Sunday Telegraph -November 29 2009

Sunday Telegraph -November 29 2009

Britains's Best Selling Quality Daily

28 MB | PDF | 58 Pages | English

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VoIP Hacks: Tips & Tools for Internet Telephony

VoIP Hacks: Tips & Tools for Internet Telephony

O'Reilly Media | ISBN: 0596101333 | December 1, 2005 | CHM | 306 pages | 6 MB

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is gaining a lot of attention these days, as more companies and individuals switch from standard telephone service to phone service via the Internet. The reason is simple: A single network to carry voice and data is easier to scale, maintain, and administer. As an added bonus, it's also cheaper, because VoIP is free of the endless government regulations and tariffs imposed upon phone companies.

VoIP is simply overflowing with hack potential, and "VoIP Hacks" is the practical guide from O'Reilly that presents these possibilities to you. It provides dozens of hands-on projects

for building a VoIP network, showing you how to tweak and customize a multitude of exciting things to get the job done. Along the way, you'll also learn which standards and practices

work best for your particular environment. Among the quick and clever solutions showcased in the book are those for:

gauging VoIP readiness on an enterprise network

using SIP, H.323, and other signaling specifications

providing low-layer security in a VoIP environment

employing IP hardphones, analog telephone adapters, and softPBX servers dealing with and avoiding the most common VoIP deployment mistakes

In reality, "VoIP Hacks" contains only a small subset of VoIP knowledge-enough to serve as an introduction to the world of VoIP and teach you how to use it to save money, be more productive, or just impress your friends. If you love to tinker and optimize, this is the one technology, and the one book, you must investigate.

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Microsoft Certified Application Specialist Study Guide

Microsoft Certified Application Specialist Study Guide:

2007 Microsoft Office System Edition

Demonstrate your expertise with the 2007 Microsoft Office system! This comprehensive study guide covers all the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exams for Microsoft Office,

including Word 2007, Excel 2007, Outlook 2007, PowerPoint 2007, and Access 2007. For each exam, you ll build the skills and knowledge measured by its objectives through a series of step-by-step exercises, practice questions, and real-world scenarios. Easy-to-follow screen shots and explanations bring key concepts to life and expertly guide you through the material.

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The Week - 28 November 2009

The Week - 28 November 2009

PDF | 57 pages | 18.8 Mb | English

The Week, a weekly news magazine in the UK

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C++ How To Program - 5th Edition

C ++ How To Program - 5th Edition

With over 250,000 sold, Harvey and Paul Deitel's C++ How to Program is the world's best-selling introduction to C++ programming. Now, this classic has been thoroughly updated! The Deitels' groundbreaking How to Program series offers unparalleled breadth and depth of programming concepts and intermediate-level topics for further study.

The books in this series feature hundreds of complete, working programs with thousands of lines of code. Deitels' C++ How to Program is the most comprehensive, practical introduction to C++ ever published-with hundreds of hands-on exercises, roughly 250 complete programs written and documented for easy learning, and exceptional insight into good programming practices, maximizing performance, avoiding errors, debugging, and testing. The updated Fifth Edition now includes a new early classes pedagogy-classes and objects are introduced in Chapter 3 and used throughout the book as appropriate. A valuable reference for programmers and anyone interested in learning the C++ programming language and object-oriented development in C++.

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Daily Telegraph -November 25, 2009

Daily Telegraph -November 25, 2009

Britain's Best Selling Quality Daily

27 MB | PDF | Retail | 38 Pages | english

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Computer Music Magazine -November 2009

Computer Music Magazine -November 2009

English | 132 pages | PDF | 55.00 Mb

Computer Music is the complete guide to making music with a computer. There are millions of potential musicians out there and this magazine will help them get the right software and

hardware and show them how to use it. Technology is now at a stage where computer users can complete virtually every musical task in the computer domain. This magazine enables computer owners to develop their musical interest and expertise.

EDITORIAL FEATURES: Extensive interactive tutorials, in-depth product reviews, glossaries, frequently asked questions, interviews with games musicians, integrated DVD-ROM, film music composers and pop personalities. There are also major news reports and detailed Internet features in every issue.

