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iPhone Advanced Projects

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:23 PM PST

iPhone Advanced Projects

iPhone Advanced Projects

Product Description

As the fourth book in our series of iPhone Projects based on the work and experiences of iPhone, this volume takes on the more advanced aspects of iPhone development. The first generation of iPhone applications has hit the App Store, and now it’s time to optimize performance, streamline the user interface, and make every successful iPhone app just that much more sophisticated.

Paired with Apress’s bestselling Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK, you’ll have everything you need to create the next great iPhone app that everyone is talking about.

  • Optimize performance.
  • Streamline your user interface.
  • Do things with your iPhone app that other developers haven’t attempted.

Along with Series Editor Dave Mark, your guides for this exploration of the next level of iPhone development, include:

  • Ben "Panda" Smith, discussing particle systems using OpenGL ES
  • Joachim Bondo , demonstrating his implementation of correspondence gaming in the most recent version of his chess application, Deep Green.
  • Tom Harrington implementing streaming audio with Core Audio, one of many iPhone OS 3 APIs.
  • Owen Goss debugging those pesky errors in your iPhone code with an eye toward achieving professional-strength results.
  • Dylan Bruzenak building a data-driven application with SQLite.
  • Ray Kiddy illustrating the full application development life cycle with Core Data.
  • Steve Finkelstein marrying an offline eMail client to Core Data.
  • Peter Honeder and Florian Pflug tackling the challenges of networked applications in WiFi environments.
  • Jonathan Saggau improving interface responsiveness with some of his personal tips and tricks, including "blocks" and other esoteric techniques.
  • Joe Pezzillo pushing the frontiers of APNS, the new in iPhone OS 3 Apple Push Notification Service that makes the Cloud the limit for iPhone apps.
  • Noel Llopis taking mere programmers into a really advanced developmental adventure into the world of Environment Mapping with OpenGL ES.

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Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:22 PM PST

Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring

Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring

Product Description

Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring is your complete guide to planning, using, deploying, and maintaining database mirroring as a high-availability option. Mirroring protects you by maintaining one or more duplicate copies of your database for use in the event the primary copy is damaged. It is a key component of any production-level, high-availability solution. This book covers the full spectrum of database mirroring, taking you from the planning phase through the implementation to the maintenance phase and beyond.

  • Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions for beginner and intermediate users
  • In-depth, detailed information for advanced and expert users
  • Covers all phases of database mirroring from planning to sustained maintenance

What you’ll learn

  • Plan effectively for database mirroring. Learn what questions to ask and what problems to anticipate
  • Get step-by-step instructions on how to set up database mirroring
  • Automate the initial setup and the ongoing maintenance of mirrored databases
  • Monitor database mirroring, detect failures, and generate automated alerts
  • Build a system that automatically responds to and fixes common problems
  • Build in support for the missing facets of database mirroring, such as support for cross-database dependencies
  • Define groups of databases that all fail over together to their mirrors when just one of those databases fails
  • Create operational processes so that even nontechnical staff can manage mirrored databases

Who is this book for?

General audience: Pro SQL Server 2008 Database Mirroring is aimed at SQL Server 2008 database administrators, and especially those who desire to mirror their databases in support of high availability. System administrators and operational engineers who manage Windows Server systems that support mirrored database environments will also find much in the book of interest.

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Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:21 PM PST

Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell

Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell

Product Description

The bash shell is a complete programming language, not merely a glue to combine external Linux commands. By taking full advantage of shell internals, shell programs can perform as snappily as utilities written in C or other compiled languages. And you will see how, without assuming Unix lore, you can write professional bash 4.0 programs through standard programming techniques.

  • Complete bash coverage
  • Teaches bash as a programming language
  • Helps you master bash 4.0 features

What you'll learn

  • Use the shell to write new utilities and accomplish most programming tasks.
  • Use shell parameter expansion to replace many external commands, making scripts very fast.
  • Learn to avoid many common mistakes that cause scripts to fail.
  • Learn how bash's readline and history libraries can save typing when getting user input.
  • Learn to use the new bash 4.0 features.
  • Build shell scripts that get information from the Web.

