Computers & Internet

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." --Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same qu... More

The woman missing for five years. The Crime Scene Investigator who finds her. And the serial killer who wants them both dead…When Boston CSI Darby McCormick finds a raving and emaciated woman hiding at the scene of a violent kidnap, she runs a DNA search to identify the Jane Doe. The resul... More

This book has written primarily with the undergraduate anddiploma-level student in mind. Each chapter follows a set structure that has been designed toencourage discussion and raise issues for consideration and research. At the endof the book there are additional notes and references to support stud... More

Goodmanagement practice is essential if any public relations department is to be highly valued, productive, cost effective and an asset to the organization. This must involve effective internal and external communication. Running a Public Relations Department is a step-by-step guide to the different... More

Campaigners and pressure groups employ a wide range of aggressive tactics for which most organisations are completely unprepared. These tactics include anything from generating bad publicity and encouraging boycotts to seeking government and legislative intervention. All of these can cause severe da... More

Table of contents TRACK 1: AJAX BASICS Session 1: What is Ajax Session 2: How does it work? Session 3: A look at Ajax Code Session 4: Deep dive into Ajax code TRACK 2: GETTING STARTED Session 5: R... More

Cisco dominates the internetworking hardware market with a more than 80% share of the routers used on the Internet. The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification is the first-tier certification and by far its most popular. Cisco continues to add new questions to the item pool, thus maki... More

In its simplest terms, this book is a step-by-step methodology for designing, developing, and deploying data marts and data warehouses. It shows how dimensional design fits in the overall lifecycle of planning, designing, developing, and deploying data marts and data warehouses. In other words, it c... More

Covers C# 3.0 and Visual Studio 2008 Head First C# is a complete learning experience for object-oriented programming, C#, and the Visual Studio IDE. Built for your brain, this book covers C# 3.0 and Visual Studio 2008, and teaches everything from language fun... More

C++ is a general-purpose, high-level programming language. It is often referred to as a superset of C language since it provides all the features of C along with its own. Designed as a textbook for the students of computer science and information technology, it covers the concepts of both structure... More

Your Brain on Design Patterns You're not alone. At any given moment, somewhere in the world someone struggles with the same software design problems you have. You know you don't want to reinvent the wheel (or worse, a flat tire), so you look to Design Patter... More

ActionScript 3.0 Programming Fundamentals ActionScript 3.0 is a huge upgrade to Flash's programming language. The enhancements to ActionScript's performance, feature set, ease of use, cleanliness, and sophistication are considerable. Essential ActionScript 3.... More

A Brain-Friendly Guide to Html & CSS Tired of reading HTML books that only make sense after you're an expert? Then it's about time you picked up Head First HTML & CSS and really learn HTML. You want to learn HTML so you can finally create those Web pages you'... More

Activate Your Web Pages (Includes Ajax and Dom Scripting) This Fifth Edition is completely revised and expanded to cover JavaScript as it is used in today’s Web 2.0 applications. This book is both an example-driven programmer’s guide and a keep-on-your-de... More

Applied C++ is a practical, straightforward guide to developinghigh-quality, maintainable software. It reflects the power of C++, templates,and the Standard Template Library for industrial-strength programming. The tipsand techniques presented in this book will help students improve their languagean... More

Passing the Sun Certified Web Component Developer Exam Looking to study up for the new J2EE 1.5 Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) exam? This book will get you way up to speed on the technology you'll know it so well, in fact, that you can pass th... More

A Desktop Quick Reference Learning a language--any language--involves a process wherein you learn to rely less and less on instruction and more increasingly on the aspects of the language you've mastered. Whether you're learning French, Java, or C, at some po... More

Your Brain on Java - A Learner's Guide Learning a complex new language is no easy task especially when it s an object-oriented computer programming language like Java. You might think the problem is your brain. It seems to have a mind of its own, a mind that ... More

The Book that should have been in the box. Windows Vista is Microsoft's most important software release in more than a decade. It offers users an abundance of new and upgraded features that were more than five years in the making: a gorgeous, glass-like visua... More