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JDBC API Tutorial and Reference, Third Edition

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 03:04 PM PDT

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The JDBC(TM) API makes it possible to access databases and other data sources from the Java(TM) programming language. This book, which updates and expands previous editions, presents the definitive description of the complete JDBC(TM) 3.0 API. The 3.0 version of the JDBC API incorporates all previous versions and adds new features to round out the technology.

Containing in-depth explanations that go beyond the specification, this third edition is a complete resource that pairs a step-by-step tutorial with a comprehensive reference to all of the JDBC classes and interfaces.

For those new to Java technology, the book includes an introduction to the Java programming language and to SQL. It builds on this basic knowledge to walk you through creating a JDBC application–from setting up a database and establishing a connection to retrieving values from result sets and using prepared statements. In addition, the authors provide many examples along the way that demonstrate how to execute common tasks. It then proceeds to more advanced topics, such as using scrollable and updatable result sets, batch updates, SQL99 data types, custom mapping, pooled connections, distributed transactions, pooled statements, automatically generated keys, savepoints, and more.

You will also find thorough but easy-to-follow explanations of the JDBC metadata interfaces. Example code demonstrates how to use these interfaces to get information about databases, result sets, and parameters to stored procedures.

As a bonus, the book includes a preview of the upcoming standard implementations of rowsets, the technology that lets you handle data from any tabular data source as a JavaBeans(TM) component.

From Array to XADataSource, a useful alphabectical reference provides concise but complete information on every class and interface in the JDBC API. Each entry includes an overview of how the class or interface is used plus a full explanation of its methods and fields.

Other valuable features are a chapter on the mapping between SQL types and types in the Java programming language, an appendix for driver writers, an appendix summarizing the API added in each version of the JDBC API, a glossary, and an index.

Maydene Fisher is a technical writer specializing in object-oriented programming languages. A native of San Jose, California, she has worked on both coasts, documenting complex financial models on Wall Street and various Java technologies in Silicon Valley. Jon Ellis, who has worked with databases for ten years, is the architect for the JDBC 3.0 specification. Currently based in Tokyo, Japan, he is leading several Java Community Process specifications in the wireless space. Jonathan Bruce, a transplant from Ireland, where he worked on the JNDI API, is now based in Santa Clara, California. In addition to working on the JDBC 3.0 API, he has contributed to developing the subset of the JDBC API for mobile devices and the standard implementations for rowsets.
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The Economist 2009-04-04

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 02:45 PM PDT

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Welcome to the audio edition of The Economist, the authoritative weekly newspaper covering world politics, business, finance, science and technology. The audio edition contains word-for-word recordings of almost all articles published in the The Economist read by professional newsreaders and actors.

Each audio edition is available for download on the same day of publication (every Friday), and contains separate files of each article allowing you to easily browse through each edition. The audio edition is presented in the same order as the printed edition so you can simply scroll through to your favourite section or find articles you may have seen and want to listen to later.

Downloaded audio files are in zipped MP3 format and will need to be extracted using WinZip before you can listen to them. Once downloaded, you can listen from your computer or upload into a portable audio device.

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TheEconomist 2008-11-08

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 02:44 PM PDT

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Welcome to the audio edition of The Economist, the authoritative weekly newspaper covering world politics, business, finance, science and technology. The audio edition contains word-for-word recordings of almost all articles published in the The Economist read by professional newsreaders and actors.

Each audio edition is available for download on the same day of publication (every Friday), and contains separate files of each article allowing you to easily browse through each edition. The audio edition is presented in the same order as the printed edition so you can simply scroll through to your favourite section or find articles you may have seen and want to listen to later.

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An Introduction to Windows Server 2008 Server

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 02:43 PM PDT

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Introduction

Server is a new installation option that was introduced in Windows Server 2008. It provides the ability to install and configure a trimmed-down version of Windows Server 2008 which is designed to perform only certain server tasks.

There are a number of benefits of a Server Core installation, including:

* Reduced Attack Surface
* Reduced Management and Maintenance
* Reduced OS Overhead

That being said, the lack of the familiar Windows user interface can make managing a Server Core installation rather intimidating. This series of articles will introduce Windows Server 2008 Server Core and walk you through the steps needed to get your very own Server Core instance up and running.
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JOOMLa VIDEO TUTORIALS

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 02:38 PM PDT

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LearN to use the Latest Sensation Of Modern WEB-DESIGNIng JOOMLA……………in 10 Easy steps

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VTC Video Course on Ubuntu Linux by charles Griffin

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 02:37 PM PDT

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VTC Video Course on
Ubuntu Linux 2007
by
Charles Griffin

Ubuntu Linux is a free, general-purpose operating system for the PC desktop that often rivals Microsoft Windows and Macintosh OS for ease of use, security, and freedom from restrictions. Since its founding a few years ago, Ubuntu Linux has become extremely popular and has helped popularize free and open source software. This step-by-step beginner’s course to Ubuntu Linux is designed to guide a user with no previous linux experience. This course, presented by VTC author Chess Griffin, also the host of “Linux Reality,” a popular podcast for new Linux users, starts at the absolute beginning. Including an explanation of what Linux is, how to obtain a free copy of Ubuntu Linux, and how to boot the “live” CD to test Ubuntu Linux. You will learn configuration, customization, adding software to the system, working with the desktop environment, as well as the many included programs and features of Ubuntu Linux.

