Computer Shopper May 2008

Computer Shopper is a monthly home computing magazine published in the United States. The magazine at one time held the record of being the heaviest magazine, totalling well over 800 pages per issue on a large 10" x 15" format. Most of these were advertisements for mail order computer & computer parts stores. Since the rise of the world wide web and online ordering the magazine has shrunk a great deal, although it still features reviews of over 300 products per issue.

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Mac OS X Support Essentials (2nd Edition)
Apple Training Series
Published by Peachpit Press
Kevin M.White
ISBN 13: 978-0-321-48981-4
ISBN 10: 0-321-48981-0
593 Pages {PDF}
2008

The only Apple-certified book on supporting Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, this comprehensive reference takes support technicians and Mac aficionados deep inside the new operating system, covering everything from installation to networking technologies, and more.
Following the learning objectives of the Apple Certified Support Professional exam, the lessons in this self-paced volume serve as a perfect guide for Apple’s own training class and a first-rate primer for computer support personnel who need to troubleshoot and optimize Mac OS X as part of their jobs. Lesson-review quizzes reinforce the knowledge gained along the way.

Getting Started
This manual is based on the same criteria used for Apple’s official training course, Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.5, an in-depth exploration of troubleshooting on Mac OS X.
It serves as a self-paced tour of the breadth of functionality of Mac OS X and the best methods for effectively supporting users of Mac OS X systems.
The primary goal is to prepare help desk specialists, technical coordinators, service technicians, system administrators, and others who support Macintosh users to knowledgeably address customer concerns and questions.
This includes the ability to return a Mac OS X computer to normal operation using the proper utilities, resources, and troubleshooting techniques.
Whether you are an experienced system administrator or just want to dig deeper into Mac OS X 10.5, you’ll learn in-depth technical information and procedures used by Apple-certified technicians to install, configure, maintain, and diagnose Macintosh computers running Mac OS X.

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Mac for Dummies, 8th Edition
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
by David Pogue
ISBN: 0-7645-5656-8
409 Pages {PDF}
2004

David Pogue, Yale ’85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and technology correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning.
With nearly 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world’s bestselling how-to authors, having written or co-written seven books in the For Dummies series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music), several computer humor books, and even a techno-thriller, now out of print, called Hard Drive.
David is also the creator and primary author of the Missing Manual series of funny intermediate computer books (www.missingmanuals.com).
The series includes books on Mac OS X, iMovie and iDVD, iPhoto, iPod and iTunes, Office X for Macintosh, Dreamweaver, and many others.

Contents at a Glance
Introduction..1
Part I: For the Absolute Mac Virgin..5
Chapter 1: How to Turn On Your Mac (and What to Do Next)..7
Chapter 2: Windows, Icons, and Trashes ..25
Chapter 3: Actually Accomplishing Something ..45
Chapter 4: Typing, Saving, and Finding Again ..79
Chapter 5: A Quiet Talk about Printers, Printing, and Fonts..113
Part II: The Internet Defanged..125
Chapter 6: Faking Your Way onto AOL and the Internet..127
Chapter 7: The Weird Wide Web ..153
Chapter 8: E-mail for He-males and Females ..171
Part III: Software Competence..187
Chapter 9: iTunes, iPod, iConquered ..189
Chapter 10: An Eye for iPhoto ..207
Chapter 11: iSpielberg: Digital Movies and DVDs ..227
Part IV: Toward a New, Nerdier You..251
Chapter 12: Back to Mac OS 9 ..253
Chapter 13: Mono-Mac, Multi-People ..263
Chapter 14: Networks for Nitwits ..275
Chapter 15: The Book of iBook and PowerBook..289
Chapter 16: When Bad Things Happen to Good Macs..299
Chapter 17: Beyond the Mac: Where to Go from Here..319
Part V: The Part of Tens..325
Chapter 18: Ten Cool Things You Didn’t Know Your Mac Could Do..327
Chapter 19: Ten Tricks That Didn’t Quite Fit the Outline..345
Chapter 20: Ten Back-of-the-Mac Jacks ..355
Index..363

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Mac mini Hacks & Mods for Dummies
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
by John Rizzo with Arnold Reinhold
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-74900-4
ISBN-10: 0-471-74900-1
386 Pages {PDF}
2006

