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Asterisk: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition
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Asterisk: The Definitive Guide, 4th EditionO'Reilly Media publishes Asterisk: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition - The Future of Telephony Is Now. Design a complete Voice over IP (VoIP) or traditional PBX system with Asterisk, even if you have only basic telecommunications knowledge. This bestselling guide makes it easy, with a detailed roadmap that shows you how to install and configure this open source software, whether you’re upgrading your existing phone system or starting from scratch.

Ideal for Linux administrators, developers, and power users, this updated edition shows you how to write a basic dialplan step-by-step, and brings you up to speed on the features in Asterisk 11, the latest long-term support release from Digium. You’ll quickly gain working knowledge to build a simple yet inclusive system...

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Managing Startups: Best Blog Posts
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Managing Startups: Best Blog PostsIf you want salient advice about your startup, you've hit the jackpot with this book. Harvard Business School Professor Tom Eisenmann annually compiles the best posts from many blogs on technology startup management, primarily for the benefit of his students. Managing Startups: Best Blog Posts makes his latest collection available to the broader entrepreneur community.

You'll find 72 posts from successful entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, such as Fred Wilson, Steve Blank, Ash Maurya, Joel Spolsky, and Ben Yoskovitz. They cover a wide range of topics essential to your startup's success, including: Management tasks: Engineering, product management, marketing, sales, and business development. Organizational issues: Cofounder tensions, recruiting, and career planning...

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Make: Analog Synthesizers: the Synth-DIY Way
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Make: Analog Synthesizers: the Synth-DIY WayMaker Media and O'Reilly Media publish Make: Analog Synthesizers: Make Electronic Sounds the Synth-DIY Way. Dive hands-on into the tools, techniques, and information for making your own analog synthesizer. If you’re a musician or a hobbyist with experience in building electronic projects from kits or schematics, this do-it-yourself guide will walk you through the parts and schematics you need, and how to tailor them for your needs. Author Ray Wilson shares his decades of experience in synth-DIY, including the popular Music From Outer Space (MFOS) website and analog synth community.

At the end of the book, you’ll apply everything you’ve learned by building an analog synthesizer, using the MFOS Noise Toaster kit. You’ll also learn what it takes to create synth-DIY electronic music studio...

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Poser 10 and Poser PRO 2014 Animation Software
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Poser 10 and Poser PRO 2014 Animation SoftwareSmith Micro Software, Inc. Productivity and Graphics Group announced the newest version of its 3D animation software program, Poser® 10 and Poser® Pro 2014. Perfect for artists, illustrators, animators and graphic designers, Poser enables users to easily create full 3D scenes with digital humans, animals and props. In addition to an extensive library of pre-loaded characters and content, Poser 10 and Poser Pro 2014 come equipped with new features such as Subdivision Surfaces for improved bending fidelity, Bullet Physics for adding increased realism to animation and Live Simulation mode for previewing dynamics in real-time.

“It’s our goal to provide illustrators, graphic designers, animators and 3D artists as well as novice users and hobbyists with a resource for telling their stories in 3D, via images and video...”

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Michael Freeman's Photo School Fundamentals
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Michael Freeman's Photo School FundamentalsFocal Press, a leading publisher of media technology books, announced the release of a new book designed to engage photography enthusiasts and beginners in a proactive learning experience. Written by esteemed travel photographer and author Michael Freeman, the book provides technical instruction with comprehensive examples, as well as an opportunity for readers to share their own work with an online photography community in real-time.

“Michael Freeman's Photo School Fundamentals” combines Freeman’s photography expertise with the knowledge of fellow experts to teach important photo techniques and the history of the craft...

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ERASED on Blu-ray and DVD
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ERASED on Blu-ray and DVDGolden Globe® nominee Aaron Eckhart (Thank You For Smoking, The Dark Knight) teams up with Liana Liberato (Stuck In Love) to outwit a ruthless CIA agent, played by Olga Kurylenko (Oblivion, To The Wonder) in the fast-paced, action film ERASED, debuting on Blu-ray™ and DVD on July 16th from Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS-TWC. An ex-CIA operative (Eckhart) and his teenage daughter (Liberato) are caught up in a chase for their lives when both are targeted for termination … by the very organization that originally employed him.

ERASED was written by Arash Amel (upcoming I Am Legend 2) and directed by Philipp Stölzl (Young Goethe in Love).Blu-ray™ and DVD bonus materials include “Erased: Behind the Scenes...”

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Beverly Lewis' The Confession on DVD
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Beverly Lewis' The Confession on DVDKatie Leclerc (TV’s “Switched at Birth”) and three-time Emmy Award® nominee Sherry Stringfield (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, TV’s “ER,” 1995-1997) star in the uplifting drama BEVERLY LEWIS’ THE CONFESSION, debuting on DVD June 11th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and AFFIRM Films/Provident Films.

Directed by Michael Landon Jr. (Beverly Lewis’ The Shunning, Love Comes Softly), the inspiring film is a sequel to the Hallmark Channel’s hit movie, Beverly Lewis’ The Shunning, and is based on the second novel of “The Heritage of Lancaster County” trilogy from New York Times best-selling author Beverly Lewis. Katie Lapp (Leclerc), a young Amish woman, goes on a journey in search of her identity -- only to find herself embroiled in a mystery that must be solved...

