In today's digital world, images and videos are everywhere, and with the advent of powerful
and affordable computing devices, it has never been easier to create sophisticated imaging
applications. Plentiful software tools and libraries manipulating images and videos are
offered, but for anyone who wishes to develop his/her own...
Drupal is changing the way we create a feature and content-rich website. When I created
my first web-based Content Management System (CMS) website in Drupal, I was amazed
at the power of the Drupal CMS system. It allows me to rapidly create a high quality web
application in a short period of time without sacrificing the application...
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is the W3C standard for the visual
presentation of web pages (although it can be used in other
settings as well). After a short introduction to the key concepts
of CSS, this pocket reference provides an alphabetical reference
to all CSS3 selectors, followed by an alphabetical reference to...
In the five months that I have been researching and writing Cloud Computing Bible, it has become clear to me that most people recognize that cloud computing is a big deal, even if they are not really clear why that is so. Every day newspaper and magazine articles and radio and TV stories report on cloud computing. The phrase “in the...
The Shelly Cashman Series® offers the finest textbooks in computer education. This
Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 book utilizes an innovative step-by-step pedagogy, which
integrates demonstrations of professional-quality programs with in-depth discussions
of programming concepts and techniques and opportunities for hands-on practice...
Building on the first edition of Joomla!: Visual QuickStart Guide, this task-based guide is the perfect tool for those just starting with Joomla, as well as, seasoned professionals who want to know how to use the latest version of the software to its fullest. It shows how to create, customize, and maintain a dynamic Joomla 1.6 website...
Bioinformatics is an emerging field in which statistical and computational techniques
are used extensively to analyze and interpret biological data obtained
from high-throughput genomic technologies. Genomic technologies allow us
to monitor thousands of biological processes going on inside living organisms
in one snapshot, and are...
This is the joint post-proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on High
Performance Computing (ISHPC-VI) and the First International Workshop on
Advanced Low Power Systems 2006 (ALPS2006). The post-proceedings also
contain the papers presented at the Second HPF International Workshop: Experiences
and Progress (HiWEP2005) and the...
The Only Definitive Guide to New State-of-the-Art Techniques in Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Recently, powerful innovations in intrusion detection and prevention have evolved in response to emerging threats and changing business environments....
This book is an annotated version of the C# Language Standard, created by adding around 400
separate annotations to the complete text of the Standard. The Standard was formally adopted
as ISO Standard 23270:2006 in April 2006 and published in August 2006, and adopted as Ecma
International Standard 334 version 4 in June 2006. Microsoft...
Computing continues to become more and more personalized and accessible. Handheld
devices have largely transformed into computing platforms. Mobile phones are no longer
just for talking—they have been capable of carrying data and video for some time. Be it
a phone or a tablet, the mobile device is now so capable of general-purpose...