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iPhone for Work: Increasing Productivity for Busy Professionals

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:18 PM PST

iPhone for Work: Increasing Productivity for Busy Professionals

iPhone for Work: Increasing Productivity for Busy Professionals

Product Description

The iPhone is cool, and the iPhone is fun, but the iPhone also means serious business. For those of you who bought your iPhones to help get your lives organized and free yourselves from the ball and chain of desktop computing, iPhone at Work: Productivity for Professionals is the book to show you how.

There are plenty of general-purpose iPhone guides, but iPhone at Work: Productivity for Professionals shows you how to complete all the traditional smartphone tasks, like to-do lists, calendars, and e-mail, and become much more efficient and productive at work. You’ll learn mechanisms for developing effective workflows specific to the features of the iPhone and also efficient strategies for dealing with the specialized aspects of business and professional lifestyles.

From the introduction and throughout the book, author Ryan Faas targets professional users of the iPhone. You’ll tour the built-in applications and configuration options, always with work and productivity in mind, and discover all of the enterprise features of the iPhone, learning how to configure and use each one.

Then discover the App Store: source of all third-party software. There’s something a bit daunting about the dominance of games and frivolous apps on the best-seller lists, but there are serious business and vertical applications also available, and you’ll learn about some of the best and how to take advantage of this wealth of add-on and very professional functionality.

And for those administrators with the special job of deploying lots of new iPhones across the enterprise, this book concludes with two appendixes that provide information and resources for companies. The first is intended for organizations looking to perform larger-scale iPhone or iPod touch deployments complete with device management. The second is geared for those companies that wish to develop an iPhone platform–oriented infrastructure through the use of customized in-house applications and iPhone/iPod touch–specific web services.

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Fedora 11 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:17 PM PST

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Fedora 11 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible

Fedora 11 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible

The leading Fedora book-over a quarter of a million copies sold of previous editions!

What better way to learn Fedora 11 than with the leading Fedora book from the best-selling Linux author, Christopher Negus with Eric Foster Johnson? Whether you’re new to Linux or an advanced user, this power-packed guide is loaded with what you need. Install, run, and manage the latest version of Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux-then polish your system administration skills and get up to speed on the very latest in networking, desktop, and server enhancements.

Master the Linux shell, file system, and text editor; how to set up users and automate system tasks; and much more in over a thousand pages of step-by-step instruction. Boot the full DVD of Fedora 11, including almost all binary code packages, or do a Live Install of the CD for rescuing, troubleshooting, or installing Fedora.

  • Fedora is a free, open source Linux operating system sponsored by Red Hat as an open source community project; the technological innovations from the Fedora Project are then implemented in Red Hat’s commercial offering, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Covers step-by-step instructions for making Linux installation simple and painless; how to take advantage of the desktop interface (including coverage of AIGLX); and how to use the Linux shell, file system, and text editor
  • Also covers setting up users; automating system tasks; backing up and restoring files; dealing with the latest security issues and threats; using and customizing the desktop menus, icons, window manager, and xterm; and how to create and publish formatted documents with Linux applications
  • The DVD and CD that come with the book include Fedora Linux 11 and an official Fedora 11 LiveCD (bootable and installable)

This is the book you need to succeed with Fedora 11 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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The Bento Book: Beauty and Simplicity in Digital Organization

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:16 PM PST

The Bento Book: Beauty and Simplicity in Digital Organization

The Bento Book: Beauty and Simplicity in Digital Organization

Product Description

Find everything fast…from iCal, Address Book, Apple Mail, even MobileMe and iPhone

•    Use Bento's stunning templates and themes

•    Master Smart Collections and other advanced features

•    Keep a nature/garden log

•    Manage projects

•    Create storyboards

•    And more…much more

Bento is the best way to organize your life.

Your contacts, events, tasks, projects, stuff, everything.

