Free Download | Computing for Seniors QuickSteps | PDF

Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics! Take advantage of your computer's features and tools right away--the QuickSteps way. Color photos and screenshots with clear instructions make it easy to accomplish everything you want to do. Follow along and quickly learn how to navigate the Windows operating system; get online; use core programs such as Word, Excel, and Quicken; and secure your computer. Fun activities, such as genealogy, photo editing and management, social networking, and online dating are covered, plus you'll get tips for enjoying music, ebooks, and videos. Written by seniors for seniors, this practical, fast-paced guide helps you get the most out of your computer. Use these handy guideposts: Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks Personal insights from other seniors Need-to-know facts in concise narrative Helpful reminders or alternative ways of doing things Bonus information related to the topic being covered Errors and pitfalls to avoid

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Free Download | Web Design for Teens

Your Web site is a way to communicate who you are to the world?your style, your interests, your voice. "Web Design for Teens" gives you the skills you need to create your first Web site. You don?t need any coding experience to begin.  You?ll cover everything from how to write the code to how to create a cool design. Begin by learning HTML as you move from the basics to advanced coding topics. Then it?s on to design as you conquer the fine points of color and navigation systems. Wrap things up as you learn how to put your Web site online, advertise it, and attract visitors.

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Free Download | Physics Modeling for Game Programmers

Programmers who want to include 3D math and physics in a game have to wade through physics textbooks and dreary tomes on linear algebra and group theory, only to find that the material is too abstract to be used directly in their games. This book gives readers the skills they want and need to incorporate real physics into their games. 

As they work through the book, they will constantly develop tools, demos, and working games. The highly graphical demos ensure that instead of just reading about how to calculate the trajectory of a projectile, the reader will actually see a canon firing rounds toward the front lines. 

From the successful Game Development series, this book thoroughly addresses the specific needs of game developers.

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Free Download | Enterprise Cloud Computing: Technology, Architecture, Applications

Enterprise Cloud Computing: Technology, Architecture, Applications - Cloud computing promises to revolutionize IT and business by making computing available as a utility over the internet. This book is intended primarily for practising software architects who need to assess the impact of such a transformation. It explains the evolution of the internet into a cloud computing platform, describes emerging development paradigms and technologies, and discusses how these will change the way enterprise applications should be architected for cloud deployment.

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Free Download | Logic and Integer Programming

Logic and Integer Programming (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science) - Integer programming (discrete optimization) is best used for solving problems involving discrete, whole elements. Using integer variables, one can model logical requirements, fixed costs, sequencing and scheduling requirements, and many other problem aspects. Whether it’s taught in OR graduate programs or in math or computer science programs; in courses called "Integer Programming," "Combinatorial Optimization," "Combinatorial Optimization and Integer Programming" or simply "Advanced Operations Management," it’s a part of every OR curriculum, and one of its greatest teachers has developed a text that shows how to use logic in integer programming to develop models with much greater precision.

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Free Download | The JavaScript Pocket Guide

The JavaScript Pocket Guide - JavaScript over the years has really prgressed into the most used programming language on the web today. Almost every website today uses some form of JavaScript, whether it be used within a server-side programming technology like ASP.NET or a JavaScript library like jQuery or Mootools, or YUI or creating UI components like widgets. JavaScript is everywhere and if you do any sort of web design or development you need to get a hang on it.  There are lots of online resources on JavaScript, and I mean LOTS. But it may take you awhile to go through it all to find what you specifically want. So there are LOTS of books you can get as well on JavaScript, but if you already have a basic understanding of JavaScript, most are way more than you need.

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Free Download | Game Scripting Mastery

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Game Scripting Mastery is your key to the complicated issue of scripting. It provides a detailed guide to the design and implementation of a full-featured game scripting system. This book focuses on the design of procedural, C-style languages and their compilation to virtual machine code. Alternative scripting methods are discussed as well, including dynamic linking and simple, command-based languages. This is the first book to provide you with complete, comprehensive, and highly accessible information on game scripting. The CD includes the DirectX SDK, all source code from the book and other tools to turn you into a scripting master. This book was a nice read, following a coherent structure and didatic approach to present game scripting.

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Free Download | Guide to Computer Animation

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Any questions you have about 2D or 3D animation in this new digital age are answered in this comprehensive guide for all budding digital animators, games artists and media production students. It is lavishly illustrated with inspirational colour throughout to show you what you can achieve.  Whether you want to create moving digital imagery for TV, computer games, or new media you need to understand the production and creative processes, the constraints of each and how they fit together. Ensure you have all you need at your fingertips to compete in this fast-moving arena with this unique book and web package.  www.guide2computeranimation.com provides the moving imagery outcomes of some of the animation discussed in the case studies chapter, where top FrameStore-CRC and 3 Ring Circus creatives give you their invaluable behind the scenes perspectives.  In addition there are non-software specific 3D tutorials and direct links to a comprehensive range of related websites with further downloadable resources to make sure you stay up-to-date.  Marcia Kuperberg is Deputy Head of the School of Media, Arts & Technology, West Herts College, UK.

