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TechTV Leo Laporte's 2004 Technology Almanac
- By Leo Laporte, Megan Morrone
- Published Sep 8, 2003 by Peachpit Press. Part of the TechTV series.
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- Copyright 2004
- Dimensions: 7-3/8" x 9-1/8"
- Pages: 480
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-7357-1369-3
- ISBN-13: 978-0-7357-1369-7
In this volume, Leo Laporte and his co-hosts at The Screen Savers TV show provide a year¿s worth of anecdotes, tips, factoids, and musings about the machines at the center of our lives. A page is devoted to each day of the year, and each page includes several elements: typically a single-topic essay that takes up most of the page (on subjects as varied as ergonomics, Easter eggs in popular programs, processor overclocking, and discount-travel Web sites), and hints, tips, references to worthwhile software, and goofy trivia. As you make your way through the year, you¿ll discover how to keep PC hassles to a minimum while learning something about technology and its impact on society¿all delivered with the wit and wisdom of your favorite stars from The Screen Savers!
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Table of Contents
Introduction.
1. Make Your Computer New for the New Year.
Backup Basics. Windows XP Built-in System Diagnostic Tools. Must-Have System Diagnostic Tools. Ultimate Data Destruction. Organize Your Bookmarks. Top Three Mac-Compatible Mouses. Modify OS X with .plist Files. Modify OS X with .plist Files (continued). How Do USB Ports Work? Fix Broken Monitors. Myths about the Mac. Add a Second Hard Drive. Create Restore Points in Windows XP. Forget Memory Managers. Put OpenOffice.org on OS X. Change the Logon Message in Windows XP. Drive 10 Disk Utility for OS X. Create a Partition. How Durable Are Your CDs and Floppy Disks? Move Your Mac OS X Swap File with Swap Cop. Delete the Scraps and Leftovers on Your Hard Drive. Customize Your Mac OS X Terminal. Monster Machine: G4/PC Hybrid. Monster Machine: G4/PC Hybrid (continued). Three-in-One Computer. Build a Hard-Drive Switcher. Repair Your Scratched CDs. Save Your Data the Broadband Way. Windows Error Messages. Build a Terabyte System. How to Pick a Graphics Card.
2. Games and Entertainment.
Leo's Pick: The Pyramat PM300. Leo's Pick: There. The All Seeing Eye. Trick Out Game Boy and Game Boy Advance. Play Video Formats on Your Mac. Which Console Should You Get? Twisted List: Video Games. Goodies That Won't Break the Budget. How to Cheat at Solitaire. Classic Arcade Gaming. Games for the Graphically Challenged. Twisted List: Alien Games. Ultimate Gaming Machine 6.0. UGM 6.0: Benchmarks. Twisted List: Top Five Free Arcade Games. Sub-$500 Gaming PC. Small-Time Gaming with Linux. Help Yourself: Game Peripherals. NVidia GeForce Chips Explained. Wil Wheaton's Favorite Games. Are Emulators Legal? Warcraft III Strategies and Tips. Twisted List: Dinosaur Games. My Cheating Heart. The Commodore 64 Is Alive. The Commodore 64 Is Alive (continued). Hot Wheels. Patrick's Favorite Free Games. Xbox Mod Chips.
3. Stay Safe Online.
Firewalls in Mac OS X. Protect Your Identity Online. File-Sharing Tips and Tricks. Mind Your Manners. TiVo Web Access. Clean Out Your PC. Lifting Laptops. Always on, Always Vulnerable? Windows XP User Accounts and Permissions. Top Ten Ways to Secure Your PC. Password-Protect Your Website. Macro Security. Hidden Files on a Shared Network. Favorite Free Utilities. Top Five Ways to Detect Spyware. Netcam Motion Detection. Remove Ads from XP's Messenger. Secure Your Wi-Fi. Stay Anonymous Online. The Screen Savers' Site-O-Rama. Spybot—Search & Destroy. Windows XP Password- Recovery Disk. ZoneAlarm. SlimBrowser. Crack Windows Passwords. Secret Data Stash. Secret Data Stash (continued). It's a Router; It's a Firewall. Safeguard Your Passwords. Secure Public Wi-Fi. Control Access to Your Internet Options.
