AS WE WRITE THIS, it has been several years since we penned the first edition
of The Official Ubuntu Book. Over that time, we have seen Ubuntu continue
its explosive growth. Updating this book drives this fact home in striking
ways. For example, the number of users and posts in the Ubuntu Forums
has nearly doubled since the last...
The term photorealistic is thrown around a lot and is often undefined. Although it seems obvious—photorealistic means something looks like a photo—the word requires a greater explanation. There are many facets to photorealism. This is true because as a CG artist, you have control over everything. Achieving 100 percent realism...
It's taken a few years, but mobile and devices are finally hot. How hot? Like biting into a
freshly ripe, raw, Habanero chili kind-a-HOT. Can you taste the virtual heat on your virtual
tongue yet?
Yowza! The point I'm trying to get across is this. The broader mobile and device industry
has finally gone mainstream. Why...
"The first step in securing the Smart Grid is to fully understand the threat landscape. This book provides both a timely and relevant overview of the subject - a must-read for anyone responsible for securing the grid as well as consumers looking to implement the technology!."-- Dr. Patrick Engebretson, Assistant Professor of...
I can tell you how much I enjoy being a geek. I can tell you how fascinated I was with
the punch-cards my dad showed me back in 1985. I can tell you how I got my first computer
when I was seven. And I can tell you that I’ve loved programming since 1989. I can
tell you a great many things about all that, but I’m not sure how...
Google AdWords is a huge opportunity for businesses and other organizations
to improve their results from Google search, to increase sales, to try
out new business ideas, and in general to make the Web friendlier.
However, it’s also a way to spend money without realizing much return.
Helping you to use AdWords effectively from...
Did you ever imagine yourself writing a computer game and being able to make money selling it? With Apple’s iTunes App Store and the accompanying mobile devices iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, it’s now easier than ever. Of course, that doesn’t mean it’s easy— there’s still a lot to learn about game...
The stats tell us that people are switching from Windows to the Mac in record numbers,
but those stats don’t tell us why. Perhaps it’s because Windows users
would like to actually enjoy using a computer for a change. Perhaps it’s because Macs just work:
you take them out of the box, plug them in, and within minutes...
Cucumber is a friendly tool. It wants to be part of your team, and it doesn’t mind being the nitpicky nerd who can remember every single little detail about what your system can and can’t do. Every team needs someone like that. Even better than that, Cucumber will volunteer to do all the boring repetitive checks that you need to...
Back in 1995, the central computing services at Cambridge University were running
a variety of mail transfer agents, including Sendmail, Smail 3, and PP. Some
years before, I had converted the systems whose mail I managed from Sendmail to
Smail to make it easier to handle the special requir ements of the early 1990s...
This book presents current methods for dealing with software reliability, illustrating the advantages and disadvantages of each method. The description of the techniques is intended for a non-expert audience with some minimal technical background. It also describes some advanced techniques, aimed at researchers and practitioners in software...
People use databases to organize and to manage their data. Oracle Database is the leader
in the relational database management systems market, with a broad adoption in many
industries. Using the best tool is not enough to be sure that the results of our efforts will be
satisfactory—driving the fastest car in a Formula 1...
