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iPad For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

wowo — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:45:19 +0000

The up-to-date guide to getting the most out of your iPad or iPad 2! There are many tablets, but there’s just one iPad, beloved by everyone from techies and business people to toddlers and their grandparents. With an elegantly thin new form, front-and-rear-facing cameras, and more exciting new features, the iPad 2 puts beauty and [...]

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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

wowo — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:44:27 +0000

Music Art Mathematics Meditation on Human Thought and Creativity Artificial Intelligence Douglas Hofstadter’s book is concerned directly with the nature of ?maps” or links between formal systems. However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it. If life can grow out of the formal chemical substrate [...]

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Database Systems: Design, Implementation and Management (Book Only)

wowo — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:47:27 +0000

DATABASE SYSTEMS: DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND MANAGEMENT, NINTH EDITION, a market-leader for database texts, gives readers a solid foundation in practical database design and implementation. The book provides in-depth coverage of database design, demonstrating that the key to successful database implementation is in proper design of databases to fit within a larger strategic view of the [...]

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Network+ Guide to Networks (Networking (Course Technology))

wowo — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:44:35 +0000

Knowing how to install, configure, and troubleshoot a computer network is a highly marketable and exciting skill. This book first introduces the fundamental building blocks that form a modern network, such as protocols, topologies, hardware, and network operating systems. It then provides in-depth coverage of the most important concepts in contemporary networking, such as TCP/IP, [...]

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

wowo — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:45:45 +0000

* Capturing a wealth of experience about the design of object-oriented software, four top-notch designers present a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to commonly occurring design problems. Previously undocumented, these 23 patterns allow designers to create more flexible, elegant, and ultimately reusable designs without having to rediscover the design solutions themselves. * The authors [...]

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GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook

wowo — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:45:16 +0000

Updated for ArcGIS Desktop 10, GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook provides effective GIS training in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step format. By combining ArcGIS tutorials with self-study exercises intended to gradually build upon basic skills, the GIS Tutorial 1 is fully adaptable to individual needs, as well as the classroom setting. The tutorial demonstrates a range of [...]

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Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series)

wowo — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:45:39 +0000

With revised material and new exercises based on ArcGIS version 9, this updated work acquaints geographers and GIS professionals with the principles of GIS as it teaches the mechanics of using ArcGIS software. Conceptual material is followed by scripted software exercises. Necessary GIS skills are presented in a variety of areas–map symbology, data overlay, map [...]

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FREE Kindle Books

wowo — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:44:50 +0000

*****Warning – Price will soon be increasing to .99!***** “How to Load Your Kindle With an Endless Supply of E-books…For FREE!” The definitive guide on how and where to obtain Free Kindle Books. There’s no fluff here! Just a easy-to-understand and implement guide that will have you downloading and reading Kindle books in a matter [...]

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The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: “On Robustness and Fragility”

wowo — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:44:50 +0000

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas [...]

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iPad 2: The Missing Manual

wowo — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:44:54 +0000

The iPad is an amazing media device, once you really know how to use it. In this entertaining book, New York Times tech columnist and iPad expert Jude Biersdorfer shows you how to get the most out of this sleek tablet to surf the Web, send and receive email, watch movies and TV shows, read [...]

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