USB Mass Storage or Library Information Systems

USB Mass Storage: Designing and Programming Devices and Embedded Hosts

Author: Jan Axelson

This developer’s guide for designers and programmers of mass-storage devices that use the Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface provides developers with information on how to choose storage media, interface the media to a microcontroller or other CPU, and write device firmware to access the media and perform USB communications. Comparisons of popular storage-media options to help users choose a media type for a project are included, and the types described cover hard drives and flash-memory cards such as the MultiMediaCard (MMC), Secure Digital (SD) card, and CompactFlash card. Helpful tips on developing an embedded host that can access USB mass-storage devices are also covered.

EDN

Jan Axelson knows better than almost anybody else how to write clearly and how to explain complex technical issues.

ECN Magazine

If a design employs a USB mass-storage device connection, you will need this book. I recommend it highly.

Go to: Naruto Uzumaki Chronicles 2 or How to Do Everything with Your iPAQ Pocket PC

Library Information Systems: From Library Automation to Distributed Information Access Solutions

Author: Thomas R Kochtanek

The text gives broad coverage of all the major issues confronting library directors in today's fast-moving technology marketplace, and will be well placed on the shelves of the many libraries faced with the complexities that information technology developments bring to the library. Giving a useful overview of library systems-from their history to current trends in the technology and marketplace that serve libraries-this book includes coverage of telecommunications, standards, planning, managing technology in libraries, system selection, and more. Specifically designed for core units in library automation and information systems, this text gives students a comprehensive overview of one of the most critical areas of library operations, and enables them to take the lead in managing the complexities that information technology brings to the library.

Table of Contents:

1	The Evolution of LIS and Enabling Technologies	3
2	The Library Information Systems Marketplace	14
3	Design of Integrated Library Systems	29
4	Open Systems	50
5	Telecommunications and Networks	66
6	Standards and Standards Organizations	93
7	Planning for Information Technology	113
8	Basic Technology Axioms	129
9	The Impact of Technology on Library Services	136
10	System Selection and Implementation	156
11	Usability of Systems	187
12	Managing Library Information Systems	208
13	Technology Trends	229
14	Digital Libraries	239
	Conclusions	251
	Glossary	253
	Index	275

Microsoft Windows Vista Visual Encyclopedia or Fix Your Laser Printer and Save a Bundle

Microsoft Windows Vista Visual Encyclopedia

Author: Kate Shoup

If you prefer to see what things look like and how to perform a task, instead of just being told, this is your ideal A to Z reference. Part I shows every Windows Vista tool and how to use it. Part II provides step-by-step instructions for more than 140 key tasks and techniques. Both are arranged alphabetically and illustrated in full color. It's the ultimate Visual resource--you'll see!

* Each tool and technique illustrated in full color
* Alphabetical listings for easy reference
* Step-by-step instructions for performing dozens of tasks
* A comprehensive guide for visual learners

A Visual guide to
* Identifying and using Vista tools
* Creating appointments and sharing calendars
* Backing up your PC and encrypting files
* Setting spam and scam filters
* Playing DVDs and creating movies
* Configuring a remote desktop connection

Table of Contents:

Credits.

About the Authors.

Preface.

Introduction.

Part I:Tools.

A.

Add Printer Wizard.

AutoPlay.

B.

Backup and Restore Center.

C.

Calculator.

Calendar.

CardSpace.

Command Prompt.

Computer Folder.

Connect to a Network Projector Wizard.

Connect to a Network Wizard.

Connect to the Internet Wizard.

Contacts.

Content Advisor.

Control Panel.

D.

Details Pane.

Device Manager.

Disk Cleanup.

Documents Folder.

E.

Ease of Access Center.

Easy Transfer.

Event Viewer.

F.

Fax and Scan.

File and Folder Backup Wizard.

Flip 3D.

G.

Gadgets.

Games.

I.

Import Video Wizard.

Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer Protected Mode.

Internet.

M.

Mail.

Media Library.

Media Player.

Microsoft Management Console.

Movie Maker.

Music Folder.

N.

Narrator.

Navigation Pane.

Network and Sharing Center.

Network Folder.

Network Map.

Notepad.

O.

On-Screen Keyboard.

Open.

P.

Paint.

Parental Controls.

Personal Folder.

Phone and ModemOptions.

Photo Gallery.

Picture Library.

Pictures Folder.

Preview Pane.

Programs and Features Window.

Q.

Quick Launch.

Quick Tabs.

R.

Recent Items.

Recycle Bin.

Regional and Language Options.

Restore Files Wizard.

S.

Save As.

Scanner and Camera Installation Wizard.

Search Box.

Search Folder.

Security Center.

Security Report.

Set Up a Wireless Router or Access Point Wizard.

Sound Notifications.

Speech Recognition.

Start Menu.

Sync Center.

System Information Window.

T.

Task Manager.

Task Scheduler.

Taskbar and Start Menu Properties.

U.

User Account Control.

V.

Video Library.

Volume Mixer.viii

W.

Welcome Center.

Windows Defender.

Windows Firewall.

Windows Live Messenger.

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool.

Windows Media Center.

Windows Meeting Space.

Windows Sidebar.

Windows SideShow.

Windows Update

WordPad.

Part II: Techniques.

A.

Aero: Set Up Aero.

B.

Background: Set the Desktop Background.

C.

Calendar: Manage Tasks.

Calendar: Publish a Calendar.

Calendar: Set an Appointment.

Calendar: Subscribe to a Calendar.

CardSpace: Create a Personal Information Card.

CDs and DVDs: Burn Data, Music, and Photos.

CompletePC Backup: Back Up Your PC with CompletePC Backup.

Computer Folder: View Free Space and Other Information.

Computer Name: Identify and Change the Computer Name.

Contacts: Import and Export Contacts.

Contacts: Manage Contacts.

Content Advisor: Set Internet Explorer 7 Parental Controls.

D.

Date and Time: Change Your System Date, Time, and Time Zone.

Default Programs Center: Set Windows Default Programs.

Device Manager: Access Device Driver Information.

Device Manager: Remove a Device.

Device Manager: Troubleshoot Issues.

Display Properties: Configure Display Properties.

DVD Maker: Burn a Movie to DVD.

E.

Ease of Access Center: Set Accessibility Options.

Edit: Cut, Copy, and Paste.

Encrypting File System: Encrypt Files and Folders.

F.

Fax and Scan: Scan a Document.

Fax and Scan: Send a Fax.

Fax and Scan: Set Up Your System to Use Fax and Scan.

File and Folder Backup: Make Backups Automatic.

File and Folder Management: Copy and Move Files and Folders.

File and Folder Management: View and Set File and Folder Properties.

File and Folder Sharing: Share Folders and Files.

Folders: Create a New Folder.

Fonts: Add a Font.

Fonts: Manage Installed Fonts.

FTP: Using FTP in Internet Explorer.

G.

Gadgets: Add Gadgets.

Groups: Add Users to Groups.

H.

Help and Support Center: Access Help and Other Information for Windows.

I.

Internet Explorer 7: Search the Web with Internet Explorer 7.

L.

Local Security Policy: Change Local Security Settings.

M.

Mail: Create a Mailing List.

Mail: Filter Spams and Scams.

Mail: Participate in a Newsgroup.

Mail: Send and Receive E-mail Messages.

Mail: Set Up an Account.

Mail: Set Up the Newsreader.

Media Player: Burn a Music CD.

Media Player: Find New Content.

Media Player: Play a CD or DVD.

Media Player: Rip Music.

Microsoft Management Console: Add Management Tools.

Movie Maker: Create a Simple Movie.

Movie Maker: Publish a Movie.

