Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual

Anyone still think that Adobe Photoshop Elements is a toy version of the real thing? As the most popular photo-editing program on the market, Photoshop Elements not only has Photoshop's marvelous powers, but also has capabilities the mothership lacks. Eac...

 iWork '05: The Missing Manual

Introduced by Apple in January 2005, iWork '05 is an innovative new suite of document and presentation software that's the same caliber as Apple's groundbreaking digital media applications and that's wholly dedicated to what Mac users like you care about ...

 Hacker's Guide to Project Management

Managing a software development project is a complex process. There are lots of deliverables to produce, standards and procedures to observe, plans and budgets to meet, and different people to manage. Project management doesn't just start and end with des...

  Radar Target Backscattering Simulation Software and User's Manual

Here's a powerful new software package that reconstructs real flight situations and provides a simple and effective way of accumulating the backscattering characteristics of 11 types of aerial targets for both narrow-band and wide-band probing. These char...

 EMF - Eclipse Modeling Framework

The Authoritative Guide to EMF Modeling and Code Generation The Eclipse Modeling Framework enables developers to rapidly construct robust applications based on surprisingly simple models. Now, in this thoroughly revised Second Edition, the project's deve...

 Advances in Communication Control Networks

Series Editors: M. Thoma, M. Morari Series advisory board: A. Bensoussan, P. Fleming, M.J. Grimble, P. Kokotovic, A. B. Kurzhun ski, H. Kwakernaak, J. N. Tsitsiklis This series aims to report new developments in the fields of control and informatio...

 Programming SQL Server 2005 Prepares for Deeper SQL Seerver Waters

SQL Server 2005, Microsoft's next-generation data management and analysis solution, represents a huge leap forward. It comes with a myriad of changes that deliver increased security, scalability, and power--making it the complete data package. Used proper...

 Interaction Design Beyond human-computer interaction 2nd Edition

The classic text, 'Interaction Design' by Sharp, Preece and Rogers is back in a fantastic new 2nd Edition! New to this edition: Completely updated to include new chapters on Interfaces, Data Gathering and Data Analysis and Interpretation, the lates...

 Game Programming Gems 7

The seventh volume of the Game Programming Gems series is the latest volume is this must-have reference series for game developer's. This series helped define the standards for game programming and continues to be the main resource for game programmers se...

  Effective C++ CD 85 specific ways to improve your programs and designs

Now all 85 of Scott Meyers' invaluable C++ rules - and more - are available on one CD! Scott Meyers is an undisputed guru of C++, best known for his incisive guidelines on effective use of the language. This CD includes the complete text of his Effective...

 iPhoto '08 - The Missing Manual

Apple has taken iPhoto 08 to a whole new level. Now, in addition to handling upwards of 250,000 images, the program lets you easily categorize and navigate through those photos with a feature called "Events". Plus, new editing tools let you copy and paste...

 Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows Vista All in One

The new Vista features are there for a reason -- they make Windows easier to use, more intuitive, and far more fun. This book concentrates on those new features and covers only new or existing features that most Windows Vista users want to know and need t...

 Linux in a Nutshell

Over the last few years, Linux has grown both as an operating system and a tool for personal and business use. Simultaneously becoming more user friendly and more powerful as a back-end system, Linux has achieved new plateaus: the newer filesystems have s...

 XAML in a Nutshell A Desktop Quick Reference

When Microsoft releases Windows Vista, the new operating system will support applications that employ graphics now used by computer games--clear, stunning, and active. The cornerstone for building these new user interfaces is XAML ("Zammel"), the XML-base...

 The Shellcoder's Handbook Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes

This much-anticipated revision, written by the ultimate group of top security experts in the world, features 40 percent new content on how to find security holes in any operating system or application New material addresses the many new exploitation te...

 Learning and Generalization With Applications to Neural Networks

How does it differ from first edition? Includes new material on: support vector machines (SVM's), fat shattering dimensions applications to neural network learning, learning with dependent samples generated by beta-mixing process, connections betwee...

 Programming WPF Building Windows UI with Windows Presentation Foundation

If you want to build applications that take full advantage of Windows Vista's new user interface capabilities, you need to learn Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). This new edition, fully updated for the official release of .NET 3.0, is de...

  Microsoft Word 2007 Bible

Make Microsoft's brave new Word work for you Microsoft's Word 2007 rewrites the book on word processing. New to Word? The Word 2007 Bible helps you soar over the hurdles and quickly brings you up to speed. A Word veteran? You'll discover new ways to co...

 Real World Adobe Illustrator 10

Entertaining, up-to-date, and comprehensive, Real World Adobe Illustrator 10 is the definitive, everything-you-need-to-know guide to the world's leading vector-based illustration program. Go under the hood of Illustrator 10 with veteran author Deke McClel...

