O Reilly Media: 1789 books
Crossing Platforms A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook
A Dictionary for Strangers in a Strange Land
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 1999
Like travelers in a foreign land, Mac users working in Windows or Windows users working on a Mac often find themselves in unfamiliar territory with no guidebook. Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook, with information presented in a translation dictionary-like format, offers users a handy...
Web Security Testing Cookbook
Systematic Techniques to Find Problems Fast
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Among the tests you perform on web applications, security testing is perhaps the most important, yet it's often the most neglected. The recipes in the Web Security Testing Cookbook demonstrate how developers and testers can check for the most common web security issues, while conducting unit tests,...
Abusing the Internet of Things
Blackouts, Freakouts, and Stakeouts
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
This book is a marvellous thing: an important intervention in the policy debate about information security and a practical text for people trying to improve the situation.
— Cory Doctorow
author, co-editor of Boing Boing
A future with billions of connected "things"...
Real World Web Services
Integrating EBay, Google, Amazon, FedEx and more
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2004
The core idea behind Real World Web Services is simple: after years of hype, what are the major players really doing with web services? Standard bodies may wrangle and platform vendors may preach, but at the end of the day what are the technologies that are actually in use, and how can developers...
Automating Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services
From the Data Center to the Cloud with PowerShell
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Get valuable tips and techniques for automating your cloud deployments with Azure PowerShell cmdlets, and learn how to provision Azure services on the fly. In this hands-on guide, Microsoft cloud technology expert Michael Washam shows you how to automate various management tasks and deploy solutions...
by Chris Sanders
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2006
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 consistently proves to be worth its weight in gold, with new implementations thought up every day.
With this product now a free download from Microsoft, scores of new users are able to experience what the power of virtualization can do for their networks.
This...
Windows Server Hacks
100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2004
One of the secrets to the ever-increasing popularity of Windows Server can be found in the simplicity its administration. The easy-to-use GUI, consistent set of tools, and wizards that walk you through complex tasks allow you to install, configure and maintain Windows servers without any knowledge...
iMovie '09 & iDVD: The Missing Manual
The Missing Manual
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2009
Bursting with new features, Apple's iMovie '09 is vastly more usable and complete than iMovie '08 -- amazing right out of the box. But the box doesn't include a good user's guide, so learning these applications is another matter. iMovie '09 and iDVD: The Missing Manual gets you up to speed on everything...
Application Security for the Android Platform
Processes, Permissions, and Other Safeguards
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
With the Android platform fast becoming a target of malicious hackers, application security is crucial. This concise book provides the knowledge you need to design and implement robust, rugged, and secure apps for any Android device. You’ll learn how to identify and manage the risks inherent in...
Ubuntu Hacks
Tips & Tools for Exploring, Using, and Tuning Linux
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2006
Ubuntu Linux--the most popular Linux distribution on the planet--preserves the spirit embodied in the ancient African word ubuntu, which means both "humanity to others" and "I am what I am because of who we all are." Ubuntu won the Linux Journal Reader's Choice Award for best Linux...
Statistics Hacks
Tips & Tools for Measuring the World and Beating the Odds
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2006
Want to calculate the probability that an event will happen? Be able to spot fake data? Prove beyond doubt whether one thing causes another? Or learn to be a better gambler? You can do that and much more with 75 practical and fun hacks packed into Statistics Hacks. These cool tips, tricks, and mind-boggling...
Knoppix Hacks
Tips and Tools for Hacking, Repairing, and Enjoying Your PC
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2007
If you think Knoppix is just a Linux demo disk, think again. Klaus Knopper created an entire Linux distribution on a bootable CD (and now a DVD) so he could use his favorite open source tools on any computer. This book includes a collection of tips and techniques for using the enormous amount of software...
Mac OS X for Unix Geeks (Leopard)
Demistifying the Geekier Side of Mac OS X
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
If you're a developer or system administrator lured to Mac OS X because of its Unix roots, you'll quickly discover that performing Unix tasks on a Mac is different than what you're accustomed to. Mac OS X for Unix Geeks serves as a bridge between Apple's Darwin OS and the more traditional Unix systems....
Windows XP Pocket Reference
A Compact Guide to Windows XP
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
Windows XP Pocket Reference is a handy book for power users and system administrators who need a solid reference with quick answers, but not a lot of explanation. This book is a powerful tool that quickly covers XP's applications and tools, tasks and settings, and commands. Windows XP Pocket...