Computer Books

Guide to Operating Systems Security by Michael Palmer - A handy guidebook on operating system security

Guide to Operating Systems Security by Michael Palmer provides detailed information on how readers can improve their operating system's security. The book includes guidelines and tips that are easy to apply in real world situations.

Learning Cocos2D: A Hands-on Guide by Rod Strougo & Ray Wenderlich - Creating games for iOS

Learning Cocos2D: A Hands-on Guide by Rod Strougo & Ray Wenderlich helps create games for iOS. The book is designed to bring your gaming ideas to life with Box2D and Chipmunk.

Squeak: Learn Programming with Robots, Ducasse, Stephane ISBN: 9781590594919

Are you completely new to programming? Do you want to have fun learning to program?"Squeak: Learn Programming with Robots" will teach you core programming concepts based on simple, visual problems that involve manipulation of robots, or "turtles." You will learn basic programming concepts like loops, abstractions, composition, and conditionals.Each chapter is structured so that it can be turned into a one- or two-hour lab session. And while the structured content explains solid principles of object-oriented programming, you'll just have fun going through the sequence of easy examples with the turtle.And be sure to check out BotsInc, the companion learning environment for this book."

Netbooks For Dummies by Joel McNamara - Learn how to utilize data synchronization services and social networks

Netbooks For Dummies by Joel McNamara explains what netbooks are and the benefits of mobile technology and covers both Windows and Linux operating systems.