Author: Rich Gibson
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596101619
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Google Maps makes Web-based mapping fun, and opens up an incredible variety of opportunities for developers. This resource shows developers how to add their own functionality to Google Maps.
Google Maps Hacks
Author: Rich Gibson
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596101619
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Google Maps makes Web-based mapping fun, and opens up an incredible variety of opportunities for developers. This resource shows developers how to add their own functionality to Google Maps.
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596101619
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Google Maps makes Web-based mapping fun, and opens up an incredible variety of opportunities for developers. This resource shows developers how to add their own functionality to Google Maps.
Google Maps Hacks
Author: Rich Gibson
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596101619
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Google Maps makes Web-based mapping fun, and opens up an incredible variety of opportunities for developers. This resource shows developers how to add their own functionality to Google Maps.
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596101619
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Google Maps makes Web-based mapping fun, and opens up an incredible variety of opportunities for developers. This resource shows developers how to add their own functionality to Google Maps.
Baseball Hacks
Author: Joseph Adler
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 9780596009427
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
This guide shows fantasy baseball fanatics--and those who love the game--how to get data, process it, and use it to truly understand baseball.
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 9780596009427
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
This guide shows fantasy baseball fanatics--and those who love the game--how to get data, process it, and use it to truly understand baseball.
Ajax Hacks
Author: Bruce W. Perry
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596550014
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Ajax, the popular term for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, is one of the most important combinations of technologies for web developers to know these days. With its rich grouping of technologies, Ajax developers can create interactive web applications with XML-based web services, using JavaScript in the browser to process the web server response. Taking complete advantage of Ajax, however, requires something more than your typical "how-to" book. What it calls for is Ajax Hacks from O'Reilly. This valuable guide provides direct, hands-on solutions that take the mystery out of Ajax's many capabilities. Each hack represents a clever way to accomplish a specific task, saving you countless hours of searching for the right answer. A smart collection of 80 insider tips and tricks, Ajax Hacks covers all of the technology's finer points. Want to build next-generation web applications today? This book can show you how. Among the multitude of topics addressed, it shows you techniques for: Using Ajax with Google Maps and Yahoo Maps Displaying Weather.com data Scraping stock quotes Fetching postal codes Building web forms with auto-complete functionality Ajax Hacks also features a number of advanced hacks for accelerated web developers. Discover how to create huge, maintainable bookmarklets, how to use client-side storage for Ajax applications, and how to call a built-in Java object from JavaScript using Ajax. The book even addresses best practices for testing Ajax applications and improving maintenance, performance, and reliability for JavaScript code. The latest in O"Reilly's celebrated Hacks series, Ajax Hacks smartly complements other O'Reilly titles such as Head Rush Ajax and JavaScript: The Definitive Guide.
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596550014
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Ajax, the popular term for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, is one of the most important combinations of technologies for web developers to know these days. With its rich grouping of technologies, Ajax developers can create interactive web applications with XML-based web services, using JavaScript in the browser to process the web server response. Taking complete advantage of Ajax, however, requires something more than your typical "how-to" book. What it calls for is Ajax Hacks from O'Reilly. This valuable guide provides direct, hands-on solutions that take the mystery out of Ajax's many capabilities. Each hack represents a clever way to accomplish a specific task, saving you countless hours of searching for the right answer. A smart collection of 80 insider tips and tricks, Ajax Hacks covers all of the technology's finer points. Want to build next-generation web applications today? This book can show you how. Among the multitude of topics addressed, it shows you techniques for: Using Ajax with Google Maps and Yahoo Maps Displaying Weather.com data Scraping stock quotes Fetching postal codes Building web forms with auto-complete functionality Ajax Hacks also features a number of advanced hacks for accelerated web developers. Discover how to create huge, maintainable bookmarklets, how to use client-side storage for Ajax applications, and how to call a built-in Java object from JavaScript using Ajax. The book even addresses best practices for testing Ajax applications and improving maintenance, performance, and reliability for JavaScript code. The latest in O"Reilly's celebrated Hacks series, Ajax Hacks smartly complements other O'Reilly titles such as Head Rush Ajax and JavaScript: The Definitive Guide.