N.

Network Connections Window: Manage Network Connections.

O.

Offline Files: Enable Offline Files.

Offline Files: Make Files Available for Offline Use.

Offline Files: View Synchronization Settings.

Open With Command: Open a File in a Different Program.

P.

Parental Controls: Set Windows Media Center Parental Controls.

Parental Controls: Set Windows Vista Parental Controls.

Partition: Create and Format a Partition.

Passwords: Set a User Password.

Performance Information and Tools: Assess Your Computer’s Performance.

Phishing Filter: Avoid Phishing Scams.

Phone and Modem Options: Set Up a Dialing Location.

Photo Gallery: Create and View a Slide Show.

Photo Gallery: Edit Pictures.

Photo Gallery: Manage Pictures.

Photo Gallery: Print a Picture.

Power Plan: Choose a Power Plan.

Previous Versions: Revert to a Previous Version of a Document.

Print: Print a File.

Printers: Share a Printer.

Problem Reports and Solutions: Review Problem Reports and Find Solutions.

Program Compatibility Wizard: Enable Older Programs to Run.

Q.

Quick Launch: Add and Remove Programs on the Quick Launch Bar.

Quotas: Set Space Quotas.

R.

Ratings: Rate Files.

Recycle Bin: Empty the Recycle Bin.

Regional and Language Options: Add Language Support.

Remote Assistance: Get Help Via Remote Assistance.

Remote Desktop: Configure Remote Desktop Connection.

RSS Feeds: Find and Subscribe to RSS Feeds.

S.

Screen Saver: Choose a Screen Saver.

Search Folder: Save a Search.

Security Zones: Customize Web Site Security Settings.

Shortcuts: Create and Manage Shortcuts.

Sound Scheme: Set Up a Sound Scheme.

Speech Recognition: Set Up Speech Recognition.

Start Menu: Customize the Start Menu.

Start Menu: Open a Program, Folder, File, or Feature.

Startup Folder: Control Which Programs Launch at Startup.

Sync Center: Sync an Offline Folder or Mobile Device.

System Restore: Create a Restore Point.

System Restore: Roll Back with a Restore Point.

System window: View Your System’s Properties.

T.

Tags: Tag Files.

Task Manager: View System Information.

Taskbar: Customize the Taskbar.

Temp Folder: Locate and Manage the Temporary Files Folder.

Temporary Internet Files: Clean the Internet Files Cache.

Themes: Apply a Desktop Theme.

U.

User Accounts: Create a New User Account.

User Accounts: Enable Guest Accounts.

User Accounts: Manage User Accounts.

W.

Windows Defender: Scan for Spyware.

Windows Firewall: Configure the Windows Firewall.

Windows Firewall: Manage Exceptions.

Windows Live Messenger: Create an Account.

Windows Live Messenger: Populate Your Contacts.

Windows Live Messenger: Send and Receive IMs.

Windows Media Center: Burn Digital Video to a DVD.

Windows Media Center: Listen to Music Files.

Windows Media Center: Record TV.

Windows Media Center: Set Up Windows Media Center.

Windows Media Center: Watch Live TV.

Windows Media Center: Watch Recorded TV.

Windows Meeting Space: Share Files, Programs, and Your Desktop.

Windows Meeting Space: Start a Windows Meeting Space Session.

Windows Update: Check for Updates.

Windows Update: Configure Automatic Updates.

Windows Update: Remove a Potential Problem Update.

WordPad: Save a Document.

X.

XPS Documents: View an XPS Document.

XPS Documents: Work with XPS Documents.

Index.

Interesting book: Women for President or The Riverkeepers

Fix Your Laser Printer and Save a Bundle

Author: Paul Lapsansky

Laser printer down and don't know where to begin? Convinced that the local repair shop is not being completely honest? Avoid the hassle of having to reinvent the wheel when trying to troubleshoot and repair monochrome laser printers without the necessary guide. With Fix Your Laser Printer and Save a Bundle, confidently diagnose those repairs or have the peace of mind that what the repair shop is saying is correct.

Fix Your Laser and Save a Bundle includes:

• Troubleshooting tips for monochrome laser printers from Hewlett-Packard, Apple, IBM/Lexmark and Panasonic.
• Diagrams and visual defect drawings to better aid in troubleshooting specific problems.
• Error codes and their meanings.
• Part lists with manufactures part numbers.
• Replacement parts sources.

Paul Lapsansky has accumulated over ten years of experience servicing laser printers and has amassed this experience into a wealth of troubleshooting tips to bring to you in Fix Your Laser Printer and Save a Bundle.

Preventing Identity Theft for Dummies or DigiMarketing

Preventing Identity Theft for Dummies

Author: Michael Arata

• Twenty-seven million Americans have been victims of identity theft in the last five years and the total cost of identity theft approaches $48 billion per year (total costs to businesses are $43 billion and the direct cost to consumers is $5 billion)

• These staggering statistics have prompted security consultant Michael Arata to provide readers with the resources they need to guard themselves against identity theft

• In this valuable book, Arata offers easy-to-follow, straightforward advice on understanding identity theft, minimizing risk, maintaining vigilance, choosing who to share personal information with, selecting hard-to-guess PINs, determining victimization, reviewing a credit report, charting a course of action, resolving credit problems, reclaiming good credit, and much more

• Explains how to recover successfully if identity theft does occur

• Author Michael Arata, CISSP, CPP, CFE, ACLM, is a veteran of the security industry with more than fifteen years of experience

