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Part of Muska & Lipman's successful Power! Series, "Ableton Live 2 Power!" is the essential guide to making music with computers. The reader after completing this book will be able to understand the Live interface, create music within Live and prepare a live set. Taking readers beyond learning how to swiftly and easily sketch out musical ideas, the author includes information and instruction on the basics of digital audio, artist profiles, tips for live performance and more. In addition to being...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Digital Watermarking Secure Data Management, IWDW 2006, held in Jeju Island, Korea in November 2006. The 34 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited lectures cover both theoretical and practical issues in digital watermarking.

Adaptive hypermedia listening software enables materials writers to combine and deliver a wide range of digital elements on the same digital computer platform more efficiently. Such a combination and delivery provides a multidimensional, multi-sensory digital environment in which rich, efficient, instant, comprehensible, optimum, and meaningful input and feedback can be presented effectively and efficiently. Moreover, language learners' attention can be drawn to forms and meanings in input. Such...

Der durch die "Blumenkinder" des Silicon Valley entfesselte digitale Rausch droht, die Vernunft durch den Aberglauben zu ersetzen, man koenne die Welt rechnend vervollkommnen. Wer aber glaubt, die Probleme einer ungewissen Welt mit technologischen Gewissheiten loesen zu koennen, hat weder etwas von der Welt noch etwas von der Technologie verstanden. Im digitalen Sittenbild aus Silizium und Statistik ersetzt Rechnen das Denken, Wahrscheinlichkeit wird fur Wahrheit ausgegeben und Korrelation verdr...

There are many books available on CSS, but this one is different - it wastes less time discussing theory, and gets straight to the practical learning, quickly giving readers what they need to know. In addition, it is completely up to date, covering the most modern CSS standards and design techniques. Beyond the CSS essentials, advanced techniques are covered, including accessibility, hacks and filters. The book concludes with a case study, and a CSS reference section to allow the reader to look...

The book of choice for beginning digital video editors. The popularity of digital video continues to grow, largely because of the dropping prices of cameras. Correspondingly, so does the number of novice digital video editors. This book is for the beginning video editor who is eager to get started using the vast array of tools that Adobe Premiere Elements offers. Veteran author Keith Underdahl covers all the essentials of using Adobe Premiere Elements 8 to import video, create clips, put those c...

Seven Deadliest Social Network Attacks describes the seven deadliest social networking attacks and how to defend against them. This book pinpoints the most dangerous hacks and exploits specific to social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace, and provides a comprehensive view into how such attacks have impacted the livelihood and lives of adults and children. It lays out the anatomy of these attacks, including how to make your system more secure. You will discover the best ways to defend...

Here is your essential companion to Apple's iPod touch. The iPod touch Pocket Guide, Second Edition, offers real-world guidance and practical advice on how to: Set up and quickly start using your pocket-sized computer. Download apps from the App Store. Make FaceTime video calls. Take pictures and record video clips. Keep everything in sync between your Windows PC or Mac and your touch. E-mail family and friends using your carrier's wireless network or a W...

This title presents innovative methods of promoting music and products for distance teaching and commerical and non-commercial purposes for both sighted and print-impaired consumers.

Hailed on first publication as a compendium of foundational principles and cutting-edge research, The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook has become the gold standard reference in this field. Derived from select chapters of this groundbreaking resource, Human-Computer Interaction: The Development Practice addresses requirements specification, design and development, and testing and evaluation activities. It also covers task analysis, contextual design, personas, scenario-based design, participat...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to video traces and their use in networking research. After first providing the basics of digital video and video coding, the book introduces video traces, covering the metrics captured in the traces, the trace generation, as well as the statistical characteristics of the video characterized in the traces.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Collaboration and Technology, CRIWG 2016, held in Kanazawa, Japan, in September 2016. The 10 revised full papers presented together with 3 work-in-progress papers werecarefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions. The papers reflect the current diversity of collaborative computing research and its evolution and deal with topics such as group support, AR and 3D technology, wearable technology, intercultur...

In the 14 years since its ?rst edition back in 1997, the European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL) has become the reference meeting for an interdisciplinary community of researchers and practitioners whose professional activities revolve around the theme of d- th ital libraries. This volume contains the proceedings of ECDL 2010, the 14 conference in this series, which, following Pisa (1997), Heraklion (1998), Paris (1999),Lisbon(2000),Darmstadt(2001),Ro...

Think you need an army of skilled programmers to build a web site? Think again. With nothing more than an ordinary PC, some raw ambition, and this book, you'll learn how to create and maintain a professional-looking and visitor-friendly site that features components such as audio, video, and e-commerce capability. This Missing Manual gives you all the tools, techniques, and expert advice you need -- including when and how to adopt HTML5. * Learn to create a site from start to finish with hands-...

Many teachers are hesitant as to how to teach about ICT and, at the same time, integrate ICT into subject-based learning. Parents and the community-at-large have goals that differ from the goals espoused by teachers and students. This volume highlights the concerns of all - students, teachers, parents, policy makers and the general public. Major themes in Learning in School, Home and Community: ICT for Early and Elementary Education include: *Teachers' and researchers' studies of ICT use in scho...