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UX for Lean Startups: Faster, Smarter User Experience
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UX for Lean Startups: Faster, Smarter User ExperienceO'Reilly Media publishes UX for Lean Startups: Faster, Smarter User Experience Research and Design. Great user experiences (UX) are essential for products today, but designing one can be a lengthy and expensive process. With this practical, hands-on book, you’ll learn how to do it faster and smarter using Lean UX techniques. UX expert Laura Klein shows you what it takes to gather valuable input from customers, build something they’ll truly love, and reduce the time it takes to get your product to market.

No prior experience in UX or design is necessary to get started. If you’re an entrepreneur or an innovator, this book puts you right to work with proven tips and tools for researching, identifying, and designing an intuitive, easy-to-use product...

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Windows 8 Secrets
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Windows 8 SecretsWiley publishes Windows 8 Secrets. Tips, tricks, treats, and secrets revealed on Windows 8. Microsoft is introducing a major new release of its Windows operating system, Windows 8, and what better way for you to learn all the ins and outs than from two internationally recognized Windows experts and Microsoft insiders, authors Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera? They cut through the hype to get at useful information you'll not find anywhere else, including what role this new OS plays in a mobile and tablet world.

Regardless of your level of knowledge, you'll discover little-known facts about how things work, what's new and different, and how you can modify Windows 8 to meet what you need...

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LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes for Wii U
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LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes for Wii UWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games announced LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes arrives for the Wii U™ system, bringing to the platform an adventure already enjoyed by millions. Widely praised as one of last year's best games for the entire family with sales reaching more than 3.5 million units worldwide, LEGO® Batman 2: DC Super Heroes recently took home the prize for best family game at the 2013 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards.

LEGO® Batman 2: DC Super Heroes offers a humorous and endearing journey into the DC Universe, pitting the most memorable of DC superheroes against its most vile of villains, as part of a story that is fun for all ages. The LEGO version of Gotham City delivers a sprawling playground of exciting combat, imaginative puzzles and a near-endless number of collectibles...

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The Muppet Movie on Blu-ray and Digital Hi-Def
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The Muppet Movie on Blu-ray and Digital Hi-DefOn August 13th go back to the beginning, nearly 35 years ago, and see how it all began with The Muppet Movie on Hi-Def Blu-ray and Digital. For the first time make the “rainbow connection” in vibrant Blu-ray Hi-Def and enjoy non-stop Muppet-astic entertainment with Disney Intermission.

See how the Muppets began, with the nearly 35th Anniversary Special Edition of the original, classic that started it all—The Muppet Movie, produced by the cultural icon and Muppet creator himself, Jim Henson! Witness the hilarious origins of everyone’s favorite Muppets--Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Animal, and the rest—as they embark on an inspirational and laugh-filled road trip to follow their Hollywood dreams. And now for the first time, you and your family can see the Muppets make the “rainbow connection” in vibrant Blu-ray Hi-Def...

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Sword in the Stone, Robin Hood, Oliver and Company Blu-ray
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Sword in the Stone, Robin Hood, Oliver and Company Blu-rayTHE SWORD IN THE STONE
Rediscover The Humor And Magic of The Classic Animated Film Which Is Celebrating its 50Th Anniversary. Disney's The Sword in the Stone Available for The Very First Time on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with Digital Copy on August 6, 2013.

Disney proudly presents the 50th anniversary edition of a spellbinding and beloved animated classic. Conjure up magical family fun with the humor, adventure and Academy Award®-nominated music (Best Score – Adaptation or Treatment, 1963) of The Sword In The Stone – now on Blu-ray Combo Pack for the first time ever...

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Understanding and Using C Pointers
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Understanding and Using C PointersO'Reilly Media publishes Understanding and Using C Pointers: Core Techniques for Memory Management. Improve your programming through a solid understanding of C pointers and memory management. With this practical book, you’ll learn how pointers provide the mechanism to dynamically manipulate memory, enhance support for data structures, and enable access to hardware. Author Richard Reese shows you how to use pointers with arrays, strings, structures, and functions, using memory models throughout the book.

Difficult to master, pointers provide C with much flexibility and power—yet few resources are dedicated to this data type. This comprehensive book has the information you need, whether you’re a beginner or an experienced C or C++ programmer or developer...

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Microinteractions: Designing with Details
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Microinteractions: Designing with DetailsO'Reilly Media publishes Microinteractions: Designing with Details. It’s the little things that turn a good digital product into a great one. With this practical book, you’ll learn how to design effective microinteractions: the small details that exist inside and around features. How can users change a setting? How do they turn on mute, or know they have a new email message?

Through vivid, real-world examples from today’s devices and applications, author Dan Saffer walks you through a microinteraction’s essential parts, then shows you how to use them in a mobile app, a web widget, and an appliance. You’ll quickly discover how microinteractions can change a product from one that’s tolerated into one that’s treasured. Explore a microinteraction’s structure: triggers, rules, feedback, modes, and loops. Learn the types of triggers that initiate a microinteraction. Create simple rules that define how your microinteraction can be used...

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Disney's Return To Neverland Blu-ray and Peter Pan DVD
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Disney's Return To Neverland Blu-ray and Peter Pan DVDDISNEY'S RETURN TO NEVERLAND Finally Releasing from the Disney Vault for the First Time on Blu-ray™! Return To Neverland Available For Purchase Nationwide Beginning August 20, 2013.

Let your imagination soar as your favorite characters from Peter Pan, Disney’s classic adventure, return to Never Land! Now, for the first time through the magic of Blu-ray, experience all the thrilling action with digitally restored picture and spine-tingling high-definition sound! Wendy’s very practical and no-nonsense daughter, Jane, begins the adventure of a lifetime when the infamous Captain Hook whisks her away to the enchanted island of Never Land...

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