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
	How This Book Is Organized	1
	Icons Used in This Book	2
	Where to Go from Here	2
Part I	Getting the Scoop on Identity Theft	3
Chapter 1	Who's Stealing What...and What You Can Do About It	5
	Taking a Look at the Fastest Growing Crime	5
	Who it affects	7
	How it happens	7
	Knowing What Information Is Vulnerable	8
	It comes in the mail	10
	What you throw away can hurt you	11
	The Role of Technology in Identity Theft	12
	Encryption	13
	Authentication	15
	Safeguarding Your Information in Everyday Ways	16
	Finding Your Allies	17
	Getting Back Your Identity and Your Good Reputation	19
Chapter 2	Keeping Tabs on Your Personal Information	23
	Discovering Where Your Personal Information Hides	23
	The important info on the documents you receive	24
	Finding your information online	27
	Accounts you have online	29
	Checks, receipts, and other paper you generate	29
	Government documents	30
	Keeping Your Information Safe but Available	31
	Software to help keep your information safe	32
	Tips to keep your information safe	32
	Accessing your information	33
	Knowing When to Hold 'Em, When to Fold 'Em, and When to Shred 'Em	34
	What to keep	34
	Best practices for destroying what you don't keep	37
Chapter 3	Mike's Anti-Identity-Theft Crash Course	39
	Tips for Preventing Identity Theft	39
	Buy and use a shredder	42
	Order and review your credit report	42
	Guard your personal information	43
	Opting out of pre-approved credit card offers	44
	Opting out of other mailing lists	45
	Government Laws to Protect You	46
	Steps to Take If You Are a Victim	48
	Reporting the crime to law enforcement	49
	Other essential actions you must take	50
Part II	Determining Whether You're a Victim	51
Chapter 4	Smelling a Rat: Recognizing When You Are a Victim	53
	Suspecting a Thief at Your Mailbox	53
	Recognizing When Something Is Wrong, and What You Can Do About It	54
	Denied credit for a large purchase	56
	Receiving credit card bills from cards you didn't apply for	57
	Receiving calls from bill collectors for stuff you did not buy	58
	Receiving bills for unknown purchases	59
	Large unknown purchases on your credit card bills	60
	Suddenly...several unknown charges on each month's bill	62
Chapter 5	Homing In on Bank Statements	65
	Checking Your Bank Statement Religiously	65
	Identifying an Unwelcome Doppelganger	67
	Withdrawals you didn't make	67
	Checks you did not write	68
	Finding bizarre bank account balances	69
	Reviewing Investment Account Statements	70
Chapter 6	Interpreting Your Credit Report	73
	What Is a Credit Report?	73
	Obtaining Your Credit Report	75
	Reviewing the Telltale Information on Your Credit Report	79
	The personal profile section	80
	The account history section	81
	The credit summary section	82
	The public records section	82
	The credit inquiries section	84
	The account history section	85
	Your credit score	85
	Sudden unknown credit score change	87
	Looking for consistency	88
	Pulling it together	89
	Disputing Your Credit Report	89
Part III	Staying Ahead of Identity Theft	93
Chapter 7	Watching What You Set on the Curb	95
	Protecting Your Mail	95
	Watching What You Throw Away	97
	Monthly credit card statements	98
	Monthly checking account statements	99
	Utility bills	100
	Cell phone bills	100
	Cancelled checks	101
	Expired driver's licenses	101
Chapter 8	Practicing Discretion in Public Places	103
	Carrying Minimal Personal Information	103
	Do not carry your Social Security Card	104
	Memorize your bank ATM PIN	104
	Carry one credit card	105
	Carry personal checks only when necessary	106
	The Walls Have Ears and Eyes	107
	Shoulder surfing	107
	Be careful about what you say	108
	Keeping Track of Important Things	109
	Checking Credit Card Receipts	109
	Losing your wallet or purse	110
Chapter 9	Staying Safe Online and on the Phone	113
	Ordering Stuff by Phone	113
	Ordering Stuff Online	115
	Check Your Monthly Card Statement for Surprises	117
	Beware of Scams to Get Personal Information	118
	Who is calling?	118
	Phishing out a thief	118
	We're from the government	119
	Why financial information?	121
	Bank examiner scam	121
Part IV	Taking Back Your Good Name	125
Chapter 10	Joining Forces in the Identity Theft Battle	127
	Filling Out the Initial Reports	127
	Placing a fraud alert on your credit report	128
	Reporting the crime to law enforcement	128
	Completing an ID theft affidavit	129
	Taking Care of Compromised Accounts: The First Steps	132
	Call your credit card company	133
	Call your bank	134
	Asking for fraud dispute forms	135
	Getting Straight with the Government	136
	Filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission	136
	What to do if your SSN has been used to get a job	139
Chapter 11	Closing Compromised Accounts	143
	Closing Out Bank Accounts	143
	When your ATM card goes missing	144
	Reporting to check-verification companies	145
	Covering checks that you've already written	146
	Closing Credit Accounts	147
Chapter 12	Opening New Accounts	149
	Opening New Bank Accounts	149
	Maintaining good records	150
	Using a new PIN	151
	Opening New Credit Accounts	152
Part V	The Part of Tens	153
Chapter 13	Ten Tips to Make Reclaiming Your Identity Go More Smoothly	155
	Follow a Checklist	155
	Keep a Journal	156
	Complete a Fraud Affidavit	156
	Record All Correspondence with Creditors	157
	Follow-up	157
	Place a Fraud Alert on Your Credit Report	158
	File a Police Report	159
	Dispute Charges You Didn't Make	160
	Report Your Stolen Checks to One of the Check Verification Companies	160
	Close Compromised Accounts	161
Chapter 14	Ten Handy Resources	163
	Web Sites	163
	Major Credit Card Issuers	164
	Credit Report Services	166
	Registration Services	167
	Major Banking Institutions	168
Chapter 15	Ten Common Scams and How to Avoid Them	169
	Phishing	169
	The Bank Examiner Scam	171
	The Doctored ATM	171
	Phone Fraud	172
	Card Verification	173
	You Won the Lottery!	174
	Bogus Charities	174
	Bogus Invoices	175
	Phony Brokerage Firms	176
	Temporary Suspension of Your Account	177
	Index	179

See also: Die Volkswirtschaft der Klimaveränderung: Die Strenge Rezension

DigiMarketing: The Essential Guide to New Media and Digital Marketing

Author: Ian Fenwick

“We are all DigiMarketers now" - or we should be.  The authors have for the first time provided a lucid, hype-free, business-based and practical guide to the new age of marketing: it is a kind of digital Baedeker, which should be on every businessman's book-shelf. —Miles Young, Chairman,   Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific

The digital frontier is now the center of our universe. As Kent Wertime and Ian Fenwick show, marketers must seize this digital opportunity to accelerate their market growth. —John A. Quelch, Senior Associate Dean and Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Too many advertisers are stuck in the primordial soup when it comes to their digital marketing strategy.  However, they need to evolve fast if they are to survive in a multi-channel landscape. This timely book acts like an Origin of the Species, steering hesitant brand owners through the complexities of the digital ecosystem. An impressive blend of academic theory, professional insight and practical advice. —Paul Kemp-Robertson,   Co-founder & Editorial Director, Contagious

DigiMarketing: The Essential Guide to New Marketing & Digital Media is a clear call for companies to evolve their marketing practice. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking a roadmap to the future of business.—Dipak C. Jain, Dean,   Kellogg School of Management

The rise of conversational media new forms of distribution – from blogs tomobile platforms – challenge traditional approaches to marketing, and require every business to have a transition plan. Kent Wertime and Ian Fenwick have written a book that is required reading for any marketers interested in successfully making that transition. —John Battelle,  CEO and Founder, Federated Media Publishing and Author, The Search

Kent Wertime and Ian Fenwick have written the definitive guide to marketing in the digital age. But Digimarketing does more than educate marketing professionals. It describes the new media landscape brilliantly, making it an essential read for anyone who hopes to understand the most important technological revolution of the past fifty years. I wore out three yellow highlighters before realizing that every sentence and every paragraph is worth committing to memory. —Norman Pearlstine,   Former Editor-in-Chief, Time Inc. and  Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal,  Senior Advisor, Telecommunications & Media, The Carlyle Group

UML 2 For Dummies or Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac OS X

UML 2 For Dummies

Author: James A Schardt

• Uses friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style to help readers learn to model systems with the latest version of UML, the modeling language used by companies throughout the world to develop blueprints for complex computer systems
• Guides programmers, architects, and business analysts through applying UML to design large, complex enterprise applications that enable scalability, security, and robust execution
• Illustrates concepts with mini-cases from different business domains and provides practical advice and examples
• Covers critical topics for users of UML, including object modeling, case modeling, advanced dynamic and functional modeling, and component and deployment modeling

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
Pt. I	UML and System Development	7
Ch. 1	What's UML About, Alfie?	9
Ch. 2	Following Best Practices	19
Pt. II	The Basics of Object Modeling	37
Ch. 3	Objects and Classes	39
Ch. 4	Relating Objects That Work Together	61
Ch. 5	Including the Parts with the Whole	83
Ch. 6	Reusing Superclasses: Generalization and Inheritance	93
Ch. 7	Organizing UML Class Diagrams and Packages	111
Pt. III	The Basics of Use-Case Modeling	129
Ch. 8	Introducing Use-Case Diagrams	131
Ch. 9	Defining the Inside of a Use Case	147
Ch. 10	Relating Use Cases to Each Other	161
Pt. IV	The Basics of Functional Modeling	175
Ch. 11	Introducing Functional Modeling	177
Ch. 12	Capturing Scenarios with Sequence Diagrams	189
Ch. 13	Specifying Workflows with Activity Diagrams	213
Ch. 14	Capturing How Objects Collaborate	227
Ch. 15	Capturing the Patterns of Behavior	247
Pt. V	Dynamic Modeling	259
Ch. 16	Defining the Object's Lives with States	261
Ch. 17	Interrupting the States by Hosting Events	277
Ch. 18	Avoiding States of Confusion	293
Pt. VI	Modeling the System's Architecture	313
Ch. 19	Deploying the System's Components	315
Ch. 20	Breaking the System into Packages/Subsystems	339
Pt. VII	The Part of Tens	359
Ch. 21	Ten Common Modeling Mistakes	361
Ch. 22	Ten Useful UML Web Sites	371
Ch. 23	Ten Useful UML Modeling Tools	377
Ch. 24	Ten Diagrams for Quick Development	383
	Index	393

