McGraw-Hill/Osborne

September 10, 2005 - Google Power

McGraw-Hill/Osborne, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education and The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is a leading publisher of self-paced computer training materials. McGraw-Hill/Osborne books include user and reference guides, series on computer certification, and high-level but practical titles on networking, programming, and Web development tools. Chris Sherman, the author of "Google Power" gives us a rare view of how Google thinks and gives us tips on how we can better use it to our advantage .
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August 20, 2005 - Extreme Exploits

McGraw-Hill/Osborne, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education and The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is a leading publisher of self-paced computer training materials. McGraw-Hill/Osborne books include user and reference guides, series on computer certification, and high-level but practical titles on networking, programming, and Web development tools. Victor Oppleman and Brett Watson, authors of "Extreme Exploits", discuss the next level in protecting networks and Web sites. Some advanced methodologies include advanced attack and defense vectors, attack profiling and the theatre of war concept. You will learn how to prepare your network from threats that don't yet exist.
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June 4, 2005 - Hardcore Windows XP

McGraw-Hill/Osborne, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education and The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is a leading publisher of self-paced computer training materials. McGraw-Hill/Osborne books include user and reference guides, series on computer certification, and high-level but practical titles on networking, programming, and Web development tools. Microsoft Windows XP Expert Zone columnist Joli Ballew discusses her latest release from Osborne, "Hardcore Windows XP". The book shows you everything from kick starting the boot process to disabling unnecessary applications and services to taking advantage of built-in administrative tools.
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February 12, 2005 - eBay Your Business

McGraw-Hill/Osborne, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education and The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is a leading publisher of self-paced computer training materials. McGraw-Hill/Osborne books include user and reference guides, series on computer certification, and high-level but practical titles on networking, programming, and Web development tools. Janelle Elms is a lead instructor with eBay University and creator and teacher of the highly successful eBay 101 and 102 classes taught nationwide. A Silver PowerSeller on eBay, Janelle specializes in coaching individuals and companies how to build successful eBay businesses and maximize their profits. Get tips on how to build your eBay business as she discussess her new book from McGraw-Hill/Osborne, "eBay Your Business: Maximize Profits and Get Results".
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eBay Your Business

January 15, 2005 - Hardening series, Hardening Windows Systems

McGraw-Hill/Osborne, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education and The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is a leading publisher of self-paced computer training materials. McGraw-Hill Osborne books include user and reference guides, series on computer certification, and high-level but practical titles on networking, programming, and Web development tools. A great number of all security breaches occur because appropriate security configurations, patches, and designs are not in place or not maintained on schedule. To help security professionals and network administrators take a proactive and preemptive approach to network security, McGraw-Hill/Osborne is publishing the new Hardening series of books. Books in this series break down the process of hardening networks and systems into logical parts, giving professionals just what they need to know to stop immediate threats. Series editor, recognized security evangelist Roberta Bragg discusses the Hardening series and her release of "Hardening Windows Systems".
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Hardening Windows Systems

Hardening Network Infrastructure

Hardening Linux

Hardening Network Security

November 6, 2004 - Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet

McGraw-Hill/Osborne, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education and The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is a leading publisher of self-paced computer training materials. McGraw-Hill Osborne books include user and reference guides, series on computer certification, and high-level but practical titles on networking, programming, and Web development tools. McGraw-Hill/Osborne is the official press of Oracle, Corel, and Intuit. Author Simon Johnson's latest release from Osborne is "Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet". He discusses how to spot the real threats and formulate a plan of action regardless of whether the threats are pedophiles, cyber-stalkers, hackers, spyware, viruses, or adware.
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August 14, 2004 - How to Do Everything to Fight Spam, Viruses, Pop-Ups, and Spyware

McGraw-Hill/Osborne, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education and The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is a leading publisher of self-paced computer training materials, including user and reference guides, series on computer certification, and high-level titles on networking, programming, and Web development tools. McGraw-Hill/Osborne is the official press of Oracle, Corel, and Intuit. Author Ken Feinstein discusses "How to Do Everything to Fight Spam, Viruses, Pop-Ups, and Spyware" the latest release from McGraw-Hill/Osborne's "How To" series. The book is divided into four sections, each dealing with a particular nuisance. Ken provides an overview of these particular annoyances with some ideas on what to do to regain control of your e-mail and make web surfing enjoyable again.
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March 27, 2004 - .NET and J2EE Interoperability

McGraw-Hill/Osborne, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education and The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is a leading publisher of self-paced computer training materials, including user and reference guides, series on computer certification, and high-level titles on networking, programming, and Web development tools. McGraw-Hill/Osborne is the official press of Oracle, Corel, and Intuit. Java code was conceived as a platform-independent programming language and operating system. For regular people, this means that an application written in Java will run under virtually any operating system on the market. Dwight Peltzer, author of Osborne's ".NET and J2EE Interoperability" discusses this virtual product and possibilities in the future.
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JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide

