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Love Your Kindle Fire: The ILMK Guide to Amazon’s Entertablet

This unique book will get you loving your new Kindle Fire quickly!

Bufo Calvin, author of the bestselling I Love My Kindle blog, takes you through all the options with a thorough hands-on.

The book has a series of what the author calls “splinterviews”, where Bufo interviews Bufo on each of the main functions of the Fire, from movies to web browsing to apps to e-books.

For those looking for the official information, an appendix gathers links to Amazon’s Kindle Fire resources in one spot.

Among the discoveries you may make:

* How to set a password for your Kindle Fire

* How to remove websites from your Carousel

* How to use the Pulse app to get free blogs on your Kindle Fire

* How to change your notification sound

Now updated with about a month’s worth of experience using the Kindle Fire!

Newly added:

* Apps Reviews (including ones that greatly enhance the value of your Kindle Fire…providing parental controls and transferring files between your Fire and your computer wirelessly)

* Testing other sources for video besides Amazon

* What you lose when you deregister and reregister your Kindle Fire (it’s not like the other Kindles)

Updated with information about the new 6.2.1 update! That includes how to remove items from the Carousel and how to put them back, and password protecting internet access.

Updated with information about the 6.2.2 update (adding full screen on webpages and the ability to set Flash to be “on demand). We’ve also added a handy troubleshooting section, addressing some of the most common situations. Latest app reviews include Splashtop which displays content from a computer on your Kindle Fire and lets you interact with it.

Updated with information on using Zinio for magazine subscriptions, Overdrive to get and read EPUB books from public libraries (and borrow MP3 audiobooks), and use a free app to use text-to-speech with text files.
This unique book will get you loving your new Kindle Fire quickly!

Bufo Calvin, author of the bestselling I Love My Kindle blog, takes you through all the options with a thorough hands-on.

The book has a series of what the author calls “splinterviews”, where Bufo interviews Bufo on each of the main functions of the Fire, from movies to web browsing to apps to e-books.

For those looking for the official information, an appendix gathers links to Amazon’s Kindle Fire resources in one spot.

Among the discoveries you may make:

* How to set a password for your Kindle Fire

* How to remove websites from your Carousel

* How to use the Pulse app to get free blogs on your Kindle Fire

* How to change your notification sound

Now updated with about a month’s worth of experience using the Kindle Fire!

Newly added:

* Apps Reviews (including ones that greatly enhance the value of your Kindle Fire…providing parental controls and transferring files between your Fire and your computer wirelessly)

* Testing other sources for video besides Amazon

* What you lose when you deregister and reregister your Kindle Fire (it’s not like the other Kindles)

Updated with information about the new 6.2.1 update! That includes how to remove items from the Carousel and how to put them back, and password protecting internet access.

Updated with information about the 6.2.2 update (adding full screen on webpages and the ability to set Flash to be “on demand). We’ve also added a handy troubleshooting section, addressing some of the most common situations. Latest app reviews include Splashtop which displays content from a computer on your Kindle Fire and lets you interact with it.

Updated with information on using Zinio for magazine subscriptions, Overdrive to get and read EPUB books from public libraries (and borrow MP3 audiobooks), and use a free app to use text-to-speech with text files.

A Beginner’s Guide to Personal Computers, Vol. 1

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The Unauthorized Guide To Doing Business the Bill Gates Way: 10 Secrets of the World’s Richest Business Leader

Mega-mogul Bill Gates is quite simply the richest and most successful businessman of all time. His remarkable vision and obsessive desire to win have created a leadership style radically different to anything the business world has seen before.

The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Bill Gates Way draws out the universal lessons from Bill Gates’ phenomenal success and identifies 10 secret leadership strategies that can be applied to any business or career:

1. Be in the right place at the right time
2. Fall in love with technology
3. Take no prisoners
4. Hire very smart people
5. Learn to survive
6. Don’t expect any thanks
7. Assume the visionary position
8. Cover all the bases
9. Build a byte-sized business
10. Never ever take your eye off the ball

Want to be the best? The secrets of phenomenal success are in your hands.

Check out the other Unauthorized Guides in this series: Richard Branson; Jamie Oliver; Duncan Bannatyne; Alan Sugar; and Philip Green.

