| 1.
| - Dealing with Digital Photos
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By
Paul McFedries
- May 22, 2013
- Windows 8 comes with some tools that help you view and perform some basic and helpful photo-related tasks. This chapter provides you with the details.
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| 2.
| - Preface to "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition"
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By
W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
- May 16, 2013
- This preface to the highly-anticipated 3rd edition of Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition contains Stephen Rago's current Introduction, his Introduction from the 2nd edition, and also W. Richard Stevens' original Introduction from the 1st edition.
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| 3.
| - Feature Overview and Benefits of Microsoft Lync Server 2013
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By
Alex Lewis, Tom Pacyk, David Ross, Randy Wintle
- May 6, 2013
- Lync Server has transformed into a complete Unified Communications (UC) solution for business that encompasses presence, IM, web conferencing, audio/video (A/V) conferencing, and complete Voice over IP (VoIP) services. This chapter is a high-level overview of what Lync Server 2013 provides to an organization.
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| 4.
| - Essential Windows 8 Shortcuts, Clicks, and Gestures
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By
Michael Miller
- Apr 9, 2013
- Michael Miller provides an invaluable reference to everything you need to know to use Windows 8 to the fullest.
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| 5.
| - My iMac: Sharing Devices, Files, and Services on a Network
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By
John Ray
- Mar 18, 2013
- This chapter helps you make the most of your iMac network connections by showing you how to share files, folders, and devices across networks and between Mac and Windows machines.
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| 6.
| - "The Best Programming Advice I Ever Got" with Rand Morimoto
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By
Rand Morimoto
- Feb 19, 2013
- Rand Morimoto, Microsoft MVP and president of Convergent Computing, writes about the importance of learning PowerShell, even if you're comfortable with using GUIs.
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| 7.
| - Windows 8 Apps and the Windows Store
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By
Brian Knittel, Paul McFedries
- Jan 25, 2013
- This chapter describes the basic apps that come with Windows 8. It also explains how to get new apps from the Windows Store as well as how to uninstall and share apps.
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| 8.
| - Managing Files and Folders in Windows 8
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By
. Perspection Inc., Steve Johnson
- Jan 24, 2013
- This chapter takes a beginner's look at working with individual files in Windows 8 and explains how to find, move, copy, delete, and organize them.
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| 9.
| - Advanced Windows 8 Configuration Options
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By
Mark Edward Soper
- Jan 15, 2013
- This chapter shows how you can modify Windows 8 settings to customize your specific setup.
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| 10.
| - Ubuntu Command-Line Quickstart
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By
Matthew Helmke
- Jan 2, 2013
- This chapter covers some of the basic commands that you need to know to be productive at the command line. You find out how to get to the command line and discover some of the commands used to navigate the file system and perform basic operations with files, directories, and users.
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| 11.
| - Customizing Your Mac
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By
Kate Binder
- Dec 28, 2012
- In this chapter, you’ll learn how to customize the OS X Mountain Lion Finder, the Dock, the desktop, your screen saver, and your security preferences. You’ll also learn how to make your own Dashboard widgets
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| 12.
| - VMware View 5 Implementation
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By
Paul O'Doherty
- Dec 25, 2012
- This chapter describes how to get the components of vSphere up and running. First, however, you need to install vCenter. Let’s run through the installation of vCenter, starting from the configuration of the database.
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| 13.
| - How to Contribute to Open Source Projects
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By
David Chisnall
- Dec 11, 2012
- As an experienced open source developer, David Chisnall gives an overview of some of the various ways that users can easily help ensure that the projects that they care about are of a high quality.
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| 14.
| - Using the Nginx Web Server as a Reverse Proxy: Multiple SSL Sites with a Single IP Address
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By
Jesse Smith
- Nov 26, 2012
- Programming expert Jesse Smith shows how to set up the Nginx web server to improve web hosting performance and host multiple SSL sites using a single IP address.
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| 15.
| - Working with Data in Your Windows 8 Application
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By
Jeremy Likness
- Nov 19, 2012
- Learn about the different types of data that are available to your Windows 8 application and techniques for manipulating, loading, storing, encrypting, signing, and querying data.
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| 16.
| - Starting and Stopping Windows 8
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By
Paul Sanna
- Nov 6, 2012
- This chapter walks you through the steps necessary to start your computer and then sign in to Windows in you're new to Windows 8. You'll also learn how to put your computer to sleep and shut it down completely.
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| 17.
| - Customizing the Windows 8 Start Screen, Colors, and Other Settings
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By
Michael Miller
- Oct 23, 2012
- This chapter walks you through some basic Windows 8 personalization features using lots of illustrated, step-by-step examples.
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| 18.
| - Wow! Getting Around in Windows 8
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By
Katherine Murray
- Oct 17, 2012
- This chapter shows you how to get started with your Windows 8 PC and use touch, mouse, and keyboard to perform common tasks.
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| 19.
| - Alternatives to Using Windows Home Server
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By
Eric Geier
- Oct 15, 2012
- Discover other free solutions for centrally storing, sharing, and backing up your home or small office data, as Microsoft is discontinuing their Windows Home Server.
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| 20.
| - Switching to Windows 8: A Quick Guide for Current Windows Users
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By
Michael Miller
- Oct 15, 2012
- Michael Miller shows you what’s new in Windows 8, and helps you learn how to do all your old tasks the new Windows 8 way.
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