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Publisher: Peachpit Press
Author: Larry Magid, Anne Collier
ISBN: 0321480198
Release Date: 22 August 2006

eBook Description
Do you know what your children are up to on MySpace? MySpace Unraveled: What it is and how to use it safely discusses the booming MySpace social-networking phenomenon and shows you exactly what you need know about MySpace and how to create a safe online experience for your kids. Written by Larry Magid and Anne Collier of Family Tech Talk, this short and extremely useful guide discusses what children are doing on social-networking Web sites and why they have become so popular. While other books on this subject discuss how to use social networking sites, this is the first guide to address the topics important to parents. With this book, parents will learn:

• The basics of online social networking.
• How children are using MySpace.
• Positive and negative aspects of social networking Web sites.
• Internet safety for kids.
• How to communicate with children about what they are doing online.
• What parental controls are available and how to use them

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MySpace Unraveled: What it is and how to use it safely

Publisher: O’Reilly
Author: Jeffrey Friedl
ISBN: 0596528124
Release Date: 08 August 2006

eBook Description
Regular expressions are a central element of UNIX utilities like egrep and programming languages such as Perl. But whether you’re a UNIX user or not, you can benefit from a better understanding of regular expressions since they work with applications ranging from validating data-entry fields to manipulating information in multimegabyte text files. Mastering Regular Expressions quickly covers the basics of regular-expression syntax, then delves into the mechanics of expression-processing, common pitfalls, performance issues, and implementation-specific differences. Written in an engaging style and sprinkled with solutions to complex real-world problems, Mastering Regular Expressions offers a wealth information that you can put to immediate use.

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Mastering Regular Expressions, Third Edition

Publisher: For Dummies
Author: Steve Ph.D. Holzner
ISBN: 0471798541
Release Date: 08 May 2006

eBook Description
There’s a pattern here, and here’s how to use it!

Find out how the 23 leading design patterns can save you time and trouble

Ever feel as if you’ve solved this programming problem before? You — or someone — probably did, and that’s why there’s a design pattern to help this time around. This book shows you how (and when) to use the famous patterns developed by the “Gang of Four,” plus some new ones, all designed to make your programming life easier.

Discover how to:

• Simplify the programming process with design patterns
• Make the most of the Decorator, Factory, and Adapter patterns
• Identify which pattern applies
• Reduce the amount of code needed for a task
• Create your own patterns

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Design Patterns For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Publisher: Cisco Press
Author: Duane De Capite
ISBN: 1587052539
Release Date: 31 August 2006

eBook Description
Protect your network with self-regulating network security solutions that combat both internal and external threats.

• Provides an overview of the security components used to design proactive network security
• Helps network security professionals understand what the latest tools and techniques can do and how they interact
• Presents detailed information on how to use integrated management to increase security
• Includes a design guide with step-by-step implementation instructions

Self-Defending Networks: The Next Generation of Network Security helps networking professionals understand how to deploy an end-to-end, integrated network security solution. It presents a clear view of the various components that can be used throughout the network to not only monitor traffic but to allow the network itself to become more proactive in preventing and mitigating network attacks. This security primer provides unique insight into the entire range of Cisco security solutions, showing what each element is capable of doing and how all of the pieces work together to form an end-to-end Self-Defending Network. While other books tend to focus on individual security components, providing in-depth configuration guidelines for various devices and technologies, Self-Defending Networks instead presents a high-level overview of the entire range of technologies and techniques that comprise the latest thinking in proactive network security defenses. This book arms network security professionals with the latest information on the comprehensive suite of Cisco security tools and techniques. Network Admission Control, Network Infection Containment, Dynamic Attack Mitigation, DDoS Mitigation, Host Intrusion Prevention, and Integrated Security Management are all covered, providing the most complete overview of various security systems. It focuses on leveraging integrated management, rather than including a device-by-device manual to implement self-defending networks.

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Self-Defending Networks: The Next Generation of Network Security

Publisher: Microsoft Press
Author: Anthony Steven
ISBN: 0735622868
Release Date: 17 May 2006

eBook Description
Announcing an all-new MCSA/MCSE Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on Exam 70-294, a core exam for the new Windows Server 2003 certification. This kit packs the tools and features that exam candidates want mostincluding in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and a robust testing suite. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for skills and expertise that you can apply to the job. Focusing on Windows Server 2003 Active Directory infrastructure, this official study guide covers topics such as planning, implementing, maintaining, and troubleshooting Active Directory infrastructure; planning user, computer, and group strategies; and more.

