Computers : Personal Computers & Microcomputers

Repairing and Upgrading Your PC delivers start-to-finish instructions, simple enough for even the most inexperienced PC owner, for troubleshooting, repairing, and upgrading your computer. Written by hardware experts Robert Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson, this book covers it all: how to troubleshoot a troublesome PC, how to identify which components make sense for an upgrade, and how to tear it all down and put it back together. This book shows how to repair and upgrade all of your PC's essential components. more...

Price: $27.99

Smart Home Hacks covers a litany of stand-alone and integrated smart home solutions designed to enhance safety, comfort, and convenience in new and existing homes. Learn how to equip your home with motion detectors for added security, install computer-controlled lights for optimum convenience, and much more. No matter what your technical level may be, Smart Home Hacks will help you achieve the automated home of your dreams. more...

Price: $19.99

On February 17, 2009, analog television broadcasting in the United States will end. As of that date, all television stations will switch to digital TV broadcasts -- effectively making obsolete every analog television set in the country. What do you need to do to keep watching television after the switch to digital? Do you need to buy a new television set? If so, what kind of set? Do you need a fancy high definition TV? Or is there a way to make your old TV still work with the new digital broadcasts? And what is digital television, anyway?.  . These are just a few of the questions consumers are asking as the switch to digital TV approaches. Confusion abounds; people don't know what they have to do or what they can do. Many people think they have to upgrade to expensive high definition TVs. (They don't.) Others think they need to switch to cable or satellite television. (They don't -- although that may be a good ieda.) Still others think they don't have to do anything. (They're probably wrong -- but maybe not.).  . The confusion goes both ways. A recent Government Accountability Office report notes that 45% those who are at risk to lose their television signals -- about 10 million households -- have no plans on how to deal with the situation. (Hispanic households are twice as likely to be unprepared as other households.) On the other hand, 30% of households who already have digital reception think they have to buy new equipment to deal with the transition -- which they don't.  . Tens of millions of people are confused about the switch to digital TV and need help -- which can be found in this book, Switching to Digital TV: Everything You Need to Know. Inside, you'll learn:.  . o        What you can expect on February 17, 2009. o        Analog versus digital TV. o        Digital TV versus HDTV. o     more...

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A reference based title written in an approachable first person point of view. This book teaches a reader how to upgrade his PC and peripherals to increase productivity on his PC without intimidating or offending him. Straight-forward conversational tone on upgrading hardware and software - the decision to upgrade or not. This title provides basic information in purchasing and installing the newest technology for multimedia, fast Internet access and more. Finally the reader learns how various software applications and operating systems upgrades can help him use or not use his PC more efficiently. more...

Price: $19.99

Keep your laptop on top of its game! Find out how to care for your laptop, what can go wrong, and what you can fix A laptop is much more than a PC that shrank. It has unique needs, and this book shows you how to meet them. You'll discover how to diagnose and fix common problems, replace parts, add external upgrades, and develop workarounds. more...

Price: $21.99