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Computer Music Magazine - October 2009

Computer Music Magazine - October 2009

English | Scan to PDF | 105 Pages | 73.5Mb

Computer Music is the complete guide to making music with a computer. There are millions of potential musicians out there and this magazine will help them get the right software and

hardware and show them how to use it. Technology is now at a stage where computer users can complete virtually every musical task in the computer domain. This magazine enables computer owners to develop their musical interest and expertise.

EDITORIAL FEATURES: Extensive interactive tutorials, in-depth product reviews, glossaries, frequently asked questions, interviews with games musicians, integrated DVD-ROM, film music composers and pop personalities. There are also major news reports and detailed Internet features in every issue.

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Help Desk 100 Success Secrets

Help Desk 100 Success Secrets

Helpdesk Need to Know topics covering Help desk jobs, Help desk software, computer Help desk, Help desk support, Helpdesk jobs, IT Help desk and Much more

There has never been a Help Desk manual like this. 100 Success Secrets is not about the ins

and outs of the Help Desk. Instead, it answers the top 100 questions that we are asked and

those we come across in forums, our consultancy and education programs. It tells you exactly

how to deal with those questions, with tips that have never before been offered in print:.

This book is also not about a Help Desk's best practice and standards details. Instead it introduces everything you want to know to be successful with and in a Help Desk: AdvantagesThat Help Desk LAN Analysts, PC Technicians Can Do For Your Business, An Introduction to the listening Processes Help Desk Program, Another Name for Desk Help software, Applying Helpdesk Applications, Being a Helpdesk Supervisor, Benefits of Software Help Desk, Computer Call Center Help Desk Coping With the Demands of the Call Center Generation, Computer Help Desk in a Call Center Environment, Customer Service Help Desk - Pointers to Delivering World Class Customer Service, Defining Help Desk Customer Service, Delivering Solutions Through Microsoft Helpdesk Remote Assistance, Do I Need a Help Desk PC Technician?, Do I Qualify as a Call Center Help Desk Agent?, Do I Qualify as a Help Desk Administrator?, Each Level of Support Help Desk Procedures, Entry-Level Helpdesk Computer:

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Daily Telegraph -November 23, 2009

Daily Telegraph -November 23, 2009

Britains's Best Selling Quality Daily

17 MB | PDF | Retail | 36 Pages | english

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Excel 2007 VBA Macro Programming

Excel 2007 VBA Macro Programming

Develop custom Excel VBA macros

Perfect for power users, this practical resource reveals how to maximize the features and functionality of Excel 2007. You'll get in-depth details on Excel VBA programming and application development followed by 21 real-world projects--complete with source code--that show you how to set up specific subroutines and functions. The book then explains how to

include the subroutines in the Excel menu system and transform a set of interrelated VBA macros into an Excel add-in package. Create your own Excel 2007 VBA macros right away with help from this hands-on guide.

Excel 2007 VBA Macro Programming shows you how to:

Write and debug VBA code

Create custom dialog boxes and buttons

Maximize the Excel object model

Write code to interact with a database

Add functionality to your programs with API calls

Insert class modules

Develop custom menus for the Ribbon

Animate objects in Excel

Create and manipulate Pivot Tables in VBA

Expand calculation and search functions

Create full-fledged Excel add-ins

Use VBA to work with XML files

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PC Magazine: Office 2007 Solutions

PC Magazine: Office 2007 Solutions

PDF | 456 pages | 15.68 MB

Office 2007 is packed with features that will make you more productive both at work and at home. Who better than PC Magazine to show you all the secrets and solutions? From the safest and easiest way to install Office 2007 to keeping it up to date, using Office to create Web pages, and integrating with Vista, here's what you need on all six applications—from the people you trust to be your own personal tech support team.