New interesting book: Comptabilité Directoriale :une Introduction aux Concepts, les Méthodes et les Utilisations

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide Series)

Author: Steven Schwartz

If you're like many people, you wouldn't dream of turning on your computer without also instantly (or almost instantly) launching at least one of the applications included in Microsoft Office. This task-based guide recognizes that and gets down to business fast, taking you step-by-step through all of the key features of the Microsoft Office 2004 suite for Mac OS X: Word 2004, Excel 2004, PowerPoint 2004, Entourage 2004and MSN Messenger Version 4.0. If you're a beginning user, you'll appreciate the friendly, visual approach to all of Office's word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, calendaring, and email features. And if you're an Office veteran, you'll relish the coverage of Office 2004's newest features (many of them exclusive to Macs): Compatibility Reports, which identify and correct discrepancies between different versions of Office documents (including Mac and Windows versions); Word's Notebook Layout View; Excel's Page Layout View; and much more.

iMovie 08 iDVD 08 for Mac OS X Visual QuickStart Guide or Sams Teach Yourself Programming with Java in 24 Hours

iMovie 08 & iDVD 08 for Mac OS X [Visual QuickStart Guide]

Author: Jeff Carlson

Visual QuickStart Guide—the quick and easy way to learn!

This full-color, amply illustrated, accessible book teaches readers the essential skills necessary for creating compelling movies with iMovie and iDVD, Apple's consumer-friendly digital movie and DVD-burning software applications. Readers can follow the step-by-step instructions from the beginning to get a tour of the applications or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. Longtime Macintosh and technology writer Jeff Carlson takes extra steps to ensure that readers understand all of the key aspects of digital movie making.


• Easy visual approach uses pictures to guide you through iMovie and iDVD (and how they interact with the other iLife ’08 applications) and show you what to do.
• Concise steps and explanations let you get up and running in no time.
• Page for page, the best content and value around.
• Companion Web site at www.jeffcarlson.com/imovievqs offers links mentioned in the book, sample movies, and ongoing news and information about iMovie, iDVD, and video editing.

See also: SELECT Series or A Design That Cares

Sams Teach Yourself Programming with Java in 24 Hours

Author: Rogers Cadenhead

If you have been wanting to learn Java, check out the newly revised fourth edition of the best-seller Sams Teach Yourself Programming with Java in 24 Hours. This step-by-step tutorial will teach you how to create simple Java programs and applets. Comprised of 24 one-hour lessons, this new edition focuses on key programming concepts and essential Java basics, has been improved by dozens of reader comments, and is reorganized to better cover the latest developments in Java. The book's coverage of core Java programming topics has also been expanded. A great starting point for learning Java, this book is also a great primer to reading sams Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days.

Table of Contents:

Hour 1	Becoming a programmer	5
Hour 2	Writing your first program	19
Hour 3	Vacationing in Java	33
Hour 4	Understanding how Java programs work	51
Hour 5	Storing and changing information in a program	65
Hour 6	Using strings to communicate	83
Hour 7	Using conditional tests to make decisions	97
Hour 8	Repeating an action with loops	113
Hour 9	Storing information with arrays	131
Hour 10	Creating your first object	147
Hour 11	Describing what your object is like	165
Hour 12	Making the most of existing objects	183
Hour 13	Building a simple user interface	201
Hour 14	Laying out a user interface	217
Hour 15	Responding to user input	231
Hour 16	Building a complex user interface	249
Hour 17	Creating interactive Web programs	269
Hour 18	Handling errors in a program	293
Hour 19	Creating a threaded program	309
Hour 20	Reading and writing files	327
Hour 21	Reading and writing XML data	347
Hour 22	Using fonts and color	361
Hour 23	Working with graphics	375
Hour 24	Creating animation	395
Hour 25	Creating Web services with XML-RPC	411
App. A	Using the Java development kit	431
App. B	Programming with the Java development kit	455
App. C	Using the NetBeans integrated development environment	479

Nature of Computation or Enterprise Modeling with UML

Nature of Computation

Author: Stephan Mertens

In the last decade, the boundary between physics and computer science has become a hotbed of interdisciplinary collaboration. Every passing year shows that physicists and computer scientists have a great deal to say to each other, sharing metaphors, intuitions, and mathematical techniques. In this book, two leading researchers in this area introduce the reader to the fundamental concepts of computational complexity. They go beyond the usual discussion of P, NP and NP-completeness to explain the deep meaning of the P vs. NP question, and explain many recent results which have not yet appeared in any textbook. They then give in-depth explorations of the major interfaces between computer science and physics: phase transitions in NP-complete problems, Monte Carlo algorithms, and quantum computing. The entire book is written in an informal style that gives depth with a minimum of mathematical formalism, exposing the heart of the matter without belabouring technical details. The only mathematical prerequisites are linear algebra, complex numbers, and Fourier analysis (and most chapters can be understood without even these). It can be used as a textbook for graduate students or advanced undergraduates, and will be enjoyed by anyone who is interested in understanding the rapidly changing field of theoretical computer science and its relationship with other sciences.

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

Enterprise Modeling with UML: Designing Successful Software through Business Analysis

Author: Chris Marshall

Written for practitioners interested in business systems and software applications, this book fuses object technology, workflow, data warehousing, and distributed system concepts into a coherent model that has been successfully implemented worldwide. Enterprises using these concepts are well positioned to thrive in the emerging global business arena. Enterprise Modeling with UML describes specific methods for modeling large, complex, and adaptable enterprise systems, using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) to illustrate its concepts and components.. "Enterprise Modeling with UML addresses in detail the four key elements of an enterprise model: purpose, processes, entities, and organization. Written from a business perspective rather than technical standpoint, the book covers such vital topics as: formalizing business concepts, models, and components; creating and communicating the value of an enterprise; designing, scheduling, tracking, and automating processes; describing business entities in organizational contexts; modeling hierarchical and networked organizations and coordinating such organizations to form value chains; and building adaptable enterprise systems from reusable software components.. "The accompanying CD-ROM contains Java and XML examples of many of the ideas and models presented in the book.

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A book/CD-ROM guide fuses object technology, workflow, data warehousing, and distributed system concepts into a coherent model. Describes specific methods for modeling large, complex, and adaptable enterprise systems, using the Unified Markup Language (UML) to illustrate concepts and components. Addresses in detail four key elements of an enterprise model: purpose, processes, entities, and organization. The accompanying CD-ROM contains Java and XML examples. The author has managed the design and development of information systems using object technology for some 10 years. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

PREFACE:

Recent years have seen the convergence of many disciplines, facilitated by extraordinary social, political, economic, and technological change. Not least has been the convergence of business, information, and natural systems thinking into the new discipline of business engineering. This book describes how complex business systems may be designed and implemented using enterprise components and supporting tools. The CD-ROM at the back of the book contains implementations of the components and tools in Java and XML.

