http://books.slashdot.org/News for nerds, stuff that mattersen-usCopyright 1997-2013, Dice. All Rights Reserved. Slashdot is a Dice Holdings, Inc. serviceMon, 20 May 2013 19:34:52 GMTMon, 20 May 2013 19:34:52 GMT2hourly11970-01-01T00:00:00Zhelp@slashdot.orgTechnologyDice2013-05-20T19:34:52Zen-usCopyright 1997-2013, Dice. All Rights Reserved. Slashdot is a Dice Holdings, Inc. servicehttp://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gifhttp://books.slashdot.org/http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/-muOAIYMjEQ/story01.htmbenrothke writes "Had Locked Down: Information Security for Lawyers not been published by the American Bar Association (ABA) and 2 of its 3 authors not been attorneys; one would have thought the book is a reproach against attorneys for their obliviousness towards information security and privacy. In numerous places, the book notes that lawyers are often clueless when it comes to digital security. With that, the book is a long-overdue and valuable information security reference for anyone, not just lawyers." 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Amazon has it ranked mainly in applied psychology, but also time management and inexplicable personal finance. In some ways it is all of the above and more. In fewer than 300 pages, the authors reference myriad different areas of science, mathematics, psychology and more; in the effort to show the reader how they can elevate themselves from the stuff in life that glues them to the status quo." Read below for the rest of Ben's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+The+Plateau+Effect%3A+Getting+From+Stuck+To+Success%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F10T48yn"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F05%2F13%2F1227223%2Fbook-review-the-plateau-effect-getting-from-stuck-to-success%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/05/13/1227223/book-review-the-plateau-effect-getting-from-stuck-to-success?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/05/13/1227223/book-review-the-plateau-effect-getting-from-stuck-to-success?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2bdd6160/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664111612/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2bdd6160/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664111612/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2bdd6160/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664111612/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2bdd6160/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/En4w6ibV4Rc" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:47:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2bdd6160/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A50C130C12272230Cbook0Ereview0Ethe0Eplateau0Eeffect0Egetting0Efrom0Estuck0Eto0Esuccess0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2013-05-13T18:47:00Zread-all-about-itbookreview0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2bdd6160/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A50C130C12272230Cbook0Ereview0Ethe0Eplateau0Eeffect0Egetting0Efrom0Estuck0Eto0Esuccess0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/Zjlgg-iMDMg/story01.htmNerval's Lobster writes "Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen begin their new nonfiction book, The New Digital Age, with a rather bold pronouncement: 'The Internet is the largest experiment involving anarchy in history.' Subsequent chapters deal with how that experiment will alter life in decades to come, as more and more people around the world connect to the Internet via cheap mobile phones and other devices." Keep reading to see what Nerval's Lobster has to say about the book.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+The+New+Digital+Age%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F14eHLvg"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F04%2F25%2F1457235%2Fbook-review-the-new-digital-age%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/04/25/1457235/book-review-the-new-digital-age?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/04/25/1457235/book-review-the-new-digital-age?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2b2df6e1/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016391868/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2b2df6e1/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016391868/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2b2df6e1/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016391868/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2b2df6e1/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/Zjlgg-iMDMg" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:45:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2b2df6e1/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A40C250C14572350Cbook0Ereview0Ethe0Enew0Edigital0Eage0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2013-04-25T21:45:00Zread-all-about-itbookreview0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2b2df6e1/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A40C250C14572350Cbook0Ereview0Ethe0Enew0Edigital0Eage0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/ILJkeqYSqRI/story01.htmbenrothke writes "When I first heard about the book The Death of the Internet, it had all the trappings of a second-rate book; a histrionic title and the fact that it had nearly 50 contributors. I have seen far too many books that are pasted together by myriad disparate authors, creating a jerry-rigged book with an ISBN, but little value or substance. The only negative thing about the book is the over the top title, which I think detracts from the important message that is pervasive in it. Other than that, the book is a fascinating read. Editor Markus Jakobsson (Principal Scientist for Consumer Security at PayPal) was able to take the collected wisdom from a large cross-section of expert researchers and engineers, from different countries and nationalities, academic and corporate environments, and create an invaluable and unique reference." Read below for the rest of Ben's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+The+Death+of+the+Internet%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F117zWjL"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F04%2F15%2F1410216%2Fbook-review-the-death-of-the-internet%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/04/15/1410216/book-review-the-death-of-the-internet?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/04/15/1410216/book-review-the-death-of-the-internet?