Fight back and save money with these expert tips. Find out what spam and spyware cost your company, and how to stop them. Whether yours is a one-person business or a multi-million dollar corporation, here's help giving spammers and spies the bum's rush. Two veterans of the spam wars help you analyze your situation, choose the right solutions, set up and maintain them, and even show the bean-counters why such defenses are essential.

Discover how to
* Understand how spammers get addresses
* Calculate the cost of spam and spyware
* Re-engineer your business processes
* Select spam and spyware filters
* Manage implementation and maintenance

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Begin having fun with electronics projects right away Explore the basic concepts of electronics, build your electronics workbench, and create cool projects Wish you could fix that faulty doorbell, hook up a motion detector, or maybe build your very own robot? This book will really get you charged up! It won't make you an electrician, but it covers the basics, choosing and using tools, and how to build more than a dozen really cool, inexpensive gizmos. You'll be shocked at how easy it is! Discover how to -Master electricity basics -Fill up your electronics parts bin -Read circuit schematics -Test circuits with multimeters -Design your own printed circuit boards -Build robots and program their actions

Get HDTV and get connected without getting confused!
Buy wisely, surround yourself with sound, watch your movies in HD, and more. If HDTV looks appealing but the mountain of mumbo-jumbo has you peeling out the door, take heart! Finally, here's a plain-English explanation of what HDTV is and how to choose one, hook it up, locate and access programming sources, and even how to connect your movie machines and Xbox for even more HD fun.

Discover how to:
* Plan your HDTV system and choose the right equipment.
* Connect to programming sources.
* Add A/V entertainment gear and accessories.
* Access HDTV over your home network.

Networking for Dummies upholds the series' proletarian tradition by entertainingly explaining local area networks (LAN) to the rest of us. Written with three different--but equally "clueless in technical matters;quot;--audiences in mind, Lowe's book appeals to novice network users, novice network builder/administrators, and the managers who must finance the activities of the other two groups.
A large part of this book is devoted to user issues such as "Accessing a network drive from WordPerfect" and "What is a print job?" Other chapters explain the differences among the various network architectures and network operating systems. In addition, the book pays a lot of attention to troubleshooting, particularly for common problems.

For these reasons, Networking for Dummies makes a fine resource for people who are new to a networked environment. If you are a network administrator, you might want to get a copy (or three) of this book for the corporate library and refer it to all askers of brain-dead questions.

The book's primary shortcoming is its ignorance of Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Novell IntranetWare. (Coverage of NT stops at version 3.51 and coverage of NetWare stops at version 4.1.) Still, lots of organizations still run these network operating systems, and if yours is one of them, this book may fit your needs admirably.

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So you want to turn your Yugo into a Viper? Sorry--you need a certified magician. But if you want to turn your sedate sedan into a mean machine or your used car lot deal into a powerful, purring set of wheels, you've come to the right place. Car Hacks Mods for Dummies will get you turbo-charged up about modifying your car and guide you smoothly through:
??” ??” Choosing a car to mod ??” Considering warranties, legal, and safety issues ??” Hacking the ECU (Engine Control Unit) to adjust performance-enhancing factors like fuel injection, firing the spark plugs, controlling the cooling fan, and more ??” Replacing your ECU with a plug and play system such as the APEXi Power FC or the AEM EMS system ??” Putting on the brakes (the faster you go, the faster you'll need to stop) ??” Setting up your car for better handling and cornering
Written by David Vespremi, automotive expert, frequent guest on national car-related TV shows, track driving instructor and self-proclaimed modder, Car HacksMods for Dummies gets you into the ECU and under the hood and gives you the keys to:
??” ??” Choosing new wheels, including everything from the basics to dubs and spinners ??” Putting your car on a diet, because lighter means faster ??” Basic power bolt-ons and more expensive power adders ??” Installing roll bars and cages to enhance safety ??” Adding aero add-ons, including front ?«chin?» spoilers, real spoilers, side skirts, and canards ??” Detailing, down to the best cleaners and waxes and cleaning under the hood ??” Using OBD (on-board diagnostics) for troubleshooting ??” Getting advice from general Internet sites and specific message boards and forums for your car's make or model, whether it's a Chevy pick-up or an Alfa Romeo roadster
Whether you want to compete at drag strips or on road courses or simply accelerate faster on an interstate ramp, if you want to improve your car's performance, Car Hacks Mods for Dummies is just the boost you need.

The fun and easy introduction to the latest update to ACT!, the leading contact management/customer relationship management (CRM) software that allows users and organizations to manage their business relationships effectively
* Shows how ACT! keeps customer info in one place, providing instant access to names, phone numbers, addresses, appointments, call histories, follow-up activities, etc.
* Author Karen Fredricks is well-known in ACT! circles and is the ideal person to cover all the bases, such as setting up a contact database; adding, deleting, sorting, and finding contacts; scheduling activities; using the basic ACT! reports; creating sales opportunities; and much more
* Addresses the new relational feature that allows all contacts in the same company to be grouped together

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Office 2003 Application Development All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies covers all the new features in Office 2003 and demonstrates how developers can best exploit them. Many of these features are designed to improve workflow and facilitate better communication between workers- just the sort of goals that Office developers work to achieve. For example, InfoPath simplifies interaction with all kinds of data sources- everything from unformatted lists to legacy databases. SharePoint assists developers in building an automated collaborative environment.Underlying many of the improvements in Office 2003 is XML, and related technologies such as Web services. This book explains precisely how to take advantage of XML's promise with many simple, no-nonsense examples. Readers will understand exactly how to leverage their current work and communication patterns using the new and powerful data sharing techniques available in Office 2003. Businesses understand the importance of remaining competitive. This book shows developers how to make the most of Office's tools and technologies. All the innovations in Office 2003 are fully explained, employing the famous For Dummies approach: clear explanations, step-by-step examples, and lots of practical advice. The book will be filled with real-world examples including: Creating an office document collaboration manager Automating email routing Administering the Task Pane from within an application Building a distributed business system using Web services

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* Google is the world's most popular search engine, with more than 150 million queries per day and more than fourteen million users per week
* Author Brad Hill, frequently consulted in media coverage of the Internet, will take readers "under the hood"
* Illuminates dozens of packaged Google tools that significantly extend Web searching
* Enables more technical readers to install and use the Google API to develop Web querying capabilities for their own programs
* Includes extensive coverage of Blogger, the popular Web log service recently acquired by Google

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) A+ certification proves that you're a capable hardware technician--capable of upgrading, troubleshooting, and fixing problems related to physical devices (such as memory chips and video cards) in Intel-compatible personal computers. A+ Certification for Dummies is designed to help you review for the two A+ exams--Core Hardware (220-201) and Operating System Technologies (220-202)--and it succeeds at that goal. It's also worth reading if you're not interested in A+ certification, but want to know enough to change out your own hard drives and install expansion cards without the help of a technician.

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Covers accessing and distillingFormat: PDF files; converting Microsoft Office documents; capturing paper documents and Web pages; printing, annotating, editing and securingFormat: PDF files; extracting text and graphics; cataloging and distributingFormat: PDF files; creating interactive forms; and building multimedia presentations.
* Readers can convert any document to this universal file format, preserving all the fonts, formatting, graphics, and color of the source document regardless of the application and platform used to create it.
*Format: PDF files can be published and distributed anywhere: in print, attached to e-mail, on corporate servers, posted on Web sites, or on CD-ROM
* AdobeFormat: PDF is the emerging workflow standard in the $400 billion publishing industry and plays a key role in financial services, regulated industries, and government, with more than 155 agencies worldwide sharing AdobeFormat: PDF files.

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