Starting at $499, the diminutive Mac mini-2.5 inches tall, 6.5 inches wide, and 2.9 pounds-is expected to become Apple's bestselling computer, with projected shipments of 100,000 units a month.
This book offers several projects-some easy, some more challenging-to help people tweak, modify, and transform a Mac mini Modest modifications include creating a Mac mini home theater, an appliance controller, and a travel kit; other more complex (but very cool!) mods require wielding a soldering iron Offers detailed, illustrated step-by-step instructions-including how to open the Mac mini, keep track of pieces, and avoid damage-that enable even novice tinkerers to complete the projects.

If you ever stumble into some of the geekier discussion forums around the Internet, you may come across a community of people who enjoy modifying, or modding, their PCs.
They’re keen on showing off how they changed the look or function of their PC using cutting, painting, and soldering techniques, or by adding stuff — some of it pretty weird — that isn’t normally there.
There is a software equivalent of modding: hacking. This is programming changes in software to make it look different or to make it do something it wasn’t designed to.
There is also a third type of computer change: using your computer for a radically different purpose, hacking your perception of what a computer is, or modding your noncomputer possessions to fit the computer.
The mini was tailor-made for all three of these types of changes.
Oh sure, Apple wants you to think that the mini is perfect and complete the way it is.
But then, this isn’t the book that Apple wanted me to write.

About This Book
Mac mini Hacks & Mods For Dummies gives you several different approaches to information about modding. Some chapters give you specific projects to work on.
For these, I provide step-by-step directions on how to achieve a particular objective, such as upgrading the internal hard drive or modifying the mini’s outer casing.
I’ve peppered these sections with plenty of tips and tricks and lists of tools that you’ll need.
With some other mods, however, there are just too many options to give you a step-by-step procedure. For these, I present descriptions of what’s involved with a type of mod and show you the modding techniques for doing it.
You also find lists of what you’ll need to acquire and where to get it.
In some parts of this book, I try to provide you with ideas for further mods,or to help you come up with your own ideas.

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Covering every topic of critical importance to the preformulation stages of development, this guide equips those in the pharmaceutical industry with basic and applied principles for the characterization of new drug compounds and substances-considering the identification, stability, structure, and mechanisms of drug candidates during preformulation through Phase I of clinical trials.

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Complete Book of Arts & Crafts (for kids)
Edited By: Dawn Purney
By: Homeschool
School Specialty Publishing
ISBN: 1561895865
Ages: 5-9

For those days when no one seems to know what to do, The Complete Book of
Arts and Crafts contains the perfect idea for those times when everyone's bored.
Each kid (and mom!) friendly craft includes a mostly-around-the-house materials
list and step-by-step illustrated instructions. 100 projects are included,
from a clay porcupine to paper plate activities.

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Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition
By David Pogue
First Edition  February 2008 
Pages: 608
Series: The Missing Manuals
ISBN 10: 0-596-51412-3
ISBN 13: 9780596514129

Book description
Ready to make the leap to Leopard? There has never been a better time to switch
from Windows to Mac, and this incomparable guide will help you make a smooth transition.
New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue gets you past three
challenges: transferring your stuff, assembling Mac programs so you can do what you
did with Windows, and learning your way around Mac OS X.

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Prentice Hall PTR | 2007-12-21 | ISBN: 0136135609 | 480 pages | CHM | 45.7 MB
The First Easy-to-Use Guide to Joomla!-The World’s #1 Open Source Content Management System

If you want to build sophisticated websites that can be easily edited and updated, you need to master Joomla!-the world’s #1 open source content management system. Now there’s an easy-to-read, easy-to-use guide to Joomla! for every site manager, administrator, and developer. Leading Joomla! consultant Barrie North covers all you need to get results: installation, administration, site organization, template development, content updates, and a whole lot more. You’ll find never-before-published tips, tricks, and troubleshooting solutions, as well as three start-to-finish case studies.
New to Joomla? No problem! This book starts with the simplest design and system concepts, and builds your expertise step-by-step. You’ll rapidly master Joomla!’s power, even if you have no content management, scripting, or CSS expertise. Experienced with Joomla!? You’ll turn to this book constantly for its authoritative, plain-English, example-rich Joomla! 1.0 and 1.5 reference content.

