FW: Computational Advancements in End-user Technologies: Emerging Models and Frameworks

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:01 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Computational Advancements in End-user Technologies: Emerging Models and Frameworks

 

In recent years, innovative technologies have lead to rapid progression and accelerated research studies within the field of end-user computing. Computational Advancements in End-User Technologies: Emerging Models and Frameworks contains leading research and practices into the advancement, significance, and comprehensive nature of end-user computing. A defining collection of significant tools, applications, and methodologies within this expanding field of study, this publication provides academicians, researchers, and practitioners with a complete and practical resource of expert international findings. Read more...

View article...

FW: The Internet Imaginaire

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:01 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: The Internet Imaginaire

 

Winning entry, General Trade Cover/Jacket Category, in the 2008 New England Book Show sponsored by Bookbuilders of Boston. In The Internet Imaginaire, sociologist Patrice Flichy examines the collective vision that shaped the emergence of the Internet—the social imagination that envisioned a technological utopia in the birth of a new technology. By examining in detail the discourses surrounding the development of the Internet in the United States in the 1990s (and considering them an integral part of that development), Flichy shows how an entire society began a new technological era. The metaphorical "information superhighway" became a technical utopia that informed a technological program. The Internet imaginaire, Flichy argues, led software designers, businesses, politicians, and individuals to adopt this one technology instead of another. Flichy draws on writings by experts—paying particular attention to the gurus of Wired magazine, but also citing articles in Time, Newsweek, and Business Week—from 1991 to 1995. He describes two main domains of the technical imaginaire: the utopias (and ideologies) associated with the development of technical devices and the depictions of an imaginary digital society. He analyzes the founding myths of cyberculture—the representations of technical systems expressing the dreams and experiments of designers and promoters that developed around information highways, the Internet, Bulletin Board systems, and virtual reality. And he offers Read more...

View article...

FW: Introduction to Graph Theory (2nd Edition)

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:01 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Introduction to Graph Theory (2nd Edition)

 

This book fills a need for a thorough introduction to graph theory that features both the understanding and writing of proofs about graphs. Verification that algorithms work is emphasized more than their complexity. An effective use of examples, and huge number of interesting exercises, demonstrate the topics of trees and distance, matchings and factors, connectivity and paths, graph coloring, edges and cycles, and planar graphs. For those who need to learn to make coherent arguments in the fields of mathematics and computer science. Read more...

View article...

FW: Codes and Cryptography

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:01 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Codes and Cryptography

 

Dominic Welsh's Codes and Cryptography takes a wide approach and explores the mathematical foundations of this field, considering information theory, entropy, and the encoding of messages. From these roots in information and communication theory, Welsh then moves on to topics in cryptography, including public key cryptography and digital signatures. The text also offers practice exercises along with their solutions. There is plenty of mathematics here, making this a book for specialists (a result of the author's experience teaching undergraduates at Oxford). Between the formulas, though, the author conveys a genuine enthusiasm for his subject and for the history of cryptography. The text includes an extensive bibliography of sources in the field. Read more...

View article...

FW: Elementary Cryptanalysis: A Mathematical Approach

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:01 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Elementary Cryptanalysis: A Mathematical Approach

 

Most people acquainted with cryptology, either through sensational cloak-and-dagger stories or through newspaper cryptograms, are not aware that many aspects of this art may be treated systematically, by means of some fundamental mathematical concepts and methods. In this book, Sinkov gives us the mathematical side of elementary cryptography, the single and multiple replacement functions, transpositions, and the like used to encode messages, and how to crack such ciphers. He also shows how the code breaker uses statistical and other regularities of language to deduce the coding and decoding functions. Also included are BASIC programs developed by Paul L. Irwin for use in his course based on this book. Read more...

View article...

