HTML5 for Masterminds: How to take advantage of HTML5 to create amazing websites and revolutionary applications

IMPORTANT: This Revised Edition includes a Full Index and a better Table of Contents to provide readers new tools to find and review its content.

Description:

We are on the verge of a revolution. The web is becoming the main developing platform and the primary source for information and software. In recent years, mobile devices have turned Internet applications from possibilities into necessities, and now computers that work exclusively on the web are being developed and sold. The software for the web is getting more sophisticated than ever and is replacing desktop applications once and for all. This level of change is both experimental and radical, and HTML5 is making it possible.

HTML5 for Masterminds leads the reader step by step to gain essential knowledge and to master complex subjects included in the HTML5 specification. After reading this book, you will know how to structure your documents with HTML5, how to style them with CSS3 and how to work with the most powerful Javascript APIs.

This book is not an introduction of HTML5 but instead a complete course that will teach you how to build compelling websites and amazing web applications from scratch. Every chapter explores basic concepts as well as complicated issues of HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. Concepts are supported by fully functional codes to guide beginners and experts through every single tag, style or function included in the specification. The codes are distributed throughout the book in a specific order to gradually introduce complex subjects and make them accessible to everyone.

The goal of HTML5 for Masterminds is to make you familiar with the most advanced technology for the web. It was developed to prepare you for the future, and it was written for the genius inside you... for Masterminds.

This Book Includes:

297 codes explained
16 Quick References, one at the end of every chapter to find and review its content

This Revised Edition includes a Full Index and an improved Table of Contents. The format was corrected and additional information was also added to offer readers a better experience.

This Book Covers:

• Canvas API
• Drag and Drop API
• Geolocation API
• Web Storage API
• IndexedDB API
• File API
• Communication API (Ajax Level 2, Cross-Document Messaging, WebSocket API)
• Web Workers API
• History API
• Offline API

• New HTML5 Elements
• Traditional and Flexible Box Model
• Video Element
• Audio Element
• Media API
• New Form Elements
• Form Validation
• Form API
• CSS3 Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
• CSS3 Shadows, Fonts, Colors, Gradients, Translation, Transformation
• Javascript New Selectors
• Javascript New Standards
• External Libraries

ISBN: 9781463604059

Date: 2011-06-24

Author(s): J. D. Gauchat

Pages: 430

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My iPhone (Covers iPhone 3G and 3GS) (3rd Edition)

Step-by-step instructions with callouts to iPhone images that show you exactly what to do.

 

Help when you run into iPhone problems or limitations.

 

Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your iPhone.

 

Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your iPhone working just the way you want. The tasks include:

      • How to connect to the Internet, Bluetooth devices, Wi-Fi networks, and other iPhones and iPods

      • How to configure and sync your information, and efficiently manage contacts, calls, email, calendars, and events

      • How to use the iPhone’s texting capabilities

      • How to make the most of the iPhone’s powerful Safari web browser

      • How to listen to music, subscribe to podcasts, and watch video­–including movies and TV shows

      • How to display slideshows, create wallpaper, email photos, and link photos to contacts

      • How to customize settings ranging from wallpaper to ringtones

      • How to secure your iPhone with Find My iPhone

      • How to find, download, install, manage, and use iPhone applications

 

BONUS MATERIAL: Find additional tasks and other helpful information on this book’s website at www.informit.com/title/9780789742315

 

CATEGORY:  Apple Digital Media

COVERS:  Apple iPhone

USER LEVEL:  Beginning-Intermediate

 

BONUS MATERIAL: Find additional tasks and other helpful information on this book’s website at www.informit.com/title/9780789742315

 

 

ISBN: 9780789742315

Date: 2009-09-25

Author(s): Brad Miser

Pages: 480

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 on Demand

What you need, when you need it!

Need answers quickly? Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 on Demand provides those answers in a visual step-by-step format. We will show you exactly what to do through lots of full color illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions.

Inside the Book

·         Quickly import, organize, and tag your photos

·         Build and maintain a well-organized photo catalog

·         Make the most of metadata, keywords, and searchable attributes

·         Use Quick Develop’s fast, handy image processing tools

·         Apply localized adjustments to parts of an image

·         Work effectively in black and white

·         Reduce unwanted image noise

·         Output your images to printers, slide shows, or online galleries

·         Integrate Lightroom 2 with Adobe Creative Suite 4

·         Customize Lightroom’s preview, import, and backup preferences

Bonus Online Content

Register your book at queondemand.com to gain access to:

Workshops and related files

 

Category: Digital Photography

Covers: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2

User Level: Beginning–Intermediate

 

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ISBN: 9780789742155

Date: 2009-09-18

Author(s): Ted LoCascio

Pages: 336

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Better Green Business: Handbook for Environmentally Responsible and Profitable Business Practices

Better Green Business brings together practical insights and start-to-finish strategies for moving any enterprise to a higher level of environmental stewardship. Drawing on his extensive experience at IBM, Dr. Eric Olson shows how to systematically drive “win-win-win” gains: growing top-line revenue, helping customers increase efficiency, and improving the environment at the same time. Olson’s business-focused guidance covers every step of your green business program, from strategy formulation through continuous improvement. He first offers a complete framework for approaching and formulating green strategy, using case studies to identify potential opportunities and business benefits. Next, using real case studies, he demonstrates how to define initiatives, construct roadmaps for transforming vision into reality, and link each investment to business strategy, so businesses can accurately measure results. Olson introduces powerful business process transformation methodologies and technologies for increasing operational efficiency and reducing waste, including IBM’s breakthrough Green Sigma approach. He also identifies new opportunities to drive value by “instrumenting the planet,” and introduces new technologies that make this possible. Finally, Olson assesses long-term trends that will make “green business” even more crucial in the coming years.

ISBN: 9780137010172

Date: 2009-10-30

Author(s): Eric G. Olson PhD

Pages: 264

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Stumbling On Wins: Two Economists Expose the Pitfalls on the Road to Victory in Professional Sports

The next quantum leap beyond Moneyball , this book offers powerful new insights into all human decision-making, because if sports teams are getting it wrong this badly, how do you know you're not? Sometimes the decisions that teams make are simply inexplicable. Consider: sports teams have an immense amount of detailed, quantifiable information to draw upon, more than in virtually any other industry. They have powerful incentives for making good decisions. Everyone sees the results of their choices, and the consequences for failure are severe. And yet... they keep making the same mistakes over and over again... systematic mistakes you'd think they'd learn how to avoid. Now, two leading sports economists reveal those mistakes in basketball, baseball, football, and hockey, and explain why sports decision-makers never seem to learn their lessons. You'll learn which statistics are connected to wins, and which aren't, and which statistics can and can't predict the future. Along the way, David Berri and Martin Schmidt show why a quarterback's place in the draft tells you nothing about how he'll perform in the NFL... why basketball decision-makers don't focus on the factors that really correlate with NBA success... why famous coaches don't deliver better results... and much more.

