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Vi ricordo che per consultare l’elenco completo dei libri pubblicati da MsPress, l’ogano di stampa ufficiale della Microsoft, potete consultare questo indirizzo specifico che contiene il catalogo inglese.

Windows Vista®: The Real Life Guide

Explore all you can do with Windows Vista with guidance from the editors of the Official Windows Vista magazine. Using real-life examples and step-by-step tutorials—in vibrant color—this book delivers practical and fun advice on everything from setting up your PC to finding your way around new features and functions. You’ll learn how to help keep your system secure, manage your files, explore new digital media and entertainment capabilities, synch your devices, fine-tune system performance, and more.

224 Pagine, uscita prevista per Giugno 2008

Introducing Microsoft® Silverlight™ 2, Second Edition

Get a jump on the next release of Silverlight with early insights from a Technical Evangelist on the Microsoft Silverlight team. This guide describes how you can simplify the development and deployment of rich interactive applications (RIAs) by using Silverlight 2 tools with Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008 and the Microsoft .NET Framework. RIAs are Web applications with the features and functionality of full desktop applications. Processing tasks are performed on the client, but data is stored on the server. With Silverlight, RIAs install quickly via a small, on-demand plug-in. This book demonstrates how you can easily use existing skills and tools to deliver next-generation user interfaces and media experiences. You’ll discover how to begin building different types of Silverlight-based solutions, generate Silverlight applications dynamically on the server, create an XAML service, and more. The book also features a companion Web site with code samples in Microsoft Visual C#® and Visual Basic®.

320 pagine, uscita prevista per metà Maggio 2008

… e sono tutti in inglese …

Release Notes for Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Release documentation that contains known issues for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).

 Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008

The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to help corporate IT professionals customize and deploy the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 family of operation systems.

 Deploying SSTP

This screencast provides detailed information about how you can use three computers to create a test lab with which to configure and test virtual private network (VPN) remote access with Windows Server® 2008 and Windows Vista® with Service Pack 1 (SP1).

 Notable changes in Windows Vista SP1

Notable changes in Windows Vista SP1

 Overview of Windows Vista SP1

Overview of Windows Vista SP1

Announcing an all-new Self-Paced Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on 70-502, the required exam for the new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5—Windows Presentation Foundation.

This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help assess your skills. It comes packed with the tools and features exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for the skills and expertise you can apply to the job.

Focusing on the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), this official study guide covers creating, configuring, and deploying WPF applications; integrating Windows Forms controls; adding multimedia content; using triggers and animation; binding to data sources; and configuring security settings.

Work at your own pace through the lessons and lab exercises. Then assess yourself using 300+ practice questions on the CD, featuring multiple, customizable testing options. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get an evaluation version of Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008 software and an exam discount voucher—making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.

Tutti i dettagli su questo libro qui

The smart way to learn Windows Vista—one step at a time! Updated with expanded coverage, this deluxe edition covers all of the latest Windows Vista features.

You’ll discover the smartest ways to stay organized with Windows® Mail, Windows Contact, Windows Live™ Messenger, Windows Meeting Space, Windows Calendar, and Windows Sidebar™. You’ll also learn how to work with graphics and documents by using Windows Paint, NotePad, and WordPad. Even more, learn how to have fun with Windows Vista and your digital media—creating home videos and more! Plus, you still get coverage of the fundamentals of working with Windows Vista, including how to navigate the new user interface and how to use Instant Search to find anything on your desktop!

Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting help and learn how to manage files and folders to simplify your work, hook up printers and other devices, and connect to the Internet. You will also discover how to use security-enhanced features to help protect your PC. The companion CD includes skill-building practice files, eBooks, and more! With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

Questo libro di 560 pagine uscirà a metà febbraio e sarà acocmpagnato da  un Cd (da cui il titolo di Edizione Luso)

La scheda del libro è disponibile sul sito ufficiale Microsoft Press, qui

Recensioni e prezzi sono disponbili rispettivamente qui e qui.

Sono comunque libri per principianti, saranno composti da sole 256 pagine, il che la dice lunga sulla profondità o l’ampiezza della trattazione, e saranno pubblicati solamente a fine febbraio 2008.

Descrizione ufficiale, disponibile qui:

Professional Windows Vista Gadgets Programming covers sidebar and sideshow gadget development each in their own part of the book. Part 1 will cover Sidebar gadgets while Part 2 covers SideShow gadgets. In each part, the book first explains the motivation behind each technology and its features.