FW: Pentaho Solutions: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing with Pentaho and MySQL

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:01 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Pentaho Solutions: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing with Pentaho and MySQL

 

Your all-in-one resource for using Pentaho with MySQL for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Open-source Pentaho provides business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing solutions at a fraction of the cost of proprietary solutions. Now you can take advantage of Pentaho for your business needs with this practical guide written by two major participants in the Pentaho community. The book covers all components of the Pentaho BI Suite. You'll learn to install, use, and maintain Pentaho-and find plenty of background discussion that will bring you thoroughly up to speed on BI and Pentaho concepts. Of all available open source BI products, Pentaho offers the most comprehensive toolset and is the fastest growing open source product suite Explains how to build and load a data warehouse with Pentaho Kettle for data integration/ETL, manually create JFree (pentaho reporting services) reports using direct SQL queries, and create Mondrian (Pentaho analysis services) cubes and attach them to a JPivot cube browser Review deploying reports, cubes and metadata to the Pentaho platform in order to distribute BI solutions to end-users Shows how to set up scheduling, subscription and automatic distribution The companion Web site provides complete source code examples, sample data, and links to related resources. Read more...

View article...

FW: Introduction to Databases: From Biological to Spatio-Temporal

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:01 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Introduction to Databases: From Biological to Spatio-Temporal

 

This textbook reveals the workings of numerous database systems, enabling readers to develop complex database applications. Students will gain hands-on experience by following the exercises. The theory is complemented by detailed examination of specific applications from a broad range of areas. The text assumes only basic discrete mathematics, linear algebra, and programming knowledge. Features: Provides descriptions of 11 types of databases, and 2 database systems; Concludes each chapter with bibliographic notes and exercises; Examines database design, including issues of database interoperability, data integration, interpolation and approximation, and prediction and data mining; Presents course aids at a supporting website; Covers topics on indexing methods, data visualization, the safety of queries, general evaluation algorithms, the efficient implementation of evaluation algorithms, and the complexity of the evaluation of different types of queries; Structured to allow for flexible course design. Read more...

View article...

FW: Test-Driven Development: An Empirical Evaluation of Agile Practice

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:01 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Test-Driven Development: An Empirical Evaluation of Agile Practice

 

Agile methods are gaining more and more interest both in industry and in research. Many industries are transforming their way of working from traditional waterfall projects with long duration to more incremental, iterative and agile practices. At the same time, the need to evaluate and to obtain evidence for different processes, methods and tools has been emphasized. Lech Madeyski offers the first in-depth evaluation of agile methods. He presents in detail the results of three different experiments, including concrete examples of how to conduct statistical analysis with meta analysis or the SPSS package, using as evaluation indicators the number of acceptance tests passed (overall and per hour) and design complexity metrics. The book is appropriate for graduate students, researchers and advanced professionals in software engineering. It proves the real benefits of agile software development, provides readers with in-depth insights into experimental methods in the context of agile development, and discusses various validity threats in empirical studies. Read more...

View article...

FW: Shared Encounters

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:01 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Shared Encounters

 

Every day we share encounters with others as we inhabit the space around us. In offering insights and knowledge on this increasingly important topic, this book introduces a range of empirical and theoretical approaches to the study of shared encounters. It highlights the multifaceted nature of collective experience and provides a deeper understanding of the nature and value of shared encounters in everyday life. Divided into four sections, each section comprises a set of chapters on a different topic and is introduced by a key author in the field who provides an overview of the content. The book itself is introduced by Paul Dourish, who sets the theme of shared encounters in the context of technological and social change over the last fifteen years. The four sections that follow consider the characteristics of shared encounters and describe how they can be supported in different settings: the first section, introduced by Barry Brown, looks at shared experiences. George Roussos, in the second section, presents playful encounters. Malcolm McCulloch introduces the section on spatial settings and – last but not least – Elizabeth Churchill previews the topic of social glue. The individual chapters that accompany each part offer particular perspectives on the main topic and provide detailed insights from the author’s own research background. A valuable reference for anyone designing ubiquitous media, mobile social software and LBS applications, this volume will also be usefu Read more...

View article...