ISBN: 9780132357784

Date: 2010-03-08

Author(s): David J. Berri, Martin B. Schmidt

Pages: 256

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Creating Mac Widgets with Dashcode (FirstPress)

In over 100 pages, you will learn to create and use widgets using Dashcode. Widgets are simple, typically small applications for a specific purpose, such as a weather report, a calculator, a stock quote, and the like that reside on the Mac Dashboard. Building these before Dashcode was time consuming though not hard; but now, you can whip up a Widget fast. Creating Mac Widgets with Dashcode teaches you how.

• Updated for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
• The fast and easy way to learn to build Widgets. You’ll be building Widgets in an hour.
• Dashcode makes widget development simple.

What you’ll learn

• Basics of Dashcode development
• Using templates
• Using JavaScript for more complex Widgets
• Including user input in your Widget
• Using scripting with your Widget
• Importing data into your Widget

Who this book is for

Anyone interested in taking a shot at doing widgets. Widgets are easy and are quite popular, so there are a lot of hackers interested in doing it. Widgets can be built for a user’s specific needs, and you don’t need to be a programmer to do it.

Table of Contents

1. Widgets in a Hurry
2. Widgets Without Worry: Using Dashcode
3. Widget Templates: Thinking Out of the Box
4. Super Widgets with a Little JavaScript
5. Your Widgets: Over the Top

ISBN: 9781430209676

Date: 2008-04-30

Author(s): William Murray, Chris Pappas

Pages: 89

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ASVAB Exam Cram: Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (2nd Edition)

ASVAB Exam Cram, Second Edition

Kalinda Reeves

 

Succeed with topical reviews, practice exams, and preparation tools

 

CD Features 200 Practice Questions!

 

ASVAB Exam Cram, Second Edition, is the perfect study guide to help you pass the ASVAB exam. It provides coverage and practice questions for every exam topic. The book contains an extensive set of practice questions, including 200 printed questions in two full practice exams, while the CD-ROM test engine provides real-time practice and feedback. The book covers the critical information you’ll need to know to score higher on your ASVAB exam!

 

• Master all four domains of knowledge covered on the ASVAB: verbal, math, science/technical, and spatial
• Accurately interpret the meaning of paragraphs and of words presented in context
• Review essential math, physical science, and biology principles
• Master the basics of electricity and electronics
• Understand the technologies that make automobiles and other vehicles work
• Check your knowledge of shop tools, terminology, and techniques
• Review and understand basic mechanical and physical principles
• Practice for the newest Assembling Objects exam module by recognizing how objects will look when they are put together

CD Features 200 Practice Questions!

• Detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answers
• Multiple test modes
• Random questions and order of answers
• Coverage of every ASVAB exam objective

ISBN: 9780789742254

Date: 2009-12-02

Author(s): Kalinda Reeves

Pages: 456

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MacMost.com Guide to Switching to the Mac

MacMost.com Guide to Switching to the Mac

 

Switching to the Mac? Awesome! You’ve got company—lots of it! And with this book, you’ve got help, too... all the help you’ll ever need!

 

MacMost.com founder Gary Rosenzweig quickly gets you comfy with your new Mac, demonstrates the ”Mac way” to perform every common Windows task, and shows how to do more with Macs than you ever could in Windows... way more!

 

 

It’s all here—everything from choosing the right Mac to creating your own videos and DVDs. Rosenzweig covers the latest Macs and the new Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system. Best of all, he focuses on what today’s computer users need to know, including loads of coverage of using your Mac on the Web.

 

 

Every Mac switcher needs a friendly Mac expert to show them the ropes. With this book, you’ve got yours!

 

 

      •     Discover what’s different about your Mac’s hardware and software—
and what’s similar, too

      •     Navigate the Finder and learn how Mac files are organized

      •     Make the most of the Mac’s built-in applications

      •     Move your stuff from your PC to your new Mac

      •     Use Safari, Mac’s great built-in Web browser

      •     Set up Mac email, instant messaging, and audio and video chatting

      •     Share, back up, and archive your files

      •     Choose and use Mac business and productivity applications

      •     Organize your music and buy new songs with iTunes

      •     Import, manage, edit, and share your photos

      •     Create awesome videos with iMovie, QuickTime, and iDVD

      •     Run Windows on your Mac, if you must

      •     Keep your Mac up to date and running smoothly

 

 

Gary Rosenzweig is the producer of MacMost.com and the host of the MacMost Now video podcast. MacMost focuses on teaching people how to get the most from their Macs with tutorials, reviews, and tips. His previous 12 books include ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University and The MacAddict Guide to GarageBand. He also runs several Web-based game websites, including GameScene.com.

 

CATEGORY:  Mac Operating Systems

 

 

ISBN: 9780789739629

Date: 2009-09-25

Author(s): Gary Rosenzweig

Pages: 384

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Studyguide for Obstetric Anesthesia and Uncommon Disorders by David R. Gambling, ISBN 9780521870825 (Cram 101 Textbook Outlines)

Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again!  Virtually all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events are included. Cram101 Textbook Outlines gives all of the outlines, highlights, notes for your textbook with optional online practice tests. Only Cram101 Outlines are Textbook Specific. Cram101 is NOT the Textbook. Accompanys: 9780521870825

ISBN: 9781618308108

Date: 2011-07-16

Author(s): Cram101 Textbook Reviews

Pages: 404

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Management of Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity is one of the most serious problems facing the developed world. It is damaging to the medical and psychological well-being of the child and casts a shadow on their future health, leading to serious illness and ultimately premature death. Management of Childhood Obesity provides practical, realistic and easily implemented advice on sensitive approaches to children and their families in a very accessible form for all practitioners involved in the care of overweight children. Changes to diet and activity are reviewed in detail but also with the whole spectrum of eating within the family and community, including sedentariness and the significance of sleep in preventing overweight.

ISBN: 9780521609777

Date: 2008-09-29

Author(s): Elizabeth Poskitt, Laurel Edmunds

Pages: 232

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Teledermatology: A User's Guide (New Approaches to European His)

Teledermatology: A User's Guide was written to provide practical information for those individuals contemplating or planning a teledermatology program or expanding their current use of teledermatology. It focuses on the practical aspects of teledermatology implementation while providing a comprehensive treatment of the topic. Discussions include: business models and reimbursement issues; the current status of teledermatology research; the integration of teledermatology into dermatology residency training programs; ethical considerations; confidentiality issues; and the "art of teledermatology." It explores the technical aspects of teledermatology and describes the differences between live interactive techniques and store and forward techniques. This book is intended to provide both novice and seasoned teledermatologists with comprehensive and practical information on teledermatology. Many of the chapter authors are among the world experts in teledermatology and have developed successful and viable teledermatology programs. The knowledge presented here is based on the lessons they have learned in the course of teledermatology development.