Kindle Fire Survival Guide: Step-by-step User Guide for Kindle Fire: Getting Started, Downloading FREE eBooks, Buying Apps, Watching Movies, and Surfing the Web (Mobi Manuals)

PAPERBACK NOW AVAILABLE!

The Kindle Fire is Amazon’s first tablet PC. The Kindle Fire Survival Guide gathers all of the available information regarding the Kindle Fire into a single guide, where it can be easily accessed for quick reference. There is no fancy jargon and every instruction is explained in great detail, which is perfect for beginners. In addition, this guide expands on the basics by discussing useful tips that are excellent for more advanced users.

The level of detail in each chapter sets this guide apart from all the rest. Countless screenshots complement the step-by-step instructions and help you to realize the Kindle Fire’s full potential. The useful information provided here is not discussed in the official Kindle Fire manual, such as tips and tricks, hidden features, and troubleshooting advice. This guide also goes above and beyond by discussing recent known issues and solutions that may be currently available.

This Kindle Fire guide includes:

- Getting Started
- Managing Favorites in the Library
- Connecting the Kindle Fire to a PC or Mac
- Finding FREE eBooks
- Reading eBooks and Periodicals
- Looking Up a Word in the Dictionary
- Making a Note
- Changing the Color Mode
- Managing Movies and TV Shows
- Buying or Renting a Movie
- Importing Movies from an Outside Source Using Your PC or Mac
- Managing Music
- Using the Email Application
- Searching the Inbox
- Changing the Incoming Email Notification Sound
- Managing Contacts
- Sharing a Contact’s Information
- Using the Silk Web Browser
- Blocking Pop-Up Windows
- Changing the Default Search Engine
- Kindle-Friendly Websites
- Managing Applications
- Searching for an Application in the App Store
- Adjusting the Settings
- Adjusting the Brightness
- Setting the Screen Timeout
- Turning the Lock Screen Password On or Off
- Tips and Tricks
- Viewing the Trailer for a Movie
- Marking an Email as Spam
- Closing All Tabs at Once in the Silk Browser
- TroubleshootingPAPERBACK NOW AVAILABLE!

The Kindle Fire is Amazon’s first tablet PC. The Kindle Fire Survival Guide gathers all of the available information regarding the Kindle Fire into a single guide, where it can be easily accessed for quick reference. There is no fancy jargon and every instruction is explained in great detail, which is perfect for beginners. In addition, this guide expands on the basics by discussing useful tips that are excellent for more advanced users.

The level of detail in each chapter sets this guide apart from all the rest. Countless screenshots complement the step-by-step instructions and help you to realize the Kindle Fire’s full potential. The useful information provided here is not discussed in the official Kindle Fire manual, such as tips and tricks, hidden features, and troubleshooting advice. This guide also goes above and beyond by discussing recent known issues and solutions that may be currently available.

This Kindle Fire guide includes:

- Getting Started
- Managing Favorites in the Library
- Connecting the Kindle Fire to a PC or Mac
- Finding FREE eBooks
- Reading eBooks and Periodicals
- Looking Up a Word in the Dictionary
- Making a Note
- Changing the Color Mode
- Managing Movies and TV Shows
- Buying or Renting a Movie
- Importing Movies from an Outside Source Using Your PC or Mac
- Managing Music
- Using the Email Application
- Searching the Inbox
- Changing the Incoming Email Notification Sound
- Managing Contacts
- Sharing a Contact’s Information
- Using the Silk Web Browser
- Blocking Pop-Up Windows
- Changing the Default Search Engine
- Kindle-Friendly Websites
- Managing Applications
- Searching for an Application in the App Store
- Adjusting the Settings
- Adjusting the Brightness
- Setting the Screen Timeout
- Turning the Lock Screen Password On or Off
- Tips and Tricks
- Viewing the Trailer for a Movie
- Marking an Email as Spam
- Closing All Tabs at Once in the Silk Browser
- Troubleshooting

Keynote for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Tired of the lackluster graphics and dull, canned look of PowerPoint presentations? At last you have an alternative: Apple Computer’s graphics-intensive Keynote presentation software. If you give presentations on a regular basis, you’ll want to start leveraging the power of Keynote immediately—dragging and dropping graphics, digital photos, QuickTime movies, and audio into your slide shows; creating animations, shadows, and labels for your charts and tables; producing dynamic drop shadows and cinematic transitions between slides; and more—and this Visual QuickStart Guide will show you how.

