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While machine learning expertise doesn't quite mean you can create your own Turing Test-proof android-as in the movie Ex Machina-it (read more)

While machine learning expertise doesn't quite mean you can create your own Turing Test-proof android-as in the movie Ex Machina-it is a form of artificial intelligence and one of the most exciting technological means of identifying opportunities and solving problems fast and on a large scale. Anyone who masters the principles of machine learning is mastering a big part of our tech future and opening up incredible new directions in careers that include fraud detection, optimizing search results, serving real-time ads, credit-scoring, building accurate and sophisticated pricing models-and way, way more. Unlike most machine learning books, the fully updated 2nd Edition of Machine Learning For Dummies doesn't assume you have years of experience using programming languages such as Python (R source is also included in a downloadable form with comments and explanations), but lets you in on the ground floor, covering the entry-level materials that will get you up and running building models you need to perform practical tasks. (hide)

Data is an increasingly important business asset and enabler for organisational activities. Data quality is a key aspect of data (read more)

Data is an increasingly important business asset and enabler for organisational activities. Data quality is a key aspect of data management and failure to understand it increases organisational risk and decreases efficiency and profitability. This book explains data quality management in practical terms, focusing on three key areas - the nature of data in enterprises, the purpose and scope of data quality management, and implementing a data quality management system, in line with ISO 8000-61. (hide)

Master New Skills in AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT with this Best-Selling Guide. Every year, Mastering AutoCAD appears at the top of the (read more)

Master New Skills in AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT with this Best-Selling Guide. Every year, Mastering AutoCAD appears at the top of the AutoCAD book sales charts because of the comprehensive instruction and concise explanations found within. The expert authors the newest edition continue that tradition of excellence in Mastering AutoCAD 2021 and AutoCAD LT 2021, the leading reference and tutorial offering a thorough treatment of AutoCAD tools, functions, and techniques. You'll learn the most straightforward ways to tackle design tasks with the accompanying real-world examples, downloadable project files, and step-by-step instructions.
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MATLAB: A Practical Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving, winner of TAA's 2017 Textbook Excellence Award ("Texty"), guides (read more)

MATLAB: A Practical Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving, winner of TAA's 2017 Textbook Excellence Award ("Texty"), guides the reader through both programming and built-in functions to easily exploit MATLAB's extensive capabilities for tackling engineering and scientific problems. Assuming no knowledge of programming, this book starts with programming concepts, such as variables, assignments, and selection statements, moves on to loops, and then solves problems using both the programming concept and the power of MATLAB. (hide)

MCA Microsoft (R) Office Specialist (Office 365 and Office 2019) STUDY GUIDEYour complete guide to preparing for the Microsoft Office (read more)

MCA Microsoft (R) Office Specialist (Office 365 and Office 2019) STUDY GUIDEYour complete guide to preparing for the Microsoft Office Specialist Excel examThe MCA Microsoft Office Specialist (Office 365 and Office 2019) Study Guide: Excel Associate Exam MO-200 is your one-stop resource for preparing you to earn the Excel Associate certification. The exam measures your competencies in the fundamentals of Excel. This guide starts you off with an assessment test to measure what you already know and what you still need to learn.

Then you move into professional scenarios and examples, practical exercises, and challenging chapter review questions. Finally, you can reinforce and retain what you?ve learned with the Sybex online learning environment and test bank. Get prepared for the Excel Associate Exam with Sybex. (hide)

Power up your proficiency with this genius guide to popular Microsoft 365 apps. Do you want to make your Microsoft 365 account a (read more)

Power up your proficiency with this genius guide to popular Microsoft 365 apps. Do you want to make your Microsoft 365 account a productivity behemoth? Do you want to squeeze every last bit of awesome from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and learn a little more about Outlook, too? Microsoft 365 Portable Genius has got you covered. A seasoned tech expert and trainer, author Lisa A. Bucki shows you how to build Word documents, Excel workbooks, and PowerPoint presentations the right way, as well as how to use high-impact design techniques to make your documents pop.
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Learn the main features of Azure Cosmos DB and how to use Microsoft's multi-modal database service as a data store for mission-critical (read more)

Learn the main features of Azure Cosmos DB and how to use Microsoft's multi-modal database service as a data store for mission-critical applications. The clear examples help in writing your own applications to take advantage of Cosmos DB's multi-modal, globally distributed, elastic database. Simple step-by-step instructions show how to resolve common and uncommon scenarios involving Azure Cosmos DB, and scenarios such as delivering extremely low response times (in the order of milliseconds), and scaling rapidly and globally.Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Revealed demonstrates a multitude of possible implementations to get you started. (hide)

Microsoft Excel is an incredible application, feature-rich and easy to use if you know how. It can help with the simplest of jobs, (read more)

Microsoft Excel is an incredible application, feature-rich and easy to use if you know how. It can help with the simplest of jobs, from shopping lists to presentation of data, to more complex formulas and sorting tasks. Everyone in business, or indeed, in almost any job, needs to know how to use this fundamental modern tool, so this updated edition provides information on all the basic capabilities and gives guidance on some of the more advanced techniques.
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Fully revised and updated to provide accelerated review of all the topics covered on the new Core 1 and Core 2 CompTIA A+ examsThis (read more)

Fully revised and updated to provide accelerated review of all the topics covered on the new Core 1 and Core 2 CompTIA A+ examsThis quick review, cram-style test preparation guide offers 100% coverage of all objectives for the current editions of both CompTIA A+ exams. Written in the proven Passport format developed by training guru Mike Meyers, the book enables you to focus on specific topics, determine areas of need, and tailor an effective course for quickly preparing for the exams. Each chapter of the Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+ Certification Passport, Seventh Edition (Exams 220-1001 & 220-1002) contains an outline of chapter contents, "Exam Tips" that highlight test topics, "Warnings" to provide cautionary information, and "Further Study" icons that point out additional resources. (hide)

19/03/2015 - The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to securing all mobile applications byapproaching (read more)

19/03/2015 - The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to securing all mobile applications byapproaching the issue from a hacker's point of view. Heavil ypractical, this book provides expert guidance toward discovering and exploiting flaws in mobile applications on the iOS, Android,Blackberry, and Windows Mobile platforms. You will learn a provenmethodology for approaching mobile application assessments, and the techniques used to prevent, disrupt, and remediate the varioustypes of attacks.

Coverage includes data storage, cryptography,transport layers, data leakage, injection attacks, runtime manipulation, security controls, and cross-platform apps, with vulnerabilities highlighted and detailed information on the methods hackers use to get around standard security.

Mobile applications are widely used in the consumer andenterprise markets to process and/or store sensitive data. There iscurrently little published on the topic of mobile security, butwith over a million apps in the Apple App Store alone, the attacksurface is significant. (hide)