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SQL Cookbook

You know the rudiments of the SQL query language, yet you feel you aren’t taking full advantage of SQL’s expressive power. You’d like to learn how to do more work with SQL inside the database before pushing data across the network to your applications. You’d like to take your SQL skills to the next level.

Let’s face it, SQL is a deceptively simple language to learn, and many database developers never go far beyond simple select statements. But there is so much more you can do with the language. In the SQL Cookbook, experienced SQL developer Anthony Molinaro shares his favorite SQL techniques and features.

Price: $26.37

X-Power 400 Power Inverter

X-Power, today’s smart choice for power. By plugging an inverter directly ino a 12-volt cigarette lighter socket, you can turn your vehicle into a mobile office or have power to run entertainment electronics like popular handheld games or TVs. Xantrex inverters automatically sense low battery voltage so you never have to worry about a depleted battery. Today’s solution for completely mobile AC power and a quiet alternative to generators, these X-Power inverters can use the battery from your car, truck, RV, or boat. Each compact unit stores easily and will provide hours of emergency power during snowstorms or blackouts. The high-efficiency design transfers 90-percent of the battery’s power to your equipment. X-Power inverters can operate appliances, home electronics, office equipment, and more.

Price: $33.74

3 Pc Music & Gaming Speaker

The 121i powered audio system is a combination of solid value and trusted performance. Your overall listening experience will be enhanced as you play games listen to music or watch movies. The ported wooden subwoofer adds a new level in gaming realism while the two separate satellite speakers improve perception of both gaming action and stereo recordings.* Not just for your PC: Easily connects to video gaming systems (with included Console Gaming Y-Adapter) portable CD players MP3 players and other audio sources. * Built-in Controls: Power On/Off Master and Subwoofer Volume are all at your finger tips.* Headphone Jack: For private listening * Shielded satellites and subwoofer: For use near video monitors.* Easy Set-up: You are up and running in seconds and with a built-in power supply you can plug in anywhere.

Price: $21.11

No Nonsense XML Web Development With PHP

A practical and concise book that teaches XML from the ground up. This tutorial style presents various XML methodologies and techniques in an easy to understand way, building a basis for further exploration.

XML is essentially an enabling technology, dry and boring on its own. As a result, most books on the market are dry, and academic in nature teaching theory rather than practice. This book actually teaches practical, real-world applications of XML, using the very latest version of PHP (PHP 5) as the base language.

No Nonsense XML Web Development with PHP explains how XML can be put to use in real-world projects. The book also covers buzz topics such as RSS and Web Services.

Price: $25.17

Garmin iQue M5 Integrated Pocket PC and GPS

The all new iQue M5 combines the popular Microsoft? Windows Mobile? 2003 SE operating system with the dependability of Garmin GPS. Go from the boardroom to the hotel room without stopping for directions. Calendar and contact information is seamlessly integrated with the GPS navigation functions, so the iQue M5 will remind you of appointments, show the location on the map and route you there with detailed, turn-by-turn directions and voice prompts. The mobile office applications will give you the ability to read e-mail and view documents when away from the office, then sync to Outlook when you get back*. The iQue M5 includes 64MB of RAM, 64MB of ROM (15MB of ROM is for safe storage) along with a Secure Digital memory expansion slot. Map detail and points of interest data can be stored to RAM or an optional SD card from the included MapSource? City Select? North America CD-ROM. This software application provides millions of residential streets and business addresses for all 50 states; nearly every town in the United States. City Select also includes extremely detailed road maps for Canada and Puerto Rico.

Price: $449.99

SanDisk 1GB miniSD Card (SDSDM-1024-A10)

The SanDisk miniSD memory card offers all of the benefits of a standard SD card, but in a much smaller size. In fact, it is over 60 percent smaller than a full-sized SD card. The SanDisk miniSD cards are used to store digital images, video, MP3 files and other data in mobile phones. SanDisk offers the industry’s broadest range of capacities for miniSD cards with a capacity of 1024MB.

The SanDisk miniSD card includes an adapter that converts the miniSD card into a full size SD card to be used with the growing number of SD compatible devices available in the market.

Price: $51.29

Sling Media: The Slingbox

What if you were able to watch live television wherever you go? The World Series in your cube. MSNBC breaking news at the coffeeshop. Your local news station halfway around the world. Lost in Hawaii. Emeril Live in your kitchen. Now what if we told you that you could do that without having to lug a television, a cable box, a satellite dish, or a subscription along with you? In fact, you don’t need anything besides your laptop (which is attached to your hip already).

That’s because back home, you have a Slingbox sitting on top of your television. The simple silver device looks suspiciously like a gigantic chocolate bar, but the technology inside is truly sweet. This award-winning gadget is a breakthrough device that enables you to watch and control your living room television programming from anywhere by turning any Internet-connected laptop or PC into a personal television.

Price: $199.99

HP OfficeJet 7410 All-in-One

Shift your office into high gear with the HP OfficeJet 7410—built-in wireless and wired office networking, remote printing from your notebook to your all-in-one and camera phone printing. Work more efficiently with breakthrough performance, auto document feeder and copy collating, two-sided print, fax, copy and scan, and 400-sheet total paper capacity. Copy and scan up to legal size. Make short work of tight deadlines with print and copy speeds up to 30 ppm black, up to 20 ppm color, and do it with style up to 4,800-optimized dpi color and laser-quality text, or add 6-ink color. Easily view photo editing options on a 2.5-inch display, and enhance the power of flyers, brochures and other projects with precision copying, powerful black and color faxing and outstanding 2,400 x 4,800-dpi optical resolution scanning. Print more pages using higher volume black and tri-color ink cartridges, and print photos that resist fading longer than traditionally processed photos.

Price: $364.99

Sony 1 GB Memory Stick PRO Duo Media

The MSX-M1GS Memory Stick PRO Duo media from Sony gives you maximum storage for your compact digital camera, portable audio device, or PSP Handheld Entertainment System. With a huge total storage capacity of 1 gigabyte with 940 megabytes available1 and an wide operating temperature range of -13 degrees F to 185 degrees Fahrenheit, the MSX-M1GS provides you with durable, high capacity storage for your digital files. With the included adaptor, the MSX-M1GS can be used in most devices that use full-sized Memory Stick PRO media2, making it perfect for both your older devices and the latest electronics.

Price: $66.49

Seagate 8 GB CompactFlash Photo Storage Hard Drive

This high-capacity, 1-inch photo hard drive is the perfect storage solution for professional and enthusiast photographers. You can quickly store thousands of high-resolution photos without changing the card. And with its rugged design and world-renowned Seagate quality, you can count on data integrity and protection from drops and falls.

Price: $149.99