ISBN: 9780521683357

Date: 2008-03-10

Author(s):

Pages: 192

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iPad 2 Made Simple

The iPad 2 is thinner, more powerful, intuitive and very fun for users of all ages. Your iPad can be used for reading, surfing the web, emailing, watching TV and movies, getting work done and much more. And with over 65,000 apps just for the iPad, as well as the ability to run over 30,000 iPhone apps, the possibilities are endless.  

iPad 2 Made Simple clarifies all of the key features on the iPad, introduces what’s new, and also reveals dozens of time-saving shortcuts and techniques. The book has over 1,000 screen shots that are carefully annotated with step-by-step instructions.  

• Clear instructions on how to set up and use the iPad
• Illustrated explanations of all the key features
• Hundreds of graphics as well as tips and tricks

What you’ll learn

• Master the multi-touch display
• Browse, buy, and read books with iBooks as well as the Kindle app
• Employ little-known time-saving tips and tricks
• Learn how to surf the web like never before
• Organize, view and share your photos and albums via social networking sites and e-mail
• Discover and download great apps from the App Store
• How to squeeze every ounce of power from E-mail, Calendar and Contacts
• Using iTunes to find music, videos, Podcasts, TV shows and more on your iPad
• Synchronize your iPad with your Windows or Mac or with your MobileMe or Google account 

Who this book is for

This book is for new iPad users, as well as seasoned iPad, iPhone or iPod touch users who are ready to explore the new world of the iPad 2.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started 
2. Typing Tips, Copy/Paste and Search 
3. Sync Your iPad with iTunes 
4. Other Sync Methods 
5. Wi-Fi and 3G Connectivity 
6. Organize Your Icons and Folders 
7. Personalize and Secure Your iPad 
8. Multitasking and Lock Rotation/Mute  
9. Playing Music 
10. Viewing Videos, TV Shows and More 
11. Surfing the Web with Safari 
12. iBooks and E-Books
13. Email on your iPad 
14. Working with Contacts 
15. Your Calendar 
16. iPad Photography 
17. Recording and Editing Videos 
18. FaceTime Video Messaging and Skype
19. Productivity and File Transfer
20. iTunes on your iPad 
21. The Amazing App Store 
22. Games and Fun 
23. Social Networking 
24. Eliminate Your Paper Notes 
25. Bluetooth on your iPad
26. New Media: Reading Newspapers, Magazines, and More
27. Find your way with Maps
28. Troubleshooting
29. Your iTunes User Guide  

ISBN: 9781430234975

Date: 2011-06-03

Author(s): Martin Trautschold, Gary Mazo, MSL Made Simple Learning, Rene Ritchie

Pages: 804

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PRAXIS I Exam Cram (2nd Edition)

Succeed with topical reviews, practice exams, and preparation tools 

• Covers exactly what you need to know to score higher on your PRAXIS exam
• Includes more than 200 sample test questions in the book to help you determine whether you’re ready to take the actual exam
• Also covers the PLT portion of the Praxis II exams
• Our popular Cram Sheet tear card helps you remember key concepts 
• Exam Alerts provide important information covered on the exam, as well as possible pitfalls you may encounter

This book includes a CD-ROM that features a powerful, full-featured testing software:

• Features more than 150 sample test questions, giving you additional practice for the PRAXIS exam.
• Helps identify your strengths and weaknesses, so you can correct any weaknesses before you take the exam.
• Provides the feedback you need to determine whether you’re ready to take the actual exam!

 

 

ISBN: 9780789742186

Date: 2009-10-22

Author(s): Diana Huggins

Pages: 288

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Silverlight 2 Visual Essentials (Books for Professionals by Professionals)

Silverlight is a lightweight browser plug–in that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It is a rules–changing, groundbreaking technology that allows you to run rich client applications right inside the browser. Even more impressively, it is able to host true .NET applications in non–Microsoft browsers (like Firefox) and on non–Microsoft platforms (like Mac OS X).

Silverlight is evolving fast, and you need a reliable guidebook to make sense of it.

What you’ll learn

This 176-page book is meant to give you a sense of what you, as a programmer, can expect from Silverlight in terms of what the user is going to see. The emphasis here is on understanding what Silverlight has to offer. While there is some code given, that is not the point of the book. The point is to be ably to quickly understand what functionality is available to you, what options you might have without getting bogged down in much code.

Who this book is for

We assume that you are a programmer and that you have an understanding of XAML. However, if you do ignore the code that exists in the book, then any lay person or even an administrator, can come to grips with the visual element of Silverlight.

ISBN: 9781430215820

Date: 2008-08-04

Author(s): Matthew MacDonald

Pages: 240

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FarmVille For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers))

The only how-to, full-color book available on the game sensation FarmVille

With more than 80 million active players since the game?s release in 2009, there seems no end to the growing popularity of FarmVille. Whether accessed through the Facebook application or from the game?s Web site, this application is a worldwide phenomenon. Yet, there has been no beginner guide that offers an introduction to newcomers and updates to experienced players?until now. FarmVille For Dummies is aimed at getting novices acquainted with FarmVille rules and regulations, while more savvy players can sharpen their skills and find out how to stay up to date on the latest FarmVille features. You?ll discover how to download the app, create a farmer avatar, and establish your first farm. Then you?ll progress to finding neighbors, purchasing farm cash and coins, shopping at the market, and more.

• Serves as an ideal introductory guide to the wildly popular online game of FarmVille
• Walks you through downloading the app either via Facebook, Yahoo!, or your mobile device
• Details how to find neighbors and interact with them, purchase farm cash and coins, shop at the market, and choose a profession
• Highlights ways to earn ribbons, construct buildings, and become a co-op farmer
• Helps you deal with technical issues
• Author is the founder and creator of the largest FarmVille fan site

You can bet the farm that FarmVille For Dummies will help you take your gaming skills to the next level!

ISBN: 9781118016961

Date: 2011-02-22

Author(s): Angela Morales, Kyle Orland

Pages: 288

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IBM InfoSphere Replication Server and Data Event Publisher

This is a developer's guide and is written in a style suitable to professionals. The initial chapters cover the basic theory and principles of Q replication and WebSphere MQ. As the book advances, numerous real-world scenarios and examples are covered with easy-to-understand code. The knowledge gained in these chapters culminate in the Appendix, which contains step-by-step instructions to set up various Q replication scenarios. If you are a professional who needs to set up and administer a Q replication or Event Publishing environment, then this is the book you need. The book will give you a clear idea of how to implement Q replication on z/OS whether you work on Linux, Unix, or Windows operating system.