4. Manage Your Life Online.
Create a FileMaker Database. Safety Tips for Booking Trips Online. Talking GPS Devices. ReplayTV Takes on TiVo. Favorites: Ten for X. Definitive Guide to Windows Shortcuts. Four Fun Gadgets for Power to Go. Planes, PDAs, and Cell Phones. Sumi's Top Five Products for Less Than $20. Track Your Phone Usage. Kennolyn Camp. Become a Laptop DJ. Eavesdropping on the Womb. Games for Girls and Boys. Best Camcorders for Less Than $800. Best Camcorders for Less Than $800 (continued). Recycle Your Old Computer. Who Needs Paper? Patrick-Proof Notebooks. Healthy Dose of Sites. Government Goodies. Moving Made Simple. Speed School. Do Cell Phones and Gas Stations Mix? Pay Bills Online. Tech Support Survival Guide. Find Health Sites You Can Trust. Print Custom Envelopes and Labels. Timesaving Tips for Word 2000 and XP. Timesaving Tips for Word 2000 and XP (continued). Give Windows XP a Creative Boost.
5. Merry Month of May.
Leo's iPod Essentials. Leo's iPod Essentials (continued). Home Theater PC. So You Wanna Be an iPod. What to Look for in a DVD Player. What to Look for in a DVD Player (continued). Rip CDs to MP3s. MP3 Jukebox Software. Give Windows XP a Creative Boost. DVD Region Coding. Can Bad MP3s Be Saved? MP3 Explained. Music Machines: Elektron's Machinedrum and Propellerhead's Reason 2.0. MusicMatch Tips. Standalone MP3 Player. Leo and Patrick's Portable MP3 Player Picks. How to Burn an Audio CD. Image Browser Arctic. Personalize and Organize Your MP3s. Reset the Apple iPod. Where Can I Find and Download MP3s? Build Your Own Headphone Amp. Phone Call to MP3. Phone Call to MP3 (continued). Build an MP3 Player. Alcohol 120%. iTunes Tour. Music Mayhem. MP3 vs MiniDisc. Autocopy Files in iPhoto and iTunes. MP3Gain.
6. Weird and Wonderful World Wide Web.
Browserless Blogs. Find Out How to Speed Your Web Surfing. Download Faster. Customize Your Browser in Windows XP Professional. Three Things You Need to Know About Mozilla. Blog Tools Here. Douglas Rushkoff's Open-Source Novel. Twisted List: Weird World of Lego. Release/Renew Your IP Address. Cover Your Tracks on the Internet. Web Browsers for Linux. Blog Report. New Blog on the Block. Avant Browser. Movies Online. STG Cache Audit. Chimera Tweaks. Create Your Own Internet Radio Station. Add a Guest Book to Your Website. Alternative Browsers. uJournal. Twisted List: Google Parasites. How to Download. How to Download (continued). Destroy Pop-Up Windows. Deconstruct Your Favorite Web Pages. Blogs of The Screen Savers. Twisted List: Martin's Equations. Free Money. Free Money (continued).
7. Family Photography.
Shoot and Print Great Digital Pictures. Shoot and Print Great Digital Pictures (continued). Free Animation Education. Seamlessly Join Multiple Scans with Photoshop. Roundup: Sub-$100 Scanners. Roundup: Sub-$100 Scanners (continued). Digital Day in the Life. Get the Most Out of Your Digital Camera. Family Photos Online in a Flash. What Megapixels Mean. Compensate for Camera Distortion. Ancient Scanning Secrets. Scanning Oversize Documents. More Scanning Secrets: Be Clever. Make a Coffee-Table Book. Shopping for a Tiny Camera. Make Your Own DVDs. Make New Photos Look Old. Vallen JPegger. Extract Part of an Image. Resize Images for Email Transmission. Shoot Mini-Movies. Use Photoshop Elements to Grab Frames. The Alpha Channel. Fixing Dog Eye in Photoshop Elements. Shadows Over Rough Surfaces. Digital-Camera Lighting Tricks. Manage Your Digital Photos. 1394 and the Wild World of Video Capture. Wedding Glasses. Transfer Video to CD.
8. Work at the Beach.
Noise-Canceling Headphones. Synch Your Cell Phone with a PC. PDAs on the Cheap: Bargain-Basement PDAs for Less Than $200. What's Wi-Fi? Must-Have PDA Downloads. Cellular Text Messaging. Text-Messaging Tricks. Leo's Pick: Palm Zire 71. Cell Phone Dilemma: GSM or CDMA? Roundup: Cool Camera/ Phone Combos. What to Do If Your Mobile Device Takes a Swim. Should You Upgrade to Satellite Radio? Pat's Pocket PC Game Picks. Quickly Transfer Data Without the Messy Cables. Recharge Your Laptop in Your Car. Wireless Internet Access on the Road. Recharging Your Cell Phone Battery. Put a Planetarium on Your PDA. Customize Your Ring Tones. FutureDial Software. Take Your Favorite TV Shows With You. Make Your PC Wireless. Changing Cell Phone Service Providers. Peak and Off-Peak Rates. Boost the Apple AirPort. Cell Phone Reception. Get RoadWired for the Road. How Many Wi-Fi Networks Are Too Many? Free Travel Tools for Your PDA. Read e-Books on Your PDA. Laptop Travel Tips.
