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The Ultimate iPod Guide 5
English | 148 pages | PDF | 52.30 Mb

Stylish, cutting edge and packed with exclusive multi-media features, the iPod is a favourite with young and old alike. This updated fifth title in the best-selling iPod series contains expert guides and reviews to the latest iPod and iTunes features, ranging from help with creating and sharing playlists to DJing with your iPod. Colour coded and divided into clear sections relating to technical ability, this guide provides all iPod users the knowledge they need to master their iPod.

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Lars Powers, Mike Snell “Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed”
Sams | English | 2008 | ISBN: 0672329727 | 1219 pages | PDF | 75 MB

Microsoft® Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed is an end-to-end, deep dive into the Visual Studio development environment. It’s meant to provide you guidance on how you can squeeze the ultimate productivity out of the many features built into the .NET development tools. Understanding how to use your tools will make you a better developer. This book was written with that premise as its focus.

The authors have folded in real-world development experience alongside detailed information about the IDE. The result is practical, easy-to-employ information that will make you a more productive and complete developer. This book also helps to ease your transition from other development environments and former versions of Visual Studio.

Finally, this book provides an entire section dedicated to Visual Studio Team System. It will help you understand how the Team Architect, Team Developer, Team Database Developer, and Team Tester work with the Team Foundation Server to increase team collaboration, visibility, and productivity.

Microsoft® Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed provides straight, to-the-point answers to common developer questions about the IDE.

Detailed Information on…
What’s new in Visual Studio 2008
Working with solutions, projects, editors, and designers
Writing ASP.NET applications
Writing and consuming Web Services using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Writing Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications
Creating and hosting workflow-based applications using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Working with data and databases
Refactoring code
Debugging code
Automating the IDE
Writing macros, add-ins, and wizards
Using team collaboration and the Visual Studio Team System products
Managing source code changes
Tracking projects with Team Foundation Server and work items
Modeling applications
Performing unit, web, and load testing
Working with Team Foundation Build

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Build Your Own ASP.NET 3.5 Web Site Using C# & VB

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James A. Brannan “iPhone SDK Programming: A Beginner’s Guide”
August 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-0-07-162649-1 | 481 Pages | PDF | 9.02 MB

Now you can create your own iPhone and iPod touch applications in no time. iPhone SDK Programming: A Beginner’s Guide shows you how to use Cocoa Touch, the Objective-C programming language, and the Xcode development tools. This hands-on guide features several self-contained projects, with the corresponding Xcode available for download and modification. By the end of the book you’ll be able to build, test, and debug custom iPhone and iPod touch applications with ease.

Designed for Easy Learning

* Key Skills & Concepts Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
* Ask the Expert Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
* Try This Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills
* Notes Extra information related to the topic being covered
* Tips Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
* Cautions–Errors and pitfalls to avoid
* Annotated Syntax–Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

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Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | ISBN: 0072226315 | edition 2003 | PDF | 650 pages | 7,3 mb

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Paul McFedries “iPhone 3GS Portable Genius: Also covers iPhone 3G”
July 2009 | English | ISBN-13: 978-0-470-52422-0 | 323 Pages | PDF | 15.6 MB

The Genius is in.

You don’t have to be a genius to use the iPhone 3G or the new iPhone 3G S. But if you want to get the very most out of them, put this savvy Portable Genius guide to work. Want to download the hottest new apps from the App Store? Record videos and voice memos? Send photos, videos, maps, and more via MMS? Control calls and tunes by voice? You’ll find cool and useful Genius tips, full-color screenshots, and pages of shortcuts and tools that will save you loads of time and let you enjoy your iPhone to the max.

Paul McFedries is a Mac expert and full-time technical writer. Paul has been authoring computer books since 1991 and he has more than 60 books to his credit. These books include Macs Portable Genius, Switching to a Mac Portable Genius, and Teach Yourself VISUALLY Macs. Paul encourages all readers to drop by his Web site at www.mcfedries.com.

