Real-time Linux Systems

Computers & Technology

Daly, Phil

Operating Systems

Oreilly & Associates Inc

In its 2001 incarnation, Quicken for Windows easily demonstrates why it's the world's most popular finance-management software: because it's much more than finance management. It's "life-management software, complete with tools that let users track retirement plans, college savings, home inventory, mortgage, taxes, credit reports, investments, emergency records, and even employee stock options. Only one thing is missing: a printed instruction manual. That's quite an oversight, especially for the millions of PC buyers who find Quicken 2001 pre-installed on their hard drives. Fortunately, the solution is at hand: "Quicken 2001: The Missing Manual. Kathy Ivens and Tom Barich, bestselling veterans of several earlier-version Quicken guides, team up with editor David Pogue to supply the friendly, authoritative book that should have been in the box. Their concise writing and dry wit conspire to demystify basic accounting principles in a way that is logical--and at times actually fascinating. The book opens with a guided tour of Quicken's transaction-recording, check-writing, and bank-statement reconciling features. Part 2 moves beyond the basics, guiding readers through investment tracking, credit-card accounts, reports and graphs, and Quicken's calendar functions. Part 3, focusing on Quicken 2001's dramatically enhanced Internet hooks, includes a step-by-step guide to paying bills electronically. In Part 4, the authors combine Quicken instruction with some essential accounting, in order to capitalize on the program's ability to track mortgages, loans, budgets, taxes, and debt-reduction programs. Finally, there's an essential course in managing, backing up, and password-protectingQuicken's files. "Quicken 2001: The Missing Manual is a one-stop reference for PC owners who want to get a grip on their financial lives--and financial futures. Like the other books in the Missing Manual line, this one features superb writing, offers special features for both absolute novices and power users, and covers its topic completely.

Quicken 2001: The Missing Manual

Ivens, Kathy

Barich,Thomas

Software

With over six million sold in four years, the tiny PalmPilot handheld computer has been absorbed into America's bloodstream faster than any product in history--faster than TV, telephone, or even the PC. The simplicity, elegance, and marathon battery life of the charming device continue to win another 1,000,000 devoted converts every three months. Behind the PalmPilot is a tiny startup company, Palm Computing, and one of the most astonishing tales of modern business. In an era when other Silicon Valley startups had no profits but made millionaires of their employees, Palm's phenomenal success made millionaires of almost no one. "Piloting Palm "is the first book to tell the full story. It's a tale that lays bare the shocking shortsightedness of today's high-tech power brokers--both the manufacturers whose clunky handhelds flopped in the marketplace, and the venture capitalists who shunned Palm because its prototype wasn't enough "like "those doomed palmtops. This is the tale of Jeff Hawkins, a young, idealistic hardware engineer whose long-term plan is to build the first electronic human brain. And it's the story of that rarest of beasts: a company that was targeted for extinction by Microsoft--and survived. The authors--Andrea Butter, whose years as Palm marketing executive give her an extraordinary insider's vantage point, and David Pogue, whose "PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide "is the number one bestselling technical guide to the PalmPilot--offer three irresistible attractions for students of business or technology: a great story, filled with unforgettable characters; a behind-the-scenes glimpse at a Silicon Valley legend, warts and all; and business insights that can beapplied to any industry.

Piloting Palm: How the Palmpilot Team Defied the Odds, Humbled Microsoft, and Launched A B

Pogue, David

Butter, Andrea

Hardware & DIY

Java in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

David Flanagan

Reference

Nothing is as constant as change, and this is as true in enterprise computing as anywhere else. Since Java Enterprise in a Nutshell was first published in September of 1999, a dozen or more new APIs have been added to the platform, reflecting the new and different ways developers implement their enterprise objectives. And now developers are being called on to add even greater, more complex levels of interconnectivity to their applications, as the concepts behind Web Services solidify and implementation decisions need coding.
Java developers today need a clear understanding of the new APIs, tools, capabilities and pitfalls in J2EE 2.0 so they can plan a technology and implementation strategy for new enterprise projects. Fortunately, this is exactly what they get with the new Java Enterprise in a Nutshell, 2nd edition!
Completely revised and updated for the new 2.0 version of Sun Microsystems Java Enterprise Edition software, Java Enterprise in a Nutshell 2nd edition covers all of the J2EE APIs, including RMI, Java IDL, JDBC, JNDI, Java Servlet, and Enterprise JavaBeans, with a fast-paced tutorial and compact reference on each technology. Then Java Enterprise in a Nutshell goes even further, providing a classic O'Reilly-style quick reference for all of the classes in the various packages that comprise the Enterprise APIs - covering the core enterprise APIs as well as numerous standard extensions.

Java Enterprise in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

Flanagan, David

Crawford, William

Farley, Jim

Magnusson, Kris

Practical C++ Programming

Oualline, Steve

Programming Languages

Dashboard: A Developer's Notebook

Chris O'Brien

<div>This new book helps readers learn how to apply today's hot web syndication technologies in a variety of different environments and scenarios. ""RSS and Atom Hacks"" begins with a clear roadmap of RSS and Atom technologies and how they work for specific tasks, but then expands the scope to demonstrate how syndication technology can be used in more innovative and sometimes off-the-wall ways as a solution to a wide variety of web programming and content management problems. Web developers and experienced bloggers will find hacks for people who use only newsreaders, and hacks for more advanced uses such as running syndication programs and developing sites with multiple feeds. Includes coverage of new features of rival products RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, and Atom.</div>

Rss And Atom Hacks

Hammersley, Ben

Appnel, Timothy

The Myths of Innovation

Business & Money

Berkun, Scott

Economics

In this quick reference, you'll find everything you need to know about the bash shell. Whether you print it out or read it on the screen, this PDF gives you the answers to the annoying questions that always come up when you're writing shell scripts: What characters do you need to quote? How do you get variable substitution to do exactly what you want? How do you use arrays? It's also helpful for interactive use. If you're a Unix user or programmer, or if you're using bash on Windows, you'll find this quick reference indispensable.

Bash Quick Reference

Arnold Robbins

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