iPhoto 5: The Missing Manual -- Printed in gorgeous full color, this witty and authoritative guide starts out with a crash course on digital photography, complete with tutorials on buying a digital camera, composing brilliant photos in various situations, and making digital movies. The book then launches into every detail of iPhoto, from camera-meets-Mac basics to storing, searching, editing, and sharing your digital photography with the world. Exercise all the power, flexibility, and creativity of the stunning new iPhoto 5.

Linux Desktop Hacks -- With hacks that any user can follow, Linux Desktop Hacks demonstrates how easy it is to modify Linux to suit your needs. The book is packed with tips on customizing and improving the interface, boosting performance, administering your desktop, and generally making the most out of what X, KDE, Gnome, and the console have to offer. Sample Hack 97, Use an iPod with Linux (PDF) is available free online (along with four others).

PC Annoyances, 2nd Edition -- Ideal for PC users of all levels, this revised version of the best-selling book 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. Plus, you get access to more than 100 utilities that will help you squash bugs, enhance your email, untangle a system snarl, and much more. Sample Chapter 1, Email Annoyances (PDF) is available free online.

Visual Studio Hacks -- Offering valuable tips, tools, and tricks, this hands-on guide is designed for developers who want to go far beyond the obvious features of Visual Studio. You can read this book from cover to cover or, because each hack stands its own, you can browse and jump to sections that interest you most. Topics covered include code editor hacks, all manners of customization, and even external tools such as PowerToys. Sample Hack 44, Speed Up Visual Studio (PDF) is available free online (along with four others).

Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual -- Whether you're a hobbyist or a professional photographer, this comprehensive guide will help you become a more efficient, sophisticated digital camera user by understanding all of Photoshop Elements 3's capabilities. Offering page after page of valuable insight, Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual tackles such tasks as fixing image flaws, organizing photos for display, and creating dynamic slide shows and photo emails, with each feature explained in easy-to-understand language. Sample Chapter 4, The Quick Fix (PDF) is available free online.

Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition -- Like its predecessor, the new edition offers solutions to problems that Python programmers of all levels encounter. Updated for Python 2.4, it now includes over 200 recipes that range from simple tasks, such as working with dictionaries and list comprehensions, to complex tasks, such as monitoring a network and building a templating system. With scores of practical examples and pertinent background information, this is the one source you need to build efficient, flexible, scalable, and well-integrated systems. Sample Chapter 3, Time and Money (PDF) is available free online.

Sockets, Shellcode, Code and Porting (Syngress) -- In this groundbreaking book, bestselling author James C. Foster provides cutting-edge detail on how the fundamental building blocks of software and operating systems are exploited by malicious hackers. He provides working code and scripts in C/C++, Java, Perl, and NASL to detect and defend against attacks. The book is divided into five main categories representing the major skill sets required by security professionals and software developers: Coding, Sockets, Shellcode, Porting Applications, and Coding Security Tools.

Windows Server Cookbook -- Written for all levels of users, this practical reference guide offers hundreds of useful tasks for managing Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. The concise, on-the-job solutions to common problems are certain to save you many hours of time searching through Microsoft documentation. Each recipe also includes a detailed discussion that explains how and why it works. Topics discussed include files, event logs, security, DHCP, DNS, backup/restore, and more. Sample Chapter 6, Processes (PDF) is available free online.

Discovery 10.1: Your First Linux Desktop (Mandrakesoft) -- This guide includes the complete Discovery 10.1 distribution on CD, a thorough introduction, and brief tutorials on all of the applications included with Discovery. For those who want to become familiar with the Linux user interface before installing Discovery, the CD also includes Move, a portable Linux version that requires no installation. This is the quickest and easiest no-risk, no-fuss way to switch from Windows to Linux.

Firefox Hacks -- This highly focused book offers all the valuable tips and tools you need to maximize the effectiveness of this hot web browser. It's all covered, including how to customize its deployment, appearance, features, and functionality. You'll even learn how to install, use, and alter extensions and plug-ins. Aimed at clever people who may or may not be savvy with basic programming tasks, this convenient resource describes 100 techniques for 100 strategies that effectively exploit Firefox. Sample Hack 69, Make New Tags and Widgets with XBL (PDF) is available free online (along with five others).

Understanding Local Group Policy -- Group Policy is a powerful tool for controlling the configuration of desktops and servers on an Active Directory network, but Group Policy's lesser cousin, Local Group Policy, can also be a powerful tool for network administration. Mitch Tulloch shows you how to get the most out of it. Mitch is the author of Windows Server Hacks.

Five More Annoying PC Annoyances -- After his first PC Annoyances book was released, Steve Bass was surprised by the barrage of email he received with yet more annoyances to fix. That led to the just-released second edition of PC Annoyances, where he added 160 more fixes to irritating PC quirks. And if that's not enough, he offers five more here.

O'Reilly Launches CodeZoo Site -- CodeZoo exists to help you find high-quality, freely available, reusable components, getting you past the repetitive parts of coding, and onto the rest of your projects. The CodeZoo community, through component ratings, tips, download tracking, and more, makes it easy to sort out the good code from the rest. Check out the site and then read Marc Hedlund's blog for the inside scoop.

Tax Time: A Year-End Checklist of Accounting Tasks -- Whether you handle your company's accounting yourself or hand off the major accounting tasks to an accountant, Bonnie Biafore provides a checklist of eight accounting tasks you'll want to complete shortly after the end of your fiscal year. Bonnie is the author of QuickBooks 2005: The Missing Manual.

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MySQL Sessions in iCal -- The third annual MySQL Users Conference, presented by O'Reilly and MySQL AB, will be held April 18-21, 2005, in Santa Clara, California. This conference hosts leading industry keynote speakers, the latest MySQL open source technologies, in-depth sessions and tutorials, and an extensive exhibit hall. And now, you can subscribe to conference information via iCal.

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Deploying Microsoft Office Using Group Policy -- Before you deploy Microsoft Office on a big network using Group Policy, you need to be aware of gotchas. In this article, Mitch Tulloch shows you the quickest and easiest way how. Mitch is the author of Windows Server Hacks.

Batch-Running Word Macros from the DOS Command Line -- Looking for an easy way to run any Word macro, on any number of files, right from the DOS command line? Andrew Savikas shows how to do just that, using Perl, Python, and Ruby, with code samples for each scripting language. Andrew is the author of Word Hacks.

Mind Hacks: Other People -- How do our assumptions about other people, as constituents of our universe, manifest themselves in the deep operations of the mind? In Chapter 10 of Mind Hacks, you'll explore how your very own operating system, the mind, reacts to other people, from processing faces to how emotion is induced. If you like this chapter, read the whole book (and up to nine others) on Safari with a free trial subscription.

Register for the MySQL Users Conference -- The 2005 MySQL Users Conference, presented by O'Reilly Media and MySQL AB, will take place April 18-21, 2005, in Santa Clara, California. This conference, the largest of its kind, brings together experts, users, and industry leaders, offering attendees in-depth sessions and tutorials, an exhibit hall showcasing the latest open source technologies, and more. To start planning your days, visit the at-a-glance program overview.