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Free Download | Client-Side Communication ActionScript Dictionary

This document is designed to be used in conjunction with the information in the online Flash ActionScript Dictionary in the Flash MX Help menu. To write Macromedia Flash  Communication Server MX applications, you must be familiar with writing ActionScript in general. Refer to that document for general scripting information, and use this document to add Flash Communication Server functionality to your Flash applications. For an overview of the Flash Communication Server objects, see Developing Applications with Flash Communication Server. Entries in this document are alphabetical by class name and then by method, property, or event handler name. The following table lists all classes, methods, properties, and event handlers individually in alphabetical order.

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Free Download | ActionScript Dictionary

This dictionary describes the syntax and use of ActionScript elements in Macromedia Flash MX. To use examples in a script, copy the example code from the ActionScript Dictionary and paste it in the Actions panel in expert mode.The dictionary lists all ActionScript elements—operators, keywords, statements, actions, properties, functions, objects, components, and methods. For an overview of all dictionary entries, see “Contents of the dictionary” on page 23; the tables in this section are a good starting point for looking up symbolic operators or methods whose object or component class you don’ tknow. ActionScript follows the ECMA-262 Standard (the specification written by the European Computer Manufacturers Association) unless otherwise noted. Some Flash 5 (and earlier) ActionScript elements have been deprecated and replaced with new ActionScript elements that correspond to the ECMA Standard. It is recommended that you use the new Flash MX elements, although deprecated elements are still supported by Flash Player 5. 

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Free Download | WordPress for Business Bloggers

WordPress for Business Bloggers provides advanced strategies and techniques to  take your WordPress business blog from average to extraordinary. Whether you  already have a blog, or are still in the planning stages, this book will show you how  to use WordPress to create a highly successful blog for your business. The release of version 2.6 has confirmed the status of WordPress as the leading  blogging platform. This book has been written for and tested on WordPress 2.6, so all  the screenshots and tutorials are accurate for users of that version of the software. This is a practical, hands-on book based around a fictitious case-study blog, which  you will build using a development server on your own computer. The vast majority  of tutorials and examples will be applied to the case study blog.

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Free Download | Photoshop CS All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies

There’s a reason why Photoshop is the world’s industry standard in image-editing software. The depth and breadth of the program is unheralded. Photoshop immediately sucks you in with its easy-to-use interface and powerful tools and commands. It is so feature rich that you soon begin to lose track of time and start blowing off your commitments just to try one more thing. And just when you think you’ve finally explored every nook and cranny and mastered the program, you suddenly read a tip in a book or magazine that enlightens you about something you didn’t know. Or even more likely, you stumble upon some great effect while working on a late-night project. That’s the beauty of Photoshop. It’s the program that just keeps giving. The depth and breadth of Photoshop has downsides, too, of course. You must make a major time commitment and invest much effort to master it — hence the large number of books written on the program. Walk into your neighborhood bookstore or type Photoshop in the Search field at any online bookseller’s site, and you’ll see a barrage of choices. Some books are general reference books, some are targeted toward the novice user, and others focus on a specific mission, such as color management or restoration and retouching.

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Free Download | Mac For Dummies

If you bought a Mac, you’re unbelievably smart (or lucky). You’ve neatly eliminated much of the hassle, frustration, and annoyance that normally comes with buying a computer. You have a computer that doesn’t just look a heck of a lot better than other kinds of computers — it works better, too, because both its hardware and its software were designed by a single company. And not a single computer virus has yet surfaced that can affect the Mac’s operating software. (You know how your friends and your newspaper are always going on about viruses and hackers? They’re talking about Windows computers. The Mac doesn’t do Windows.) The Mac also has everything you need built in: a modem (so you can use the Internet and e-mail), a CD burner (great for making backups), or even a DVD burner (for preserving your home movies on DVD), and a huge assortment of free programs. If the Mac is so simple, then who needs a book about it?

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Free Download | BEA WebLogic Server 8 For Dummies | pdf

Welcome to BEA WebLogic Server 8 For Dummies. Whether you are an administrator, a developer, a manager, or all of the above, you will find something in this book to make your job easier. WebLogic is the most widely used application server on the market today. You can use WebLogic in large or small projects and to develop both traditional client-server as well as web-based applications. This book gives you a broad understanding of BEA WebLogic Server. The main audience consists of developers and administrators, but anyone involved in a WebLogic project will benefit from reading this book. Managers can gain an overview of the components that make up their system. Quality assurance personnel can benefit from the same understanding. For developers, this book shows quick examples to get you up and running in many of the technologies supported by WebLogic. Rather than give you extensive application examples, I focus on short, easy-to-follow examples than can become the starting point for something more complex. For administrators, I step you through many common WebLogic tasks and the configuration settings you should use.