The Art of JAVA

How To Do Everything with JavaScript

The Complete Reference Java 2 5th ed

March 20, 2004 - QuickSteps

McGraw-Hill/Osborne, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education and The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is a leading publisher of self-paced computer training materials, including user and reference guides, series on computer certification, and high-level titles on networking, programming, and Web development tools. McGraw-Hill/Osborne is the official press of Oracle, Corel, and Intuit. They have recently launched a new series called QuickSteps. Books in the QuickSteps series are perfect for complete beginners, those who are new to a program, or even intermediate users who need a quick reference for a specific task. Series Editor and author, Marty Matthews has worked as a programmer, systems analyst, manager, vice president, and president of a software firm thus giving him the experience to write and edit authoritatively over a wide range of computer topics. He discusses the QuickSteps series for computer users, which provide sets of steps to accomplish the most common tasks in a particular program without a lot of extraneous fuss or bother.
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Windows XP QuickSteps

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 QuickSteps

Microsoft Office Access 2003 QuickSteps

Microsoft Office Excel 2003 QuickSteps

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 QuickSteps

Photoshop CS QuickSteps

March 15, 2003 - Networking A Beginner's Guide, 3rd ed

Malfunction Junction - Technology Run Amok. How many times has someone in the "Software Department" decided to update programs and now Hardware has to install new hardware to run the new software? How about the "Hardware Department"? Hardware decides to update the network cards only to find out after the purchase that one computer in Accounting that handles billing now has to be upgraded because their operating system won't handle the new card. A new computer means a new operating system, which means new software, so the old DOS accounting package has to be replaced? Find out how you can avoid a corporate traffic jam avoiding costly networking and computing errors. Bruce Hallberg, author of McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media's "Networking: A Beginner's Guide" discusses the consequences that impact your bottom line if hardware and software departments do not implement cohesive strategies for the future.
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Networking A Beginner's Guide, 3rd ed

January 4, 2003 - Networking A Beginner's Guide, 3rd ed

McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, is a leading publisher of self-paced computer training materials. The Beginner's Guide series from Osborne approaches technical issues with a practical, no-nonsense approach. New to the series is an updated version of "Networking A Beginner's Guide". The author, Bruce Hallberg discusses this guide which covers Internet connections, firewalls and encryption methods, disaster recovery, as well as new coverage of Linux, Apache, and Windows 2000 and .NET Server.
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Networking A Beginner's Guide, 3rd ed

April 20, 2002 - PC Performance Tuning & Upgrading Tips & Techniques

McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media is a leading publisher of self-paced computer training materials, including high-level but practical titles on networking, programming, and Web development tools. McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media focuses on consumer support, emerging technologies, and innovative applications for developing future computer books. With nearly 90 books on all aspects of computing, Kris Jamsa's books have helped millions of programmers worldwide. Kris discusses the wealth of information available in the "Tips & Techniques" series from McGraw Hill/Osborne Media. PC Performance Tuning & Upgrading Tips & Techniques provides you with information to maximize your PC's capabilities.
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November 10, 2001 - Home Networking Survival Guide

McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, is a leading publisher of self-paced computer training materials, including user and reference guides. David Strom, author of Osborne Media's "Home Networking Survival Guide", discusses what you need to keep in mind when setting up your home network and what precautions to take once it is installed. David Strom is considered one of the leading experts on network and Internet technologies having worked for most of the major networking companies and with over 13 years of experience writing about the field. David also founded and was first editor-in-chief of Network Computing Magazine.
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Home Networking Survival Guide

June 30, 2001 - Virtual Classrooms series

Laurie Ann Ulrich, author, discusses a new series of training books put out by McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media. The Virtual Classroom series includes a content CD used to clarify points from the book and cover some topics in a more indepth fashion than in the book. Books available in the series cover web page design, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Flash.
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Dreamweaver 4 Virtual Classroom

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Web Design Virtual Classroom

June 9, 2001 - How to do Everything with Windows ME

Maximize your settings for Windows ME. Author Curt Simmons discusses his latest release for McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, "How to do Everything with Windows ME". This book explains how to take advantage of the improvements offered by this addition to the Microsoft Windows operating systems. Learn how to customize control settings, troubleshoot hardware problems, and much more with the explanations and easy-to-follow examples in this book.
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How to Do Everything with Windows, Millennium Edition

August 26, 2000 - The e-Auction Insider

The Internet has given rise to a wealth of items available to anyone who's interested. With hundreds of new items added each day in hundreds of auction sites online, how can you find what you need? Whether you are buying or selling, Dave Taylor author of The e-Auction Insider by McGraw-Hill, discusses online auctions.
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The e-Auction Insider: How to Get the Most Out of Your Online Experience

February 26, 2000 - Hacking Exposed

Author of McGraw-Hill book, Hacking Exposed, Joel Scambray takes you down the tunnel hackers use to break into your computer systems. Find out about some of the most notorious breakins and how you can bulletproof your system to avoid down time.
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Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Third Edition

Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions

Hacking Exposed Web Applications

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