Flickr Hacks
Author: Paul Bausch
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596553552
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Over two million registered Flickr users and counting have discovered the ease and fun of organizing their photo libraries, showing off their favorite pictures to the world, and securely sharing their private pictures with friends, family, or ad hoc groups. But Flickr's own plethora of intuitive menus, options, and features just scratches the surface. Flickr Hacks goes beyond the basics of storing, sorting, and sharing your photos to the much bigger playground of what's possible. Whether you're a beginner looking to manage your metadata and play with tags, or a programmer in need of a detailed reference of Flickr API methods, you'll find what you're looking for here. In addition to getting under the hood of some of the most popular third-party Flickr toys already in the wild, you'll learn how to: Post photos to your blog directly from your cameraphone Mash up your own photos or others' public pictures into custom mosaics, collages, sliding puzzles, slideshows, or ransom notes Back up your Flickr library to your desktop, and save the comments too Set random desktop backgrounds and build your own Flickr screensaver Geotag your photos and map your contacts Download a list of photos and make a contact sheet Make your own Flickr-style tag cloud to visualize the frequency of common tags Build a color picker with a dynamic color wheel of Flickr photos Feed photos to your web site and subscribe to custom Flickr feeds using RSS Talk to the Flickr API using your web browser, Perl, or PHP; authenticate yourself and other users; and build custom API applications
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596553552
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Over two million registered Flickr users and counting have discovered the ease and fun of organizing their photo libraries, showing off their favorite pictures to the world, and securely sharing their private pictures with friends, family, or ad hoc groups. But Flickr's own plethora of intuitive menus, options, and features just scratches the surface. Flickr Hacks goes beyond the basics of storing, sorting, and sharing your photos to the much bigger playground of what's possible. Whether you're a beginner looking to manage your metadata and play with tags, or a programmer in need of a detailed reference of Flickr API methods, you'll find what you're looking for here. In addition to getting under the hood of some of the most popular third-party Flickr toys already in the wild, you'll learn how to: Post photos to your blog directly from your cameraphone Mash up your own photos or others' public pictures into custom mosaics, collages, sliding puzzles, slideshows, or ransom notes Back up your Flickr library to your desktop, and save the comments too Set random desktop backgrounds and build your own Flickr screensaver Geotag your photos and map your contacts Download a list of photos and make a contact sheet Make your own Flickr-style tag cloud to visualize the frequency of common tags Build a color picker with a dynamic color wheel of Flickr photos Feed photos to your web site and subscribe to custom Flickr feeds using RSS Talk to the Flickr API using your web browser, Perl, or PHP; authenticate yourself and other users; and build custom API applications
Exposing Google Maps
Author: Bryan Seely
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 9781119048602
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An insider account of the security holes that left Google Maps exposed Hacking and Exposing Google Mapsis the story of Bryan Seely, the well-known ethical hacker who discovered the vulnerabilities in Google Maps. Written by Bryan himself, this detailed story draws from his firsthand experience to define all the parties involved, outline the background information, lay out the timeline of events, and explain the technical solutions that sew up the holes in Google Maps. Engaging and revealing, this book provides expert insight into the vulnerabilities and hacks that could affect other map directories like Yelp, Bing, and Apple Maps. Bryan discusses his struggles in convincing the Secret Service, FBI, and Google of the threat, and divulges the shocking details of how criminals have forged a stronghold in Google Maps and other directories by means of mail fraud, wire fraud, and more. Google Maps for mobile is one of the most popular mobile apps, but security has become a growing concern, with the satellite imagery offering potential terrorists a valuable tool for choosing targets and planning attacks. This book describes the vulnerabilities that hackers exploit, from the man who was the first to discover them in the Google Maps directory. Understand Google Maps' critical vulnerabilities Discover who is taking advantage of the situation Learn how victims are fighting back Explore the technical fixes that lock it down tight Data security is increasingly on everyone's mind, and this book tells a riveting, real-life tale of what happens when it goes wrong on a massive scale. Hacking and Exposing Google Maps is a witty, absorbing, informative story and cautionary tale, with in-depth technical know-how for preventing future attacks.
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 9781119048602
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An insider account of the security holes that left Google Maps exposed Hacking and Exposing Google Mapsis the story of Bryan Seely, the well-known ethical hacker who discovered the vulnerabilities in Google Maps. Written by Bryan himself, this detailed story draws from his firsthand experience to define all the parties involved, outline the background information, lay out the timeline of events, and explain the technical solutions that sew up the holes in Google Maps. Engaging and revealing, this book provides expert insight into the vulnerabilities and hacks that could affect other map directories like Yelp, Bing, and Apple Maps. Bryan discusses his struggles in convincing the Secret Service, FBI, and Google of the threat, and divulges the shocking details of how criminals have forged a stronghold in Google Maps and other directories by means of mail fraud, wire fraud, and more. Google Maps for mobile is one of the most popular mobile apps, but security has become a growing concern, with the satellite imagery offering potential terrorists a valuable tool for choosing targets and planning attacks. This book describes the vulnerabilities that hackers exploit, from the man who was the first to discover them in the Google Maps directory. Understand Google Maps' critical vulnerabilities Discover who is taking advantage of the situation Learn how victims are fighting back Explore the technical fixes that lock it down tight Data security is increasingly on everyone's mind, and this book tells a riveting, real-life tale of what happens when it goes wrong on a massive scale. Hacking and Exposing Google Maps is a witty, absorbing, informative story and cautionary tale, with in-depth technical know-how for preventing future attacks.
