Books

Sure, if you’ve got time to spare, you can bop over to Second Life or frequent Fark.com. But if the boss wants all the office PCs running Vista immediately or if mastering the new Vista-ready PC is next on your to-do list, chances are you’ve got no time to waste.
Fortunately William Stanek’s new book - […]

Mastering Landscape Photography: The Luminous Landscape Essays consists of thirteen essays on landscape photography by master photographer Alain Briot. Topics include practical, technical, and aesthetic aspects of photography to help photographers build and refine their skills. This book starts with the technical aspects of photography; how to see, compose, find the right light, and select […]

Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed is a book for people, like you, who don’t consider themselves to be “average users.” It’s a book for anyone who finds that doing things the official way is slower, less efficient, and less powerful because Windows Vista was designed from the ground up to avoid confusing novice users. The result […]

First the crew over at MAKE Magazine - the “Bible of the DIY movement” - lit a big ol’ bonfire of enthusiasm for the growing community of garage inventors, backyard, scientists, and DIY enthusiasts around the planet, now they’re showing us how the Perfect PC is the one that any of us can build ourselves […]

First reactions to Windows Vista, the successor to Windows XP, are exciting. Those who have seen it applaud Vista’s gorgeous, glass-like visual overhaul; its superior searching and organization tools; its multimedia and collaboration suite; and above all, the massive, top-to bottom security-shield overhaul.
Microsoft will release Vista to general consumers early this winter - but without […]

Anticipation about Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows Vista, is building exponentially. Thankfully, after all the hype and attention paid to the Vista revolution - with its 50 million lines of code soon to be running on 400 million computers - Preston Gralla’s Windows Vista in a Nutshell stands ready to answer the questions of power […]

There are many compelling reasons to upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007 suite of programs soon - vastly overhauled interfaces, newly designed menus and toolbars, jazzy new features, time-saving templates, and animated effects. Unfortunately, the only thing missing was quality documentation. That is until now. Four new books in the Missing Manual series - the books […]

Syngress Publishing, Inc. has announced the publication of Essential Computer Security, by Tony Bradley, About.com’s Guide for Internet and Network Security, and edited by Harlan Carvey.
According to Douglas Schweitzer, security expert and author of Securing the Network from Malicious Code, “Security is a process, not a product, and computer security is everyone’s responsibility. You wouldn’t […]

The iPod just turned five. With 68 million of them out there, they’re without a doubt one of the most popular and defining devices of a generation. Yet many folks don’t know that iPods can do so much more than play music. Fortunately New York Times columnist J.D. Biersdofer reveals all their secret features, tips, […]

I just finished reading For One More Day, the latest book by Mitch Albom, on flight from Providence. I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone. Everyone, in fact.
Albom has a way of writing things that hit life’s most important nails right on the head, whether fact or fiction. His Tuesdays with Morrie had […]

Until recently, turning digital images into high quality fine art prints was only a dream, but this has now become a reality. Today’s digital cameras produce image data files making large-format output possible at high resolution. As printing technology moves forward at an equally fast pace, the new inkjet printers are now capable of printing […]

If you are new to computer music making, you’ll know how confusing it all seems. Hardware, software, disk drives, flash drives, USB, Firewire. It can all be quite overwhelming.
But PC Music - The Easy Guide, will show you what can be done, what it all means, and what you will need to start creating and […]

Scott Kelby, the man who changed the “digital darkroom” forever with his groundbreaking, #1 bestselling, award-winning book The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers, now tackles the most important side of digital photography - how to take pro-quality shots using the same tricks today’s top digital pros use (and it’s easier than you’d think) with The […]

To the disbelief of many parents, college students do crack open books to learn more about their new computer gear.
And with more and more students who grew up with PCs heading off to college with new Mac laptops, a reference book about making the switch can help reduce back-to-school jitters.
O’Reilly offers witty, informative, and easy-to-use […]

In a book that’s all but impossible to put down, science journalist Charles Seife (Alpha & Omega) explains how the concepts of information theory have begun to unlock many of the mysteries of the universe, from quantum mechanics to black holes and the likely end of the universe.

At last. By adding it to the dictionary, Webster finally made “google” an official verb. But Google today is so much more than googling the new boss or ex-boyfriend, and digging up unvarnished product reviews or sussing out the best prices.
The third edition of Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World’s […]

A sentimental favorite, The Cuckoo’s Egg seems to have inspired a whole category of books exploring the quest to capture computer criminals. Still, even several years after its initial publication and after much imitation, the book remains a good read with an engaging story line and a critical outlook, as Clifford Stoll becomes, almost unwillingly, […]

Pip Coburn became famous for writing some of the liveliest reports on Wall Street. He quoted everyone from Machiavelli to HAL, Anais Nin to Yoda, Einstein to Gandhi. But along with the quirky writing, he consistently delivered sharp insights into technology trends and helped investors pick stocks with long-term potential.

The Internet is a travel agency, bank teller, music store, video player, radio station, and newspaper wire service, not to mention a bulletin board, chat room, post office, and global chess tournament. It’s a veritable jungle of information. For many users, the complications of online banking, searching and finding information, and sharing photos is too […]

If economics is about the allocation of resources, then what is the most precious resource in our new information economy? Certainly not information, for we are drowning in it. No, what we are short of is the attention to make sense of that information.
With all the verve and erudition that have established his earlier […]