Let Mark Galer guide you through the most powerful photo editing tools and techniques that Elements has to offer! A unique cominbtion of step-by-step projects, movie tutorials and sample images will have you creating stunning images in no time at all. Whether you want to enhance your images for maximum...
A Proven Development Methodology That Delivers On the Promise of Model-Based Approaches
Software continues to become more and more complex, while software consumers’ expectations for performance, reliability, functionality, and speed-to-market are also growing exponentially. H. S. Lahman shows how...
Using a range of very different examples, this beginner's guide will take you through the
most important aspects of GNU Octave. The book starts by introducing how you work with
mathematical objects like vectors and matrices, demonstrating how to perform simple
arithmetic operations on these objects and explaining how to use some of...
Nginx is an open source high-performance web server, which has gained quite some
popularity recently. Due to its modular architecture and small footprint, it has been the default
choice for a lot of smaller Web 2.0 companies to be used as a load-balancing proxy server. It
supports most of the existing backend web protocols such as FCGI,...
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...
The goal of Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition is to provide a real-world understanding
of information systems (ISs) for business and computer science students. Like its predecessor, this
Sixth Edition provides students with a firm foundation in business-related information technology
(IT) on which they can build successful...
This book is intended as an introduction to the design of digital processors that are dedicated to
performing a particular task. It presents a number of general methods and also covers general
purpose architectures such as programmable processors and configurable logic. In fact, the
dedicated digital system might be based on a standard...
Performance problems are rarely "problems" per se. They are more often "crises" during which you’re pressured for results by a manager standing outside your cubicle while your phone rings with queries from the help desk. You won’t have the time for a leisurely perusal of the manuals, nor to lean back and read a...
The Sysinternals Suite is a set of over 70 advanced diagnostic and troubleshooting utilities
for the Microsoft Windows platform written by me—Mark Russinovich—and Bryce Cogswell.
Since Microsoft’s acquisition of Sysinternals in 2006, these utilities have been available for
free download from...
Let's say you have a killer app idea for iPhone and iPad. Where do you begin? Head First iPhone and iPad Development will help you get your first application up and running in no time. You'll not only learn how to design for Apple's devices, you'll also master the iPhone SDK tools -- including Interface...
Every day, out in the various discussion boards devoted to Microsoft SQL Server, the same types of questions come up again and again: Why is this query running slow? Is my index getting used? Why does this query run faster than this query? My response is the same n in each case: have you looked at the execution plan? Execution plans provide a...
The only Photoshop-based book dedicated to photographing and producing images of nature
Award-winning nature photographers Ellen and Josh Anon reveal their secrets to creating stunning nature images using their field-tested methods and the very latest Photoshop techniques. The book is packed with practical workflows and...
