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Paula Berinstein, Susan Feldman

Cyberspace is brimming with images of every type: news photos, medical illustrations, classic paintings, clip art, etc. They're available for everything from education to research to business use--if you can find them. Paula Bernstein does a wonderful job of describing how to track down the image you need, avoid dead ends and uncover the unsuspected goldmines. The resources in the appendices alone make this reference well worthwhile. And the sensible and comprehensible discussions of copyrights and image- viewing software are major pluses. If image research or use of online graphics is part of your life, this book is a must-have.

Mark D. West

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: In digital typography, the TrueType font Arial Unicode MS is an extended version of the font Arial. Compared to Arial, it includes higher line height, omits kerning pairs and adds enough glyphs to cover a large subset of Unicode 2.1thus supporting most Microsoft code pages, but also requiring much more storage space (22 megabytes). It also adds Ideographic layout tables, but unlike Arial, it mandates no smoothing in the 1418 point range, and contains Roman (upright) glyphs only; there is no oblique (italic) version. Arial Unicode MS is normally distributed with Microsoft Office, but it is also bundled with Mac OS X v10.5 and later. It may also be purchased separately (as Arial Unicode) from Ascender Corporation, who licenses the font from Microsoft. When rendered with the same engine and without...

Canan Eren Atay, Abdullah Uz Tansel

All mainstream database systems lack support for temporal metadata, and instead store only the most recent data. Consequently, they can only manage temporal data in an ad hoc manner -- oftentimes not effectively. Yet there are countless application domains that need temporal data. This book offers a much-needed solution: It includes a bitemporal relational data model, based on nested relations, as well as its algebra and calculus languages for expressing queries. The fundamental construct for representing temporal data is a bitemporal atom; a value, its validity period, and the time this data was recorded in the database. The concept of ?context? defines different views of bitemporal data. BtSQL, a simple bitemporal variation of the SQL, is introduced. The book also provides a prototype implementation, which demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed approach in an object-relational database system. Researchers and practitioners in database development will find...

brahim Yakut, Huseyin Polat

Collaborative filtering (CF) systems are widely used by many e-commerce sites. However, they fail to provide privacy measures. That is why it becomes a challenge to collect truthful and dependable data to perform CF services. Researches show that privacy concerns differ from user to user. Therefore, users might decide to hide their private data differently. Providing CF services on variably masked data is challenging. Two parties may need to combine their data for CF purposes for better recommendations. However, they do not want to integrate them due to privacy, legal, and financial reasons. If privacy measures are provided, they can combine their data. The challenge is then how they can offer CF services on integrated data without violating their privacy. In this study, solutions are proposed to overcome each of the abovementioned challenges. The proposed schemes are analyzed in terms of accuracy, privacy, and additional costs. After explaining the solutions, ...

Tsugio Makimoto, David Manners

Digital Nomad tells us how current and future technological possibilities, combined with our natural urge to travel, will once again allow mankind to live, work, and exist on the move. This is what just some of the worlds major company leaders and thinkers are saying about Digital Nomad. "The book provides us with a deep insight into the lifestyle in the future" Kazuo Kashio, President, Casio Computer "The book is fun to read and the technical content is sound and perceptive" John G. Linvill, Professor of Electronic Engineering at Stanford University, California "This book answers the question ?What is the value of information for human beings?" Hiroo Toyoda, Chairman (former President), NTT Electronics "From a new perspective, based on fact, two famous authors describe a dramatic lifestyle change: global nomadism" Jurgen Knorr, President, Siemens Semiconductors, 1983?96 ("for 13 years one of those Digital Nomads") "Success in 21st century business will...

Ben Waggoner

Compression for Great Digital Video

Walt Stanchfield

Discover the lessons that helped bring about a new golden age of Disney animation! Published for the first time ever, Drawn to Life is a two volume collection of the legendary lectures from long-time Disney animator Walt Stanchfield. For over twenty years, Walt helped breathe life into the new golden age of animation with these teachings at the Walt Disney Animation Studios and influenced such talented artists as Tim Burton, Brad Bird, Glen Keane, and John Lasseter. These writings represent the quintessential refresher for fine artists and film professionals, and it is a vital tutorial for students who are now poised to be part of another new generation in the art form.

Elisa M. del Galdo, Jakob Nielsen

Leading authorities from around the world discuss the latest topics in international user-interface design. With most major companies in the computer industry depending on exports for 50 percent or more of their sales, user-interface design teams face a major challenge in making their products both useful and accessible to the global marketplace. It is no longer enough to simply offer a product translated in ten to twenty different languages. Users also want a product that acknowledges their uniquecultural characteristics and business practices. In International User Interfaces, Elisa del Galdo and Jakob Nielsen head a team of acknowledged international authorities who confront some of the problems currently facing international user-interface developers, including: International Usability Engineering. Developing a Cultural Model. Arabization of Graphical User Interfaces. Managing a Multiple-Language Document System. An Intelligent Lexical...

Greg Kramer

BradyGames' The Suffering Official Strategy Guide features a detailed walkthrough leading players through the horrific nightmare--no matter which ending they choose. Unstoppable boss strategies and an in-depth bestiary. Complete item and weaponcoverage. Game secrets revealed and more!