Business Engineering

The purpose of this book is to describe a specific way in which to model enterprises. The focus is on business rather than technological aspects, with examples describing large, complex, and adaptable systems. The book is intended primarily for practitioners of the emergent discipline of business engineering, and is of use both to business people who are sensitive to the strategic potential of technology, and to technologists who understand that business requirements must drive systems design and deployment.

Recent developments in computers and communications enable global business systems that are as much between as within organizations. There are no universal standards for such business systems, and such standards are unlikely to be established in the near future. However, concepts based on the principles of contract and law that have existed for thousands of years, and new insights from the study of complex adaptive systems, may be applied to disparate enterprise applications to enable them to work as though they were part of a single global business network. This book attempts to describethemain features of such systems.

The promise of software components has been recognized for many years, based mainly on the experience of other industries. Automobiles were handmade by craftsmen from raw materials until Henry Ford assembled cars using interchangeable parts, and electronic hardware was assembled by skilled technicians from discrete components until Robert Noyce developed the integrated circuit--but information systems must still be coded line by line by talented programmers. However, several key developments now make reusable software components not only viable, but essential to any enterprise that wants to survive into the twenty-first century.

• Ubiquitous networks connect almost every computer through standard communications protocols.
• The CORBA, COM+ and EJB component object models make interoperable software components feasible.
• Component design concepts, methods and notations can be shared using the Unified Modeling Language (UML).
• Practical e-commerce standards and vocabularies using the Extensible Markup Language (XML) are under development.
• Enterprise modeling concepts are being developed and standardized in the ISO Reference Model for Open Distributed Processing (RM-ODP).

Each of these is necessary, but not individually sufficient, to enable widespread adoption of software components for enterprise systems. Together they provide the means to revolutionize the software industry to the same extent that the motor and electronics industries have been transformed.

An enterprise and its systems are too complex to understand from a single perspective, so its model is composed of several components, each representing a different area of concern. A component defines an aspect of the model in a specific frame of reference and at a particular level of abstraction, or from the point of view of an organization role. Each role defines a domain of expertise, terminology, and conventions that influence how a role player perceives the business world. For example, what is needed of a vehicle by a driver, an accountant, a transport manager, and a maintenance engineer, differ according to their respective roles. In the past, this has caused organizations and their systems to be fragmented along functional lines, resulting in divergent purpose, discontinuous processes, and "stovepipe" applications. To prevent this from occurring, an architectural framework is required to link the components of the model into a coherent whole.

Structure of the Book

This book describes concepts primarily from the business viewpoint, and assumes that suitable software components can be created if a sufficiently precise business specification exists. The tools and components included in the CD-ROM attempt to illustrate the validity of this assumption. The UML notation and Java and XML languages are used in the design and implementation of these enterprise components.

Chapter 1 is an overview of the management and organization concepts that underpin the models that are described in subsequent chapters. Specific concepts of business purpose, process, entity, and organization are outlined to provide a context for the remainder of the book. The purpose of an organization is described in Chapter 2, with reference to strategy, planning, and contracts. It outlines relationships among data, information, knowledge, understanding, and decision making; which is also needed by an organization to learn and adapt, and to communicate its value to customers and other stakeholders.

Chapter 3 describes business processes as the means by which purpose is achieved. Process design, scheduling, enactment, tracking, improvement, and automation are covered. The concepts, tools, and components are suitable for formal process engineering and for the unstructured activities of ad hoc work. The human, mechanical, material, financial, intellectual, and other entities used and produced by processes are described in Chapter 4. Entities are modeled from various points of view to describe the different aspects of behavior required of them by processes.

Organization concepts are described in Chapter 5 with reference to their roles in adaptive systems, distributed networks, contexts for modeling, and so on. Organizations manage their processes and entities to achieve purpose, and work with others to form value networks. Certain ideas are presented to predict trends in e-commerce. The Appendix illustrates with simple examples how such concepts are used in real applications.

Conventions Used in Book

Each chapter introduces its concepts with text and diagrams that are hopefully comprehensible to business people, without the need for detailed knowledge of technology. Object orientation is introduced through business objects--models that are not necessarily implemented in software--described and diagrammed using the UML notation. In most cases, summary diagrams are used in preference to detailed diagrams to illustrate conceptual rather than detailed design. Words that appear in italic type when first used are defined in the Glossary.

The CD-ROM contains Java and XML implementations of the ideas and models described in the Appendix. Java code conventions are used where practical, but code is abbreviated, and many package statements, documentation, and comments are excluded, in order to simplify the listings Sun 1997. No attempt is made to explore the business engineering process, or to describe business and software engineering artifacts and tools. However, the CD-ROM contains copies of a tool that enables round trip engineering of Java business objects using Rational Rose. It also includes detailed HTML documentation, and a tutorial to help readers acquaint themselves with its contents.

International Public Private R D Collaborations or Digital Basics for Cable TV Systems

International Public/Private R & D Collaborations: Focus on EU/US Government-University-Industry Research and Technology Development Partnerships

Author: Elias G Carayannis

The book reviews the scale, scope and intensity of cross-national, cross-sectoral research collaboration through the analysis of historical data on co-authorship of scientific publications. The authors look at the pre-existing literature, conduct their own studies and conclude by discussing significant trends and patterns and their implications for further research into these types of collaborations.

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Digital Basics for Cable TV Systems

Author: Jeffrey L Thomas

Make the transition to digital CATV: the complete, easy-to-read guide!

Cable TV is rapidly moving from the familiar world of analog signals to a new digital world where yesterday's rules for optimizing performance no longer apply. If you install, upgrade, or maintain digital or mixed digital/analog systems, Digital Basics for Cable Television Systems is your complete guide to this new world. Friendly and authoritative, it's all you need to know to deliver digital services with maximum quality and reliability.

• Simple fundamentals of digital signals and transport.
• How digital signals differ from analog signals.
• Complete coverage of digital testing and proof-of-performance.
• Key digital measurement techniques, including the use of a spectrum analyzer.
• Digital signal composition features, such as adaptive equalization, error correction, and compression.

With this book's simple illustrations, definitions and examples, you'll find it easy to master key digital CATV concepts such as layering, modulation and multiplexing. You'll learn how to measure digital signal power and burst power, and the impact of distortion, noise and interference on digital signals.

Digital Basics for Cable Television Systems is also a great reference, with a convenient glossary of digital terminology, a performance measurement map, a test equipment survey, exercises with answers, and much more. Whether you're a technician or an engineer, this book will help you maximize your digital system's performance - and your own.

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Introduces the fundamentals of digital technology, system integration, and quality parameters as they relate to the delivery of digital video over cable and optical fiber systems. The authors also explain how to make realistic measurements on digital systems in a cable system and recognize the symptoms of trouble caused by digital signals in an analog environment. Intended for cable, telephony, and radio frequency and optical fiber system technicians and engineers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Ch. 1	Digital Signal Measurement Guidelines	1
Ch. 2	Modulation and Frequency Management	15
Ch. 3	How an Analog Wave Becomes Digital Data	33
Ch. 4	Distributing, Layering, and Multiplexing	53
Ch. 5	Introduction to Digital Modulation Formats	67
Ch. 6	Viewing Digital Modulation	77
Ch. 7	Error Correction, Equalization, and Compression	99
Ch. 8	Digital Signal Quality	127
Ch. 9	Average Power Measurements	155
Ch. 10	Peak, Peak-to-Average, and Burst Power Measurements	191
Ch. 11	Distortion, Noise, and Interference	211
	App. A - Glossary	231
App. B	Performance and Measurement Map	247
App. C	Equipment for Testing Digital Signals in Cable TV Systems	251
	App. D - Answers to Chapter Questions	261
	App. E - Collected Bibliography	273
	Index	277

Ethics and Technology or Secrets of Video Blogging

Ethics and Technology: Ethical Issues in an Age of Information and Communication Technology

Author: Herman T Tavani

"Herman Tavani has written an excellent introduction to the field of cyberethics. . . . We need a good book in cyberethics to deal with the present and prepare us for an uncertain future. Tavani's Ethics and Technology is such a book."
--from the foreword by James Moor, Dartmouth College

Is there privacy in a world of camera phones and wireless networking?
Does technology threaten your civil liberties?
How will bioinformatics and nanotechnology affect us?
Should you worry about equity and access in a globalized economy?

