Online learning is transcending from the text-rich educational experience of the past to a video- and audio-rich learning transformation. The greater levels of media-rich content and media-rich interaction that are currently prevalent in online leisure experiences will help to increase e-learning s future efficiency and effectiveness.

Enhancing E-Learning with Media-Rich Content and Interactions presents instructional designers, educators, scholars, and researchers with the necessary foundational elements, theoretical underpinnings, and practical guidance to aid in the technology selection and design of effective online learning experiences by integrating media-rich interactions and content.

About the Author

Richard Caladine is the Manager of Learning Facilities and Technologies at University of Wollongong Australia. He is responsible for the operation of University of Wollongong s audio-visual and rich media educational systems. These include a videoconference service consisting of 32 endpoints and a 40 port videoconference bridge that connects the seven NSW campuses of the University. As well he is responsible for the podcasting, webcasting and streaming services. He is actively involved with the training of staff in the pedagogically appropriate use of these systems and other educational technologies. Since 1994 he has researched the use of rich media in higher education, has published many papers, book chapters and books all on the appropriate pedagogical use of educational technologies. Richard s PhD is in the area of educational technology and he supervises postgraduate students in the area of Learning, Innovation and Future Technologies. Richard regularly speaks at international conferences, symposia and forums about the pedagogically appropriate application and future of Learning Technologies. His other interests include surfing, bushwalking, photography, and he regularly enters paintings and drawings in competitions. He is a foundation member of the Illawarra Ukulele Club.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines. These Guidelines reflect HHS’ commitment to identifying innovative, research-based approaches that result in highly responsive and easy-to-use Web sites for the public.

The Federal government is the largest single producer, collector, consumer, and disseminator of information in the United States. The Internet provides the most efficient and effective way of making this information available to the widest possible audience. Record numbers of citizens are accessing government sites 24 hours a day to find information and services that will improve their daily lives. This makes it all the more essential that the Federal government deliver Web technologies that enable and empower citizens.

These Guidelines help move us in that direction by providing practical, yet authoritative, guidance on a broad range of Web design and communication issues. Having access to the best available research helps to ensure we make the right decisions the first time around and reduces the possibility of errors and costly mistakes.

Since their introduction in 2003, the Guidelines have been widely used by government agencies and the private sector, implemented in academic curriculum, and translated into several foreign languages. I encourage all government agencies to use these Guidelines to harness the Web in support of the President’s vision of a Federal government that is citizen-centered and results-oriented.

"When QuickTime application developers get stuck, one of the first places they look for help is example code from the QuickTime Engineering team. Finally, these well-crafted examples and clear descriptions are available in book form-a must-have for anyone writing applications that import, export, display, or interact with QuickTime movies." -Matthew Peterson; University of California, Berkeley; the M.I.N.D. Institute; and author of Interactive QuickTime

QuickTime Toolkit Volume One is a programmer's introduction to QuickTime, the elegant and potent media engine used by many of Apple's industry-leading services and products (such as the iTunes music store, iMovie, and Final Cut Pro) and also used by a large number of third-party applications. This hands-on guide shows you how to harness the powerful capabilities of QuickTime for your own projects. The articles collected here from the author's highly regarded column in MacTech Magazine are packed with accessible code examples to get you quickly started developing applications that can display and create state-of-the-art digital content. This book begins by showing how to open and display QuickTime movies in a Macintosh or Windows application and progresses step by step to show you how to control movie playback and how to import and transform movies and images. QuickTime Toolkit also shows how to create movies with video data, text, time codes, sprites, and wired (interactive) elements.

Part of the official QuickTime Developer Series, publishing the finest books on QuickTime in cooperation with Apple.

About the Author
Tim Monroe is a senior software engineer on the QuickTime engineering team at Apple Computer and a contributing editor at MacTech Magazine. He has spoken at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, QuickTime Live! and the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference. He began his career at Apple as a technical writer, authoring a number of volumes in the well-known Inside Macintosh series and most of the original QuickTime VR and QuickDraw 3D developer documentation. Prior to joining Apple, he worked as a contractor at places like Sun Microsystems and IBM.

Modern biological research in areas like drug discovery produces a staggering volume of data, and the right modeling tools can help scientists apply it in ways never before imaginable. This collection of next-generation biodata modeling techniques combines innovative concepts, methods, and applications with case studies in genome, microarray, proteomics, and drug discovery projects to help bioinformatics professionals develop ever-more powerful data management systems in any domain. Breaking new ground at the intersection of life sciences and data management, the book introduces practitioners to core biodata modeling techniques, biological database resources, and ontology concepts. It explains the latest envelope-pushing methods and software applications for processing, integrating, and managing biodata.

About the Author

Jake Chen is an assistant professor in the School of Informatics at Indiana University and an assistant professor of computer science at Purdue University. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Minnesota. Amandeep S. Sidhu is a senior researcher at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. He is a leading expert in the area of protein informatics.

Probability theory has been the only well-founded theory of uncertainty for a long time. It was viewed either as a powerful tool for modelling random phenomena, or as a rational approach to the notion of degree of belief. During the last thirty years, in areas centered around decision theory, artificial intelligence and information processing, numerous approaches extending or orthogonal to the existing theory of probability and mathematical statistics have come to the front. The common feature of those attempts is to allow for softer or wider frameworks for taking into account the incompleteness or imprecision of information. Many of these approaches come down to blending interval or fuzzy interval analysis with probabilistic methods.

This book gathers contributions to the 4th International Conference on Soft methods in Probability and Statistics. Its aim is to present recent results illustrating such new trends that enlarge the statistical and uncertainty modeling traditions, towards the handling of incomplete or subjective information. It covers a broad scope ranging from philosophical and mathematical underpinnings of new uncertainty theories, with a stress on their impact in the area of statistics and data analysis, to numerical methods and applications to environmental risk analysis and mechanical engineering. A unique feature of this collection is to establish a dialogue between fuzzy random variables and imprecise probability theories.

In the last few years, power dissipation has become an important design constraint, on par with performance, in the design of new computer systems. Whereas in the past, the primary job of the computer architect was to translate improvements in operating frequency and transistor count into performance, now power efficiency must be taken into account at every step of the design process.

While for some time, architects have been successful in delivering 40% to 50% annual improvement in processor performance, costs that were previously brushed aside eventually caught up. The most critical of these costs is the inexorable increase in power dissipation and power density in processors. Power dissipation issues have catalyzed new topic areas in computer architecture, resulting in a substantial body of work on more power-efficient architectures.

Power dissipation coupled with diminishing performance gains, was also the main cause for the switch from single-core to multi-core architectures and a slowdown in frequency increase. This book aims to document some of the most important architectural techniques that were invented, proposed, and applied to reduce both dynamic power and static power dissipation in processors and memory hierarchies. A significant number of techniques have been proposed for a wide range of situations and this book synthesizes those techniques by focusing on their common characteristics.

Role-based access control (RBAC) promises to provide several benefits to organizations. These benefits include simplified security provisioning and administration, ease of reporting on privileges and to whom they are available, and finer grained security authorization. By being policy-neutral, RBAC can be used to enforce the variety of access control policies that various organizations already have in place or may develop in preparation for the adoption of RBAC. RBAC also provides specific features to facilitate implementation of access control policies. These features include capabilities to impose constraints on relationships among roles and among the components of roles, and the inheritance of permissions from one role by another that can simplify role design.

To employ RBAC it is first necessary to identify a set of roles for the organization. These roles must accurately reflect the activities, functions, and responsibilities within the organization. Roles have two major components: the names of the job functions performed by IT users, and the permissions that enforce an access control policy. The definition of roles is a process of discovering and then engineering requirements for access control. A methodology for establishing a valid set of role names with assigned permissions is needed. This book is designed to assist organizations in establishing such a role engineering methodology before starting a role engineering effort. Previous practical experience is applied to provide practical guidance in defining roles and in structuring the roles for use in controlling access to IT resources.

Are you an information security professional looking for a way to conduct network evaluations in a comprehensive and customized manner? Did you know that the National Security Agency has a methodology that they use and recommend? Security Evaluation was written by professionals who not only use this methodology themselves, but who helped develop and teach the course for the NSA.

Security Evaluation guides the experienced INFOSEC professional through a step-by-step process to ensure their customers receive the most accurate and comprehensive evaluation of their network security posture as possible. Security Evaluation is unique as it starts with the customer's information, not the technical tools to be used. In this way, the INFOSEC professional is able to ensure the results are relevant to the customer as opposed to delivering a standardized report, which may or may not directly affect or improve security posture. In addition, this framework will not only give the customer a sense of where they are, but also a way for both the service provider and customer to monitor and track progress over time using this repeatable methodology. Don't be misled by other books that focus only on technical tools. As an INFOSEC professional, you owe it to yourself and your customers to also have an understanding of how legislation, industry regulation, and legal issues affect you both. Network Security Evaluation Using the NSA IEM helps you put this all together and deliver a final product that the customer will actually understand and use.

About the Author

Russ is a co-founder, CEO, CTO and Principal Security Consultant for Security Horizon, Inc. Russ is a United States Air Force Veteran and has served in military and contract support for the National Security Agency and the Defense Information Systems Agency. Russ is also the editor-in-chief of "The Security Journal." He also serves as the Professor of Network Security at the University of Advancing Technology (uat.edu) in Tempe, AZ. Russ is the author of Hacking a Terror Network: The Silent Threat of Covert Channels (Syngress, ISBN 1-928994-98-9). He has contributed to many books including Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent (Syngress, ISBN: 1-931836-05-1), Security Assessment: Case Studies for Implementing the NSA IAM (Syngress, ISBN 1-932266-96-8), WarDriving, Drive, Detect, Defend: A Guide to Wireless Security (Syngress, ISBN: 1-931836-03-5) and SSCP Study Guide and DVD Training System (Syngress, ISBN: 1-931846-80-9). He is also a co-founder of the Security Tribe information security research web site at www.securitytribe.com.

Greg Miles,(Ph.D., CISSP#24431, CISM#0300338, IAM, IEM)is the President, and Chief Financial Officer of Security Horizon, Inc. Security Horizon is a Global, Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

RFID technology has been available for decades, but it is only recently that its application has become a core topic for computing. This book introduces the technologies and techniques of large-scale RFID-enabled mobile computing systems, set in the context of specific case studies.

The book begins with a quick introduction to RFID basics and then discusses the various elements of the topic, using applications such as e-passports, ticketing and supply-chain management throughout. The text explores RFID technology fundamentals, including operating principles, core system components and performance trade-offs involved in the selection of specific RFID platforms. The emphasis is on a practical approach, developing an arsenal of techniques and designs that can be mixed and matched to fit the needs of new systems and applications.

Features

• Offers a practical approach, with specific RFID applications providing context for discussion

• Highlights the basics of RFID, including wireless energy transfer and communication by reflection.

• Presents the main ingredients for building complete network RFID systems

• Discusses the different types of readers and tags in detail – making particular reference to common technologies used in real systems

• Explores how the different identifier systems encode unique serial codes for tagged entities, and how codes are assigned to particular organizations

• Describes the structure and functionality of modern RFID systems and middleware

• Considers different types of network services required for RFID support

• Debates the hot topics of privacy and security

• Looks at the future of RFID technology

• Allows readers to experiment via a supplementary website with operational instances of RFID network services: http://www.roussos.eu/rfid

Written for IT professionals as well as students, this comprehensive and reader-friendly text discusses the current state-of-the-art in RFID platforms and architecture. It will be invaluable for anyone experienced in software development and involved with RFID technology, and will facilitate informed decision-making.

The Zope Book is an authoritative guide to Zope, an open-source Web application server. Zope goes beyond server-side scripting languages like PHP by providing a complete object framework, a built-in Web server, a Web-based management interface, and load-balancing through ZEO (Zope Enterprise Objects). That's a considerable punch, and Zope is attracting increasing interest from developers looking for an alternative to heavyweight commercial application servers. Zope is implemented in Python, an object-oriented scripting language, and runs on Windows, Linux, and Solaris.

Written by Zope developers, this title is concise and to the point. It is aimed at people new to Zope as well as current users, although some existing knowledge of Web technology is necessary. The book is organized into three parts. The first part is introductory, outlining how Zope works and explaining basic DTML (Document Template Markup Language), a tag-based language for server-side scripting. The second, and longest, part tackles users and security, scripting with Python or Perl, using Zope's built-in search engine, and connecting to relational databases. Part three covers scaling and extending Zope, with a short chapter on ZEO and information on creating your own custom Zope classes. Reference material is contained in two appendices, one for DTML and the other for the core Zope API.

The Zope Book offers an excellent, high-level view supplemented by more detail for the most common development tasks. The authors refer you to Zope's documentation or other resources for the most advanced or specialist topics. The result is ideal for evaluating Zope, and also useful for getting started with Zope projects. --Tim Anderson, amazon.co.uk

About the Author

Amos Latteier is a software engineer with Zope Corporation, the company that publishes Zope. He started hacking Python in the 1.3 days. He was one of the first users of Bobo, Zope's precursor. Using Bobo, he wrote Web applications for Hewlett Packard and others. Later he joined Zope Corporation and helped usher Zope into existence. Amos wrote most of Zope's initial networking and XML support. More recently, he developed training materials, wrote the online Help system, and wrote officially documentation and magazine articles about Zope. He is currently planning Zope's future directions. Michel Pelletier has been a software developer for Zope Corporation since January of 1999, right about the same time Zope became Open Source. Michel likes to hike, fly, read, drink beer, play his horns, and of coarse, hack in his favorite language, Python. Michel lives and works in Portland, Oregon. Before working for the Zope Corporation, Michel was self-employed in a number of jobs including freelance network engineer, waiter, software consultant, beer taster, sales associate, pizza restaurant manager, starving musician, dish washer, bum, Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, and college drop-out.

The Official (ISC)² Guide to the CISSP CBK is ideal not only for information security professionals attempting to achieve CISSP certification but also for those who are trying to decide which, if any, certification to pursue. Executives and organizational managers who want a more complete understanding of all the elements that are required in effectively protecting their enterprise will also find this guide extremely useful.

-Tony Baratta, CISSP-ISSAP, ISSMP, SSCP, Director of Professional Programs, (ISC)2, from the Foreword

This officially sanctioned resource is the best and most up-to-date study guide available for those seeking CISSP certification. Offering a compendium of information security topics, the book is detailed enough to also serve as an authoritative resource for those executives or organizational managers seeking to maintain or improve security measures. The book is packaged with a CD-ROM, which includes sample exams that simulate the actual exam, providing the same number and types of questions with the same allotment of time. It even grades the exam, provides correct answers, and identifies areas where more study is needed.

E-based systems are ubiquitous in the modern world with applications spanning e-commerce, WLANs, health care and government organisations. The secure transfer of information has therefore become a critical area of research, development, and investment. This book presents the fundamental concepts and tools of e-based security and its range of applications. The core areas of e-based security - authentication of users; system integrity; confidentiality of communication; availability of business service; and non-repudiation of transactions - are covered in detail. Throughout the book the major trends, challenges and applications of e-security are presented, with emphasis on public key infrastructure (PKI) systems, biometric-based security systems, trust management systems, and the e-service paradigm. Intrusion detection technologies, virtual private networks (VPNs), malware, and risk management are also discussed. Technically oriented with many practical examples, this book is suitable for practitioners in network security, as well as graduate students and researchers in telecommunications and computer science.

Presents fundamental concepts and tools of e-based security. The core areas of security are covered in detail and the major trends, challenges and applications discussed. Technically oriented with practical examples, this book is suitable for practitioners in network security, and graduate students and researchers in telecommunications and computer science.