Then, the reader is taken on a quick walkthrough of how to develop a simple gadget, using the traditional "Hello World" approach to quickly introduce the key concepts. After the quick walkthrough, subsequent chapters will then dive into each specific API that is relevant to enhancing the gadget.

Finally, when the reader has mastered all the important APIs, each part will end with a chapter covering two or more projects, detailing step-by-step how each is built.

Some of the specific topics covered include:

• Sidebar gadgets architecture and components including XML manifest
• Debugging gadgets in Visual Studio 2005
• Deploying gadgets
• The Gadget system APIs
• Localizing gadgets and sidebar security sidebar projects
• Sideshow devices, UI components, and SDK
• Sideshow architecture, managed code, and classes
• Sideshow simple content format (SCF)
• Interacting with sideshow devices and handling sideshow device events
• SideShow projects

Buona  lettura, sempre se riuscite a comprarlo (o a procurarvelo, visto che per ora non è disponibile neppure sulla rete di eMule, ma comprato è meglio, no?) e a leggere l’inglese. Il costo è di 44.99 $, che col cambio favorevole sono solo 35 € e rotti. Quando e se arriverà in Italia immaginiamo che costerà minimo 60 €!

Vi forniamo qualche dettaglio al riguardo, grazie alla recensione, inglese, così come disponibile online sul sito ufficiale, ed i link ai relativi articoli su microsoft.com

Windows® Group Policy Resource Kit: Windows Server® 2008 and Windows Vista®

Get the in-depth information you need to use Group Policy to administer Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista—direct from a leading Group Policy MVP and the Microsoft® Group Policy team. With Group Policy and Active Directory® directory service, administrators can take advantage of policy-based management to streamline the administration of users and computers throughout the enterprise—from servers running Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server, to workstations running Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional, or Windows 2000 Professional. This essential resource provides in-depth technical information and expert insights for simplifying and automating administrative tasks, including policy enforcement, system updates, and software installations, as well as how to centralize the management of network resources. The CD provides essential utilities, job aids, and more. It’s everything you need to help increase your efficiency while bolstering user productivity, security services, and system reliability.

Pubblicazione prevista per Maggio 2008

Windows® Internals, Fifth Edition

Delve inside the Windows kernel with noted internals experts Mark Russinovich and David Solomon, in collaboration with the Microsoft Windows product development team. This classic guide—fully updated for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, including 64-bit extensions—describes the architecture and internals of the Windows operating system. You’ll find hands-on experiments you can use to experience Windows internal behavior first hand, along with advanced troubleshooting information to help you keep your systems running smoothly and efficiently. Whether you’re a developer or a system administrator, you’ll find critical architectural insights that you can quickly apply for better design, debugging, performance, and support.

Pubblicazione prevista per Giugno 2008

Guida all’uso. Microsoft Windows Vista
William R. Stanek
Brossura | 566 pagine | Mondadori Informatica | 2007
Spedito normalmente in 3-5 giorni lavorativi
Prezzo di copertina: Euro 45,00

Windows Vista. Con CD-Rom
Joyce Cox, Joan Preppernau
Libro + CD-Rom | 459 pagine | Mondadori Informatica | 2007
Spedito normalmente in 3-5 giorni lavorativi
Prezzo di copertina: Euro 30,00

Microsoft Windows Vista oltre ogni limite. Con CD-Rom
Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, Craig Stinson
Brossura | 1131 pagine | Mondadori Informatica | 2007
Spedito normalmente in 3-5 giorni lavorativi
Prezzo di copertina: Euro 90,00

Windows Vista. La risposta giusta al primo sguardo
Jerry Joyce, Marianne Moon
Brossura | 348 pagine | Mondadori Informatica | 2007
Spedito normalmente in 3-5 giorni lavorativi
Prezzo di copertina: Euro 20,00

Microsoft Windows Vista
Igor Macori
Economici | 220 pagine | Mondadori Informatica | 2007
Spedito normalmente in 3-5 giorni lavorativi
Prezzo di copertina: Euro 9,00

Introduzione a Microsoft Windows Vista
William R. Stanek
Brossura | 326 pagine | Mondadori Informatica | 2006
Spedito normalmente in 2 giorni lavorativi
Prezzo di copertina: Euro 40,00

Resource Kit. Microsoft Windows Vista. 3.Networking & troubleshooting. Con CD-Rom
Libro + CD-Rom | 517 pagine | Mondadori Informatica | 2007
Spedito normalmente in 3-5 giorni lavorativi
Prezzo di copertina: Euro 50,00