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Things You should Know about Windows 7

We can confidently say that Windows 7 is a step ahead, a step toward the future, and what IT professionals really need to know about Windows 7 (that you might not already know) are these nine things:

1. Using the Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
2. Using the Problem Steps Recorder
3. How BranchCache works
4. How DirectAccess works
5. What the options are for PowerShell 2.0
6. How PowerShell scripts can be used to replace other scripts
7. How Windows Remote Management (WinRM) works with PowerShell
8. How remote administration tools are changing
9. What the options are for virtual hard disks

Everything else is icing on the cake, with two notable exceptions: application-compatibility options and virtualization options using Windows XP mode. I’d add related discussions, but these are things I cover in my article “Can’t We All Just Get Along?” Let’s skip the razzle dazzle and dig right in to each feature:

Deployment Image Servicing and Management Tool

Being able to work with both live operating systems and offline images makes Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) one of the most valuable new administrative tools available in Windows 7. With offline images, IT professionals can use DISM to mount and unmount Windows 7 images stored in Windows Image (.WIM) files or Virtual Hard Disk (.VHD) files. Once images are mounted, IT professionals can use DISM to:

• Enumerate packages, features and drivers
• Add or remove packages, features and drivers
• Display information about installed MSI applications and installed MSP patches
• Upgrade Windows 7 to a higher edition
• Manage product keys, default languages and locale settings

Although DISM is primarily for working with offline and mounted images, IT professionals can use DISM to service online images of Windows operating systems as well. With live operating systems, use DISM to:

• Display information about installed features, drivers and packages
• Enable or disable Windows features
• Display information about the currently installed edition of Windows
• Display regional and language information and more

DISM ships with Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions.

Using the Problem Steps Recorder

Sure, DISM is great for IT professionals, but what about tools that can help solve problems users may be experiencing? Well, Windows 7 includes many built-in troubleshooters that can help users diagnose and resolve problems on their own. For example, users can click the Troubleshooting link in Action Center to display all available troubleshooters and then click the troubleshooter that they want to use.

When the troubleshooter starts, the user follows a series of prompts and by default, any suggested fixes can be applied automatically. If a problem cannot be resolved automatically, IT professionals may want the user to send a troubleshooting report. To automate this process, Windows 7 includes the Problem Steps Recorder (PSR). This feature can capture step-by-step details related to the exact problem a user is having so that the support staff can more easily diagnose and resolve the issue. The basic approach works like this:

1. The user starts PSR and turns on the recording feature.
2. The user performs the action that isn’t working correctly.
3. Screen captures for all the user steps are recorded automatically.
4. The user stops recording and is prompted to saved the recorded information.
5. The user sends the report containing the screen captures to a support technician.

As the report contains a fairly complete record of the problem, the support technician is more likely to be able to diagnose and resolve the problem—all without requiring the technician to access the user’s computer for the initial troubleshooting.

BranchCache Power Primer

Windows BranchCache makes life easier and faster for users in branch offices who get documents and other types of files from centralized servers. With BranchCache, desktop computers in a branch office can get files from a local cache rather than having to retrieve files from remote servers. Branch caching works with files that are transferred using Server Message Block (SMB) and Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), allowing files transferred from internal file servers and intranet Web servers to be cached.

Branch caching can be configured in one of two ways:

• Distributed cache mode When you use distributed cache mode, desktop computers running Windows 7 host distributed file caches for other computers at the branch office. A branch server is not needed because each local computer caches and sends out files.
• Hosted cache mode When you use hosted cache mode, a server running Windows Server 2008 R2 and located in the branch office hosts the local file cache. The server caches files and sends them to clients.

BranchCache can dramatically improve response times and dramatically reduce transfer times for documents, Web pages and multimedia content. For clients, you configure BranchCache through Group Policy.

DirectAccess Power Primer

Windows DirectAccess allows users to use their computer at home or away from the office exactly as they do at work. Not only are users seamlessly connected to the corporate network anytime they have Internet access, every user request for corporate resources also is securely directed to the corporate network without requiring users to connect to a Virtual Private Network (VPN).

DirectAccess takes advantage of IPv6 and IPsec to provide a secure network infrastructure. Both computers and users are authenticated before they can access the corporate network. IPsec is used to encrypt communications across the Internet. IT professionals can control which resources users can access, whether only traffic destined for the corporate network goes through the DirectAccess server or all Internet and intranet traffic goes through the DirectAccess server. IT professionals can configure network traffic routing using the Route All Traffic Through The Internal Network policy under Administrative Templates\Network\Network Connections.

DirectAccess relies on Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) for end-to-end connectivity. By default, applications that only use IPv4 cannot be reached by DirectAccess clients. However, IPv6-capable applications can reach IPv4-only resources on an intranet using an IPv6/IPv4 translation device. DirectAccess implementation requires an Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol-based IPv6 infrastructure, which IT professionals can configure and set up using the DirectAccess Setup Wizard.

