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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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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)

Fortran marches on, remaining one of the principal programming languages used in high-performance scientific, numerical, and engineering (read more)

Fortran marches on, remaining one of the principal programming languages used in high-performance scientific, numerical, and engineering computing. A series of significant revisions to the standard versions of the language have progressively enhanced its capabilities, and the latest standard - Fortran 2018 - includes many additions and improvements. This edition of Modern Fortran Explained expands on the last.

Given the release of updated versions of Fortran compilers, the separate descriptions of Fortran 2003 and Fortran 2008 have been incorporated into the main text, which thereby becomes a unified description of the full Fortran 2008 version of the language. This clearer standard has allowed many deficiencies and irregularities in the earlier language versions to be resolved. Four new chapters describe the additional features of Fortran 2018, with its enhancements to coarrays for parallel programming, interoperability with C, IEEE arithmetic, and various other improvements.
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The PHP language is different than you remember. No longer just about procedural code and monolithic frameworks, PHP has experienced (read more)

The PHP language is different than you remember. No longer just about procedural code and monolithic frameworks, PHP has experienced a renaissance to become a full-featured, mature language with object-orientation, namespaces, and a growing collection of reusable component libraries."Modern PHP" reveals these new language features in action. Author Josh Lockhart--creator of PHP The Right Way, a popular community initiative--shows you how to develop PHP applications using best practices for application architecture and planning, databases, security, testing, debugging, and deployment.Learn detailed, practical techniques that you can immediately implement in your PHP projectGrow your PHP skillset with the newest language features and modern best practices Get up to speed on new language features of PHP 5.x (OOP, DateTime, namespaces, traits, and more)Discover the latest from the PHP community, including what's new with the Hack programming language and the HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM)Find out how the new PHP has become a more mature language with community standards, a growing affinity for interoperable components, and a passionate community committed to improving performance. (hide)

Learn network and data security by analyzing the Anthem breach and step-by-step how hackers gain entry, place hidden software, download (read more)

Learn network and data security by analyzing the Anthem breach and step-by-step how hackers gain entry, place hidden software, download information, and hide the evidence of their entry. Understand the tools, establishing persistent presence, use of sites as testbeds to determine successful variations of software that elude detection, and reaching out across trusted connections to the entire healthcare system of the nation. Examine the components of technology being diverted, starting with application code and how to protect it with isolation approaches.

Dissect forms of infections including viruses, worms, bots, and Trojans; and encryption with RSA algorithm as the working example. (hide)

How secure is your network? The best way to find out is to attack it, using the same tactics attackers employ to identify and exploit (read more)

How secure is your network? The best way to find out is to attack it, using the same tactics attackers employ to identify and exploit weaknesses. With the third edition of this practical book, you'll learn how to perform network-based penetration testing in a structured manner. Security expert Chris McNab demonstrates common vulnerabilities, and the steps you can take to identify them in your environment.

System complexity and attack surfaces continue to grow. This book provides a process to help you mitigate risks posed to your network. Each chapter includes a checklist summarizing attacker techniques, along with effective countermeasures you can use immediately. (hide)

Communication between vehicles and infrastructure will enable an entirely new way of managing traffic, reducing accidents, and increasing (read more)

Communication between vehicles and infrastructure will enable an entirely new way of managing traffic, reducing accidents, and increasing citizens' quality of life. Networking Vehicles to Everything provides a 360-degree overview of networking vehicle technology. This informational account also covers challenges, case considerations, current activities in standards, product implementation, and upcoming trends such as software reconfiguration, mmWave technology and advanced control theory tools.
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One book that does the work of nine Knowing your way around Microsoft Office requires you to be part mathematician, part storyteller, (read more)

One book that does the work of nine Knowing your way around Microsoft Office requires you to be part mathematician, part storyteller, and part graphic designer--with some scheduling wizard and database architect sprinkled in. So what do you do if these talents don't come naturally to you? Fear not! Office 2019 All-in-One For Dummies fills in the gaps and helps you create easy-to-read Word documents, smash numbers in Excel, tell your tale with PowerPoint, and keep it all organized with Outlook. With additional books covering Access, OneNote, and common Office tasks, this is the only Office book you need on your shelf. (hide)

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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