Hardware Books

This book is proposed for the experienced programmers who are not necessarily familiar with .NET. The book introduces the fundamentals of Web technology in a straightforward and crisp way. This book is also perfect for programmers who have basic knowledge in programming languages such as Visual Basic, C/C++, Jscript and Java, who may or may not have Web programming experience.this book is clearly defined, in-depth, example-rich, provides a hands on guide to Fundamentals of Web Applications Using .NET and XML. Using real-world examples and a detailed case study, this book helps you master the Web Programming using .NET.

If you want to see what collectors of American antique furniture could find in the first half of the 20th century, this is a great book. It contains many, many (black & white) photos of wonderful pieces in all major categories of furniture. Each category is chronologically organized from the Puritan period up to late Federal (nothing really from Neo-classical on however). Note that there is very little data provided for each item - this is really a photographic reference. Even so, for the novice this is a great book because it provides so much variety to view in one place. For the expert it is a great place to see rare and highest quality pieces. No collector of American period furniture should be without this book.

For anyone looking to get a great understanding of what eBusiness is really all about this is the book for you. Covering all sorts of different aspects from page design and layout, to webserver setup and dynamic page and content generation you really cant go wrong.

It is full of examples you can use, so that within a couple of hours you can get dynamic access to your information without the need to really tax your mind. Just how it should be! It shows that eBusiness is more than just technology, its about bringing many different processes together. And best of all you get to really make use of your AS/400, although it equally fits any other platform in all the concepts it covers.

As someone who has taught over ten different community education courses in computing, I understand the reality that the success of the course is almost totally based on the quality of the instructional material. It must be clear, use step-by-step descriptions and move slow enough so that novices can follow it at an appropriate speed. This book does all of those very well. In my opinion, the amount of material is well-suited for a four-hour class.
While Vista clearly retains many of the features of the previous incarnations of Windows, there are some significant differences that will confuse some people. Therefore, this book also satisfies a significant niche in the computer training market. I would use it if I were to be tasked with teaching a community education level course in Windows Vista.

I have read a few things by Paul Thurrott in the past and found his work easily digestible and loaded with great examples. This book is no exception.
It was a gift, and even though I don't even run XP on my machine I would feel confident using XP tools to work with my digital media with this book by my side. The subject matter may be a little simple for the real tech heads out there, but for folks just starting to play with MP3s and digital imagery up to fairly advanced users looking for some excellent tips and tricks this is a great resource.
Pick it up and join the digital revolution!

A+ is a fast rising certification that will be needed just to get a basic entry level technical job, and you aren't certified, what do you do? Grab a hold of a copy of this lab manual and begin studying.

Course technology gives you a lab manual that covers each and every area of the A+ Certification, from floppy drives to CMOS manipulation and everything in between. You get over 60 labs in total.

Each labs list out what you will need to complete the lab, including the parts and the certification objectives. You have safety instruction as well as review question with each lab, certainly a great job.

Couple this lab manual with the A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC book and you will be well on your way to attaining you certification in no time flat.

I love this book. It takes you step by step through the process of putting together a power point presentation that gets results. Great guide for content, design and technical assistance with clear examples and diagrams. I highly recommend this pragmatic, well written book to anyone who wants to put together a presentation that will knock their socks off!

Even though the CompTIA A+ exam objectives changed in 2006 from the old version of hardware and software, that is still the way that most people teach and learn the material. Therefore, this book and its companion volume CompTIA A+ Guide to Hardware cover all the material for the exams 220-601 A+ Essentials, 220-602 A+ IT Technician, 220-603 A+ Remote Support Technician and 220-604 Depot Technician.

These books have a number of great features. First is the exam objective map in the front cover of each book. It maps the exam objectives for each of the four exams to the chapters in the books. The second is the side marks, on each page; there are either green or blue sidebars marking what part of the page is for what exam, or if it is not. (See Image) The extensive Appendixes in this book include:

o Appendix A How an OS Uses System Resources
o Appendix B Introducing Linux
o Appendix C the Mac OS
o Appendix D Supporting Windows NT Workstation
o Appendix E CompTIA A+ Acronym

These are very helpful and really should be essential reading for certification exam prep. Both books also have an extensive glossary; each word that is in the glossary appears in blue in the text of the book. Now from here, the books become very different. This book comes with a supplemental CD with selftest software and other tools to help you in the course, and in an IT job. I keep all my Cert books in a shelf above my desk and reference at least 1 book a week.

The chapters covered in this book are:
1.Introducing Operating Systems
2.Installing Windows 2000/XP
3.Maintaining Windows 2000/XP
4.Supporting Windows 2000/XP Users and Their Data
5.Troubleshooting Windows 2000/XP Startup
6.Windows 9x/ME Commands and Startup Disk
7.Supporting Windows 9x/ME
8.PCs on a Network
9.PCs on the Internet
10.Securing your PC and LAN
11.Supporting Printers and Scanners
12.The Professional PC Technician

This book will be the basis of almost any IT role you will pursue. It is a great tool for your IT tool box. The instructor's version of the book has a different CD and they can generate testbank questions based upon each chapter. There are also supplemental PowerPoints for each chapter and review question answer charts. In IT. it is essential to have three key skills: to be able to research, to have a strong network of contacts to draw upon, and to know how to troubleshoot. These books hammer home the key steps to troubleshooting and give a good start to being a good researcher. I have had a few friends do A+ at other schools or with different books and found that those books were lacking compared to these two. Other resources for you to draw upon are the CompTIA IT Pro forums, the CompTIA Facebook group and the Comptia LinkedIn groups.

This book contains real facts and stories about the Mac that every fan or addicted to this computer must know. If you go to sleep thinking what to do tomorrow with your Mac, if you spend a lot of time thinking of your Mac, in other words, If you have the Mac in your vains, this is a book for you

I went through this book quickly since I am already familiar to UNIX. All majors commands were stated in the book. Chapters are well-structured and the exercises at the end of the chapters will reinforce what you learned in the chapters. Overall, I recommend this book. It could be used as starting point for someone new to UNIX environment.