Posted: May 31st, 2008, 6:21pm CEST by ganelon
Learn how to put all the built-in power of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 to work with this comprehensive, in-depth programming guide. It drills down into the internal workings of Visual Studio .NET to help you get the most out of its features, editors, and project-management capabilities. You'll see how to extend this rich, integrated development environment to maximize your productivity for any project, no matter where you are in the development cycle—or which language you use. You'll also learn how to use macros and add-ins to simplify your work. Code examples in every chapter show you exactly what to do.
The target audience for Inside Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 is any developer who is interested in learning the ins and outs of Visual Studio .NET. We wrote the book using Visual Studio .NET 2003, but nearly everything that we discuss in the book also applies to Visual Studio .NET 2002.
This book won't teach you programming, but it will help you understand the solution and project paradigm used to organize the application projects that you'll work with using Visual Studio .NET. That said, if you're a student who is just learning a programming language, you might find the initial chapters of the book very helpful as you go about programming in this IDE.
If you're interested in extending and customizing the Visual Studio .NET IDE, this book is for you.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - The Evolution of Visual Studio .NET
Chapter 02 - Project Management in Visual Studio .NET
Chapter 03 - The Visual Studio .NET Editor
Chapter 05 - The Add-in Wizard and the Automation Object Model
Chapter 06 - Add-in Architecture
Chapter 07 - Commands
Chapter 08 - Managing Solutions and Projects Programmatically
Chapter 09 - Visual Studio .NET Wizards
Chapter 10 - Programming the User Interface
Chapter 11 - Text Editing Objects and Events
Chapter 12 - The Code Model
Chapter 13 - Designing Setup Projects
Chapter 14 - Visual Studio .NET Help
Chapter 15 - Advanced Projects in Visual Studio .NET
Appendix A - Code Model Reference
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Posted: May 31st, 2008, 4:16am CEST by ClareGo
InnerWorkings .NET Training provides practical, self-paced training for .NET developers. Using hands-on coding challenges, you learn about key .NET techniques in a realistic learning environment.
With this sample, you get one hour of FREE hands-on learning material on programming Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). You will learn how to define a service contract and host a WCF service that implements the contract with multiple endpoints. Also, as one of the main strengths of WCF is the ability to support reliable services across a distributed environment, you will learn how to implement a reliable session on a custom binding.
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Posted: May 31st, 2008, 4:06am CEST by -cosmos-
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Posted: May 31st, 2008, 4:03am CEST by madusanka
The CISA Review Manual 2008 has been completely revised and updated with new content to reflect changing industry principles and practices, and is organized according to the current CISA job practice areas. The manual features detailed descriptions of the tasks performed by IS auditors and the knowledge required to plan, manage and perform IS audits. The new edition also features new case studies to assist a candidate’s understanding of current practices. Also included are definitions of terms most commonly found on the exam, practice questions similar in content to what has previously appeared on the exam and references to additional study materials on specific topics. This manual can be used as a stand-alone document for individual study or as a guide or reference for study groups and chapters conducting local review courses.
The 2008 edition has been developed and is organized to help prepare the CISA candidate in studying the following job practice areas:
• The IS audit process
• IT governance
• Systems and infrastructure life cycle management
• IT service delivery and support
• Protection of information assets
• Business continuity and disaster recovery
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Posted: May 30th, 2008, 10:01am CEST by mrblue
If you're interested in creating cutting-edge code-based art and animations, you've come to the right place! Processing (available at www.processing.org) is a revolutionary open source programming language and environment designed to bridge the gap between programming and art, allowing non-programmers to learn programming fundamentals as easily as possible, and empowering anyone to produce beautiful creations using math patterns. With the software freely available, Processing provides an accessible alternative to using Flash for creative coding and computational artboth on and off the Web. This book is written especially for artists, designers, and other creative professionals and students exploring code art, graphics programming, and computational aesthetics. The book provides a solid and comprehensive foundation in programming, including object-oriented principles, and introduces you to the easy-to-grasp Processing language, so no previous coding experience is necessary. The book then goes through using Processing to code lines, curves, shapes, and motion, continuing to the point where you'll have mastered Processing and can really start to unleash your creativity with realistic physics, interactivity, and 3D! In the final chapter, you'll even learn how to extend your Processing skills by working directly with the powerful Java programming languagethe language Processing itself is built with.
You'll learn:
- The fundamentals of creative computer programming—from procedural programming, to object-oriented programming, to pure Java programming
- How to virtually draw, paint, and sculpt using computer code and clearly explained mathematical concepts
- 2D and 3D programming techniques, motion design, and cool graphics effects
- How to code your own pixel-level imaging effects, such as image contrast, color saturation, custom gradients and more
- Advanced animation techniques, including realistic physics and artificial life simulation
Summary of Contents
- PART ONE: THEORY OF PROCESSING AND COMPUTATIONAL ART
- Chapter 1: Code Art
- Chapter 2: Creative Coding
- Chapter 3: Code Grammar 101
- Chapter 4: Computer Graphics, the Fun, Easy Way
- Chapter 5: The Processing Environment
- PART TWO: PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE
- Chapter 6: Lines
- Chapter 7: Curves
- Chapter 8: Object-Oriented Programming
- Chapter 9: Shapes
- Chapter 10: Color and Imaging
- Chapter 11: Motion
- Chapter 12: Interactivity
- Chapter 13: 3D
- Chapter 14: 3D Rendering in Java Mode
- PART THREE: REFERENCE
- Appendix A: Processing Language API
- Appendix B: Math Reference
- Appendix C: Integrating Processing within Java
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Posted: May 30th, 2008, 9:46am CEST by mrblue
Given that it costs approximately two and a half times his or her annual salary to get a new boss in place, it is essential that organizations hire someone who will give a good return on this investment. The New Boss is a guide for newly appointed senior managers to make a successful leadership transition. With tried and tested models and self-assessment tools, it covers all the dos and don'ts of the new boss' role.
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Posted: May 30th, 2008, 9:31am CEST by -cosmos-
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Posted: May 30th, 2008, 7:49am CEST by mrblue
The explosive growth of multimedia data transmission has generated a critical need for efficient, high-capacity image databases, as well as powerful search engines to retrieve image data from them. This book brings together contributions by an international all-star team of innovators in the field who share their insights into all key aspects of image database and search engine construction. Readers get in-depth discussions of the entire range of crucial image database architecture, indexing and retrieval, transmission, display, and user interface issues. And, using examples from an array of disciplines, the authors present cutting-edge applications in medical imagery, multimedia communications, earth science, remote sensing, and other major application areas.