60-Second Tour of PowerShell 2.0, Scripts, Tools and WinRM

Windows PowerShell extends the command line by creating a command shell that has a shell/scripting language loosely based on C# and an object model based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. Both 32-bit and 64-bit environments are available, in addition to a graphical environment called the PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE).

IT professionals can use PowerShell to more easily configure user computers. With PowerShell and the Add-Computer cmdlet, adding a computer to a domain becomes a one-step process. Ditto for creating system restore checkpoints before modifying a computer. Simply enter “checkpoint-computer” followed by a description string. Powerful, simple and definitely cool.

But one of the coolest treats is the ability to use PowerShell scripts in Group Policy. This allows you to replace other types of scripts for logon, logoff, startup and shutdown with PowerShell scripts.

If PowerShell 2.0 is a big daddy in Windows 7, Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service is the lesser-known (but equally important) stepchild. To remotely manage computers via PowerShell, you need to ensure WinRM is properly configured. Not only are PowerShell and WinRM used for remote management from a PowerShell prompt, they also are used for remote management with Microsoft Management Consoles (MMCs).

Virtual Hard Disk Power Primer

The .VHD file format allows you to create a virtual hard disk (VHD) that is encapsulated in a single file and can be used to host native file systems and support standard disk operations. In Windows 7, you can use Disk Management and DiskPart to create and manage VHDs. Once you’ve created a VHD, you can copy it to other computers.

Creating and attaching a VHD makes it appear to be a partition on the computer, almost as if you attached a USB external drive. IT professionals can configure computers running Windows 7 to boot from a VHD as well. To do this, you need a Windows Image (.WIM) file.

If you are using a retail image, this image needs to be system-prepared and generalized before you can boot into it. Because you cannot use BitLocker or the hibernate function on a VHD boot drive, booting from VHD is really meant for stationary computers in highly managed environments. VHD features are only in Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate.

There you have it: nine things you should know about Windows 7. Its new tools and features can make your job as an IT professional easier, if you take the time to learn it.

Daily Telegraph -November 18, 2009

Daily Telegraph -November 18, 2009

Britains's Best Selling Quality Daily

35 MB | PDF | Retail | 46 Pages | English

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USA Today International -November 17, 2009

USA Today International -November 17 2009

21 MB | PDF | Retail | 24 Pages | English

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PC Magazine - November 2009

PC Magazine - November 2009

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Windows 7 Secrets

Windows 7 Secrets

Tips, tricks, treats, and secrets revealed on the latest operating system from Microsoft: Windows 7

You already know the ups and downs of Windows Vista–now it?s time to learn the ins and outs of Windows 7! Internationally recognized Windows experts, Microsoft insiders, and authors

Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera cut through the hype to pull away the curtain and reveal useful information not found anywhere else. Regardless of your level of knowledge, you?ll discover little–known facts on how things work, what?s new and different, and how you can modify Windows 7 to meet your own specific needs.

A witty, conversational tone tells you what you need to know to go from Windows user to Windows expert and doesn?t waste time with basic computer topics while point–by–point comparisons demonstrate the difference between Windows 7 features and functionality to those in Windows XP and Vista.

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USA Today Weekend November 13 2009

USA Today Weekend November 13 2009

13 MB | PDF | Retail | 48 Pages | english

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Excel Gurus Gone Wild:

Excel Gurus Gone Wild:

Do the impossible with Excel

This high-level resource is designed for people who want to stretch Excel to its limits. Tips for solving 100 incredibly difficult problems are covered in depth and include extracting the first letter of each word in a paragraph, validating URL's, generating random numbers without repeating, and hiding rows if cells are empty. The answers to these and other questions have produced results that have even surprised the Excel development team.

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Windows 7 Tips and Tricks E-Book

Windows 7 Tips and Tricks E-Book

If you are looking for Windows 7 Tips & Trcks, Microsft has the Solution of Your Problem. Microsoft Partner Programme UK launched a new Ebook on Windows 7 Tips and Ticks. Windows 7

Ebook” provides tips, tricks and guide to master the Windows 7 operating system. The books cover every topics related to using Windows 7, with contents from as basic as starting computer and using keyboard and mouse and various options.

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