Introduction

* About this course
* About Linux & Free Software
* About Ubuntu Linux
* Where to Go for Help

Ubuntu Linux

* How to Obtain Ubuntu Linux
* Downloading Ubuntu Linux Live CD
* Checking MD5 Sum & Burning to CDRom

Booting LiveCD

* Initial Boot Menu
* Default Desktop Environment - GNOME
* Examples Folder
* Preinstallation Steps
* Install LiveCD Pt.1
* Install LiveCD Pt.2

Booting Ubuntu Linux & The GNOME Desktop

* Initial Boot & Login Screen
* Exploring the GNOME Desktop
* Virtual Desktops

Nautilus File Manager

* File Manager Basics
* The Home Directory
* Emblems, Right Click Menus, Drag & Drop
* Nautilus Special Locations
* Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Pt.1
* Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Pt.2
* Drives, Case Sensitivity, & Permissions

Customization

* Changing the Background
* Changing Themes, Adding New Elements
* Creating Your Own Theme Pt.1
* Creating Your Own Theme Pt.2
* Customizing Panels & Applets
* Changing Font Preferences

Menu Detail

* Applications Menu
* Places Menu Pt.1
* Places Menu Pt.2
* System Menu

Configuration Tools

* System/Preferences Menu Pt.1
* System/Preferences Menu Pt.2
* System/Preferences Menu Pt.3
* System/Preferences Menu Pt.4
* System/Preferences Menu Pt.5
* System/Administration Menu Pt.1
* System/Administration Menu Pt.2

Mutimedia Applications

* Legal Issues
* Audio Applications
* Video, Photo, & Image Editing Applications

Productivity Applications

* OpenOffice.org Overview
* OpenOffice.org Writer & Calc Pt.1
* OpenOffice.org Writer & Calc Pt.2
* OpenOffice.org Base & Impress
* Evolution

Adding New Software

* Add/Remove Software Application
* Software Sources
* Synaptic Package Manager
* Easy Ubuntu & Automatix

Introduction to the Terminal

* Gnome Terminal Application
* Basic Commands Pt.1
* Basic Commands Pt.2
* Applications, System Logs & Apt-Get Pt.1
* Applications, System Logs & Apt-Get Pt.2
* Using Text Editors Pt.1
* Using Text Editors Pt.2

Windows Applications in Linux

* WINE Project
* Crossover Office & Cedega

Conclusion

* Concluding Thoughts

Credits

* About the Author

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CCNA Discovery CCENT 640-822 640-816 Official Training Mater

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 02:36 PM PDT

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The Cisco CCNA Discovery curriculum provides foundational networking knowledge, practical experience, opportunities for career exploration, and soft-skills development to help students prepare for entry-level careers in IT and networking. The curriculum offers a hands-on approach to learning, and uses interactive tools and easy-to-follow labs to help students learn the general theory needed to build networks.

CCNA Discovery is designed to be offered as an independent, standalone curriculum or combined with programs offered by secondary schools, technical schools, colleges, and universities. Students who enroll in CCNA Discovery are not expected to have any previous technical skills or knowledge, aside from basic PC skills.

CCNA Discovery course comprises of four modules

* Networking for Home and Small Businesses
* Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP
* Introducing Routing and Switching in the Enterprise
* Designing and Supporting Computer Networks
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Dreaming in Code

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 06:21 AM PDT

Dreaming in Code

Dreaming in Code

In the 80s, Tracy Kidder’s The Soul of a New Machine attempted to define the story of the development of a minicomputer: from the new science to the business and nascent culture of electronic hardware and software that was characteristic of that time. Scott Rosenberg’s Dreaming in Code draws on Kidder’s model as it attempts to document the state of software, the Internet, and everything circa 2006 through the lens of Chandler, an as-yet-unfinished software application for the management of personal information.

The Chandler project–driven by Mitch Kapor, the founder of Lotus Development and main author of its 1-2-3 spreadsheet, and later co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation–isn’t the primary point of Dreaming in Code, though reading about software people and their social behavior is at least as interesting as reading about that of meerkats or monkeys. Rather, Chandler is a rhetorical device with which Rosenberg takes on the big questions: How do software development teams work (or not)? Why does the reuse of software modules rarely work altogether correctly? Does open-source development by volunteers on the Internet lead to innovation or just insanely bifurcated chaos? Chandler helps his readers think more clearly about all of these issues; however, “answers” to these questions are, of course, not to be had, which is one of his points.

The problem with books about technical subjects that aspire to appeal to a general audience, particularly computers and software, is that such subjects are so far outside the realm of familiarity of most people that the prose bogs down in analogy and metaphor. Rosenberg manages to avoid too much of that and deliver a readable account of software development and culture. –David Wall

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Data Science and Classification

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 06:19 AM PDT

Data Science and Classification

Data Science and Classification

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This volume provides new methodological developments in data analysis and classification. A wide range of topics is covered that includes the measurement of similarity and dissimilarity, methods for classification and clustering, network and graph analyses, analysis of symbolic data, and web mining. Apart from structural and theoretical results the book shows how to apply the proposed to a variety of problems, for example in medicine, microarray analysis, social network structures, and music. The combination of new methodological advances with the wide range of real applications collected in this volume is of special value for researchers when choosing the appropriate among newly developed analytical tools for their research problems in classification and data analysis.

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SQL Server 2005 Bible

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SQL Server 2005 Bible

SQL Server 2005 Bible

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Use this comprehensive tutorial and reference to increase productivity and write stored procedures using the language with which you’re most familiar. The revised content covers new features such as XML integration, Web services, the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), and security updates, making this book a must for any developer or database administrator transitioning to the new version of SQL Server. You’ll learn to develop SQL Server database and data connections, administer SQL Server, and keep databases performing at their peak. In addition, you’ll find dozens of specific examples in both a graphical format and as SQL code as well as numerous best practices describing the most effective way to accomplish a given task. A companion Web site provides all of the code examples found in the book.

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