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Posted: May 30th, 2008, 7:45am CEST by mrblue
Today’s sales managers face a tough challenge. They must be more productive than ever while relying more on partners and technology with reduced resources in the field. And with fewer, larger customers, every decision becomes more important — and riskier. The Sales Manager’s Success Manual provides the critical information sales managers need to succeed in this increasingly difficult job.
Covering fundamental sales management topics including compensation, forecasting, and motivation, along with more advanced topics such as dealing with internal politics, understanding generational issues, managing up, and developing intuition, the book shows readers how to:
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Posted: May 29th, 2008, 8:36pm CEST by mrblue
The emerging technology of very inexpensive inertial sensors is available for navigation as never before. The book lays the analytical foundation for understanding and implementing the navigation equations. It starts by demystifying the central theme of the frame rotation using such algorithms as the quaternions, the rotation vector and the Euler angles. After developing navigation equations, the book introduces the computational issues and discusses the physical aspects that are tied to implementing these equations. The book then explains alignment techniques. Introduction to Modern Navigation Systems offers an efficient algorithm for polar navigation. It also shows how to enhance the performance of the inertial system when aided by the Global Positioning System. It is an appropriate textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students in aeronautical and electrical engineering. It could also be used as a reference book for practitioners in the field.
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Posted: May 29th, 2008, 4:12am CEST by mrblue
Master One of Today’s Most Powerful Techniques for Revealing Security Flaws!
Fuzzing has evolved into one of today’s most effective approaches to test software security. To “fuzz,” you attach a program’s inputs to a source of random data, and then systematically identify the failures that arise. Hackers have
relied on fuzzing for years: Now, it’s your turn. In this book, renowned fuzzing experts show you how to use fuzzing to reveal weaknesses in your software before someone else does.
Fuzzing is the first and only book to cover fuzzing from start to finish, bringing disciplined best practices to a technique that has traditionally been implemented informally. The authors begin by reviewing how fuzzing works and outlining its crucial advantages over other security testing methods. Next, they introduce state-of-the-art fuzzing techniques for finding vulnerabilities in network protocols, file formats, and web applications; demonstrate the use of automated fuzzing tools; and present several insightful case histories showing fuzzing at work. Coverage includes:
• Why fuzzing simplifies test design and catches flaws other methods miss
• The fuzzing process: from identifying inputs to assessing “exploitability”
• Understanding the requirements for effective fuzzing
• Comparing mutation-based and generation-based fuzzers
• Using and automating environment variable and argument fuzzing
• Mastering in-memory fuzzing techniques
• Constructing custom fuzzing frameworks and tools
• Implementing intelligent fault detection
Attackers are already using fuzzing. You should, too. Whether you’re a developer, security engineer, tester, or QA specialist, this book teaches you how to build secure software.
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Posted: May 29th, 2008, 4:10am CEST by Krenko
* Essential for those who know basic Excel and want to explore the full potential of the program * Teaches how to manipulate data to suit specific needs and achieve more by doing less work
* Self-contained two-page lessons, featuring high-resolution screen shots and minimal text, show how to create custom functions, retrieve data from databases, use value chains, and slice and pivot information from the Web with Excel's PivotTable utility
* Covers data analyzing techniques for statistical functions, financial functions, data sharing, PivotTables and PivotCharts, Solver, and BackSolve
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Posted: May 29th, 2008, 4:07am CEST by jaybeere
TIME Magazine March 10, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 10
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• COVER: Does Experience Matter in a President? - Some are arguing that Barack Obama is too green for the job. But does experience guarantee success?
• SOCIETY: Your Own Private Island - New technology makes living on one more feasible. How to find the ultimate waterfront property
• BUSINESS: Visa Charges On - If this is the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, why can the
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Posted: May 29th, 2008, 4:07am CEST by Crimson
This guide was written for readers interested in learning the C++ programming language from scratch, and for both novice and advanced C++ programmers wishing to enhance their knowledge of C++. The text is organized to guide the reader from elementary language concepts to professional software development, with in depth coverage of all the C++ language elements en route.
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Posted: May 29th, 2008, 4:05am CEST by Crimson
Learn to program with Flex 3, the powerful tool for building multimedia-rich, interactive Flash applications for the Web. Flex 3: A Beginner's Guide</em> is an easy-to-follow, fast-paced tutorial that allows you to fully grasp the fundamentals, including MXML, ActionScript, Flex Builder, states, transitions, and behaviors. You'll learn how to customize your applications with styles, skins, and themes; access remote data using the XML HTTP Service Request; profile and debug your applications; and manage media assets.
Designed for Easy Learning
- Key Skills & Concepts–Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
- Ask the Experts–Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
- Try This–Short, hands-on exercises to practice your skills
- Notes–Bonus information related to the topic being covered
- Tips–Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
- Cautions–Errors and pitfalls to avoid
- Annotated Syntax–Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated
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Posted: May 29th, 2008, 4:03am CEST by ganelon
This book contains more than 200 recipes that address many of the “How do I . . .?” questions that you could pose about Windows networking. It is a straightforward reference for a variety of tasks, ranging from handling everyday chores to solving more specialized problems. Windows Server 2003 Networking Recipes will be a great addition to your technical library.
Windows Server 2003 Networking Recipes can be useful to anyone who needs to deploy, administer, or automate Windows Server 2003 or even Windows 2000 networks. This book can serve as a great reference for those who work with Windows servers on a day-to-day basis. And because of all the scripting samples, this book can be extremely beneficial to programmers who want to accomplish various tasks in an application. For those without much programming background, the VBScript solutions are straightforward, and they should be easy to follow and use as a basis for more involved scripts.
This book is composed of nine chapters, each containing from ten to thirty recipes that describe how to perform a particular task. Within each recipe are four sections(A-Problem, B-Solutiond, C-How It Works, D-See Also)
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 1 - Basic TCP/IP Configuration
Chapter 2 - Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)
Chapter 3 - Windows Firewall
Chapter 4 - Routing and Remote Access Service (Remote Access)
Chapter 5 - Routing and Remote Access Service (Routing)
Chapter 6 - Internet Authentication Service (IAS)
Chapter 7 - Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)
Chapter 8 - Network Printing
Chapter 9 - Network Troubleshooting
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Posted: May 28th, 2008, 12:23pm CEST by mrblue
Oracle Magazine is published bimonthly and distributed to more than 550,000 of the top IT managers, database administrators, and developers.