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Free Download | Crystal Report 10 For Dummies

Crystal Reports 10 is the latest in a long and celebrated series of report writers for personal computers. Crystal Reports is by far the best-selling report writer package in the world, even though you may have never heard of it. In the past, it has been bundled with many of the most popular applications without being acknowledged by name. (A version of Crystal Reports is currently bundled into Microsoft’s Visual Studio .NET, and Crystal Reports 10 is sold as a standalone product.) If you want to produce a high-quality report quickly, Crystal Reports is the top choice to do the job. Crystal Reports 10 For Dummies is an introductory level book that gets you using Crystal Reports quickly and effectively. It covers all the major capabilities of Crystal Reports but doesn’t bog you down in intricate detail. The objective is to give you the information you need to produce the types of reports that most people need most of the time. I also get into some out-of-the-ordinary report types that you might be called upon to generate on occasion.

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Free Download | Mac OS X Panther Timesaving Techniques For Dummies

We’re fairly smart people, and presumably you’re a really smart person (you are looking at the right book, after all), but it still seems like technology has eclipsed our ability to understand it. Even the magical Mac — the symbol of all things easy in computers — is overladen with features and gadgets and pretty lights. Make no mistake: We all like features and gadgets and pretty lights, but how are we supposed to make sense of it all and just do what we want to do, quickly and easily? By reading this book, of course! But if that isn’t enough to convince you (and we can’t imagine why not; after all, we’ve never lied to you before), take a moment or two to read through this Introduction. You’ll see where we’re coming from, what this book offers, and how it’ll make you fall in love with your Mac all over again.  The Timesaving Techniques For Dummies books focus on high-payoff techniques that save you time, either on the spot or somewhere down the road. And these books get to the point in a hurry, with step-by-step instructions to pace you through the tasks you need to do, without any of the fluff you don’t want. We’ve identified more than 60 Techniques that Mac OS X Panther users need to know to make the most of their time. In addition, each Technique includes lots of figures that make following along a breeze.

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Free Download | Firewalls For Dummies

Welcome to Firewalls For Dummies, a book written to help the average Joe understand how firewalls work and how to configure a firewall. This book meets the needs of the person just finding out about computers, as well as the network administrator who needs to implement his or her first firewall. But what is a firewall, you may ask? The quick-and-dirty definition is that a firewall is a boundary network device that resides between a private network and the Internet. The firewall is configured to inspect the network traffic that passes between the Internet and your network and only allows the network protocols that you desire to pass through the firewall. If a protocol isn’t included in the approved list, the firewall discards the packets of data and prevents them from entering the network. Firewalls bring to mind visions of the computer geek at the office, sitting in a darkened closet with his router and handy toolkit, warding off hackers as they attack from the Internet. This book attempts to shed some light on thesubject by breaking down the myths around the firewall so that you can understand what a firewall does and how it’s configured.

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Free Download | Network Control And Engineering For Qos, Security And Mobility, III

This volume contains the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Network Control and Engineering for Quality of Service, Security and Mobility (Net-Con’2004), celebrated in Palma de Mallorca (Illes Balears, Spain) during November 2-5, 2004. This IFIP TC6 Conference was organized by the Universitat de les Illes Balears and sponsored by the following Working Groups: WG6.2 (Network and Internetwork Architectures), WG6.6 (Management of Networks and Distributed Systems), WG6.7 (Smart Networks) and WG6.8 (Mobile and Wireless Communications). The rapid evolution of the networking industry introduces new exciting challenges that need to be explored by the research community. The adoption of Internet as the global network infrastructure places the issue of quality of service among one of the hot topics nowadays: a huge diversity of applications with quite different service requirements must be supported over a basic core of protocols. Also, the open and uncontrolled nature of Internet enforces the need to guarantee secure transactions among users, thus placing security as another hot topic. Finally, the explosion of mobility and its integration as part of the global infrastructure are probably now the most challenging issues in the networking field.

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Free Download | TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies

Although this book does not tell you how to do everything the calculator is capable of doing, it gets pretty close. It covers more than just the basics of using the calculator, paying special attention to warning you of the problems you could encounter if you knew only the basics of using the calculator. This is a reference book. It’s process-driven, not applicationdriven.

You won’t be given a problem to solve and then be told how to use the calculator to solve that particular problem. Instead, you’re given the steps needed to get the calculator to perform a particular task, such as constructing a histogram. This book is designed so that you do not have to read it from cover to cover.

You don’t even have to start reading at the beginning of a chapter. When you want to know how to get the calculator to do something, just start reading at the beginning of the appropriate section. The Index and Table Of Contents should help you find whatever you’re looking for.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 | 0 comments | Read More

Free Download | Windows XP For Dummies

Don’t try to read this book in one sitting; there’s no need. Instead, treat this book like a dictionary or an encyclopedia. Turn to the page with the information you need and say, “Ah, so that’s what they’re talking about.” Then put down the book and move on.  Don’t bother trying to remember all the Windows XP buzzwords, such as “Select the menu item from the drop-down list box.” Leave that stuff for the computer gurus. In fact, if anything technical comes up in a chapter, a road sign warns you well in advance. That way, you can either slow down to read it or speed on around it. You won’t find any fancy computer jargon in this book. Instead, you’ll find subjects like these, discussed in plain old English. Something in Windows XP will eventually leave you scratching your head. No other program brings so many buttons, bars, and babble to the screen. When something in Windows XP has you stumped, use this book as a reference.

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