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2abf8925/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163644614358/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2abf8925/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163644614358/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2abf8925/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163644614358/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2abf8925/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/ILJkeqYSqRI" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:10:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2abf8925/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A40C150C1410A2160Cbook0Ereview0Ethe0Edeath0Eof0Ethe0Einternet0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2013-04-15T19:10:00Z3read-all-about-itbookreview3,3,3,3,1,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2abf8925/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A40C150C1410A2160Cbook0Ereview0Ethe0Edeath0Eof0Ethe0Einternet0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/oTUbEnyPhIs/story01.htmFirst time accepted submitter matria writes "MODx is a free, open-source Content Management System and Framework, developed and supported by MODX LLC and a global community. The latest iteration of MODx, called Revolution, is entirely object-oriented. To take advantage of the power of MODx, the developer needs to learn how MODx works and how to use its building blocks to extend it to satisfy his purpose. While there is official documentation and a number of websites with tips and tutorials, as well as an active and friendly forum, for the dedicated developer one of the publications that it is good to be aware of is W. Shawn Wilkerson's MODX Revolution &mdash; Building the Web Your Way." Read below for the rest of matria's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+MODx+Revolution+-+Building+the+Web+Your+Way%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F14ZLNaA"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F04%2F08%2F1249215%2Fbook-review-modx-revolution---building-the-web-your-way%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/04/08/1249215/book-review-modx-revolution---building-the-web-your-way?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/04/08/1249215/book-review-modx-revolution---building-the-web-your-way?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2a7a8fa9/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991064620/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2a7a8fa9/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991064620/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2a7a8fa9/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991064620/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2a7a8fa9/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/oTUbEnyPhIs" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:31:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2a7a8fa9/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A40C0A80C12492150Cbook0Ereview0Emodx0Erevolution0E0E0Ebuilding0Ethe0Eweb0Eyour0Eway0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2013-04-08T18:31:00Z7read-all-about-itnews7,7,2,1,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2a7a8fa9/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A40C0A80C12492150Cbook0Ereview0Emodx0Erevolution0E0E0Ebuilding0Ethe0Eweb0Eyour0Eway0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/ECJPQPfryuA/story01.htmRambo Tribble writes "This new, third edition of Sobell's book brings enhancements that add to the text's value as both a learning tool and a reference. This has always been a foundation book for those wanting a professional level of familiarity with Linux. The addition of chapters to introduce the Python language and MySQL database serves to offer the reader practical insights into additional Linux-related technologies." Read below for the rest of Rambo's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+A+Practical+Guide+To+Linux+Commands%2C+Editors%2C+and+Shell+Programming%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FZnCUiT"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F03%2F25%2F1339229%2Fbook-review-a-practical-guide-to-linux-commands-editors-and-shell-programming%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/03/25/1339229/book-review-a-practical-guide-to-linux-commands-editors-and-shell-programming?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/03/25/1339229/book-review-a-practical-guide-to-linux-commands-editors-and-shell-programming?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/29f9eb1b/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161770937188/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/29f9eb1b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161770937188/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/29f9eb1b/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161770937188/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/29f9eb1b/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/ECJPQPfryuA" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:45:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/29f9eb1b/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A30C250C13392290Cbook0Ereview0Ea0Epractical0Eguide0Eto0Elinux0Ecommands0Eeditors0Eand0Eshell0Eprogramming0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2013-03-25T18:45:00Z2read-all-about-itbookreview2,2,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/29f9eb1b/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A30C250C13392290Cbook0Ereview0Ea0Epractical0Eguide0Eto0Elinux0Ecommands0Eeditors0Eand0Eshell0Eprogramming0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/UtTdK07sHOc/story01.htmFirst time accepted submitter sagecreek writes "Hadoop is an open-source, Java-based framework for large-scale data processing. Typically, it runs on big clusters of computers working together to crunch large chunks of data. You also can run Hadoop in "single-cluster mode" on a Linux machine, Windows PC or Mac, to learn the technology or do testing and debugging. The Hadoop framework, however, is not quickly mastered. Apache's Hadoop wiki cautions: "If you do not know about classpaths, how to compile and debug Java code, step back from Hadoop and learn a bit more about Java before proceeding." But if you are reasonably comfortable with Java, the well-written Hadoop Beginner's Guide by Garry Turkington can help you start mastering this rising star in the Big Data constellation." Read below for the rest of Si's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+Hadoop+Beginner's+Guide%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FWbg8Pi"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F03%2F13%2F1345257%2Fbook-review-hadoop-beginners-guide%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/03/13/1345257/book-review-hadoop-beginners-guide?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/03/13/1345257/book-review-hadoop-beginners-guide?