Oracle Magazine contains technology strategy articles, sample code, tips, Oracle and partner news, how to articles for developers and DBAs, and more. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company.
For more information about Oracle, please visit their Web site at http://www.oracle.com. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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Posted: May 28th, 2008, 12:15pm CEST by Krenko
A must-read for any system administrator installing or currently using Apache, Hardening Apache shows you exactly what to do to make Apache more secure. Throughout this book, renowned author Tony Mobily introduces you to many of the security problems youll inevitably stumble across when using Apache—and most important, youll learn how to protect yourself and your server.
Mobily provides in-depth instruction on the safe installation and configuration of Apache and gives detailed guidance on tightening the security of your existing Apache installation. This comprehensive book covers a wide variety of the most important issues, including common attacks, logging, downloading, administration, cross-site scripting attacks, and web-related RFC details. The book also delves into many of the more advanced system administration techniques including "jailing" Apache and securing third-party modules.
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Posted: May 28th, 2008, 12:14pm CEST by namanhem
"TCP/IP sockets in C# is an excellent book for anyone interested in writing network applications using Microsoft .Net frameworks. It is a unique combination of well written concise text and rich carefully selected set of working examples. For the beginner of network programming, it's a good starting book; on the other hand professionals could also take advantage of excellent handy sample code snippets and material on topics like message parsing and asynchronous programming." Adarsh Khare, SDT, .Net Frameworks Team, Microsoft Corporation
The popularity of the C# language and the .NET framework is ever rising due to its ease of use, the extensive class libraries available in the .NET Framework, and the ubiquity of the Microsoft Windows operating system, to name a few advantages. TCP/IP Sockets in C# focuses on the Sockets API, the de facto standard for writing network applications in any programming language. Starting with simple client and server programs that use TCP/IP (the Internet protocol suite), students and practitioners quickly learn the basics and move on to firsthand experience with advanced topics including non-blocking sockets, multiplexing, threads, asynchronous programming, and multicasting. Key network programming concepts such as framing, performance and deadlocks are illustrated through hands-on examples. Using a detailed yet clear, concise approach, this book includes numerous code examples and focused discussions to provide a solid understanding of programming TCP/IP sockets in C#.
Features
*Tutorial-based instruction in key sockets programming techniques complemented by numerous code examples throughout
*Discussion moves quickly into the C# Sockets API definition and code examples, desirable for those who want to get up-to-speed quickly
*Important coverage of "under the hood" details that developers will find useful when creating and using a socket or a higher level TCP class that utilizes sockets
*Includes end-of-chapter exercises to facilitate learning, as well as sample code available for download at the books companion web site
*Tutorial-based instruction in key sockets programming techniques complemented by numerous code examples throughout
*Discussion moves quickly into the C# Sockets API definition and code examples, desirable for those who want to get up-to-speed quickly
*Important coverage of "under the hood" details that developers will find useful when creating and using a socket or a higher level TCP class that utilizes sockets
*Includes end-of-chapter exercises to facilitate learning, as well as sample code available for download at the book's companion web site
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Posted: May 28th, 2008, 12:11pm CEST by -cosmos-
For a long time, there has been a need for a practical, down-to-earth developers book for the Java Cryptography Extension. I am very happy to see there is now a book that can answer many of the technical questions that developers, managers, and researchers have about such a critical topic. I am sure that this book will contribute greatly to the success of securing Java applications and deployments for e-business. –Anthony Nadalin, Java Security Lead Architect, IBM
For many Java developers and software engineers, cryptography is an "on-demand" programming exercise, where cryptographic concepts are shelved until the next project requires renewed focus. But considerations for cryptography must be made early on in the design process and its imperative that developers know what kinds of solutions exist.
One of Javas solutions to help bridge the gap between academic research and real-world problem solving comes in the form of a well-defined architecture for implementing cryptographic solutions. However, to use the architecture and its extensions, it is important to recognize the pros and cons of different cryptographic algorithms and to know how to implement various devices like key agreements, digital signatures, and message digests, to name a few.In Java Cryptography Extensions (JCE), cryptography is discussed at the level that developers need to know to work with the JCE and with their own applications but that doesnt overwhelm by packing in details unimportant to the busy professional. The JCE is explored using numerous code examples and instructional detail, with clearly presented sections on each aspect of the Java library. An online open-source cryptography toolkit and the code for all of the examples further reinforces the concepts covered within the book. No other resource presents so concisely or effectively the exact material needed to begin utilizing the JCE.
* Written by a seasoned veteran of both cryptography and server-side programming
* Covers the architecture of the JCE, symmetric ciphers, asymmetric ciphers, message digests, message authentication codes, digital signatures, and managing keys and certificates
* Includes a companion web site that contains the code for the examples in the book, open-source cryptographic toolkits, and further resources
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Posted: May 28th, 2008, 12:07pm CEST by ganelon
This book is intended for spreadsheet users who want to get the most out of Excel’s charting and graphics features. I approached this project with one goal in mind: to write the ultimate Excel charting book that would appeal to users of all levels.
This is not a book for beginning Excel users. If you have absolutely no experience with Excel, this may not be the best book for you. To get the most out of this book, you should have some background using Excel.
