Second Life is an online metaverse. This title helps you learn how to: take your first teps in Second Life; socialise, network and make friends; navigate the grid to find the best places and events; make REAL money; create a successful Second Life business; use Second Life to promote your real life business; and build, script and create textures.
Suitable for those who want to understand their computer and use it on a day-to-day basis, this title helps you: create documents in Word and Excel; use the internet and email; organise and edit photos, videos and music; understand PC maintenance and security; and, solve your PC problems fast.
Offers information coupled with advice on things from simple tasks like getting started, to intermediate information, and hip tips that cover how to use the applications in iLife. This book covers the essentials of applications as well as more advanced features of iMovie, GarageBand, and iWeb.
Defining how an Architecture Practice can transform itself and your corporation to maximize the benefits of the SOA approach, this book provides a pragmatic enterprise architecture approach and framework for implementing and managing service oriented architecture from a business organization and business practices perspective.
A History of the Internet and the Digital Future tells the story of the development of the Internet from the 1950s to the present, and examines how the balance of power has shifted between the individual and the state in the areas of censorship, copyright infringement, intellectual freedom and terrorism and warfare.
The crafting community is online, connected and blissfully blogging about their work and ideas. This book offers information and visual inspiration to create an artful online journal. It helps you learn how to add banners and graphics, take shots, crop and size photos, establish links and attract an audience of eager readers.
According to Google's Chairman Eric Schmidt, we create more information every two days than we did throughout human history up to 2003. How can you cope with information overload? This insightful book makes a compelling case that information overload doesn't actually exist - the real problem is information overconsumption.
Influential podcasters Geoghegan and Klass provide a comprehensive guide to receiving, recording, editing, mixing, distributing, and monetizing audio and video podcasts. Included is a guide to what hardware and software to get, and how to make sense of all that technology.
'Flash Communication Server MX (FCS)' provides web developers with the means to add rich, interactive audio and video features to their sites. 'Programming Flash Communication Server' explains how FCS can facilitate video on demand, live webcasts, video chat and messaging, real-time collaboration, and much more.
Helps to set up a Web site where kids can report their game scores, couples can share wedding photos, and old people can continue the family genealogy. This book also helps you discover how to: post an online photo album; register a domain name; build Web sites; edit images with Photoshop Elements 3; and, share stories with blogs.
Second Life: The Official Guide is the perfect book for anyone interested in Linden Lab s fascinating Second Life metaverse. This book explores in detail every aspect of Second Life s rich and multilayered virtual world, explains how it works, and offers a wealth of information and practical advice for all Second Life residents.
Digital technologies and wireless services have altered the character of electronic surveillance. This book deals with some of the laws and technologies that are utilised to cope with the advances in digital technologies as it relates to crime and homeland security.
We live our lives amid a complex web of rapidly changing ideas, desires and ethics; we pick the ones that seem like a good idea, and jettison the ones that don't. This book points, laughs and winces at all those things that were suddenly deemed not that great after all.
Covers the core applications in Studio MX including Dreamweaver, Flash, Freehand, Fireworks, ColdFusion and Contribute. This book also contains coverage on using the applications together in a single Web building project as well as an overview of the basics of good Web design.
When you buy a new computer or upgrade your operating system, you'll often find that the processes you were familiar with have changed and it can be hard to know how to get started. This guide tells you what you need to know about Windows 7. It shows you how to manage files, download from a digital camera, edit images, and digitise old records.
A guide to getting the most out of Apple's consumer line of computers - including the iMac, MacBook, MacBook Air, and Mac Mini. It explains how to use the many powerful features of the operating system, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, as well as iLife '09, Safari 4, iTunes, iWork '09, and other tools.
Your second life is how you script it Scripting is the spice of Second Life, and this official guide to the Linden Scripting Language (LSL) is the complete scripting resource for making your Second Life creations come to life, interacting with players, creating dazzling special effects, and adding realism to the virtual world.
Green gadgets encompass everything from iPods to energy-efficient home entertainment devices to solar laptop chargers and crank-powered gizmos. This resource explains how to research green gadgets, make a smart purchasing decision, and use products you already own in a more environmentally friendly way.
Explains how to understand and manage your online self. This book helps you to: understand how what's said about you on the Web can affect your job, your business and your personal life, both positively and negatively; develop a personal plan for managing your online reputation; and, protect yourself against identity hijacking.
