Tag: PC

Learn the Kinect API – New Microsoft ‘Start Here!’ guide shows how – #bookreview

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Learn the Kinect™ API Rob Miles (Microsoft Press, paperback, Kindle) The Kinect sensor  is a popular peripheral for Microsoft’s XBox 360 video game systems and Windows PCs. The device contains a video camera, a directional microphone system, and a depth sensor. Software developers are using the device “to advance the field of computer interaction in … Continue reading Learn the Kinect API – New Microsoft ‘Start Here!’ guide shows how – #bookreview

Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Lion Edition – #bookreview #in #mac #windows

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Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Lion Edition By David Pogue (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $29.99; Kindle edition, list price $23.99) I own and use three Windows PCs during a typical day. But sometimes (don’t ask why), I find myself forced – forced – to use my wife’s Macintosh. Grrrr. Where do I click? … Continue reading Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Lion Edition – #bookreview #in #mac #windows

Programming Perl, 4th Ed. – The long-awaited update has arrived – #bookreview #programming #in #perl

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Programming Perl, 4th Edition By Tom Christiansen, brian d foy and Larry Wall, with Jon Orwant (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $54.99) Since 1991, Programming Perl has been considered both the Bible of Perl and the go-to reference guide for those who use this popular “mixed heritage” programming language. Publication of this newly updated edition is … Continue reading Programming Perl, 4th Ed. – The long-awaited update has arrived – #bookreview #programming #in #perl

Node for Front-End Developers – Writing server-side JavaScript applications – #bookreview #in

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Node for Front-End Developers By Garann Means (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $14.99; Kindle edition, list price $7.99) Node is a JavaScript platform used to create server-side applications, communicate with the client, work with data, create dynamic web pages, and handle other tasks. According to the Joyent Incorporated’s nodejs website: “Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime … Continue reading Node for Front-End Developers – Writing server-side JavaScript applications – #bookreview #in

Using Microsoft InfoPath 2010 with Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Step by Step – #bookreview

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Using Microsoft InfoPath 2010 with Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Step by Step By Darvish Shadravan and Laura Rogers (Microsoft Press, paperback, list price $34.99; Kindle edition, list price $31.99) A 21st century Shakespeare might write: “All the world’s a form, and we are just filling it in.” One of this book’s authors contends (not completely in jest) that “forms run the world. Imagine … Continue reading Using Microsoft InfoPath 2010 with Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Step by Step – #bookreview

Send in the Clouds: 2 New SharePoint 2010 Books from Microsoft Press – #bookreview

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Microsoft Press recently has released two new books intended to help attract and train more users of  its SharePoint 2010 software and services.  SharePoint is Microsoft’s suite of software tools designed to help “make it easier for people work together,” whether they are in the same office or scattered around the planet. One of the new books focuses on … Continue reading Send in the Clouds: 2 New SharePoint 2010 Books from Microsoft Press – #bookreview

Learn Microsoft Visual C# 2010 with ‘Start Here!’ Book for Beginners – #programming #bookreview

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Learn Microsoft Visual C# 2010 By John Paul Mueller (Microsoft Press, paperback, list price $34.99; Kindle edition, list price $27.99) I like the “Start Here!” series from Microsoft Press. The books, in my view, provide a convenient, affordable and approachable way to develop some new skills in a hurry, without having to take classes. There is nothing wrong with … Continue reading Learn Microsoft Visual C# 2010 with ‘Start Here!’ Book for Beginners – #programming #bookreview

Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Customizing My Site – #programming #sm #bookreview

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Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Customizing My Site By Michael Doyle (Microsoft Press, paperback, list price $9.99; Kindle edition, list price $9.99) By computer-book standards, Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Customizing My Site seems a bit thin: just 95 pages. But it contains plenty of good information and deserves to catch some eyes in the expanding SharePoint community. “The … Continue reading Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Customizing My Site – #programming #sm #bookreview

A Bug Hunter’s Diary: A Guided Tour through the Wilds of Software Security – #programming #bookreview

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A Bug Hunter’s Diary: A Guided Tour through the Wilds of Software Security By Tobias Klein (No Starch Press, paperback, list price $39.95; Kindle edition, list price $31.95) If your passion or desire is to find and kill software bugs and fight hackers, you should check out this well-written how-to book. Tobias Klein, an information … Continue reading A Bug Hunter’s Diary: A Guided Tour through the Wilds of Software Security – #programming #bookreview

Getting .NET Results – 2 New Books from Microsoft – #programming #bookreview

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Microsoft Press recently has released two new books for .NET programmers. One is for .NET newcomers, and the other definitely is not. That book has been written “to help existing Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Visual C# developers understand collections in .NET.” Here are short reviews of each book. Easy Does It Start Here! Fundamentals of Microsoft … Continue reading Getting .NET Results – 2 New Books from Microsoft – #programming #bookreview