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Bitcoin Supercycle

How the Crypto Calendar Can Make You Rich

by Michael Terpin ...

Time the price cycles of bitcoin and become richBitcoin has been the best performing asset class of all time—better than gold, silver, real estate, and the stock market. Its value has risen from one tenth of a cent in 2009 to a new high of over $70,000. But misconceptions about its reliability have prevented most people from creating life-changing wealth.Michael Terpin, the founder of BitAngels ... Read more

$24.64 CAD

Time the price cycles of bitcoin and become richBitcoin has been the best performing asset class of all time—better than gold, silver, real estate, and the stock market. Its value has risen from one tenth of a cent in 2009 to a new high of over $70,000. But misconceptions about its reliability have prevented most people from creating life-changing wealth.Michael Terpin, the founder of BitAngels
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Tune into the Cloud - The story so far

by Gregor Petri ...

Tune into the Cloud, is a collection of Gregor Petri's music-themed blog posts on the GBN Network, the blog network of his employer. All bundled together in this e-book for convenient off-line reading.Gregor has been recognized as :- Top 100 Blogger on Cloud Computing (According to Cloud Computing Journal)- Top 100 Cloud Computing Expert on Twitter (According to the Huffington Post)- Top Cloud ... Read more

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Tune into the Cloud, is a collection of Gregor Petri's music-themed blog posts on the GBN Network, the blog network of his employer. All bundled together in this e-book for convenient off-line reading.Gregor has been recognized as :- Top 100 Blogger on Cloud Computing (According to Cloud Computing Journal)- Top 100 Cloud Computing Expert on Twitter (According to the Huffington Post)- Top Cloud
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IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 Administration Guide

Learn to administer a reliable, secure, and scalable environment for running applications with WebSphere Application Server 8.0

by Steve Robinson ...

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 Administration Guide is a highly practical, example-driven tutorial. You will be introduced to WebSphere Application Server 8.0, and guided through configuration, deployment, and tuning for optimum performance. If you are an administrator who wants to get up and running with IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0, then this book is not to be missed. Experience ... Read more

$55.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 Administration Guide is a highly practical, example-driven tutorial. You will be introduced to WebSphere Application Server 8.0, and guided through configuration, deployment, and tuning for optimum performance. If you are an administrator who wants to get up and running with IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0, then this book is not to be missed. Experience
... Read more
Computer Vision with OpenCV 3 and Qt5

Build visually appealing, multithreaded, cross-platform computer vision applications

by Amin Ahmadi Tazehkandi ...

Blend the power of Qt with OpenCV to build cross-platform computer vision applicationsKey Features? Start creating robust applications with the power of OpenCV and Qt combined? Learn from scratch how to develop cross-platform computer vision applications? Accentuate your OpenCV applications by developing them with QtBook DescriptionDevelopers have been using OpenCV library to develop computer ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Blend the power of Qt with OpenCV to build cross-platform computer vision applicationsKey Features? Start creating robust applications with the power of OpenCV and Qt combined? Learn from scratch how to develop cross-platform computer vision applications? Accentuate your OpenCV applications by developing them with QtBook DescriptionDevelopers have been using OpenCV library to develop computer
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OpenLayers 2.10 Beginner's Guide

Create, optimize, and deploy stunning cross-browser web maps with the OpenLayers JavaScript web mapping library

by Erik Hazzard ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis is a beginner's guide with the essential screenshots and clearly explained code, which also serves as a reference. This book is for anyone who has any interest in using maps on their website, from hobbyists to professional web developers. OpenLayers provides a powerful, but easy-to-use, pure JavaScript and HTML (no third-party plug-ins involved) toolkit to quickly ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis is a beginner's guide with the essential screenshots and clearly explained code, which also serves as a reference. This book is for anyone who has any interest in using maps on their website, from hobbyists to professional web developers. OpenLayers provides a powerful, but easy-to-use, pure JavaScript and HTML (no third-party plug-ins involved) toolkit to quickly
... Read more
Cyber Security

17th China Annual Conference, CNCERT 2020, Beijing, China, August 12, 2020, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Wei Lu, Qiaoyan Wen, Yuqing Zhang, Bo Lang, Weiping Wen, Hanbing Yan, Chao Li, Li Ding, Ruiguang Li, Yu Zhou ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Annual Conference on Cyber Security, CNCERT 2020, held in Beijing, China, in August 2020.The 17 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 58 submissions. The papers are organized according to the following topical sections: access control; cryptography; denial-of-service attacks; hardware security ... Read more

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This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Annual Conference on Cyber Security, CNCERT 2020, held in Beijing, China, in August 2020.The 17 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 58 submissions. The papers are organized according to the following topical sections: access control; cryptography; denial-of-service attacks; hardware security
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Cybersecurity First Principles: A Reboot of Strategy and Tactics

by Rick Howard ...

