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Recording audio notes in Evernote
February 8, 2012 12:00am PST
This excerpt from Que's My Evernote walks through the basic process of creating audio notes on various devices.
Provided by: Que Publishing
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Making design collaboration work
March 31, 2010 12:00am PDT
This chapter from The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist, by Fred Brooks (author of The Mythical Man-Month), offers a detailed look at the role of collaboration in modern...
Provided by: Addison Wesley Professional
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Get started developing iPhone apps
January 8, 2010 12:00am PST
This chapter from iPhone for Programmers: An App-Driven Approach looks at iPhone functionality, the updated features of the iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 3x operating system, the Cocoa frameworks,...
Provided by: Prentice Hall PTR
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Plan a successful migration to Exchange Server 2010
October 27, 2009 12:00am PDT
This sample chapter from Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Unleashed will help administrators implement their build or upgrade through standardized processes of planning, prototyping, and migrating...
Provided by: Sams Publishing
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Tune Windows 7 for maximum speed and efficiency
October 20, 2009 12:00am PDT
This sample chapter from Microsoft Windows 7 Unleashed explains how to monitor Windows 7 system performance and optimize startup, applications, the hard disk, and virtual memory. Title:...
Provided by: Sams Publishing
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Working with the Windows 7 Registry
August 26, 2009 12:00am PDT
In his recently published book Microsoft Windows 7 Unleashed, author Paul McFedries introduces a variety of techniques, workarounds, obscure details, and customization tricks to help you get more...
Provided by: Sams Publishing
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Get relief from the burden of e-mail
September 19, 2008 12:00am PDT
E-mail can overwhelm your inbox and kill your productivity if it gets out of hand. This chapter from Take back your life!: Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to Get Organized and Stay Organized...
Provided by: Microsoft Press
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Reduce cost and administration overhead with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
September 4, 2008 12:00am PDT
Organizations are embracing server virtualization as a means of saving money and simplifying management of their network server environment. This sample chapter from Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V...
Provided by: Sams Publishing
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Practical tips for working with Word 2007 documents
August 19, 2008 12:00am PDT
Once you get past the initial learning curve, you can hone your Word 2007 skills for more power and efficiency. This sample chapter from Tricks of the Microsoft Office 2007 Gurus introduces a...
Provided by: Que Publishing
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Make Outlook 2007 folders work for you
August 15, 2008 12:00am PDT
This sample chapter from Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 explains how to navigate in Outlook's new interface, create folders, move and copy information between folders, and...
Provided by: Que Publishing
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Get a handle on service-oriented design methodology
August 7, 2008 12:00am PDT
The discipline of service-oriented modeling and design provides guidelines for effectively designing an SOA using services, service components, and process flows. This chapter from Executing SOA:...
Provided by: IBM Press
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User beware: Electronic documents can reveal far more than you want
July 17, 2008 12:00am PDT
The WYSIWYG mentality can be dangerous when users fail to understand what underlies the visible presentation of electronic data. This chapter from Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness...
Provided by: Addison-Wesley
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Improve your UI by expressing time effectively
July 17, 2008 12:00am PDT
Your user interface may convey time for various reasons, such as through progress indicators that tell users how long they have to wait for an operation to complete. This chapter from Designing...
Provided by: Addison-Wesley
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A look at how the digital explosion is affecting your world
July 3, 2008 12:00am PDT
Digital technologies have already had a dramatic impact on how we create and share information -- and we're just getting started. This chapter from Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and...
Provided by: Addison-Wesley
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Make your next hire based on past behaviors, not personality
July 3, 2008 12:00am PDT
When you're interviewing job applicants, do you search for traits such as hardworking, confident, and dependable? In this brief introductory chapter from The Truth About Managing People, 2nd...
Provided by: FT Press
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Learn to access and share Vista network resources
June 27, 2008 12:00am PDT
To be truly useful, a home or small office network needs to be configured to allow resource sharing among users. This chapter from Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista: Your Guide to Easy and...
Provided by: Que Publishing
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Design useful, professional-looking custom Vista gadgets
June 12, 2008 12:00am PDT
Sidebar gadgets can bring useful and convenient functionality to the Vista desktop -- especially when you create a custom gadget to meet your own (or your users') specific needs. This chapter from...
Provided by: Sams Publishing
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Tackle complex reengineering projects -- one bite at a time
June 3, 2008 12:00am PDT
Developers are rarely charged with creating entirely new "Greenfield" systems. IT projects are typically mired in the accumulated complexities of pre-existing systems. This sample chapter from...
Provided by: IBM Press
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Leverage the power of Control Panel and group policies in Vista
May 28, 2008 12:00am PDT
Control Panel and group policies in Windows Vista are powerful, flexible tools if you wield them correctly -- but a lot of people don't fully understand their capabilities or they create problems...
Provided by: Sams Publishing
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Improve your HTML using refactoring techniques
May 28, 2008 12:00am PDT
Refactoring code lets you rewrite it without introducing bugs -- and a similar approach can be used to improve your HTML. This sample chapter from Refactoring HTML: Improving the Design of...
Provided by: Addison-Wesley