Wireless Hacks
Author: Rob Flickenger
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596553293
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
The popularity of wireless networking has grown exponentially over the past few years, despite a general downward trend in the telecommunications industry. More and more computers and users worldwide communicate via radio waves every day, cutting the tethers of the cabled network both at home and at work. Wireless technology changes not only the way we talk to our devices, but also what we ask them to do. With greater flexibility, broader range, and increased mobility, wireless networks let us live, work, and think differently. Wireless networks also open up a vast range of tasty new hack possibilities, from fine-tuning network frequencies to hot-rodding handhelds. The second edition of Wireless Hacks, co-authored by Rob Flickenger and Roger Weeks, brings readers more of the practical tips and tricks that made the first edition a runaway hit, selling nearly 30,000 copies. Completely revised and updated, this version includes over 30 brand new hacks, major overhauls of over 30 more, and timely adjustments and touchups to dozens of other hacks introduced in the first edition. From passive network scanning to aligning long-distance antennas, beefing up wireless network security, and beyond, Wireless Hacks answers real-life networking needs with direct solutions. Flickenger and Weeks both have extensive experience in systems and network administration, and share a passion for making wireless more broadly available. The authors include detailed coverage for important new changes in specifications and in hardware and software, and they delve deep into cellular and Bluetooth technologies. Whether you need your wireless network to extend to the edge of your desk, fit into your backpack, or cross county lines, the proven techniques in Wireless Hacks will show you how to get the coverage and functionality you're looking for.
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596553293
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
The popularity of wireless networking has grown exponentially over the past few years, despite a general downward trend in the telecommunications industry. More and more computers and users worldwide communicate via radio waves every day, cutting the tethers of the cabled network both at home and at work. Wireless technology changes not only the way we talk to our devices, but also what we ask them to do. With greater flexibility, broader range, and increased mobility, wireless networks let us live, work, and think differently. Wireless networks also open up a vast range of tasty new hack possibilities, from fine-tuning network frequencies to hot-rodding handhelds. The second edition of Wireless Hacks, co-authored by Rob Flickenger and Roger Weeks, brings readers more of the practical tips and tricks that made the first edition a runaway hit, selling nearly 30,000 copies. Completely revised and updated, this version includes over 30 brand new hacks, major overhauls of over 30 more, and timely adjustments and touchups to dozens of other hacks introduced in the first edition. From passive network scanning to aligning long-distance antennas, beefing up wireless network security, and beyond, Wireless Hacks answers real-life networking needs with direct solutions. Flickenger and Weeks both have extensive experience in systems and network administration, and share a passion for making wireless more broadly available. The authors include detailed coverage for important new changes in specifications and in hardware and software, and they delve deep into cellular and Bluetooth technologies. Whether you need your wireless network to extend to the edge of your desk, fit into your backpack, or cross county lines, the proven techniques in Wireless Hacks will show you how to get the coverage and functionality you're looking for.
BlackBerry Hacks
Author: Dave Mabe
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596553447
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The BlackBerry has become an invaluable tool for those of us who need to stay connected and in the loop. But most people take advantage of only a few features that this marvelous communications device offers. What if you could do much more with your BlackBerry than just web surfing and email? BlackBerry Hacks will enhance your mobile computing with great tips and tricks. You'll learn that the BlackBerry is capable of things you never thought possible, and you'll learn how to make it an even better email and web workhorse: Get the most out of the built-in applications Take control of email with filters, searches, and more Rev up your mobile gaming--whether you're an arcade addict or poker pro Browse the web, chat over IM, and keep up with news and weblogs Work with office documents, spell check your messages, and send faxes Become more secure, lock down your BlackBerry and stash secure information somewhere safe Manage and monitor the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) and Mobile Data System (MDS) Create web sites that look great on a BlackBerry Develop and deploy BlackBerry applications Whether you need to schedule a meeting from a trade show floor, confirm your child's next play date at the park, or just find the show times and secure movie tickets while at dinner, this book helps you use the remarkable BlackBerry to stay in touch and in-the-know--no matter where you are or where you go.