ISBN: 9781849681544

Date: 2010-08-18

Author(s): Pav Kumar Chatterjee

Pages: 344

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Programming for Unified Communications with Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2

Exploit the Unified Communications (UC) platform’s rich and open API set—and create your own real-time communication solutions faster. Led by a team of UC programming experts, you’ll get the code walkthroughs and pragmatic advice you need to seamlessly integrate enterprise IM, presence, VoIP, and conferencing into your applications now. Connect users exactly how and when they want—and increase business agility

• Examine the architecture, design model, and scenarios for each API—matching the right functionality to your needs
• Automate Office Communicator features—sign-in, contacts, presence, conversations
• Use contextual collaboration to send and receive application-specific messages between clients
• Develop Windows Workflow applications that support both voice and IM
• Create and provision custom presence applications
• Build server-side applications that maximize throughput and enable multiparty conferencing
• Prepare your application for deployment
• Apply best practices for debugging and troubleshooting
Programming for Unified Communications with Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2

ISBN: 9780735626232

Date: 2009-05-27

Author(s): Rui Maximo, Kurt De Ding, Vishwa Ranjan, Chris Mayo, Oscar Newkerk, Microsoft Communications Serve Team

Pages: 608

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Optical Wireless Communications: IR for Wireless Connectivity (Vol 9)

Over the last three decades, interest in Infrared (IR) technology as a medium to convey information has grown considerably. This is reflected by the increasing number of devices such as laptops, PDAs, and mobile phones that incorporate optical wireless transceivers and also by the increasing number of optical wireless links available for indoor and outdoor use. The popularity of IR is based on the advantages it has over radio including unregulated bandwidth, immunity to radio interference, and inherent security.

Optical Wireless Communications examines some of the most important features of optical wireless communication systems. It considers the benefits and limitations of IR as a medium conveying information wirelessly and compares the advantages and disadvantages of infrared to microwave and other radio systems. It also details the evolution of IR communication systems and describes atmospheric and other types of data transmission limitations.

The book presents design fundamentals of optical concentrators, as well as a review of some of the most important receiver optical front-ends (containing imaging or non-imaging concentrators and optical filters), including an explanation of the different sources of infrared noise and an introduction to eye safety. It also describes optical wireless transmitter and receiver design issues, typical modulation, coding, and multiple access techniques, and introduces IrDA protocols and wireless IR networking.

ISBN: 9780849372094

Date: 2008-04-03

Author(s): Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez, Sevia M. Idrus, Ziran Sun

Pages: 376

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Seeds of Destruction: Why the Path to Economic Ruin Runs Through Washington, and How to Reclaim American Prosperity

If you think the current administration is mismanaging the economy straight towards disaster, you're not alone: so do two top economists from both sides of the political aisle. In Seeds of Destruction, former Bush chief White House economist R. Glenn Hubbard and well-known CNBC commentator Peter Navarro explain why current economic policy is a catastrophic failure. Then, they offer a comprehensive, bipartisan blueprint for reversing the decline of America's currency, manufacturing base, and standard of living - setting the stage for the epic policy debates that will precede the 2010 elections. Hubbard and Navarro begin with a "checklist" of what it takes to be a prosperous, democratic nation - and show why Obama's policies (some of Bush's also) fail on every level. They explain why the activist Federal Reserve and Obama fiscal stimulus policies are doing far more harm than good... why we must restore the U.S. manufacturing base, whatever China says about it... how to transform tax policy into an engine of growth and innovation... how to apply the "tough love" needed to save Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid... why America must resign the job of world policeman... how market-based solutions can finally deliver real energy independence... how to reform our antique financial regulatory system without imposing heavy-handed rules that cause even more trouble.

ISBN: 9780137027736

Date: 2010-08-13

Author(s): R. Glenn Hubbard, Peter Navarro

Pages: 288

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Learning from Catastrophes: Strategies for Reaction and Response

Events ranging from Hurricane Katrina to the global economic crisis have taught businesspeople an unforgettable lesson: if you don’t plan for “extreme risk,” you endanger your organization’s very survival. But how can you plan for events that go far beyond anything that occurs in normal day-to-day business? In Learning from Catastrophes, two renowned experts present the first comprehensive strategic framework for assessing, responding to, and managing extreme risk. Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem build on their own breakthrough work on mitigating natural disasters, extending it to the challenges faced by real-world enterprises.

Along with the contributions of leading experts in risk management, heuristics, and disaster recovery, they identify the behavioral biases and faulty heuristics that mislead decision makers about the likelihood of catastrophe. They go on to identify the hidden links associated with extreme risks, and present techniques for systematically building greater resilience into the organization.  The global best-seller The Black Swan told executives that “once in a lifetime” events are far more common and dangerous than they ever realized. Learning from Catastropheshows them exactly what to do about it.

ISBN: 9780137044856

Date: 2009-11-16

Author(s): Howard Kunreuther, Michael Useem

Pages: 352

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Microsoft Office Home & Student 2010 Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft))

Teach yourself exactly what you need to know about using Microsoft Word, Excel®, PowerPoint®, and OneNote®-one step at a time! With STEP BY STEP, you build and practice new skills hands-on, at your own pace. Topics include creating effective documents; using themes, templates, and other formatting tools; building spreadsheets to perform calculations and manage data; producing and delivering compelling presentations; digitally organizing your notes and to-do lists; and other core topics.

ISBN: 9780735627215

Date: 2010-07-07

Author(s): Joyce Cox, Joan Lambert III, Curtis Frye D.

Pages: 672

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Beginning Ubuntu Linux

Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Fourth Edition is the update to the bestselling book on Ubuntu, today’s hottest Linux distribution. Targeting newcomers to Linux and to the Ubuntu distribution alike, readers are presented with an introduction to the world of Linux and open source community, followed by a detailed overview of Ubuntu’s installation and configuration process. From there readers learn how to wield total control over their newly installed operating system, and are guided through common tasks such as writing documents, listening to audio CDs and MP3s, watching movies, using VoIP and chat, and of course general system maintenance matters.

Additionally, there’s a series of comprehensive tutorials on Linux internals and the command–line prompt—essential for any Linux user—and the book includes special sections on optimization, security, and system maintenance.

The book comes with a DVD containing the complete Ubuntu Linux distribution. All you need to do is insert the DVD and follow the instructions in the book to install this distribution.

• The ultimate guide to Ubuntu, the hottest Linux distribution on the planet.
• Forgoes introductions to esoteric Linux topics so commonly found in other books and instead focuses on everyday tasks for everyday users: printer and file sharing configuration, office document management, and listening to MP3s and watching movies among them.

What you’ll learn

• Use Ubuntu as a daily desktop replacement.
• Complete all manner of office tasks, such as creating Microsoft Office–compatible documents and spreadsheets, using e–mail, and managing contacts.
• Listen to MP3s and CDs, and watch movies using a user–friendly Linux desktop.
• Configure Ubuntu’s printer– and file–sharing features to share resources seamlessly with other computers on your network.
• Become a proficient user of the Linux command line.

Who this book is for

Beginning Linux users seeking to explore the popular Ubuntu distribution.