To make the best use of this book, you need a copy of Microsoft Excel. When I wrote the current edition of the book, I was using Excel 2002 (which is part of Microsoft Office XP). Most of the material in this book also applies to all earlier versions of Excel that are still in use. Fact is, Microsoft has made very few significant changes to Excel’s charting features over the years. Where applicable, I point out differences in previous versions.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Introducing Excel Charts
Chapter 02 - Understanding Chart Types
Chapter 03 - Working with Chart Series
Chapter 04 - Formatting and Customizing Charts
Chapter 05 - Working with Trendlines and Error Bars
Chapter 06 - Working with AutoShapes and Other Graphics
Chapter 07 - Creating Interactive Charts
Chapter 08 - Charting Techniques and Tricks
Chapter 09 - Using Pivot Charts
Chapter 10 - Using Excel Charts in Other Applications
Chapter 11 - Avoiding Common Chart-Making Mistakes
Chapter 12 - Just for Fun
Chapter 13 - Introducing VBA
Chapter 14 - VBA Programming Concepts
Chapter 15 - Understanding Objects, Collections, Properties, and Methods
Chapter 16 - Using VBA with Charts: Examples
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Posted: May 27th, 2008, 2:57pm CEST by mrblue
The sublime union of temporal and spiritual power in the business world is celebrated in this earnest corporate hagiography. The titular monk is ex-Catholic clergyman Moore, a "thoughtful, provocative, gentle and good-natured" man with "the interpersonal skills of a priest, the serenity of a monk, the unbiased attitude of a business neophyte and a stark absence of a personal agenda." Signing on to the human resources department of gas utility Brooklyn Union, Moore becomes a confessor to troubled colleagues and a spiritual advisor to CEO Catell. As the energy market deregulates and Brooklyn Union metastasizes into energy conglomerate KeySpan through a series of traumatic mergers and acquisitions, Moore helps the company "hold on to its soul" through a regimen of high-concept human resources initiatives in which employees meditate, create murals, do improv comedy and vent their feelings, initiatives that are also supplemented by random acts of senseless beauty, like sending anonymous floral bouquets to unsung workers. Nominally the company ombudsman, Moore displays a combination of sacramental and community-building roles that makes him more like an archbishop; he likens one of his HR functions to a Catholic Mass, another to the Last Supper, and even presides, decked out in priestly vestments, over a "funeral" for Brooklyn Union. Employees roll their eyes at first, but Moore is stoutly supported by Catell, a "messianic CEO" whose "salvific task" Moore compares to that of Moses himself. In the book’s trinitarian chapter structure, business journalist Rifkin (Radical Marketing) offers third-person narrative sections praising the character and good works of the two KeySpan executives, followed by first-person sections in which Moore and Catell praise each other (and themselves.) The result is a fairly well-written devotional tract that will inspire far more than it enlightens.
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Posted: May 27th, 2008, 2:55pm CEST by mrblue
"Now then, S&MM SoundOff may not be the most likely venue for a book review, but indulge me for a moment: I’d like to draw your attention to the newest tome by Brian Tracy, entitled Speak to Win: How to Present with Power in Any Situation (AMACOM Books)….In addition to penning the “Management Strategies” column that appears in every issue of S&MM, Brian’s one of the top 10 brand names in the motivational speaking business (sharing company with a couple of fellas named Covey, Robbins and Chopra). So needless to say, when the guy pens a text on giving killer presentations, you ignore it at your own peril….Whether Brian’s dispensing advice on mnemonic strategies, speech cadence, body language or even the proper climate control for your meeting room, you’ll find plenty of practical information here. "
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Posted: May 27th, 2008, 2:52pm CEST by mrblue
Completely updated information on e-resumes, internet resumes, and scannable resumes, this is a giant compendium of before-and-after resume transformations and advice that’s hailed by professional resume writers as the definitve resource for writing and desigining resumes that get people noticed. It provides trade secrets of a professional resume writer to the person out there trying to put together the best possible resume when applying for the “ideal job position” they want to attain.
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Posted: May 27th, 2008, 2:49pm CEST by mrblue
Nanotechnology promises to be the next great human technological revolution, but such change often comes at the price of unforeseen consequences. Nanotechnology: Ethics and Society explores several of the practical and ethical dilemmas presented by this technological leap. This book provides a framework for deciding how to best take advantage of nanotechnology opportunities while minimizing potential negative effects. After an overview of the nanotechnology revolution, this text illustrates key concepts in the assessment model and then applies this model to a case study related to human enhancement technologies. A final chapter offers an ethical agenda for addressing the challenges of nanotechnology.
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Posted: May 27th, 2008, 2:36pm CEST by mrblue
As knowledge management becomes embedded within organizations it becomes more important for students to understand its principles and applications. In this textbook, Dr. Kimiz Dalkir provides a comprehensive overview of the field on knowledge management with an emphasis on translating theory into practice. Working from a multidisciplinary perspective, Dr. Dalkir weaves key concepts, tools, and techniques from sociology, cognitive science, content management, knowledge engineering, cybernetics, organizational behaviour, change management, and information science into a three-level approach to understand Knowledge Management from the individual, community, and organization levels. Using everyday language and clear illustrations, Dr. Dalkir integrates theory and practice in a highly accessible manner to provide students with a comprehensive and practical knowledge management skill set.
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IBM, Xerox, Siemans, Ericsson Canada, ICL, Thomas and Betts, Chevron/Texaco, British Petroleum, CIDA, Hughes Space and Communications, SUN, British Telecommunications, J.P. Morgan Chase, Buckman Labs
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, Monsanto, Northrup Grumman, Ford Motor Company, Accenture, Dell, Siemans Medical Systems
*Highly practical treatment that links knowledge management, content management and information management seamlessly throughout the book
*Author has over ten years' experience in knowledge management/content management/information management in the corporate world
*First textbook by a knowledge management professor
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Posted: May 26th, 2008, 2:54pm CEST by mrblue
For software to consistently deliver promised results, software development must mature into a true profession. Emergent Design points the way. As software continues to evolve and mature, software development processes become more complicated, relying on a variety of methodologies and approaches. This book illuminates the path to building the next generation of software. Author Scott L. Bain integrates the best of today’s most important development disciplines into a unified, streamlined, realistic, and fully actionable approach to developing software. Drawing on patterns, refactoring, and test-driven development, Bain offers a blueprint for moving efficiently through the entire software lifecycle, smoothly managing change, and consistently delivering systems that are robust, reliable, and cost-effective.
Reflecting a deep understanding of the natural flow of system development, Emergent Design helps developers work with the flow, instead of against it. Bain introduces the principles and practices of emergent design one step at a time, showing how to promote the natural evolution of software systems over time, making systems work better and provide greater value. To illuminate his approach, Bain presents code examples wherever necessary and concludes with a complete project case study.
This book provides developers, project leads, and testers powerful new ways to collaborate, achieve immediate goals, and build systems that improve in quality with each iteration.
Coverage includes
- How to design software in a more natural, evolutionary, and professional way
- How to use the “open-closed” principle to mitigate risks and eliminate waste
- How and when to test your design throughout the development process
- How to translate design principles into practices that actually lead to better code
- How to determine how much design is enough
- How refactoring can help you reduce over-design and manage change more effectively
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Posted: May 26th, 2008, 2:52pm CEST by mrblue
This practical reference book, perfect for Microsoft Business Solution partners, will take you through the testing lifecycle of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP solutions, including testing compliance to the Industry Builder Initiative (IBI) standard for ERP software.