About the Author

Mohammad S. Obaidat received his PhD in Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He is currently a professor of Computer Science at Monmouth University, New Jersey, where his research interests include security of network, computer and information systems; security of E-based systems; and wireless networks and communications. An accomplished writer, he has also been editor of numerous scientific journals over the years.

Noureddine A. Boudriga received his PhD in Mathematics from the University Paris XI, France and in Computer Science from the University Tunis II, Tunisia. He is currently based at The University of 7th November at Carthage in Tunisia, where he is a professor of Telecommunications at the School of Communication Engineering, and Director of the Research Laboratory on Networks and Security. His research interests include network security, risk analysis and high-speed communication networks.

Written by a member of the ZigBee Alliance, a consortium of over 200 companies promoting and maintaining this standard globally!

ZigBee is a standard based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for wireless personal networks. This standard allows for the creation of very lost cost and low power networks - these applications run for years rather than months. These networks are created from sensors and actuators and can wireless control many electrical products such as remote controls, medical, industrial, and security sensors.

Hundreds of companies are creating applications including Mitsubishi, Motorola, Freescale, and Siemens. This book is written for engineers who plan to develop ZigBee applications and networks, to understand how they work, and to evaluate this technology to see if it is appropriate to a particular project. This book does not simply state facts but explains what ZigBee can do through detailed code examples.

CONTENTS:

CHAPTER 1 HELLO ZIGBEE
CHAPTER 2 DECIDING ON ZIGBEE
CHAPTER 3 THE ZIGBEE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER 4 ZIGBEE APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 5 ZIGBEE, ZDO AND ZDP
CHAPTER 6 THE ZIGBEE CLUSTER LIBRARY
CHAPTER 7 THE ZIGBEE NETWORKING LAYER
CHAPTER 8 COMMISSIONING ZIGBEE NETWORKS
CHAPTER 9 ZIGBEE GATEWAYS
APPENDIX A ZIGBEE 2007 AND ZIGBEE PRO
APPENDIX B ZIGBEE QUICK REFERENCE
APPENDIX C ZIGBEE CLUSTER LIBRARY QUICK REFERENCE

*Details how to plan and develop applications and networks
*Zigbee sensors have many applications including industrial automation, medical sensing, remote controls, and security
*Hot topic for today's electrical engineer because it is low cost and low power

"If you're just beginning to dive into the world of 3D, this is the book for you."
--Animation Magazine

Alias' Academy Award winning Maya 3D animation and effects software leads the industry in technological innovation. Film and video artists, computer game developers, and design professionals rely on Maya to create brilliant digital imagery, animation, and visual effects. Now you can enter this exciting, imaginative world and learn to build, render, and animate your own digital characters and scenes.

Brought to you by Maya Press, a publishing partnership between Sybex and Alias, Introducing Maya 6: 3D for Beginners is the ideal initiation to 3D and Maya. Written explicitly for the Maya novice, the easy-to-grasp text offers a practical and fun approach to learning Maya’s core features. Clear-cut, engaging lessons let you try out these features using working files provided on the CD. You’ll also find an abundance of instructional and inspirational art on the CD and full-color insert.

Enter a New Dimension

• Get a solid grasp of the core Maya and 3D
• Learn to navigate the new Maya 6 interface
• Experiment with Maya modeling
• Explore the basics of NURBS, polygons, and subdivision surfaces
• Discover the nuances of shading and texturing
• Try your hand at animation
• Get a feel for Maya lighting, rendering, and dynamics
• Find out how to use Maya and Photoshop in unison

About the Author

Dariush Derakhshani is a senior CGI effects animator with Sight Effects in Venice, CA, working on award-winning national TV commercials. He has won the Bronze Plaque from the Columbus Film Festival and has shared honors from the AICP and London International Advertising Awards. He was a Supervising Technical Director for the South Park TV series, and also teaches Maya and animation at a variety of schools. He is a contributing author to Maya 5 Savvy and Maya: Secrets of the Pros.

Build Dynamic Websites with PHP and MySQL—and Extend Those Sites with Web Services

PHP and MySQL are great tools for building database-driven websites. There's nothing new about that. What is new is the environment in which your site operates—a world rich (and growing richer) in web services that can add value and functionality in many different ways. Creating Interactive Web Sites with PHP and Web Services walks you through every step of a major web project—a content-management system—teaching you both the basic techniques and little-known tricks you need to build successful web sites. And you can use those skills to develop dynamic applications that will meet your special requirements. Here’s some of what you’ll find covered inside:

• Adding, deleting, and displaying data with a custom content-management system
• Building a template system with PHP
• Interacting with web services using PHP and MySQL
• Creating and managing a user system and a shopping cart
• Processing credit card payments using merchant accounts and third-party payment solutions
• Tracking site statistics using PHP and MySQL
• Enhancing your site with third-party scripts

Tons of examples, complete with explanations and supported by online source code, will speed your progress, whether you’re a true beginner or already have PHP experience. This book is platform-agnostic, so it doesn’t matter if you’re deploying your site on Linux or Windows. You also get PHP and MySQL references, so you can quickly resolve questions about syntax and similar issues.

About the Author

Eric Rosebrock, owner of PHP Freaks (http://www.phpfreaks.com), a community of developers helping one another learn and troubleshoot PHP. Eric has developed web pages with HTML, JavaScript, and ASP for 7 years and has been a professional PHP developer for 2 years. He has extensive knowledge of PHP, MySQL, Apache Web Server, and the Linux. Eric was a Windows 2k Sys Admin for the U.S.A.F. for 5 years, and has maintained over 2,000 workstations, 50 Windows 2k and NT servers, and IIS web servers.

The Internet is an amazing communication medium. Its predecessor network, the ARPANET, was developed over three decades ago, yet many of the fundamental algorithms and protocols are still in use today. Granted, we don’t have to run these protocols on a refrigerator-sized computer; our laptop or palmtop PC will do quite well. But think of it - how many other worldwide systems do we have today that have been serving us for several decades, and in much the same form? This is a true credit to the original architects of the Internet, as they clearly took the time to do their homework and designed a very solid system that benefits millions of us everyday.

But all systems require a tuneup or remodeling job over time, and the Internet is no exception. In the last few years we have seen the explosive growth of the World Wide Web, and the transport of multimedia signals, such as voice and video, over the Internet. As a result, new protocols to support real-time traffic have been developed. We have also seen the growth of electronic commerce, which has brought issues of network security to the forefront. And perhaps the biggest issue of all - the overall growth of the Internet - has inspired the development of a new protocol called Internet Protocol version 6, or IPv6, that addresses all three of the above challenges: multimedia support, enhanced security, and addressing shortages.

These and many other issues are addressed in this book. My objective has been to provide a comprehensive foundation of information that explains the underlying protocols of the Internet, such as the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), while still looking forward to newer technologies such as Voice over Internet Protocol (Vow).

In working towards that objective, I had the support of a great team. My technical editor, Dr. John Thompson, made many constructive comments on the manuscript, and my copy editor, Annette Devlin, made sure that no grammatical rules were violated in the process. My assistant, Donna Mullen, produced all of the figures in the book, researched the appendices, and handled the final layout. My colleagues at John Wiley & Sons, George Telecki and Brendan Codey, provided great logistical support. And I would be remiss not to mention my support from the home front: Holly, Nathan, and Nicholas, with assistance from Boomer and Baron.

Full of practical, proven techniques and step-by-step strategies, this informative resource teaches internet tourism businesses how to attract visitors and convert them into paying customers. With a design that allows each chapter to stand on its own, the book provides easy and immediate implementation for a variety of promotion strategies, including those geared for bed and breakfasts, campgrounds, and theme parks. By learning to utilize industry-specific internet newsgroups and mailing lists, businesses can target their customers, examine advertising techniques of their competitors, and ensure consistent visibility on the Web. Tips on updating, revisiting, and rethinking a business's online presence round out the advice, ensuring that potential and existing clients keep coming back.

Interoperability: the ability of a system or a product to work with other systems or products without special effort from the user is a key issue in manufacturing and industrial enterprise generally. It is fundamental to the production of goods and services quickly and at low cost at the same time as maintaining levels of quality and customisation. While data exchange and IT applications are vital contributions to successful interoperability, communications and common semantics can be just as important between businesses.

Composed of more than 40 papers of international authorship, Interoperability of Enterprise Software and Applications ranges from academic research through case studies to industrial experience of interoperability. Many of the papers have examples and illustrations calculated to deepen understanding and generate new ideas.

The INTEROP-ESA’05 conference from which this book is drawn was sponsored by the European Union and the Swiss federal government under the IST research program and was further supported by International Society for Information Processing and the Association for Computing Machinery.

A concise reference to the state of the art in software interoperability, Interoperability of Enterprise Software and Applications will be of great value to engineers and computer scientists working in manufacturing and other process industries and to software engineers and electronic and manufacturing engineers working in the academic environment.

About the Author

Prof. Konstantas is the originator of the Object-oriented Interoperability concept, which placed the basis for the definition of interoperability issues between heterogenous Object Oriented systems and applications. He defined and implemented an inter-language interoperability support framework and proposed different services for object oriented interoperability support. He also worked in the design of applications with object oriented and agent systems, ranging from multimedia to medical applications, where the problems and issues related to interoperability were identified and different solutionswere opted. Today Prof. Konstantas works in the implementation of mobile health systems and services and is interested in the interoperability problems between divers information systems and services.

Prof. Bourrières, works in the models and methods for the use of production systems in modern manufacturing industries. In this context he is interested in the issues and problems related to the software and application life cycle management,where interoperability with new and emerging systems is of major importance. One of the objectives is the creation of unified model where the different issues coming from all levels of an industial system (machine level, management of the production site, multi-site management etc) and aggregation of the related information can be represented. The target being to allow the exchange of information and smooth operation at all levels of the IS.

Prof. Léonard is working in the development of Information Systems and the problems arrising from the interoperability of diverse (legacy) Information Systems. inthis direction he has developed M7, an evolutionary approach for Information System design, offering an environment of specification in a common formalism and capitalizes the various specifications in order to make them reusable. He also works in the Specification and implementation of highly configurable coordination information systems with responsibility overlaping protocols on Workflow Information systems.

Nacer Boudjlida  is a full professor  at the University Henri   Poincaré Nancy 1 (F) and a researcher at LORIA (Lorraine  Laboratory of Research  in Computer   Science and Applications). As a  professor, his lectures include   the various   facets  of   databases (DBMS, database design, distribution, architecture, administration and  so on).  As a  researcher, his domain  of interest includes process modelling and support,  distributed and cooperative computing, semantic-based mediated architectures.  He  authored two books on databases and numerous papers on  software systems integration and  interoperability, on software  process modelling and support, etc.

Presents a novel management framework, referred to as the Measurement-Estimation-SchedulingActuation (or MESA) model. This is not a book about network management...but rather a book about management in networking. DLC: Computer network protocols.

This book presents a novel management framework, which I refer to as the Measurement-Estimation-Scheduling-Actuation (or MESA) model. This is derived from the control and queueing theory; and applies it to various aspects of computer communications, from modulation and coding theory to routing protocols and topology reconstruction.

Why a new approach to the subject? After all, the Internet and its underlying technologies and protocols are doing quite nicely, thank you. Likewise there is no shortage of well-written, current books on networking and communications. The short answer is that this is the book that I wish were available when I first started working for IBM on network management architecture in 1984. I believe it clearly details the tasks executed in computer networks, the large majority of which are in some sense management tasks. It derives from first principles a model of management in general and of management in computer networks in particular that is comprehensive, that is not tied to any particular protocol architecture, and that helps identify the basic elements of management that recur at different layers of the protocol stack.

Data Mining and Applications in Genomics contains the data mining algorithms and their applications in genomics, with frontier case studies based on the recent and current works at the University of Hong Kong and the Oxford University Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford. It provides a systematic introduction to the use of data mining algorithms as an investigative tool for applications in genomics. Data Mining and Applications in Genomics offers state of the art of tremendous advances in data mining algorithms and applications in genomics and also serves as an excellent reference work for researchers and graduate students working on data mining algorithms and applications in genomics.

If superheroes stepped off the comic book page or silver screen and into reality, could they actually work their wonders in a world constrained by the laws of physics? How strong would Superman have to be to “leap tall buildings in a single bound”? Could Storm of the X-Men possibly control the weather? And how many cheeseburgers would the Flash need to eat to be able to run at supersonic speeds?

Face front, True Believer, and wonder no more! Because in The Physics of Superheroes acclaimed university professor James Kakalios shows that comic book heroes and villains get their physics right more often than you think.

In this scintillating scientific survey of super powers you’ll learn what the physics of forces and motion can reveal about Superman’s strength and the true cause of the destruction of his home planet Krypton, what villains Magneto and Electro can teach us about the nature of electricity—and finally get the definitive answer about whether it was the Green Goblin or Spider-Man’s webbing that killed the Wall Crawler’s girlfriend Gwen Stacy in that fateful plunge from the George Washington Bridge!

Along the way, The Physics of Superheroes explores everything from energy, to thermodynamics, to quantum mechanics, to solid state physics, and Kakalios relates the physics in comic books to such real-world applications as automobile airbags, microwave ovens, and transistors. You’ll also see how comic books have often been ahead of science in explaining recent topics in quantum mechanics (with Kitty Pryde of the X-Men) and string theory (with the Crisis on Infinite Earths).

This is the book you need to read if you ever wondered how the Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four can see when she turns transparent, if the Atom could travel on an electron through a phone line, or if electromagnetic theory can explain how Professor X reads minds. Fun, provocative, and packed with more superheroes and superpowers than an Avengers-Justice League crossover, The Physics of Superheroes will make both comic-book fans and physicists exclaim, “Excelsior!”

Quotes:

“The Physics of Superheroes is clear, rapid, funny, and endlessly informative— as if Stan Lee and George Gamow had teamed up to battle the nefarious forces of ignorance.”
—Gerard Jones, author of Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book

“Author James Kakalios is a scientific genius who could put Lex Luthor and Dr. Doom to shame. Superman should have him on retainer. I do—because The Physics Of Superheroes is this comic-book writer's newest favorite indispensable resource.”
—Mark Waid, writer of Spider-Man, Superman, and the Fantastic Four

About the Author

James Kakalios is a professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota, where he has taught since 1988, and where his class “Everything I Needed to Know About Physics I Learned from Reading Comic Books” is a popular freshman seminar. He received his Ph.D. in 1985 from the University of Chicago, and has been reading comic books for much longer.

Here’s the book you need to prepare for Exam 70-227, Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000, Enterprise Edition:

• In-depth coverage of every exam objective—all the information you need to know
• Practical information on installing and administering ISA Server
• Hundreds of challenging review questions, in the book and on the CD
• Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a testing engine and electronic flashcards

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:

• Installing ISA Server
• Configuring and troubleshooting ISA Server services
• Configuring, managing, and troubleshooting policies and rules
• Deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting the client computer
• Monitoring, managing, and analyzing ISA Server use

About the Author

Chris Golubski (MCSE+I, MCDBA, MCSD, A+, Network+) is a senior technical training consultant for Productivity Point and a contributing editor to MCP Magazine. Sean McCormick (MCSE, MCT, MCP+I, A+, Network+) is a production lead and technical writer and editor for Brainbuzz.com, a leading certification-focused Web site.

The Maximum Security series, which debuted in 1997, has thus far enjoyed relative success. I use the term “relative success,” because security title sales have historically trickled, rather than gushed. For altering this and fostering a new market, Sams editors deserve kudos. Their insights have proven providential: Today, Maximum Security titles sell in five countries, five languages, and on four continents. Furthermore, the Maximum Security series inspired many fine similarly oriented books from seasoned security professionals here and abroad.

