Computers / Hardware

Making Android Accessories with IOIO

von Simon Monk

Create your own electronic devices with the popular IOIO ("yoyo") board, and control them with your Android phone or tablet. With this concise guide, you’ll get started by building four example projects—after...

iPad: The Missing Manual

von J. D. Biersdorfer

Apple’s wildly popular iPad and new iPad Mini come jam-packed with features, like access to your media library from the Web, Siri voice control, and seamless Facebook and Twitter integration. But to tap your...

Microsoft Office Professional 2013 for Touch Devices Plain & Simple

von Katherine Murray

Learn the simplest ways to get things done with Microsoft® Office 2013 for Tablets

Get the full-color, visual guide that makes learning Microsoft Office 2013 on your touch-enabled devices plain and simple!...

Palm OS Programming: The Developer's Guide

von Julie McKeehan & Neil Rhodes

With more than 16 million PDAs shipped to date, Palm has defined the market for handhelds, having dominated this class of computing devices ever since it began to outpace competitors six years ago. The company's...

Embedded Android: Porting, Extending, and Customizing

von Karim Yaghmour

Looking to port Android to other platforms such as embedded devices? This hands-on book shows you how Android works and how you can adapt it to fit your needs. You’ll delve into Android’s architecture and...

Mac Hacks: Tips & Tools for unlocking the power of OS X

von Chris Seibold

Want to take real control of your Mac? The hacks in this book help you dig below the surface to tweak system preferences, mount drives and devices, and generally do things with your system that Apple doesn’t...

NOOK HD: The Missing Manual

von Preston Gralla

You can do many things with NOOK HD right out of the box, but if you really want to get the most from your HD or HD+ tablet, start with this book. With clear instructions, full-color illustrations, and savvy...

Kindle Fire HD: The Missing Manual

von Peter Meyers

Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD combines the most popular e-reader and tablet features in one sleek package, and with this entertaining guide, you’ll master everything the Fire has to offer. With loads of illustrations,...

Head First Mobile Web

von Lyza Danger Gardner & Jason Grigsby

Mobile web usage is exploding. Soon, more web browsing will take place on phones and tablets than PCs. Your business needs a mobile strategy, but where do you start? Head First Mobile Web shows how to use the...

Unix in a Nutshell

von Arnold Robbins

As an open operating system, Unix can be improved on by anyone and everyone: individuals, companies, universities, and more. As a result, the very nature of Unix has been altered over the years by numerous extensions...

RT Essentials

von Jesse Vincent, Robert Spier & Dave Rolsky

In a typical organization, there's always plenty that to do such as: pay vendors, invoice customers, answer customer inquiries, and fix bugs in hardware or software. You need to know who wants what and keep...

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

von Matt Richardson & Shawn Wallace

What can you do with the Raspberry Pi, a $35 computer the size of a credit card? All sorts of things! If you’re learning how to program, or looking to build new electronic projects, this hands-on guide will...

Windows 7: The Definitive Guide: The Essential Resource for Professionals and Power Users

von William R. Stanek

This book provides everything you need to manage and maintain Windows 7. You'll learn all of the features and enhancements in complete detail, along with specifics for configuring the operating system to put...

iOS 6 Programming Cookbook

von Vandad Nahavandipoor

Overcome the vexing issues you’ll inevitably confront when creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. By making use of new and revised recipes in this updated cookbook, you’ll quickly learn the steps...

iPhone: The Missing Manual

von David Pogue

With the iOS 6 software and the new iPhone 5, Apple has two world-class hits on its hands. This sleek, highly refined pocket computer comes with everything—cellphone, iPod, Internet, camcorder—except a printed...

Windows Phone 7 Development Internals: Covers Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 7.5

von Andrew Whitechapel

Build Windows Phone applications optimized for performance and security

Drill into Windows Phone 7 design and architecture—and learn best practices for building a variety of applications. Each chapter focuses...

Windows 8 for Tablets Plain & Simple

von Simon May

Learn the simplest ways to get things done with Windows® 8 on tablets!

Here’s WHAT you’ll learn:

• Enjoy the Windows 8 touch experience on your tablet
• Use the Start screen to find everything you need
• Explore...

C++ AMP: Accelerated Massive Parallelism with Microsoft® Visual C++®

von Kate Gregory & Ade Miller

Capitalize on the faster GPU processors in today’s computers with the C++ AMP code library—and bring massive parallelism to your project. With this practical book, experienced C++ developers will learn parallel...

Programming with the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit: Add gesture and posture recognition to your applications

von David Catuhe

Create rich experiences for users of Windows 7 and Windows 8 Developer Preview with this pragmatic guide to the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit (SDK). The author, a developer evangelist for Microsoft,...

Parallel Programming with Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Step by Step

von Donis Marshall

Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to the fundamentals of parallel programming

Teach yourself how to help improve application performance by using parallel programming techniques in Visual Studio 2010—one step...