This book makes Bento even better. (And even easier.)

Learn how to use everything that's built into Bento…and extend Bento
to do even more.

Quick. Elegant. Smart. And 100% Mac.

That's Bento. And that's the Bento Book.

Bento 2 adds new features.

Find out what's new and how to use hot relations, export
and import Bento libraries, and use new view features.

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Handbook of Research on Social Dimensions of Semantic Technologies and Web Services

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:15 PM PST

Handbook of Research on Social Dimensions of Semantic Technologies and Web Services

Handbook of Research on Social Dimensions of Semantic Technologies and Web Services

Product Description

The impact of IT on society, organizations, and individuals is growing as the power of the Web harnesses collective intelligence and knowledge. The Handbook of Research on Social Dimensions of Semantic Technologies and Web Services discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends related to this new technology, transforming the way we use information and knowledge. This Handbook of Research is an excellent resource for researchers, academicians, and professionals with an interest in these significant technologies.

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Windows 7 Secrets

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:13 PM PST

Windows 7 Secrets

Windows 7 Secrets

Product Description

Tips, tricks, treats, and secrets revealed on the latest operating system from Microsoft: Windows 7

You already know the ups and downs of Windows Vista-now it’s time to learn the ins and outs of Windows 7! Internationally recognized Windows experts, Microsoft insiders, and authors Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera cut through the hype to pull away the curtain and reveal useful information not found anywhere else. Regardless of your level of knowledge, you’ll discover little-known facts on how things work, what’s new and different, and how you can modify Windows 7 to meet your own specific needs.

A witty, conversational tone tells you what you need to know to go from Windows user to Windows expert and doesn’t waste time with basic computer topics while point-by-point comparisons demonstrate the difference between Windows 7 features and functionality to those in Windows XP and Vista.

  • Windows 7 is the exciting update to Microsoft’s operating system
  • Authors are internationally known Windows experts and Microsoft insiders
  • Exposes tips, tricks, and secrets on the new features and functionality of Windows 7
  • Reveals best practices for customizing the system to work for you
  • Investigates the differences between Windows 7 and previous versions of Windows

No need to whisper! Window 7 Secrets is the ultimate insider’s guide to Microsoft’s most exciting Windows version in years.

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Complex Valued Nonlinear Adaptive Filters: Noncircularity, Widely Linear and Neural Models

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:11 PM PST

Complex Valued Nonlinear Adaptive Filters: Noncircularity, Widely Linear and Neural Models

Complex Valued Nonlinear Adaptive Filters: Noncircularity, Widely Linear and Neural Models

Product Description

This book was written in response to the growing demand for a text that provides a unified treatment of linear and nonlinear complex valued adaptive filters, and methods for the processing of general complex signals (circular and noncircular). [More...] It brings together adaptive filtering algorithms for feedforward (transversal) and feedback architectures and the recent developments in the statistics of complex variable, under the powerful frameworks of CR (Wirtinger) calculus and augmented complex statistics. This offers a number of theoretical performance gains, which is illustrated on both stochastic gradient algorithms, such as the augmented complex least mean square (ACLMS), and those based on Kalman filters. This work is supported by a number of simulations using synthetic and real world data, including the noncircular and intermittent radar and wind signals.

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Dreamweaver CS4 Bible

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:07 PM PST

Dreamweaver CS4 Bible

Dreamweaver CS4 Bible

Product Description

Packed with more than one thousand pages of hands-on instruction and step-by-step tutorials, the bestseller returns with everything you need to know to harness the power of Dreamweaver CS4. This comprehensive resource guides you through the ins and outs of Dreamweaver CS4 so you can quickly get started building dynamic, data-driven sites. The book demonstrates building interactive forms; creating client-side image maps; connecting to a live database; working with layers, style sheets, and dynamic HTML; inserting, deleting, and updating data from Web pages; designing with templates; and integrating with Photoshop, Bridge, Flex, Fireworks, and Cold Fusion, as well as CSS and Ajax.

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