The Maximum Security series’ success is no mystery. Security has never before been so sensitive an issue, nor an issue so vital to business. Many firms have now evolved well beyond mere Web presences, and today incorporate sophisticated e-commerce functionality into their systems. These developments increased demand for books that help administrators shield their enterprises from crackers, and earlier Maximum Security titles did—in varying degrees—satisfy that need.

Gives readers a comprehensive survey of the best tools for building and maintaining Web sites. Author takes the reader through the process of thinking through and then building an open source Web site. Softcover.

This book gives readers a comprehensive survey of the best tools for building and maintaining Web sites. In a methodical and clear manner, using templates from actual Web sites, the author takes the reader through the process of thinking through and then building an open source Web site. After reading this book, readers will be able to buy this book, and riding on the experience of the author quickly build an effective and scalable Web site.

About the Author

Thomas Schenk is currently a Professional Services Engineer for VA Linux, Inc. A former senior systems administrator at Deja, he has extensive experience managing large server networks. Currently he works with customers of VA Linux to plan and implement a variety of commercial websites.

Other books published by this author:

* Red Hat System Administrator Unleashed, Sams' ISBN 0-672-31755-9
* Caldera OpenLinux System Administrator Unleashed, Sams' ISBN 0-672-31769-9

Covering Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4, SuSE Enterprise Linux 9, and Mandrake Linux, this book provides the necessary tools that will allow its readers to use Linux within a Microsoft-centric network environment. It is an invaluable reference regarding the creation of an integrated Linux corporate desktop!

Looking at the world of the desktop computer, you see a myriad of solutions ranging from Microsoft Windows 98 and other versions, to Macintosh computers of all types, to Linux, the new rising star. While we know that Microsoft Windows and Macintosh have been competitors, more and more eyes are investigating Linux as a solution to rising IT costs. Even so, many are unwilling, or unprepared, to take the plunge and use this opensource operating system. So more information is needed, a readily available resource that both addresses the issues inherent in using Linux in a non-Linux-centric desktop world and provides an information source for IT managers and those system administrators with a clear understanding of Linux basics.

Learn how to attract and keep successful software professionals Software Engineering Quality Practices describes how software engineers and the managers that supervise them can develop quality software in an effective, efficient, and professional manner. This volume conveys practical advice quickly and clearly while avoiding the dogma that surrounds the software profession. It concentrates on what the real requirements of a system are, what constitutes an appropriate solution, and how you can ensure that the realized solution fulfills the desired qualities of relevant stakeholders. The book also discusses how successful organizations attract and keep people who are capable of building high-quality systems. The author succinctly describes the nature and fundamental principles of design and incorporates them into an architectural framework, enabling you to apply the framework to the development of quality software for most applications. The text also analyzes engineering requirements, identifies poor requirements, and demonstrates how bad requirements can be transformed via several important quality practices.

Multi-Protocol Label Switch (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) are key technologies for next-generation IP backbone networks. Until now, however, engineers have been forced to search for technical papers on this subject and read them in an ad-hoc manner. At last there is a book that explains both MPLS and GMPLS concepts in a systematic way. GMPLS Technologies: Broadband Backbone Networks and Systems addresses the basic concepts, network architectures, protocols, and traffic engineering needed to operate MPLS and GMPLS networks. The book begins with an introduction of the nature and requirements of broadband networks. It describes the basics of control-oriented networks and Internet Protocol (IP). The text then examines the fundamentals of MPLS, explaining why MPLS is preferable to IP packet-based forwarding. This volume covers MPLS applications, details IP router structures, illustrates GMPLS, and explores important studies on traffic engineering in GMPLS Networks. The text concludes with a description of IP, MPLS, and GMPLS standardization topics. Network equipment design engineers and network service provision engineers can reference this book to understand the crucial techniques for building MPLS/GMPLS-based networks. Features · Addresses the basic concepts, network architectures, protocols, and traffic engineering needed to operate MPLS and GMPLS networks · Covers the fundamentals of connection-oriented networks including TCP/IP, flow control mechanism, and ATM protocol · Analyzes MPLS issues and applications, such as label switched paths (LSPs) and VPNs · Highlights IP router structures, examining technologies of data path function - switch architecture, packet scheduling, and forwarding engine · Explores multi-layer traffic engineering, survivable networks, and wavelength-routed optical networks · Demonstrates GMPLS-based routers

The Digital Age offers many far-reaching opportunities - opportunities that allow for fast global communications, efficient business transactions…and stealthily executed cyber crimes. Featuring contributions from digital forensic experts, the editor of Forensic Computer Crime Investigation presents a vital resource that outlines the latest strategies law enforcement officials can leverage against the perpetrators of cyber crimes. From describing the fundamentals of computer crimes and the scenes left in their wake to detailing how to build an effective forensic investigative force, this book is an essential guide on how to beat cyber criminals at their own game. It takes you into the minds of computer criminals, noting universal characteristics and behaviors; it discusses strategies and techniques common to successful investigations; and it reveals how to overcome challenges that may arise when securing digital forensic evidence. For those intent on making sure that no one is a potential victim, there is a chapter devoted to investigating Internet crimes against children. Additional chapters include information on strategies unique to international forensics and on that emerging wave of computer crime known as cyber terrorism. To make sure that all the angles are covered and that your investigation is carried out efficiently, effectively, and successfully, Forensic Computer Crime Investigation is an invaluable resource to have with you at all times!

Here’s the book you need to prepare for Exam 70-217, Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure. This study guide provides:

• In-depth coverage of every exam objective--all the information you need
• Practical information on administering Windows 2000 Directory Services
• Hundreds of challenging review questions, in the book and on the CD
• Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a testing engine, electronic flashcards, and simulation software

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:

• Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Active Directory
• Installing, configuring, managing, monitoring, and troubleshooting DNS for Active Directory
• Installing, configuring, managing, monitoring, optimizing, and troubleshooting
• Change and Configuration Management
• Managing, monitoring, and optimizing the components of Active Directory
• Configuring, managing, monitoring, and troubleshooting Active Directory security solutions

About the Author

Anil Desai, MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA, is a consultant working in Austin, Texas. He is also a regular contributor to Microsoft Certified Professional magazine. James Chellis, MCT, MCSE, is CEO of Cereba, a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider specializing in training and courseware development.

Here’s the book you need to prepare for the Java 2 Programmer's and Developer's exams. This Study Guide provides:

• In-depth coverage of every exam objective for the Programmer's Exam for J2SE 1.4
• Hundreds of challenging practice questions
• Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine, sample simulation questions, and the entire book on PDF

Authoritative coverage of all Programmer's exam objectives, including:

• Language fundamentals
• Operators and assignments
• Modifiers
• Converting and casting
• Flow control, exceptions, and assertions
• Objects and classes
• Threads
• The java.lang and java.util packages

In-depth coverage of the topics covered in the Developer's exam, including:

• Swing components and events
• Layout managers
• Enhancing and extending the database
• Writing the network protocol
• Building the database server
• Connecting the client and server

About the Author

Philip Heller is a consultant, author, educator, and novelist. He created the Java developer exam for Sun and is their leading certification trainer.

Simon Roberts works for Sun and is an authority on the Java language. He was the key player in the development of the Java certification program.

The only Forensic Analysis book covering UNIX, which runs 37% of network servers worldwide.

This book addresses topics in the area of forensic analysis of systems running on variants of the UNIX operating system, which is the choice of hackers for their attack platforms. According to a 2007 IDC report, UNIX servers account for the second-largest segment of spending (behind Windows) in the worldwide server market with $4.2 billion in 2Q07, representing 31.7% of corporate server spending. UNIX systems have not been analyzed to any significant depth largely due to a lack of understanding on the part of the investigator, an understanding and knowledge base that has been achieved by the attacker. The companion DVD provides a simulated or "live" UNIX environment where readers can test the skills they've learned in the book and use custom tools developed by the authors.

The book begins with a chapter to describe why and how the book was written, and for whom, and then immediately begins addressing the issues of live response (volatile) data collection and analysis. The book continues by addressing issues of collecting and analyzing the contents of physical memory (i.e., RAM). The following chapters address /proc analysis, revealing the wealth of significant evidence, and analysis of files created by or on UNIX systems. Then the book addresses the underground world of UNIX hacking and reveals methods and techniques used by hackers, malware coders, and anti-forensic developers. The book then illustrates to the investigator how to analyze these files and extract the information they need to perform a comprehensive forensic analysis. The final chapter includes a detailed discussion of Loadable Kernel Modules and Malware. The companion DVD provides a simulated or "live" UNIX environment where readers can test the skills they've learned in the book and use custom tools developed by the authors.

Throughout the book the author provides a wealth of unique information, providing tools, techniques and information that won't be found anywhere else. Not only are the tools provided, but the author also provides sample files so that after completing a detailed walk-through, the reader can immediately practice the new-found skills.

* The companion DVD for the book contains significant, unique materials (movies, spreadsheet, code, etc.) not available any place else.
* This book contains information about UNIX forensic analysis that is not available anywhere else. Much of the information is a result of the author?s own unique research and work.
* The authors have the combined experience of Law Enforcement, Military, and Corporate forensics. This unique perspective makes this book attractive to ALL forensic investigators.

About the Author

Chris Pogue has spent the past five years as part of the IBM Ethical Hacking Team. He was tasked with emulating the actions of an actual malicious attacker with the intention of assisting customers to identify and eliminate probable attack vectors. Chris has worked on over 3000 exploitation attempts for both internal IBM systems as well as third party customers. Chris is also a former US Army Warrant Officer and has worked with the Army Reserve Information Operations Command (ARIOC) on Joint Task Force (JTF) missions with the National Security Agency (NSA), Department of Homeland Security, Regional Computer Emergency Response Team-Continental United States (RCERT-CONUS), and the Joint Intelligence Center-Pacific (JICPAC). Chris attended Forensics training at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and holds a Masters degree in Information Security. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH). Chris also holds a Top Secret (TS) security clearance from the Department of Defense.

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have become an important technology in the realization of many applications, including both simple event/phenomena monitoring applications and heavy-duty data streaming applications. While many systems are being developed, we focus on two fundamental operations: information processing and information routing. In the data-centric operating paradigm of WSNs, these two operations are tightly related and must be performed in a collaborative fashion.

A major concern in designing and operating WSNs is their energyefficiency. Cross-layer optimization is widely accepted as an effective technique to ameliorate this concern. The basic idea is to share information across different system layers and to enable tradeoffs involving multiple layers, which provides a larger optimization space for system design. Crosslayer optimization in the context of collaborative information processing and routing is the motivation of this book.

Here’s the book you need to prepare for Exam 1D0-470, CIW Security Professional. This Study Guide provides:

• In-depth coverage of official exam objectives
• Practical information on security concepts and practices
• Hundreds of challenging review questions, in the book and on the CD
• Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a testing engine and electronic flashcards

Authoritative coverage of all exam topics, including:

• Implementing internetworking encryption and encryption methods
• Analyzing firewall types and firewall terminology
• Planning security systems and incorporating multiple levels of protection
• Securing mechanisms and parameters for Windows and UNIX
• Analyzing router security, threat containment, and intrusion detection
• Implementing intrusion-detection systems in an enterprise environment
• Installing operating system add-ons for personal firewalls and native auditing SSH

About the Author

James Stanger has been working in the IT industry since 1995. A Master CIW Administrator, he has worked for ProsoftTraining as Course Director for the CIW Server Administrator and CIW Security Professional certifications since 1999. Patrick T. Lane is the Director of Courseware for ProsoftTraining.com. He assisted in the creation of the CIW program and the i-Accelerate program for Intel, Novell and Microsoft professionals. Tim Crothers, CCNA, CIW, MCSE, CNE, is the chief security engineer at ITM Technology LLC, a firm that offers leading-edge Internet threat management services.

Here’s the book you need to prepare for Exam 70-219, Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure:

• In-depth coverage of every exam objective
• Practical information on designing a Directory Services infrastructure
• Hundreds of challenging review questions, in the book and on the CD
• Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a testing engine and electronic flashcards

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:

• Analyzing business requirements
• Analyzing technical requirements
• Designing a Directory Service architecture
• Designing service locations
• Analyzing desktop management business requirements
• Designing and planning the OU structure
• Planning for coexistence of Active Directory and other directory services 

About the Author

Gary Govanus, MCSE, MCT, and Master CNI, is the president of PS Consulting Services, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Robert King, MCT, MCNI, has over 10 years experience teaching and working with Microsoft technologies. He is also the author of Mastering Active Directory, also from Sybex.

Here’s the book you need to prepare for Exam 70-221, Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure:

• Comprehensive and in-depth coverage of every exam objective
• Practical information on designing a Windows 2000 network infrastructure
• Hundreds of challenging review questions on the CD and in the book
• Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a testing engine and electronic flashcards

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:

• Analyzing business requirements
• Analyzing technical requirements
• Designing for Internet connectivity
• Designing a wide area network infrastructure
• Designing a management and implementation strategy

About the Author

Bill Heldman is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). He is a senior NT administrator for a large telecommunications company in Denver, Colorado.

Plan and launch your PPC campaign and keep track of its progress

If you want potential customers to form a traffic jam at your Web site, Pay Per Click just might do the trick. This book will help you decide! It tells you all about Google AdWords and Yahoo! Sponsored Search, targeting your customers, watching out for fraud, assessing the pros and cons of Pay Per Click, and making Pay Per Click work for you.

Discover how to

• Use the right keywords to trigger your ads
• Figure your breakeven point
• Write ads that reach your customers
• Calculate return on investment
• Use geo targeting
• Track your ad results

About the Author

Peter Kent (Denver, CO) is currently an e-commerce consultant who specializes in search-engine optimization, including Pay Per Click technology. He has carried out search engine and pay per click campaigns. He is the former Vice President of Marketing at Indigio, a Web applications developer, where he worked on search engine optimization. He has worked online since 1984; written about the Internet since 1993; and authored many Internet-related books, periodical articles, and columns. His Geek News column ran in two Colorado newspapers. He founded the e-business service provider, BizBlast.com, and is the author of Search Engine Optimization FD. He will promote this book on his site at www.searchenginebulletin.com.

To many XML believers and purists, there’s been a canker at the heart of the beautiful rose that is XML since its very inception. Worse still, some believe that canker was put there by design. That canker is, of course, the Document Type Definition, or DTD, that defines the very essence of XML. DTDs are “foreign imports” based on an older, more complex markup metalanguage called the Standard Generalized Markup Language, otherwise known as SGML.

Why would some characterize this apparently innocuous SGML DTD as a “canker at the heart of the beautiful rose”? you might ask. Perhaps it’s because SGML uses its own different (and complex) syntax and structures to define markup and document structures. Perhaps it’s because SGML is a bear to learn and a monster to master. Perhaps it’s simply because XML should be capable of defining itself, given its nearly universal capabilities to capture and represent data and metadata of all kinds.

To the most ardent XML lovers, XML Schema is the perfect replacement for the SGML canker that would otherwise stay in XML’s heart. This is because XML Schema lets you use XML structure, syntax, namespaces, and all the other appurtenances you’ll find in the XML environment to define XML documents, not just to express particular document instances.

