This book/CD-ROM package is THE definitive reference to the benefits, pitfalls, set-up, troubleshooting, and repair of wireless networks. The author covers the entire range of wireless networks and explains the specific needs of each individual application.* Introduces all the various wireless system components--both "off the shelf" and subscriber* Covers essential technologies such as 802.11a and b, Bluetooth, and 3G cellular phone systems* Provides solutions for interference, range, and throughput problems* CD-ROM includes software tools and utilities to assist with connections, diagnostics, troubleshooting, and repair

Installing, Troubleshooting, and Repairing Wireless Networks

Computers & Technology

Aspinwall, Jim

Certification

McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics

UNIQUE YOUR PC WITH SUPER TWEAKS! If you yearn for the coolest, most crazed 'puter around, PC Mods for the Evil Genius is the key to the kingdom! This book shows you how to supercharge your PC-and create a jaw-dropping system that cannot be purchased off any shelf, anywhere! You get complete, easy-to-follow plans, clear diagrams and schematics, and lists of parts and tools, so you know what's needed before you begin. PC Mods for the Evil Genius gives you:
<ul>
<li>Illustrated instructions and plans for amazing projects presented in sufficient detail to be built even by newcomers </li>
<li>Loads of projects simple enough for beginners-but intense enough to impress even your most savvy friends </li>
<li>Tips to add high-end features easily and economically </li>
<li>Frustration-factor removal-needed parts and tools are listed, along with sources-and how to get everything you need at the cheapest prices possible</li>
</ul>
TRANSFORM YOUR COMPUTER FROM AN ORDINARY CRUISER INTO A PC MUSCLE CAR! PC Mods for the Evil Genius equips you with complete plans, instructions, parts lists, and sources for projects that let you:
<ul>
<li>Jazz up your PC with a right-now case, custom lights, and other cool options </li>
<li>Transform your PC into a TV </li>
<li>Add TiVo capabilities and create your own PVR (personal video recorder) </li>
<li>Archive your private videos </li>
<li>Create mobile entertainment and navigation systems </li>
<li>Let your friends and family track your travels with Google Earth </li>
<li>Check and share your local weather conditions </li>
<li>Make your 'puter help detect alien lifeforms in space </li>
<li>Link you PC to a supercomputer chain unraveling the mysteries of DNA </li>
<li>Phone almost anyone, anywhere in the world and talk to them live with your PC (and no phone charges) </li>
<li>Put a live video feed of yourself (or anything else) onto the Web 24 hours a day </li>
<li>Secure your PC biometrically </li>
<li>Keep intruders out of your I/O ports </li>
<li>And much, much more!</li>
</ul>

PC Mods for the Evil Genius: 25 Custom Builds to Super Charge Your Computer

Hardware & DIY

Set up a high-speed home networkNetwork the computers and peripheral devices in your home or small office with the fun and practical projects packed inside this hands-on guide. Produced in conjunction with CNET.com, the place you go for the latest in tech and consumer electronics, this book shows you how to create a wired or wireless network so you can share files, printers, and other resources. You'll also learn to set up a server and secure and expand your network. Inside, you'll find 24 self-contained projects, step-by-step instructions, a list of tools needed at the beginning of each project, and hundreds of clear photos and screenshots. CNET Do-It-Yourself Home Networking Projects takes you from beginning through advanced tasks with ease! Control other PCs remotelyShare network storage without a serverSet up a webcam serverEnable and share a cellular data connectionWatch live TV from anywhere via a Sling Media bridge Integrate IM and VoIP applications into your networkRun your own PC weather stationConnect TiVo to your home network

CNET Do-It-Yourself Home Networking Projects: 24 Cool Things You Didn't Know You Could Do!

Recent turbulence in the financial markets has highlighted the need for diversified portfolios with lower correlations between the different investments. Life settlements meet this need, offering investors the prospect of high, stable returns, uncorrelated with the broader financial markets. 
This book provides readers of all levels of experience with essential information on the process surrounding the acquisition and management of a portfolio of life settlements; the assessment, modelling and mitigation of the associated longevity, interest rate and credit risks; and practical approaches to financing and risk management structures. It begins with the history of life insurance and looks at how the need for new financing sources has led to the growth of the life settlements market in the United States. The authors provide a detailed exploration of the mathematical formulae surrounding the generation of mortality curves, drawing a parallel between the tools deployed in the credit derivatives market and those available to model longevity risk. Structured products and securitisation techniques are introduced and explained, starting with simple vanilla products and models before illustrating some of the investment structures associated with life settlements. Capital market mechanisms available to assist the investor in limiting the risks associated with life settlement portfolios are outlined, as are opportunities to use life settlement portfolios to mitigate the risks of traditional capital markets. The last section of the book covers derivative products, either available now or under consideration, that will reduce or potentially eliminate longevity risks within life settlement portfolios. It then reviews hedging and risk management strategies and considers how to measure the effectiveness of risk mitigation.