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/298862e8/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/159490808800/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/298862e8/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/159490808800/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/298862e8/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/159490808800/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/298862e8/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/UtTdK07sHOc" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:35:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/298862e8/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A30C130C13452570Cbook0Ereview0Ehadoop0Ebeginners0Eguide0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2013-03-13T18:35:00Z4read-all-about-itbookreview4,4,3,3,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/298862e8/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A30C130C13452570Cbook0Ereview0Ehadoop0Ebeginners0Eguide0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/7VF4yiXgg3U/story01.htmBennett Haselton writes "Evgeny Morozov's forthcoming book To Save Everything, Click Here describes how an overly helpful 'kitchen of the future' might stifle the learning process and threaten culinary innovation. True, but we could certainly do better than the current state of how-to directions (in cooking and most other subjects) that you can find today on Google. I suggest that the answer lies not in intelligent kitchen technology, but in designing an algorithm that would produce the best possible how-to directions -- where the 'best' directions are judged according to the results that are achieved by genuine beginners who attempt to follow the directions without help." Read below for the rest of Bennett's review. Editor's Note: This article was not intended as a full review, but rather a commentary on one point in the book. The author's actual review of the book will appear in March.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+To+Save+Everything%2C+Click+Here%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F12MEq5o"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F02%2F20%2F1448213%2Fbook-review-to-save-everything-click-here%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/02/20/1448213/book-review-to-save-everything-click-here?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/02/20/1448213/book-review-to-save-everything-click-here?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/28c5a016/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158873134034/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/28c5a016/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158873134034/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/28c5a016/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158873134034/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/28c5a016/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/7VF4yiXgg3U" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:00:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/28c5a016/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A20C20A0C14482130Cbook0Ereview0Eto0Esave0Eeverything0Eclick0Ehere0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2013-02-20T16:00:00Z108read-all-about-itbookreview108,108,85,76,20,7,4http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/28c5a016/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A20C20A0C14482130Cbook0Ereview0Eto0Esave0Eeverything0Eclick0Ehere0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/m7zvfgFCQZ0/story01.htmMichael Ross writes "Upon hearing the name "Enyo," one may wonder if the speaker is referring to the Greek war goddess, or if it is the name of some Celtic New Age music with a Latin twist. In the world of front-end software development, Enyo is a cross-platform open-source JavaScript framework that can be used to build HTML5 web applications for the desktop and for mobile devices, including those powered by iOS and Android. The project website bills it as "an object-oriented JavaScript application framework emphasizing modularity and encapsulation." Any programmer interested in learning Enyo &mdash; or at least exploring what it is capable of &mdash; can consult the online documentation and the forums, but a more time-efficient approach might be to read a book focusing on the topic, such as Enyo: Up and Running, written by Roy Sutton, a contributor to the project." Read below for the rest of Michael's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+Enyo%3A+Up+and+Running%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FWSiwdo"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F02%2F18%2F141224%2Fbook-review-enyo-up-and-running%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/02/18/141224/book-review-enyo-up-and-running?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/02/18/141224/book-review-enyo-up-and-running?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/28b2528b/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158401458039/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/28b2528b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158401458039/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/28b2528b/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158401458039/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/28b2528b/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/m7zvfgFCQZ0" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:15:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/28b2528b/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A20C180C1412240Cbook0Ereview0Eenyo0Eup0Eand0Erunning0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2013-02-18T20:15:00Zread-all-about-itbookreview0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/28b2528b/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A20C180C1412240Cbook0Ereview0Eenyo0Eup0Eand0Erunning0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/zQxhGt1u-uo/story01.htmNerval's Lobster writes "Gavin Newsom, former mayor of San Francisco and current lieutenant governor of California, argues in his new book Citizenville that citizens need to take the lead in solving society's problems, sidestepping government bureaucracy with a variety of technological tools. It's more efficient for those engineers and concerned citizens to take open government data and use it to build apps that serve a civic function&mdash;such as Google Earth, or a map that displays crime statistics&mdash;than for government to try and provide these tools itself. But Newsom doesn't limit his attacks on government bureaucracy to politicians; he also reserves some fire for the IT departments, which he views as an outdated relic. 'The traditional IT department, which set up and maintained complex, centralized services&mdash;networks, servers, computers, e-mail, printers&mdash;may be on its way out,' he writes. 'As we move toward the cloud and technology gets easier to use, we'll have less need for full-time teams of people to maintain our stuff.' Despite his advocacy of the cloud and collaboration, he's also ambivalent about Wikileaks. 'It has made government and diplomacy much more challenging and ultimately less honest,' he writes at one point, 'as people fear that their private communications might become public.' Nonetheless, he thinks WikiLeaks and its ilk are ultimately here to stay: 'It is happening, and it's going to keep happening, and it's going to intensify.' In the end, he feels the benefits of collaboration and openness outweigh the drawbacks." Keep reading for the rest of Nick's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Citizenville%3A+Newsom+Argues+Against+Bureaucracy%2C+Swipes+At+IT+Departments%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FXxxfpN"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F02%2F11%2F165254%2Fcitizenville-newsom-argues-against-bureaucracy-swipes-at-it-departments%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/02/11/165254/citizenville-newsom-argues-against-bureaucracy-swipes-at-it-departments?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/02/11/165254/citizenville-newsom-argues-against-bureaucracy-swipes-at-it-departments?