Portable GENIUS

Fun, hip, and straightforward, the new Portable Genius series gives forward-thinking Apple users useful information in handy, compact books that are easy to navigate and don’t skimp on the essentials. Collect the whole series and make the most of your Apple digital lifestyle.

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Avoid the time-consuming task of image editing by taking great pictures from the get-go.
Dave Huss walks you through the fundamentals of taking great digital photographs by
dispelling digital photography myths and teaching you how to maximize all camera features
available to you. Discover how to take clear, sharp, professional-level photographs every
time; use light wisely; use flash photography to your advantage; match your camera to your
computer; share your photos, and much more

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The body never lies. A tilt of the head, a crossing or uncrossing of the legs, even the buttoning or unbuttoning of a jacket, can speak pages about what a person is thinking or feeling about his or her immediate surroundings and situation. More importantly, it can tell a great deal about how one person reacts to another. To be able to recognize the meaning of these cues and to be able to respond to them in the manner one chooses is the art at the center of this provocative book. How to Read a Person Like a Book is an illustrated guide on learning how to spot the hidden messages that we send to each other with our bodies

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With more than one Windows Vistabased PC in your home, and all of your digital memories, music and media, and other data stored on one computer, you know that its time to connect your home with a simple home network. Youll get the straightforward, approachable information you need (without the jargon!) to find what kind of network is right for you and get started setting up, configuring, and maintaining your local area network (LAN), wireless network, or remote network. Easy-to-follow procedures teach you how to help secure your network with firewalls and Windows Defender, plus control what your family can do online with parental controls. Youll even start to explore the advantages of Windows Home Server, including how to back up all of your precious data.

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Product Description
This is not an ordinary SQL Server Book. SQL Server MVP Deep Dives brings together the world’s most highly-regarded SQL Server experts to create a masterful collection of tips, techniques, and experience-driven best practices for SQL Server development and administration. These SQL Server MVPs-53 in all-each selected a topic of great interest to them, and in this unique book, they share their knowledge and passion with you.

SQL Server MVP Deep Dives is organized into five parts: Design and Architecture, Development, Administration, Performance Tuning and Optimization, and Business Intelligence. Within each part, you’ll find a collection of brilliantly concise and focused chapters that take on key topics like mobile data strategies, Dynamic Management Views, or query performance. The range of subjects covered is comprehensive, from database design tips to data profiling strategies for BI.

Additionally, the authors of this book have generously donated 100% of their royalties to support War Child International. War Child International is a network of independent organizations, working across the world to help children affected by war. War Child was founded upon a fundamental goal: to advance the cause of peace through investing hope in the lives of children caught up in the horrors of war. War Child works in many different conflict areas around the world, helping hundreds of thousands of children every year.

About the Author

Paul Nielsenis a Microsoft SQL Server MVP and contributed to Microsoft’s offi-cial SQL Server courses. He’s a database developer and trainer, and previously wrote SQL Server Bible (Wiley) and lives in Colorado.

Kalen Delaney is a Microsoft MVP who has worked with SQL Server since 1987. She’s a subject-matter expert on Microsoft’s official SQL Server courses and previously wrote Inside SQL Server(Microsoft Press). She lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Adam Machanic lives in Boston, is a regular usergroup speaker and has written for SQL Server magazines. He’s a Microsoft MVP and Certified IT Professional and previously wrote Expert SQL Server 2005 Development (APress).

Kimberly L. Tripp is a SQL Server MVP and a Microsoft Regional Director and has worked with SQL Server since 1990. She lectures for a variety of events including Microsoft Tech Ed and is married to co-editor and SQL guru Paul Randal. Paul Randal and wife Kimberly L. Tripp are two of the most-sought-after SQLServer speakers in the world. A Microsoft MVP and Regional Director, Paul is alsocontributing editor to TechNet Magazine.

Greg Low is one of only three Microsoft MSDN Regional Directors for Australia.He hosts the SQL Down Under podcast and organizes multiple SQL Code Camp events.

Product Details

* Paperback: 848 pages
* Publisher: Manning Publications (December 13, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1935182048
* ISBN-13: 978-1935182047

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