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81. |  By: Shin Takahashi; Trend-Pro Co., Ltd. Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 28-NOV-2008 Insert Date: 23-JAN-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Manga Guide to Statistics Think you can't have fun learning statistics? Think again.The Manga Guide to Statistics will teach you everything
you need to know about this essential discipline, while
entertaining you at the same time. With its unique combination of
Japanese-style comics called manga and serious educational content,
the EduManga format is already a hit in Japan.In The Manga Guide to Statistics, our heroine Rui is
determined to learn about statistics to impress the dreamy Mr.
Igarashi and begs her father for a tutor. Soon she's spending her
Saturdays with geeky, bespectacled Mr. Yamamoto, who...
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82. |  By: Christina Tynan-Wood Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 03-DEC-2008 Insert Date: 22-JAN-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Be a Geek Goddess When it comes to technology (or anything, really), men and women
rarely think alike. Men are obsessed with acronyms and the size of
their hard drives. Women just want to get things done. And if they
can get it done while shopping for a cute pair of shoes, even
better.How to Be a Geek Goddess shows you how to sort out
technology decisions (and find those cute shoes online) without
ever having to ask a man. Whether you're buying a computer,
shopping for a cell phone, trapped in the electronics aisle, or
simply lost on the Internet, author Christina Tynan-Wood explains
it all with wit,...
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83. |  By: Himanshu Dwivedi Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 28-OCT-2008 Insert Date: 10-JAN-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Hacking VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks have freed users
from the tyranny of big telecom, allowing people to make phone
calls over the Internet at very low or no cost. But while VoIP is
easy and cheap, it's notoriously lacking in security. With minimal
effort, hackers can eavesdrop on conversations, disrupt phone
calls, change caller IDs, insert unwanted audio into existing phone
calls, and access sensitive information.Hacking VoIP takes a dual approach to VoIP security,
explaining its many security holes to hackers and administrators.
If you're serious about security, and you either use...
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84. |  By: Steve Pugh Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 28-NOV-2008 Insert Date: 10-JAN-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts is a compendium of scripts that
will make your life easier by saving you time and solving problems.
If you find yourself wasting effort and time on a task a trained
monkey could do, it's time for Ruby to come to the rescue.
Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts provides carefully selected Ruby
scripts that are immediately useful. Learn how to streamline
administrative tasks like renaming files, disabling processes, and
changing permissions. After you get your feet wet creating basic
scripts, author Steve Pugh will show you how to create powerful Web
crawlers, security scripts,...
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85. |  By: Wolfgang Barth Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 28-OCT-2008 Insert Date: 12-NOV-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Nagios, Second Edition Good system administrators recognize problems long before anyone
asks, "Hey, is the Internet down?" Nagios, an open source system
and network monitoring tool, has emerged as the most popular
solution for sys admins in organizations of all sizes. It's robust
but also complex, and Nagios: System and Network Monitoring, 2nd
Edition, updated to address Nagios 3.0, will help you take full
advantage of this program.Nagios, which runs on Linux and most *nix variants, can be
configured to continuously monitor network services such as SMTP,
POP3, HTTP, NNTP, SSH, and FTP. It can also supervise...
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86. |  The Art of Debugging with GDB and DDD By: Norman Matloff; Peter Jay Salzman Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 18-SEP-2008 Insert Date: 12-NOV-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Art of Debugging with GDB and DDD Debugging is crucial to successful software development, but
even many experienced programmers find it challenging.
Sophisticated debugging tools are available, yet it may be
difficult to determine which features are useful in which
situations. The Art of Debugging is your guide to making the
debugging process more efficient and effective.The Art of Debugging illustrates the use three of the
most popular debugging tools on Linux/Unix platforms: GDB, DDD, and
Eclipse. The text-command based GDB (the GNU Project Debugger) is
included with most distributions. DDD is a popular GUI front end
for...
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87. |  By: Chris Eagle Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 12-AUG-2008 Insert Date: 05-NOV-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The IDA Pro Book
No source code? No problem. With IDA Pro, you live in a source
code-optional world. IDA can automatically analyze the millions of
opcodes that make up an executable and present you with a
disassembly. But at that point, your work is just beginning. With
The IDA Pro Book, you'll learn how to turn that mountain of
mnemonics into something you can actually use.
