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1. |  By: John Broughton Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 25-JAN-2008 Insert Date: 19-JAN-2008 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Wikipedia: The Missing Manual
Want to be part of the largest group-writing project in human
history? Learn how to contribute to Wikipedia, the user-generated
online reference for the 21st century. Considered more popular than
eBay, Microsoft.com, and Amazon.com, Wikipedia servers respond to
approximately 30,000 requests per second, or about 2.5 billion per
day. It's become the first point of reference for people the world
over who need a fact fast.
If you want to jump on board and add to the content, Wikipedia:
The Missing Manual is your first-class ticket. Wikipedia has
more than 9 million entries in 250 languages,...
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2. |  By: Rael Dornfest; Paul Bausch; Tara Calishain Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 03-AUG-2006 Insert Date: 24-AUG-2006 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Google Hacks, 3rd Edition
Everyone knows that Google lets you search billions of web
pages. But few people realize that Google also gives you hundreds
of cool ways to organize and play with information.Since we released the last edition of this bestselling book,
Google has added many new features and services to its expanding
universe: Google Earth, Google Talk, Google Maps, Google Blog
Search, Video Search, Music Search, Google Base, Google Reader, and
Google Desktop among them. We've found ways to get these new
services to do even more.The expanded third edition of Google Hacks is a
brand-new and infinitely more...
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3. |  By: Cheah Chu Yeow Publisher: SitePoint Publication Date: 01-JUN-2005 Insert Date: 31-MAY-2006 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Firefox Secrets This is a must read guide to anyone who wants to learn how
to browse faster and more conveniently with Firefox.
Firefox Secrets will teach you how to
get the most from Mozilla, including how to find and use all
the hidden features, extensions available to you. You'll
learn:
Ways to ease the transition
from Internet Explorer
A way to setup multiple
"homepages" when you launch your browser
Read RSS feeds from within
Firefox using a free extension
Where to download a new
and less obtrusive "Download Manager"
The best "must-have"
extensions to download as well as the "fun"...
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4. |  Google: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition By: Sarah Milstein; Rael Dornfest; J.D. Biersdorfer; Matthew MacDonald Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 10-MAR-2006 Insert Date: 31-MAR-2006 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Google: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition
Google.com is one of the most popular sites on the Internet and is
used around the world by millions of people every day. Sure, you
know how to "Google it" when you're searching for
something--anything!--on the Web. It's plenty fast and easy to use.
But did you know how much more you could achieve with the world's
best search engine by clicking beyond the "Google Search" button?
While you can interface with Google in 97 languages and glean
results in 35, you can't find any kind of instruction manual from
Google. Lucky for you, our fully updated and greatly expanded
second edition to the...
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5. |  By: Rich Gibson; Schuyler Erle Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 17-JAN-2006 Insert Date: 01-FEB-2006 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Google Maps Hacks
Want to find every pizza place within a 15-mile radius? Where the
dog parks are in a new town? The most central meeting place for
your class, club or group of friends? The cheapest gas stations on
a day-to-day basis? The location of convicted sex offenders in an
area to which you may be considering moving? The applications,
serendipitous and serious, seem to be infinite, as developers find
ever more creative ways to add to and customize the satellite
images and underlying API of Google Maps.
Written by Schuyler Erle and Rich Gibson, authors of the popular
Mapping Hacks, Google Maps Hacks...
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6. |  By: Harold Davis Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 19-JAN-2006 Insert Date: 25-JAN-2006 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Google Advertising Tools
When it comes to advertising on the web, you just can't argue with
the numbers. A $7 billion market today is expected to grow to $18.9
billion by 2010. Jupiter Research also estimates that search
advertising will be a larger share of the market than display
advertising by 2010. These phenomenal numbers are due largely to
Google, which has changed the way the world publishes content - and
advertises.
Google Advertising Tools from O'Reilly examines the
business and technology behind making money with content and
advertising on the web. This focused, easy-to-read guide shows you
how to use...
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7. |  By: Paul Bausch; Jim Bumgardner Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 21-FEB-2006 Insert Date: 19-JAN-2006 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Flickr Hacks
Over two million registered Flickr users and counting have
discovered the ease and fun of organizing their photo libraries,
showing off their favorite pictures to the world, and securely
sharing their private pictures with friends, family, or ad hoc
groups. But Flickr's own plethora of intuitive menus, options, and
features just scratches the surface.Flickr Hacks goes beyond the basics of storing, sorting,
and sharing your photos to the much bigger playground of what's
possible. Whether you're a beginner looking to manage your metadata
and play with tags, or a programmer in need of a...
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8. |  By: Paul Bausch Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 17-OCT-2005 Insert Date: 17-NOV-2005 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Yahoo! Hacks
Yahoo! took the world by storm in the 1990s as a one-of-a-kind,
searchable list of interesting web sites. But ten years later, it
has expanded into a department store overflowing with useful and
innovative tools and services-from email, blogging, social
networking, and instant messaging, to news, financial markets,
shopping, movie and TV listings, and much more. Today's Yahoo!
keeps you connected with every aspect of your life and every corner
of the Web.
Yahoo! Hacks shows you how to use, expand, personalize,
and tweak Yahoo! in ways you never dreamed possible. You'll learn
how to:Fine-tune...
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9. |  Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 25-JUL-2005 Insert Date: 31-AUG-2005 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Nokia Smartphone Hacks
Nokia's smartphones pack a powerful computer into a very small
space. Unlike your desktop or laptop, your smallest computer can be
connected to the Internet all the time, and can interact with the
world around it through its camera, voice recognition, and its
traditional phone keypad. Nokia smartphones combine these features
with impressive storage options and a host of networking protocols
that make this smallest computer the only thing a road warrior
truly needs.
If you're still cracking open your laptop or pining for your
desktop while you're on the road, you haven't begun to unlock...
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10. |  By: Preston Gralla Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 20-JAN-2005 Insert Date: 25-JUN-2005 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Internet Annoyances
What began as an intrepid U.S. Government initiative in the early
1970's has turned into a global way of life. Indeed, with more than
500 million current users (and counting), the Internet has
revolutionized the way societies function the world over. From
dating and shopping online, to conducting informational research,
to communicating via email, today seemingly everyone uses the
Internet for one purpose or another. How, then, can something so
vast and powerful be defiled by something as trivial as spam? It's
true. The fact remains that despite the leading-edge technological
sophistication...
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