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  • 101 Essential Android Tips & Tricks

    As Android continues to develop, it can be a challenge to keep up with its new releases and impressive features. Revolutionary developments mean its often difficult to know where to start. The 101 Essential Android Tips & Tricks book is here to make your life a little easier, by selecting the very best hints to extend the functionality of your smartphone. Featuring apps from the Play Store, this ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Linux Command Line Beginner's Guide

    The Linux Command Line Beginner's Guide gives users new to Linux an introduction to the command line environment.In the Guide, you'll learn how to:-Copy, move, and delete files and directories.-Create, delete, and manage users.-Create, delete, and manage groups.-Use virtual terminals.-Use the bash shell.-Safely use the root account with su and sudo.-Change permissions and ownership of files and ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead

    SY0-401 Study Guide

    by Darril Gibson ...
    Pass the First Time!CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-401 Study Guide is an update to the top-selling SY0-301 guide, which helped thousands of readers pass the exam the first time they took it. The SY0-301 version covers every aspect of the SY0-301 exam, and includes the same elements readers raved about in the previous version.Each of the eleven chapters presents topics in an easy to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Windows Command Line Beginner's Guide: Second Edition

    The Windows Command Line Beginner's Guide gives users new to the Windows command line an overview of the Command Prompt, from simple tasks to network configuration.In the Guide, you'll learn how to:-Manage the Command Prompt.-Copy & paste from the Windows Command Prompt.-Create batch files.-Remotely manage Windows machines from the command line.-Manage disks, partitions, and volumes.-Set an IP ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

    The Cyberweapons Arms Race

    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Bronze Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award (Council on Foreign Relations)"Written in the hot, propulsive prose of a spy thriller" (The New York Times), the untold story of the cyberweapons market-the most secretive, government-backed market on earth-and a terrifying first look at a new kind of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • How to Become Anonymous, Secure and Free Online

    by Amy Awol ...
    Privacy and security are matters of great concern that are affecting internet users today. People are becoming more conscious that their private data and interactions are being hacked or monitored without their consent, as security breach hacks, government surveillance, and corporate platforms routinely collect data from billions of users, with or without their permission.This book explains how ... Read more

    Free

  • Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

    “Bruce Schneier’s amazing book is the best overview of privacy and security ever written.”—Clay ShirkyYour cell phone provider tracks your location and knows who’s with you. Your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, and reveal if you're unemployed, sick, or pregnant. Your e-mails and texts expose your intimate and casual friends. Google knows what you’re thinking because it saves ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Linux Mint Beginner's Guide - Second Edition

    Series series Computer Beginner's Guides
    The Linux Mint Beginner's Guide (Second Edition) will show you how to get the most out of Linux Mint, from using the Cinnamon desktop environment to advanced command-line tasks. In the Guide, you will learn how to:-Install Linux Mint.-Use the desktop environment.-Manage files and folders.-Manage users, groups, and file permissions.-Install software on a Linux Mint system, both from the command ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Windows 10: 101 Tips & Tricks

    Windows 10: 101 Tips & Tricks gives users an overview of Windows 10, from using the Start Menu and Desktop to more advanced troubleshooting techniques.In this book, you'll learn how to:-Master the Start Menu.-Use virtual desktops in Task View-Get the most out of the Desktop.-Use the power of File Explorer.-Connect Windows 10 to networks.-Create and eliminate user accounts.-Install powerful apps ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Cathedral & the Bazaar

    Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

    Open source provides the competitive advantage in the Internet Age. According to the August Forrester Report, 56 percent of IT managers interviewed at Global 2,500 companies are already using some type of open source software in their infrastructure and another 6 percent will install it in the next two years. This revolutionary model for collaborative software development is being embraced and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Site Reliability Engineering

    How Google Runs Production Systems

    The overwhelming majority of a software systemâ??s lifespan is spent in use, not in design or implementation. So, why does conventional wisdom insist that software engineers focus primarily on the design and development of large-scale computing systems?In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Googleâ??s Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Debian 8 for Beginners

    by Ed Hurst ...
    This book is aimed at the great average middle of computer users, proficient but by no means a technician. You are not stuck with Windows or Mac. You don’t have to surrender to the profit-driven upgrade cycle. You can still use your computer and keep it secure and gain a measure of control you could not otherwise have. The answer is replacing Windows with Linux (it runs on Macs, too). It’s quite ... Read more

    Free

  • Make Your PC Stable and Fast: What Microsoft Forgot to Tell You

    The amount of technical support information for Microsoft Windows is overwhelming. For most PC users, it is difficult to separate good information from bad and to devise any concrete maintenance plan that they can use regularly. This booklet provides a summary of key points that can serve as a maintenance and troubleshooting plan for your PC. The instructions will also help to speed up your ... Read more

