Stephen Blair-Chappell, Andrew Stokes "Parallel Programming with Intel Parallel Studio XE"
552 pages | 2012 | ISBN: 0470891653 | EPUB, PDF | 82 MB
Optimize code for multi-core processors with Intel's Parallel Studio
Parallel programming is rapidly becoming a "must-know" skill for developers. Yet, where to start? This teach-yourself tutorial is an ideal starting point for developers who already know Windows C and C++ and are eager to add parallelism to their code. With a focus on applying tools, techniques, and language extensions to implement parallelism, this essential resource teaches you how to write programs for multicore and leverage the power of multicore in your programs.
Kevlin Henney, "97 Things Every Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts"
258 pages | 2010 | ISBN-10: 0596809484 | EPUB + MOBI + PDF | 10 MB
Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every programmer should know, no matter what language you use. With the 97 short and extremely useful tips for programmers in this book, you'll expand your skills by adopting new approaches to old problems, learning appropriate best practices, and honing your craft through sound advice.
With more than 67% of web servers running Apache, it is by far the most widely used web server platform in the world. Apache has evolved into a powerful system that easily rivals other HTTP servers in terms of functionality, efficiency, and speed. Despite these impressive capabilities, though, Apache is only a beneficial tool if it's a secure one.
Eating for Beauty By David Wolfe
200 Pages | 2003 | ISBN: 1556437323 | EPUB + MOBI + PDF | 44 MB
In Eating For Beauty, author David Wolfe, one of America’s foremost nutrition experts, describes how to cleanse, nourish and beautify by utilizing the benefits of a fresh-food diet. The lessons contained within this book can be applied to improve one’s appearance, vitality, and health. This book is about how to become more beautiful, not just how to maintain beauty or even slow the aging process. It is about rejuvenation at the deepest level, and the enjoyment of life.
Lonely Planet USA's Best Trips (Regional Travel Guide) By Sara Benson, Amy Balfour, Alison Bing
708 Pages | 2010 | ISBN: 1741797357 | EPUB + MOBI + PDF | 31 MB
99 of the Country 's Best Trips!
Whether you re a local looking for a long weekend escape, or a visitor looking to explore, Lonely Planet 's Trips series offers the best itineraries and makes it easy to plan the perfect trip time and again.
Includes the Mid-Atlantic, New England, the South, Florida, the Great Lakes, the Great Plains, Texas, the Rocky Mountains, the Southwest, California and the Pacific Northwest
Easy-to-use maps for every trip, plus driving times and directions ...
Developers, build mobile Android apps using Android 4
The fast-growing popularity of Android smartphones and tablets creates a huge opportunities for developers. If you're an experienced developer, you can start creating robust mobile Android apps right away with this professional guide to Android 4 application development. Written by one of Google's lead Android developer advocates, this practical book walks you through a series of hands-on projects that illustrate the features of the Android SDK. That includes all the new APIs introduced in Android 3 and 4, including building for tablets, using the Action Bar, Wi-Fi Direct, NFC Beam, and more.
Thomas Rizzo, Razi bin Rais, Michiel van Otegem and Darrin Bishop, "Programming Microsoft's Clouds: Windows Azure and Office 365"
600 pages | 2012 | English | ISBN: 1118076567 | EPUB + PDF | 47 MB
A detailed look at a diverse set of Cloud topics, particularly Azure and Office 365
More and more companies are realizing the power and potential of Cloud computing as a viable way to save energy and money. This valuable book offers an in-depth look at a wide range of Cloud topics unlike any other book on the market. Examining how Cloud services allows users to pay as they go for exactly what they use, this guide explains how companies can easily scale their Cloud use up and down to fit their business requirements.
Getting Started with .NET Gadgeteer By Simon Monk
90 Pages | 2012 | ISBN: 1449328237 | EPUB + PDF | 16 MB
Learn how to quickly build cool electronic gadgets with .NET Gadgeteer. With the easy-to-follow instructions in this guide, you’ll tackle five fascinating projects, using Microsoft’s rapid prototyping Gadgeteer platform. There’s no soldering involved—you simply plug in modules that make gadget-building quick and easy.
Ideal for beginners, this book shows you how to work with modules and other hardware in the popular Fez Spider Starter Kit, and teaches you how to program your gadgets with Visual Studio C# Express and the .NET Micro Framework 4.1 SDK. You’ll soon learn a wide range of programming techniques along with the skills to design your own projects.
Learn to Solder By Brian Jepson, Tyler Moskowite, Gregory Hayes
2012 | 52 Pages | ISBN: 1449337244 | EPUB + PDF | 62 MB
Learn the fundamentals of soldering—and pick up an essential skill for building electronic gadgets. You’ll discover how to preheat and tin your iron, make a good solder joint, desolder cleanly (when things don't quite go right), and how to use helping hands to hold components in place.
This concise book is part of MAKE’s Getting Started with Soldering Kit. Using the tools in the kit and some electronic components, you can practice soldering while making fun blinky objects. Then show the world you just learned a new skill by wearing the Learn to Solder Skill Badge.
Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV: The Simple Way to Make Technology See By Kurt Demaagd, Anthony Oliver, Nathan Oostendorp, Katherine Scott
2012 | 177 Pages | ISBN: 1449320368 | EPUB + PDF | 50 MB
SimpleCV is a cross platform (Windows, Macintosh, Linux) framework in Python that makes writing computer vision applications quick and easy. This book takes you through real world examples and applications using SimpleCV so that anyone, even with zero knowledge of computer vision, can use to create their own vision application in a few minutes with a webcam and PC.
Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture By Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson
384 Pages | 2012 | ISBN: 1449396593 | EPUB + PDF | 80 MB
Experience the magic of biology in your own home lab. This hands-on introduction includes more than 30 educational (and fun) experiments that help you explore this fascinating field on your own. Perfect for middle- and high-school students and DIY enthusiasts, this full-color guide teaches you the basics of biology lab work and shows you how to set up a safe lab at home.
Fitness for Geeks: Real Science, Great Nutrition, and Good Health By Bruce W. Perry
336 Pages | 2012 | ISBN: 1449399894 | EPUB + PDF | 81 MB
This inquisitive and highly useful book shows the hacker and maker communities how to bring science and software into their nutrition and fitness routines.
The digital age has made a big splash with new web-connected gear in the sports/fitness world. Fitness for Geeks covers many of these new self-tracking tools and apps, including Endomondo, FitBit, Garmin Connect, Alpine Replay, Zeo, and more. The book shows you how the gear and apps work, relate to human physiology, and can be hacked and integrated into your lifestyle and fitness routine.
iOS Hacker's Handbook By Charlie Miller, Dion Blazakis, Dino DaiZovi and more
408 Pages | 2012 | ISBN: 1118204123 | EPUB + PDF | 15 MB
Discover all the security risks and exploits that can threaten iOS-based mobile devices
iOS is Apple's mobile operating system for the iPhone and iPad. With the introduction of iOS5, many security issues have come to light. This book explains and discusses them all. The award-winning author team, experts in Mac and iOS security, examines the vulnerabilities and the internals of iOS to show how attacks can be mitigated. The book explains how the operating system works, its overall security architecture, and the security risks associated with it, as well as exploits, rootkits, and other payloads developed for it.