From privacy and security to free speech and intellectual property to globalization and outsourcing, the issues and controversies of the information age are serious, complex, and pervasive.

In this new edition of his groundbreaking book, Herman Tavani introduces computer professionals to the emerging field of Cyberethics, the interdisciplinary field of study that addresses these new ethical issues from all perspectives: technical, social, and philosophical. Using fascinating real-world examples--including the latest court decisions in such cases as Verizon v. RIAA, MGM v. Grokster, Google versus the Bush Administration, and the Children's Online Pornography Act (CIPA) --as well as hypothetical scenarios, he shows you how to understand and analyze the practical, moral, and legal issues that impact your work and your life. Tavani discusses such cutting-edge areas as:
* Globalization and outsourcing
* Property rights and open source software
* HIPAA (privacy laws) and surveillance
* The Patriot Act and civil liberties
* Bioinformatics and genomics research
* Converging technologies--pervasive computing andnanocomputing
* Children's online pornography laws

Updating and expanding upon the previous edition, Ethics and Technology, Second Edition provides a much-needed ethical compass to help computer and non-computer professionals alike navigate the challenging waters of cyberspace.

About the Author

Herman T. Tavani is Professor of Philosophy at Rivier College and Co-Director of the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT). He is the author, editor, or co-editor of five books on ethical aspects of information technology.

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Secrets of Video Blogging

Author: Michael Verdi

Here’s the perfect introduction to the art of the videoblog, or vlog,
whatever your subject. Filled with both technical and creative tips, this
fun, fast, full-color guide provides everything you need to get started
vlogging. You’ll learn:

• How to find and keep track of your favorite videoblogs
• How to create your own vlog under Windows or Mac OS X
• Where to find free vlog-hosting services
• Tips on lighting, shooting, sound, and video compression for vlogs
• Where to download free, legal music for your vlog
• How to build an audience with RSS feeds
• And many more insider secrets

Vlogging pioneers Michael Verdi and Ryanne Hodson are co-founders of NO
DE101, an international network of videoblog classrooms, and FreeVlog.org,
NO DE101’s online equivalent. Verdi also vlogs at www.michaelverdi.com,
while Hodson produces vlogs at http://ryanedit.blogspot.com and
http://revlog.blogspot.com.

Video training pioneers Diana Weynand and Shirley Craig are co-owners of
Weynand Training International, an Apple Authorized Training Center that
provides training services to the entertainment industry. They vlog at
www.weynand.blogspot.com.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Exploring videoblogs	1
Ch. 2	Finding your story	35
Ch. 3	Checking your toolbox	49
Ch. 4	Shooting video	63
Ch. 5	Editing for vlogs	79
Ch. 6	Compression 101	113
Ch. 7	Vlog	139
Ch. 8	Attracting an audience	161

Modeling with Technology or ABAP Objects

Modeling with Technology: Mindtools for Conceptual Change

Author: David H Jonassen

This book provides a thorough explanation of MindtoolsM197>alternative ways of using computer applications to engage learners in constructive, higher-order thinking about specific areas of study. It presents a rationale for using these tools, discusses individual Mindtools and their use, and suggests effective ways to teach with each Mindtool. Weaves a critical thinking framework throughout the text. Expands coverage of systems modeling tools with new sections on analysis and reasoning. Adds an entirely new section of the book, which includes chapters on intentional information searching via Internet and visualization tools. For educators and school administrators.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Meaningful learning : conceptual change and development	3
Ch. 2	Model building with mindtools	12
Ch. 3	Assessing learning by modeling	27
Ch. 4	Modeling domain knowledge	39
Ch. 5	Modeling systems	47
Ch. 6	Modeling problems	54
Ch. 7	Modeling experiences : capturing and indexing stories	71
Ch. 8	Modeling thinking by building cognitive simulations	81
Ch. 9	Modeling with databases	91
Ch. 10	Modeling with semantic networks : building concept maps	101
Ch. 11	Modeling with spreadsheets	117
Ch. 12	Modeling with expert systems	133
Ch. 13	Modeling with systems and population dynamics tools	149
Ch. 14	Modeling with teachable agents and direct manipulation environments	166
Ch. 15	Modeling with visualization tools	177
Ch. 16	Modeling with hypermedia	185
Ch. 17	Modeling with structured computer conferences	194

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ABAP Objects: Introduction to Programming SAP Applications with CD-ROM

Author: Horst Keller

ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) is a powerful programming language created specifically for developing SAP applications. ABAP Objects is the new object-oriented generation of this language, designed to respond to the needs of SAP's future strategies and environments.

Written by two leading experts and approved by SAP's ABAP Language Group, ABAP Objects provides an in-depth and comprehensive introduction to SAP application programming for Release 4.6. The focus is on ABAP Objects, which is treated here not as an add-on, but as an integral part of the ABAP language. An indispensable guide for novice and experienced programmers alike, ABAP Objects includes coverage of these essential topics:

• The new ABAP Workbench and the most important features of the ABAP language.
• The fundamentals of ABAP programming, including the ABAP runtime environment.
• The core ABAP language elements.
• The two ABAP programming models - classical and object-oriented - and their relevant statements.
• Advanced concepts of OO programming with ABAP Objects.
• Programming the SAP user interface.
• Database access with OpenSQL.
• ABAP glossary and a complete list of system fields.

The book also includes two CDs carrying a fully operational SAP Basis System, and containing all the example programs from the book.

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With a focus on ABAP Objects, this textbook introduces SAP programming, with attention to ABAP workbench, programming basics, the runtime environment, core language elements, classical and object- oriented models, OO programming, and database access. A glossary and a list of system fields are included. Two companion CDs contain a fully operational SAP Basis System and all the example programs used in the text. Keller is a programmer with SAP, and Krüger is a consultant. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Advanced Flash Interface Design or Introduction to AutoCAD 2009

Advanced Flash Interface Design

Author: Michael Kemper

As a competent Flash designer, youre probably comfortable with all of the basics that Flash has to offer. However, youve probably looked at some of the amazing Flash sites on the web and thought, "How'd they do that?" Well, youll find out in this book.
Flash allows users to create some amazing interactive interfaces to interact with Rich Internet Applications, eLearning systems, and simple web sites. In this book, two of the most talented Flash designers in the world will show you how to use them effectively to create breathtaking visuals for your Flash web sites. You'll also learn how to take advantage of Flash's powerful built-in vector-based drawing tools.
The authors discuss general background theory, such as site planning, color theory, and Information architecture. They reveal techniques using gradents, layers, lighting and shadowing, 3D objects, animation, and photo editing. Techniques are illustrated and the book concludes with a discussion of usability and final tweaks. There is also a tutorial on testing your work, and exporting and finally publishing it.
Summary of contents:

• Chapter 1 Flash Overview
• Chapter 2 Creating Usable and Innovative Experiences
• Chapter 3 Interface Designers Guide to Color
• Chapter 4 Planning Your Interface Design
• Chapter 5 Vector Drawing and Effects in Flash and Illustrator
• Chapter 6 Understanding the Timeline and Layers
• Chapter 7 Working with 3D Vectors
• Chapter 8 Using Video in Flash
• Chapter 9 Photoshop Techniques
• Chapter 10 Moving from Photoshop to Flash and Effective PNGs
• Chapter 11 Creating Animated Effects
• Chapter 12Flash Textures
• Chapter 13 Photo Editing in Photoshop and Flash
• Chapter 14 Finishing Off Your Site

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Introduction to AutoCAD 2009: A Modern Perspective

Author: Paul Richard

This modern book addresses advances in technology and introduces students to 2- dimensional drawing skills and commands using the current release of AutoCAD. It continuously builds on concepts covered in previous chapters, contains exercises combined with in-text notes, and offers examples that provide the “how and why” of AutoCAD fundamentals. Projects are included at the end of each chapter and provide hands-on experience creating various types of mechanical, architectural, civil and electrical drawings. Engineers. Designers. Anyone interested in learning or involved with AutoCAD.

