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Children and teens with autism can be particularly vulnerable to online dangers and this practical handbook explains how you can (read more)

Children and teens with autism can be particularly vulnerable to online dangers and this practical handbook explains how you can help your child to navigate websites, chat rooms and social media safely. Providing all the information needed to monitor, educate and guide your child's computer use, the book discusses key concerns such as parental control, social networking, grooming, cyberbullying, internet addiction and hacking. The risks and the warning signs to look out for are clearly explained alongside useful advice and examples from real-life experiences.

A Digispeak Dictionary is included that decodes the cryptic language of online slang and there are downloadable forms to help record your child's internet use. The practical solutions in this book will give you peace of mind and ensure that your child can enjoy the educational and social benefits of the internet in safety. (hide)

Learn all of the available upgrade and migration methods in detail to move to Oracle Database version 12c. You will become familiar (read more)

Learn all of the available upgrade and migration methods in detail to move to Oracle Database version 12c. You will become familiar with database upgrade best practices to complete the upgrade in an effective manner and understand the Oracle Database 12c patching process. So it's time to upgrade Oracle Database to version 12c and you need to choose the appropriate method while considering issues such as downtime.

This book explains all of the available upgrade and migration methods so you can choose the one that suits your environment. You will be aware of the practical issues and proactive measures to take to upgrade successfully and reduce unexpected issues. With every release of Oracle Database there are new features and fixes to bugs identified in previous versions.

As each release becomes obsolete, existing databases need to be upgraded. Oracle Database Upgrade and Migration Methods explains each method along with its strategy, requirements, steps, and known issues that have been seen so far. This book also compares the methods to help you choose the proper method according to your constraints.
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Take the right steps when a breach of your Oracle Database environment becomes known or suspected. You will learn techniques for (read more)

Take the right steps when a breach of your Oracle Database environment becomes known or suspected. You will learn techniques for discerning how an attacker got in, what data they saw, and what else they might have done. This book helps you understand forensics in relation to Oracle Database, and the tools and techniques that should be used to investigate a database breach.

You will learn the measures to put in place now to make it harder for an attack to be successful, and to aid in the detection and investigation of future attacks. You will know how to bring together tools and methods to create a holistic approach and investigation when an event occurs, helping you to be confident of your ability to react correctly and responsibly to threats against your organization's data. What You'll LearnDetect when breaches have or may have occurredReact with confidence using an organized planDetermine whether a suspected breach is real Determine the scope of data that has been compromisedPreserve evidence for possible criminal prosecutionsPut in place measures to aid future investigationsWho This Book is ForDatabase administrators, system administrators, and other technology professionals who may be called upon to investigate breaches of security involving Oracle Database
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Everything you need to prepare for and pass the exams Does the thought of sitting your PRINCE2 exams bring you out in a cold sweat? (read more)

Everything you need to prepare for and pass the exams Does the thought of sitting your PRINCE2 exams bring you out in a cold sweat? Fear not. Passing the PRINCE2 Exams For Dummies is your complete guide to preparing for and passing the PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner exams. It's packed with everything you need to learn from both syllabi, plus good advice on revision techniques.

You'll also find example exam questions that enable you to practice, practice, practice. * Chapters devoted to revising each of the PRINCE2 Processes (e.g. initiating a project) and Themes (e.g.change) * Revision checklists for both Foundation and Practitioner exams tell you exactly what you need to learn in preparation for the exams * Extra clarification and plain-English explanations of the more tricky concepts * Spot tests to check your understanding as you go * Sample Foundation and Practitioner exam questions for each Theme and Process Relax and shake off those exams flashbacks of yesteryear with this guide, you've got it covered. (hide)

Cryptology, the science of ciphers and codes, and philology, the study of languages, are typically understood as separate domains. (read more)

Cryptology, the science of ciphers and codes, and philology, the study of languages, are typically understood as separate domains. But Brian Lennon contends that computing's humanistic applications, no less than its technical ones, are marked by the priorities of security and military institutions devoted to fighting wars and decoding intelligence.
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Permanently Online, Permanently Connected establishes the conceptual grounds needed for a solid understanding of the permanently (read more)

Permanently Online, Permanently Connected establishes the conceptual grounds needed for a solid understanding of the permanently online/permanently connected phenomena, its causes and consequences, and its applied implications. Due to the diffusion of mobile devices the ways people communicate and interact with each other and use electronic media has changed substantially within a short period of time. This megatrend comes with fundamental challenges to communication, both theoretical and empirical.