The first expert discussion of the foundations of cybersecurityIn Cybersecurity First Principles, Rick Howard, the Chief Security Officer, Chief Analyst, and Senior fellow at The Cyberwire, challenges the conventional wisdom of current cybersecurity best practices, strategy, and tactics and makes the case that the profession needs to get back to first principles. The author convincingly lays out ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

The first expert discussion of the foundations of cybersecurityIn Cybersecurity First Principles, Rick Howard, the Chief Security Officer, Chief Analyst, and Senior fellow at The Cyberwire, challenges the conventional wisdom of current cybersecurity best practices, strategy, and tactics and makes the case that the profession needs to get back to first principles. The author convincingly lays out
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AI

Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable

by Roman V. Yampolskiy ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series
Delving into the deeply enigmatic nature of Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable explores the various reasons why the field is so challenging. Written by one of the founders of the field of AI safety, this book addresses some of the most fascinating questions facing humanity, including the nature of intelligence, consciousness, values and knowledge.Moving ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

Delving into the deeply enigmatic nature of Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable explores the various reasons why the field is so challenging. Written by one of the founders of the field of AI safety, this book addresses some of the most fascinating questions facing humanity, including the nature of intelligence, consciousness, values and knowledge.Moving
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Mastering Claude AI : The Complete Beginner's Guide to Prompt Engineering, Automating Work, and Saving Time

by Himanshoo Jaiswal ...

Stop typing. Start commanding.The modern professional is drowning in digital friction. You lose hours every day to endless emails, messy spreadsheets, and the terrifying paralysis of the blank page. You are burning elite cognitive energy on robotic, administrative chores.It is time to build your digital workforce.Mastering Claude AI strips away the theoretical hype to deliver a tactical, zero ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Stop typing. Start commanding.The modern professional is drowning in digital friction. You lose hours every day to endless emails, messy spreadsheets, and the terrifying paralysis of the blank page. You are burning elite cognitive energy on robotic, administrative chores.It is time to build your digital workforce.Mastering Claude AI strips away the theoretical hype to deliver a tactical, zero
... Read more
Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference

RMAN Syntax and Procedures

by Darl Kuhn, Scott Schulze ...

Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference is a handy guide for DBAs who intend to use Oracle Recovery Manager for database backup and recovery. Because Recovery Manager (RMAN) is a relatively new tool, many DBAs are just becoming familiar with it. They will welcome a timely book that explains clearly and concisely how to use RMAN for common backup and recovery tasks that are infrequent, yet extremely vital.The ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference is a handy guide for DBAs who intend to use Oracle Recovery Manager for database backup and recovery. Because Recovery Manager (RMAN) is a relatively new tool, many DBAs are just becoming familiar with it. They will welcome a timely book that explains clearly and concisely how to use RMAN for common backup and recovery tasks that are infrequent, yet extremely vital.The
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Database in Depth

Relational Theory for Practitioners

by C.J. Date ...

This book sheds light on the principles behind the relational model, which is fundamental to all database-backed applications--and, consequently, most of the work that goes on in the computing world today. Database in Depth: The Relational Model for Practitioners goes beyond the hype and gets to the heart of how relational databases actually work.Ideal for experienced database developers and ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

This book sheds light on the principles behind the relational model, which is fundamental to all database-backed applications--and, consequently, most of the work that goes on in the computing world today. Database in Depth: The Relational Model for Practitioners goes beyond the hype and gets to the heart of how relational databases actually work.Ideal for experienced database developers and
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Becoming a Better Programmer

A Handbook for People Who Care About Code

by Pete Goodliffe ...

If you’re passionate about programming and want to get better at it, you’ve come to the right source. Code Craft author Pete Goodliffe presents a collection of useful techniques and approaches to the art and craft of programming that will help boost your career and your well-being.Goodliffe presents sound advice that he’s learned in 15 years of professional programming. The book’s standalone ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

If you’re passionate about programming and want to get better at it, you’ve come to the right source. Code Craft author Pete Goodliffe presents a collection of useful techniques and approaches to the art and craft of programming that will help boost your career and your well-being.Goodliffe presents sound advice that he’s learned in 15 years of professional programming. The book’s standalone
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gRPC: Up and Running

Building Cloud Native Applications with Go and Java for Docker and Kubernetes

by Kasun Indrasiri, Danesh Kuruppu ...

