Operating systems

In order to thoroughly understand what makes Linux tick and why it works so well on a wide variety of systems, you need to delve deep into the heart of the kernel.

Device drivers literally drive everything you're interested in--disks, monitors, keyboards, modems--everything outside the computer chip and memory.

Shell scripting skills never go out of style.

Windows XP can be a great tool, but it is all too easy to trip over Windows XP's annoying traits more often than you leverage its productivity.

This practical reference guide offers hundreds of useful tasks for managing Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft's latest and greatest server.

If you want to build applications that take full advantage of Windows Vista's new user interface capabilities, you need to learn Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).

Schedules, budgets, communications, resources.

So much of what is commonplace today was once considered impossible, or at least wishful thinking.

Maybe you got Access as part of Microsoft Office and wonder what it can do for you and your household; maybe you're a small business manager and don't have a techie on staff to train the office in Microsoft Access.

If you're considering the vastly improved 2007 version of SharePoint, this concise, practical and friendly guide will teach you how to get the most from the latest version of Microsoft's information-sharing and collaboration platform.

For any organization that wants to use Windows SharePoint Services to share and collaborate on Microsoft Office documents, this book shows administrators of all levels how to get up and running with this powerful and popular set of collaboration tools.

Linux consistently appears high up in the list of popular Internet servers, whether it's for the Web, anonymous FTP, or general services such as DNS and delivering mail.

Why program Excel?

In the last few years, security has become a hot-button issue for IT organizations of all sizes.

You may be contemplating your first Linux installation.

MySQL is the world's most popular open source database.

If you think Knoppix is just a Linux demo disk, think again.

No matter how much Mac experience you have, Mac OS X Leopard requires that you get reacquainted.

This book is the Windows Server version of the classic TCP/IP Network Administration.

The KDE and Gnome desktops have developed into mature operating environments.

Windows Vista is Microsoft's most important software release in more than a decade.

In the world of Unix operating systems, the various BSDs come with a long heritage of high-quality software and well-designed solutions, making them a favorite OS of a wide range of users.

Each year, Windows XP is pre-installed on 30 million PCs sold in the U.

If you prefer a more streamlined alternative to the bloat and complexity of Microsoft "e;sport-utility"e; programs, AppleWorks 6 is the stealth office suite.

As one of the applications in Microsoft Office, Word is the dominant word-processing program for both Windows and Mac users.

Microsoft Office is the number-one selling software for the Mac; the Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Entourage applications are more dominant in the Mac world than they are among PC users.

A smart collection of insider tips and tricks, Windows XP Hacks, Second Edition covers the XP operating system from start to finish.

A car PC or carputer is a car tricked-out with electronics for playing radio, music and DVD movies, connecting to the Internet, navigating and tracking with satellite, taking photos, and any electronic gadget a person wants in a car.

Is Windows giving you pause?

To the outside world, a "e;supercomputer"e; appears to be a single system.

Apache is far and away the most widely used web server platform in the world, running on Windows NT as well as Unix and other platforms.

Real-Time Systems Engineering and Applications is a well-structured collection of chapters pertaining to present and future developments in real-time systems engineering.

The ultimate guide for programmers needing to know how to write systems, services, and applications using the TinyOS operating system.

Explains real-time specification techniques (duration calculus, timed automata, and PLC-automata) needed for embedded safety-critical applications.

This exam (70291) is a core requirement for both the MCSA and MCSE.

Install SUSE Linux and take advantage of cool new tools Use OpenOffice.

Mac OS X Tiger is the sum of its parts, and there are a lot of them.

Have you been asked to perform an information systems audit and don't know where to start?

Covers all versions of UNIX, as well as Linux, operating systems that are used by the majority of Fortune 1000 companies for their mission-critical data Offers more detail than other books on the file input/output aspects of UNIX programming Describes implementation of UNIX filesystems over a thirty year period Demonstrates VERITAS and other filesystem examples

Discusses new features provided by zOS, such as improved security, support for Intelligent Resource Director, and support for a 64-bit real storage.

With Advanced iOS 4 Programming, developers have the expert guidance they need to create amazing applications for Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Computing with Windows 7 for the Older & Wiser is a user friendly guide that takes you step-by-step through the basics of using a computer.

Get in the game of developing successful apps for the iPad Designing for the iPad presents unique challenges for developers and requires an entirely different mindset of elements to consider when creating apps.

If you are serious about getting up to speed with Windows 7, then this clear, concise guide is the ideal companion for fast and efficient learning.

With Advanced iOS 4 Programming, developers have the expert guidance they need to create amazing applications for Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

If you are serious about getting up to speed with Windows 7, then this clear, concise guide is the ideal companion for fast and efficient learning.

The visual guide to developing for one of the world s hottest new mobile platforms, the Android OS The Android operating system works on phones that combine a camera, Web browser, e-mail, GPS, and mapping tool into a single accessible pocket-sized unit, and can function on computers, as well.

Develop applications for Mac OS X with this Developer Reference guide Make a clean transition to programming in Apple environments using the elegant and dynamic programming API Cocoa and this practical guide.

A manual for Windows 7 desktop technicians and administrators It is estimated that 90 percent of the world s computers run Windows.