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Windows 7: The Missing Manual

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By David Pogue

Published by O'Reilly Media (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596806408)

What Can Windows 7 Do For You?

Geeks have raved about Windows 7. But if you’re an ordinary mortal, learning what this system is all about can be challenging. Fear not: David Pogue’s Windows 7: The Missing Manual is here. Windows 7 introduces a slew of new features, including easier home networking and touchscreen computing for those lucky enough to own the latest hardware. This book illuminates its subject with reader-friendly insight, plenty of wit, and hardnosed objectivity for beginners as well as veteran PC users.

With this book, you’ll learn how to:

* Navigate the desktop, including the fast and powerful search function
* Take advantage of Window’s apps and gadgets, and tap into 40 free programs
* Breeze the Web with Internet Explorer 8, and learn the email, chat, and videoconferencing programs
* Record TV and radio, display photos, play music, and record any of these to DVD using the Media Center
* Use your printer, fax, laptop, tablet PC, or smartphone with Windows 7
* Beef up your system and back up your files
* Collaborate and share documents and other files by setting up a workgroup network

About the Author
David Pogue is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. With 3 million books in print, he’s also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes more than 100 titles.

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About O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, research, and conferences. Whether it's delivered in print, online, or in person, everything O'Reilly produces reflects the company's unshakeable belief in the power of information to spur innovation. Learn more about Ebooks from O'Reilly at oreilly.com/ebooks.

About Lexcycle
Lexcycle is the creator of Stanza Bookbinder which was used to create this standalone book application. Stanza Bookbinder is based on the popular iPhone Ebook reading application, Stanza. For more information about Stanza, visit www.lexcycle.com.