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596553447
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The BlackBerry has become an invaluable tool for those of us who need to stay connected and in the loop. But most people take advantage of only a few features that this marvelous communications device offers. What if you could do much more with your BlackBerry than just web surfing and email? BlackBerry Hacks will enhance your mobile computing with great tips and tricks. You'll learn that the BlackBerry is capable of things you never thought possible, and you'll learn how to make it an even better email and web workhorse: Get the most out of the built-in applications Take control of email with filters, searches, and more Rev up your mobile gaming--whether you're an arcade addict or poker pro Browse the web, chat over IM, and keep up with news and weblogs Work with office documents, spell check your messages, and send faxes Become more secure, lock down your BlackBerry and stash secure information somewhere safe Manage and monitor the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) and Mobile Data System (MDS) Create web sites that look great on a BlackBerry Develop and deploy BlackBerry applications Whether you need to schedule a meeting from a trade show floor, confirm your child's next play date at the park, or just find the show times and secure movie tickets while at dinner, this book helps you use the remarkable BlackBerry to stay in touch and in-the-know--no matter where you are or where you go.
PHP Hacks
Author: Jack D. Herrington
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596101392
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Offering hands-on tools that range from basic PHP and Pear installation and scripting to advanced multimedia and database optimizing tricks, this text includes hacks for integrating with iTunes, generating PDFs and using X10 to control home heating and security with PHP applications.
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 0596101392
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Offering hands-on tools that range from basic PHP and Pear installation and scripting to advanced multimedia and database optimizing tricks, this text includes hacks for integrating with iTunes, generating PDFs and using X10 to control home heating and security with PHP applications.
Spooky Technology: A reflection on the invisible and otherworldly qualities in everyday technologies
Author: Daragh Byrne
Publisher: Imaginaries Lab
ISBN: 0956542158
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Spooky Technology explores our understanding of the invisible technologies in our everyday lives, from objects with ‘intelligence’ to systems in our homes that talk to us (and each other). The book is an inventory of spooky technologies, compiled by Carnegie Mellon students reviewing work across art, design, HCI, psychology, human factors research, and other fields, that has been done in this field, or adjacent to it, both historically and more recently, with commentary, essays, and interviews with creators and artists. We often hear that the technologies in our everyday lives would appear to be ‘magic’ and potentially terrifying to people in the past—instantaneous communication with people all over the world, access to a vast, ever-growing resource of human knowledge right there in the palm of our hand, objects with ‘intelligence’ that can sense and talk to us (and each other). But rarely are these ‘otherworldly’ dimensions of technologies explored in more detail. There is an often unspoken presumption that the march of progress will inevitably mean we all adopt new practices, and incorporate new products and new ways of doing things into our lives—all cities will become smart cities; all homes will become smart homes. But these systems have become omnipresent without our necessarily understanding them. They are not just black boxes, but invisible: entities in our homes and everyday lives which work through hidden flows of data, unknown agendas, imaginary clouds, mysterious sets of rules which we perhaps dismiss as ‘algorithms’ or even ‘AI’ without really understanding what that means. On some level, the superstitions and sense of wonder, and ways of relating to the unknown and the supernatural (deities, spirits, ghosts) which humanity has felt in every culture throughout history have not gone away, but started to become transferred and transmuted into new forms.
Publisher: Imaginaries Lab
ISBN: 0956542158
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Spooky Technology explores our understanding of the invisible technologies in our everyday lives, from objects with ‘intelligence’ to systems in our homes that talk to us (and each other). The book is an inventory of spooky technologies, compiled by Carnegie Mellon students reviewing work across art, design, HCI, psychology, human factors research, and other fields, that has been done in this field, or adjacent to it, both historically and more recently, with commentary, essays, and interviews with creators and artists. We often hear that the technologies in our everyday lives would appear to be ‘magic’ and potentially terrifying to people in the past—instantaneous communication with people all over the world, access to a vast, ever-growing resource of human knowledge right there in the palm of our hand, objects with ‘intelligence’ that can sense and talk to us (and each other). But rarely are these ‘otherworldly’ dimensions of technologies explored in more detail. There is an often unspoken presumption that the march of progress will inevitably mean we all adopt new practices, and incorporate new products and new ways of doing things into our lives—all cities will become smart cities; all homes will become smart homes. But these systems have become omnipresent without our necessarily understanding them. They are not just black boxes, but invisible: entities in our homes and everyday lives which work through hidden flows of data, unknown agendas, imaginary clouds, mysterious sets of rules which we perhaps dismiss as ‘algorithms’ or even ‘AI’ without really understanding what that means. On some level, the superstitions and sense of wonder, and ways of relating to the unknown and the supernatural (deities, spirits, ghosts) which humanity has felt in every culture throughout history have not gone away, but started to become transferred and transmuted into new forms.