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/28759044/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151885427635/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/28759044/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151885427635/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/28759044/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151885427635/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/28759044/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/zQxhGt1u-uo" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:30:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/28759044/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A20C110C1652540Ccitizenville0Enewsom0Eargues0Eagainst0Ebureaucracy0Eswipes0Eat0Eit0Edepartments0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusgovernment2013-02-11T19:30:00Z5read-all-about-itbookreview5,5,4,4,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/28759044/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A20C110C1652540Ccitizenville0Enewsom0Eargues0Eagainst0Ebureaucracy0Eswipes0Eat0Eit0Edepartments0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/0KN3TFQZH5A/story01.htmFirst time accepted submitter NewtonBoxers writes "Considering the amount of time most of us spend at work, it's surprising how few novels are set in the workplace and base their plot on the goings-on there. Perhaps, having spent a long day slaving in the corporate salt mines, many of us would rather forget about such humdrum matters and take refuge in books that offer us more excitement. Others, though, seem to enjoy the humor that can derive from the very things that drive us mad &ndash; management incompetence, byzantine procedures, pointless meetings... in short the stuff of everyday office life. We read Dilbert, we watch The Office, and we could do a lot worse than read Augustus Gump's very funny second novel, The Rise and Fall of T. John Dick. " Read on for the rest of NewtonBoxers's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+The+Rise+and+Fall+of+T.+John+Dick%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FWImtPR"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fentertainment.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F02%2F07%2F156201%2Fbook-review-the-rise-and-fall-of-t-john-dick%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/13/02/07/156201/book-review-the-rise-and-fall-of-t-john-dick?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/13/02/07/156201/book-review-the-rise-and-fall-of-t-john-dick?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/28618667/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151885388934/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/28618667/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151885388934/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/28618667/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151885388934/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/28618667/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/0KN3TFQZH5A" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:44:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/28618667/l/0Lentertainment0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A20C0A70C15620A10Cbook0Ereview0Ethe0Erise0Eand0Efall0Eof0Et0Ejohn0Edick0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpushumor2013-02-08T20:44:00Zread-all-about-itentertainment0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/28618667/l/0Lentertainment0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A20C0A70C15620A10Cbook0Ereview0Ethe0Erise0Eand0Efall0Eof0Et0Ejohn0Edick0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/1qDvG5nopQI/story01.htmMichael Ross writes "Web designers, graphics artists, and others who create and edit digital images, have a number of commercial image-manipulation packages from which they can choose &mdash; such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Fireworks (originally developed by Macromedia). Yet there are also many alternatives in the open-source world, the most well-known being GNU Image Manipulation Program. GIMP is available for all major operating systems, and supports all commonly-used image formats. This powerful application is loaded with features, including plug-ins and scripting. Yet detractors criticize it as being complicated (as if Photoshop is intuitively obvious). Admittedly, anyone hoping to learn it could benefit from a comprehensive guide, such as The Book of GIMP." Keep reading for the rest of Michael's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=The+Book+of+GIMP%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F122NLRs"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F02%2F07%2F0120208%2Fthe-book-of-gimp%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/02/07/0120208/the-book-of-gimp?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/02/07/0120208/the-book-of-gimp?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2857c7ef/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151885303723/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2857c7ef/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151885303723/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2857c7ef/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151885303723/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2857c7ef/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/1qDvG5nopQI" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:45:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2857c7ef/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A20C0A70C0A120A20A80Cthe0Ebook0Eof0Egimp0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2013-02-07T19:45:00Z1read-all-about-itbookreview1,1,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2857c7ef/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A20C0A70C0A120A20A80Cthe0Ebook0Eof0Egimp0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/nOJHUuHuUq4/story01.htmbenrothke writes "In its first week, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief was #3 on the New York Times Best Sellers list and will likely be #1 soon. The fact that the book is in print is somewhat miraculous given the voracious appetite Scientology has for litigation. It is the first time that such an expose could have been written and found such wide-scale reading. An interesting analysis of this fact is found in Why the Media Is No Longer Afraid of Scientology by Kim Masters. But as mesmerizing an expose as the book is, I doubt that this will be more than a speed bump to Scientology's growth and fund raising." Keep reading to be clear about what Ben has to say.