Table of Contents

1. Welcome!
2. A History and Politics Lesson
3. The Realities of Running Linux
4. Preinstallation Steps
5. Installing Ubuntu
6. Solving Installation Problems
7. Booting Ubuntu for the First Time
8. Getting Everything Up and Running
9. How to Secure Your Computer
10. Personalizing Ubuntu: Getting Everything Just Right
11. Ubuntu Replacements for Windows Programs
12. Managing Your Files
13. Introducing the BASH Shell
14. Understanding Linux Files and Users
15. Working with Text Files
16. Taking Control of the System
17. Cool Shell Tricks
18. Digital Audio
19. Movies and Multimedia
20. Digital Photos
21. Making the Move to OpenOffice.org
22. OpenOffice.org Overview
23. In Depth: Writer
24. In Depth: Calc
25. In Depth: Impress
26. In Depth: Base
27. In Depth: Evolution
28. Installing and Removing Software
29. Managing Users
30. Optimizing Your System
31. Backing Up Data
32. Scheduling Tasks
33. Accessing Computers Remotely

ISBN: 9781430219996

Date: 2009-08-27

Author(s): Keir Thomas, Andy Channelle

Pages: 800

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Droid X: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)

Get the most from your Droid X right away with this entertaining Missing Manual. Veteran tech author Preston Gralla offers a guided tour of every feature, with lots of expert tips and tricks along the way. You'll learn how to use calling and texting features, take and share photos, enjoy streaming music and video, and much more.

Packed with full-color illustrations, this engaging book covers everything from getting started to advanced features and troubleshooting. Unleash the power of Motorola's hot new device with Droid X: The Missing Manual.

• Get organized. Import your contacts and sync with Google Calendar and Microsoft Exchange.
• Go online. Get your phone to act as a portable hotspot or as a modem to get your laptop online.
• Play music. Purchase music from Amazon and sync your Droid X with Windows Media Player and iTunes.
• Shoot photos and video. Edit and share your photos, and use them as desktop or icon images. Record video and share it with your friends.
• Connect to Google Maps. Use geotagging and get turn-by-turn directions.

ISBN: 9781449393861

Date: 2011-02-08

Author(s): Preston Gralla

Pages: 384

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Droid 2: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)

Ready to unleash the Droid 2? This entertaining guide helps you take full command of Motorola’s sleek new device to get online, shop, find locations, keep in touch, and much more. Every page is packed with useful information you can put to work right away, from setup to troubleshooting, with lots of valuable tips and tricks along the way.

• Get organized. Sync your contacts, calendar, and email with your Google Calendar and Outlook accounts.
• Go online. Make your phone a portable hotspot or a modem to get your laptop online.
• Be productive. Use Google docs to create and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Play music. Purchase music from Amazon and sync your Droid 2 with Windows Media Player.
• Capture photos and video. Edit your photos and share everything you shoot—instantly.

ISBN: 9781449301699

Date: 2011-02-09

Author(s): Preston Gralla

Pages: 396

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Digging for Disclosure: Tactics for Protecting Your Firm's Assets from Swindlers, Scammers, and Imposters

Financial crimes and scandals constantly victimize sophisticated companies, investors, executives, and business deal-makers. Whether you’re planning a major investment, a corporate acquisition, or merger, you can’t afford to have it happen to you. In Digging for Disclosure , the leaders of a world-class corporate investigations firm show you exactly how to protect yourself from financial fraud.

 

Kenneth Springer and Joelle Scott draw on decades of experience as investigators working for top clients. They present dozens of stunning stories of real-world financial malfeasance, as well as powerful lessons and techniques for recognizing the signals of fraud, and successfully exposing it. You’ll discover little-known databases for uncovering what corporate criminals don’t want you to know—and how to go beyond the Internet to find crucial information that only exists offline. Springer and Scott show how to “think like a swindler”… track down fraud both before and after a transaction… gather crucial competitive intelligence… find hidden assets such as co-op real estate… uncover foreign criminal convictions… understand a potential borrower’s true financial situation… perform background checks on corporations… even investigate the potential involvement of organized crime.

 

You can’t afford not to know who you’re dealing with. Digging for Disclosure will help you make sure you do—always.

ISBN: 9780131385566

Date: 2010-12-08

Author(s): Kenneth S. Springer, Joelle Scott

Pages: 208

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Fixed Mobile Convergence: Voice Over Wi-Fi, IMS, UMA and Other FMC Enablers (McGraw-Hill Communications Series)

A Practical Guide to the Business and Technology of Fixed Mobile Convergence

Written by telecommunications experts, Fixed Mobile Convergence explains how to consolidate fixed, mobile, wireless, and wireline networks into a seamless environment enabling a uniform converged communication experience. You will learn how to create FMC-based networks, services, and solutions; support advanced technologies such as Voice over Wi-Fi; and converge them with legacy networks. You'll also discover how to develop a phased strategy for effective rollout of FMC multi-mode devices and services, with reliable security and quality of service. The book includes details on integrating next-generation technologies such as near field communication, Bluetooth PAN, WiMax, presence, and unified messaging to create a seamless mobility ecosystem.

• Seamlessly converge fixed, mobile, wireless, and wireline networks
• Understand the "Four Cs" of FMC-cost, coverage, capacity, and convenience
• Understand the technology behind FMC components: fixed, mobile, and convergence
• Overcome converged network deployment and proliferation barriers
• Conform to IETF, 3GPP, and other relevant standards for FMC
• Offer uniform access-independent voice, data, instant communications, and unified messaging services across legacy fixed and mobile networks
• Design and launch scalable FMC solutions using IMS, UMA/GAN, femtocells, VoWi-Fi, VCC, and other enablers
• Add LBS, presence, M-to-M, and other advanced services

ISBN: 9780071486064

Date: 2008-01-14

Author(s): Alex Shneyderman, Alessio Casati

Pages: 272

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Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World (3rd Edition)

Today’s era of economic crisis has sent a powerful message: The age of "mercenary" capitalism is ending. We must finally embark on a new age of sustainable, stakeholder-based capitalism. While enlightened executives and policymakers understand the critical need for change, few have tangible plans for making it happen. In Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World, Third Edition, Stuart L. Hart presents new strategies for identifying sustainable products, technologies, and business models that will drive urgently needed growth and help solve social and environmental problems at the same time.

 

Drawing on his experience consulting with top companies and NGOs worldwide, Hart shows how to craft your optimal sustainability strategy and overcome the limitations of traditional "greening" approaches. In this edition, he presents new and updated case studies from the United States and around the world, demonstrating what’s working and what isn’t. He also guides business leaders in building an organizational "infrastructure for sustainability"--one that can survive budgeting and boardrooms, recharging innovation and growth throughout your enterprise. Discover:

 

·         The new business case for pursuing sustainable capitalism

·         Sustainability strategies that go far beyond environmental sensitivity

·         How to fully embed your enterprise in the local context--and why you should

·         Tactics for making long-term sustainability work in a short-term world

 

ISBN: 9780137042326

Date: 2010-06-25

Author(s): Stuart L. Hart

Pages: 352

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Personal Finance For Seniors For Dummies

The fast and easy way for Baby Boomers to protect their financial future

Are you nearing (or already basking in) retirement? This helpful guide addresses the unique financial opportunities and challenges you'll face as you enter your golden years.

