by Preston Gralla
Windows 8 is quite different than previous Microsoft operating systems, but it's still eminently hackable. With this book, you'll learn how to make a variety of modifications, from speeding up boot time and disabling the Lock screen to hacking native apps and running Windows 8 on a Mac. And that's just the beginning. You'll find more than 100 standalone hacks on performance, multimedia, ...
Price: $24.00 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide 
by Daniel J. Barrett
Unlock the secrets of the Terminal and discover how this powerful tool solves problems the Finder can't handle. With this handy guide, you'll learn commands for a variety of tasks, such as killing programs that refuse to quit, renaming a large batch of files in seconds, or running jobs in the background while you do other work.Get started with an easy-to-understand overview of the Terminal and its...
Price: $7.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
What do you get when you cross a Mac with an iPad? OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Its 200 new features include iPaddish goodies like dictation, Notification Center, and Reminders - but not a single page of instructions. Fortunately, David Pogue is back, with the expertise and humor that have made this the #1 bestselling Mac book for over 10 years straight.Big-ticket changes - Twitter and Facebook intgration. Air-...
Price: $5.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Getting Started with Mule Cloud Connect
by Ryan Carter
Connect your enterprise to a wide range of SaaS platforms, Open APIs, and social networks quickly and without difficulty. Through step-by-step instructions and numerous real-world examples, this concise guide shows you how to seamlessly integrate the external services you need with Mule ESB and its powerful Cloud Connect toolset.You'll learn how to use service-specific connectors for many popular APIs ...
Price: $15.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Building Node Applications with MongoDB and Backbone
by Mike Wilson
Build an application from backend to browser with Node.js, and kick open the doors to real-time event programming. With this hands-on book, you'll learn how to create a social network application similar to LinkedIn and Facebook, but with a real-time twist. And you'll build it with just one programming language: JavaScript.If you're an experienced web developer unfamiliar with JavaScript, the...
Price: $4.85 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by David Griffiths, Dawn Griffiths
Ever wished you could learn C from a book? Head First C provides a complete learning experience for C and structured imperative programming. With a unique method that goes beyond syntax and how-to manuals, this guide not only teaches you the language, it helps you understand how to be a great programmer. You'll learn key areas such as language basics, pointers and pointer arithmetic, and dynamic memory...
Price: $21.78 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by Richard Siddaway
PowerShell and WMI is an example-driven guide for administrators managing networks of Windows servers and desktops. With 150 practical examples, including ready-to-reuse scripts and techniques, you'll learn the ins and outs of automating WMI via PowerShell v3. You'll find deep coverage of all aspects of Windows administration, including IIS, DNS and Hyper-V.PowerShell and WMI is an industrial-stre...
Price: $39.99 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2012
by Pete Brown
This hands-on guide explores Silverlight from the ground up, covering every feature in rich, practical detail. It is readable and the coverage is comprehensive. You'll master networking, MVVM, and more, with dozens of code samples you can use in Visual Studio or the free Visual Web Developer Express.Silverlight 5 in Action teaches you how to build desktop-quality applications you can deploy on the web....
Price: $8.44 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2012
Nmap 6: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook
by Paulino Calderon Pale
Master the basic scanning techniques for port scanning and host discovery. Perform security checks to web applications, mail servers and databases. Learn how the Nmap Scripting Engine works and develop your own scripts! 100% practical tasks, relevant and explained step-by-step with exact commands and optional arguments description....
Price: $26.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2012
Advanced Penetration Testing for Highly-Secured Environments
by Lee Allen
Advanced Penetration Testing for Highly-Secured Environments will teach you how to efficiently and effectively ensure the security posture of environments that have been secured using IDS/IPS, firewalls, network segmentation, hardened system configurations and more. The stages of a penetration test are clearly defined and addressed using step-by-step instructions that you can follow on your own virtual lab....
Price: $35.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2012