data	117
Ch. 13	Creating pivot tables	127
Ch. 14	Building simple macros	139
Ch. 15	Saving time with Excel tools	145
Ch. 16	Creating a commission calculator	153
Ch. 17	Tracking medical expenses	159
Ch. 18	Planning for your financial future	167
Ch. 19	Integrating Excel into Word	171
Ch. 20	Blending Excel and PowerPoint	173
Ch. 21	Using Excel with Access	185

New interesting book: Eating Alive Prevention Thru Good Digestion or Awakening Your Sexuality

Steal This Computer Book 4.0: What They Won't Tell You about the Internet

Author: Wallace Wang

This offbeat, non-technical book examines what hackers do, how they do it, and how readers can protect themselves. Informative, irreverent, and entertaining, the completely revised fourth edition of Steal This Computer Book contains new chapters that discuss the hacker mentality, lock picking, exploiting P2P file sharing networks, and how people manipulate search engines and pop-up ads. Includes a CD with hundreds of megabytes of 100% FREE hacking and security-related programs that tie-in to each chapter in the book.

RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g or CCNP Ont Portable Command Guide

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

RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g: A Problem-Solution Approach

Author: Darl Kuhn

It’s sometimes said that the true job of an Oracle database administrator can be summed up in one, essential skill: to be able to recover your database.

There’s much wisdom in that statement. Of all the things you are responsible for as a database administrator, nothing is more important than the data itself. Like it or not, the fearsome responsibility of protecting your organization's most critical data falls squarely upon your shoulders:

Lose that data and your company could fail.
Lose that data and you could be out of a job.

Scared? You should be. But there's help. You are not alone. Oracle experts Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda have come together in this book to show you the power of Recovery Manager, or RMAN, which is Oracle's backup and recovery tool of choice. RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g helps you take advantage of all that RMAN has to offer by providing easy-to-understand solutions to business-critical backup and recovery operations. This handy guide

Demystifies the steps required to protect your business data
Provides ready-made and step-by-step solutions to simple and complex backup, restore, and recovery operations
Is task-oriented, making it easy for you to find the solution to pressing backup and recovery problems
Respects your time by providing example-based solutions, not endless reading material

When the pressure’s on, you don't have time for long discussions of theory. This book gets right to the point with quick and easy-to-read, step-by-step solutions that can help you backup and recover your data with confidence.

Whatyou’ll learn

Oracle Database experts Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda show you how to

Reliably back up and recover your database using Oracle's Recovery Manager.
Utilize New Oracle Database 11g features such as the Data Recovery Advisor.
Let Oracle Database manage your backup files via the Flash Recovery Area.
Automate backup and recovery tasks by writing scripts.
Troubleshoot RMAN problems and optimize RMAN performance.
Interface with a Media Management Layer to manage your backup tape library.
Recover from the loss of a control file, loss of an online redo log, and other (hopefully!) unusual situations.

Who is this book for?

Oracle database administrators responsible for database backup and recovery operations.

Related Titles

Expert Oracle Database 10g Administration

Expert Oracle Database Architecture: 9i and 10g Programming Techniques and Solutions

CCNP Ont Portable Command Guide

Author: Scott Empson

All the ONT 642-845 commands in one compact, portable resource

Preparing for the CCNP® certification? Working as a network professional? Here are all the CCNP-level commands for the ONT exam you need in one condensed, portable resource. The CCNP ONT Portable Command Guide is filled with valuable, easy-to-access information and is portable enough for use whether you’re in the server room or the equipment closet.

This book will help you memorize commands and concepts as you work to pass the CCNP ONT exam (642-845). The guide summarizes all CCNP certification-level Cisco IOS® Software commands, keywords, command arguments, and associated prompts, providing you with tips and examples of how to apply the commands to real-world scenarios. Sample configurations throughout the book provide you with a better understanding of how these commands are used in simple network designs.

The topics in this portable command guide cover how to do the following:

Describe Cisco VoIP implementations
Describe QoS considerations
Describe DiffServ QoS implementations
Implement AutoQoS
Implement WLAN security and management

Scott Empson is currently the assistant program chair of the bachelor of applied information systems technology degree program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, teaching Cisco® routing, switching, and network design courses in certificate, diploma, and applied degree programs at the post-secondary level.

Hans Roth is an instructor in the electrical/electronicengineering technology department at Red River College in Winnipeg, Canada.

Access all CCNP ONT commands–use as a quick, offline resource for research and solutions
Logical “how-to” topic groupings provide one-stop research
Great for review before taking the CCNP ONT certification exam
Compact size makes it easy to carry with you, wherever you go
“Create Your Own Journal” section with blank, lined pages allows you to personalize the book for your needs

This book is part of the Cisco Press® Certification Self-Study Product Family, which offers readers a self-paced study routine for Cisco certification exams. Titles in the Cisco Press Certification Self-Study Product Family are part of a recommended learning program from Cisco that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized

Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press.

Category: Cisco Press–Cisco Certification

Covers: CCNP ONT Certification 642-845

$24.99 USA / $26.99 CAN

Visual Basic 2008 or Learning Ruby

2009-01-12T04:48:00.000-08:00

Visual Basic 2008

Author: Todd Herman

Related Titles

Accelerated VB 2008
Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2007 Solutions in VB 2005
Beginning Object-Oriented Programming with VB 2005: From Novice to Professional

Learning Ruby

Author: Michael Fitzgerald

You don't have to know everything about a car to drive one, and you don't need to know everything about Ruby to start programming with it. Written for both experienced and new programmers alike, Learning Ruby is a just-get-in-and-drive book -- a hands-on tutorial that offers lots of Ruby programs and lets you know how and why they work, just enough to get you rolling down the road.