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Posted: May 26th, 2008, 2:48pm CEST by -cosmos-
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Posted: May 26th, 2008, 2:46pm CEST by namanhem
Sometimes you just need to solve a problem and get on with your work. To that end, Visual Basic 2008 Recipes is a compendium of practical solutions for busy VB .NET programmers. Create time for the more interesting aspects of your VB .NET project by solving common problems with the practical solutions and dozens of code examples in this book. Important new .NET 3.5 technologies, such as Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) and Language Integrated Query (LINQ), are covered, and each chapter addresses a specific problem domain, including database access, multimedia, XML manipulation, networking, and security. The code is free to download so you can use the recipes immediately.
- Take advantage of quality, ready–made solutions to common Visual Basic programming problems.
- Avoid the tedium of having to reinvent the wheel. Focus instead on the more interesting problems specific to your application.
- Learn from and be inspired by what the authors have done. Use their work as stepping stones to solve even more complex problems.
What you’ll learn
- Cleanly separate user–interface logic from business logic through the use of .NET 3.5’s WPF.
- Store data to and retrieve data from your relational database using LINQ.
- Manipulate XML data using LINQ.
- Make your programs dynamically configurable through the judicious application of reflection.
- Take advantage of multiple CPU cores by writing multithreaded applications.
- Integrate multimedia into your Visual Basic projects.
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Posted: May 26th, 2008, 2:42pm CEST by tech-geek
No matter how much Mac experience you have, Mac OS X Leopard requires that you get reacquainted. This little guide is packed with more than 300 tips and techniques to help you do just that. You get all details you need to learn Leopard's new features, configure your system, and get the most out of your Mac. Pronto. "Mac OS X Leopard Pocket Guide" offers an easy-to-read format for users of all levels. If you're a Mac newcomer, there's a "Survival Guide" that explains how to adapt, and a chapter on Mac OS X's key features.Experienced Mac users can go right to the heart of Leopard with chapters on system preferences, applications and utilities, and configuring.
In all, plenty of tables, concise descriptions, and step-by-step instructions explain: What's new in Leopard, including the Time Machine; How to use Leopard's totally revamped Finder; All about Spaces and how to quickly flip between them; How to search for and find things with Spotlight; How to use Leopard's enhanced Parental Controls; Handy keyboard shortcuts to help you be more efficient; and Quick tips for setting up and configuring your Mac to make it your own.Download Here
Posted: May 26th, 2008, 2:40pm CEST by p1max
This best-selling, conceptual introduction to TCP/IP internetworking protocols interweaves a clear discussion of fundamentals with the latest technologies. Leading author Doug Comer covers layering and shows how all protocols in the TCP/IP suite fit into the five-layer model. With a new focus on CIDR addressing, this revision addresses MPLS and IP switching technology, traffic scheduling, VOIP, Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN), and Selective ACKnowledgement (SACK). Includes coverage of Voice and Video Over IP (RTP), IP coverage, a discussion of routing architectures, examination of Internet application services such as domain name system (DNS), electronic mail (SMTP, MIME), file transfer and access (FTP, TFTP, NFS), remote login (TELNET, rlogin), and network management (SNMP, MIB, ANS.I), a description of mobile IP, and private network interconnections such as NAT and VPN. The new edition includes updates to every chapter, updated examples, a new chapter on MPLS and IP switching technology and an expanded TCP description that featuers Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) and Selective ACKnowledgement (SACK). For network and web designers, implementers, and administrators, and for anyone interested in how the Internet works.
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Posted: May 25th, 2008, 7:44pm CEST by -cosmos-
In The Million-Dollar Financial Services Practice, author David J. Mullen, Jr. reveals how to become a top-producing financial advisor using the method he has taught at Merrill Lynch and is famous for in the industry. This comprehensive book combines marketing, prospecting, sales, and time management techniques into a system that will help readers build a successful and lucrative practice. Mullen gives financial advisors all the tools and guidance they need to:
* get the appointment * build relationships * convert prospects to client * retain clients * use niche marketing successfully * balance current clients and prospects * increase the products and services each client uses * attract millionaire clients
Containing templates, scripts, letters, and 15 tried-and-true Market Action Plans, this indispensable guide shows readers how to take their financial services practice to the million-dollar level and beyond.
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Posted: May 25th, 2008, 7:37pm CEST by -cosmos-
Win new customers—and keep them coming back
Whether you run a billion-dollar company or a mom-and-pop small business, you have to know your customers and know what they want. Written by three marketing experts, Tips & Traps for Marketing Your Business is filled with marketing best practices that show you how to win over new customers and make existing customers more profitable. You’ll also find practical and proven marketing tips and traps to help you grow your business, lessons learned from realworld experience, and tangible examples from the leading companies in business today.
- Connect with your target market
- Unlock hidden streams of profit and increase sales
- Develop and deliver a compelling story for your brand
- Effectively and profitably manage customer relationships
- Determine how much media weight is enough and how to avoid spending too much
- Attract customers to your Web site
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Posted: May 25th, 2008, 7:31pm CEST by -cosmos-
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Posted: May 25th, 2008, 2:19am CEST by Crimson
Learn How to Use XML to Create a Flash Based RSS Reader. Plus How to Export to Adobe Air!
Learn to parse RSS/XML files using ActionScript 3 and create your own custom readers for displaying the information.
You can connect up the reader with your own RSS feeds or Thousands more from other sites. Multiple Feeds are supported too.
The Flash reader can optionally display HTML tags, for example the reader to the right displays pictures because the source feed (Yahoo) includes image tags.
Example Flash files are provided for these two readers, but the design possibilities are limitless. You can choose how it can look to fit your site's style and brand.
This tutorial also includes a seperate movie file which describes how to update your version of Flash CS3 for creating an Adobe AIR Application. Ultimately the same RSS reader can be published as an installable application on your desktop.
This Lesson is compatible with Flash CS3
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Posted: May 25th, 2008, 1:07am CEST by ganelon
Use this study guide to learn how to build XML Web services and server components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Visual C# .NET as you prepare for MCAD or MCSD certification (Exams 70-310 and 70-320).
