Take control of Windows XP and get the most
out of everything this powerful operating system has to offer. Written
by Microsoft Windows XP Expert Zone columnist Joli Ballew, this book
shows you hundreds of tips and tricks you�ll be able to use right away.
Learn to do everything from kick starting the boot process to disabling
unnecessary applications and services to taking advantage of built-in
administrative tools. Start at the beginning or jump straight to the
task you want to perform. You�ll get full details on security and
Service Pack 2, remote access, gaming functions, networking features,
multimedia capabilities, and so much more. Work faster, smarter, and
more securely with help from this definitive guide.

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Are you enamored with instant messaging? Would you like to learn how
to create your own messaging application? This book shows you how, by
dissecting Gaim–the world’s most popular open source instant messaging
application. Authored by the Gaim maintainer, Sean Egan, you are
presented a thorough overview of Gaim architecture and Application
Programming Interface.

You’ll learn how to make the most of the
popular GTK+ graphical user interface toolkit. Egan guides you through
the creation and installation of plug-ins, and discusses strategies
involved in supporting messaging protocols like MSN Messenger, AIM and
IRC. He also covers topics such as multi-platform support and
internationalization.

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Focused on the latest research on text and document management, this
guide addresses the information management needs of organizations by
providing the most recent findings. How the need for effective
databases to house information is impacting organizations worldwide and
how some organizations that possess a vast amount of data are not able
to use the data in an economic and efficient manner is demonstrated. A
taxonomy for object-oriented databases, metrics for controlling
database complexity, and a guide to accommodating hierarchies in
relational databases are provided. Also covered is how to apply
Java-triggers for X-Link management and how to build signatures.

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The .NET Framework offers new, more effective ways to secure your Web and LAN-based applications. .NET Development Security Solutions uses detailed, code-intensive examples–lots of them–to teach you the right techniques for most scenarios you’re likely to encounter. This is not an introduction to security; it’s an advanced cookbook that shows experienced programmers how to meet tough security challenges:
* Recognize and avoid dangerous traps–including holes in .NET
* Work fluently with both role-based and code access security
* Maximize the security advantages of policies and code groups
* Promote security using Active Directory
* Secure data with .NET cryptographic techniques
* Meet the toughest LAN security requirements
* Tackle special security issues associated with Web and wireless applications
* Implement Win32 API security in managed applications

Uniting this instruction is a coherent, cohesive mindset that will help you take the human factor into account at every step. You’ll become technically proficient with all the tools at your disposal–and, at the same time, you’ll learn to make your solutions more powerful by crafting them in ways that dovetail with users’ needs–and foibles–and anticipate cracker exploits.

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24 Ways to Motivate Every Employee Think about the managers who most influenced your career. They were successful because they infused employees–and organizations–with passion for work and motivation to achieve. 24 Ways to Motivate Every Employee provides two dozen creative and ready-to-use tools and techniques for ensuring that same enthusiasm, energy, and employee morale. Look to this concise but powerful book for workplace-tested techniques to: Turn employees into partners Encourage intelligent risk taking Offer incentives and morale boosters Build trust Spread power around Encourage accountability Attack de-motivators Make employees want to stay 24 Ways to Motivate Every Employee is filled with the employee-friendly, results-oriented strategies of Disney, Starbucks, Levi Strauss, and numerous other world-class companies. Let it show you how to build and maintain high employee spirits in your workplace and add measurable value to both your organization and your management career.

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TAB Electronics is the premier name in amateur robotics. Since the 1987 release of Gordon McComb’s blockbuster Robot Builder’s Bonanza hobbyists have looked to TAB as the source for cutting-edge, how-to robotics titles.

These groundbreaking, heavily illustrated books explain how to create everythinbg from basic, simple robots to ones that walk, see, feel, talk, listen and fight! Written by “professors of robotics” such as Gordon McComb and John Iovine, they’re great for beginners as well as experienced robot builders.

Authoritative, innovative, fun, and always far ahead of anyone else, TAB continues the tradition with Build Your Own Remote-Controlled Robot.