Of course, not everyone agrees that SGML DTDs are evil, and not everyone thinks that XML Schema should replace SGML DTDs altogether. Each of these document definition technologies has its strengths and weaknesses, and each is particularly suitable for certain applications. Then, too, SGML’s been around for nearly 20 years, and XML Schema is less than a year old as a standard, less than 3 years in its current making. Thus, experience and knowledge weigh more heavily on the SGML DTD side than on the XML Schema side—at least for the time being. Within the ins and outs of these technologies, and in the details that make XML Schema such a powerful and capable tool, lie the seeds of XML documents, data structures, applications, and information exchanges as yet unknown. We hope to map out this strange and wonderful territory and compare the major XML metadata alternatives in a way that permits content creators and software developers to make the best of both of these worlds.

To many XML believers and purists, there’s been a canker at the heart of the beautiful rose that is XML since its very inception. Worse still, some believe that canker was put there by design. That canker is, of course, the Document Type Definition, or DTD, that defines the very essence of XML. DTDs are “foreign imports” based on an older, more complex markup metalanguage called the Standard Generalized Markup Language, otherwise known as SGML.

Why would some characterize this apparently innocuous SGML DTD as a “canker at the heart of the beautiful rose”? you might ask. Perhaps it’s because SGML uses its own different (and complex) syntax and structures to define markup and document structures. Perhaps it’s because SGML is a bear to learn and a monster to master. Perhaps it’s simply because XML should be capable of defining itself, given its nearly universal capabilities to capture and represent data and metadata of all kinds.

To the most ardent XML lovers, XML Schema is the perfect replacement for the SGML canker that would otherwise stay in XML’s heart. This is because XML Schema lets you use XML structure, syntax, namespaces, and all the other appurtenances you’ll find in the XML environment to define XML documents, not just to express particular document instances.

Of course, not everyone agrees that SGML DTDs are evil, and not everyone thinks that XML Schema should replace SGML DTDs altogether. Each of these document definition technologies has its strengths and weaknesses, and each is particularly suitable for certain applications. Then, too, SGML’s been around for nearly 20 years, and XML Schema is less than a year old as a standard, less than 3 years in its current making. Thus, experience and knowledge weigh more heavily on the SGML DTD side than on the XML Schema side—at least for the time being. Within the ins and outs of these technologies, and in the details that make XML Schema such a powerful and capable tool, lie the seeds of XML documents, data structures, applications, and information exchanges as yet unknown. We hope to map out this strange and wonderful territory and compare the major XML metadata alternatives in a way that permits content creators and software developers to make the best of both of these worlds.

With the explosive growth of data exchange and the availability of access to services over the Web, the Trusted Information requirement is more and more an issue to providers and users of these services.
Addressing this security issue, this volume is divided into eleven parts covering the essentials of information security technologies, including application-related topics, and issues relating to application development and deployment:

• Security Protocols;
• Smart Card;
• Network Security and Intrusion Detection;
• Trusted Platforms;
• eSociety;
• TTP Management and PKI;
• Secure Workflow Environment;
• Secure Group Communications;
• Risk Management;
• Security Policies;
• Trusted System Design and Management.

This book comprises the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Security (Sec'01), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and organized by IFIP Technical Committee 11. The conference was held in June 2001 in Paris, France.

Trusted Information: The New Decade Challenge is essential reading for computer science researchers and application developers.

With the explosive growth of data exchange and the availability of access to services over the Web, the Trusted Information requirement is more and more an issue to providers and users of these services.
Addressing this security issue, this volume is divided into eleven parts covering the essentials of information security technologies, including application-related topics, and issues relating to application development and deployment:

• Security Protocols;
• Smart Card;
• Network Security and Intrusion Detection;
• Trusted Platforms;
• eSociety;
• TTP Management and PKI;
• Secure Workflow Environment;
• Secure Group Communications;
• Risk Management;
• Security Policies;
• Trusted System Design and Management.

This book comprises the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Security (Sec'01), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and organized by IFIP Technical Committee 11. The conference was held in June 2001 in Paris, France.

Trusted Information: The New Decade Challenge is essential reading for computer science researchers and application developers.

The book is at its best when it is distinguishing between the various versions of the Everett interpretation, and would certainly be useful to anyone who whishes to pursue Everett's approach. Barrett wisely separates out what can be reasonably ascribed to Everett, and what work remains to turn Everetts writings into a complete interpretation. Barrett does a good, clear job with this material and reader interested in the Everett tradition will likely find things that are useful for their purposes. The Philosophical Review

Jeffrey Barrett presents the most comprehensive study yet of a problem that has puzzled physicists and philosophers since the 1930s. The standard theory of quantum mechanics is one of the most successful physical theories ever, predicting the behavior of the basic constituents of all physical things; no other theory has ever made such accurate empirical predictions. However, if one tries to understand the theory as a complete and accurate framework for the description of behavior of all physical interactions, it becomes evident that the theory is ambiguous, even logically inconsistent. To deal with this dilemma, in the 1950s, Hugh Everett III initiated the quantum measurement problem. Barrett gives a careful and challenging examination and evaluation of Everett's work and of those who have followed him. Barrett's informal approach and engaging narrative make this book accessible and illuminating for philosophers, physicists, and anyone interested in the interpretation of quantum mechanics.

About the Author

Jeffrey A. Barrett is an Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine.

The book is at its best when it is distinguishing between the various versions of the Everett interpretation, and would certainly be useful to anyone who whishes to pursue Everett's approach. Barrett wisely separates out what can be reasonably ascribed to Everett, and what work remains to turn Everetts writings into a complete interpretation. Barrett does a good, clear job with this material and reader interested in the Everett tradition will likely find things that are useful for their purposes. The Philosophical Review

Jeffrey Barrett presents the most comprehensive study yet of a problem that has puzzled physicists and philosophers since the 1930s. The standard theory of quantum mechanics is one of the most successful physical theories ever, predicting the behavior of the basic constituents of all physical things; no other theory has ever made such accurate empirical predictions. However, if one tries to understand the theory as a complete and accurate framework for the description of behavior of all physical interactions, it becomes evident that the theory is ambiguous, even logically inconsistent. To deal with this dilemma, in the 1950s, Hugh Everett III initiated the quantum measurement problem. Barrett gives a careful and challenging examination and evaluation of Everett's work and of those who have followed him. Barrett's informal approach and engaging narrative make this book accessible and illuminating for philosophers, physicists, and anyone interested in the interpretation of quantum mechanics.

About the Author

Jeffrey A. Barrett is an Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine.

"...an excellent set of reviews of some of the most exciting areas of research in gravitational physics...I have not found a comparable compilation of valuable information on the current status of general relativity." American Scientist

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity leads to two remarkable predictions: first, that the ultimate destiny of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse and to disappear from view, leaving behind a 'black hole' in space; and secondly, that there will exist singularities in space-time itself. These singularities are places where space-time begins or ends, and the presently known laws of physics break down. They will occur inside black holes, and in the past are what might be construed as the beginning of the universe. To show how these predictions arise, the authors discuss the General Theory of Relativity in the large. Starting with a precise formulation of the theory and an account of the necessary background of differential geometry, the significance of space-time curvature is discussed and the global properties of a number of exact solutions of Einstein's field equations are examined. The theory of the causal structure of a general space-time is developed, and is used to study black holes and to prove a number of theorems establishing the inevitability of singualarities under certain conditions. These conditions are shown to be satisfied in the vicinity of stars of more than twice the solar mass near the endpoint of their nuclear evolution, and in a time-reversed sense for the universe as a whole. In the first case, the singularity in our past. A discussion of the Cauchy problem for General Relativity is also included in the book.

"...an excellent set of reviews of some of the most exciting areas of research in gravitational physics...I have not found a comparable compilation of valuable information on the current status of general relativity." American Scientist

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity leads to two remarkable predictions: first, that the ultimate destiny of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse and to disappear from view, leaving behind a 'black hole' in space; and secondly, that there will exist singularities in space-time itself. These singularities are places where space-time begins or ends, and the presently known laws of physics break down. They will occur inside black holes, and in the past are what might be construed as the beginning of the universe. To show how these predictions arise, the authors discuss the General Theory of Relativity in the large. Starting with a precise formulation of the theory and an account of the necessary background of differential geometry, the significance of space-time curvature is discussed and the global properties of a number of exact solutions of Einstein's field equations are examined. The theory of the causal structure of a general space-time is developed, and is used to study black holes and to prove a number of theorems establishing the inevitability of singualarities under certain conditions. These conditions are shown to be satisfied in the vicinity of stars of more than twice the solar mass near the endpoint of their nuclear evolution, and in a time-reversed sense for the universe as a whole. In the first case, the singularity in our past. A discussion of the Cauchy problem for General Relativity is also included in the book.

The content goes from the basics to advanced topics such as off-shoring, anti-circumvention, open source business models, user-created content, reverse engineering, mobile media distribution, web and game development, mash-ups, web widgets, and massively multiplayer games.

This book is designed to empower you to:

* Understand the interaction between law, money and technology
* Obtain and exploit a portfolio of IP assets
* Build and reinforce positive relationships with other companies
* Leverage your technologies
* Manage risks in markets with many uncertainties
* Make better deals and close deals more quickly
* Act more decisively and confidently in legal matters

This book will make you much smarter about spotting issues, perceiving risk, thinking strategically, setting priorities and using legal services effectively and efficiently. This is the most comprehensive layperson's book on the subject.

Key Features:

* A "need-to-know" legal companion for those competing in digital business markets in the US and around the world

* Points out the relationship between legal issues and business strategies, needs and goals

* Based on 15 years of legal practice in all aspects of digital, IT, software and computer law

About the Author

Gene K. Landy is a shareholder of Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, P.C., Boston, MA, where he is the head of the firm's Technology Group. His practice covers domestic and international transactions for high technology businesses, from start-ups to publicly traded companies. His work includes licensing, intellectual property, technology transfer, business sales and acquisitions and investments. He is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Law School. Editing and additional content supplied by Amy J. Mastrobattista, a graduate of Smith College and New York University Law School. Amy is a shareholder at Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, PC and a member of the Technology Group. She is active in technology licensing, finance and corporate transactions. She was recognized as one of Bostons Top 10 Lawyers by the Womens Business Boston readers poll.

The content goes from the basics to advanced topics such as off-shoring, anti-circumvention, open source business models, user-created content, reverse engineering, mobile media distribution, web and game development, mash-ups, web widgets, and massively multiplayer games.

This book is designed to empower you to:

* Understand the interaction between law, money and technology
* Obtain and exploit a portfolio of IP assets
* Build and reinforce positive relationships with other companies
* Leverage your technologies
* Manage risks in markets with many uncertainties
* Make better deals and close deals more quickly
* Act more decisively and confidently in legal matters

This book will make you much smarter about spotting issues, perceiving risk, thinking strategically, setting priorities and using legal services effectively and efficiently. This is the most comprehensive layperson's book on the subject.

Key Features:

* A "need-to-know" legal companion for those competing in digital business markets in the US and around the world

* Points out the relationship between legal issues and business strategies, needs and goals

* Based on 15 years of legal practice in all aspects of digital, IT, software and computer law

About the Author

Gene K. Landy is a shareholder of Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, P.C., Boston, MA, where he is the head of the firm's Technology Group. His practice covers domestic and international transactions for high technology businesses, from start-ups to publicly traded companies. His work includes licensing, intellectual property, technology transfer, business sales and acquisitions and investments. He is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Law School. Editing and additional content supplied by Amy J. Mastrobattista, a graduate of Smith College and New York University Law School. Amy is a shareholder at Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, PC and a member of the Technology Group. She is active in technology licensing, finance and corporate transactions. She was recognized as one of Bostons Top 10 Lawyers by the Womens Business Boston readers poll.

The iPhone and iPod touch aren’t just attracting millions of new users; their breakthrough development platform enables programmers to build tomorrow’s killer applications. If you’re getting started with iPhone programming, this book brings together tested, ready-to-use code for hundreds of the challenges you’re most likely to encounter. Use this fully documented, easy-to-customize code to get productive fast—and focus your time on the specifics of your application, not boilerplate tasks.

 

Leading iPhone developer Erica Sadun begins by exploring the iPhone delivery platform and SDK, helping you set up your development environment, and showing how iPhone applications are constructed. Next, she offers single-task recipes for the full spectrum of iPhone/iPod touch programming jobs:

• Utilize views and tables
• Organize interface elements
• Alert and respond to users
• Access the Address Book (people), Core Location (places), and Sensors (things)
• Connect to the Internet and Web services
• Display media content
• Create secure Keychain entries
• And much more

You’ll even discover how to use Cover Flow to create gorgeous visual selection experiences that put scrolling lists to shame!

 

This book is organized for fast access: related tasks are grouped together, and you can jump directly to the right solution, even if you don’t know which class or framework to use. All code is based on Apple’s publicly released iPhone SDK, not a beta. No matter what iPhone projects come your way, The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook will be your indispensable companion.

 

About the Author

Erica Sadun has written, coauthored, and contributed to about three dozen books about technology, particularly in the areas of programming, digital video, and digital photography. An unrepentant geek, Sadun has never met a gadget she didn’t need. Her checkered past includes run-ins with NeXT, Newton, iPhone, and myriad successful and unsuccessful technologies. When not writing, she and her geek husband parent three adorable geeks-in-training, who regard their parents with restrained bemusement.

The iPhone and iPod touch aren’t just attracting millions of new users; their breakthrough development platform enables programmers to build tomorrow’s killer applications. If you’re getting started with iPhone programming, this book brings together tested, ready-to-use code for hundreds of the challenges you’re most likely to encounter. Use this fully documented, easy-to-customize code to get productive fast—and focus your time on the specifics of your application, not boilerplate tasks.

 

Leading iPhone developer Erica Sadun begins by exploring the iPhone delivery platform and SDK, helping you set up your development environment, and showing how iPhone applications are constructed. Next, she offers single-task recipes for the full spectrum of iPhone/iPod touch programming jobs:

• Utilize views and tables
• Organize interface elements
• Alert and respond to users
• Access the Address Book (people), Core Location (places), and Sensors (things)
• Connect to the Internet and Web services
• Display media content
• Create secure Keychain entries
• And much more

You’ll even discover how to use Cover Flow to create gorgeous visual selection experiences that put scrolling lists to shame!

 

This book is organized for fast access: related tasks are grouped together, and you can jump directly to the right solution, even if you don’t know which class or framework to use. All code is based on Apple’s publicly released iPhone SDK, not a beta. No matter what iPhone projects come your way, The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook will be your indispensable companion.

 

About the Author

Erica Sadun has written, coauthored, and contributed to about three dozen books about technology, particularly in the areas of programming, digital video, and digital photography. An unrepentant geek, Sadun has never met a gadget she didn’t need. Her checkered past includes run-ins with NeXT, Newton, iPhone, and myriad successful and unsuccessful technologies. When not writing, she and her geek husband parent three adorable geeks-in-training, who regard their parents with restrained bemusement.

Robotics is a relatively young field of modern technology that crosses traditional engineering boundaries. Understanding the complexity of robots and their applications requires knowledge of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, systems and industrial engineering, computer science, economics, and mathematics. New disciplines of engineering, such as manufacturing engineering, applications engineering, and knowledge engineering have emerged to deal with the complexity of the field of robotics and factory automation.

This book is concerned with fundamentals of robotics, including kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, computer vision, and control. Our goal is to provide a complete introduction to the most important concepts in these subjects as applied to industrial robot manipulators, mobile robots, and other mechanical systems. A complete treatment of the discipline of robotics would require several volumes. Nevertheless, at the present time, the majority of robot applications deal with industrial robot arms operating in structured factory environments so that a first introduction to the subject of robotics must include a rigorous treatment of the topics in this text.