Build real-world programming skills—and prepare for MCP Exams 70-310 and 70-320—with this official Microsoft study guide. Work at your own pace through the lessons and hands-on exercises to learn how to create XML Web services and server components using Visual Basic. NET and Visual C# .NET. Then, extend your expertise through additional skill-building exercises. As you gain practical experience with these development tasks, you’re also preparing for MCAD or MCSE certification for Microsoft .NET.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Understanding the .NET Framework
Chapter 02 - Creating and Managing Windows Services
Chapter 03 - Creating and Consuming Serviced Components
Chapter 04 - Creating and Consuming .NET Remoting Objects
Chapter 05 - Database Programming Using ADO.NET
Chapter 06 - Accessing and Manipulating XML Data
Chapter 07 - Creating and Consuming XML Web Services
Chapter 08 - Advanced XML Web Services Programming
Chapter 09 - Testing and Debugging XML Web Services
Chapter 10 - Deploying XML Web Services and Windows Services
Appendix A - Questions and Answers
Appendix B - COM Interoperability
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Posted: May 25th, 2008, 1:07am CEST by jaybeere
TIME Magazine March 3, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 9
DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 2.2 + 1.0 + 26.8 MB
• COVER: Guess Who Came to Dinner? - A visit from George Clooney, home handyman and the last true movie star
• WORLD: Cuba's Chance - With Fidel Castro finally fading from the scene, his brother and heir Raúl has a golden opportunity to take the country on a new path to freedom. The U.S. can help–if it is prepared to break some shackles of its own
• HEALTH & MEDICINE: Stuck on the Couch - Psst! Exercise is good for you. Knew that already? So do most of us, yet we still do nothing about it. Here's why
• ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Who Owns History? - Nations want their looted art returned. Great museums want to keep the treasures. Is there a right way to divide the past?
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Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:41pm CEST by mrblue
Get the comprehensive, essential resource for improving Windows administrator productivity. This book delivers solutions to the common issues Windows administrators face every day. Unlike other administrator resources available that cover features and functionality of Windows Server® and the Windows client operating system, this unique guide provides the tools that help you do more with less and make the most of your time. Based on a popular talk that author Dan Holme gives at conferences throughout the world, this book walks you through the process of selecting your tools, configuring your work environment, and incorporating scripts and third-party utilities into your administrative toolkit. You ll even learn how to customize and automate solutions to meet the needs of your unique Windows-based environment. Covering Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, and Windows VistaTM, this book helps you manage your environment from end to end. The companion CD includes a fully searchable eBook, tools, and other essential job resources.
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Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:38pm CEST by mrblue
If you're an independent learner; that is, not enrolled as a student in a course at a school, OR IF YOU ARE, BUT THE INSTRUCTOR IS NOT PARTICIPATING (Using the MyEconLab software for course materials), and thus can't provide you with a COURSEID, a warning about the MyEconLab study aid attachment to this textbook; the instructions for registering to use MyEconLab are less than candid.
They just say that without a CourseId you can still access "most of the online resources listed." You are directed to a generic Mishkin web site instead of registering at the main MyEconLab portal.
Being an honest person, I used the alternate registration. I was still asked for the ZIP for my school; I used my own. I then got a list of local schools or "Other" to choose from. I chose other, and entered "Independent Learner".
The registration then completed; the confirmation stated it is only good for SIX MONTHS.
If you go to the main MyEconLab Web portal shown in the user manual after registering as a non-student, your user ID will not be recognized. You have to use a generic portal for the Mishkin textbook instead.
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Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:34pm CEST by mrblue
The Global Money Markets is the authoritative source on short-term investing and borrowing-from instruments in the U.S. and U.K., to asset-liability management. It also clearly demonstrates the various conventions used for money market calculations and discusses other short-term structured financial products such as asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities.
Steven V. Mann (Columbia, SC) is Professor of Finance at the Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina. He has coauthored two previous books and numerous articles in the area of investments and works as a consultant to investment/commercial banks throughout the United States. Moorad Choudhry (Surrey, UK) is a Vice President of structured finance services with JPMorganChase in London. Prior to that he worked as a gilt-edged market maker and Treasury trader at ABN Amro Hoare Govett Sterling Bonds Limited, and as a sterling proprietary trader at Hambros Bank Limited. Moorad is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Mathematical Trading and Finance, City University Business School.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is proud to be the publisher of the esteemed Frank J. Fabozzi Series. Comprising nearly 100 titles-which include numerous bestsellers—The Frank J. Fabozzi Series is a key resource for finance professionals and academics, strategists and students, and investors. The series is overseen by its eponymous editor, whose expert instruction and presentation of new ideas have been at the forefront of financial publishing for over twenty years. His successful career has provided him with the knowledge, insight, and advice that has led to this comprehensive series.
Frank J. Fabozzi, PhD, CFA, CPA, is Editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management, which is read by thousands of institutional investors, as well as editor or author of over 100 books on finance for the professional and academic markets. Currently, Dr. Fabozzi is an adjunct Professor of Finance at Yale University's School of Management and on the board of directors of the Guardian Life family of funds and the Black Rock complex of funds.
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Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:21pm CEST by mrblue
Managers at all levels are constantly challenged to do more with fewer employees, to motivate diverse groups of people, and to face up to tough people problems in their workforces. An important key to managers' success is accomplishing these goals while protecting themselves and their companies from legal liability. Yet some in management tend to blame legal requirements for hindering progress toward solving problems. U.S. law, however, provides managers with broad discretion in many employment situations and in most cases helps ensure that managers perform their essential functions in a way that is fundamentally fair while still supporting company goals. A Manager's Guide to Employment Law will help managers make day-to-day decisions on how best to manage their employees and handle issues of legal liability. Expert author Dana Muir identifies the subtle and unnecessary mistakes managers make that cause legal headaches and shows how becoming familiar with basic principles of employment law will enable them to develop an internal compass to help make the right decisions. Each chapter focuses on legal concepts of broad application in today's workplace, providing real examples of problems managers face and offering strategies for addressing those problems.
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Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:12pm CEST by -cosmos-
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Posted: May 24th, 2008, 6:39am CEST by mrblue
Software development - especially for small teams & projects - often ends up unmanaged and suffering from the ever present problem of feature creep. This book presents a simple set of processes and practices that allow you to manage these projects without getting in the way. This book looks at what is needed to manage software development projects, how Trac and Subversion meets these needs, and how to install, configure and use them.Download Here
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Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 11:06am CEST by mrblue
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Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 10:43am CEST by mrblue
Looking to study up for the new J2EE 1.5 Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) exam?
