PC Mods for the Evil Genius

25 Custom Buids to Turbocharge Your Computer

Jim Aspinwall

288 pages, parution le 20/02/2007

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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:

Illustrated instructions and plans for amazing projects presented in sufficient detail to be built even by newcomers
Loads of projects simple enough for beginners-but intense enough to impress even your most savvy friends
Tips to add high-end features easily and economically
Frustration-factor removal-needed parts and tools are listed, along with sources-and how to get everything you need at the cheapest prices possible

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:

Jazz up your PC with a right-now case, custom lights, and other cool options
Transform your PC into a TV
Add TiVo capabilities and create your own PVR (personal video recorder)
Archive your private videos
Create mobile entertainment and navigation systems
Let your friends and family track your travels with Google Earth
Check and share your local weather conditions
Make your 'puter help detect alien lifeforms in space
Link you PC to a supercomputer chain unraveling the mysteries of DNA
Phone almost anyone, anywhere in the world and talk to them live with your PC (and no phone charges)
Put a live video feed of yourself (or anything else) onto the Web 24 hours a day
Secure your PC biometrically
Keep intruders out of your I/O ports
And much, much more!

L'auteur - Jim Aspinwall

Jim Aspinwall (Campbell, CA) has been the Windows Helpdesk columnist and feature editor for CNET.COM and author of three books on PC maintenance. His articles have been the feature of two recent covers of PC Magazine ' March and August, 2005. Jim is also an amateur radio operator, electronics technician and OSHA certified tower climber, maintaining radio transmission sites in northern California. He is the author of Installing, Troubleshooting, and Repairing Wireless Networks (McGraw-Hill, 2003), as well as PC Hacks (O'Reilly, 2005), IRQ, DMA, and I/O (MIS:Press, 1995) and several editions of Troubleshooting Your PC'' (MIS:Press, 1994).

Sommaire

The Green PC
PC Control Panel
The Ultra-Mod PC
Motherboard Upgrade
Build Your Own Power Protection
Secure Your WiFi
Dynamic Picture Frame
Mobile Entertainment
Mobile Navigation
Mobile Internet
Share Your Trip With APRS
Let Others Track Your Trip by Google
PC Weather Station
I Want My PC TV
Sling Video All Around
Voice-Over-IP With Skype
Security Webcam
Contributing to Science Explorations
Keep In Sync
Securing Your Computer
Glossary

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Mc Graw Hill
Auteur(s)	Jim Aspinwall
Parution	20/02/2007
Nb. de pages	288
Format	22 x 27,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	445g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780071473606
ISBN13	978-0-07-147360-6