O Reilly: 1860 books
Devices of the Soul (Hardcover)
Battling for Our Selves in an Age of Machines
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2007
"Self-forgetfulness is the reigning temptation of the technological era. This is why we so readily give our assent to the absurd proposition that a computer can add two plus two, despite the obvious fact that it can do nothing of the sort--not if we have in mind anything remotely resembling what...
Best iPad Apps
The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
What really wows iPad fans is when their touchscreen does what's impossible on other gadgets: the finger-painting app that turns a cross-country flight into a moving art class, the mini music studio (two-dozen instruments strong, each with motion-induced warble effects), and the portable fireworks...
by Preston Gralla
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Get the most out of Samsung’s Galaxy S5 smartphone right from the start. With clear instructions from technology expert Preston Gralla, this Missing Manual gives you a guided tour of Samsung's new flagship phone, including great new features such as the fingerprint scanner, heart rate sensor, and...
by Preston Gralla
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
Droid X2 has more power and better graphics than its predecessor, but it still doesn’t offer a printed guide to its amazing features. This Missing Manual helps you dig deep into everything Droid X2 can do. Learn how to shop, keep in touch, play with photos, listen to music, and even do some work....
Windows XP Power Hound
Teach Yourself New Tricks
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2004
Windows XP can be a great tool, but it is all too easy to trip over Windows XP's annoying traits more often than you leverage its productivity. Windows XP power-users troll online resources, documentation, and the expertise (or lucky finds) of friends for valuable tips and tricks--a keyboard shortcut...
by Preston Gralla
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Ready to unleash the Droid 2? This entertaining guide helps you take full command of Motorola’s sleek new device to get online, shop, find locations, keep in touch, and much more. Every page is packed with useful information you can put to work right away, from setup to troubleshooting, with lots...
Windows Vista in a Nutshell
A Desktop Quick Reference
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2006
This unique reference thoroughly documents every important setting and feature in Microsoft's new operating system, with alphabetical listings for hundreds of commands, windows, menus, listboxes, buttons, scrollbars and other elements of Windows Vista. With this book's simple organization, you'll...
Windows Vista Pocket Reference
A Compact Guide to Windows Vista
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2007
Windows Vista Pocket Reference is the ideal guide to setting up and navigating the basics of this new operating system, from the new user interface to networking, multimedia, security, and mobility. This pocket reference offers four sections that will familiarize readers with Vista quickly:
Getting...
Network Security Tools
Writing, Hacking, and Modifying Security Tools
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2005
If you're an advanced security professional, then you know that the battle to protect online privacy continues to rage on. Security chat rooms, especially, are resounding with calls for vendors to take more responsibility to release products that are more secure. In fact, with all the information...
by Kathy Walrath, Seth Ladd
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
This short, free ebook from March 2012 describes the Dart language, libraries, and tools that help you develop structured, fast, and maintainable web apps that run in any modern browser.
Getting Started with Impala
Interactive SQL for Apache Hadoop
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Learn how to write, tune, and port SQL queries and other statements for a Big Data environment, using Impala—the massively parallel processing SQL query engine for Apache Hadoop. The best practices in this practical guide help you design database schemas that not only interoperate with other Hadoop...
App Inventor 2
Create Your Own Android Apps
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
Yes, you can create your own apps for Android devices—and it’s easy to do. This extraordinary book introduces you to App Inventor 2, a powerful visual tool that lets anyone build apps. Learn App Inventor basics hands-on with step-by-step instructions for building more than a dozen fun projects,...
Getting Started with D3
Creating Data-Driven Documents
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
Learn how to create beautiful, interactive, browser-based data visualizations with the D3 JavaScript library. This hands-on book shows you how to use a combination of JavaScript and SVG to build everything from simple bar charts to complex infographics. You’ll learn how to use basic D3 tools by...
Programming Rust
Fast, Safe Systems Development
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Rust is a new systems programming language that combines the performance and low-level control of C and C++ with memory safety and thread safety. Rust’s modern, flexible types ensure your program is free of null pointer dereferences, double frees, dangling pointers, and similar bugs, all at compile...