This book will get you way up to speed on the technology you'll know it so well, in fact, that you can pass the brand new J2EE 1.5 exam. If that's what you want to do, that is. Maybe you don't care about the exam, but need to use servlets and JSPs in your next project. You're working on a deadline. You're over the legal limit for caffeine. You can't waste your time with a book that makes sense only AFTER you're an expert (or worse, one that puts you to sleep).
Learn how to write servlets and JSPs, what makes a web container tick (and what ticks it off), how to use JSP's Expression Language (EL for short), and how to write deployment descriptors for your web applications. Master the c:out tag, and get a handle on exactly what's changed since the older J2EE 1.4 exam. You don't just pass the new J2EE 1.5 SCWCD exam, you'll understand this stuff and put it to work immediately.
Head First Servlets and JSP doesn't just give you a bunch of facts to memorize; it drives knowledge straight into your brain. You'll interact with servlets and JSPs in ways that help you learn quickly and deeply. And when you're through with the book, you can take a brand-new mock exam, created specifically to simulate the real test-taking experience.
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Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 10:39am CEST by mrblue
The main focus of Pro Web 2.0 Application Development with GWT is a case study of a real Web 2.0 application called ToCollege.net.
What you’ll learn:
- You’ll take a full tour of a modern Web 2.0 startup’s codebase. That’s 15,000 lines of source code that includes everything from Google Gears integration to Acegi OpenID, Lucene full–text search, and Google Maps, all of it integrated with GWT 1.5.
- Leveraging this book’s available source code, you’ll see the nitty–gritty details of how to merge a modern Web 2.0 application stack including Hibernate, Spring, Spring MVC 2.5, SiteMesh, and Freemarker together.
- You’ll see how to wire GWT into an industry standard Maven build environment, which will help you get up to speed quickly and avoid configuration headaches.
- The great pitfall of many Ajax applications is they’re mostly opaque to search engines. You’ll see the ToCollege.net solution to this thorny problem.
- Protection from XSS and XSRF attacks is beyond the scope of simple GWT tutorials, but they are a real concern for a site like ToCollege.net. The book will cover the ToCollege.net security architecture in detail.
Who is this book for?
This book is for developers who are ready to move beyond small proof–of–concept sample applications and want to look at the issues surrounding a real deployment of GWT. If you want to see what the guts of a full–fledged GWT application look like, this is the book for you.
GWT 1.5 is a game–changing technology, but it doesn’t exist in a bubble. Real deployments need to connect to your database, enforce authentication, provide protection from security threats, and allow good search engine optimization.
To show you all this, this book looks at the code behind a real live web site called ToCollege.net. This application specializes in helping students who are applying to colleges, allowing them to manage their application process and compare the rankings that they give to each school. It’s a slick application that’s ready for you to sign up and use.
The audience for this book either owns another GWT book for the basic tutorials or is comfortable using the online documentation and forums when they’re stuck, which allows this book to move quickly and focus on answering the bigger architecture questions.
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Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 10:36am CEST by mrblue
A self-respecting Google hacker spends hours trolling the Internet for juicy stuff. Firing off search after search, they thrive on the thrill of finding clean, mean, streamlined queries and get a real rush from sharing those queries and trading screenshots of their findings. I know because Ive seen it with my own eyes. As the founder of the Google Hacking Database (GHDB) and the Search engine hacking forums at http://johnny.ihackstuff.com, I am constantly amazed at what the Google hacking community comes up with. It turns out the rumors are truecreative Google searches can reveal medical, financial, proprietary and even classified information. Despite government edicts, regulation and protection acts like HIPPA and the constant barking of security watchdogs, this problem still persists. Stuff still makes it out onto the web, and Google hackers snatch it right up. Protect yourself from Google hackers with this new volume of information.
Learn Google Searching Basics
Explore Googles Web-based Interface, build Google queries, and work with Google URLs.
Use Advanced Operators to Perform Advanced Queries
Combine advanced operators and learn about colliding operators and bad search-fu.
Learn the Ways of the Google Hacker
See how to use caches for anonymity and review directory listings and traversal techniques.
Review Document Grinding and Database Digging
See the ways to use Google to locate documents and then search within the documents to locate information.
Understand Googles Part in an Information Collection Framework
Learn the principles of automating searches and the applications of data mining.
Locate Exploits and Finding Targets
Locate exploit code and then vulnerable targets.
See Ten Simple Security Searches
Learn a few searches that give good results just about every time and are good for a security assessment.
Track Down Web Servers
Locate and profile web servers, login portals, network hardware and utilities.
See How Bad Guys Troll for Data
Find ways to search for usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, social security numbers, and other juicy information.
Hack Google Services
Learn more about the AJAX Search API, Calendar, Blogger, Blog Search, and more.
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Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 3:29am CEST by GiMaX
Get the definitive reference for planning and implementing security features in Windows Server 2008—with expert insights from Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) and the Windows Server Security Team at Microsoft. This official Microsoft RESOURCE KIT delivers the in-depth, technical information and tools you need to help protect your Windows®–based clients, server roles, networks, and Internet services. Leading security experts explain how to plan and implement comprehensive security with special emphasis on new Windows security tools, security objects, security services, user authentication and access control, network security, application security, Windows Firewall, Active Directory® security, group policy, auditing, and patch management. The kit also provides best practices based on real-world implementations. You also get must-have tools, scripts, templates, and other key job aids, including an eBook of the entire RESOURCE KIT on CD.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 7:09pm CEST by mrblue
There's plenty of documentation on installing and configuring the Apache web server, but where do you find help for the day-to-day stuff, like adding common modules or fine-tuning your activity logging? That's easy. The new edition of the Apache Cookbook offers you updated solutions to the problems you're likely to encounter with the new versions of Apache. Written by members of the Apache Software Foundation, and thoroughly revised for Apache versions 2.0 and 2.2, recipes in this book range from simple tasks, such installing the server on Red Hat Linux or Windows, to more complex tasks, such as setting up name-based virtual hosts or securing and managing your proxy server. Altogether, you get more than 200 timesaving recipes for solving a crisis or other deadline conundrums, with topics including: Security Aliases, Redirecting, and Rewriting CGI Scripts, the suexec Wrapper, and other dynamic content techniques Error Handling SSL Performance This book tackles everything from beginner problems to those faced by experienced users. For every problem addressed in the book, you will find a worked-out solution that includes short, focused pieces of code you can use immediately. You also get explanations of how and why the code works, so you can adapt the problem-solving techniques to similar situations. Instead of poking around mailing lists, online documentation, and other sources, rely on the Apache Cookbook for quick solutions when you need them. Then you can spend your time and energy where it matters most.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 6:47pm CEST by tech-geek
This book updates the bestselling Drupal: Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites for Drupal 6, the latest, much improved version of this popular open-source Content Management System. Targeting readers with little experience in website design, unfamiliar with PHP, MySQL or HTML, and with little to no experience of Drupal, it looks pragmatically at the steps needed from knowing you want a website right through to designing and building it like a pro, and then successfully managing and maintaining it.