Robotics is a relatively young field of modern technology that crosses traditional engineering boundaries. Understanding the complexity of robots and their applications requires knowledge of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, systems and industrial engineering, computer science, economics, and mathematics. New disciplines of engineering, such as manufacturing engineering, applications engineering, and knowledge engineering have emerged to deal with the complexity of the field of robotics and factory automation.

This book is concerned with fundamentals of robotics, including kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, computer vision, and control. Our goal is to provide a complete introduction to the most important concepts in these subjects as applied to industrial robot manipulators, mobile robots, and other mechanical systems. A complete treatment of the discipline of robotics would require several volumes. Nevertheless, at the present time, the majority of robot applications deal with industrial robot arms operating in structured factory environments so that a first introduction to the subject of robotics must include a rigorous treatment of the topics in this text.

Mobilizing Generation 2.0

Mobilizing Generation 2.0 is a practical and immediately useful guide for nonprofits, political campaigns, organizers, and individuals who want to better understand how to use Web 2.0 technologies. In easy-to-understand terms, this accessible book describes how readers can leverage new media (blogs, socialnetworking websites, photo- and video-sharing websites, mobile phones, wikis, online maps, and virtual worlds) to recruit, engage and mobilize young people.

Bringing together valuable guidance; big picture advice from recognized experts (Beth Kanter, Evan Wiiliams, danah boyd, Fred Stutzman, Steve Grove, Jonah Sachs, Seth Godin, Zack Exley, Martin Kearns, Jason Fried, Mitch Kapor, Katrin Verclas) as well as real-life stories of success; the book provides the information you need on the most widely used technologies like Blogger, MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, and Second Life. Chapter by chapter, the author walks you through How Organizations Are Using It, How It Works, How to Get Started, Strategic Considerations, and Challenges and Opportunities.

The book, and its up-to-date website (www.mobilizingyouth.org), are filled with handy resources, tips, best practices, and more.

Praise for Mobilizing Generation 2.0

"Young voters, in increasing numbers, are tuning in and taking charge. This book is a great look at how to reach them more effectively."
—Congressman George Miller, chairman of the House Education and Labor?Committee

"Ben Rigby has pulled together the ultimate guide to using social media for political organizing."
—Micah Sifry, cofounder, Personal Democracy Forum and TechPresident

"Ben Rigby helps the people working hard to create change make sense of the vast array of technologies available."
—Marnie Webb, coCEO, TechSoup/NetSquared.org

"Mobilizing Generation 2.0 is an outstanding field manual for all nonprofits."
—Holly Ross, executive director, NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network

About the Author

Ben Rigby has worked as CTO and president of several new media firms developing and devising web and mobile strategies for nonprofits and Fortune 1000 companies. Rigby?also founded MobileVoter.org, an organization dedicated to using new media to politically empower young people.

Mobilizing Generation 2.0

Mobilizing Generation 2.0 is a practical and immediately useful guide for nonprofits, political campaigns, organizers, and individuals who want to better understand how to use Web 2.0 technologies. In easy-to-understand terms, this accessible book describes how readers can leverage new media (blogs, socialnetworking websites, photo- and video-sharing websites, mobile phones, wikis, online maps, and virtual worlds) to recruit, engage and mobilize young people.

Bringing together valuable guidance; big picture advice from recognized experts (Beth Kanter, Evan Wiiliams, danah boyd, Fred Stutzman, Steve Grove, Jonah Sachs, Seth Godin, Zack Exley, Martin Kearns, Jason Fried, Mitch Kapor, Katrin Verclas) as well as real-life stories of success; the book provides the information you need on the most widely used technologies like Blogger, MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, and Second Life. Chapter by chapter, the author walks you through How Organizations Are Using It, How It Works, How to Get Started, Strategic Considerations, and Challenges and Opportunities.

The book, and its up-to-date website (www.mobilizingyouth.org), are filled with handy resources, tips, best practices, and more.

Praise for Mobilizing Generation 2.0

"Young voters, in increasing numbers, are tuning in and taking charge. This book is a great look at how to reach them more effectively."
—Congressman George Miller, chairman of the House Education and Labor?Committee

"Ben Rigby has pulled together the ultimate guide to using social media for political organizing."
—Micah Sifry, cofounder, Personal Democracy Forum and TechPresident

"Ben Rigby helps the people working hard to create change make sense of the vast array of technologies available."
—Marnie Webb, coCEO, TechSoup/NetSquared.org

"Mobilizing Generation 2.0 is an outstanding field manual for all nonprofits."
—Holly Ross, executive director, NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network

About the Author

Ben Rigby has worked as CTO and president of several new media firms developing and devising web and mobile strategies for nonprofits and Fortune 1000 companies. Rigby?also founded MobileVoter.org, an organization dedicated to using new media to politically empower young people.

Are you ready to reap the benefits of the bestselling contact relationship manager (CRM) software on the market today? Well, then—get into the act with ACT! 2008 and find out how the latest version of this exciting software enables you to set up a database that’s right for you so that you can focus on your business and career growth while also saving time and money.

With this fun and friendly guide in hand, you’ll discover how ACT! organizes customer information in one place, safely shares customer info between workgroups, and provides you with forecast tools, reports, and a contact database. Whether you’re new to the features of ACT! or you are familiar with the basics but have not yet put to use ACT!’s more advanced abilities, this nuts-and-bolts reference has been updated and revised to make sure that you are up to speed on the most efficient way to organize your customer relationships and activities.

Author and full-time ACT! Certified Consultant and ACT! Premier Trainer Karen Fredricks walks you through tasks such as:

• Setting up the contact database
• Adding multiple contacts to a group and adding contacts to a company
• Changing contact-level security access
• Scheduling activities
• Using the basic ACT! Reports
• Designing new reports
• Automating the backup process
• Integrating with Outlook
• Creating groups

ACT! by Sage For Dummies, 9^th Edition also boasts a companion Web site that includes all the updates for the 2008 version of ACT! You’ll be amazed by just how quickly you’ll be able to set up a database and get it to act for you.

About the Author

Karen S. Fredricks has implemented ACT! for businesses ranging from sole practitioners to Fortune 500 companies and has written software manuals on ACT!. She established and runs a large ACT! user group.

Are you ready to reap the benefits of the bestselling contact relationship manager (CRM) software on the market today? Well, then—get into the act with ACT! 2008 and find out how the latest version of this exciting software enables you to set up a database that’s right for you so that you can focus on your business and career growth while also saving time and money.

With this fun and friendly guide in hand, you’ll discover how ACT! organizes customer information in one place, safely shares customer info between workgroups, and provides you with forecast tools, reports, and a contact database. Whether you’re new to the features of ACT! or you are familiar with the basics but have not yet put to use ACT!’s more advanced abilities, this nuts-and-bolts reference has been updated and revised to make sure that you are up to speed on the most efficient way to organize your customer relationships and activities.

Author and full-time ACT! Certified Consultant and ACT! Premier Trainer Karen Fredricks walks you through tasks such as:

• Setting up the contact database
• Adding multiple contacts to a group and adding contacts to a company
• Changing contact-level security access
• Scheduling activities
• Using the basic ACT! Reports
• Designing new reports
• Automating the backup process
• Integrating with Outlook
• Creating groups

ACT! by Sage For Dummies, 9^th Edition also boasts a companion Web site that includes all the updates for the 2008 version of ACT! You’ll be amazed by just how quickly you’ll be able to set up a database and get it to act for you.

About the Author

Karen S. Fredricks has implemented ACT! for businesses ranging from sole practitioners to Fortune 500 companies and has written software manuals on ACT!. She established and runs a large ACT! user group.

Bioinformatics is an evolving field that is gaining popularity due to genomics, proteomics and other high-throughput biological methods. The function of bioinformatic scientists includes biological data storage, retrieval and in silico analysis of the results from large-scale experiments. This requires a grasp of knowledge mining algorithms, a thorough understanding of biological knowledge base, and the logical relationship of entities that describe a process or the system. Bioinformatics researchers are required to be trained in multidisciplinary fields of biology, mathematics and computer science. Currently the requirements are satisfied by ad hoc researchers who have specific skills in biology or mathematics/computer science. But the learning curve is steep and the time required to communicate using domain specific terms is becoming a major bottle neck in scientific productivity. This workbook provides hands-on experience which has been lacking for qualified bioinformatics researchers.

Bioinformatics is an evolving field that is gaining popularity due to genomics, proteomics and other high-throughput biological methods. The function of bioinformatic scientists includes biological data storage, retrieval and in silico analysis of the results from large-scale experiments. This requires a grasp of knowledge mining algorithms, a thorough understanding of biological knowledge base, and the logical relationship of entities that describe a process or the system. Bioinformatics researchers are required to be trained in multidisciplinary fields of biology, mathematics and computer science. Currently the requirements are satisfied by ad hoc researchers who have specific skills in biology or mathematics/computer science. But the learning curve is steep and the time required to communicate using domain specific terms is becoming a major bottle neck in scientific productivity. This workbook provides hands-on experience which has been lacking for qualified bioinformatics researchers.

Data Mining for Business Applications presents the state-of-the-art research and development outcomes on methodologies, techniques, approaches and successful applications in the area. The contributions mark a paradigm shift from “data-centered pattern mining” to “domain driven actionable knowledge discovery” for next-generation KDD research and applications. The contents identify how KDD techniques can better contribute to critical domain problems in theory and practice, and strengthen business intelligence in complex enterprise applications. The volume also explores challenges and directions for future research and development in the dialogue between academia and business.

Data Mining for Business Applications presents the state-of-the-art research and development outcomes on methodologies, techniques, approaches and successful applications in the area. The contributions mark a paradigm shift from “data-centered pattern mining” to “domain driven actionable knowledge discovery” for next-generation KDD research and applications. The contents identify how KDD techniques can better contribute to critical domain problems in theory and practice, and strengthen business intelligence in complex enterprise applications. The volume also explores challenges and directions for future research and development in the dialogue between academia and business.

This book is a comprehensive guide to how organizations can use the internet to support their marketing activities and covers all aspects of Internet marketing - environment analysis, strategy development and implementation. Building on the successful and widely regarded first edition, this second edition has a completely revised structure and streamlined content, increasing the marketing orientation of the text by decreasing technical background about the internet. New to this edition: a revised structure providing a clear sequence to the stages of strategy development and implementation; a new chapter on how the Internet can be used to vary the marketing mix; new chapters on the micro- and macro-environment for the Internet, providing a foundation for strategy development, strategy chapter has been updated to reflect latest thinking; greater detail on Internet marketing communications, including the latest techniques, such as pay-per-click search engines and viral marketing; new case studies; relationship marketing chapter now takes a CRM-oriented approach; new, four-color design to improve clarity.

Dave Chaffey (www.davechaffey.com) is an Internet marketing trainer and consultant for Marketing Insights Limited. He is a lecturer on e-marketing courses at Cranfield and Warwick Universities and the Institute of Direct Marketing. Dave has been recognised by the CIM as one of the 50 marketing 'gurus' worldwide who have shaped the future of marketing.

Fiona Ellis-Chadwick is a lecturer in Marketing at the Business School at Loughborough University and is a member of the Marketing and Retailing Research Group. Her work has been published in Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Retail Distribution and Management, European Journal of Marketing, Internet Research, and Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services.

Richard Mayer is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Derby, where he is the programme manager for CIM qualifications. He is also the Director of his own Marketing Training Company, specialising in Strategic Marketing, Business to Business Marketing and Marketing Communications.

Kevin Johnston is a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, specialising in marketing, strategy and e-commerce. He previously lectured at the University of Derby, where he created one of the UK’s first e-commerce degree programmes.

This book is a comprehensive guide to how organizations can use the internet to support their marketing activities and covers all aspects of Internet marketing - environment analysis, strategy development and implementation. Building on the successful and widely regarded first edition, this second edition has a completely revised structure and streamlined content, increasing the marketing orientation of the text by decreasing technical background about the internet. New to this edition: a revised structure providing a clear sequence to the stages of strategy development and implementation; a new chapter on how the Internet can be used to vary the marketing mix; new chapters on the micro- and macro-environment for the Internet, providing a foundation for strategy development, strategy chapter has been updated to reflect latest thinking; greater detail on Internet marketing communications, including the latest techniques, such as pay-per-click search engines and viral marketing; new case studies; relationship marketing chapter now takes a CRM-oriented approach; new, four-color design to improve clarity.

Dave Chaffey (www.davechaffey.com) is an Internet marketing trainer and consultant for Marketing Insights Limited. He is a lecturer on e-marketing courses at Cranfield and Warwick Universities and the Institute of Direct Marketing. Dave has been recognised by the CIM as one of the 50 marketing 'gurus' worldwide who have shaped the future of marketing.

Fiona Ellis-Chadwick is a lecturer in Marketing at the Business School at Loughborough University and is a member of the Marketing and Retailing Research Group. Her work has been published in Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Retail Distribution and Management, European Journal of Marketing, Internet Research, and Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services.

Richard Mayer is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Derby, where he is the programme manager for CIM qualifications. He is also the Director of his own Marketing Training Company, specialising in Strategic Marketing, Business to Business Marketing and Marketing Communications.

Kevin Johnston is a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, specialising in marketing, strategy and e-commerce. He previously lectured at the University of Derby, where he created one of the UK’s first e-commerce degree programmes.

Handling inherent uncertainty and exploiting compositional structure are fundamental to understanding and designing large-scale systems. Statistical relational learning builds on ideas from probability theory and statistics to address uncertainty while incorporating tools from logic, databases, and programming languages to represent structure. In Introduction to Statistical Relational Learning, leading researchers in this emerging area of machine learning describe current formalisms, models, and algorithms that enable effective and robust reasoning about richly structured systems and data.

The early chapters provide tutorials for material used in later chapters, offering introductions to representation, inference and learning in graphical models, and logic. The book then describes object-oriented approaches, including probabilistic relational models, relational Markov networks, and probabilistic entity-relationship models as well as logic-based formalisms including Bayesian logic programs, Markov logic, and stochastic logic programs. Later chapters discuss such topics as probabilistic models with unknown objects, relational dependency networks, reinforcement learning in relational domains, and information extraction.

By presenting a variety of approaches, the book highlights commonalities and clarifies important differences among proposed approaches and, along the way, identifies important representational and algorithmic issues. Numerous applications are provided throughout.

About the Author

Lise Getoor is Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland.

Ben Taskar is Assistant Professor in the Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania.

Handling inherent uncertainty and exploiting compositional structure are fundamental to understanding and designing large-scale systems. Statistical relational learning builds on ideas from probability theory and statistics to address uncertainty while incorporating tools from logic, databases, and programming languages to represent structure. In Introduction to Statistical Relational Learning, leading researchers in this emerging area of machine learning describe current formalisms, models, and algorithms that enable effective and robust reasoning about richly structured systems and data.

The early chapters provide tutorials for material used in later chapters, offering introductions to representation, inference and learning in graphical models, and logic. The book then describes object-oriented approaches, including probabilistic relational models, relational Markov networks, and probabilistic entity-relationship models as well as logic-based formalisms including Bayesian logic programs, Markov logic, and stochastic logic programs. Later chapters discuss such topics as probabilistic models with unknown objects, relational dependency networks, reinforcement learning in relational domains, and information extraction.

By presenting a variety of approaches, the book highlights commonalities and clarifies important differences among proposed approaches and, along the way, identifies important representational and algorithmic issues. Numerous applications are provided throughout.

About the Author

Lise Getoor is Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland.

Ben Taskar is Assistant Professor in the Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania.

The first book that covers convergence of voice, video and data networks from a vendor-neutral perspective.