Life Settlements and Longevity Structures: Pricing and Risk Management

Business & Money

Chaplin, Geoff

Venn, Mark

Insurance

wiley

Intel-and AMD-powered PCs--which account for more than 90% of all personal computers--are powerful and expandable, and operating systems like Windows and Linux do a great job of running well on this hardware. But to maintain maximum stability and predictability, these operating systems don't push the hardware to its limits.That doesn't mean you can't.PC Hacks shows PC users like you how to get the most out of your hardware and software to make your PC experience more satisfying than ever. You don't need another collection of simple tips and command-clicks; you need PC Hacks, where you'll find proven techniques for enhancing performance and preventing problems with your PC hardware. This step-by-step, hack-by-hack guide, with invaluable tips and tricks throughout, will get you hacking the system board, CPU, BIOS, peripherals and operating system--everything but the unhackable power supply!In PC Hacks, Jim Aspinwall, the Windows Helpdesk columnist and feature editor for CNET.COM and author of three books on PC maintenance, delivers basic to advanced hacks for overclocking CPU and video cards, tweaking RAM timing, selecting the best performing components, and much more. He includes suggestions for reusing an old PC to off-load work from newer systems as well as ways to prevent security hacks. He also offers many tips for avoiding common mistakes--and for getting the system back up and running if something does go wrong.PC Hacks combines of the bestselling Hacks series style with the world's most popular computing hardware. Presented in a clear and direct format and covering both Windows and Linux operating systems, PC Hacks ensure that you'll hack and tweak your way to the best performance possible out of your trusty PC.

PC Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools

Computer Science

O'Reilly Media

From boot-up to shutdown, keyboard to network adapter, hard disk to modem, PC/XT to P6, DOS to Windows 2000 and Linux, and CONFIG.SYS to REGEDIT, Troubleshooting Your PC Bible, Fifth Edition, is the definitive PC solution and reference guide. This wonderfully comprehensive, highly readable book promotes self-maintenance, guides technical support, and helps you improve system performance, setup and repairs. This expanded fifth edition includes coverage of Windows Millennium, Windows 2000, Linux, the Internet and more.

Troubleshooting Your PC Bible (Bible (Wiley))

Todd, Mike

Troubleshooting Your PC Fourth Edition Save Time, Save Money, and Save Your PC! Completely revised and updated for Windows 98/Windows NT upgrades, the Internet, and networking, this new edition of Troubleshooting Your PC explains absolutely everything you need to know to help figure out what is wrong with your PC -- and how to fix it! Whether your machine is sending you cryptic messages, your Windows system is crashing over and over again, or you just cannot get that modem to work, do not give up. With this definitive reference guide close at hand, you will quickly and easily get the answers you need to fix it yourself -- and get right back to work. Packed with detailed illustrations and troubleshooting diagrams! Get a Problem? <ul> <li>Getting your PC started</li> <li>Configuring drivers</li> <li>Booting up</li> <li>Maximizing memory</li> <li>Multitasking user interfaces</li> <li>Installing or upgrading Windows</li> <li>Printing</li> <li>Compressing files</li> <li>Detecting viruses</li> <li>Setting up COM ports</li> <li>Moving files</li> <li>Networking two or more PCs</li> <li>Getting on the Internet</li> </ul> Look for the Symptom, Suspects, and Solutions icons to get right to the core of the problem! <ul> <li>Trial version of Norton Utilities 3.0 Utilities</li> <li>System information from Watergate Software's PC-Doctor</li> <li>Trial version of Eurosoft's PC Check</li> <li>Freeware from Steve Gibson</li> <li>The Rosenthal Utilities suite</li> <li>Netscape Communicator 4</li> <li>WinZip 6.3</li> </ul> Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like--free--but they have no technical support. www.idgbooks.com

Troubleshooting Your PC

Provides a complete guide to troubleshooting your PC configuration problems, covering Windows 95/98, NT, the Registry, USB, Plug and Play, and PCI. Softcover. CD-ROM included. DLC: Microcomputers.

Irq, Dma & I/O (IRQ DMA AND I/O)

Operating Systems

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

Covers a variety of common PC problems, and looks at diagnostic utilities and SCSI, IDE, and CD-ROM drivers

Troubleshooting Your PC (TROUBLESHOOTING YOUR PC BIBLE)

Burke, Rory

Mis Pr

Troubleshooting Your PC, 3rd Edition is loaded with details about "do-it-yourself" repair including tips and hints for protecting and recovering files and programs. PC upgrade and repair experts Jim Aspinwall and Mike Todd also explain how to maintain PC operating systems, hardware, and software. The book's Problem Index helps readers to identify problems and probable solutions All of the information contained in Troubleshooting Your PC, 3rd Edition applies to Windows 95, Windows NT, Plug-n-Play, and the Internet. Plus, the bonus CD-ROM contains multimedia presentations and diagnostic software.

Troubleshooting Your PC (3rd Edition)

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