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+Going+Clear%3A+Scientology%2C+Hollywood%2C+and+the+Prison+of+Belief%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F14phMhh"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F01%2F28%2F0133248%2Fbook-review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/01/28/0133248/book-review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/01/28/0133248/book-review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/27fc899e/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151885183544/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/27fc899e/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151885183544/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/27fc899e/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151885183544/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/27fc899e/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/nOJHUuHuUq4" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:46:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/27fc899e/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A10C280C0A1332480Cbook0Ereview0Egoing0Eclear0Escientology0Ehollywood0Eand0Ethe0Eprison0Eof0Ebelief0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2013-01-28T19:46:00Z2read-all-about-itbookreview2,2,2,1,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/27fc899e/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A10C280C0A1332480Cbook0Ereview0Egoing0Eclear0Escientology0Ehollywood0Eand0Ethe0Eprison0Eof0Ebelief0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/zsZqKVwUjdg/story01.htmbenrothke writes "In the 4th edition of A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology, author Sara Baase takes a broad look at the social, legal and ethical issues around technology and their implications. Baase notes that her primary goal in writing the book is for computer professionals to understand the implications of what they create and how it fits into society. The book is an interesting analysis of a broad set of topics. Combined with Baase's superb writing skills, the book is both an excellent reference and a fascinating read." Read below for the rest of Ben's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+A+Gift+of+Fire%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FVVGsMs"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F01%2F21%2F1523240%2Fbook-review-a-gift-of-fire%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/01/21/1523240/book-review-a-gift-of-fire?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/01/21/1523240/book-review-a-gift-of-fire?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/27c055ed/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884748060/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/27c055ed/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884748060/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/27c055ed/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151884748060/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/27c055ed/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/zsZqKVwUjdg" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:55:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/27c055ed/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A10C210C1523240A0Cbook0Ereview0Ea0Egift0Eof0Efire0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2013-01-21T19:55:00Z2read-all-about-itbookreview2,2,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/27c055ed/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A10C210C1523240A0Cbook0Ereview0Ea0Egift0Eof0Efire0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/YDd8zD4jLdc/story01.htmMassDosage writes "I first heard about the Scratch programming language a few years ago and the idea of a simple language designed to teach kids to program in a fun, new way has always appealed to me. For those of you who don't know, Scratch was developed by the wonderfully named "Lifelong Kindergarten Group" at the MIT Media Lab. It's a programming language that allows programs to be built by dragging, dropping, configuring and combining various blocks that represent common coding concepts such as if/else statements and while loops. Scratch also provides tools for doing simple animation, playing audio and controlling sprites. The idea behind it is to make programming simple, fun and accessible to first time programmers so they can understand the key concepts without first needing to learn complex syntax which can come later when they move on from Scratch to other languages. It has been very successful and there are literally millions of Scratch programs freely available from the Scratch website and many others." Read below for the rest of Mass Dosage's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+Super+Scratch+Programming+Adventure!%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FV67xOz"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F01%2F14%2F1322226%2Fbook-review-super-scratch-programming-adventure%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/01/14/1322226/book-review-super-scratch-programming-adventure?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/01/14/1322226/book-review-super-scratch-programming-adventure?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2784173d/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884489348/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2784173d/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884489348/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2784173d/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151884489348/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2784173d/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/YDd8zD4jLdc" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:42:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2784173d/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A10C140C13222260Cbook0Ereview0Esuper0Escratch0Eprogramming0Eadventure0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2013-01-14T19:42:00Z5read-all-about-itbookreview5,5,3,3,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2784173d/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A10C140C13222260Cbook0Ereview0Esuper0Escratch0Eprogramming0Eadventure0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/MiKS9xTInKc/story01.htmeldavojohn writes "I kickstarted a project undertaken by Daniel Shiffman to write a book on what (at the time) seemed to be a very large knowledge space. What resulted is a good book (amazing by CC-BY-NC standards) available in both PDF and HTML versions. In addition to the book he maintains the source code for creating the book and of course the book examples. The Nature of Code starts off swimmingly but remains front heavy with a mere thirty five pages devoted to the final chapter on neural networks. This is an excellent book for Java and Processing developers that want to break into simulation and modeling of well, anything. It probably isn't a must-have title for very seasoned developers (unless you've never done simulation and modeling) but at zero cost why not?" Read below for the rest of eldavojohn's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+The+Nature+of+Code%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FVPPF5V"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F13%2F01%2F09%2F160246%2Fbook-review-the-nature-of-code%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/01/09/160246/book-review-the-nature-of-code?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/13/01/09/160246/book-review-the-nature-of-code?