*Covers the latest standards and those being developed in an ever-evolving field
*Provides insight into the latest technology of video and data over wireless networks and how convergence will be a driving force in this industry
*Provides an understanding of the true capabilities behind each vendor's solution to allow for informed buying decisions

A recent survey of 500 U.S. companies with multiple locations found that 81% are planning to implement IP Telephony on their local area networks (LANs) in 2003, and two-thirds are looking at convergence for their wide area networks (WANs) as well. This includes voice, video and data over hard line and wireless networks.
Today, new standards and technologies are being developed to support convergence and voice over IP (VoIP) and Video over IP and wireless. Because convergence covers the voice and data world, it will be critical to understand all of these environments.

This book provides detailed information on convergence network models, protocol stacks, routing algorithms, gateways and switches required to support these networks.

About the Author

Juanita Ellis has been at the forefront in working with corporations in the areas of convergence, computer Security and e-business. Some of these companies include Sony, JCPenney, SWBell, Boeing, Xerox, Bell Atlantic, MCI, Citibank and Toyota.

Currently, she works with companies in helping deploy voice and data networks, converged solutions, VPN security and call center applications. In addition, she was a technical manager at Lotus/IBM for the southern, mid-Atlantic, and eastern regions of the United States. As a technical manager, she was responsible for designing and architecting enterprise-wide applications that integrated with enterprise resource planning systems, Internet technologies, and relational and transaction-based systems. She is currently an independent consultant.

The first book that covers convergence of voice, video and data networks from a vendor-neutral perspective.

*Covers the latest standards and those being developed in an ever-evolving field
*Provides insight into the latest technology of video and data over wireless networks and how convergence will be a driving force in this industry
*Provides an understanding of the true capabilities behind each vendor's solution to allow for informed buying decisions

A recent survey of 500 U.S. companies with multiple locations found that 81% are planning to implement IP Telephony on their local area networks (LANs) in 2003, and two-thirds are looking at convergence for their wide area networks (WANs) as well. This includes voice, video and data over hard line and wireless networks.
Today, new standards and technologies are being developed to support convergence and voice over IP (VoIP) and Video over IP and wireless. Because convergence covers the voice and data world, it will be critical to understand all of these environments.

This book provides detailed information on convergence network models, protocol stacks, routing algorithms, gateways and switches required to support these networks.

About the Author

Juanita Ellis has been at the forefront in working with corporations in the areas of convergence, computer Security and e-business. Some of these companies include Sony, JCPenney, SWBell, Boeing, Xerox, Bell Atlantic, MCI, Citibank and Toyota.

Currently, she works with companies in helping deploy voice and data networks, converged solutions, VPN security and call center applications. In addition, she was a technical manager at Lotus/IBM for the southern, mid-Atlantic, and eastern regions of the United States. As a technical manager, she was responsible for designing and architecting enterprise-wide applications that integrated with enterprise resource planning systems, Internet technologies, and relational and transaction-based systems. She is currently an independent consultant.

Filled with hundreds of hands-on tutorials, tips, and techniques, this is the thorough, in-depth reference that every Second Life resident needs. Learn how to create a unique avatar and then explore, build, socialize--and even earn real money. Inside, you'll find exclusive coverage of all the menus, features, and utilities. Whether you're a newbie or an old hand, this book will help you get the most out of Second Life.

You’re holding the book I wish I’d had during my first year in Second Life. In fact, even though I wrote it, I still find myself using it as a reference. It’s packed with valuable information that will greatly enhance your enjoyment of SL.

My primary goal while writing this book was to provide you with news you can use. News because many topics covered here are not covered elsewhere. Use because the topics are useful, not just human interest, historical background, or otherwise merely academic.

Filled with hundreds of hands-on tutorials, tips, and techniques, this is the thorough, in-depth reference that every Second Life resident needs. Learn how to create a unique avatar and then explore, build, socialize--and even earn real money. Inside, you'll find exclusive coverage of all the menus, features, and utilities. Whether you're a newbie or an old hand, this book will help you get the most out of Second Life.

You’re holding the book I wish I’d had during my first year in Second Life. In fact, even though I wrote it, I still find myself using it as a reference. It’s packed with valuable information that will greatly enhance your enjoyment of SL.

My primary goal while writing this book was to provide you with news you can use. News because many topics covered here are not covered elsewhere. Use because the topics are useful, not just human interest, historical background, or otherwise merely academic.

What star is that? Where is the Southern Cross? Who was Orion? Answering these questions and many more, this book will become an essential traveling companion for amateur astronomers heading abroad. Its unique simplified maps make it easy to find the constellations in the southern hemisphere skies, and the stars within them. Clear instructions guide the user on how to gauge sizes and distances, and move easily between constellations. This new edition has been updated with additional mythology information, and a list of the planet positions up to 2016. Of value to all ages, this book introduces the patterns of the starry skies in a memorable way. No equipment is needed to use this practical guide: apart from normal sight and clear skies. Beautifully illustrated, this is an ideal introduction to unfamiliar stars that will have astronomers of all levels gazing at the skies with ease.

Magically illustrated, this is an ideal introduction to the southern starlit skies. Its unique simplified maps make it easy to find by eye the constellations and the stars within them. This new edition has been updated with additional mythology information, and a list of the planet positions up to 2016.

About the Author

Milton Heifetz is an amateur astronomer, professor of neurosurgery, and inventor of 'The Precession of the Equinoxes' planisphere, now at the Harvard University Museum of Historical Scientific Instruments. It is now used to determine positions of the stars in ancient history and years in the future.

Wil Tirion is a Free Lance Uranographer and Graphic Designer. He is co-author of The Monthly Sky Guide, now in its seventh edition (Cambridge University Press, 2006).

The revised edition of this book is designed with a greater emphasis on text and collocation, in keeping with recent trends in the world of English as a Foreign Language. It also incorporates the many changes to the revised proficiency examination from December 2002, such as word formation and multiple word meaning. The book is also intended for use at the level of CAE, and includes new exercises practising the formal/informal register transfer task.

Most of the practice sections in the Grammar and Vocabulary sections reflect such changes, and where texts are retained from the first edition, they have been given more of an exam focus.

However, the core of this highly successful book remains the same. The grammar section now includes some additional revision and more subtle advanced points. Units on phrasal verbs, prepositions and linking devices are also included. The grammatical information provided can be used for reference when needed, or worked through systematically.

The vocabulary section includes topic-based vocabulary, collocations and idiomatic phrases. It also recycles work on prepositions, and phrasal verbs.

The book can be used as a self-study reference grammar and practice book or as supplementary material in classes preparing for the CAE and Proficiency exams. If used for classwork, activities can be done individually or co-operatively in pairs or small groups.

There are regular consolidation units which include forms of testing commonly used in both exams and the material covers a range of difficulty appropriate to both exams.

Take your digital photography to the next level by learning how to use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 with Photoshop Lightroom 2 for Dummies! From how to install Lightroom and navigate the Lightroom interface to playing with advanced options like creating slideshows and sharing photos with friends and family, this easy-to-understand guide will walk you through every step.

You’ll find out all about the Lightroom modules and their functions while understanding the role of the Lightroom catalog, how to care for it, and work with its functions. You will learn everything about working with digital photographs, from distinguishing among various file formats to managing and importing photos. You’ll find out how to view, find, organize and develop photos in the library and utilize the digital darkroom. You’ll even find out how to work with external editors. After reading this book, you will know how to:

• Install and get started with Lightroom
• Recognize the role and function of the Lightroom catalog
• Manage and save files
• View, find, organize, and develop photos in the library
• Unleash your creativity with photo editing options
• Share and export files to share them with friends and family
• Create copies, slideshows, and web galleries

Complete with lists of ten resources, ten common problems and solutions, and ten favorite tips and tricks, Photoshop Lightroom 2 For Dummies is your one-stop guide to setting up, working with, and making the most of Photoshop Lightroom for all your digital photography needs.

About the Author

Rob Sylvan is a trainer, instructional designer, writer, Web developer, and photographer. He is a Help Desk Specialist for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and he's the Site Director for iStockphoto.com. Rob writes the Lightroom-focused "Under the Loupe" column for Photoshop User magazine.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of open-source developers, Cocoon has quickly gained visibility as the preeminent XML-based Web publishing framework. Unfortunately, its documentation remains a significant shortcoming. If you’re new to Cocoon, gaining a sense of exactly what you can do with it can be difficult, and actually getting started can be even harder.

Cocoon 2 Programming: Web Publishing with XML and Java clearly explains the value of Cocoon and helps you build on your familiarity with XML and Java Servlets as you design, build, and implement a range of Cocoon applications. You’ll begin by learning to control presentation for various platforms, both wired and wireless. Then you’ll move on to Cocoon’s capabilities for logic control and content management, using both sitemaps and XSP to create a site dynamically generated from a variety of data sources and types.

As you’ll see, Cocoon also supports powerful organizing techniques known as design patterns, and you’ll master their use in both presentation and content generation. These are essential tools for the planning of your site; for after it’s implemented, you’ll command powerful techniques for site management and optimization.

The Web’s dependence on XML is growing rapidly—and with it the list of companies that have adopted Cocoon. Is Cocoon for you? Cocoon 2 Programming will guide you through your decision and far beyond, providing all the assistance you need to build a dynamic, XML-based site—and keep moving into the future.

About the Author

Bill Brogden is a longtime computer programmer and wrote the best-selling Java 2 Exam Cram from Coriolis. He has also written for Sun's Advanced Technology Guides and the XML.com website. He is the author of Sybex's SOAP Programming with Java. Conrad D'Cruz has 14 years' experience with programming, including Java and XML, and is also an instructor in Web technolgoies. Mark Gaither is a 10-year computer industry veteran who has built sophisticated web systems for the Texas Department of Commerce, TManage, Inc., Activerse, High End Systems, Instant Sports, and HTMLScript.

Cybercafes, which are places where Internet access is provided for free, provide the opportunity for people without access to the Internet, or who are traveling, to access Web mail and instant messages, read newspapers, and explore other resources of the Internet. Due to the important role Internet cafes play in facilitating access to information, there is a need for their systems to have well-installed software in order to ensure smooth service delivery.

Security and Software for Cybercafes provides relevant theoretical frameworks and current empirical research findings on the security measures and software necessary for cybercafes, offering information technology professionals, scholars, researchers, and educators detailed knowledge and understanding of this innovative and leading-edge issue, both in industrialized and developing countries.

About the Author

Esharenana E. Adomi holds BEd, MEd, MLS and PhD degrees. He attended University of Ibadan, Ibadan and Delta State University, Abraka both in Nigeria. He was secretary of Nigerian Library Association(NLA) 2000 - 2004 He received the 2004 Award for Excellence of the Most Outstanding Paper published in The Electronic Library, 2003 volume with an article entitled: A survey of cybercafes in Delta State, Nigeria co-author with two other colleagues. He is a member of Editorial Advisory Board, The Electronic Library, Contributing Editor, Library Hi-Tech News and currently the editor of Delta Library Journal. He has published over 45 articles in reputatble national and international journals, chapters in books and two textbooks. His interests lie in community informatics, information/internet security, Internet/web technology and services, and application of ICTs in different settings.

Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces IV gathers the latest research of experts, research teams and leading organisations involved in computer-aided design of user interactive applications supported by software, with specific attention for platform-independent user interfaces and context-sensitive or aware applications. This includes: innovative model-based and agent-based approaches, code-generators, model editors, task animators, translators, checkers, advice-giving systems and systems for graphical and multimodal user interfaces. It also addresses User Interface Description Languages.

This books attempts to emphasize the software tool support for designing user interfaces and their underlying languages and methods, beyond traditional development environments offered by the market. It will be of interest to software development practitioners and researchers whose work involves human-computer interaction, design of user interfaces, frameworks for computer-aided design, formal and semi-formal methods, web services and multimedia systems, interactive applications, and graphical user and multi-user interfaces.

The world's first photograph was taken in 1826 using a pinhole camera, known as camera obscura. The camera obscura, the basic projection model of pinhole cameras, was already known in China more than 2500 years ago. Cameras used since this first photograph are basically following the pinhole camera principle. The quality of projected images improved due to progress in optical lenses and silver-based film, the latter one replaced today by digital technologies. Pinhole-type cameras are still the dominating brands and are also used in computer vision for understanding 3D scenes based on captured images or videos. However, different applications have pushed for designing alternative architectures of cameras. For example, in photogrammetry, cameras are installed in planes or satellites, and a continuing stream of image data can also be created by capturing images just line by line, one line at a time. As a second example, robots are required to understand scenery in full 360 degrees to be able to react to obstacles or events; a camera looking upward into a parabolic or hyperbolic mirror allows this type of omnidirectional viewing. The development of alternative camera architectures results in a need to understand related projective geometries for the purpose of camera calibration, binocular stereo, static or dynamic scene understanding. Written by leading researchers in the field, this book elucidates on these topics as well as some of the applications of alternative camera architectures.

With the Right Resource, Upgrading’s Easier than You Think

Ever feel like PC technologies evolve so quickly that your own machine is out of date just months after you get it? Now you can keep up without taking it to a professional, without getting in trouble, and without buying a new one. Upgrading Your Home PC uses detailed photographs and clear, step-by-step instructions to show you how to accomplish the most common, most satisfying upgrade tasks yourself. You’ll be amazed by how easy it is! Coverage includes

• Adding memory
• Adding a hard drive
• Adding a Zip or Jaz drive
• Adding a recordable CD drive
• Setting up a broadband Internet connection
• Installing an inkjet or laser printer
• Upgrading a display card
• Connecting a flat-panel LCD monitor
• Installing a network card
• Setting up a wired or wireless network
• Upgrading a power supply
• Upgrading your PC's sound system
• Using a digital camera with your PC
• Installing joysticks and other input devices
• Capturing video
• Upgrading your BIOS
• Upgrading or adding a CPU
• Setting up USB, SCSI, or FireWire buses

About the Author

Glenn Weadock, MCSE, is President and founder of Independent Software Inc. a computer consulting and training firm based in the Denver, Colorado area. An experienced lecturer and trainer, Glenn has written over 20 books on computing, covering a wide range of topics including Windows 95, MCSE, the Windows Registry, small business networks and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Databases brings the elements of a database together using easy to understand language, perfect for the true beginner. It not only gives specific hands on practice, but also provides an overview of designing, maintaining and using a database. This book covers what databases are used for, why databases are important, why the design of the database is important, database normalization, keys to solid database design, differences in types of databases, and indexeswhat they are, how we use them, and why they are important.

About the Author

John V. Petersen is president and founder of Main Line Software, Inc., a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based software application and database design firm. MLSI development platforms include Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic, Access, SQL Server, and Microsoft's newest development platform Visual Studio .NET.

John earned an MBA from the Haub School of Business at St. Joseph's University in 1993. John is currently a 2L at the Rutgers University School of Law. John has presented at many industry events including Microsoft Developer Days and Microsoft Tech-Ed. John's writing projects have included Visual FoxPro 6 Enterprise Development and Hands-On Visual Basic 6 Web Development from Prima Publishing, ADO Jumpstart MSDN Whitepaper, and numerous feature articles on application development and database design issues. John has been an annual recipient of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional award since 1996.

AutoCAD 2004 and AutoCAD LT 2004: No Experience Required is your step-by-step introduction to the latest versions of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, the industry-leading design and drafting programs used by architects, engineers, drafters, and design teams worldwide. Inside this perfectly-paced guide are the clear-cut explanations and practical, step-by-step tutorials that you need to create, develop, and complete even the most elaborate AutoCAD projects.