Table of Contents:

PART ONE: AN INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD

1. Introduction to AutoCAD

2. Quick Start

PART TWO: DRAFTING SKILLS: DRAWING WITH AUTOCAD

3. Controlling the Drawing Display

4. Basic Drawing Commands

5. Drawing Tools and Drafting Settings

6. Managing Object Properties

PART THREE: UNDERSTANDING EDITING TECHNIQUES: BASICS THROUGH ADVANCED

7. Basic Editing Techniques

8. Advanced Editing Techniques

PART FOUR: WORKING WITH COMPLEX OBJECTS

9. Drawing and Editing Complex Objects

10. Pattern Fills and Hatching

PART FIVE: ANNOTATING DRAWINGS

11. Adding Text

12. Working with Tables

13. Dimensioning Drawings

PART SIX: OUTPUTTING YOUR WORK

14. Managing Paper Space Layouts

15. Plotting and Publishing

PART SEVEN: ADVANCED DRAWING AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS

16. Blocks and Block Attributes

17. Working with External References

18. File Management Tools and Object Linking and Embedding

Physical Database Design or Computer Viruses for Dummies

Physical Database Design: The Database Professional's Guide to Exploiting Indexes, Views, Storage, and More

Author: Sam S Lightston

The rapidly increasing volume of information contained in relational databases places a strain on databases, performance, and maintainability: DBAs are under greater pressure than ever to optimize database structure for system performance and administration.

Physical Database Design discusses the concept of how physical structures of databases affect performance, including specific examples, guidelines, and best and worst practices for a variety of DBMSs and configurations. Something as simple as improving the table index design has a profound impact on performance. Every form of relational database, such as Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), Enterprise Resource Management (ERP), Data Mining (DM), or Management Resource Planning (MRP), can be improved using the methods provided in the book.

· The first complete treatment on physical database design, written by the authors of the seminal, Database Modeling and Design: Logical Design, 4th edition.
· Includes an introduction to the major concepts of physical database design as well as detailed examples, using methodologies and tools most popular for relational databases today: Oracle, DB2 (IBM), and SQL Server (Microsoft).
· Focuses on physical database design for exploiting B+tree indexing, clustered indexes, multidimensional clustering (MDC), range partitioning, shared nothing partitioning, shared disk data placement, materialized views, bitmap indexes, automated design tools, and more!

Table of Contents:

1 Introduction to Physical Database Design
2 Basic Indexing Methods
3 Query Optimization and Plan Selection
4 Selecting Indexes
5 Selecting Materialized Views
6 Shared-nothing Partitioning
7 Range Partitioning
8 Multidimensional Clustering
9 The Interdependence Problem
10 Counting and Data Sampling in Physical Design Exploration
11 Query Execution Plans and Physical Design
12 Automated Physical Database Design
13 Down to the Metal: Server Resources and Topology
14 Physical Design for Decision Support, Warehousing, and OLAP
15 Denormalization
16 Distributed Data Allocation Appendix A A Simple Performance Model for Databases Appendix B Technical Comparison of DB2 HADR with Oracle Data Guard for Database Disaster Recovery

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Computer Viruses for Dummies (Dummies Series)

Author: Peter H Gregory

Computer viruses—just the thought of your trusty PC catching one is probably enough to make you sick. Thanks to the cyber-sickies who persist in coming up with new strains, there’s a major new cyberattack nearly every day. Viruses sneak in, usually through e-mail.

Fortunately, there are ways to inoculate and protect your computer. Computer Viruses For Dummies helps you:

• Understand the risks and analyze your PC’s current condition

• Select, install, and configure antivirus software

• Scan your computer and e-mail

• Rid your computer of viruses it’s already caught

• Update antivirus software and install security patches

• Use firewalls and spyware blockers

• Protect handheld PDAs from viruses

• Adopt safe computing practices, especially with e-mail and when you’re surfing the Net

Written by Peter H. Gregory, coauthor of CISSP For Dummies and Security + For Dummies, Computer Viruses For Dummies goes beyond viruses to explain other nasty computer infections like Trojan horses, HiJackers, worms, phishing scams, spyware, and hoaxes. It also profiles major antivirus software to help you choose the best program(s) for your needs.

Remember, if you don’t protect your computer, not only do you risk having your computer infiltrated and your data contaminated, you risk unknowingly transmitting a virus, worm, or other foul computer germ to everybody in your address book! This guide will help you properly immunize your PC with antivirus software now and install updates and securitypatches that are like booster shots to keep your software protected against new viruses.

Illustrator CS4 Bible or Understanding Net

Illustrator CS4 Bible

Author: Ted Alspach

The ultimate comprehensive guide to everything from drawing basics to advanced techniques

• Adobe expert Ted Alspach reveals the latest on Illustrator CS4’s new features and thoroughly explains how to integrate Illustrator with the rest of Creative Suite 4
  
• Teaches you step-by-step how to create designs that work beautifully, whether in print or online
  
• Covers the basics of drawing, painting, coloring, and uncoloring
  
• Offers essential tips for mastering paths, masks, blends, patterns, transparency, and type
  
• Introduces you to enhanced Smart Guides and a new Crop Area tool
  
• Demonstrates how to work in multiple pages with CS4’s new Artboard tool
  
• Packed with practical tips and tricks to improve designs and conquer the Web with scripts and online design techniques
  

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Understanding .Net: Second Edition (Independent Technology Guides Series)

Author: David Chappell

Microsoft's .NET is revolutionizing Windows-based software development. Since its initial release in 2002, .NET has changed significantly, becoming the foundation for a new generation of Windows applications. The .NET Framework and Visual Studio, the two core aspects of this initiative, provide a multilanguage environment in which developers can create Web services, graphical user interfaces, and other kinds of applications. Taken as a whole, the .NET technologies have changed the way nearly every Windows application is built.

Now fully updated for version 2.0 of the .NET Framework and Visual Basic 2005, Understanding .NET, Second Edition, is a concise guide to the landscape of Windows development. Margin notes, detailed diagrams, and lucid writing make this book easy to read and navigate, while analysis sections explore controversial issues and address common concerns. David Chappell's independent perspective and straightforward descriptions clarify both how the .NET technologies work and how they can be used.

