This book is complete: my checklists and FileMaker databases have cross-indexed features, preferences, and the applications that ship with Mac OS X, to make certain that everything shows up somewhere in the book. It has been revised against the second update—Mac OS X 10.0.2. We have tried to include screen shots of almost every feature,...

This training kit is designed for information technology (IT) professionals who support or plan to support Windows Server 2008 R2 networks and who also plan to take the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) 70-643 exam. It is assumed that before you begin using this kit, you have a solid, foundation-level understanding of Windows...

This book is about plugins for JIRA, the popular issue tracker from Atlassian. An issue tracker lets people collaborate better when there are things to be done. You can use an issue tracker for everything from tracking bugs in software, to customer support requests, and beyond. Plugins extend what JIRA can do and can be developed...

In order to reduce the complexity of designing and building computers, nearly all of these are made to execute relatively simple commands (but do so very quickly). A program for a computer must be built by combining these very simple commands into a program in what is called machine language. Since this is a tedious and errorprone...

MAXON understands that making a transition into 3D graphics and animation can be a daunting proposition for artists already pressed for time keeping up with the ever evolving progression of more traditional graphics technology. With that in mind, they have crafted CINEMA 4D, a software that is intuitive yet amazingly powerful. Using...

This training kit is designed for server and domain administrators who have two to three years of experience managing Windows servers and infrastructure in an environment that typically supports 250 to 5,000 (or even more) users in three or more physical locations and has three or more domain controllers. You will likely be responsible...

Written in a cookbook style, this book offers solutions using a recipe-based approach. Each recipe contains step-by-step instructions followed by an analysis of what was done in each task and other useful information. This Cookbook is targeted towards those with at least a basic understanding of the Flash Builder IDE and the Flex framework....

Are you ready to learn how to program a computer? You'll do just that in this book. PROGRAMMING LIKE A PRO FOR TEENS is written in a friendly, unassuming voice that makes it possible for you to master the ideas and concepts that professionals use for programming every day. You learn algorithmic thinking and problem-solving in addition to...

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I was first exposed to what would become the Internet way back in 1969, while I was still an undergraduate at Brandeis University working on ARPANet, the forerunner to the present Internet, which operated at the then blazing speed of 2,400 bps, ultimately increased to 50 Kbps (see http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/). I...

On behalf of the Program Committee, it is our pleasure to present to you the proceedings of the 8th Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware & Vulnerability Assessment (DIMVA 2011). Each year DIMVA brings together international experts from academia, industry and government to present and discuss novel security research....

Every organization, no matter what the business involved, to achieve efficiency needs efficient people working for them. For a long time now, operating systems and applications have represented important tools in the work of these people and organizations. And if we are not capable of providing users with the proper tools, gaining an...