Experienced author David Mercer uses a friendly, engaging style that is clear and concise, allowing readers to advance rapidly until they can tackle any problem with confidence. Drupal is an elegantly designed, well-supported and flexible open-source CMS platform that empowers anyone to create a website or blog and is rapidly becoming first choice of people in the know. With this powerful tool you need not pay professionals to design a site; you can do the job yourself.Download Here
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 6:44pm CEST by Minus2
By Herbert Schildt This book is the most complete and up-to-date resource on Java from programming guru, Herb Schildt a must-have desk reference for every Java programmer.
"A beginner will get a sufficient understanding of Java and some excellent AWT applet source code examples." This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 10:01am CEST by ganelon
There are endless tasks that can be made easier with Excel. Excel can be used to track classroom management from grade books, class rosters, attendance, testing results, assessment measurement charts, and more. Excel can be used as an aide in teaching. Use Excel to generate random fact worksheets. Use Excel to create graphs to help teach math standards. Finally, your students can use Excel to develop models and homework.
The concepts in this book apply equally well to every version of Excel from Excel 97 through Excel 2003. As this book goes to press, pre-beta copies of Excel 12 are available. I’ve reviewed these and many concepts will be different in Excel 12. While Excel 12 threatens to make every Excel book obsolete, most public school districts are in financial trouble and will not be upgrading to Excel 12 soon. If you happen to live in a district that upgrades to Excel 12, check the aforementioned web page for information about an e-book upgrade for Excel 12 users.
We will assume that you have Excel 97 or newer running on Windows or Macintosh. You should know how to start Excel and navigate from cell to cell.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 – Calculation Basics
Chapter 02 – Multiplication Tables
Chapter 03 – Calculating with Times
Chapter 04 - Classroom Libraries
Chapter 05 – Grade Books
Chapter 06 – Attendance Records
Chapter 07 – Lesson Plan Sheets
Chapter 08 – Random Sequence for Book Reports
Chapter 09 – Randomly Calling on a Student
Chapter 10 – Tracking Student Information
Chapter 11 – Student Mailing Lists
Chapter 12 – Sorting Class Lists by First Name
Chapter 13 – Reporting Long Term Testing Results
Chapter 14 – Reading Grade Level Test Results
Chapter 15 – Tracking Proficiency
Chapter 16 – Creating Checklists
Chapter 17 – Requisition Forms
Chapter 18 – Printing Grid Paper
Chapter 19 – Math Exercise Sheets
Chapter 20 – Homework Checker
Chapter 21 – Recording Rubric Data
Chapter 22 – Organizing Vocabulary Lists
Chapter 23 – Reading Journal
Chapter 24 – Demonstrating Fractions with Charts
Chapter 25 – Bar Charts
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Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 10:01am CEST by Crimson
From understanding the basics to creating advanced effects like explosions and smoke, ActionScript 3.0: Building Particle Systems covers each step involved in creating particles and building particle systems. Instructor Todd Perkins explains how to make a versatile particle class that controls particle movement, gravity, friction, spin, rotation, fading, scaling, and other movement effects. He also demonstrates how each unique particle system can be added to a real world application. Exercise files accompany the course.
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Posted: May 21st, 2008, 1:53pm CEST by Minus2
* Dispels the myth that JavaScript is a "baby" language and demonstrates why it is the scripting language of choice used in the design of millions of Web pages and server-side applications
* Quickly covers JavaScript basics and then moves on to more advanced topics such as object-oriented programming, XML, Web services, and remote scripting
* Builds on the reader''s basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and the Web in general
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Posted: May 21st, 2008, 1:51pm CEST by Minus2
This portable reference to Windows PowerShell summarizes both the command shell and scripting language, and provides a concise reference to the major tasks that make PowerShell so successful. Written by Microsoft PowerShell team member Lee Holmes, and excerpted from his Windows PowerShell Cookbook, Windows PowerShell Pocket Reference offers up-to-date coverage of PowerShell's 1.0 release. It's an ideal on-the-job tool for Windows administrators who don't have time to plow through huge books or search online.
This portable reference to Windows PowerShell summarizes both the command shell and scripting language, and provides a concise reference to the major tasks that make PowerShell so successful. It's an ideal on-the-job tool for Windows administrators who don't have time to plow through huge books or search online.
Written by Microsoft PowerShell team member Lee Holmes, and excerpted from his Windows PowerShell Cookbook, Windows PowerShell Pocket Reference offers up-to-date coverage of PowerShell's 1.0 release. You'll find information on .NET classes and legacy management tools that you need to manage your system, along with chapters on how to write scripts, manage errors, format output, and much more.
Beginning with a whirlwind tour of Windows PowerShell, this convenient guide covers:
- PowerShell language and environment
- Regular expression reference
- PowerShell automatic variables
- Standard PowerShell verbs
- Selected .NET classes and their uses
- WMI reference
- Selected COM objects and their uses
- .NET string formatting
- .NET datetime formatting
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Posted: May 21st, 2008, 1:48pm CEST by Minus2
This book follows up where the authors’ best-selling Service-Oriented Architecture Compass left off, showing how to overcome key obstacles to successful SOA implementation and identifying best practices for all facets of execution—technical, organizational, and human. Among the issues it addresses: introducing a services discipline that supports collaboration and information process sharing; integrating services with preexisting technology assets and strategies; choosing the right roles for new tools; shifting culture, governance, and architecture; and bringing greater agility to the entire organizational lifecycle, not just isolated projects.Download here
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Posted: May 21st, 2008, 5:42am CEST by -cosmos-
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