In this book, bestselling author Williams expands her focus to explain the four fundamental principles of good presentation design and the logic behind those principles. She also guides the fledgling speaker through the entire process of creating a presentation from choosing the right software to organizing ideas.
IT professionals not only need to know the technology, they should also be aware of how the law applies to the technology. This guide gives the reader an introduction to important areas such as corporate governance, data protection, and computer misuse.
A guide to the range of social media services available, including: messaging and communication (Blogger and Twitter); communities and social groups (Facebook and MySpace); collaboration and cooperation (Wikipedia and Wikispaces); and, virtual worlds (Second Life and Forterra).
Large-scale data loss continues to make headline news, highlighting the need for stringent data protection policies, especially when personal or commercially sensitive information is at stake. This book provides an analysis of data protection laws and discusses compliance issues.
Addressing common computer problems at the everyday consumer level, this book helps users keep their PC running like it did the day they brought it home from the store. From a diagnosis of the cause of a PC's dawdling behavior to easy upgrades users can do themselves, this guide offers tried and true advice.
Diagnose and solve your PC problems with this easy-to-understand guide Written by veteran For Dummies author Dan Gookin, this straightforward guide shows you how to diagnose and solve the most common hardware and software problems your PC may encounter.
Shows beginning to intermediate users how to create and maintain striking Web sites with Dreamweaver. This step-by-step guide helps readers learn to use the various components, including the visual layout tools, application development features, and code editing capabilities.
Virtual worlds are being incorporated into modern universities and teaching pedagogy. Over 190 higher education institutions world-wide have done teaching in the virtual world of Second Life (SL). This book is based on the first Scandinavian project to experiment with the design and testing of teaching platforms for life long learning in SL.
Ten minibooks in one! The perfect reference for beginning web builders This hefty, 800+ page book is your start-to-finish roadmap for building a web site for personal or professional use. Even if you're completely new to the process, this book is packed with everything you need to know to build an attractive, usable, and working site.
Includes an introduction into patent laws and practices, as well as in related intellectual property rights, which also explains the procedures at the USPTO, JPO and EPO and, in particular, the peculiarities in the treatment of applications centering on software or computers.
You've heard all about Second Life. Maybe you've already jumped with both feet-and gotten stuck. Or maybe you're a Second Life veteran who wants to build something or run a business. Fear not! Second Life For Dummies is hear to hold your hand, pat your back, and cheer you on through this new and enchanting reality.
Now you've got to grips with the basics of computing, discover how to make the most of your PC. GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR PC MADE EASY: OFFICE 2010 AND MORE can help, whether you want to create a newsletter with impact, keep track of your family budget, display a family tree or simply learn to use your computer with confidence.
Suitable for organizations entering Second Life, this guide discusses topics that include the technical and social issues of participating in Second Life, including integrating corporate culture into Second Life, in-world marketing techniques, selecting a solution provider, and how to conduct real-world business in Second Life.
Step by step guide to connecting all your electronic devices into one network A home network allows you to share Internet connections, photos, video, music, game consoles, printers, and other electronic gadgets. This do-it-yourself guide shows you step by step how to create a wired or wireless network in your home.
Offers computer, gadget, and software users projects to help get more enjoyment and productivity out of high-tech products. This book features: 24 self-contained projects; easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions; and, hundreds of photos and screen shots.
Covers netbooks - the increasingly popular, small, inexpensive laptops. This step-by-step guide shows you how to get the most out of your netbooks and to overcome limitations. It explains how to connect to the Internet wirelessly and through wired LANs, install software, add memory, work in the 'cloud' upgrade, and troubleshoot.
Covering laptops as well as desktops, this guide helps you choose a Mac, import files and emails from an old Mac or PC, and master the finer points of OSX Snow Leopard. It offers practical advice on various aspects of your Mac from keeping your documents and data secure to downloading music and making the most of you iPod.
Longtime digital media guru Heid and education expert Lai provide teachers with both the technical detail they need to work with the software (including an interactive tour of the iLife '09 suite) and the lesson plans and projects they need to get students using the tools creatively and effectively.
Covering every application in Apple's brand-new suite, including the new integration with Apple's MobileMe online service, this full-color, simple, step-by-step book has been carefully crafted to provide instant access to the tasks beginner-to-intermediate users need to master.
Cloud Computing is a computing revolution that will have as much impact on your life as the introduction of the PC. This book explains how computing becomes reliable, less complex, and environmentally friendly. It explores online software and hardware, and shows how it alters our office work and personal lives.