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DYNAMIC HTML IN ACTION, SECOND EDITION, is a valuable guide for HTML/Web authors eager to get the most out of the extended interactive and multimedia abilities of Dynamic HTML version 2 (as featured in Internet Explorer 5-and possibly supported by Netscape as well). DYNAMIC HTML IN ACTION, SECOND EDITION, covers everything that makes Internet Explorer 5 the next breakthrough technology for creating dynamic Web content: Dynamic HTML, dynamic content and dynamic styles, the Internet Explorer 5 object model, new Table features, 2D positioning, and data binding. All topics are covered in clear, succinct language with plenty of sample pages on the CD to make learning these new tools as engaging and interesting as the content Web users will eventually create.

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Provides a concise guide to maintaining secure systems in the Solaris environment. Covers standalone and networked systems running Solaris and presents a special section on disaster preparation and recovery operations. Softcover. DLC: Computer security.

Solaris Security has two audiences ??? IS/IT and security managers and UNIX administrators.

The content for IS/IT and security managers appears primarily in

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If you’re thinking about creating or maintaining Web sites, you’re likely to turn to Dreamweaver, the de facto software tool of choice for Web design today. What could be a chore, however, becomes a fun and fascinating challenge with this comprehensive yet clever guide. Author Geoff Blake turns a technical topic into an entertaining one by using conversational language, plenty of humor, facts, and tips to make Dreamweaver accessible to everyone. Behind all the jokes, however, is a wealth of information: After showing how Dreamweaver fits into the overall Web design puzzle, Geoff quickly gets down to building a basic Web site, by teaching good, 21st century work habits and providing step-by-step instructions for building pages from the very beginning with CSS styles and library items. With that knowledge under your belt, you’ll be ready to tackle the advanced functionality (including behaviors, multimedia, and templates).
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The authoritative DEITEL LIVE-CODE introduction to Python programming This new book by the world’s leading programming language textbook authors carefully explains how to use Python as a general-purpose programming language and how to program multi-tier, client/server, database-intensive, Internet- and Web-based applications. Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the founders of Deitel and Associates, Inc., the internationally-recognized corporate-training and content-creation organization specializing in Python, Visual Basic ; .NET, C#, Visual C++ ; .NET, Java , C++, C, XML, Perl, Internet, Web, wireless and object technologies. The Deitels are the authors of several worldwide #1 programming-language textbooks, including Java How to Program, 4/e, C++ How to Program, 3/e and Internet and World Wide Web How to Program, 2/e. In Python How to Program, the Deitels and their colleagues, Jonathan Liperi and Ben Wiedermann, discuss topics you need to build complete Web-based applications, including: HTML/XHTML /CSS Python Server Pages/CGI Networking/Sockets GUI/Tkinter/Python Mega Widgets PyOpenGL/Multimedia/Accessibility Databases/DB-API/SQL File Processing/Serialization Modules/Classes/Class Attributes Class Customization/Method Overriding Control Structures/Functions/Inheritance String Manipulation/Regular Expressions Lists/Tuples/Dictionaries/Data Structures Process Management/Multithreading Interprocess Communication Exceptions/XML Processing Security/Restricted Execution Python How to Program includes extensive pedagogic features: Hundreds of LIVE-CODE programs with screen captures that show exact outputs World Wide Web and Internet resources to encourage further research Hundreds of tips, recommended practices and cautions all marked with icons Python How to Program is the centerpiece of a complete family of resources for teaching and learning Python, including Web sites ( www.deitel.com , [A HREF=”http://www.prenhall.com/deitel”> www.prenhall.com/deitel and www.InformIT.com/deitel ) with the book’s source-code examples (which are also on the enclosed CD) and other information for faculty, students and professionals; an optional interactive CD ( Python Multimedia Cyber Classroom ) containing hyperlinks, solutions to half the book’s exercises and audio walkthroughs of the book’s code examples; and e-mail access to the authors at deitel@deitel For information on worldwide Deitel on-site seminars and to subscribe to the Deitel Buzz e-mail newsletter, visit: www.deitel.com For information on current and forthcoming Deitel/Prentice Hall publications including How to Program Series books, Multimedia Cyber Classrooms Complete Training Courses (which include DEITEL books and Cyber Classrooms) and Web-Based Training Courses please see the last few pages of this book.

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