Gain the Imperative AutoCAD Skills

• Finding your way around AutoCAD and LT
• Understanding basic commands
• Applying AutoCAD's coordinate systems
• Setting up a drawing
• Mastering drawing strategies
• Employing Polar and Object Snap Tracking
• Setting up layers, colors, and linetypes
• Using blocks and Wblocks
• Dragging AutoCAD objects from one drawing to another
• Generating elevations and orthographic views
• Working with hatches and fills
• Controlling text in a drawing
• Managing external references
• Setting up layouts and printing an AutoCAD drawing
• Using AutoCAD's tool palettes
• Creating and rendering a 3D model
• Setting up attributes

About the Author

David Frey has been working in the fields of architecture and construction for more than 20 years and has taught AutoCAD to architects, engineers, teachers, and students for 10 years. David is the author of three previous best-selling editions of AutoCAD: No Experience Required.

Here’s the book you need to prepare for Exam 310-080, Sun Certified Web Component Developer for J2EE Platform.

This Study Guide provides:

• In-depth coverage of every exam objective
• Practical information on programming servlets, developing JSP pages, and using custom tags
• Hundreds of challenging review questions, in the book and on the CD
• Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a testing engine

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:

• The structure and deployment of modern servlet web applications
• The servlet container model
• Designing and developing servlets to handle server-side exceptions
• Designing and developing servlets using session management
• Designing and developing secure web applications
• Designing and developing thread-safe servlets
• The JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology model
• Designing and developing reusable web components
• Designing and developing JSP pages using JavaBean components and custom tags
• Designing and developing a custom tag library
• Design patterns

About the Author

Natalie Levi is a Sun certified instructor and runs an educational testing service. She wrote the test questions for Sybex's Java 2 Virtual Test Center; she also contributed questions to Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide. 

A software testing survival guide to deliver winning Internet-based applications

Accessibility, reliability, availability, and security of Web applications on all types of platforms are key to winning business and customers. The technol-ogy continues to change at a fast pace, and savvy end-users are demanding products and services with fewer bugs. This completely revised and updated book shows the latest technologies and expert tools, tips, and techniques for testing Web applications that run across many platforms and networks, including desktop and wired/wireless mobile clients. You’ll quickly be able to maximize productivity, minimize quality risks, and optimize success in the Internet economy.

With numerous real-world examples at hand, you’ll learn how to:

• Analyze the complex Web-application model and gain a better understanding of the effective practices for deploying a successful testing strategy
• Design smart test cases, utilize best test practices, and perform effective bug analysis
• Identify similarities and differences between testing desktop and mobile Web applications, and devise the winning test plans for each platform
• Apply advanced and specialized testing techniques including secu-rity testing, performance testing, database testing, and server-side testing

About the Author

HUNG Q. NGUYEN is Founder of LogiGear, a Silicon Valley software testing company that helps development and IT organizations improve product quality through smarter testing. He is coauthor of the bestselling book Testing Computer Software (Wiley).

BOB JOHNSON has more than 20 years of software engineering experience, including implementing, maintaining, and testing computer security systems.

MICHAEL HACKETT is the cofounding partner of LogiGear, where he architects and delivers software testing education and coaching programs.

Whether you’re in the preliminary stages of planning a site or you’re looking to improve the look of an existing site, this reference book covers it all. Now updated with the latest site tools, design techniques, and commerce options, this new edition of the bestseller offers a solid framework for building a Web site from scratch. Packed with all the essentials to help make your site the best it can be, this resource goes beyond just basic design and page building to show you how to incorporate both of those elements into a successful site.

Veteran author David Crowder spills the secrets to planning and creating an effective site from the ground up. You’ll decipher ways to transform a bunch of seemingly random web pages into a coherent web site and you’ll discover myriad ways to make your site look and sound amazing.

This updated third edition features content on designing with CSS, using the latest version of Dreamweaver, and applying Web analytics and promotion techniques. In addition, the book covers topics such as:

• Keeping a site fresh and exciting
• Designing a look that appeals to your intended audience
• Determining your Web page structure
• Incorporating color, images, graphics, music, and video
• Merging CSS and HTML
• Planning usable navigation
• Providing guestbooks and message boards
• Designing for e-commerce
• Getting set up with PayPal, Google Checkout, E-cash, etc.

The accompanying CD-ROM provides trial versions of software that is used in the book as well as sample templates and graphics for Web building. Once you start referring to Building a Web Site For Dummies, 3^rd Edition, you’ll wonder how you ever existed without this invaluable information!

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

About the Author

David A. Crowder has authored or coauthored more than 20 books on subjects ranging from computers to historical mysteries, including popular bestsellers such as Building a Web Site For Dummies and CliffsNotes Getting on the Internet. He was selling hypertext systems back in the days when you had to explain to people what the word meant. He’s been involved in the online community since its inception and is the recipient of several awards for his work, including NetGuide Magazine’s Gold Site Award.

He is the son of a teacher and a college president, and his dedication to spreading knowledge, especially about the computer revolution, goes beyond his writing. He also founded three Internet mailing lists (discussion groups), JavaScript Talk, Java Talk, and Delphi Talk, all of which were sold to Ziff-Davis. One of his most treasured memories is the message he received from an old-timer on one of those lists who said that he had never seen such a free and open exchange of information since the days when computers were built by hobbyists in home workshops.
When he isn’t writing, he spends his time with his wife Angela, wandering through villages in the Andes or frolicking in the Caribbean surf.

This beginning guide reviews HTML and also introduces you to using XHTML for the structure of a web page and cascading style sheets (CSS) for controlling how a document should appear on a web page. Youll learn how to take advantage of the latest features of browsers while making sure that your pages still work in older, but popular, browsers. By incorporating usability and accessibility, youll be able to write professional-looking and well-coded web pages that use the latest technologies.

Beginning Web Programming with HTML, XHTML, and CSS 2nd Edition

Offering a new approach to a familiar topic, this book teaches you how to create pages for the web as it exists today—and how it will be for the foreseeable future. The time for using only HTML coding to write a web page is gone. As the Web has advanced, so have the technologies you need to learn in order to create effective and attractive web pages. This beginning guide reviews HTML and also introduces you to using XHTML for the structure of a web page and cascading style sheets (CSS) for controlling how a document should appear on a web page.

Updated with modern examples, the book explores the evolution of web browsers and how they reflect the way web pages have developed. You'll learn how to take advantage of the latest features of browsers while still making sure that your pages still work in older, but popular, browsers. In addition, you'll discover how to write web pages for the many devices that are able to access the web. By incorporating usability and accessibility, you'll be able to write professional-looking and well-coded web pages that use the latest technologies.

What you will learn from this book

• The different elements and attributes that make up HTML and XHTML and how to use them to write web pages

• Ways to use CSS to make your pages attractive and easy to use

• The basics of JavaScript® so you can add interactivity to your web pages

• How to put your site on the Internet, find an audience for it, and get search engines to recognize it

Who this book is for
This book is for anyone who wants to create web pages or for those who want to improve their web-design skill level. No prior programming or web coding knowledge is assumed.

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

About the Author

Jon Duckett published his first web site in 1996 while studying for a BSc (Hons) in Psychology at Brunel University, London. Since then, he has helped create a wide variety of web sites for companies of all sizes. He has also co-written more than ten programming-related books on topics from ASP to XML (via many other letters of the alphabet), covering diverse aspects of web programming including design, architecture, and coding.

Image Processing and Pattern Recognition covers major applications in the field, including optical character recognition, speech classification, medical imaging, paper currency recognition, classification reliability techniques, and sensor technology. The text emphasizes algorithms and architectures for achieving practical and effective systems, and presents many examples. Practitioners, researchers, and students in computer science, electrical engineering, andradiology, as well as those working at financial institutions, will value this unique and authoritative reference to diverse applications methodologies.

Key Features
* Coverage includes:
* Optical character recognition
* Speech classification
* Medical imaging
* Paper currency recognition
* Classification reliability techniques
* Sensor technology

Algorithms and architectures for achieving practical and effective systems are emphasized, with many examples illustrating the text. Practitioners, researchers, and students in computer science, electrical engineering, and radiology, as wellk as those working at financial institutions, will find this volume a unique and comprehensive reference source for this diverse applications area.

Inspired by the structure of the human brain, artificial neural networks have found many applications due to their ability to solve cumbersome or intractable problems by learning directly from data. Neural networks can adapt to new environments by learning, and deal with information that is noisy, inconsistent, vague, or probabilistic. This volume of Neural Network Systems Techniques and Applications is devoted to major applications in Image Processing and Pattern Recognition

About the Author

Cornelius T. Leondes received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and has held numerous positions in industrial and academic institutions. He is currently a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has also served as the Boeing Professor at the University of Washington and as an adjunct professor at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author, editor, or co-author of more than 100 textbooks and handbooks and has published more than 200 technical papers. In addition, he has been a Guggenheim Fellow, Fulbright Research Scholar, IEEE Fellow, and a recipient of IEEE's Baker Prize Award and Barry Carlton Award.

The Best Fully Integrated Study System Available for Exam LPI 199

With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, Ubuntu Certified Professional Study Guide covers what you need to know--and shows you how to prepare--for this challenging exam.

• 100% complete coverage of all official objectives for exam LPI 199
• Exam Readiness Checklist at the front of the book--you're ready for the exam when all objectives on the list are checked off
• Inside the Exam sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics covered
• Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam

Covers all Ubuntu Certified Professional exam topics, including:

Ubuntu Community Resources · Installation · Specialized Hardware and Power Management · Automated Installation and Diskless Clients · Basic Commands and File Systems · Updates and Repositories · Printer Configuration · Languages and Accounts · Network Interfaces and Profiles · Network Authentication and File Systems · Configured and Customized GNOME

CD-ROM includes:

• Complete MasterExam practice testing engine, featuring: One full practice exam; Detailed answers with explanations; Score Report performance assessment tool
• Electronic book for studying on the go
• Bonus downloadable MasterExam practice test with free online registration

About the Author

Michael Jang, UPC, LPIC-2, RHCE, CompTIA Linux+, LCP, is the bestselling author of several Linux titles, including RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide, Fifth Edition.

UML 2 Certification Guide
Fundamental and Intermediate Exams
Tim Weilkiens
Bernd Oestereich

The authors have proven their mettle by teaching UML expertise in classroom settings that led to remarkably high OCUP test passing rates, just weeks after the UCOP Program became available worldwide.
You have taken the right first step to prepare yourself to show what you know¡Xand this book is the right tool to get you there!
f{ Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Object Management Group, Inc. (from the Foreword)

Carefully reviewed by the organization behind the certification, the Object Management Group, this book offers systematic coverage of the Fundamental and Intermediate exam topics, along with practical advice on passing the tests. The UML 2 Certification Guide is the only official resource for passing these two exams. Introductory UML texts often omit key exam material, but this book is guaranteed to give you all the information you need.

* The official certification resource
* Assumes a basic knowledge of UML so that you can focus immediately on the exams
* Written by two authors known for their skill as trainers, consultants, and developers
* Developed systematically to enable you to master all exam topics¡Xwithout exception
* Covers the use of UML for applications, as required by the exams, both inside and outside of the realm of software development
* Includes a practice exam, glossary, list of books, and website information

Tim Weilkiens is a coach and advisor at oose Innovative Informatik GmbH, a leading German consultancy devoted to information technology for business. He has been involved with object-oriented software development since 1991. He is considered one of the top ten UML experts in the world.

Bernd Oestereich is a managing director at oose Innovative Informatik GmbH and the author of a number of books and professional articles. His extensive experience as a coach, trainer, and consultant has dealt with issues ranging from project management to software architecture to software engineering.

Maximize your BlackBerry 8800, Curve, or Pearl!

Explore the camera and GPS, discover SureType, and boost your memory

If you thought the BlackBerry was sweet before, just wait until you see the new models! And here's just what you need to know about SureType vs. QWERTY keyboards, getting multimedia on your BlackBerry, navigating with the trackball, letting your BlackBerry double as a laptop modem, surfing the Web, getting e-mail, and even phoning friends.

• Use the new trackball

• Keep your calendar and to-do list

• Install a microSD card

• Protect your personal information

• Watch movies and listen to music

• Sync data with your desktop PC

About the Author

Robert Kao is one well-rounded professional. His ability to translate his technical knowledge and communicate with users of all types led him to co-write BlackBerry For Dummies and BlackBerry Pearl For Dummies. He started out as a BlackBerry developer for various financial firms in New York City, that truly global city. A graduate of Columbia University, with a Computer Engineering degree, he currently lives in South Brunswick, New Jersey.

Dante Sarigumba is a long-time user of BlackBerry and a gizmo enthusiast. He is a co-host of the Mobile Computing Authority biweekly podcast. He works for a major investment bank in New York as a software developer and lives in South Brunswick, New Jersey, with his wife, Rosemarie, and two sons, Dean and Drew.

Undertaking a project is a key component of nearly all computing/information systems degree programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Projects in Computing and Information Systems covers the four key aspects of project work (planning, conducting, presenting and taking the project further) in chronological fashion, and provides the reader with the skills to excel in the following essential areas:

• writing proposals;
• surveying literature;
• project management;
• time management;
• managing risk;
• team working;
• software development;
• documenting software;
• report writing;
• effective presentation.

The author uses a number of real-life case studies to pass on the experiences of past student projects in order that the reader gets a genuine understanding of how to avoid pitfalls and ensure best practice throughout their own projects.

This book is the essential guide for any student undertaking a computing/IS project, and will give them everything they need to achieve outstanding results.

Christian Dawson is currently a lecturer at Loughborough University.

You can get paid for online ad placement with Google AdSense! If you’ve ever considered using AdSense to improve revenue for your Web site, Google AdSense For Dummies will get you started. It’s loaded with tips to help you implement a successful AdSense program.

AdSense lets you generate income with ad placement on blogs and Web sites. Google AdSense For Dummies shows you how AdSense works, how to analyze cost per click and track AdSense results, and how to earn money from your blog or Web site without selling a product. Discover how to:

• Register and set up an AdSense program
• Track results with server logs, AdSense reports, and Google Analytics
• Boost AdSense income with search engine optimization techniques
• Apply Google guidelines by including relevant links and content, making your site easy to navigate, using a sitemap, and keeping links in good repair
• Fine-tune your Web site with beefed-up content to please Google and boost effectiveness
• Earn more with AdSense for RSS, streaming video, and referral units
• Design appealing ads and search boxes, and deal with ads from competitors
• Add video units to your site, design mobile ad units, and understand referral units

In Google AdSense For Dummies, author Jerri Ledford, a self-described “Google geek,” helps you make money with AdSense.

About the Author

Jerri Ledford is a self-described "Google geek" who has written more than a dozen books on Google applications and search engine optimization. She maintains a blog about Google products at www.google-geek.com. She is the coauthor of Google Analytics 2.0, also from Wiley.

Exhaustion of address space and global routing table growth necessitate important revisions to the current version of the Internet Protocol, IPv4. IP version 6 offers greater address space and additional features to support the evolving requirements of Internet applications. Deployed alongside current IPv4 networks, IPv6 will restore the full-fledge network necessary for Internet growth.

Migrating to IPv6 gives a comprehensive overview of IPv6 and related protocols, the layers below IPv6 to the application and end-user layers.  Author Marc Blanchet offers a direct and clear route to understanding the topic, taking a top-down approach and ordering topics by relevance. Tried and tested practical techniques and advice on implementation, applications and deployment provide how-to information on everything you need to know to put the technology to work.