Hailed by the creator of IDA Pro as the "long-awaited" and
"information-packed" guide to IDA, The IDA Pro Book covers
everything from the very first steps to advanced automation
techniques. While other disassemblers slow your analysis...
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88. |  By: Phoebe Ayers; Charles Matthews; Ben Yates Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 16-SEP-2008 Insert Date: 04-NOV-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How Wikipedia Works
<div><p>Myxomatosis. The Order of Canada. Noble gas. Catherine de'
Medici. The History of Superman? Whether you're doing serious
research on the Web or just settling an argument, it's easy to get
caught up in Wikipedia's two million articles. And that's not such
a bad thing. But how'd all the information get there in the first
place? And how can you tell if it's reliable?</p><p>Or say you want to become a part of Wikipedia and make your own
contributions. Where do you begin?</p><p>In <em>How Wikipedia Works</em>, you'll learn the skills required
to use and contribute to the world's largest...
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89. |  Ubuntu For Non-Geeks, Third Edition By: Rickford Grant; Rickford Grant Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 09-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 01-AUG-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Ubuntu For Non-Geeks, Third Edition "A fast, crystal-clear topical tour of the amazing collective
accomplishment embodied in Ubuntu." -Cory Doctorow, Boing
BoingUbuntu 8.04 has been hailed as the Linux distribution for
newbies, and it's certainly the Linux for the less geeky among us.
Even the name is user friendly-it's a South African term that
translates roughly as "humanity toward others" and could also
describe author Rickford Grant's approach to teaching Linux.Full of tips, tricks, and helpful pointers, Ubuntu for
Non-Geeks, 3rd Edition is a hands-on, project-based guide to
Ubuntu 8.04 for those interested in-but nervous...
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90. |  By: Wallace Wang; Wallace Wang Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 04-APR-2008 Insert Date: 31-JUL-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: My New Mac
You finally took the plunge and bought a Mac. Whether yours is a
MacBook, Mac Pro, Mac mini, or iMac &mdash it's still a Mac,
and it runs the Macintosh operating system, Mac OS X.
But what do you do with your Mac after you turn it on? Do you even
know how to turn it on and off properly or put it to sleep? You
need a book like My New Mac to make everything easy.
Wallace Wang, author of the best-selling Steal This Computer
Book, will show you, step-by-step, how to use tools like iPhoto
to organize your photos, track birthdays with iCal, and clip and
save information from the Internet so you...
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91. |  Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 By: Bryan J. Hong Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 27-MAR-2008 Insert Date: 30-APR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Building a Server with FreeBSD 7
The most difficult part of building a server with FreeBSD, the
Unix-like operating system, is arguably software installation and
configuration. Finding the software is easy enough; getting
everything up and running is another thing entirely. The only
option for many people has been to hire a consultant.
Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 is for those of us who
prefer to build our own server. If you're a small business owner
looking for a reliable email server, a curious Windows
administrator, or if you just want to put that old computer in the
closet to work, you'll learn how to get things up...
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92. |  The Book of Wireless, Second Edition By: John Ross Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 18-JAN-2008 Insert Date: 18-APR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Book of Wireless, Second Edition
Broadband wireless networks bring us closer to the Internet's
ultimate destiny of interconnecting everyone, everywhere. But
wireless networking can be a bit geeky and nerve-wracking without a
proper guide. Let's face it: Networking can be hard.
If you're one of the last holdouts still connected to the
Internet by a wire, The Book of Wireless, 2nd Edition is the
book for you. You'll learn how to set up your own home (or small
office) wireless network and how to use public wireless networks,
safely and securely. This plain-English guide demystifies
configuring and using wireless...
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93. |  Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, Second Edition By: Jon Erickson Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 28-JAN-2008 Insert Date: 25-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, Second Edition
Hacking is the art of creative problem solving, whether that means finding an unconventional solution to a difficult problem or exploiting holes in sloppy programming. Many people call themselves hackers, but few have the strong technical foundation needed to really push the envelope.
Rather than merely showing how to run existing exploits, author Jon Erickson explains how arcane hacking techniques actually work. To share the art and science of hacking in a way that is accessible to everyone, Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition introduces the fundamentals of C programming...