Personal Finance For Seniors For Dummies empowers you to chart your financial course for the decades to come, guiding you through the basics of creating a budget for retirement, investing accrued assets, taking advantage of governmental and nongovernmental benefits and planning for your family's future. You'll get trusted, practical information on reexamining investment strategies and rebalancing a portfolio, long-term care options, pension plans and social security, health care, Medicare, and prescription drug costs, and so much more.

• Advice on how to invest, spend, and protect your wealth
• Guidance on wills and trusts
• Other titles by Tyson: Personal Finance For Dummies, Investing For Dummies, and Home Buying For Dummies

Personal Finance For Seniors For Dummies is basic enough to help novices get their arms around thorny financial issues, while also challenging advanced readers to identify areas for improvement.

ISBN: 9780470548769

Date: 2010-05-03

Author(s): Eric Tyson, Robert C. Carlson

Pages: 456

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Building Powerful and Robust Websites with Drupal 6: Build your own professional blog, forum, portal or community website with Drupal 6

This book updates the bestselling Drupal: Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites released for Drupal 4.7. David Mercer revisits the hugely popular Drupal CMS and expands, concentrates, and upgrades the original book to bring it line with the vastly improved latest version, Drupal 6. This book is for people with little or no experience in website design, people who are not familiar with PHP, MySQL or HTML, and above all people with little to no experience in using Drupal. Even intermediate Drupal users will find this book of interest although it is specifically aimed at pushing beginners up the learning curve.

ISBN: 9781847192974

Date: 2008-04-04

Author(s): David Mercer

Pages: 380

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Oracle Application Express 3.2: The Essentials and More

This book is a practical guide that not only shows you how to do things, but also makes you understand how things really work, so you'll be able to develop your own applications. It uses many screenshots, examples, and real-time "APEX code", some of which is documented for the first time. This book is for developers, in general, and web developers, in particular, who wish to learn how to develop data-centric web applications in the Oracle environment. It is also for novice APEX developers, who wish to learn how to use and best utilize the APEX environment, as well as for more experience APEX developers who wish to improve their knowledge and understanding of APEX and its capabilities, and learn from the experience of others. It assumes basic knowledge of HTML, SQL, and PL/SQL. Basic JavaScript understanding is an advantage, and in general can make your life much easier as an APEX developer.

ISBN: 9781847194527

Date: 2010-06-01

Author(s): Arie Geller, Matthew Lyon

Pages: 644

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Assemble the Social Web with zembly

Use zembly to Create Social Web Applications for: Facebook, Flickr, iPhone, and More!

With zembly you can create mashups and web applications drawing on content from virtually any web site, API call, or data stream. What’s more, zembly makes it as easy to deploy and scale next-generation web applications as it is to build them. Suddenly, the web itself becomes programmable: the browser becomes your development environment, and you can leverage building blocks created by thousands of developers, worldwide.

With extensive contributions from zembly’s creators, Assemble the Social Web with zembly is the first and only official guide to zembly. This book brings together all the knowledge and code you’ll need to build applications for today’s leading Web 2.0 platforms: Facebook, Flickr, Google Maps, iPhone, and more.

The authors begin with a high-level tour of zembly that clearly explains its goals, capabilities, core concepts, and long-term direction. You’ll quickly walk through constructing your first zembly application; then, learn step-by-step how to use zembly with each of today’s most powerful and popular social web platforms.

Coverage includes

• Understanding the new paradigm of social programming
• Building Flickr widgets to generate and display web-based slide shows
• Creating widgets that draw upon Zillow’s enormous real estate database
• Developing mashups that incorporate maps and geographical data from Google Maps
• Integrating with Facebook: from the absolute basics through advanced techniques utilizing the Facebook Data Store Model
• Using Dapper Dapps to create feeds that can capture content from virtually any web site
• Using zembly to simplify and accelerate iPhone web app development

Whether you’re a long-time web professional or a casual developer with a specialized problem to solve, zembly is the tool you’ve been waiting for. One book brings together everything you need to make the most of it: Assemble the Social Web with zembly.



ISBN: 9780137144310

Date: 2008-12-29

Author(s): Gail Anderson, Paul Anderson, Todd Fast, Chris Webster

Pages: 400

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Under Control: Governance Across the Enterprise

With the economic crisis that began in 2008, a long-standing trend toward increased regulation is becoming a flood. The clamor for improved enterprise risk management and the complexity of multinational compliance present executives with a dramatically new array of challenges.

Governance should offer solutions, but it is clear that yesterday’s governance practices aren’t up to the task. In both design and implementation, they are too disconnected and incomplete to fully address our complex compliance and risk management puzzle. Executives get only fragmented views of their true business performance, and inefficiencies drive up costs.

The consequences of inadequate governance were demonstrated in the economic meltdown of 2008. As the world struggles to recover from that crisis, business is now faced with a confusing array of evolving regulations, the challenge of managing compliance across multinational organizations and a new imperative for risk management that is coordinated across the enterprise. It’s clear that yesterday’s governance practices don’t meet today’s need for centralized controls, integrated compliance and risk management and greater transparency. The need for organizations to change—and change now—is clear.

Under Control captures decades of business governance experience from many of the leading authorities at CA, Inc. This book sets out not only to explain the essential challenges of effective business governance, but to help you build solutions for your organization based on lessons learned at CA from its customers and in its own corporate structure.

From governing the organization’s policies as a whole instead of in silos, to a department-by-department look at the role and impact of governance, to governing your green initiatives, to the role of the board of directors, to the importance of risk management, this book lays out some of the strategies and processes that may help your organization manage its risk and regulatory requirements.

It is clear that the governance standards in the past were inadequate, and that risks have not been properly assessed or understood. This book is a first step in solving this problem so that your organization is prepared and able to respond and thrive in today’s rapidly evolving environment.

Under Control is the first book published in the new CAPress imprint, a joint publishing program between Apress and CA Inc.

