How Digital Photography Works (How It Works Series)

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# Authors: Ron White, Tim Downs, Timothy Edward Downs
# Publisher: Pearson Education
# Pub. Date: March 2007
# ISBN-13: 9780789736307

Book Description
Digital photography is going through the same sort of ballooning growth PCs did in the '80s. At the end of 2003, 31 percent of U.S. households owned digital cameras. It was a pivotal year for the industry, as digital cameras nearly outsold traditional cameras for the first time ever. InfoTrends predicts that 82 million digital cameras will be sold worldwide by 2008, and IDC predicts that digital camera owners will snap more 626 billion images by 2007! Although consumers are moving to digital cameras quickly, digital photography is still a big mystery. How does it work? How Digital Photography Works, 2nd Edition provides the answers using full-color illustrations on how it all comes together. Fans of How it Works will love this updated edition, while new users will be fascinated at the range of coverage the book offers, from how technology produces better pictures to how lenses focus and much, much more! The second edition covers the newest features that technology has made possible, offering a look inside a camera that no one else offers. You will not only walk away with an understanding of how it works, but also a great foundation that will help you take better pictures.

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Automated Data Analysis Using Excel

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# Author: Brian Bissett
# ISBN: 1584888857
# ISBN-13: 9781584888857
# Format: Hardcover, 450pp
# Publisher: CRC Press
# Pub. Date: June 2007

Book Description
This guide shows step-by-step how to construct useful automated data analysis applications for both industrial and academic settings. It features numerous real-world examples and includes a CD-ROM with sample workbooks, worksheets, and source code. The book begins by discussing fundamental elements, the methods for importing and accessing data, and the creation of reports. The author then describes how to use Excel® to obtain data from non-native sources, such as databases and third-party calculation tools, and explains how to automate manipulations and calculations on the acquired data sources. The final chapter demonstrates from beginning to end how to create a cohesive, robust application.

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Data Analysis Using SQL and Excel

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# Author: Gordon S. Linoff
# ISBN: 0470099518
# ISBN-13: 9780470099513
# Format: Paperback, 645pp
# Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
# Pub. Date: October 2007

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# One of the leading experts on business data mining shows managers how to leverage SQL and Excel to perform sophisticated types of business analysis without the expense of data mining tools and consultants
# Explains how to use the relatively simple tools of SQL and Excel to extract useful business information from relational databases
# Each chapter discusses why and when to perform a particular type of business analysis to obtain a useful business result, how to design and perform the analysis using SQL and Excel, and what the results look like in SQL and Excel
# Presents hints, warnings, and technical asides about Excel, SQL, and data analysis/mining

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Network Security Bible

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Authors: Eric Cole, Ronald L. Krutz, James Conley, Ronald L. Krutz, James W. Conley
Paperback: 694 pages
Publisher: Wiley (January 13, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764573977
ISBN-13: 978-0764573972

Book Description
* A must for working network and security professionals as well as anyone in IS seeking to build competence in the increasingly important field of security
* Written by three high-profile experts, including Eric Cole, an ex-CIA security guru who appears regularly on CNN and elsewhere in the media, and Ronald Krutz, a security pioneer who cowrote The CISSP Prep Guide and other security bestsellers
* Covers everything from basic security principles and practices to the latest security threats and responses, including proven methods for diagnosing network vulnerabilities and insider secrets for boosting security effectiveness

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Web Engineering: The Discipline of Systematic Development of Web Applications

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Authors: Gerti Kappel, Werner Retschitzegger, Siegried Reich, Birgit Pröll
ISBN: 0470015543
ISBN-13: 9780470015544
Format: Paperback, 384pp
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

Book Description
The World Wide Web has a massive and permanent influence on our lives. Economy, industry, education, healthcare, public administration, entertainment – there is hardly any part of our daily lives which has not been pervaded by the Internet. Accordingly, modern Web applications are fully-fledged, complex software systems, and in order to be successful their development must be thorough and systematic.

This book presents a new discipline called Web Engineering taking a rigorous interdisciplinary approach to the development of Web applications, covering Web development concepts, methods, tools and techniques. It highlights the need to examine and re-use the body of knowledge found within software engineering and demonstrates how to use that knowledge within the Web environment, putting emphasize on current practices, experiences and pitfalls.

The book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students on Web-focused or Software Engineering courses, as well as Web software developers, Web designers and project managers.

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