Operating systems

A competent system administrator knows that a Linux server is a high performance system for routing large amounts of information through a network connection.

A Note from the Author and from O'Reilly Media about what this bookdoes--and doesn't--do:Palm webOS is a brand new platform and represents a very different type ofoperating system where the web runtime is used as the basis for the UI andApplication model.

Why program Excel?

Embedded computer systems literally surround us: they're in our cell phones, PDAs, cars, TVs, refrigerators, heating systems, and more.

While computers and other devices identify each other on networks or the Internet by using unique addresses made up of numbers, humans rely on the Domain Name System (DNS), the distributed database that allows us to identify machines by name.

Postfix is a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA): software that mail servers use to route email.

This book is the comprehensive guide to Samba administration, officially adopted by the Samba Team.

What makes Windows refugees decide to get a Mac?

Ready to move to the Mac?

What do you get when you cross a Mac with an iPad?

What do you get when you cross a Mac with an iPad?

Since Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef first appeared in mid-2011, infrastructure testing has begun to flourish in the web ops world.

In early reviews, geeks raved about Windows 7.

Let's say you have an idea for a killer iPhone app.

Cocoa is more than just a collection of classes, and is certainly more than a simple framework.

It used to be that two laptops, sitting side by side, couldn't communicate with each other; they may as well have been a thousand miles apart.

For a company that promised to "e;put a pause on new features,"e; Apple sure has been busy-there's barely a feature left untouched in Mac OS X 10.

Is Windows giving you pause?

As an open operating system, Unix can be improved on by anyone and everyone: individuals, companies, universities, and more.

Microsoft Word has grown considerably in power, sophistication and capability over the past decade, but one thing that hasn't changed since the early '90s is its user interface.

With more than 60 practical and creative hacks, this book helps you turn Raspberry Pi into the centerpiece of some cool electronics projects.

With more than 60 practical and creative hacks, this book helps you turn Raspberry Pi into the centerpiece of some cool electronics projects.

This book shows you how to use two Unix utilities, lex andyacc, in program development.

This book shows you how to use two Unix utilities, lex andyacc, in program development.

One of the secrets to the ever-increasing popularity of Windows Server can be found in the simplicity its administration.

With Windows 8, Microsoft completely reimagined the graphical user interface for its operating system, and designed it to run on tablets as well as PCs.

Windows 8 is quite different than previous Microsoft operating systems, but its still eminently hackable.

Windows 8 is quite different than previous Microsoft operating systems, but its still eminently hackable.

What do you get when you cross a Mac with an iPad?

What do you get when you cross a Mac with an iPad?

Rich Text Format, or RTF, is the internal markup language used by Microsoft Word and understood by dozens of other word processors.

The Mono Project is the much talked-about open source initiative to create a Unix implementation of Microsoft's .

Python is an ideal language for solving problems, especially in Linux and Unix networks.

Extreme Programming (XP) is a radical new approach to software development that has been accepted quickly because its core practices--the need for constant testing, programming in pairs, inviting customer input, and the communal ownership of code--resonate with developers everywhere.

Computer security is an ongoing process, a relentless contest between system administrators and intruders.

Perl is a versatile, powerful programming language used in a variety of disciplines, ranging from system administration to web programming to database manipulation.

Perl is a versatile, powerful programming language used in a variety of disciplines, ranging from system administration to web programming to database manipulation.

Access Database Design & Programming takes you behind the details of the Access interface, focusing on the general knowledge necessary for Access power users or developers to create effective database applications.

Mac OS X Unwired introduces you to the basics of wireless computing, from the reasons why you'd want to go wireless in the first place, to setting up your wireless network or accessing your wireless services on the road.

Mac OS X Unwired introduces you to the basics of wireless computing, from the reasons why you'd want to go wireless in the first place, to setting up your wireless network or accessing your wireless services on the road.

Get up to speed on Cocoa and Objective-C, and start developing applications on the iOS and OS X platforms.

For those of you who develop standalone Windows applications for PCs and other devices, Microsoft's .

For those of you who develop standalone Windows applications for PCs and other devices, Microsoft's .

Like most complex tasks, .

Like most complex tasks, .

Bigger in size, longer in length, broader in scope, and even more useful than our original Mac OS X Hacks, the new Big Book of Apple Hacks offers a grab bag of tips, tricks and hacks to get the most out of Mac OS X Leopard, as well as the new line of iPods, iPhone, and Apple TV.

Want to take real control of your Mac?

Want to take real control of your Mac?

Write software that draws directly on services offered by the Linux kernel and core system libraries.

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) may very well turn out to be the world's most successful hack.