FW: Understanding Cryptography: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:01 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Understanding Cryptography: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners

 

Cryptography is now ubiquitous – moving beyond the traditional environments, such as government communications and banking systems, we see cryptographic techniques realized in Web browsers, e-mail programs, cell phones, manufacturing systems, embedded software, smart buildings, cars, and even medical implants. Today's designers need a comprehensive understanding of applied cryptography. After an introduction to cryptography and data security, the authors explain the main techniques in modern cryptography, with chapters addressing stream ciphers, the Data Encryption Standard (DES) and 3DES, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), block ciphers, the RSA cryptosystem, public-key cryptosystems based on the discrete logarithm problem, elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC), digital signatures, hash functions, Message Authentication Codes (MACs), and methods for key establishment, including certificates and public-key infrastructure (PKI). Throughout the book, the authors focus on communicating the essentials and keeping the mathematics to a minimum, and they move quickly from explaining the foundations to describing practical implementations, including recent topics such as lightweight ciphers for RFIDs and mobile devices, and current key-length recommendations. The authors have considerable experience teaching applied cryptography to engineering and computer science students and to professionals, and they make extensive use of examples, problems, and chapter reviews, while the b Read more...

View article...

FW: Cyber Situational Awareness: Issues and Research

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:01 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Cyber Situational Awareness: Issues and Research

 

Today, when a security accident occurs, the top three questions security administrators would ask are in essence: What has happened? Why did it happen? What should I do? Answers to the first two questions form the "core" of Cyber Situational Awareness. In addition, whether the last question can be well answered, is greatly dependent upon the cyber situational awareness capability of enterprises. Cyber Situational Awareness: Issues and Research is an edited volume contributed by worldwide cyber security experts. This book seeks to establish state of the art in cyber situational awareness area to set course for future research. A multidisciplinary group of leading researchers from cyber security, cognitive system, and decision science areas will elaborate on the fundamental challenges facing the research community and identify promising solutions paths. Case studies based on real world examples are provided throughout this book. Cyber Situational Awareness: Issues and Research is designed for a professional audience composed of government workers and practitioners working in the field of cyber security. Advanced-level students and researchers studying computer science will also find this book useful, as secondary text or a reference book. Read more...

View article...

FW: Freehold

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 1:41 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Freehold

 

Sergeant Kendra Pacelli is innocent, but that doesn't matter to the people pursuing her. Mistakes might be made, but never acknowledged, especially when billions of embezzled dollars are at stake. But where does one run when all Earth and most settled planets are under the aegis of one government? Read more...

View article...

FW: Stars Over Stars

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 1:41 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Stars Over Stars

 

"LIKE HEINLEIN'S CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY . . ." Raised by a human, Heyoka Blackeagle thinks like a human, even if he is a typical hrinn—seven feet tall, covered with fur, retractable claws. In the war against the insectlike flek, Heyoka distinguished himself in the Ranger Corps. Now, on a planet from which the flek have been driven, he's leading a group of humans and hrinn, trying to prove that hrinn can make proficient rangers in spite of their disdain for following orders. Then a hidden, fully functional flek stargate is found, ready to transport flek hordes. And word comes of a flek advance. The planet must be evacuated, but rather than abandon his team in the jungle, Heyoka stays behind, only to find that his human partner Mitsu, once a flek POW, is hallucinating, seeing nonexistent flek. And then the real flek arrive. . . . Read more...

View article...

FW: Adobe Layers Magazine ~ Volume 6, Number 1, Jan/Feb 2010

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 1:41 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Adobe Layers Magazine ~ Volume 6, Number 1, Jan/Feb 2010

 

