First, Barker explains how to install Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, which is included on the accompanying CD-ROM, and walks you through programming basics. You'll then learn how to build user interface elements in order to develop applications using Windows Forms. And you'll find out how to use data in your applications as you examine database...

Camera Raw is all about controlling how you manage your digital image processing. This guide shows you how to use Camera Raw and Photoshop for color management, easy image evaluation, color and tonal corrections, and general editing. Get up to speed...

As longtime data warehousing practitioners and former Microsoft insiders, authors Joy Mundy and Warren Thornthwaite have extensive experience in building and managing data warehouse (DW) and business intelligence (BI) systems. With this book, they share best practices for using SQL Server 2005 to build a successful DW/BI system. Covering the...

• Analyze strengths and weaknesses of TDM and Layer 2 WAN services
• Understand the primary business and technical issues when evaluating IP/MPLS VPN offerings
• Describe the IP addressing, routing, load balancing,...

This book is an introduction to the use of geometric partial differential equations (PDEs) in image processing and computer vision. This relatively new research area brings a number of new concepts into the field, providing, among other things, a very fundamental and formal approach to image processing. State-of-the-art practical results in...

Radio frequency identification now belongs to the masses, and it lets you control all sorts of things. Like access to your front door. Or valuables in an RFID-enabled safe. You can corral your stuff within an RFID-monitored perimeter, or build a shelf that tells you when you're out of hot sauce. This book shows you how, with step-by-step...