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MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-294): Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure, Second Edition

Publisher: Peachpit Press
Author: Nolan Hester
ISBN: 032139674X
Release Date: 13 June 2006

eBook Description
Need to learn FileMaker Pro fast? Try a Visual QuickStart Guide!

If you’ve recently upgraded to FileMaker Pro 8, teach yourself this powerful database software the quick and easy way! Using pictures rather than lengthy explanations, this Visual QuickStart Guide takes you from working with records and files to creating and designing databases, printing and networking with FileMaker, and Web publishing with FileMaker in no time. Step-by-step tasks show you how to use new features like PDF and Excel makers; fast match, fast send, layout alignment, email merge, and table import tools; and popular features like digital image management to organize digital photos with minimal effort and XML support to easily share and integrate data with other applications–even those not running FileMaker. This affordably priced, reference style book also includes a companion Web site with excerpts, tips, related links, and more. You’ll be up and running in no time!

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FileMaker Pro 8 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Publisher: For Dummies
Author: Mark Middlebrook
ISBN: 0471786497
Release Date: 08 May 2006

eBook Description

• AutoCAD shows users how to create precise 2D and 3D technical drawings, and this book offers readers practical advice, proven methods, and reliable tips from the authors’ years of CAD experience
• Fully updated to cover the new features of AutoCAD “X”
• Topics discussed include creating a basic layout, drawing and editing, writing text in drawings, plotting, creating and editing an external reference file, CAD standards, and drawing on the Internet
• Writing style offers a gentle and humorous approach to the subject matter of creating complex and intricate technical drawings

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AutoCAD 2007 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Author: Frank J. van der Linden
ISBN: 3540243720
Release Date: 19 September 2005

eBook Description
This textbook addresses students, professionals, lecturers and researchers interested in software product line engineering. With more than 100 examples and about 150 illustrations, the authors describe in detail the essential foundations, principles and techniques of software product line engineering. The authors are professionals and researchers who significantly influenced the software product line engineering paradigm and successfully applied software product line engineering principles in industry. They have structured this textbook around a comprehensive product line framework. Software product line engineering has proven to be the paradigm for developing a diversity of software products and software-intensive systems in shorter time, at lower cost, and with higher quality. It facilitates platform-based development and mass customisation. The authors elaborate on the two key principles behind software product line engineering: (1) the separation of software development in two distinct processes, domain and application engineering; (2) the explicit definition and management of the variability of the product line across all development artefacts. As a student, you will find a detailed description of the key processes, their activities and underlying techniques for defining and managing software product line artefacts. As a researcher or lecturer, you will find a comprehensive discussion of the state of the art organised around the comprehensive framework. As a professional, you will find guidelines for introducing this paradigm in your company and an overview of industrial experiences with software product line engineering.

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Software Product Line Engineering: Foundations, Principles and Techniques

Publisher: Microsoft Press
Author: Stephen Forte
ISBN: 0735619239
Release Date: 19 July 2006

eBook Description
A hands-on reference for developers and database administrators, this book covers the basics of developing customized database applications with Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Includes code samples and real-world, expert insight.

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Programming Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2005

Publisher: Apress
Author: Mark Gerow
ISBN: 1590596358
Release Date: 05 April 2006

eBook Description
Creating Client Extranets with SharePoint 2003 is a guide for creating client-facing extranets using SharePoint 2003. This book serves as a how-to for building full-featured extranets using SharePoint 2003 and .NET technologies. If you already have prior experience developing and deploying business applications in .NET, then this book will help you master the intricacies of SharePoint 2003 development and customization.

This is the only book of its kind-one designed to help you build a functioning client extranet from start to finish, avoiding many inherent traps in SharePoint development. It contains numerous valuable tips, tricks, and traps. And it offers various working code samples to help you get up to speed quickly using the SharePoint object model and Web Services. It uniquely focuses on SharePoint as a corporate development platform, while other books tend to focus only on end-user features.

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Creating Client Extranets with SharePoint 2003