[COVER STORY] 34] Going Digital With the popularity of eBook readers, online publications, and smartphones growing every single day. it's important that you make your content available to as many different devices as possible_ Terry White shows you how easy it is to use InDesign to prepare your documents for the digital revolution.-Terry White [FEATURES] 20] How Photoshop CS4 Saved the Day We asked Layers readers to share with us how Adobe Photoshop CS4 saved their bacon when everything was on the line. We now share seven of their most inspirational stories with you.-Nancy Masse 40] Build a Better Business As a freelance designer or photographer, it's more important than ever that you find creative ways to grow your business and to make more money_ Larry Becker uncovers 10 amazing secrets for doing just that.-Larry Becker [TUTORIALS] 44] Digital Photography: The Beauty of the Blur- Sean Duggan 50] Adobe Photoshop CS4: Get Creative with Adobe Bridge-Dave Cross 61] Adobe Illustrator CS4: Re-creating a Logo-Corey Barker 68] Adobe InDesign CS4: Create Photo Albums for Print-Terry White Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro: Go with the Flow-Taz Tally 78] Adobe Dreamweaver CS4: Adding Ecommerce to Your Site is Easy - Janine Warner 84] Adobe Flash CS4 Professional: Create an Old-School MP3 Player out of Thin Air- Lee Brimelow Read more...

View article...

FW: Black on Black

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009 1:41 AM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Black on Black

 

Frankly, He Preferred Humans. Rescued from a slave market by a human trader and raised as his son, one question has haunted Heyoka Blackeagle through the years: who — and what — is he He feels human, indeed he feels like a somewhat alienated member of his father's tribe. So what if he is seven feet tall, furry, and equipped with retractable claws. Human is as human does....Right. Read more...

View article...

FW: Security on Rails

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Sunday, December 20, 2009 10:54 PM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Security on Rails

 

Security on Rails By Poweski Ben, Raphael David * Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf * Number Of Pages: 304 * Publication Date: 2009-12-22 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1934356484 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781934356487 Product Description: The advantage of using Rails is its agility; it makes developing your web applications easy and fast. The disadvantage is that it can leave holes in your security if you are not aware of common vulnerabilities. It's a nerve-wracking and unfortunate fact that there are plenty of malicious people lurking on the Web. As a Rails developer, it is essential that you understand how to assess risk and protect your data and your users. Security on Rails uses established security principles to teach you how to write more secure software, defend your applications from common threats, and encrypt your data. We'll give you an example of a hacking exploit, and explore how to fix the weaknesses in an application. You'll learn the steps you need to take to control access to information and authenticate users, including cryptography concepts and authorization. In addition, you'll see how to integrate your applications with external management systems; in short, the crucial details you must consider to protect yourself and your data. The most important element of security is to plan for it before it becomes an issue. Security on Rails helps beginner and intermediate developers to take control of their applications and guar Read more...

View article...

FW: The Honor of the Queen

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Sunday, December 20, 2009 10:54 PM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: The Honor of the Queen

 

On the planet Grayson to participate in diplomatic talks between the Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven, Honor Harrington discovers that she is stuck on a fiercely patriarchal, misogynist planet. Read more...

View article...

FW: Applications of Digital Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics

 

 

Feed: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Posted on: Sunday, December 20, 2009 10:54 PM
Author: FreeBookSpot Latest Books
Subject: Applications of Digital Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics

 

With the advent of `multimedia', digital signal processing (DSP) of sound has emerged from the shadow of bandwidth limited speech processing to become a research field of its own. To date, most research in DSP applied to sound has been concentrated on speech, which is bandwidth limited to about 4 kilohertz. Speech processing is also limited by the low fidelity typically expected in the telephone network. Today, the main applications of audio DSP are high quality audio coding and the digital generation and manipulation of music signals. They share common research topics including perceptual measurement techniques and analysis/synthesis methods. Additional important topics are hearing aids using signal processing technology and hardware architectures for digital signal processing of audio. In all these areas the last decade has seen a significant amount of application-oriented research. The frequency range of wideband audio has an upper limit of 20 kilohertz and the resulting difference in frequency range and Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) due to sample size must be taken into account when designing DSP algorithms. There are whole classes of algorithms that the speech community is not interested in pursuing or using. These algorithms and techniques are revealed in this book. This book is suitable for advanced level courses and serves as a valuable reference for researchers in the field. Interested and informed engineers will also find the book useful in their work. Read more...

View article...