WebEx Web Meetings For Dummies or Adobe Flash CS4 Professional How Tos

2009-01-11T09:35:00.000-08:00

WebEx Web Meetings For Dummies

Author: Nancy Stevenson

• More than 11,000 customers–ranging from independent consultants to large corporations–use WebEx online services to decrease the cost and increase the effectiveness of meetings, presentations, conferences, support, and training

• Input from WebEx has enriched the book with actual examples and case studies of how individuals, small businesses, and large corporations are making use of the WebEx services

Pt. I	Meet me on the Web	5
Ch. 1	What's a WebEx?	7
Ch. 2	The ins and outs of meeting online	19
Ch. 3	Getting started with meetings	35
Pt. II	Always be prepared	49
Ch. 4	Setting up your very first meeting	51
Ch. 5	Taking advantage of remote computers	67
Ch. 6	Preparing for a dynamic marketing event	75
Pt. III	Let the meetings begin	95
Ch. 7	Hosting a meeting	97
Ch. 8	Attending meetings	129
Pt. IV	Selling, supporting, and training with WebEx	145
Ch. 9	Closing more deals faster with sales center	147
Ch. 10	Delivering virtual support with support center	167
Ch. 11	Creating virtual classrooms with training center	185
Pt. V	Taking WebEx further	219
Ch. 12	Making the most of reports	221
Ch. 13	Administering WebEx made easy	231
Pt. VI	The part of tens	251
Ch. 14	Ten things WebEx can do for your enterprise	253
Ch. 15	Top nine frequently asked questions from WebEx tech support	259
Ch. 16	Ten ideas for small businesses to maximize success	265
Ch. 17	Ten ways that companies get the most out of WebEx	271

New interesting textbook: Writing Reports to Get Results or East Asian Dynamism

Adobe Flash CS4 Professional How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques

Author: Mark Schaeffer

Users new to the software as well as veteran users unfamiliar with added features need quick access to key features and fundamental techniques. Adobe Flash CS4 Professional: 100 Essential Techniques provides users with what they need to know to start working in Flash. Each technique is presented in a self-contained unit of one or two pages so users can dive in and start working right away, unencumbered by lengthy descriptions or technical detail. For example, if readers want to know how to use Flash's QuickTime export feature, they can turn directly to that page, quickly grasp the technique, as well as pick up a few tips along the way.

Ch. 1	Silver to Silicon	1
Ch. 2	Digital Nuts and Bolts	15
Ch. 3	Scan, Develop, and Organize	41
Ch. 4	File Preparation	91
Ch. 5	Tone and Contrast	129
Ch. 6	Dodging, Burning, and Exposure Control	173
Ch. 7	Color Correction	227
Ch. 8	Creative Color	287
Ch. 9	Creative Enhancements	321
Ch. 10	Enhancing Focus	359
	Index	401

1	Getting started	2
2	Loops & recording	20
3	The edit window	50
4	Playlists & markers	96
5	Using plug-ins	124
6	Inserts & busses	146
7	MIDI tracks	180
8	More on MIDI	216
9	Arranging a song	256
10	Tips & tools	286
11	Automate & mix	346
12	Export your song	420

Financial & Accounting Software Books

Improving Learning Transfer in Organizations or Hacking Gmail

Improving Learning Transfer in Organizations

Hacking Gmail

Table of Contents:

Mobile Telemedicine or Embedded Systems Building Blocks

Mobile Telemedicine: A Computing and Networking Perspecive

Embedded Systems Building Blocks

Table of Contents:

A Practical Guide to Trusted Computing or HyperText 30

A Practical Guide to Trusted Computing

HyperText 3.0: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization

HTML Illustrated Complete Third Edition or A Practical Guide to Unix for Mac OS X Users

HTML Illustrated Complete, Third Edition

A Practical Guide to Unix for Mac OS X Users

The Most Useful UNIX Guide for Mac OS X Users Ever, with Hundreds of High-Quality Examples!

Table of Contents:

Preface xxvii

Glossary 859

Index 913

Windows Vista Security for Dummies or Microsoft Visual C

Windows Vista Security for Dummies

Microsoft Visual C#: Build a Program Now!

Table of Contents:

Hands On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense or Photoshop for Video

Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense

Photoshop for Video

Table of Contents:

SQL in a Nutshell or Cinema 4D 10 Workshop

SQL in a Nutshell

Cinema 4D 10 Workshop

Table of Contents:

The Creative Digital Darkroom or Go Google

The Creative Digital Darkroom

Table of Contents:

Go Google: 20 Ways to Reach More Customers and Build Revenue with Google Business Tools

Real World Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers or ASPNET in a Nutshell

Real World Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers

ASP.NET in a Nutshell

Cisco CallManager Express or Tom Clancys Splinter Cell

Cisco CallManager Express

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Adobe InDesign CS Classroom in a Book or Operating Systems

Adobe InDesign CS Classroom in a Book

Table of Contents:

Operating Systems: Design and Implementation

Booknews

Identity Theft Inc or Feedback Systems

Identity Theft, Inc.: A Wild Ride with the World's#1 Identity Thief

Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers

Understanding Linux Network Internals or Too Human

Understanding Linux Network Internals

Too Human: Prima Official Game Guide

Table of Contents:

CCNA or 3D Game Programming All in One

CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Fast Pass

Table of Contents:

3D Game Programming All in One

Real World FPGA Design with Verilog or MIPS Assembly Language Programming

Real World FPGA Design with Verilog

MIPS Assembly Language Programming

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Digital Sensations or Business Intelligence

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