Migrating to IPv6:

• Provides a complete, up-to-date, in-depth, and accessible practical guide to IPv6.
• Demonstrates the theory with practical and generic examples and major implementation configurations, such as Windows, FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, Cisco, Juniper and Hexago.
• Provides a comprehensive reference to key data structures and packet formats.
• Summarizes topics in table and graphical form to give fast access to information, including over 200 figures.
• Offers an accompanying website with extra coverage of specific topics, information on additional protocols and specifications, and updates on new features.

This text will give network engineers, managers and operators, software engineers and IT professionals and analysts a thorough understanding of IPv6.

About the Author

Marc Blanchet is CTO at Hexago. Hexago sells an IPv6 deployment product which implements the TSP tunnel broker. Hexago is a spin-off of Viagénie, known for the 6tap exchange point, normos, freenet6, the Tunnel Setup Protocol and other IPv6 initiatives, all of which Marc was architect and co-implementor of. In his previous job at Viagénie, he was a network security consultant for enterprises, governments and providers. Marc co-founded the IPv6Forum, and is a member of the board and technical directorate. He is also director and member of the steering committee of the North American IPv6 task force. Marc was co-chair of the internationalized domain names (idn) IETF working group and co-chair of the IPv6 exchanges ad hoc working group. He has written several IETF drafts and RFC in both the IPv6(RFC3531) and idn (RFC3454, RFC3491) fields. Since 1999, he has been giving IPv6 tutorials at conferences such as Networld-Interop, INET, IPv6Forum, 3G, Security and to organizations, taught to many thousands of people, and he also co-authored the Cisco IPv6 course.

Marc received a master's degree in electrical engineering from Laval University.

Congratulations! When you bought that shiny new anodized aluminum iMac, you made a great choice. Now you want take advantage and control of that baby's awesome speed, high performance, powerful operating system, and fantastic applications, and iMac for Dummies, 5th Edition is here to help you do just that!

This easy-to-use guide covers both the iMac's splendid, cutting-edge hardware and Leopard, the latest version of Apple’s superb Mac OS X operating system. It gives you the basic information that every iMac owner should know and then moves on to explore the software that comes with your iMac. And, everywhere you look, you'll find plenty of power-user tips and tricks that’ll save you time, effort, and money. You'll find out how to:

• Set up and customize your iMac
• Import files from your old computer
• Send and receive mail
• Store, and organize digital photos, music, and video
• Back up your system with Time Machine
• Browse the Internet with Safari
• Keep in touch with iChat
• Make your iMac a digital media hub with iLife
• Connect your iMac to a wireless network
• Troubleshoot problems
• Keep your iMac safe and secure

Your iMac is an elegant and sophisticated machine — and as fast, powerful, and easy-to-use as a computer can be. With the help you get from iMac For Dummies, 5th Edition you'll be an iMac power user in no time!

About the Author

Mark L. Chambers is an author, a tech editor, and an unabashed Mac fan. He is the author of more than 30 computer books including MacBook For Dummies.

Let Microsoft insiders Brian Johnson and Duncan Mackenzie introduce you to Zune, the exciting new portable media player that plays both audio and video. They explain the numerous entertaining possibilities of Zune, such as transferring a music collection to your Zune, purchasing new music, connecting with friends who share similar taste in music via ZuneLive!, and hooking Zune to your Xbox 360. Additional fun features covered include watching video on Zune, subscribing to podcasts, creating content to share with others, and a preview of upcoming Zune models.

Get the scoop on Zune from insiders

Get in the Zune zone, tune in, turn on, watch, listen, and share

With Zune, you have a portable entertainment unit that fits into your pocket and lets you take your music (500 hours of it), photos, and videos with you everywhere. This friendly guide walks you through everything from installing the software and basic operation to browsing Zune Marketplace with more than two million tracks and connecting with fellow Zuners.

• Transfer and manage your music collection

• Import and watch videos

• Create content to share

• Connect to FM radio, your stereo, TV, or Xbox 360

• Use the built-in Wi-Fi features

• Take advantage of Zune Marketplace

About the Author

Brian Johnson is a product manager for Microsoft. He’s the author of a number of technology books including (with Duncan) Xbox 360 For Dummies. You can find out more about Brian by visiting his blog at http://bufferoverrun.net.

Duncan Mackenzie is a software developer at Microsoft working on several Web video sites, including http://on10.net and http://channel9.msdn.com. When he isn’t working or writing, he spends most of his time with his wife and two kids, and when they are asleep he fires up the Xbox 360. At any given moment you may find him online playing Viva Piñata, Oblivion or Halo 3. He has a habit of watching TV show episodes on his Zune, including “Star Trek: Enterprise” and “Avatar: The Last Airbender”. You can contact Duncan through his Web site, www.duncanmackenzie.net.

Harvey Chute is owner and editor of Zunerama.com, an online resource center for Zune owners. He moderates Zunerama’s user boards, oversees the site’s technical support section, conducts photo reviews of Zune players and accessories, and writes the site’s daily Zune blog. A project manager and software developer for a national systems integration and consulting company, Harvey has authored over fifty internal technical documents, white papers, and consulting deliverables. His interests include software development, gadgets, music, photography, woodworking, running, snowboarding, and enjoying life with his wife and three daughters.

This volume collects selected papers from the past two instances of Digital Art Weeks (Zurich, Switzerland) and Interactive Futures (Victoria, BC, Canada), two parallel festivals of digital media art. The work represented in Transdisciplinary Digital Art is a confirmation of the vitality and breadth of the digital arts. Collecting essays that broadly encompass the digital arts, Transdisciplinary Digital Art gives a clear overview of the on-going strength of scientific, philosophical, aesthetic and artistic research that makes digital art perhaps the defining medium of the 21st Century.

Over the last decade, the field of immunological computation has progressed slowly and steadily as a branch of computational intelligence. Immunological Computation: Theory and Applications presents up-to-date immunity-based computational techniques. After a brief review of fundamental immunology concepts, the book presents computational models based on the negative selection process that occurs in the thymus. It then examines immune networks, including continuous and discrete immune network models, clonal selection, hybrid models, and computational models based on danger theory. The book also discusses real-world applications for all of the models covered in each chapter.

The topics in this book were handpicked to showcase what we consider to be exciting and promising in computer vision. They are a mix of more well-known and traditional topics (such as camera calibration, multi-view geometry, and face detection), and newer ones (such as vision for special effects and tensor voting framework). All have the common denominator of either demonstrated longevity or potential for endurance in computer vision, when the popularity of a number of areas have come and gone in the past.

The book is organized into three sections, covering various fundamentals, applications, and programming aspects of computer vision.

The fundamentals section consists of four chapters. Two of the chapters deal with the more conventional but still popular areas: camera calibration and multi-view geometry. They deal with the most fundamental operations associated with vision. The chapter on robust estimation techniques will be very useful for researchers and practitioners of computer vision alike. There is also a chapter on a more recent tool (namely the tensor voting framework) developed that can be customized for a variety of problems.

The applications section covers two more recent applications (imagebased lighting and vision for visual effects) and three in more conventional areas (image seach engines, face detection and recognition, and perceptual interfaces).

One of the more overlooked area in computer vision is the programming aspect of computer vision. While there are generic commercial packages that can be used, there exists popular libraries or packages that are specifically geared for computer vision. The final section of the book describes two different approaches to facilitate programming for computer vision.

Most books in wireless communications address technical subjects which are relevant to ground mobile systems. Volume 2: Terrestrial and Mobile Interference of the Wireless Communications Design Handbook addresses a topic frequently overlooked in ground mobile wireless system design: interference problems at the hardware level. This book employes a hardware-oriented approach, which is the most effective approach for addressing interference and noise problems in ground mobile wireless systems. The book is a practical reference for engineers who are particularly interested in practical case studies covering how to avoid undesired interference and noise problems in their designs. It covers some of the most common interference models usually addressed, and it describes material related to transmitter and receiver hardware design and how interference control plays a significant role in equipment performance. Each of the three Wireless Communications Design Handbook volumes addresses theory and immediate applications. Design issues are also considered in detail for the protection of wireless ground systems against interference.

R, an Open Source software, has become the de facto statistical computing environment. It has an excellent collection of data manipulation and graphics capabilities. It is extensible and comes with a large number of packages that allow statistical analysis at all levels – from simple to advanced – and in numerous fields including Medicine, Genetics, Biology, Environmental Sciences, Geology, Social Sciences and much more. The software is maintained and developed by academicians and professionals and as such, is continuously evolving and up to date. Statistics and Data with R presents an accessible guide to data manipulations, statistical analysis and graphics using R.

Assuming no previous knowledge of statistics or R, the book includes:

• A comprehensive introduction to the R language.
• An integrated approach to importing and preparing data for analysis, exploring and analyzing the data, and presenting results.
• Over 300 examples, including detailed explanations of the R scripts used throughout.
• Over 100 moderately large data sets from disciplines ranging from Biology, Ecology and Environmental Science to Medicine, Law, Military and Social Sciences.
• A parallel discussion of analyses with the normal density, proportions (binomial), counts (Poisson) and bootstrap methods.
• Two extensive indexes that include references to every R function (and its arguments and packages used in the book) and to every introduced concept.

An accompanying Wiki website, http://turtle.gis.umn.edu includes all the scripts and data used in the book. The website also features a solutions manual, providing answers to all of the exercises presented in the book. Visitors are invited to download/upload data and scripts and share comments, suggestions and questions with other visitors. Students, researchers and practitioners will find this to be both a valuable learning resource in statistics and R and an excellent reference book.

The new Windows 2000 MCSE certification track is here! And Sybex, the leader in certification self-study material, has what you need to approach the exams with confidence. The MCSE: Windows 2000 Upgrade Study Guide provides in-depth coverage of all official exam objectives for this new elective exam. In addition to the practical, real-world instruction in the book, the accompanying CD comes with the following valuable study tools:

* Pre-Assessment Exams

* Case Study Questions

* Electronic Flashcards for PCs and Palm Devices

* Sample Adaptive Exams

* Bonus Review Questions

* Searchable Electronic Version of Entire Book

The paradigm of ‘multi-agent’ cooperative control is the challenge frontier for new control system application domains, and as a research area it has experienced a considerable increase in activity in recent years. This volume, the result of a UCLA collaborative project with Caltech, Cornell and MIT, presents cutting edge results in terms of the “dimensions” of cooperative control from leading researchers worldwide. This dimensional decomposition allows the reader to assess the multi-faceted landscape of cooperative control.

Cooperative Control of Distributed Multi-Agent Systems is organized into four main themes, or dimensions, of cooperative control: distributed control and computation, adversarial interactions, uncertain evolution and complexity management. The military application of autonomous vehicles systems or multiple unmanned vehicles is primarily targeted; however much of the material is relevant to a broader range of multi-agent systems including cooperative robotics, distributed computing, sensor networks and data network congestion control.

Cooperative Control of Distributed Multi-Agent Systems offers the reader an organized presentation of a variety of recent research advances, supporting software and experimental data on the resolution of the cooperative control problem. It will appeal to senior academics, researchers and graduate students as well as engineers working in the areas of cooperative systems, control and optimization.

About the Author

Jeff Shamma's research interest is feedback control and systems theory. He received a Ph.D. in Systems Science and Engineering in 1988 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering. His previous faculty positions have included the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and the University of Texas, Austin. Since 1999, he has been with UCLA, where he is currently a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He served as the MAE Department Vice Chair for Graduate Affairs from 2000-2002.  Jeff Shamma is also the recipient of the NSF Young Investigator Award (1992), a recipient of the American Automatic Control Council Donald P. Eckman Award (1996), a past Plenary Speaker at the American Control Conference (1998), and a Fellow of the IEEE (2006).  He has served on the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Systems & Control Letters.

IP Routing Primer Plus takes the reader on a methodical journey through the OSI model and shows the relationship of the different IP protocol suite. It gives the readers a "big picture view" design to equip them to use the protocols, or to prepare for a certification exam. Topics covered include a review of the OSI model as well as:

• IP Addressing;
• IP Operation;
• IP Routing;
• RIP;
• IGRP and EIGRP;
• OSPF.

In addition the appendices offer valuable reference materials concerning RFC's, ports, VLANs, and Subnetting.

About the Author

Heather Osterloh has earned industry recognition as a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA), Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP), Network Associate Sniffer trainer, Certified Network Expert (CNX) for Ethernet and Token Ring, Novell CNI/ECNE, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). She also holds her Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE), written portion and is currently waiting to take the practical lab exam.

Having spent the past 15 years training and consulting worldwide, Heather is an acknowledged leader in the networking industry. Author of one book, CCNA 2.0 Prep Kit 640-507 Routing and Switching, and of several popular Microsoft, Cisco, and Novell video series geared towards the busy professional, Heather continues to produce material that helps educate people about the world of networking. Heather also has lectured at the University of California, Berkeley; NetuCon's NetWare User Conference in San Jose; and the University of Puerto Rico; and was president of IT Academy, LLC for three years.

Heather lives in Northern California with her husband Kirk and her dogs, Cocoa and Kato.

Google Apps are Web-based, low-cost (or free!) office productivity tools that do everything those expensive applications do — and you can access them from any computer with an Internet connection. Google Apps For Dummies boosts your "app-titude" by giving you the low-down on choosing, setting up, and using these nifty and powerful gadgets for work or play.

Whether you're an individual who wants to take advantage of iGoogle or an organization looking for an enterprise-wide training solution for users at all levels, this comprehensive, practical guide brings you up to speed with all of the basic information and advanced tips and tricks you need to make good use of every Google Apps's tool and capability. Discover how to:

• Get productive fast with free or inexpensive Web-based apps
• Design your perfect Start Page layout
• Choose among the different editions
• Use Gmail and Google Talk
• Work with Google Docs and spreadsheet documents
• Create and collaborate on documents
• Import events into your calendar
• Build dazzling presentations
• Use Dashboard to create and manage user accounts
• Create a Web page with a unique domain setting

Google Apps are poised to shatter the primacy of the current way of working with PCs, saving businesses, schools, government agencies, and individuals big bucks on software, network infrastructure, and administration. Google Apps For Dummies is your key to making this revolutionary new approach work for you and your organization.

About the Author

Ryan Teeter is an accomplished writer and technology trainer. He has worked closely with business teachers throughout the country and consulted with the National Business Education Association, businesses, and school districts on Google Apps implementation. Ryan spent time working at Google in Mountain View, California, as an External Training Specialist, developing curriculum used for training Fortune 500 companies. When he’s not conducting training workshops or writing, Ryan’s pursuing his passion for teaching as a doctoral student at Rutgers University, where he’s completing a PhD in accounting information systems. (www.ryanteeter.com,www.technonerd.info)

Karl Barksdale was a former Development Manager for the Training and Certification team at WordPerfect Corporation and a Marketing Manager in the Consumer Products division. He was also the External Training Manager for Google’s Online Sales and Operations division. He’s best known for authoring and co-authoring 59 business and computer education textbooks. Albeit, the job he enjoys most is teaching at the Utah County Academy of Sciences, an early college high school on the Utah Valley University campus. (www.karlbarksdale.com)

Data Communications And Networking by Behrouz Forouzan provides a thorough introduction to the concepts that underlie networking technology. This book is accessible to students without technical backgrounds, and also provides material comprehensive enough to challenge the more experienced student. The seven-layer OSI model is used as a framework to provide the background necessary for explaining networking theory and showing interlying dependencies. The second edition of Forouzan's DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING includes new exercises and some more challenging ones. In addition, he has increased coverage of some new topics in networking such as some of the new encoding systems, fast Ethernet, 100VganyLan, ADSL and DSL.