Advanced Crime Scene Photography developed over time and out of my
experiences as a crime scene investigator with a large metropolitan police
department. Like any major city, violent crime is prevalent, offering numerous
opportunities to utilize the different skills and techniques learned and
evolved through numerous schools, scene...
An open source content management system (CMS) like WordPress can be a
great resource for anyone who would like to create a blog. It used to be that, to put
content online, you had to manually assemble all the files and develop a fair
amount of technical expertise; but a CMS can automate and significantly simplify
many parts of 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...
Although professionals have always acknowledged the value of networking,
today’s economic climate makes developing a solid network even more critical.
LinkedIn, the leading social networking site for professionals, is the ideal tool for
maximizing the potential of an online network. LinkedIn currently has more than
65 million...
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...
Location-based services (LBS) are nally coming out of research labs and getting
into the hands of nal users. It is fairly common to see cellular carriers
and private companies o ering LBS to locate your children, friends, and sites
of interest, track assets, enhance the security of key personnel, help people
with disabilities use...
On behalf of the PROFES Organizing Committee we are proud to present the
proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Product-Focused Software
Process Improvement (PROFES 2011), held in Torre Canne, Italy. Since 1999
PROFES has grown in the software engineering community and has become a
premium conference that brings together...
Don’t be fooled. Although the .5 might give the impression that Dreamweaver CS5.5 is a point release, it’s anything but. Dreamweaver engineers have packed a stunning amount of new features into this version. To mention just a few, there’s code hinting for the popular jQuery JavaScript library, the ability to see what pages...
Microsoft was committed to making Office for Mac 2011 a significant improvement over previous versions. To that end, the company focused on collaboration, compatibility, and ease of use, and laid out a four-pronged approach:
• Incorporate features from Office 2007 that were not added to Office 2008 for Mac.
Elements of Artificial Neural Networks provides a clearly organized general introduction, focusing on a broad range of algorithms, for students and others who want to use neural networks rather than simply study them.The authors, who have been developing and team teaching the material in a one-semester course over the past six years, describe...
Nearly all the computers sold today have a multi-core processor, but only a small number of applications are written to take advantage of the extra cores. Most programmers are playing catch-up. A recent consultation with a group of senior programming engineers revealed the top three hurdles in adopting parallelism: the challenges of porting...
That was the subtitle for this book that was sadly, but wisely, rejected. However, it conveys two
things about this book that I’ve tried to focus on: getting a job and having fun while learning the
skills you need. Well, as much fun as you can reasonably have while learning how to program.
Although many books aren’t...
