Get a head start evaluating Windows 8.1 - with early technical insights from award-winning journalist and Windows expert Ed Bott. Based on the Windows 8.1 Preview release, this guide introduces new features and capabilities,...

As the standard for spreadsheet applications, Excel is usedworldwide - but it's not always user-friendly. However, in thehands of veteran bestselling author Greg Harvey, Excel gets a wholelot easier to understand! This handy all-in-one guide covers...

CompTIA's Network+ certification tells the world you have the skills to install, configure, and troubleshoot today's basic networking hardware peripherals and protocols. But first, you have to pass the exam! This detailed...

Microsoft Access allows you to store, organize, view, analyze, and share data; the new Access 2013 release enables you to build even more powerful, custom database solutions that integrate with the web and enterprise data sources. Access 2013...

In its 4th edition, this book remains focused on increasing public awareness of the nature and motives of cyber vandalism and cybercriminals, the weaknesses inherent in cyberspace infrastructure, and the means available to protect ourselves and our society. This new edition aims to integrate security education and awareness with discussions...

In the previous unit we described how data such as that from a file could be communicated to a Java program. However, there is also a need to handle data that is communicated in more diverse fashions and, in particular, directly from a human. Such data is often taken into a system via a graphical user interface (GUI). GUI design is a major...

1001 Calculus Practice Problems For Dummies takes youbeyond the instruction and guidance offered in Calculus ForDummies, giving you 1001 opportunities to practice solvingproblems from the major topics in your calculus course. Plus,...

With its ever-expanding installed base, C continues to be one of the most popular programming languages on the market. This fact, along with the Teach Yourself series' reputation as the most popular way to learn programming languages, guarantee that Teach Yourself C in 21 Days, Fourth Edition is clearly headed for the bestseller...

Solving complex optimization problems with parallelmetaheuristics

Parallel Metaheuristics brings together an international group ofexperts in parallelism and metaheuristics to provide a much-neededsynthesis of these two fields. Readers discover how metaheuristictechniques can provide useful and practical solutions for a...

Big data is big news! Every company, industry, not-for-profit,and government agency wants and needs to analyze and leveragedatasets that can quickly become ponderously large. Datavisualization software enables...

Part of a series of specialized guides on System Center - this book provides focused guidance for deploying and customizing Service Manager, an integrated platform for automating and adapting an organization’s IT service management best practices. Led by series editor Mitch Tulloch, a team of System Center experts step you through key...