The book offers a compendium of perspectives and theoretical approaches from leading thinkers in the field to empower communication scholars to develop this research systematically, exhaustively, and quickly. It is essential reading for media and communication scholars and students studying new media, media effects and communication theory.

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Want to understand a certain PHP programming technique? Or learn how to accomplish a particular task? This cookbook is the first (read more)

Want to understand a certain PHP programming technique? Or learn how to accomplish a particular task? This cookbook is the first place to look. With more than 350 code-rich recipes revised for PHP 5.4 and 5.5, this third edition provides updated solutions for generating dynamic web content - everything from using basic data types to querying databases, and from calling RESTful APIs to testing and securing your site. Each recipe includes code solutions that you can freely use, along with a discussion of how and why they work.

Whether you're an experienced PHP programmer or coming to PHP from another language, this book is an ideal on-the-job resource. You'll find recipes to help you with: Basic data types: strings, numbers, arrays, and dates and times Program building blocks: variables, functions, classes, and objects Web programming: cookies, forms, sessions, and authentication Database access using PDO, SQLite, and other extensions RESTful API clients and servers, including HTTP, XML, and OAuth Key concepts: email, regular expressions, and graphics creation Designing robust applications: security and encryption, error handling, debugging and testing, and performance tuning Files, directories, and PHP's Command Line Interface Libraries and package managers such as Composer and PECL (hide)

Choose the best approach for your app and implement your solution quickly by leveraging complete projects. This book is a collection (read more)

Choose the best approach for your app and implement your solution quickly by leveraging complete projects. This book is a collection of practical projects that use advanced Android techniques and approaches, written by Android instructor Mark Wickham. Mark has taught a series of popular classes at Android development conferences since 2013 and Practical Android covers content from his most popular classes.

Each chapter covers an important concept and provides you with a deep dive into the implementation.The book is an ideal resource for developers who have some development experience, but may not be Android or mobile development experts. Each chapter includes at least one complete project to show the reader how to implement the concepts (hide)

Work with Apache Spark using Scala to deploy and set up single-node, multi-node, and high-availability clusters. This book discusses (read more)

Work with Apache Spark using Scala to deploy and set up single-node, multi-node, and high-availability clusters. This book discusses various components of Spark such as Spark Core, DataFrames, Datasets and SQL, Spark Streaming, Spark MLib, and R on Spark with the help of practical code snippets for each topic. Practical Apache Spark also covers the integration of Apache Spark with Kafka with examples.

You'll follow a learn-to-do-by-yourself approach to learning - learn the concepts, practice the code snippets in Scala, and complete the assignments given to get an overall exposure. On completion, you'll have knowledge of the functional programming aspects of Scala, and hands-on expertise in various Spark components. You'll also become familiar with machine learning algorithms with real-time usage. (hide)

Professional Scala provides experienced programmers with fast track coverage aimed at supporting the use of Scala in professional (read more)

Professional Scala provides experienced programmers with fast track coverage aimed at supporting the use of Scala in professional production applications. Skipping over the basics and fundamentals of programming, the discussion launches directly into practical Scala topics with the most up-to-date coverage of the rapidly-expanding language and related tools. Scala bridges the gap between functional and object-oriented programming, and this book details that link with clear a discussion on both Java compatibility and the read-eval-print loop used in functional programming.

You'll learn the details of tooling for build and static analysis. You ll cover unit testing with ScalaTest, documentation with Scaladoc, how to handle concurrency, and much more as you build the in-demand skill set required to use Scala in a real-world production environment. Java-compliant with functional programming properties, Scala's popularity is growing quickly especially in the rapidly expanding areas of big data and cluster computing. (hide)