“One of the defining factors of the first decade of the 21st century has been the increase of regulation and governance. To explain these trends, and the various best practices for ensuring governance, enterprise IT management solutions provider CA Inc. enlisted more than a dozen subject matter experts from its ranks to contribute content. The resulting book explores the need for broad governance, different areas where governance is important, and various ways for organizations to manage and implement compliance, including IT governance, project portfolio management, information governance and sustainability management. The book, while largely vendor-neutral, draws on CA's experience creating governance solutions as well as managing its own governance issues.”
—Aaron Smith, Projects@Work

Table of Contents

1. The Rise of Governance
2. Governance Today
3. Policy Management
4. Risk Management
5. Risk Governance and the Board of Directors
6. Governance of Risk and Compliance
7. IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance
8. Governance and Portfolio Management
9. The Regulatory Environment
10. Governance and Finance
11. Information Governance
12. Governance and Sustainability

ISBN: 9781430215929

Date: 2009-12-28

Author(s): Jacob Lamm, Sumner Blount, Nancy Cooper, Steve Boston, Marc Camm, Robert Cirabisi, Galina Datskovsky, Christopher Fox, Kenneth Handal, William McCracken, John Meyer, Helge Scheil, Alan Srulowitz, Robert Zanella

Pages: 256

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Doing Both: Capturing Today's Profit and Driving Tomorrow's Growth

Innovate for the future or optimize the present? Reach new markets or build existing ones?

 

Don’t choose. Don’t settle. Do both.

 

 In Doing Both: Capturing Today’s Profit and Driving Tomorrow’s Growth, Cisco Senior Vice President Inder Sidhu shows you how. Over the past seven years, Cisco’s Doing Both strategy has doubled revenue, tripled profits, and quadrupled earnings per share. This insider guide reveals how Cisco did it—and how you can, too.

 

Doing Both means approaching every decision as an opportunity to seize, not a sacrifice to endure. It means avoiding false choices, reduced expectations, and weak compromises. It means finding ways to make each option benefit and mutually reinforce the other.

 

Sidhu explains why “doing both” is today’s best growth strategy. Drawing on Cisco’s hard-won insights and the experiences of companies like Procter & Gamble, Whirlpool, and Harley-Davidson, he presents a complete blueprint for “doing both” in your company, through:

 

·    Sustaining and Disruptive Innovation

·    Existing and New Business Models

·    Optimization and Reinvention

·    Satisfied Customers and Gratified Partners

·    Established and Emerging Countries

·    Doing Things Right and Doing What Matters

·    Superstar Performers and Winning Teams

 

ISBN: 9780137083640

Date: 2010-05-27

Author(s): Inder Sidhu

Pages: 224

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Chips, Clones, and Living Beyond 100: How Far Will the Biosciences Take Us?

The key scientific discoveries of the 21st century will emerge from the biosciences. These discoveries will impact our lives in ways we can only now begin to imagine. In this book, two of the field's leading experts help us imagine those impacts. Paul and Joyce A. Schoemaker tour the remarkable field of biosciences as it stands today, and preview the directions and innovations that are most likely to emerge in the coming years. They offer a clear, non-technical overview of crucial current developments that are likely to have enormous impact, and address issues ranging from increased human longevity to global warming, bio-warfare to personalized medicine. Along the way, they illuminate each of the exciting technologies and hot-button issues associated with contemporary biotechnology - including stem cells, cloning, probiotics, DNA microarrays, proteomics, gene therapy, and a whole lot more. The Schoemakers identify emerging economic, political, and technical drivers and obstacles that are likely to powerfully impact the way the biosciences progress. Then, drawing on Paul Schoemaker's unsurpassed experience helping global organizations prepare for the future, the authors sketch multiple long-term scenarios for the biosciences - and reveal how they will impact your health, family, career, society, even the Earth itself.

ISBN: 9780137153855

Date: 2009-09-08

Author(s): Paul J. H. Schoemaker, Joyce A. Schoemaker

Pages: 240

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Professional SQL Server 2000 Database Design

SQL Server 2000 is the latest and most powerful version of Microsoft's data warehousing and relational database management system.

Professional SQL Server 2000 Database Design provides an outline of the techniques that the designer can employ to make effective use of the full range of facilities that SQL Server 2000 offers. It attempts to move away from traditional texts on relational database design by considering design issues from a 'real world' point of view. To that end, it provides a full case study illustrating the scope of the designer's role - right from initial discussions regarding a client's needs, through development of a logical model, to full implementation of the system.

ISBN: 9781861004765

Date: 0000-00-00

Author(s): Louis Davidson

Pages: 600

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IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration

This is a step-by-step manual, with explanation from installation and upgrading, to the development and management of Quickr, to what-to-do-next when you finally have everything set up. It discusses problems that you might face while upgrading to the latest version. The authors show you how to get the most out of the most important features including installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting a clustered environment with Lotus Quickr. This is a step-by-step manual for System Administrators and Business Analysts who need to facilitate the effective and efficient performance of diverse teams in an interconnected world. It can also be read by Management to gain a high-level understanding of the new features and capabilities offered by the product. You don't require any knowledge of IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5. This book will teach you everything you need to know.

ISBN: 9781849680523

Date: 2011-02-17

Author(s): Keith Brooks, David Byrd, Mark Harper, Olusola Omosaiye

Pages: 252

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BlackBerry for Work: Productivity for Professionals

The BlackBerry is cool, and the BlackBerry is fun, but the BlackBerry also means serious business. For those of you who bought your BlackBerry to help get your life organized and free yourself from the ball-and-chain of desktop computing, BlackBerry for Work: Productivity for Professionals is the book to show you how. There are plenty of general-purpose BlackBerry guides, but this book shows you how to complete all the traditional smartphone tasks, like to-dos, calendars, and email, and become even more efficient and productive. You’ll learn mechanisms for developing effective workflows specific to the features of the BlackBerry and also efficient strategies for dealing with the specialized aspects of business and professional lifestyles.

After giving a professionally targeted introduction to the built-in applications and configuration options, this book details the BlackBerry’s enterprise features. This book also delves into App World, the BlackBerry’s source for third-party software. It discusses some of the best business and vertical applications, and shows you how to take advantage of this wealth of add-ons and professional functionality.

• The only business-specific guide to the BlackBerry.
• Improve your productivity with innovative mobile workflows that free you from the desktop.
• Make the BlackBerry work for you so you can work better.

The authors of BlackBerry for Work have decided to direct their share of the proceeds from the book to a charity in India. The Mitr Foundation is a trust founded in the city of Hyderabad, with the objective of contributing its might towards the empowerment of the girl child through education. Somewhere between the elite and the underprivileged lies the core essence of our endeavor. Shikha Gupta has pledged to undertake the responsibility of educating three children.

What you’ll learn

• How to purchase a BlackBerry and configure it specifically for business
• How to integrate built-in BlackBerry platform features into an everyday professional workflow
• How to access enterprise-wide data and computing features
• Specific organizational tips and sample workflows for different types of professions
• How to deploy the BlackBerry platform across groups both large and small
• The secrets of BlackBerry platform customization and personalization

Who this book is for

You have already purchased or are considering purchasing a BlackBerry. You know it’s the most reliable smartphone around, but you actually want to use it to make your professional life more efficient, productive, and lest we forget, fun! The BlackBerry has inherent uses for a broad range of professions, including management, sales, medical/dental, legal, real estate, training and education, human resources, and information technology, so there are many of you (or should I say us?). Some of us are novice mobile device users, and others are highly experienced mobile pros. No matter, because every professional BlackBerry user across this continuum of experience wants to learn to work smarter, better, and more efficiently. This book shows you how to use your BlackBerry to do this.

