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How Linux works
what every superuser should know
by Brian Ward
How Linux Works describes the inside of the Linux system for systems administrators, whether you maintain an extensive network in the office or one Linux box at home. Some books try to give you copy-and-paste instructions for how to deal with every single system issue that may...
(2004)
My New™ Mac Snow Leopard...
52 Simple Projects to Get You Started
by Wallace Wang
So you finally took the plunge and bought a Mac. Whether it's a MacBook, Mac Pro, Mac mini, or iMac—it's still your Mac, and it runs the Macintosh operating system, OS X. But what do you do with your Mac after you turn it on? Do you even know how to turn it off and put it to s...
(2009)
Write great code
Volume 1: understanding the machine
by Randall Hyde
Today's programmers are often narrowly trained because the industry moves too fast. That's where Write Great Code, Volume 1: Understanding the Machine comes in. This, the first of four volumes by author Randall Hyde, teaches important concepts of machine organization in a lan...
(2004)
Object-oriented PHP
concepts, techniques, and code
by Peter Lavin
t can be tough to learn the concepts of object-oriented programming with a language like C++. Fortunately, PHP's simple object model makes it an ideal language for learning about object-oriented programming. For the uninitiated, this guide to the latest version of PHP offer...
(2006)
Writing GNU Emacs Extens...
Editor Customizations and Creations with Lisp
Yes, it is possible to be all things to all people, if you're talking about the Emacs editor. As a user, you can make any kind of customization you want, from choosing the keystrokes that invoke your favorite commands to creating a whole new work environment that looks like no...
(2010)
The Computer User's Surv...
Computer User's Survival Guide
You probably suspect, on some level, that computers might be hazardous to your health. You might vaguely remember a study that you read years ago about miscarriages being more frequent for data entry operators. Or you might have run into a co-worker wearing splints and talking...
(2010)
The book of JavaScript
a practical guide to interactive Web pages
by Dave Thau
With JavaScript, you can add interactivity, animation, and other tricks to your web pages quickly. But this isn't just a book of scripts for you to cut and paste into your HTML, only to find out later that nothing works as you'd expected. Using real-world examples as the start...
(2007)
Map Scripting 101
An Example-Driven Guide to Building Interactive Maps with Bing, Yahoo!, and Google Maps
Websites like MapQuest and Google Maps have transformed the way we think about maps. But these services do more than offer driving directions—they provide APIs that web developers can use to build highly customized map-based applications. In Map Scripting 101, author Adam D...
(2010)
Gray Hat Python
Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers
by Justin Seitz
Python is fast becoming the programming language of choice for hackers, reverse engineers, and software testers because it's easy to write quickly, and it has the low-level support and libraries that make hackers happy. But until now, there has been no real manual on how to us...
(2009)
How to Be a Geek Goddess
practical advice for using computers with smarts and style
"How to Be a Geek Goddess proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Christina Tynan-Wood totally 'gets' where men and women divide in terms of technology. If you're of the XX-chromosome persuasion and want a comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide to using today's technology, buy...
(2009)
Book of PF
A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall
OpenBSD's stateful packet filter, PF, offers an amazing feature set and support across the major BSD platforms. Like most firewall software though, unlocking PF's full potential takes a good teacher. Peter N.M. Hansteen's PF website and conference tutorials have helped thousan...
(2008)
Building a Server with F...
A Modular Approach
The most difficult part of building a server with FreeBSD, the Unix-like operating system, is arguably software installation and configuration. Finding the software is easy enough; getting everything up and running is another thing entirely. The only option for many people has...
(2008)
Java 5.0 Tiger: A Develo...
A Developer's Notebook
by Brett McLaug... and David Flanagan
Java 5.0, code-named "Tiger", promises to be the most significant new version of Java since the introduction of the language. With over a hundred substantial changes to the core language, as well as numerous library and API additions, developers have a variety of new features,...
(2009)
PHP Security Collection
by John Coggeshall and Clancy Malcolm
The nice thing about the Internet is that anyone can access your web site. This can also be a drawback. PHP (and the other components of LAMP) make it very easy to produce a functional, useful website. Of course, "easy" and "secure" are orthogonal concepts. If you care about...
(2008)
JavaScript Pocket Reference
JavaScript is a powerful, object-based scripting language that can be embedded directly in HTML pages. It allows you to create dynamic, interactive Web-based applications that run completely within a Web browser -- JavaScript is the language of choice for developing Dynamic HT...
(2008)
Programming Windows Azure
Learn the nuts and bolts of cloud computing with Windows Azure, Microsoft's new Internet services platform. Written by a key member of the product development team, this book shows you how to build, deploy, host, and manage applications using Windows Azure's programming model ...
(2010)
Spam Kings
The Real Story behind the High-Rolling Hucksters Pushing Porn, Pills, and %*@)# Enlargements
More than sixty percent of today's email traffic is spam, according to email filtering firm Brightmail. This year alone, five trillion spam messages will clog Internet users in-boxes, costing society an estimated $10-billion in lost productivity, filtering software, and other ...
(2004)
iPhone UK: The Missing M...
by David Pogue
The new iPhone 3G is here, and New York Times tech columnist David Pogue is on top of it with a thoroughly updated edition of iPhone UK: The Missing Manual. With its faster downloads, touch-screen iPod, and best-ever mobile Web browser, the new affordable iPhone is packed with...
(2008)
Learning and Modeling wi...
Conditionals, also called if-then-rules, are a popular concept for knowledge representation. They have an intuitive semantics, and can also be annotated with probabilities, which, when combined with the principle of maximum entropy, yields a powerful formalism for representing...
(2010)
Granularity Analysis for...
Eine Analyse der Buchhandelskooperation als zukunftsweisende Organisationsform am Markt
Der zunehmende Wettbewerbsdruck im Bucheinzelhandel zwingt Unternehmen, insbesondere die kleinen und mittleren Buchhandlungen, Strategien zu verfolgen, die trotz des Verdrängungswettbewerbs zu einer nachhaltigen Existenzsicherung beitragen. Wirtschaftsstudien haben gezeig...
(2011)
