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Programming Visual Basic 2008: Build .NET 3.5 Applications with Microsoft's RAD Tool for Business

O'Reilly, 2008

Ever since Visual Basic was merged into .NET, it's become the core language for creating business applications with Windows. The latest version, VB 2008, is even more useful -- and provides even more incentive for migrating from VB 6. All it lacks is a good book on how to harness its power. Programming Visual Basic 2008 fills the void. Written in a...

CIW: Security Professional Study Guide Exam 1D0-470 (With CD-ROM)

Sybex, 2002

Here’s the book you need to prepare for Exam 1D0-470, CIW Security Professional. This Study Guide provides:

In-depth coverage of official exam objectives

Practical information on security concepts and practices

Hundreds of...

Simply Rails 2

SitePoint Pty Ltd, 2008

Want to learn all about Ruby on Rails 2.0, the web application framework that is inspiring developers around the world?

The second edition of this practical, hands on book will:

show you how to install Ruby on Rails on Windows, Mac, or Linux

walk you, step by step, through the development of a Web 2.0...

The Darkroom Cookbook, Third Edition

Focal Press, 2008

The art of darkroom developing and printing will never go out of style. Master darkroom specialist Steve Anchell is back to prove it in this long-awaited third edition of his enormously successful Darkroom Cookbook. Packed with over 200 "recipes," some common and others rare gems, you'll discover something new every time you open this...

Philip's Atlas of the Universe

Philips, 2005

There are many atlases showing features on the surface of the earth, but this book is the only one (in late 1998, at least) to cover the whole universe. Patrick Moore, who has hosted BBC Radio's popular The Sky at Night program for more than 40 years, gives straightforward, though not simplistic, explanations of astronomical...

How to Photograph the Moon and Planets with Your Digital Camera (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)

Springer, 2006

Buick, an experienced amateur astronomer, uses his own images... to illustrate a variety of equipment... [N]ovice imagers can rest assured that the images here are what the beginner can realistically expect to achieve... I enjoyed this book, and learned from it too....

A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)

Springer, 2006

The Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis provides those with access to even a modest telescope and a CCD camera the background and detailed steps to take part in important astronomical research. Readers learn about the joint projects in which they can take part, as well as the techniques of gathering, analyzing, and then publishing...

Photographic Atlas of the Moon

Cambridge University Press, 2002

'The concept of providing a day-by-day photographic guide for observing Lunar features throughout an entire Lunation, specifically aimed at owners of small telescopes, is excellent ... I recommend the book for those wishing to have a crash course on the Moon's features ...'. Mike Brown, Popular Astronomy

'... it is a splendid guide to...

Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions, Sixth Edition

McGraw-Hill, 2009

The world's bestselling computer security book--fully expanded and updated

"Right now you hold in your hand one of the most successful security books ever written. Rather than being a sideline participant, leverage the valuable insights Hacking Exposed 6 provides to help yourself, your company,...

Observing the Sun with Coronado Telescopes (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)

Springer, 2007

The Sun provides amateur astronomers with one of the few opportunities for daytime astronomy.

In order to see the major features of our nearest star, special telescopes that have a very narrow visible bandwidth are essential. The bandwidth has to be as narrow as 1 × 10^-10 m (1 Angstrom) and centred on the absorption line...

Learning Machine Translation (Neural Information Processing)

MIT Press, 2009

The Internet gives us access to a wealth of information in languages we don't understand. The investigation of automated or semi-automated approaches to translation has become a thriving research field with enormous commercial potential. This volume investigates how machine learning techniques can improve statistical machine translation, currently...

Information Technology and the Networked Economy, Second Edition

Course Technology PTR, 2002

In this text you will explore how information systems are used in business, and, more importantly, how the role of information systems has grown as a result of the telecommunications revolution.

About the Author

Dr. Patrick McKeown has been at the University of Georgia since 1976. He received his...

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