Car PC Hacks
O’Reilly Media; 1 edition | ISBN: 0596008716 | 361 pages | July 1, 2005 | CHM
A car PC or carputer is a car tricked-out with electronics for playing radio, music and DVD movies, connecting to the Internet, navigating and tracking with satellite, taking photos, and any electronic gadget a person wants in a car. All these devices are managed and controlled through a single screen or interface. The only place car PC enthusiasts can go for advice, tips and tools is a handful of hard-to-find Web sites–until now. Car PC Hacks is your guide into the car PC revolution. Packing MP3 players, handheld devices, computers and video-on-demand systems gives you a pile too heavy to carry. But add a car and put them together, you’ve got a powerful and mobile multimedia center requiring no lifting. The next time you give kids a lift, you won’t hear, “Are we there yet?” Instead, expect “We’re there already?” as they won’t want to leave the car while playing video games from multiple consoles. Car PC Hacks is the first book available to introduce and entrench you into this hot new market. You can count on the book because it hails from O’Reilly, a trusted resource for technical books. Expect innovation, useful tools, and fun experiments that you’ve come to expect from O’Reilly’s Hacks Series. Maybe you’ve hacked computers and gadgets, and now you’re ready to take it to your car. If hacking is new and you would like to mix cars and computers, this book gets you started with its introduction to the basics of car electrical systems. Even when you’re unclear on the difference between amps and watts, expect a clear explanation along with real-life examples to get on track. Whether you’re venturing into car PC for the first time or an experienced hobbyist, hop in the book for a joy ride.
http://rapidshare.com/files/16540661/0596008716.rar
Blackberry Hacks
O’Reilly Media; 1 edition | ISBN: 0596101155 | 307 pages | October 13, 2005 | CHM
The BlackBerry has become an invaluable tool for those of us who need to stay connected and in the loop. But most people take advantage of only a few features that this marvelous communications device offers. What if you could do much more with your BlackBerry than just web surfing and email?
BlackBerry Hacks will enhance your mobile computing with great tips and tricks. You’ll learn that the BlackBerry is capable of things you never thought possible, and you’ll learn how to make it an even better email and web workhorse:
* Get the most out of the built-in applications
* Take control of email with filters, searches, and more
* Rev up your mobile gaming–whether you’re an arcade addict or poker pro
* Browse the web, chat over IM, and keep up with news and weblogs
* Work with office documents, spell check your messages, and send faxes
* Become more secure, lock down your BlackBerry and stash secure information somewhere safe
* Manage and monitor the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) and Mobile Data System (MDS)
* Create web sites that look great on a BlackBerry
* Develop and deploy BlackBerry applications
Whether you need to schedule a meeting from a trade show floor, confirm your child’s next play date at the park, or just find the show times and secure movie tickets while at dinner, this book helps you use the remarkable BlackBerry to stay in touch and in-the-know–no matter where you are or where you go.
http://rapidshare.com/files/16540844/0596101155.rar
Fortune Magazine February 5 2007
PDF | English | 131 Pages | 24.1 MB
Fortune magazine is America’s second longest-running business magazine after Forbes magazine. Henry Luce founded the magazine in 1930. His publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner, the world’s largest media conglomerate, before it was acquired by AOL in 2000. Fortune is especially known for its annual features ranking companies by revenue.
http://rapidshare.com/files/16368387/fortune_02_05_2007.pdf
PC Magazine March 06 2007
PDF | English | 116 Pages | 20.9 MB
PC Magazine is a computer magazine published biweekly (except in January and July) both in print and online. The magazine is published by Ziff-Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. The first edition was released in January 1982 as a monthly called PC (the “Magazine” was not added to the logo until the first major redesign in January 1986). The magazine moved to biweekly publication in 1983 after a single monthly issue swelled to more than 800 pages.
http://rapidshare.com/files/16242585/pc_magazine_03_06_2007.rar
Fundamentals of Photonics
992 pages | Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition (August 15, 1991) | English | ISBN-10: 0471839655 | ISBN-13:9780471839651 | PDF | 11.5 MB
In recent years, photonics has found increasing applications in such areas as communications, signal processing, computing, sensing, display, printing, and energy transport. Now, Fundamentals of Photonics is the first self-contained introductory-level textbook to offer a thorough survey of this rapidly expanding area of engineering and applied physics. Featuring a logical blend of theory and applications, coverage includes detailed accounts of the primary theories of light, including ray optics, wave optics, electromagnetic optics, and photon optics, as well as the interaction of light with matter, and the theory of semiconductor materials and their optical properties.
Presented at increasing levels of complexity, these sections serve as building blocks for the treatment of more advanced topics, such as Fourier optics and holography, guidedwave and fiber optics, photon sources and detectors, electro-optic and acousto-optic devices, nonlinear optical devices, fiber-optic communications, and photonic switching and computing. Included are such vital topics as:
* Generation of coherent light by lasers, and incoherent light by luminescence sources such as light-emitting diodes
* Transmission of light through optical components (lenses, apertures, and imaging systems), waveguides, and fibers
* Modulation, switching, and scanning of light through the use of electrically, acoustically, and optically controlled devices
* Amplification and frequency conversion of light by the use of wave interactions in nonlinear materials Detection of light by means of semiconductor photodetectors
Each chapter contains summaries, highlighted equations, problem sets and exercises, and selected reading lists. Examples of real systems are included to emphasize the concepts governing applications of current interest, and appendices summarize the properties of one- and two-dimensional Fourier transforms, linear-systems theory, and modes of linear systems.
An Instructor’s Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.
http://rapidshare.com/files/15212091/Fundamentals_of_Photonics.rar
Computer Shopper - March 2007
PDF | English | 21.45 MB
Freshen Up Your PC:
Top 25 Upgrades Under $100
You don’t need a fat wallet to breathe some new life into your old PC. We round up the best upgrades you can give your system for less than a Benjamin.
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