Get a comprehensive understanding of gRPC fundamentals through real-world examples. With this practical guide, you’ll learn how this high-performance interprocess communication protocol is capable of connecting polyglot services in microservices architecture, while providing a rich framework for defining service contracts and data types.Complete with hands-on examples written in Go, Java, Node, ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

Get a comprehensive understanding of gRPC fundamentals through real-world examples. With this practical guide, you’ll learn how this high-performance interprocess communication protocol is capable of connecting polyglot services in microservices architecture, while providing a rich framework for defining service contracts and data types.Complete with hands-on examples written in Go, Java, Node,
... Read more
Interviewing Users

How to Uncover Compelling Insights

by Steve Portigal ...

Interviewing is easy, right? Anyone can do it… but few do it well enough to unlock the benefits and insights that interviewing users and customers can yield.In this new and updated edition of the acclaimed classic Interviewing Users, Steve Portigal quickly and effectively dispels the myth that interviewing is trivial. He shows how research studies and logistics can be used to determine concrete ... Read more

$48.79 CAD

Interviewing is easy, right? Anyone can do it… but few do it well enough to unlock the benefits and insights that interviewing users and customers can yield.In this new and updated edition of the acclaimed classic Interviewing Users, Steve Portigal quickly and effectively dispels the myth that interviewing is trivial. He shows how research studies and logistics can be used to determine concrete
... Read more
International Symposium on Mathematics, Quantum Theory, and Cryptography

Proceedings of MQC 2019

Edited by Tsuyoshi Takagi, Masato Wakayama, Keisuke Tanaka, Noboru Kunihiro, Kazufumi Kimoto, Yasuhiko Ikematsu ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This open access book presents selected papers from International Symposium on Mathematics, Quantum Theory, and Cryptography (MQC), which was held on September 25-27, 2019 in Fukuoka, Japan. The international symposium MQC addresses the mathematics and quantum theory underlying secure modeling of the post quantum cryptography including e.g. mathematical study of the light-matter interaction models ... Read more

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This open access book presents selected papers from International Symposium on Mathematics, Quantum Theory, and Cryptography (MQC), which was held on September 25-27, 2019 in Fukuoka, Japan. The international symposium MQC addresses the mathematics and quantum theory underlying secure modeling of the post quantum cryptography including e.g. mathematical study of the light-matter interaction models
... Read more
Learning Microsoft Intune (2023 Edition)

by Scott Duffey ...

Originally published as "Learning Microsoft Endpoint Manager", this essential Intune ramp-up guide has been updated and expanded for 2023 by Microsoft Product Manager Scott Duffey.Microsoft Intune (previously known as Microsoft Endpoint Manager) has rapidly become the tool of choice for IT professionals around the world for managing corporate and personal desktop and mobile devices, but the ... Read more

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Originally published as "Learning Microsoft Endpoint Manager", this essential Intune ramp-up guide has been updated and expanded for 2023 by Microsoft Product Manager Scott Duffey.Microsoft Intune (previously known as Microsoft Endpoint Manager) has rapidly become the tool of choice for IT professionals around the world for managing corporate and personal desktop and mobile devices, but the
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The Ethics of Cybersecurity

Edited by Markus Christen, Bert Gordijn, Michele Loi ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This open access book provides the first comprehensive collection of papers that provide an integrative view on cybersecurity. It discusses theories, problems and solutions on the relevant ethical issues involved. This work is sorely needed in a world where cybersecurity has become indispensable to protect trust and confidence in the digital infrastructure whilst respecting fundamental values like ... Read more

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This open access book provides the first comprehensive collection of papers that provide an integrative view on cybersecurity. It discusses theories, problems and solutions on the relevant ethical issues involved. This work is sorely needed in a world where cybersecurity has become indispensable to protect trust and confidence in the digital infrastructure whilst respecting fundamental values like
... Read more
Moral Machines

Teaching Robots Right from Wrong

by Wendell Wallach, Colin Allen ...

Computers are already approving financial transactions, controlling electrical supplies, and driving trains. Soon, service robots will be taking care of the elderly in their homes, and military robots will have their own targeting and firing protocols. Colin Allen and Wendell Wallach argue that as robots take on more and more responsibility, they must be programmed with moral decision-making ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Computers are already approving financial transactions, controlling electrical supplies, and driving trains. Soon, service robots will be taking care of the elderly in their homes, and military robots will have their own targeting and firing protocols. Colin Allen and Wendell Wallach argue that as robots take on more and more responsibility, they must be programmed with moral decision-making
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Penzar: Journal of advanced ideas

by Patrick Rael ...