Veteran presenter, QuickStart author, and Mac guru Tom Negrino makes it easy to dive in and start creating high-impact presentations in no time by providing step-by-step instructions peppered with plenty of screen shots, tips, and sidebars. You’ll learn how to use Keynote’s professionally designed “themes” to create coordinated backgrounds, fonts, colors, bullets, tables, and charts in seconds. And if you’re interested in creating a custom look, you’ll find plenty of instructions for that as well. The best part? You don’t need to be a graphics artist to produce visually stunning (and stunningly effective) presentations with Keynote.

Plugable USB 2.0 2 Port Hub

• Standard two-port USB 2.0 complaint USB hub controller chipset
• Compatible with all USB 2.0 and 1.1 devices
• Supports full data rates of 1.5/12/480 Mbps
• USB bus powered
• Compact, in-line design to minimize cable clutter

Featuring a clean, compact design, this standard USB hub enables two devices to share a single available USB port with full USB 2.0 compatibility and performance.

Common Uses

Common uses include connecting both keyboard and mouse via a single USB cable, for industrial environments where space is a premium, and for any situation where a simple USB 2 port splitter is required.

Power

This bus-powered hub shares available power (500mA) from the single upstream port to each of the two downstream ports. Because power is shared, devices connected via the hub should be low powered (keyboards, mice, etc), or self-powered (printers, powered hubs, powered external hard drives).

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Cut the Rope: Video Game Guide

Wish your Cut the Rope skills matched your addiction to the game? Download “Cut the Rope: Modern Warfare Tips and Tricks” and get insider tips to launch you to a higher level of gaming now.

The folks at BeefJack have stacked this useful guide with expert tricks and pointers to help you conquer this addictive game. You’ll be scoring 3 stars on every level in no time with these detailed walkthroughs and explanations. You’ll learn:

• The Elements You’ll Encounter in Each Level
• How to Approach Each Box
• When to Use Bubbles, Wheels and Blowers
• How to Perfect Your Timing
• How to Cut Multiple Ropes Quickly

…and more!

You ready? It’s time to slash some rope.

Wish your Cut the Rope skills matched your addiction to the game? Download “Cut the Rope: Modern Warfare Tips and Tricks” and get insider tips to launch you to a higher level of gaming now.

The folks at BeefJack have stacked this useful guide with expert tricks and pointers to help you conquer this addictive game. You’ll be scoring 3 stars on every level in no time with these detailed walkthroughs and explanations. You’ll learn:

• The Elements You’ll Encounter in Each Level
• How to Approach Each Box
• When to Use Bubbles, Wheels and Blowers
• How to Perfect Your Timing
• How to Cut Multiple Ropes Quickly

…and more!

You ready? It’s time to slash some rope.

Guide to Telecommunications Cable Splicing

Written by technicians, for technicians, A Guide for Telecommunications Cable Splicing, 2nd Edition is a valuable, easy-to-read guide. It covers all aspects of outside plant cables and splicing, from copper drops to FTTH, with a special emphasis on the “how-to” of setup, splicing, and troubleshooting. Updated to include the very latest industry trends and information, the second edition also features an all-new glossary of terms, as well as new and enhanced coverage of copper and fiber closures, 50 micron fiber, and both analog and digital carrier systems. Ideal for both novice and experienced technicians, this is an invaluable addition to any telecommunications library.

Personal Computer Guide for Word [VHS]

Easy-to-use, step-by-step instructions teach you how to use this popular program in no time! Learn to create perfect documents, edit text, change fonts and margins, mail-merge, spell check, grammar check, and much more. No need to start from scratch, follow the sample guides to create your own documents quickly and easily. Package includes a professional quality, fun-to-watch 60 minute VHS video and disk.

Nik Software Captured: The Complete Guide to Using Nik Software’s Photographic Tools

Learn all the features and functionality of the complete Nik family of products

Styled in such a way as to resemble the way photographers think, Nik Software Captured aims to help you learn to apply all the features and functionality of the Nik software products. With Nik Software Captured, authors and Nik Software, Inc. insiders Tony Corbell and Josh Haftel help you use after-capture software products easier and more creatively. Their sole aim is to ensure that you can apply the techniques discussed in the book while gaining a thorough understanding of the capabilities of programs such as Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2, Color Efex Pro 4.0, Silver Efex Pro 2, Sharpener Pro 3.0, and HDR Efex Pro.