· Understanding content management, what Joomla! does, and how its components fit together
· Building Joomla! sites from scratch, and systematically customizing them to your needs
· Organizing content with sections, categories, blogs, and tables
· Creating dynamic pages and effective navigation
· Working with Joomla! modules and components
· Search engine optimization for Joomla! sites
· Start-to-finish case studies: building a school website, an e-commerce site, and a blog
· The most valuable Joomla! extensions and add-ons: finding them, and using them
· Key differences between Joomla! 1.0 and 1.5, and what they mean to you

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Apress | 2007-11-12 | ISBN: 1590598288 | 268 pages | PDF | 4.3 MB
Since the emergence of Google Maps 12 months ago, Ajax programming techniques have become one of the hottest topics in the programming arena. To date, the frameworks available for creating these applications have been complex and have separated the development of the client–side Ajax (on the user’s machine) from the server–side supporting technology (on the company’s machines). This separation has made development slow and difficult.

ASP.NET AJAX is Microsoft’s solution to this problem. ASP.NET AJAX (formerly code–named Atlas) is a set of extensions to the existing ASP.NET 2.0 technology that provides you with a fast-and-simple environment to create Ajax applications. Microsoft has combined Ajax with ASP.NET technology and provided a unified set of development tools within Visual Studio 2005. For the first time, Ajax applications can be developed seamlessly in conjunction with a supporting technology.

Foundations of ASP.NET AJAX (written by Laurence Moroney the author of Apress successful Foundations of Atlas) gives you a detailed grounding in how ASP.NET AJAX works. It takes you swiftly through the basic principles of Ajax, then deep into the heart of the technology, where every namespace is discussed and every function considered. By the end of the book, you’ll know all the essentials to confidently produce cutting-edge ASP.NET AJAX applications swiftly and professionally. You will not need any reference beyond this book.

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The Handbook of Food

Products Manufacturing is a definitive master reference, providing an overview of food manufacturing in general, and then covering the processing and manufacturing of more than 100 of the most common food products. With editors and contributors from 24 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia, this guide provides international expertise and a truly global perspective on food manufacturing.

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Richard Stim, Ralph Warner “Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement"
NOLO | 2008-03-04 | ISBN: 141330835X | 248 pages | PDF | 4,8 Mb

When planning for retirement, it's easy to become preoccupied with stock portfolios, 401(k) balances and doomsday predictions about baby boomer's lack of savings. But happiness in retirement isn't about how much cash you can manage to sock away before the age of 65. Everyone wants a comfortable retirement--but most also plan to have some fun, maintain an active social life, and enjoy a healthy old age.
In Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement, author Rich Stim shows readers how to become rich in the ways that matter most. He encourages future retirees to balance financial concerns with an enriching lifestyle.
"Don't fall for the retirement industry scare stories or calculations about how much you'll need to retire safely," he advises. Instead, Stim instructs readers on how to estimate real retirement needs and create a workable savings and investment plan. Even more important, he advises readers to make personal preparations for life after work, including:
cultivating interests outside work leading a healthier lifestyle revitalizing family relationships spending more time with spouses embracing religion, spirituality or meditation nurturing friendships and making new friends Retire Happy helps readers prepare for retirement--not just financially, but in every aspect of their lives.

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Tom Sant “The Language of Success"
AMACOM | 2008-01-23 | ISBN: 081447473X | 248 pages | PDF | 1,4 Mb

