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August 18, 2007 Show:   Topic: Get the Most out of Dreamweaver CS3  Guest: David Sawyer McFarland
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David Sawyer McFarland, author of "Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual," discusses his latest book, which provides tips and tricks that we need to know to get the most out of Dreamweaver.
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October 28, 2006 Show:   Topic: Secret Ways to Make Google Work  Guest: Paul Bausch
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Paul Bausch, Author of "Google Hacks, Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World's Information", now in its 3rd Edition talks about how Google gives you hundreds of cool ways to organize and play with information. Paul actually shares his secrets of how to make Google work especially for your needs.
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May 6, 2006 Show:   Topic: Repairing & Upgrading Your PC  Guest: Robert Bruce Thompson
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Robert Bruce Thompson, author of "Repairing & Upgrading Your PC" talks about the steps to take to maintain your pc and whether or not you should even upgrade your PC. With its straightforward language, clear instructions, and extensive illustrations, the goal of this book is to comfortably lead, the "non-technical" individual into the technical world.
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November 5, 2005 Show:   Topic: Advanced Features for FrontPage  Guest: Jessica Mantaro
O'Reilly Media is the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies. O'Reilly Media books encompass everything from Internet to XML, open source, .NET, Java, and web services.

Jessica Mantaro, author of "Frontpage 2003: The Missing Manual", says that "from writing your first web site to publishing it on the web, Front Page 2003 can do it all" if you know how to use it. This book covers tips for both the beginning web author and the advanced web publisher.
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June 18, 2005 Show:   Topic: Do-It-Yourself Gaget Magazine  Guest: Phil Torrone
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Phil Torrone, Associate Editor from Make Magazine shares the world of fun and enthusiasm of that Make Magazine brings to its readers. O'Reilly Launches MAKE Magazine for Tech Do-It-Yourselfers Magazine Reveal How to Make Practical, Fun, and Wildly Creative Projects. Make is not another one of those "gadget" magazines that feature products on every page. While we like gadgets as much as the next person, we chose to focus on cool things you can do with technology, not just what to buy.
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May 14, 2005 Show:   Topic: PC Annoyances  Guest: Steve Bass
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PC World expert Steve Bass explains what's new in the second edition of his best-seller "PC Annoyances", http://www.annoyances.org. This revised version of "PC Annoyances" covers the gamut of common PC gripes, including those related to Windows, hardware, email, Microsoft Office, and the Internet. It offers 50 additional pages of updated information guaranteed to get your system purring again.
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April 16, 2005 Show:   Topic: Internet Annoyances part 2  Guest: Preston Gralla
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Author Preston Gralla has loads of information to work around those pesky Internet frustrations. In this second of two parts, Preston Gralla discusses "Internet Annoyances: How to Fix the Most Annoying Things about Going Online".
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March 5, 2005 Show:   Topic: Internet Annoyances  Guest: Preston Gralla
O'Reilly books, known for the animals on their covers, encompass everything from Internet to XML, open source, .NET, Java, and web services. O'Reilly & Associates, http://www.oreilly.com, is the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies. Author Preston Gralla has loads of information to work around those pesky Internet frustrations.

In this first of two parts, Preston Gralla discusses "Internet Annoyances: How to Fix the Most Annoying Things about Going Online".
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October 9, 2004 Show:   Topic: Open Source  Guest: David Karp
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Author David Karp has loads of information to work around those pesky Windows XP gotchas. He discusses information and tips from his latest release from O'Reilly, ""Windows XP Annoyances".
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January 3, 2004 Show:   Topic: PC Annoyances  Guest: Steve Bass
O'Reilly & Associates is the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies. O'Reilly books, known for the animals on their covers, encompass everything from Internet to XML, open source, .NET, Java, and web services.

PC World expert Steve Bass covers the waterfront of PC gripes and gremlins, with fixes for everything from Windows glitches to browsers that won't browse in his new book "PC Annoyances" from O'Reilly. Steve Bass writes, "Admittedly, most annoying things are easy to find -- just boot up your system, spend a few minutes with Windows, and blammo, you're annoyed." In this second of a series, Steve discusses some of the things you can do to remedy these problems--quickly and without a degree in computer science.
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December 6, 2003 Show:   Topic: General Computing  Guest: Steve Bass
O'Reilly & Associates is the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies. O'Reilly books, known for the animals on their covers, O'Reilly books encompass everything from Internet to XML, open source, .NET, Java, and web services.

PC World expert Steve Bass covers the waterfront of PC gripes and gremlins, with fixes for everything from Windows glitches to browsers that won't browse in his new book "PC Annoyances" from O'Reilly. Steve Bass writes, "Admittedly, most annoying things are easy to find -- just boot up your system, spend a few minutes with Windows, and blammo, you're annoyed." He discusses some of the things you can do to remedy these problems--quickly and without a degree in computer science.
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November 1, 2003 Show:   Topic: Windows XP Tips  Guest: Preston Gralla
O'Reilly & Associates is the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies. Windows XP Hacks is the latest in O'Reilly's new Hacks Series which aims to begin reclaiming the term "hacking" for the good guys. Their new Hacks books are written in the spirit of the true hackers -- the people who drive innovation.

Author, Preston Gralla discusses his new Windows XP Hacks which offers tips, tools, and know-how to fine-tune Windows XP. The book delves into XP topics such as controlling the control panel, changing unchangeable icons, removing uninstallable XP components, stopping pop-up ads, taking a bite out of cookies, speeding up file downloads, protecting yourself with firewalls and proxy servers, and more.
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December 7, 2002 Show:   Topic: Internet Privacy  Guest: Dr. Lorrie Cranor


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February 24, 2001 Show:   Topic: Book  Guest: David Pogue


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June 10, 2000 Show:   Topic: Internet Security  Guest: Simson Garfinkel


Where did our privacy go? Database Nation from & Associates, discusses the death of privacy in the 21st century. Just one of the subjects covered in the book is "The Systematic Capture of Everyday Events"- as we enter a new world in which every purchase we make, every place we travel, every word we say, and everything we read is routinely recorded and made available for later analysis. What are the implications of this as more telemarketers, corporations, insurance companies, and the government can find out virtually anything about us? And what if a mistake occurs, can we ever get it corrected? Decide for yourself the implications as the author, Simson Garfinkel discusses Database Nation.
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