• Helps you learn all the features and functionality of the Nik family of products
• Shares tips and techniques on retouching and exposure
• Offers a solid understanding of the importance of light
• Explores ways to save time in the digital workflow
• Answers the demand from readers to compile a variety of techniques conceived to help when using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, and Apple’s Aperture

With Nik Software Captured, you’ll quickly benefit from the array of helpful techniques featured in this single resource.

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Sample Photos from the Authors: Yosemite, California

Color Version (Click on photo to zoom)

Black and White Version (Click on photo to zoom)

This recent image taken in is a good example of how an understanding of techniques within the digital workflow can change the outcome of your image in the most positive ways. Here is a color image which based on the tonality was pre-determined to make a nice black and white. In this case we used Nik Software Silver Efex Pro 2 to change the photograph into a black and white fine art image that might sell in a gallery. First we moved the Dynamic Brightness to a lower value and increased the Soft Contrast to an increase of 30 percent. And finally we increase the Structure slider to increase localized details and give the look of more textures.

Sample Photos from the Authors: Portrait

Before (Click on photo to zoom)

After (Click on photo to zoom)

Often a portrait needs a simple enhancement. Here we added a little help from Nik Software Coor Efex Pro 4. First, we direct the viewer’s attention by adding Darken Lighten Center to lower the brightness of the edges. Next, we added the filter called Remove Color Cast to reduce the warmth in the image. Finally, Image Border was added suing selection #4 in the default position.

Sample Photos from the Authors: Los Angeles, California Building

Before (Click on photo to zoom)

After (Click on photo to zoom)

This beautiful structure in Los Angeles was the perfect example of how a little increase in control can elevate image quality. Here we again use Nik Software Color Efex Pro 4 and a filter called Brilliance and Warmth. First we moved the saturation slider to the right to increase the value and then also increased the warmth slider by moving to the right. We finished it off by sliding the newest feature, Perceptual Saturation, to the right to add a unique color value to the image. The difference from before to after shows an increase in image quality and took a total editing time about approximately twenty seconds.

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Learn all the features and functionality of the complete Nik family of products

Styled in such a way as to resemble the way photographers think, Nik Software Captured aims to help you learn to apply all the features and functionality of the Nik software products. With Nik Software Captured, authors and Nik Software, Inc. insiders Tony Corbell and Josh Haftel help you use after-capture software products easier and more creatively. Their sole aim is to ensure that you can apply the techniques discussed in the book while gaining a thorough understanding of the capabilities of programs such as Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2, Color Efex Pro 4.0, Silver Efex Pro 2, Sharpener Pro 3.0, and HDR Efex Pro.

• Helps you learn all the features and functionality of the Nik family of products
• Shares tips and techniques on retouching and exposure
• Offers a solid understanding of the importance of light
• Explores ways to save time in the digital workflow
• Answers the demand from readers to compile a variety of techniques conceived to help when using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, and Apple’s Aperture

With Nik Software Captured, you’ll quickly benefit from the array of helpful techniques featured in this single resource.

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The ComSoc Guide to Managing Telecommunications Projects (The ComSoc Guides to Communications Technologies)

A concise, authoritative guide to twenty-first-century telecom project management

As the telecommunications industry experiences ongoing rapid change, projects remain the driver of the industry’s evolution. Projects continue to be crucial to the success of the companies offering products and services in this area. Written by a prominent leader in the field, this pocket guide provides an overview of the telecommunications environment as it has evolved over the past few years, illustrating the need for project management and providing a basic understanding of project management concepts. Going beyond standard processes and techniques to address the special—and changing—needs of the telecom industry, the book then demonstrates the application of project management best practices in the field.

Beginning with a clear definition of a project and an outline of the players involved, the guide then helps you set your project and business objectives (and explains why they are not always the same). It explains how to analyze your project’s scope and manage procurement. Next, various aspects of project risks are reviewed, along with communications requirements. From here, you’ll delve into some of the core concepts of project management—building and maintaining a schedule, managing the costs, and keeping on top of developments. Then the task of managing people is explored, addressing management styles, team building, leadership, workloads, and rewards.

