Get ready for some down-and-dirty hackin'! Over 200 serious hacks readers can use to force Windows XP to do it their way, written in the ExtremeTech no-holds-barred style

Sinchak doesn't waste time tweaking Movie Maker or Instant Messenger-these hacks are heavy-duty, detailed instructions for squeezing every drop of power from Windows XP and maximizing speed, appearance, and security

Not for the faint of heart! This book is written for users who aren't afraid to roll up their sleeves, risk voiding their warranties, take total control of the task bar, uninstall programs that are supposedly permanent, and beef up boot speed

Mines gems like unlocking hidden settings, customizing boot screens, supercharging online and program launch speed, maximizing the file system and RAM, and dumping hated features for good

Written by the creator of TweakXP.com, a site considered Mecca for Windows hackers and trusted by more than ten million Windows XP users worldwide

Includes a hacker's dream CD-ROM with a set of ready-to-install hacks, theme creation tools, custom boot screens, "undo" files that help the reader tinker with Windows XP's registry, and a whole lot more

Based on the authors' experiences in developing and teaching Symbian OS, this practical guide is perfect for programmers and provides a series of example-based scenarios that show how to develop Symbian applications. - Exercises walk the reader through the initial development of a console-based card game engine to a graphical user interface(GUI)-based, two player blackjack game operating over a Bluetooth connection between two mobile phones

- Addresses how Symbian offers a number of different variants to allow for different user interfaces and screen savers - the most prevalent of these is S60
- Discusses how the move toward 3G technology has resulted in an increasing need for mobile application development for S60 devices.

Compiled by Red Hat Software, Inc., the company that has assembled the most popular x86 installation of Linux, this command reference is massive, authoritative, and as complete as any reference can be.

In 1,500 pages of tiny print, this heavy-duty tome documents every command, utility, file system, library function, and administration tool in the operating system. Linux also features a detailed kernel reference guide and a good index. And if the print size bothers you, the entire contents of the book are included on the companion CD-ROM, along with the Unix version of the Adobe Acrobat reader. In Acrobat, you can adjust the font size to something more readable. If you're running a Linux system and acting as your own system administrator, Linux: Complete Command Reference is an indispensable reference.

Straight from the pen of this Master Card Worker comes a new book which we feel sure will become a popular reference source for all that is best in CLOSE-UP CARD MAGIC. If you are interested in Card Magic at all, you MUST have this book. Guaranteed to give you more useful, entertaining, audience preferred card effects, than any other book available. 272 pages full of astounding effects, routines, ideas by Harry Lorayne and some of his friends, including some of the best minds in Card Magic: Dai Vernon, Francis Carlyle, Johnny Benzais, Frank Garcia, Herb Zarrow, Alex Elmsley, Al Leech, Jay Ose, Sam Schwartz, Ken Krenzel, Howard Schwartzman, Bill Simon, Walter Cummings, Paul Curry, Oscar Weigle, and others. Chapter for chapter, page for page, line for line, the most clearly and concisely written, and best magic content of ANY book you’ve ever possessed. Effective card mysteries you will do immediately, unique card tricks with which you will bewilder your friends, novel card mysteries you may have seen the experts do, all these revealed in this beautiful 272 page, easy to understand, DELUXE EDITION. One of the many unsolicited letters we have received praising “Close-Up Card Magic”.

These projects are fun to build and fun to use

Make lights dance to music, play with radio remote control, or build your own metal detector

Who says the Science Fair has to end? If you love building gadgets, this book belongs on your radar. Here are complete directions for building ten cool creations that involve light, sound, or vibrations — a weird microphone, remote control gizmos, talking toys, and more, with full parts and tools lists, safety guidelines, and wiring schematics.

How to perform over 600 card tricks, devised by the world's greatest magicians. 66 illustrations.

Great starter for Street Magic tricks. Impress your friends and family with these great magic tricks/illusions/slights of hand!

"Anyone who can dial a telephone can learn to play popular piano quickly and easily."

So says Norman Monath, author of How to Play Popular Piano in 10 Easy Lessons. His no-frills, no-drills method will have you playing simple tunes within 30 minutes — even if you don't know one note from another.

For everyone from rank beginner to experienced virtuoso, this step-by-step, uncomplicated guidebook makes learning to play popular piano the easy and enjoyable experience it should be.

The King in Jeopardy: The Best Techniques for Attack and Defense is the highly praised best-selling fourth book in Grandmaster Lev Alburt's six-volume Comprehensive Chess Course. The King in Jeopardy's predecessor, Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player, was acclaimed by legendary former Chess Life Editor Larry Parr as "the best thing ever written for achieving quick improvement in tactical play!"

This video series consists of over two hours of content focused on solving the common questions developers are facing every day with ASP.NET 2.0.
1. Learn the Tips and Tricks of Experts?
View tips and tricks including encrypting sensitive information stored in the web.config file, posting content to a different page, simplifying complex URLs using URL remapping, and much, much more.
Duration: 18 minutes, 46 seconds
2. Create a Multi-Lingual Site with Localization?
Learn how to create culture-aware and locale-specific web content with no additional code. Use the Resource Editor to create page-level and application-level resources.
Duration: 13 minutes, 37 seconds
3. Make Greater use of Caching?
Watch a demonstration of Partial-Page Output Caching, followed by an overview of the Cache API that demonstrates how to efficiently bind a data presentation control to an XML file.
Duration: 15 minutes, 36 seconds
4. Make use of Caching?
Watch a demonstration of Page Output Caching followed by an overview of the new Database Caching support for SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005.
Duration: 11 minutes, 34 seconds

Get expert, pragmatic guidance on how to design and build smart client solutions that combine the benefits of traditional, rich-client applications with the manageability of thin clients. Software architects and developers will learn how to evaluate whether a smart client solution is appropriate for their client architecture, and get practical recommendations on how to deal with the design and technical challenges associated with building smart clients solutions using Microsoft® Windows® Forms technology in the Microsoft .NET Framework. Topics include handling data, connecting to the back end, offline functionality, security features, multithreading, deployment, and performance. PATTERNS & PRACTICES guides are reviewed and approved by Microsoft engineering teams, consultants, partners, and customers—delivering accurate, real-world information that’s been technically validated and tested.