This ebook has solutions to several of the most challenging problems in science and the humanities:- How to disrupt a tornado.- Firefighting techniques for oil well, forest, and skyscraper fires.- Symbiotic human and android labor, plus the 14 laws to guarantee it.- A new intelligence scale: L8.- Immortality via android robots.- Gender-neutral third-person pronouns.- Where is the missing 95% of ... Read more

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This ebook has solutions to several of the most challenging problems in science and the humanities:- How to disrupt a tornado.- Firefighting techniques for oil well, forest, and skyscraper fires.- Symbiotic human and android labor, plus the 14 laws to guarantee it.- A new intelligence scale: L8.- Immortality via android robots.- Gender-neutral third-person pronouns.- Where is the missing 95% of
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Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook

by Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso ...

This is a Packt Cookbook, full with over 75 recipes for VMM users to carry out vital tasks quickly and easily. This book is written for solutions architects, technical consultants, administrators, and any other virtualization lover who needs to use Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager in a real world environment. ... Read more

$34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is a Packt Cookbook, full with over 75 recipes for VMM users to carry out vital tasks quickly and easily. This book is written for solutions architects, technical consultants, administrators, and any other virtualization lover who needs to use Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager in a real world environment.
... Read more
MVVM Survival Guide for Enterprise Architectures in Silverlight and WPF

If you're using Silverlight and WPF, then employing the MVVM pattern can make a powerful difference to your projects, reducing code and bugs in one. This book is an invaluable resource for serious developers.

by Ryan Vice ...

If you re using Silverlight and WPF, then employing the MVVM pattern can make a powerful difference to your projects, reducing code and bugs in one. This book is an invaluable resource for serious developers.Key FeaturesBuild an enterprise application using Silverlight and WPF, taking advantage of the powerful MVVM pattern, with this book and e-bookDiscover the evolution of presentation ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you re using Silverlight and WPF, then employing the MVVM pattern can make a powerful difference to your projects, reducing code and bugs in one. This book is an invaluable resource for serious developers.Key FeaturesBuild an enterprise application using Silverlight and WPF, taking advantage of the powerful MVVM pattern, with this book and e-bookDiscover the evolution of presentation
... Read more
iPHONE SE 2020 - The Ultimate Guide to Master iPhone SE

by Simply your Guide ...

Let This Book Usher You Into The New And Interesting World Of iPhone SE So That You Make The Most Of Its Cutting Edge Features To Transform Your Life In All Manner Of Ways!Have you recently purchased the iPhone SE and have been wondering…So, what next?What can this device really do?How do I use Siri and Apple services?What's new in iOS 13 that would upraise and maximize my experience with iPhone ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Let This Book Usher You Into The New And Interesting World Of iPhone SE So That You Make The Most Of Its Cutting Edge Features To Transform Your Life In All Manner Of Ways!Have you recently purchased the iPhone SE and have been wondering…So, what next?What can this device really do?How do I use Siri and Apple services?What's new in iOS 13 that would upraise and maximize my experience with iPhone
... Read more
Marshall McLuhan

by Judith Fitzgerald ...

Series Book 7 - Quest Biography
Communications theorist Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) predicted the effects of electronic media on modern culture as early as 1964. McLuhan published several breakthrough books and coined terms like "hot" and "cool" media, "the global village," and "the medium is the message." ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

Communications theorist Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) predicted the effects of electronic media on modern culture as early as 1964. McLuhan published several breakthrough books and coined terms like "hot" and "cool" media, "the global village," and "the medium is the message."
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Building AI-Powered Products

The Essential Guide to AI and GenAI Product Management

by Marily Nika ...

Drawing from her experience at Google and Meta, Dr. Marily Nika delivers the definitive guide for product managers building AI and GenAI powered products. Packed with smart strategies, actionable tools, and real-world examples, this book breaks down the complex world of AI agents and generative AI products into a playbook for driving innovation to help product leaders bridge the gap between niche ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

Drawing from her experience at Google and Meta, Dr. Marily Nika delivers the definitive guide for product managers building AI and GenAI powered products. Packed with smart strategies, actionable tools, and real-world examples, this book breaks down the complex world of AI agents and generative AI products into a playbook for driving innovation to help product leaders bridge the gap between niche
... Read more

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