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• MSH is a new command-line shell for Microsoft server products, including the long-awaited Longhorn server, and will eventually ship with all major Microsoft products, making it the must-know technology
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• Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 allows a single server to be divided into several "virtual machines," each running its own environment and operating system, which can even be virtually networked together
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• Updated to include the latest coverage of JavaScript, including how it fits into current Web browsers and applications as well as an exploration of its interaction with XML data in Ajax
• This mammoth reference-tutorial-nearly 1,300 pages long-serves as both a learning tool for building new JavaScript skills for newcomers as well as a detailed reference for seasoned JavaScript developers
• Key components of the book include a core language reference, document object reference, and coverage of Ajax, Firefox, and Mac OS X Widgets
• Examines how to write scripts for mouse rollover effects and powerful client-side form validations, master JavaScript and DOM concepts, apply the latest JavaScript exception handling and custom object techniques, and various deployment strategies that best suit end goals
• The amazing CD-ROM offers 23 advanced JavaScript bonus chapters, nine full applications, and 300 ready-to-run scripts

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• Microsoft SharePoint now has a 10 percent share of the portal market, and the new release, which features enhanced integration with Office 2007, is sure to give SharePoint a boost
• Offers clear instructions and soup-to-nuts coverage of this complex product, focusing instead on practical solutions to real-world SharePoint challenges
• Features tips, tricks, and techniques for administrators who need to install and configure a SharePoint portal as well as ordinary users who need to populate and maintain the portal and use it for collaborative projects
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Infrastructure for Homeland Security Environments

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Learn to fully harness the power of Microsoft Excel® to perform scientific and engineering calculations

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• Completely updated for Visio 2007 and Office 2007, this comprehensive book will get experienced Visio users up to speed fast on new features and enhancements and will serve as a jumpstart for beginning Visio users
• Aimed at professionals in engineering, architecture, project management, software project management, application development, database management, network design and management, and other disciplines
• Shows how Visio gives users the power not just to draw shapes, but to diagram the ways the objects represented by the shapes relate to each other
• Explains how to integrate Visio drawings with other applications and customize stencils, templates, and shapes
• Reviews the various Visio uses for office productivity (drawings, charts, flowcharts, business processes, project management), in IT (databases, UML, software development, network diagrams), and in architecture and engineering

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• SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) is a data management and analysis software that allows users to generate solid, decision-making results by performing statistical analysis
• This book provides just the information needed: installing the software, entering data, setting up calculations, and analyzing data
• Covers computing cross tabulation, frequencies, descriptive ratios, means, bivariate and partial correlations, linear regression, and much more
• Explains how to output information into striking charts and graphs
• For ambitious users, also covers how to program SPSS to take their statistical analysis to the next level

• Studio power users must mix tools from a variety of different applications to maximize their sound capabilities-veteran studio engineer and professional musician Cliff Truesdell shows users how to integrate the rich variety of Mac production tools in order to get exactly the results they want
• Offers invaluable advice, whether readers already have a complete studio suite or are just starting to assemble their toolkit
• Presents practical and immediate ways to use the programs and concepts discussed while also providing users with a wide range of possibilities based on their skill level, experience, and musical style
• The companion DVD is packed with dozens of applications readers can use to compose, synth, mix, and output digital music, plus hundreds of free demo tracks, loops, samplers, plug-ins, and virtual instruments

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• Updated to include Windows Vista, this book describes the complete set of command-line utilities that comes with Windows and explains how a user can ascertain system status, locate files and other resources, secure and monitor a system, and use scripts to automate tasks
• Ready-to-use scripts that readers can download and plug into their Windows systems to increase productivity
• "Real World Scenario" sidebars featured throughout the book anchor the text in practical applications, plus ready-to-use scripts (available for download from sybex...