 Adobe Premiere Pro Classroom in a Book

Move over Final Cut Pro. There's a new king of the digital video editing hill, and it doesn't even work on a Mac (though it may be enough to lure some Mac loyalists over). Eschewing cross-platform support for a focus on speed, features, and a quickness to...

 Learning Java

Version 5.0 of the Java 2 Standard Edition SDK is the most important upgrade since Java first appeared a decade ago. With Java 5.0, you'll not only find substantial changes in the platform, but to the language itself-something that developers of Java took...

  C++ for Game Programmers

C++ for Game Programmers, second edition is a completely updated and expanded edition of this best-selling reference. As with the first edition, the book is not intended to replace foundational C++ books and reference material: instead, it supplements the...

 Quantum Computing

This book is devoted to quantum computing, a new, multidisciplinary research area crossing quantum mechanics, theoretical computer science and mathematics. It contains an introduction to quantum computing as well as the most important recent results on th...

 The Art of Science of Digital Compositing Techniques for Visual Effects, Animation and Motion Graphics

Readership Developers, artists, and creative directors in film and computer graphics special effect, and students in these disciplines. Quotes 17 new case-studies provide in-depth looks at the compositing work done on films such as Chronicles of ...

 Learning Python

Portable, powerful, and a breeze to use, Python is ideal for both standalone programs and scripting applications. With this hands-on book, you can master the fundamentals of the core Python language quickly and efficiently, whether you're new to programmi...

 Patterns in Network Architecture A Return to Fundamentals

Patterns in Network Architecture takes a fresh look at the patterns that appear in the varying protocols used in networks, across all layers and applications. This revolutionary book peels back a new way to view network architectures, avoiding many of the...

 LINQ in Action

LINQ, Language INtegrated Query, is a new extension to the Visual Basic and C# programming languages designed to simplify data queries and database interaction. It addreses O/R mapping issues by making query operations like SQL statements part of the prog...

 Windows Vista for Dummies

Create music CDs and photo DVDs or even watch TV Move your files to a new computer, or get your old PC ready for Vista The thing that's made Windows For Dummies so successful is that it's packed with the basics you need to make Windows work. This ...

 Access 2007 for Dummies

Previous For Dummies guides to Access have sold more than 1.1 million copies in six editions The radically retooled new Access version has a totally new interface, easier interactivity with Excel, and many other new features-which makes this plain-Engl...

 AutoCAD 2008 for Dummies

A gentle, humorous introduction to this fearsomely complex software that helps new users start creating 2D and 3D technical drawings right away Covers the new features and enhancements in the latest AutoCAD version and provides coverage of AutoCAD LT, ...

  Advanced Bryce Creations: Photorealistic 3d Worlds

Bryce is a best-selling program used to create stunning scenes and environments. With every new release, its power is enhanced and expanded. For those who have been using Bryce, this book will push their skills to the next level and help them tap into the...

 Find Gold in Windows Vista

Windows Vista represents a major improvement to Windows--one that's been long in coming. Because of that, many readers will be experienced Windows users who have grown accustomed to doing things a certain way. The new version of Windows will present a cha...

 Instant Asia Fast Forward through the Architecture of a Changing Continent

In recent years Asia has represented, in architectural terms, the idea of boundless potential for new works and resources to give shape to cities of the future. Asia has also attracted great international 'designer' studios as leading players in this epoc...

 Signaling System #7

Maintain and plan signaling networks Fully revised and updated, this is an essential resource for network engineers responsible for the daily maintenance of signaling networks. New coverage of wireless technologies throughout New discussion of SI...

  Programming 32-bit Microcontrollers in C Exploring the PIC32

The new 32-bit microcontrollers bring the promise of more speed and more performance while offering an unprecedented level of compatibility with existing 8 and 16-bit PIC microcontrollers. In sixteen engaging chapters, using a parallel track to his previo...

 Expert Mysql

Since the enormous number of new features made available with MySQL release 5.0, MySQL has been gaining steam as a viable alternative to database behemoths like Oracle and IBM DB2. MySQL users now have the ability to extend MySQL with new SQL commands, op...

 Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional

Visual effects and motion graphics pros of all stripes--from broadcast professionals to VFX supervisors to Web designers who need to produce occasional video segments--will welcome the dramatically accelerated features provided in the brand-new After Effe...

 Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks Microsoft Windows Vista

Updates content to cover all the new features in Vista-including the new interface, new easier-to-navigate folder design, and updated versions of Internet Explorer, Media Player, and MovieMaker Completely redesigned full-color interior for a more sophi...

 Teach Yourself Visually Microsoft Office Excel 2007

This book illustrates the extensive changes in the new version of Excel such as new collaboration tools, an updated Excel Server, list functionality, and information protection as well as a new look with a redesigned UI Step-by-step instructions with p...

 Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit

The NIST estimates that poor testing costs the US economy $60 billion annually. This book gives teams straightforward and proven ways to introduce unit testing into their process, resulting in higher quality and fewer bugs. All over the world, software...