    Free

  • The Shortest Path to Linux

    by Ed Hurst ...
    If you really need MS Windows, stick with it. Helping people with Windows systems is the primary work in my computer ministry. However, my primary mission is to help people to need less help. If you can learn to make Windows work for you, it's not that hard to migrate to Linux. Not a comprehensive guide, this companion guide can help you explore the possibilities give you greater control over your ... Read more

    Free

  • Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World

    **"Sober, lucid and often wise." —NatureThe Internet is powerful, but it is not safe.As "smart" devices proliferate the risks will get worse, unless we act now.**From driverless cars to smart thermostats, from autonomous stock-trading systems to drones equipped with their own behavioral algorithms, the Internet now has direct effects on the physical world. Forget data theft: cutting-edge digital ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • iPhone SE for Seniors

    A Ridiculously Simple Guide to the Second-Generation SE iPhone

    New to iPhone SE? This user guide has you covered!The iPhone SE is the newest (and cheapest) iPhone on the market. So it’s got to be a lemon, right? Only if you like lemonade! The iPhone SE is already being hailed as the best budget phone on the market. True, it doesn’t have the same hardware as the high-end iPhones that cost over $1,000--but depending on the type of user you are, it may not even ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bash Command Line Pro Tips

    by Jason Cannon ...
    As someone that has used the Bash shell almost daily for over 15 years, I've accumulated several command line "tricks" that have saved me time and frustration. Bash Command Line Pro Tips is a collection of techniques that you can put to use right away to increase your efficiency at the command line.Here is what you will learn by reading Bash Command Line Pro Tips:* How to use tab completion* How ... Read more

    Free

  • The Ubuntu Desktop Beginner's Guide - Second Edition

    Series series Computer Beginner's Guides
    Want to use Ubuntu without having to learn the command line? Then this is the book for you! THE UBUNTU DESKTOP BEGINNER'S GUIDE will show you how to use the Ubuntu desktop interface and perform common tasks with the operating system.In the guide, you'll earn how to:-Install Ubuntu.-Install the latest updates for Ubuntu.-Configure and use Ubuntu's Unity environment.-Master the Launcher, the Dash, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Raspberry Pi Insider Guide

    by Bruce Smith ...
    Raspberry Pi Insider Guide: Everything you need for the Model B/B+ and moreTaking You from beginner to Expert!The most up-to-date Raspberry Pi guide available.Everything you need to make you an expert using the Raspberry Pi Model B and B+.Taking you from beginner to expert. Even as an absolute beginner you will start on a journey that will ultimately leave you knowledgeable and with the confidence ... Read more

    Free

  • A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back

    **It’s not just computers—hacking is everywhere.Legendary cybersecurity expert and New York Times best-selling author Bruce Schneier reveals how using a hacker’s mindset can change how you think about your life and the world.**A hack is any means of subverting a system’s rules in unintended ways. The tax code isn’t computer code, but a series of complex formulas. It has vulnerabilities; we call ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Introducing Windows 10 for IT Professionals, Preview Edition

    by Ed Bott ...
    Series series Introducing
    Get a head start evaluating Windows 10--with early technical insights from award-winning journalist and Windows expert Ed Bott. This guide introduces new features and capabilities, providing a practical, high-level overview for IT professionals ready to begin deployment planning now. This book is a preview, a work in progress about a work in progress. It offers a snapshot of the Windows 10 ... Read more

    Free

  • Street Cryptography

    So, you have a conspiracy going and need to pass messages along without worrying that someone will intercept them. Congratulations, you've stumbled across the right book. Whether your personal solution is a Vigenere, a Vic, or a One Time Pad, you'll find an easy guide on creating your own encryption scheme right here. No need for a computer, except for the device you're reading this on. This can ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Definitive Guide to sed

    Tutorial and Reference

    What is sed?  sed is a "stream editor". sed rapidly and reliably transforms text files, and edits "streams" (program outputs) on the fly. sed is a uniquely useful text processing tool, installed by default on Unix computers. sed can also be used on a Windows PC.Why should I learn sed?  If you write shell scripts, do system administration, or process text files (HTML, source code, data files) with ... Read more

    $9.85 USD

  • Networking for Systems Administrators

    Series series IT Mastery
    Stop waiting for the network team!If basic TCP/IP was hard, network administrators couldn’t do it. Servers give sysadmins a incredible visibility into the network—once they know how to unlock it.Most sysadmins don’t need to understand window scaling, or the differences between IPv4 and IPv6 echo requests, or other intricacies of the TCP/IP protocols. You need only enough to deploy your own ... Read more

    $9.99 USD