Table of Contents

1. BlackBerry Models and Purchasing
2. Setting Up Your BlackBerry
3. BlackBerry as a Phone
4. BlackBerry for E-mail
5. BlackBerry for Text and Multimedia Messaging
6. Calendaring on Your BlackBerry
7. Contact Management on Your BlackBerry
8. Web Browsing
9. Exploring Other Built-in BlackBerry Functions
10. BlackBerry as a Modem
11. Google Apps on Your BlackBerry
12. Maps
13. BlackBerry as an iPod
14. Understanding App World
15. General Business Apps

ISBN: 9781430226260

Date: 2010-03-25

Author(s): Kunal Mittal, Shikha Gupta

Pages: 288

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Genealogy Online For Dummies

Researching your genealogy online is like being a kid in a candy store. So many neat things catch your eye that it’s difficult to decide which one to try. That’s where Genealogy Online For Dummies, 5th Edition comes in. This completely practical handbook helps you become a smart, discriminating researcher from the moment you start your investigation.

Unlike other genealogy books, this easy-to-use guide does more than show you how to access and use online resources; it lays out a sensible organized process you can follow to make your research more efficient and achieve your genealogical goal faster. You'll learn how to start your research before you go online, understand traditional methods of genealogy, identify Web sites that will be most helpful to your research, get vital information and statistics from government records, and much, much more Discover how to:

• Use basic online and offline research techniques
• Develop a plan for your research
• Integrate Internet resources to achieve your genealogical goal
• Create Web sites where family members can make contact
• Access domestic records for births, deaths, immigration, and more
• Research ethnic ancestry through international records
• Verify what you find
• Protect your research

Complete with a companion CD-ROM packed with valuable genealogy software, Genealogy Online For Dummies puts you in touch with all of the tools, resources, methods, and know-how you need to make your research into your family history a total success.

Amazon.com Review

The Helms have put together an excellent introductory guide to doing genealogical research online. They've avoided the usual trap of organizing their book by resources, which may be easy for the author but makes it harder on the user. So instead of devoting this chapter to useful Web sites, that chapter to valuable newsgroups, and so forth, they've organized the book in a way closer to the way you'd organize good family research.

They begin with a series of chapters on preparation, including doing initial groundwork, developing a plan, picking the names to begin researching, and locating ancestors geographically. Next, they deal with the means for finding valuable records and then delve into getting the most from your resources. Chapter 8, for example, discusses organizing and presenting your findings, while chapter 9 deals with cooperating with other researchers so that you can all be more effective (and probably make some new friends in the bargain).

As is always the case with a Dummies series book, the Helms present a "Part of Tens" section, in this case four chapters each covering 10 top online genealogical sites, tips for designing your genealogical Web page, sites for beginners, and general tips for "smooth sailing." An enclosed CD-ROM contains nine genealogy programs plus a wide assortment of Internet tools and utilities. --Elizabeth Lewis



ISBN: 9780470240571

Date: 2008-03-17

Author(s): Matthew L. Helm, April Leigh Helm

Pages: 384

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iPad 2: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)

The iPad is an amazing media device, once you really know how to use it. In this entertaining book, New York Times tech columnist and iPad expert Jude Biersdorfer shows you how to get the most out of this sleek tablet to surf the Web, send and receive email, watch movies and TV shows, read eBooks, listen to music, play games, and even do a little iWork. It's the book that should have been in the box.

The important stuff you need to know

• Learn undocumented tips and tricks. Get the lowdown on cool iPad secrets
• Build and play your media library. Fill up your iPad with music, movies, TV shows, eBooks, photos, music videos, audiobooks, and podcasts
• Get online. Connect through Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi+3G—on both GSM and CDMA networks
• Discover state-of-the-art e-reading. Buy and read books and magazines in full color
• Consolidate your email accounts. Read email from your personal and work accounts
• Shop iTunes and the App Store. Navigate Apple's media emporiums, and learn how to get free music, video, books, and apps

ISBN: 9781449301736

Date: 2011-05-03

Author(s): Biersdorfer

Pages: 336

File Name: Oreilly.iPad.2.The.Missing.Manual.2nd.Edition.Apr.2011.rar

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NCLEX-PN Practice Questions Exam Cram (3rd Edition)

CD features 5 practice exams

 

“I studied nothing but your material for two weeks until I felt prepared to take the NCLEX®. Studying your material gave me the confidence I needed to pass!”

—Rayena Thorne, nursing student at Wallace State

 

     •    Covers exactly what you need to know to score higher on your NCLEX-PN® exam.

     •    Includes 1,000 sample test questions to help you determine whether you’re ready to take the actual exam.

     •    Our popular Cram Sheet tearcard helps you remember key concepts and facts.

     •    Use our innovative Quick Check Answer Key System™ to quickly find answers as you work your way through the questions.

 

Written by Leading Nursing Experts!

 

Wilda Rinehart has R.N., B.S.N., M.S.N., F.N.C., and F.P.N.P. degrees. Her experience includes staff nurse in surgery, labor and delivery; public-health nurse; and family-planning nurse practitioner. She also was an instructor of surgical and obstetrical nursing.

 

Diann Sloan has R.N., B.S.N., M.S.N., F.N.C., as well as MS. Ed. and Ph.D. in Education degrees. She has worked as a staff nurse in surgical nursing, pediatrics, and neonatal intensive care and as a pediatric nurse clinician. She has also been an instructor of pediatric and psychiatric nursing.

 

Clara Hurd has R.N. and M.S.N. degrees and is certified in nursing education. She has worked with Pearson as a consultant on item writing. She has 31 years of experience and has worked as a staff nurse in medical-surgical nursing and the surgical intensive care unit. Ms. Hurd has taught in associate and baccalaureate nursing programs.

 

Score Higher on the NCLEX-PN® Exam!

 

The CD features innovative testing software, giving you an effective tool to assess your readiness for the NCLEX-PN® exam. Key features include:

     •    All 1,000 questions in this book are included on the CD

     •    Multiple test modes, questions that simulate an actual PN exam, and detailed answer explanations

 

System Requirements:

     •    Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Vista, or Microsoft Windows 7

     •    Pentium class 1GHz processor (or equivalent)

     •    256MB RAM

     •    30MB Hard Drive Space

 

Category: Test Preparation and Review
Covers: Nursing

 

NCLEX-PN® is a registered trademark of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN), which does not sponsor or endorse this product.

 

 

 

ISBN: 9780789741059

Date: 2011-09-02

Author(s): Wilda Rinehart, Diann Sloan, Clara Hurd

Pages: 384

File Name: Pearson.NCLEX-PN.Practice.Questions.Exam.Cram.3rd.Edition.Aug.2011.rar

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