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94. |  By: William Steinmetz; Brian Ward Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 09-FEB-2008 Insert Date: 22-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Wicked Cool PHP
PHP is an easy-to-use scripting language perfect for quickly
creating the Web features you need. Once you know the basics of how
the language works, wouldn't it be great to have a collection of
useful scripts that solve those tricky problems and add interesting
functionality to your site? We thought so, too.
Instead of starting at "Hello World," Wicked Cool PHP
assumes that you're familiar with the language and jumps right into
the good stuff. After you learn the FAQs of life-the most commonly
wished for PHP scripts-you'll work your way through smart
configuration options and the art of...
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95. |  Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 19-DEC-2007 Insert Date: 06-FEB-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Book of PF OpenBSD's stateful packet filter, PF, offers an amazing feature
set and support across the major BSD platforms. Like most firewall
software though, unlocking PF's full potential takes a good
teacher. Peter N.M. Hansteen's PF website and conference tutorials
have helped thousands of users build the networks they need using
PF. The Book of PF is the product of Hansteen's knowledge
and experience, teaching good practices as well as bare facts and
software options. Throughout the book, Hansteen emphasizes the
importance of staying in control by having a written network
specification, using macros...
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96. |  Absolute FreeBSD, Second Edition By: Michael W. Lucas Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 12-NOV-2007 Insert Date: 17-JAN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Absolute FreeBSD, Second Edition FreeBSD—the powerful, flexible, and free Unix-like operating
system—is the preferred server for many enterprises. But it can be
even trickier to use than either Unix or Linux, and harder still to
master.Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition is your complete guide to
FreeBSD, written by FreeBSD committer Michael W. Lucas. Lucas
considers this completely revised and rewritten second edition of
his landmark work to be his best work ever; a true product of his
love for FreeBSD and the support of the FreeBSD community.
Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition covers installation,
networking, security, network...
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97. |  The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventor's Guide By: David J. Perdue Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 02-NOV-2007 Insert Date: 12-JAN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventor's Guide
The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT set includes a variety of powerful electronic parts (motors, sensors, and the programmable NXT microcomputer) and lots of building elements. With these parts you can create thousands of unique, intelligent robots. The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventor's Guide helps you to harness the capabilities of the NXT set and effectively plan, build, and program your own NXT robots.
The first part of the book contains a brief introduction to the NXT set. You'll then examine the pieces in the NXT set and the roles they play in construction. Next, you'll learn...
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98. |  The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 17-AUG-2007 Insert Date: 10-JAN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects
The GIMP, an image editor whose power and ease-of-use rivals that
of Adobe Photoshop, is one of the world's most popular free
software projects. Artists and designers have relied on the GIMP
since 1995 to retouch photographs, composite multiple images, and
create new artwork from scratch.
The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects
shows you how to
harness the GIMP's powerful features to produce
professional-looking advertisements, impressive photographic
effects, as well as logos and text effects. And author Michael J.
Hammel, who has used the GIMP since its first public release, won't
mince words...
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99. |  By: Michael Rash Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 24-SEP-2007 Insert Date: 20-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Linux Firewalls
System administrators need to stay ahead of new security
vulnerabilities that leave their networks exposed every day. A
firewall and an intrusion detection systems (IDS) are two important
weapons in that fight, enabling you to proactively deny access and
monitor network traffic for signs of an attack.
Linux Firewalls discusses the technical details of the
iptables firewall and the Netfilter framework that are built into
the Linux kernel, and it explains how they provide strong
filtering, Network Address Translation (NAT), state tracking, and
application layer inspection capabilities that...
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100. |  By: Chris Sanders; Chris Sanders Publisher: No Starch Press Publication Date: 17-MAY-2007 Insert Date: 28-SEP-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Practical Packet Analysis It's easy enough to install Wireshark and begin capturing
packets off the wire--or from the air. But how do you interpret
those packets once you've captured them? And how can those packets
help you to better understand what's going on under the hood of
your network? Practical Packet Analysis shows how to use
Wireshark to capture and then analyze packets as you take an
indepth look at real-world packet analysis and network
troubleshooting. The way the pros do it.
Wireshark (derived from the Ethereal project), has become the
world's most popular network sniffing application. But while
Wireshark...
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