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Automator Automation Poguecast -- Listen to David Pogue cover Automator workflows that can help save on computing time. Learn how to use Automator to automate backups, zip up applications, and set alarms for automatic processing. Then check out all of David's Poguecasts.

Dashboard Widgets Poguecast -- Listen to David Pogue cover Dashboard Widgets: what they are, how to use the Widget Bar, and what Widgets can do for you. He provides tips on some of the crazy and fun widgets available for free download. For more on Dashboard, pick up a copy of David's newly updated Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition.

My Favorite Macworld Product: The IRISPen -- Have you ever said, "If I learn just one great thing, then the whole conference was worth attending"? Last month, at Macworld Boston, Adam Goldstein discovered the IRISPen, and he shares the details of this handy text-scanning device with us. Adam is the author of AppleScript: The Missing Manual.

David Pogue is Podcasting! -- David Pogue's first podcast is all about Spotlight. Listen to David's secret Tiger tips for Spotlight super searches--how to use spotlight to help access your data faster, streamline searches, and even launch applications faster. And for everything you need to know about Tiger, pick up a copy of David's newly updated Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition.

Missing Manual guy Security Centers and Firewalls -- With the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft's latest and most reliable corporate desktop operating system now provides better protection against viruses, worms, and malicious hackers. This book excerpt describes how to use SP2's Security Center, along with everything you need to know about choosing and using a firewall. Knowledge is power; learn to protect your system with Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition.

David Pogue David Pogue's "CBS News Sunday Morning" Wins an Emmy -- The National Television Academy has announced the winners of the Annual Emmy Awards for Business and Financial Reporting. In the category of "Outstanding Interpretation and/or Analysis of a Business News Story -- Regularly Scheduled Newscast," David Pogue's "CBS News Sunday Morning" won the Emmy: "David Pogue takes complex technological applications such as Google or Spam and makes them comprehensible to the ordinary, non-technophile viewer." David is the creator of the Missing Manuals Series.

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