Language is the medium of business. To be successful, we need to communicate effectively in writing. That’s true whether we are providing instructions to our colleagues, communicating with our customers, or advising our direct reports. We must be able to deliver clear, accurate messages that inform, persuade and motivate. Unfortunately, people lapse into habits that interfere with their ability to communicate. The Language of Success shows readers ho to avoid these mistakes, and to write lucid, concise, and accurate e-mails, letters, performance appraisals, and presentations. Now anyone can master the lost art of clear writing and:
* eliminate ambiguities, jargon and grandiose claims * master proper paragraph structure so the message doesn’t get muddled * avoid wishy-washy or misleading terms like "world class" or "state of the art" * write clear concise sentences that follow the "first time right rule" * use e-mail professionally and efficiently * create career-enhancing reports
Honest and authoritative, The Language of Success will gives readers practical techniques to help readers cut through the fluff, guff, geek, and hyperbole, write exceptional business documents, and get their message heard.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2000: Weekend Crash Course
Alex Kriegel | Hungry Minds | 2001 | ISBN: 0764548409 | 409 pages | 2.8 MB | PDF
SQL Server 2000 is a major milestone for Microsoft, which is trying to position itself as a significant player in the database market. The demand for databasedriven sites on the Internet is exploding (some major sites are running SQL Server 2000 as their back end, Microsoft included), creating a demand for qualified people who understand the product—from technical support people to analysts to programmers without database experience.

With so many SQL Server books on the market you may wonder why there is any need for another one. There is more than one way to tell a story, and I like to think that this book offers a special angle from which to approach the rather complex topic of Relational Database Management Systems in general and SQL Server 2000 in particular.
I intend for this book to provide a no-nonsense, hands-on introduction to SQL Server for the widest audience possible: technical-support people whose company product includes SQL Server as part of its solution, small companies’ “jacks of all trades” doing in-house maintenance, beginning and intermediate programmers breaking into the field or switching careers or upgrading from some other database system, managers who would like to know what SQL Server can do for them without getting involved in a “holy war” of database vendors—and so on.

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Carol Turkington, Eliot F. Kaplan “Making the Antidepressant Decision"
McGraw-Hill | 2001-08-02 | ISBN: 0737304170 | 296 pages | PDF | 1,3 Mb

A thorough examination of various depression treatments so you have options

Previously published as Making the Prozac Decision, this edition focuses on the most recent developments in treating depression and other disorders with medications, including cutting-edge pharmaceuticals and natural remedies such as Saint-John's wort. Making the Antidepressant Decision is an honest, invaluable examination of a controversial subject that will help you make the right decision for you or your loved one.

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Brian Huot “(Re)Articulating Writing Assessment"
Utah State University Press | 2002-11-08 | ISBN: 0874214491 | 228 pages | PDF | 1,4 Mb

Brian Huot’s aim for this book is both ambitious and provocative. He wants to reorient composition studies’ view of writing assessment. To accomplish this, he not only has to inspire the field to perceive assessment—generally not the most appreciated area of study—as deeply significant to theory and pedagogy, he also has to counter some common misconceptions about the history of assessment in writing.
In (Re)Articulating Writing Assessment, Huot advocates a new understanding, a more optimistic and productive one than we have seen in composition for a very long time. Assessment, as Huot points out, defines what is valued by a teacher or a society. What isn’t valued isn’t assessed; it tends to disappear from the curriculum. The dark side of this truth is what many teachers find troubling about large scale assessments, as standardized tests don’t grant attention or merit to all they should. Instead, assessment has been used as an interested social mechanism for reinscribing current power relations and class systems.
Reciprocally, Huot reminds us, one can use assessment to bring the attention of the curriculum to what we want it to value. It’s his intention to (re)articulate writing assessment as a positive, important aspect of designing, administrating and theorizing writing instruction—in a sense, returning it to its roots in early conceptions of assessment as progressive social action.
"An agenda for assessment that recognizes it as an important element for social action allows us to guard against over-privileging the values, gestures and customs of certain groups, and provides assessment with the potential to become an agent for progressive social change that highlights the improvement of educational environments and opportunities for all students."
A well-reasoned, provocative discourse on basic conceptions in the field, this book will be of significant value to scholars in writing and assessment, to writing program administrators, to readers in educational assessment, and to graduate students in rhetoric and composition.

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Isaac Prilleltensky, Geoffrey Nelson “Doing Psychology Critically: Making a Difference in Diverse Settings"
Palgrave Macmillan | 2002-11-15 | ISBN: 0333922832 | 224 pages | PDF | 1,2 Mb

How can psychologists incorporate recent insights about power, values, and inequality in their work? What is the role of social justice in the practice of psychology? In this highly readable book, the authors tackle these questions and propose workable answers. This is the first book to translate into action the principles of critical psychology. Using a value-based framework the authors propose guidelines for critical practice in clinical, counseling, educational, health, community and work settings.

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