Stories about: John Wiley & Sons

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    BPM now for Dummies, business leaders 18/02/2008 16:37:56

    In an effort to educate the IT and business leaders about the strategic role of business process management (BPM), John Wiley & Sons has added BPM Basics For Dummies to its stable of well-known For Dummies series of books.
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    Google-UC contract fuels copyright brawl 06/09/2006 14:53:00

    The book-scanning contract between Google and the University of California has made the Association of American Publishers (AAP) even more distressed over Google's project to digitize millions of volumes from libraries.
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    Google to offer book downloads 30/08/2006 10:24:44

    Google has expanded its controversial book search service to allow people to download whole copies of books in PDF format to their computers, with the ability to print them out.
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    Google hit with second lawsuit over Library project 20/10/2005 08:34:42

    The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has filed suit against Google over the search company's Google Print Library Project, the organization announced Wednesday. The project, which involves scanning library books without seeking copyright holders' permission, has proved controversial with publishers. This is the second suit to be filed against Google by a US body representing writers and publishers.
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    Dirty Deeds 20/06/2005 07:50:20

    Notorious former-hacker Kevin Mitnick is at it again. His new book, The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders & Deceivers, follows on from his best-selling The Art of Deception.
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    Project Arcade: Build Your Own Arcade Machine 01/12/2004 13:48:49

    Based on previous experience from building my own arcade cabinet, recreation of a classic arcade system can be a tricky affair. A great deal of information is available on the Internet from other people's examples, but never in one centralised location. This is where this book comes into the picture.
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    eBay PowerUser's Bible 30/11/2004 08:18:02

    Targeted at new and experienced eBay users alike, this book by Greg Holden is the ultimate guide book on everything and anything to do with eBay. Being a novice eBay user, I was interested to see if this book would help me understand the fundamentals of online bidding and how not to get duped by some of the artificial sales that everyone hears about. The fact that there is a diverse range of things available for purchase is why eBay still remains popular to this day.
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    Book review: Teach Yourself Visually Windows XP Special Media Edition 08/09/2004 07:59:14

    Since their creation, the popularity of the Teach Yourself Visually books has expanded exponentially due to their simplicity and ease of use. Some people tend to digest information and instructions better if they are shown visually what to do instead of being presented with a text-based version describing the process. The series takes a more hands-on approach to all subjects, allowing readers to follow the action with screenshots, pictures and highlighted sections.
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    Books: Dr. Mac The OS X Files Panther Edition 17/06/2004 08:59:42

    The big thing about Macs was that — supposedly — you could sit a newbie down in front of one and three nanoseconds later they’d have the system down. But now there are two problems with that: Windows XP, which is a jolly nice operating system, and Mac OS X, which is even nicer but hides a scary UNIX core beneath that sexy brushed aluminium interface.
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    Experts publish 'how to' book for software exploits 16/03/2004 09:04:11

    A new book by leading security researchers on writing code to exploit security flaws in software, including Microsoft's Windows operating system, has caused some raised eyebrows in the technical community for publishing "zero day," or previously unknown, techniques for exploiting vulnerable systems.
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    Books: Teach Yourself Visually Office 2003 03/03/2004 07:00:01

    If you’re the type of person who likes to see something in order to really understand it, rather than reading text describing a process, the Teach Yourself Visually books are designed for you. One of the latest, on Office 2003, tries to get you up to speed with the software with loads of pictures and graphics.
 
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