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The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots

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The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots

The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots

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The way Scott lays out the book is really good too . . . He explains everything in easy to understand terms and provides sample code that you can use right away.

— Jim Brown, Robots.net

The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots is for educators, students, hobbyists, and startups looking for Java/hardware interaction. This book shows you how to use your PC to build robots, and how you can interface with a microcontroller to do the basics. Youll learn to design your robot to navigate, see, speak, recognize your face, listen to you, and build maps.

For up-to-the-minute information, check out Scott’s Bots, the author’s own website.

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23rd

IEEE Computer – 2008 October

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Microprocessor Theory and Applications with 68000/68020 and Pentium

Microprocessor Theory and Applications with 68000/68020 and Pentium

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IEEE Communications – 2008 October

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Microprocessor Theory and Applications with 68000/68020 and Pentium

Microprocessor Theory and Applications with 68000/68020 and Pentium

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23rd

Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses

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Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses

Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses

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For years, Counter Hack has been the primary resource for every network/system administrator and security professional who needs a deep, hands-on understanding of hacker attacks and countermeasures. Now, leading network security expert Ed Skoudis, with Tom Liston, has thoroughly updated this best-selling guide, showing how to defeat today’s newest, most sophisticated, and most destructive attacks. For this second edition, more than half the content is new and updated, including coverage of the latest hacker techniques for scanning networks, gaining and maintaining access, and preventing detection. The authors walk you through each attack and demystify every tool and tactic. You’ll learn exactly how to establish effective defenses, recognize attacks in progress, and respond quickly and effectively in both UNIX/Linux and Windows environments.

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23rd

IS Management Handbook, 8th Edition

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IS Management Handbook

IS Management Handbook

IT management and staff are called upon to perform the almost-impossible tasks of evaluating, purchasing, integrating, and maintaining complex IT systems, and directing these systems to meet the ever-changing goals of an organization. Add to that the spending restraints of a down economy, and IT managers find themselves in need of a thoughtful, real-world guide that can maximize resources and bring efficiency to often chaotic environments. IS Management Handbook, Eighth Edition details how IT professionals can align people, information, and technology with the strategic goals of an organization. The handbook offers technical and business insight from dozens of leading names from the technology sector, with a major focus on maximizing the performance of existing resources during tough economic times. The handbook provides the information that allows IT managers to effectively organize people and processes, and efficiently integrate and maintain infrastructure, applications, support systems, e-business tools, and databases.

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23rd

Rapid Viz: A New Method for the Rapid Visualitzation of Ideas

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Rapid Viz: A New Method for the Rapid Visualitzation of Ideas

Rapid Viz: A New Method for the Rapid Visualitzation of Ideas

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Rapid Viz, Third Edition: A New Method for the Rapid Visualization of Ideas provides hands-on instruction on quick sketching skills and techniques that allow you to picture your ideas mentally, and then quickly convert those thoughts into visual reality on a piece of paper. The method is not designed to help you become a master illustrator, but rather a visual thinker and communicator. Emphasizing speed and simplicity, the Rapid Viz method breaks down drawing to the essentials, teaching the fundamental techniques of graphic art and design using only the simplest of tools: felt-tip pens or pencils and paper. Using a minimum amount of time, trouble, and effort, Rapid Viz enables you to nail down your ideas onto paper, rapidly converting your thoughts while they are still fresh, and then polish them for clear visual communication with others.

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