Windows Vista. Guida completa
Riccardo Meggiato
Brossura | 410 pagine | Apogeo | 2007
Spedito normalmente in 2 giorni lavorativi
Prezzo di copertina: Euro 29,00

Resource Kit. Microsoft Windows Vista. 1.Deployment. Con CD-Rom
Libro + CD-Rom | 502 pagine | Mondadori Informatica | 2007
Spedito normalmente in 3-5 giorni lavorativi
Prezzo di copertina: Euro 50,00

Spero possa esservi utile se avete intenzione di fare qualche acquisto. Qualcuno  di voi ha preso qualcuno dei manuali sopra elencati o avete qualche manuale da proporre?

Silverlight 1.0:

Silverlight—the hot new web technology based on the powerful WPF graphics platform that ships with Windows Vista—is the web developer’s choice for creating cross-platform interactive applications that work in multiple browsers. This one-of-a-kindreference shows you, with full-color illustrations, how to create rich interactive apps with Silverlight.

Libro di 320 pagine, costo in America di 39,00 dollari

Silverlight 1.0 Animations:

“Working with Animation in Silverlight 1.0” teaches you how to create animations using Microsoft’s new platform for building rich Internet applications—Silverlight. This Wrox Blox introduces animation concepts and answers questions such as when and why you want to use animation in your Web development. The core classes that make up the Silverlight animation subsystem are also introduced,

e-book disponibile solo tramite download al costo di 3,99 dollari

Fonte Marco Minerva

Vi cito la descrizione, inglese, direttamente dal siti O’Reilly:

If you want to build applications that take full advantage of the new rich user interface capabilities of the .NET 3.0 Framework, you need to learn Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation. Fully updated for the release of .NET 3.0, this new edition will get you up to speed quickly. The new edition includes new chapters on printing, XPS, 3-D, navigation, text and documents, along with a new appendix that covers Microsoft’s new Silverlight platform for delivering richer UI through standard web browsers.

Il libro si intitola Programming WPF, Second Edition Building Windows UI with Windows Presentation Foundation ed è di 863 Pagine. E’ stato appena aggiornato per includere le modifiche di Net 3.0 definitivo (la prima versione del libro era uscita quando era ancora in beta).

Link alla recensione ufficiale, dove, per ora, manca il prezzo

Franco Frascolla, dopo la datata ma sempre valida Ipovisione e accessibilità e fruibilità del web , ci regala una nuova guida utilissima per tutte le persone ipovedenti.
Stavolta non sono consigli per Webmaster sensibili ai problemi dell’accessibilità Web ma dritte su come gestire su Windows Vista la risoluzione dello schermo, personalizzare il puntatore del mouse, usare il Magnifier di Windows Vista, nonché facilitare l’uso della tastiera…
Windows Vista per tutti i punti di vista risulterà molto pratico per gli utenti Windows che si trovano spesso in difficoltà ad interpetare quanto comunicato a schermo: e sono tantissimi, basti pensare solo a tutte le persone della terza età che accedono ad Internet!
Per chi invece vuole saperne di più sull’argomento ipovisione è disponibile il libro, anche online: Se non riesco a leggere non è solo colpa dei miei occhi.

Fonte | Scacco Al Web

If you want to learn how to build killer user interfaces for Windows and the web, then this book is for you. It arms you with the tools and code you’ll need to effectively utilize the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). From creating appealing graphics and animated structures to enhancing performance and security, you’ll be programming in no time.

First you’ll explore the WPF framework and learn how to develop basic applications with ASP.NET or Visual Basic(r). Next you’ll discover how to build more sophisticated WPF interfaces using Microsoft(r) ExpressionBlend and then progress to more advanced programming techniques.

Throughout the book, you’ll find best practices for enterprise architectures using the WPF and its underlying technology. All this will help you quickly learn how to develop next-generation applications on the .NET 2.0 platform using the WPF.

Se volete sapere cos’è WPF, fatevi aiutare da Wikipedia

Questo libro di 480 pagine non è direttamente legato a Vista, ma alla folta comunità di sviluppatori che ci segue quotidianamente potrebbe interessare di certo, dato che lo scopo di WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) è di creare interfaccie utente accattivanti e sempre più vista-like

Per ora costa circa 50 $, la recensione completa è disponibile sul sito ufficiale Wrox

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