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/275c2e08/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884458396/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/275c2e08/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151884458396/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/275c2e08/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151884458396/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/275c2e08/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/MiKS9xTInKc" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:15:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/275c2e08/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A10C0A90C160A2460Cbook0Ereview0Ethe0Enature0Eof0Ecode0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2013-01-09T21:15:00Z2read-all-about-itbookreview2,2,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/275c2e08/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C130C0A10C0A90C160A2460Cbook0Ereview0Ethe0Enature0Eof0Ecode0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/6KZC-2ospoE/story01.htmbenrothke writes "When the IBM PC first came out 31 years ago, it supported a maximum of 256KB RAM. You can buy an equivalent computer today with substantially more CPU power at a fraction of the price. But in those 31 years, the information security functionality in which the PC operates has not progressed accordingly. In Burdens of Proof: Cryptographic Culture and Evidence Law in the Age of Electronic Documents, author Jean-Fran&ccedil;ois Blanchette observes that the move to a paperless society means that paper-based evidence needs to be recreated in the digital world. It also requires an underlying security functionality to flow seamlessly across organizations, government agencies and the like. While the computing power is there, the ability to create a seamless cryptographic culture is much slower in coming." Keep reading for the rest of Ben's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+Burdens+of+Proof%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FU6U4A0"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F12%2F24%2F1442246%2Fbook-review-burdens-of-proof%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/12/24/1442246/book-review-burdens-of-proof?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/12/24/1442246/book-review-burdens-of-proof?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/26e98bae/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151883935364/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/26e98bae/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151883935364/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/26e98bae/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151883935364/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/26e98bae/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/6KZC-2ospoE" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:11:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/26e98bae/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C120C240C14422460Cbook0Ereview0Eburdens0Eof0Eproof0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2012-12-24T20:11:00Z2read-all-about-itbookreview2,2,1,1,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/26e98bae/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C120C240C14422460Cbook0Ereview0Eburdens0Eof0Eproof0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/YCcrluebHgU/story01.htmtgeller writes "It's hard to believe that today's nerdier children will one day bore their grandkids with stories of primitive mobile access, household robotics, and 3-D printers. Some will become rich and famous by latching onto tomorrow's winners; others will find themselves irrelevant as the objects of their obsessions fail in the marketplace. But all with the energy to remember will come away with stories from the dawn of creation. One such witness is Kevin Savetz, a 41-year-old technology journalist and entrepreneur whose new book Terrible Nerd recounts 'true tales of growing up geek' during the '80s computer revolution. It's a rich chronicle that deftly mixes details of his beloved technologies with the zeitgeist a particular time and space. As such, it's an entertaining read for technologists and non-techies alike." Keep reading for the rest of tgeller's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+Terrible+Nerd%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FV971N0"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F12%2F20%2F1752251%2Fbook-review-terrible-nerd%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/12/20/1752251/book-review-terrible-nerd?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/12/20/1752251/book-review-terrible-nerd?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/26ce7e70/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151883817204/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/26ce7e70/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151883817204/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/26ce7e70/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151883817204/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/26ce7e70/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/YCcrluebHgU" height="1" width="1"/>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:50:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/26ce7e70/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C120C20A0C17522510Cbook0Ereview0Eterrible0Enerd0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2012-12-20T19:50:00Zread-all-about-itbookreview0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/26ce7e70/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C120C20A0C17522510Cbook0Ereview0Eterrible0Enerd0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/if6FiDEANSc/story01.htmMichael Ross writes "Since its introduction in 1994, JavaScript has largely been utilized within web browsers, which limited JavaScript programmers to client-side development. Yet with the recent introduction of Node.js, those programmers can leverage their skills and experience for server-side efforts. Node.js is an event-based framework for creating network applications &mdash; particularly those for the Web. Anyone interested in learning this relatively new technology can begin with one of numerous resources, including Sams Teach Yourself Node.js in 24 Hours." Keep reading for the rest of Michael's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+Sams+Teach+Yourself+Node.js+In+24+Hours%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FSM8xml"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F12%2F09%2F1849256%2Fbook-review-sams-teach-yourself-nodejs-in-24-hours%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/12/09/1849256/book-review-sams-teach-yourself-nodejs-in-24-hours?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/12/09/1849256/book-review-sams-teach-yourself-nodejs-in-24-hours?