9. Back to School.
Best Homework Helper Sites. Free e-Books by Great Women Writers. Digital Encyclopedias. Unlock Mysteries of the Deep. John Conway's Game of Life. Our Expanding Universe. Top Five Myths about Women and Technology. Top Five Myths about Women and Technology (continued). Home Workshop Tips: Beginning Experiments. High-Resolution Camera for Mars. Quake Hunters. Build Famous Robots. All Aboard the Blimp. Organize Your Send to Folder. Getting Schooled in Videogames. Storm Chaser Tech. The Tech of Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Reading Lies on Your Face. Hot Health and Fitness Gadgets. Get the Most Bang for Your Buck. Roundup: Multifunction Printers. 602Pro PC Suite. Notesbrowser Free. America 1900 Family Tree Builder. Ten-Minute Website. Build Your Own Macaquarium. Twisted List: Five Hot Word Tricks. Twisted List: Five Hot Word Tricks (continued). SnapStream. News on Your Desktop.
10. Control Your Email, Battle Spam.
Kill Spam Dead. AOL Kids. Duplicate Outlook Express Messages. Linux Evolution Graphical Mail Client. Request a Read Receipt in Outlook. Send Email from Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Leo's Email: Stop Spyware. Jaguar's Spam Filters. Save Attachments to Disk. Back Up Your Address Book. Check Your Email from Anywhere in the World. Check Your Email from Anywhere in the World (continued). Iris Packet Sniffing. Surf and Email Anonymously. Highlight Email Containing Attachments in Outlook Express. Save Your Hotmail to Your Hard Drive. When Is It Safe to Open Email Attachments? Forward AOL Email. Email Header Secrets. Stop XP's Messenger from Loading. Email Pictures. Email Without a PC. Stop Spam in Its Tracks. Default Email in IE. Make Macros in MS Office. Secret of Using Outlook Express with Dialup. Breaking the Chain of Spam. Email Huge Files in Outlook Express. Get the Best Dialup Speed. Decipher Modem Speeds. Halloween.
11. Troubleshooting.
Manage Windows Startup Items. OpenSecrets.org. Patrick's Top Tips for Upgrading Your Motherboard. Dual Boot Linux and Windows. House Call: Upgrading the Roots and Shoots Computer. Host a LAN Party. Shop for Your Thanksgiving Feast Online. How to Add RAM. Home Networking Gets Easy. Home Networking Gets Easy (continued). Top Five Reasons That Safari Is Better Than Internet Explorer. Possessed PC. Set System Restore's Clock. Speed Up Your Mac. Build a 500GB Server. The Uses of Ping. Create a Dummy User Account for OS Troubleshooting. Linux Alternatip: Kill Processes. Build a Power Meter for $5. Top Five Reasons to Go Broadband. OBD-II in a Nutshell. Antec Performance Hard Drive Cooling System. Internet Time Synchronization. Get Back Deleted Files. Thanksgiving Recipes Online. Beat Five Windows Annoyances in Five Minutes. Energy-Efficient Office Equipment. Secret TiVo Codes. Purify Your Power. Turn Your PC into a Replay TV Unit.
12. Leftovers.
Top Applications for New Computers. Travel the World. Festival of Volume Knobs. Holiday Icons. Leo's Pick: Konfabulator. Browse by Object. Free Web-Based Photo Albums. Free Web-Based Photo Albums (continued). Are You “Always On”? Starter. Make Your TV Kid-Friendly. Make Your TV Kid-Friendly (continued). Toys for Twisted Tots. TimeLeft. Techno Travel: Stay Entertained While You Fly. Celestia. Be a Good Gift Giver. Software Basics. Get Safe with the “Giz Wiz”. Movie Mistakes. Create and Remove Hyperlinks in Your Microsoft Office Applications. Info Angel. Limit Internet Access. Limit Internet Access (continued). Pat's Picks for Free and Legal Music Online. Friendster. Three Cool Spy Cams. Bullfighter. Conquer the Universal Remote Control. Answer Kids' Tough Questions. Twenty Years of Goofy Gadgets.
Index.