The guide illustrates, via sample projects, the application of project management—as advocated by the Project Management Institute—to the special needs of the telecom industry. The chapters work through three telecom projects from different corporate perspectives: the first involves the introduction of a new wireless technology, which will allow telecom services to remote cities using fourth-generation cellular technology; the second evolves an existing landline network from circuit switched to IP-based, delivering Internet services; and the third designs and installs a corporate customer network showcasing services offered by the industry.

People in both line and staff functions at telecommunications companies who manage either large or small projects will find the featured project management techniques and their real-world applications invaluable. In addition, telecom companies, manufacturers and suppliers who serve the telecom industry, Internet providers, and companies that make products for the datacom industry will also benefit from this brief, accessible guide.

The ComSoc Guide to Managing Telecommunications Projects (The ComSoc Guides to Communications Technologies)

A concise, authoritative guide to twenty-first-century telecom project management

As the telecommunications industry experiences ongoing rapid change, projects remain the driver of the industry’s evolution. Projects continue to be crucial to the success of the companies offering products and services in this area. Written by a prominent leader in the field, this pocket guide provides an overview of the telecommunications environment as it has evolved over the past few years, illustrating the need for project management and providing a basic understanding of project management concepts. Going beyond standard processes and techniques to address the special—and changing—needs of the telecom industry, the book then demonstrates the application of project management best practices in the field.

Beginning with a clear definition of a project and an outline of the players involved, the guide then helps you set your project and business objectives (and explains why they are not always the same). It explains how to analyze your project’s scope and manage procurement. Next, various aspects of project risks are reviewed, along with communications requirements. From here, you’ll delve into some of the core concepts of project management—building and maintaining a schedule, managing the costs, and keeping on top of developments. Then the task of managing people is explored, addressing management styles, team building, leadership, workloads, and rewards.

The guide illustrates, via sample projects, the application of project management—as advocated by the Project Management Institute—to the special needs of the telecom industry. The chapters work through three telecom projects from different corporate perspectives: the first involves the introduction of a new wireless technology, which will allow telecom services to remote cities using fourth-generation cellular technology; the second evolves an existing landline network from circuit switched to IP-based, delivering Internet services; and the third designs and installs a corporate customer network showcasing services offered by the industry.

People in both line and staff functions at telecommunications companies who manage either large or small projects will find the featured project management techniques and their real-world applications invaluable. In addition, telecom companies, manufacturers and suppliers who serve the telecom industry, Internet providers, and companies that make products for the datacom industry will also benefit from this brief, accessible guide.A concise, authoritative guide to twenty-first-century telecom project management

As the telecommunications industry experiences ongoing rapid change, projects remain the driver of the industry’s evolution. Projects continue to be crucial to the success of the companies offering products and services in this area. Written by a prominent leader in the field, this pocket guide provides an overview of the telecommunications environment as it has evolved over the past few years, illustrating the need for project management and providing a basic understanding of project management concepts. Going beyond standard processes and techniques to address the special—and changing—needs of the telecom industry, the book then demonstrates the application of project management best practices in the field.

Beginning with a clear definition of a project and an outline of the players involved, the guide then helps you set your project and business objectives (and explains why they are not always the same). It explains how to analyze your project’s scope and manage procurement. Next, various aspects of project risks are reviewed, along with communications requirements. From here, you’ll delve into some of the core concepts of project management—building and maintaining a schedule, managing the costs, and keeping on top of developments. Then the task of managing people is explored, addressing management styles, team building, leadership, workloads, and rewards.

The guide illustrates, via sample projects, the application of project management—as advocated by the Project Management Institute—to the special needs of the telecom industry. The chapters work through three telecom projects from different corporate perspectives: the first involves the introduction of a new wireless technology, which will allow telecom services to remote cities using fourth-generation cellular technology; the second evolves an existing landline network from circuit switched to IP-based, delivering Internet services; and the third designs and installs a corporate customer network showcasing services offered by the industry.

People in both line and staff functions at telecommunications companies who manage either large or small projects will find the featured project management techniques and their real-world applications invaluable. In addition, telecom companies, manufacturers and suppliers who serve the telecom industry, Internet providers, and companies that make products for the datacom industry will also benefit from this brief, accessible guide.