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/267656c3/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151883242533/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/267656c3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151883242533/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/267656c3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151883242533/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/267656c3/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/if6FiDEANSc" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:25:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/267656c3/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C120C0A90C18492560Cbook0Ereview0Esams0Eteach0Eyourself0Enodejs0Ein0E240Ehours0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2012-12-10T20:25:00Zread-all-about-itbookreview0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/267656c3/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C120C0A90C18492560Cbook0Ereview0Esams0Eteach0Eyourself0Enodejs0Ein0E240Ehours0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/WeUauCbTGvI/story01.htmbenrothke writes "It is well known that the password, while the most widespread information security mechanism, is also one of the most insecure. It comes down to the fact that the average person can't create and maintain secure passwords. When it comes to physical locks, the average lock on your home and in your office is equally insecure. How insecure it in? In two fascinating books on the topic, Deviant Ollam writes in Practical Lock Picking, Second Edition: A Physical Penetration Testers Training Guide and Keys to the Kingdom: Impressioning, Privilege Escalation, Bumping, and Other Key-Based Attacks Against Physical Locks that it is really not that difficult. When it comes to information security penetration tests done on the client site, the testers will most often have permission to be inside the facility. On rare occasions, the testers need to find alternative means to gain entrance. Sometimes that means picking the locks." Keep reading to learn if you'll be picking locks soon.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Reviews%3A+Lockpicking+Books+From+Deviant+Ollam%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FVksZJq"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F12%2F05%2F1611251%2Fbook-reviews-lockpicking-books-from-deviant-ollam%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/12/05/1611251/book-reviews-lockpicking-books-from-deviant-ollam?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/12/05/1611251/book-reviews-lockpicking-books-from-deviant-ollam?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/264d3f91/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151883071049/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/264d3f91/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151883071049/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/264d3f91/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151883071049/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/264d3f91/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/WeUauCbTGvI" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:44:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/264d3f91/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C120C0A50C16112510Cbook0Ereviews0Elockpicking0Ebooks0Efrom0Edeviant0Eollam0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2012-12-05T19:44:00Z2read-all-about-itbookreview2,2,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/264d3f91/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C120C0A50C16112510Cbook0Ereviews0Elockpicking0Ebooks0Efrom0Edeviant0Eollam0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/T_KlDxgBdSo/story01.htmkfogel writes "Two thumbs up, and maybe a tentacle too, on Version Control with Git, 2nd Edition by Jon Loeliger and Matthew McCullough. If you are a working programmer who wants to learn more about Git, particularly a programmer familiar with a Unix-based development environment, then this is the book for you, hands down (tentacles down too, please)." Read below for the rest of Karl's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+Version+Control+With+Git%2C+2nd+Edition%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FWSz8ST"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F11%2F26%2F1330226%2Fbook-review-version-control-with-git-2nd-edition%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/11/26/1330226/book-review-version-control-with-git-2nd-edition?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/11/26/1330226/book-review-version-control-with-git-2nd-edition?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/25fb9d35/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230782867/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/25fb9d35/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151230782867/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/25fb9d35/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151230782867/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/25fb9d35/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/T_KlDxgBdSo" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:45:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/25fb9d35/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C110C260C1330A2260Cbook0Ereview0Eversion0Econtrol0Ewith0Egit0E2nd0Eedition0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2012-11-26T19:45:00Zread-all-about-itbookreview0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/25fb9d35/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C110C260C1330A2260Cbook0Ereview0Eversion0Econtrol0Ewith0Egit0E2nd0Eedition0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/lIwUuRInIuA/story01.htmbenrothke writes "Advanced persistent threat (APT) is one of the most common information security terms used today and it is an undeniably real and dangerous menace. Wikipedia notes that APT's usually refer to a group, such as a foreign government, with both the capability and the intent to persistently and effectively target a specific entity. The term is commonly used to refer to cyber threats, in particular that of Internet-enabled espionage using a variety of intelligence gathering techniques to access sensitive information, but applies equally to other threats such as that of traditional espionage or attack. Every organization of size and scope is a target, and many of the world's largest firms and governments have been victims. In Reverse Deception: Organized Cyber Threat Counter-Exploitation, Dr. Max Kilger and his co-authors provide an effective counterintelligence approach in which to deal with APT. The good news is that the authors provide an effective framework. The bad news is that creating an effective defense is not an easy undertaking." Keep reading below for the rest of Ben's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+Reverse+Deception%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FTBxRIt"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F11%2F12%2F1335222%2Fbook-review-reverse-deception%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/11/12/1335222/book-review-reverse-deception?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/11/12/1335222/book-review-reverse-deception?