Time doesn¿t stand still¿which means your perfect computer setup from a year ago,perhaps even six months ago, is no longer the latest and greatest. Here to help you navigate the maze of decisions involved in any major upgrade is TechTV¿s popular upgrade guide, completely updated to cover the latest upgrade-worthy hardware and software. In clear, jargon-free language,TechTV¿s Upgrading Your PCanswers all your upgrade questions:When is it time to upgrade? How do you know when an upgrade is worth the price of admission? How do you protect your current applications and data? In the first section of this guide, veteran authorMark Edward Sopertackles the pre-upgrade process, detailing everything you need to do (and ask)beforeyou upgrade. Each of the remaining chapters focuses on a different device or technology¿from hard disks to Surround Sound¿beginning with a list of the top ten reasons for upgrading. The book¿s companion DVD includes a zoomable, interactive tour of a typical computer; interactive tutorials on using the Windows Control Panel and other Windows software components to configure and control new hardware; video clips from TechTV shows demonstrating upgrading issues, and more.

TechTV, the only cable television channel covering technology news, information, and entertainment from a consumer, industry, and market perspective 24 hours a day, brings you the flavor and charisma of their network in a book that will teach the fundamentals of Windows XP. This highly accessible book teaches how to get up-to-speed quickly and how to connect XP to the online world of web browsing, e-mail, and instant messaging. In addition, this second edition contains updated information on multimedia capabilities, wireless networks, broadband connections, and the release of MSN Messenger 8. You'll learn how to set up XP for all the members in a family, install on portable PCs, and how to have some fun with this operating system.

Learn to turn your PC into a recording studio!TechTV's Secrets of the Digital Studio: Insider's Guide to Desktop Recordingenables audio do-it-yourselfers to turn a home PC into a nearly professional recording studio and provides the guidance necessary to use this desktop studio to produce high quality sound. This book covers a wide array of basic (and not so basic) audio techniques, from recording and mixing to burning CDs to developing a home set-up.

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!

You don't have to puzzle over why the iPod is so wildly popular: Apple's lightweight portable music player can store and organize as many as 10,000 songs -- and with the new version of iTunes for Windows, now PC users can sync up their iPods with music they've bought on the iTunes Music Store, just like Mac users can. With this fourth edition of Secrets of the iPod, popular Macworld magazine columnist Christopher Breen brings you even more tricks to help you uncover the hidden potential of your iPod and iPod mini. Book jacket.

Explains how to use the portable music player with a Windows PC or a Macintosh computer to perform functions including play music, store personal contact and calendar information, and use as a portable FireWire drive.

For Introductory Computer courses in Microsoft Office 2003 or courses in Computer Concepts with a lab component for Microsoft Office 2003 applications. Master the How and Why of Office 2003! Students master the "How and Why" of performing tasks in Office and gain a greater understanding of how to use the individual applications together to solve business problems.