A wide-ranging and detailed look at the New Jersey lab which has been churning out useful discoveries since the early 1900s. A view of American research and development that will take engineers, scientists, and managers back to the golden age of invention in the U.S.

Task-based guide, with full-color images of preinstalled iPad apps helps you manage the content on your iPad. Advice on customizing settings, updating and running apps, setting up networking and email, surfing the web, using peripheral devices, editing photos  managing music, Updated to include coverage iOS 5.1 running on any iPad model, including the new 3rd generation iPad with 4G LTE.

In 24 step-by-step sessions of one hour or less, learn how to develop mobile applications for Windows Phone 7. Covers the fundamentals of Windows Phone 7 app development with the Silverlight or the XNA Framework, and how to get your apps into the Windows Marketplace. One step at a time, master new features ranging from the new sensors to using launchers and choosers.

For developers new to database programming, planning to create and deploy applications against SQL Server 2012. Now in its third edition, the book is enhanced to cover the very latest developments in SQL Server 2012 and now covers the no-cost Express Edition. See our review of the previous edition.

The C++ standard library provides a set of common classes and interfaces that greatly extend the core C++ language but is not self-explanatory. This tutorial and reference, updated for C++11 , provides comprehensive documentation of each component, including purpose and design; explanations of complex concepts and practical programming details.

You may have definite ideas about writing code when working alone, but team development requires that everyone use the same approach. With the JavaScript practices in this book, including code style, programming tips, and automation, you’ll learn how to write maintainable code that other team members can easily understand, adapt, and extend.

With an easy-to-follow style, Mike McGrath's book is aimed at those with little or no experience of SQL - web developers wanting to add database interaction to their websites, programmers wanting to quickly add SQL to their skills set, hobbyists who want to begin creating SQL scripts, to students or to those seeking a career in computing.

The 11 project-based lessons in this "Classroom in a book" show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Photoshop Lightroom 4. Learn how to manage large volumes of digital photographs while experimenting in a non-destructive environment. Perform sophisticated image processing tasks to produce polished presentations for both web and print.

Follow along in as Reiji takes Misa from the absolute basics of this tricky subject through mind-bending operations like performing linear transformations, calculating determinants, and finding eigenvectors and eigenvalues. With memorable examples like miniature golf games and karate tournaments, Reiji transforms abstract concepts into something concrete, understandable, and even fun.

Hands-on guide to Business Connectivity Services for project managers, business analysts, architects, and administrators. Covers how to access data from applications and databases using Business Connectivity Services; create external lists in SharePoint to display  business data; build dashboards to present charts and key performance indicators and more.

How to build real-world and fun mobile apps using the new Android SDK 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), which unifies Gingerbread for smartphones, Honeycomb for tablets and augments further with Google TV and more. Updates Pro Android 3 and goes from the fundamentals of building apps to advanced concepts such as custom 3D components, multi-tasking, sensors/augmented reality, better accessories support and more.

Covers the steps necessary for developing your first marketable iOS application, from opening Xcode to submitting your product to the App Store. Learn about Objective-C and the core frameworks hands-on by writing iOS applications that use them, aqcuiring the basic skills for building applications independently. Packed with code samples, this 2nd edition is refreshed and updated for iOS 5 and Xcode 4.