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2587d462/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659118082/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2587d462/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659118082/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2587d462/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148659118082/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2587d462/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/lIwUuRInIuA" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:19:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2587d462/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C110C120C13352220Cbook0Ereview0Ereverse0Edeception0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2012-11-12T20:19:00Z28read-all-about-itbookreview28,24,11,5,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2587d462/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C110C120C13352220Cbook0Ereview0Ereverse0Edeception0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/_JVdJ7h5nPU/story01.htmMassDosage writes "In a remarkable show of good timing Presentation Patterns turned up on my desk for review within days of me having been asked to give a presentation at a large tech conference. So I decided to read the book as I worked on my presentation and apply any lessons learned as I worked my way through it. The word "patterns" in the book's title will be known to most software developers as a reference to the seminal 'Gang of four' software design patterns book which codified common solutions to software problems. The concept of patterns originated in building architecture with the idea being that by categorizing and naming solutions to problems, a common vocabulary could be built up that allowed practitioners in a certain field to communicate more effectively. This was hugely successful and has spawned the idea of looking for patterns in many other areas which is where this book comes in." Read on for the rest of Mass Dosage's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+Presentation+Patterns+%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FZeUcRU"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F11%2F09%2F143235%2Fbook-review-presentation-patterns%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/11/09/143235/book-review-presentation-patterns?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/11/09/143235/book-review-presentation-patterns?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2587d463/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659118081/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2587d463/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659118081/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2587d463/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148659118081/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2587d463/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/_JVdJ7h5nPU" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:41:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2587d463/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C110C0A90C1432350Cbook0Ereview0Epresentation0Epatterns0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusbooks2012-11-09T20:41:00Z27read-all-about-itbookreview27,27,19,12,7,5,2http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2587d463/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C110C0A90C1432350Cbook0Ereview0Epresentation0Epatterns0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/O7Ip2w4taiY/story01.htmbenrothke writes "When Bruce Schneier first published Applied Cryptography in 1994, it was a watershed event, given that is was one of the first comprehensive texts on the topic that existed outside of the military. In the nearly 20 years since the book came out, a lot has changed in the world of encryption and cryptography. A number of books have been written to fill that gap and Everyday Cryptography: Fundamental Principles and Applications is one of them. While the title may give the impression that this is an introductory text; that is not the case. Author Keith Martin is the director of the information security group at Royal Holloway, a division of the University of London, and the book is meant for information security professionals in addition to being used as a main reference for a principles of cryptography course. The book is also a great reference for those studying for the CISSP exam." Read below for the rest of Ben's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+Everyday+Cryptography%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FPxWeM0"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F10%2F15%2F135224%2Fbook-review-everyday-cryptography%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/10/15/135224/book-review-everyday-cryptography?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/10/15/135224/book-review-everyday-cryptography?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2587d464/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659118078/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2587d464/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/148659118078/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2587d464/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/148659118078/u/49/f/647371/c/35028/s/2587d464/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/O7Ip2w4taiY" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:35:00 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2587d464/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C10A0C150C1352240Cbook0Ereview0Eeveryday0Ecryptography0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmsamzenpusencryption2012-10-15T18:35:00Z56read-all-about-itbookreview56,55,31,21,13,5,1http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/35028/f/647371/s/2587d464/l/0Lbooks0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C120C10A0C150C1352240Cbook0Ereview0Eeveryday0Ecryptography0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/MPLDsNoemOI/story01.htmMichael Ross writes "With the advent of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) decades ago, most of the commercially-available software transitioned from command-line usage to point-and-click interfaces, with the majority of these applications completely phasing out all command-line capabilities, or never implementing them in the first place. But for programmers &mdash; most of whom are comfortable working on the command line &mdash; performing administrative actions within a GUI can become tedious and time-consuming, and there is a growing movement toward adding command-line support back to software development applications. An example of this is Drush, which is a command-line interface for the Drupal content management system. Drush, whose name is derived from "Drupal shell," was originally developed six years ago, and is seeing a resurgence within the Drupal community. However, what appears to be the primary information resource for Drush, the community documentation, currently has a status of "incomplete." Fortunately, there is now a book available that provides more extensive coverage, Drush User's Guide, authored by Requena Juan Pablo Novillo ("juampy"). The book was released by Packt Publishing on 10 April 2012, under the ISBN 978-1849517980. The publisher's page offers descriptions of the book, its table of contents, a brief author biography, the known errata, the example code used in the book, and a free sample chapter (the third one, "Customizing Drush"). This review is based upon a print copy kindly furnished by the publisher; an e-book version is also available." 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