Coverage includes

• An overview of .NET and its goals
• The Common Language Runtime (CLR)
• The .NET languages, including C#, Visual Basic, and C++
• The .NET Framework class library
• Building Web Applications with ASP.NET
• Accessing Data with ADO.NET
• .NET framework integration with SQL Server 2005

The key to using a new technology is to understand the fundamentals. This book provides the robust foundation developers and technical managers need to make the right decisions and maximize the potential of this revolutionary framework.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional on Demand or The Complete Guide to Digital Color Correction

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional on Demand

Author: Andy Anderson

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

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

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The Complete Guide to Digital Color Correction

Author: Michael Walker

There's no more comprehensive and invaluable guide to the use and control of color in digital photography, and print, Web, and multimedia design. This volume brings a fresh perspective
to common color problems, explaining exactly how we see color, what the differences are between human and camera perception, and how to work with a color wheel. There's a full discussion of display issues, including monitor calibration and resolution, color palettes, and consistency across varying platforms, operating systems, and software. A skills "toolkit" provides a detailed look at both computer hardware and image-editing software, and a hands-on workshop provides lessons in adjusting skin tones, retouching and restoring archived photos, and dealing with landscapes, fashion, still lifes, and more.

Table of Contents:

There's no more comprehensive and invaluable guide to the use and control of color in digital photography, and print, Web, and multimedia design. This volume brings a fresh perspective to common color problems, explaining exactly how we see color, what the differences are between human and camera perception, and how to work with a color wheel. There's a full discussion of display issues, including monitor calibration and resolution, color palettes, and consistency across varying platforms, operating systems, and software. A skills "toolkit" provides a detailed look at both computer hardware and image-editing software, and a hands-on workshop provides lessons in adjusting skin tones, retouching and restoring archived photos, and dealing with landscapes, fashion, still lifes, and more.

High Tech Crimes Revealed or InDesign CS CS2 Killer Tips

High-Tech Crimes Revealed: Cyberwar Stories from the Digital Front

Author: Steven Branigan

Stories about hacking, stolen credit card numbers, computer viruses, and identity theft are all around us, but what do they really mean to us? The goal of this book, quite simply, is to help educate people on the issues with high-tech crimes.

High-Tech Crimes Revealed: Cyberwar Stories from the Digital Front demystifies the risks and realities of high-tech crimes. Demystifying these crimes and raising the awareness of users of technology will make people smarter and safer, and that will make all of us safer in the long run.

Steven Branigan shares the inside details of real cases he worked on in his various roles in law-enforcement, information technology, and security. The result is a comprehensive, accessible look at how digital crimes are discovered, what techniques the criminals use and why, and (in some cases) how they can be brought to justice.

Inside, you'll find extensive information on

• Actual hacker investigations, including the harm caused and how the criminals were tracked and caught
• The ins and outs of identity theft, a rapidly growing crime with potential for serious damage
• Using the criminology and psychology of hackers to detect and deter attacks
• The risks associated with various technologies
• Do's and don'ts for high-tech criminal investigations

This easily understandable book will take you beyond hearing about high-tech crimes to actually understanding how and why they happen—and what can be done to protect yourself.

"Most books on this topic impart knowledge in the form of techniques and methods. This book differs in that it impartsSteven Branigan's experience in the field, and real case studies in which problems are framed and effective solutions are crafted. In this respect this book imparts not only knowledge, but Steve's experience and wisdom as well."

—Mike Tarrani, Independent Consultant

"Steven Branigan provides a gripping account of what's involved in investigating computer crime. I strongly recommend this book to any security practitioner or anyone with an interest in computer security."

—Michael Nickle, Lead Consultant, VeriSign

"Being on the inside of several high-tech busts has given Steven Branigan the ability to make this book intriguing enough to keep high-tech types interested, while also doing a superb job of demystifying these real-life cases in a way that anyone can read and enjoy."

—David Kensiski, Director of Operations, InfiniRoute Networks

"The modern high-tech industry brought new things to our lives. Buying a book, selling a car, or robbing a bank has never been so easy. Why is that? You've got to read this book to find out!"

—Denis Scherbakov, Systems Administrator, MCSA: Security, MCSA, MCP, Security+Atlant Telecom, ISP

"Steven Branigan has been deeply involved with many real incidents of high-tech crimes—some of them I know of are too sensitive to disclose by name. Yet, High-Tech Crimes Revealed gives outsiders an opportunity to find out what actually takes place in this often-misunderstood field. By combining his powerful knowledge of computers and technology with the legal and behavioral considerations that are overlooked by those less experienced, Branigan demonstrates just how much private industry and government need to cooperate in order to find the facts and identify criminals. While his topic is deadly-serious, he conveys his riveting stories with humor and distills observations into clearly understood rules that we all should know as we go about our lives."

—Ed Stroz, Former Supervisory Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Computer Crime Squad in New York and President of Stroz Friedberg LLC

"Steven brings us behind the scenes of some very exciting hacker investigations and interviews, and tells the stories like few others. This book is an exciting read because he describes the people and their actions, showing us how these new-age crimes can affect all of us."

—Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson

"Finally, real-life credible stories that deliver first-hand accounts of tactical and strategic high-tech operations. This book is a rare look into what goes on behind the scenes. Take a front row seat with the author as he brings you into a world few have seen."

—Bob Weaver, Retired Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigative Division, U.S. Secret Service, Washington, D.C.

"Steve's intellect and real-world experience in criminal investigations, forensic analysis, and security principles is evident on every page. Sprinkle in some sound advice and a bit of humor and you have a book that is interesting, informative, and most of all, useful. I highly recommend it."

—Fred Staples, Retired Director of Computer and Network Security Consulting for Telcordia Technologies

"This book details story after story of computer crimes and identity theft. The best way to prevent yourself from being a victim is to take these narratives to heart."

—Ben Rothke, Senior Security Consultant, ThruPoint Inc.

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Book review: Second Helping of Murder or Technology of Cheesemaking

InDesign CS/CS2 Killer Tips

Author: Scott Kelby

If you've wondered how the InDesign pros get twice the work done in half the time, here's the answer: They know every inside tip, every hidden keyboard shortcut, and every little trick that gives them the edge. They know the fastest, smartest, and most efficient way to do just about everything. In short, they know all the "tricks of the trade." And now, you can too.

This book is packed cover-to-cover, wall-to-wall with nothing but those cool little inside tips that can make you faster, better, and have more fun using Adobe InDesign CS2. There are no detailed descriptions on working with hyphenation dictionaries, or long boring discussions on color workflow, it's just tips--short, sweet, and to the point.

So why just tips? When we (you, me, etc.) look at books, if we see the word "Tip" we're all immediately drawn to it. That's because we know we're about to learn something really cool. Maybe it's an undocumented keyboard shortcut, a hidden inside secret, or just a faster, better way to do something we do every day. The only problem with the tips in these books is there's never enough of 'em. That is, until now.

We wanted to create a book that is nothing but these tips, hundreds of tips, but with the added bonus that each tip would have a full color graphic along with it, showing you exactly how it's done. Most importantly, to get in this book they've got to be "Killer Tips." The kind of tip that makes you smile, nod, and then call all your friends and "tune them up" with your new status as InDesign guru.

This book is your ticket to working faster and smarter in Adobe InDesign CS2 than you ever thought you could, and best of all, you'll have a blast doingit.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Who's zoomin' who : navigating and other essentials	1
Ch. 2	Stereo type : tweakin' your text	25
Ch. 3	Color blind : working with color	59
Ch. 4	Drawing fire : drawing with InDesign	81
Ch. 5	Turn the page : working with pages	95
Ch. 6	Contains graphic images : working with graphics	121
Ch. 7	Cool Hand Luke : way-cool tips	151
Ch. 8	Hidden treasure : little-known features	163
Ch. 9	Portable people : making PDFs	181
Ch. 10	Waiting tables : working with tables	199
Ch. 11	Blue prints : printing and the Creative Suite	213
Ch. 12	New attitude : what's new in InDesign CS2	231