Planning Your Home Network

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Title: Informit News for October 17, 2004

Planning Your Home Network Advertisement Prentice Hall PTR Author Announces “The Hunt for the BOG Book Contest” Adrian Wong, author of Breaking Through the BIOS Barrier: The Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide for PCs, has launched a major contest in conjunction with the worldwide release of his book. Participants will compete for over $5,000 in prizes, including MP3 players, games, backpacks, and more. Find out more. In This Issue OCT 17, 2004   Certification Database Design & Creative Media Digital Lifestyles IT Management Networking Operating Systems Productivity Applications Programming Security Web Development What exactly is it that you want to do with your home network? Compete in 3D gaming throw downs? Engage in video chats? Hack into the military-industrial complex?  Once you figure out what you want to do, Mark Edward Soper will guide you through all the details of planning a home network, like whether to go wired or wireless, evaluating your computer, DVR and gaming hardware, and costing out your network.  If you're on a digital lifestyle binge, you should also read Michael Miller's advice on buying a home theater system and download Jim Heid's PDF on shopping for iTunes, or get freaky with Bob Reselman as he explores the world of Ray Kurzweil. We've been running a lot of articles lately on  security issues, especially trojans and viruses. This week, Cyrus Peikari suggests designing and testing a live, attenuated computer virus vaccine, including methods for successfully testing the vaccine using real-world simulation. Despite the widespread use of antivirus software, viruses still cause billions of dollars in damage each year, and we need new ways to counter the threat. Happy reading, Jennifer Bortel Associate Editorial Director [EMAIL PROTECTED] Certification Certification Reference Guide Learn about another new computer forensics certification, find out what Cisco has done to provide another option for certified professionals to requalify for their credentials, grab the 2005 exam date for the CISA and CISM exams, and get the 411 on a bargain Linux+ beta exam from CompTIA. More Articles in Certification Database SQL Server Reference Guide Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a suite of products designed to attract, track and retain customers. SQL Server is often used as a back-end for these distributed systems; Buck Woody explains what CRM is, how it works, and how you should plan to build or deploy SQL Server CRM databases. Replicating Code Modules in SQL Server Replicating table articles can help you maintain multiple databases in sync. But what about stored procedures, views, and user defined functions? There is a way to synchronize the schema of non-table articles; and replicating the execution of stored procedures can provide better performance than replicating individual commands when adding, modifying, or removing rows from tables. Read on to find out how! More Articles in Database Design & Creative Media Flash Reference Guide Check out the Flash Guide for information on some cool products that can squeeze the last ounce of file size out of your SWF. Photoshop Reference Guide Look for updates and brand new resources in the Filters; Restoring, Manipulating, and Compositing; and Actions and Automation sections of the Photoshop Guide. Dave Cross's Top Ten New Photoshop Elements Features Photoshop Dream Team Instructor David Cross narrows down the many possibilities to come up with the top ten features of Adobe's popular image-editing software. Web Design Reference Guide Working with a process or workflow helps ensure all the steps are completed for every design project. Meryl provides some resources to help you plan your next web design project. Dreamweaver MX 2004 Site Management Dreamweaver is best known as a web design tool, but it can also be a great tool for web site management. Learn about the tools built into Dreamweaver for just this purpose. More Articles in Design & Creative Media Digital Lifestyles Digital Lifestyles Reference Guide Microsoft recently had their "Digital Entertainment Anywhere" product launch, which ushered in some major improvements to their Windows Media Center platform. Jake was at the launch and brings you a full report. Creating a Family/Personal Web site (Using What You Already Know) Learn how to create a fetching web site for your family, with some features that can help you keep your relatives up to date on your family's life. The World of Ray Kurzweil Take a peek at technology inventor Ray Kurzweil's plausible vision of the future — and find out what this means to the average geek. Buying a Home Theater System, Part 1: Home Theater in a Box Turn your home TV into a viewing center with heart-pounding bass and the feeling of being "right there, right now." This article, part 1 of a series, explores the possibilities of preassembled home theater systems. Shopping at the iTunes Music Store Get a tour of Apple's popular online music store and some tips for improving your online experience. More Articles in Digital Lifestyles IT Management IT Management Reference Guide In part two of a three-part series on problem management, Rich Schiesser summarizes the 11 steps necessary to design a robust problem management process, and discusses the first six of these in detail. Beginning SOA Using BEA WebLogic Workshop Emmanuel Proulx discusses service-oriented architecture (SOA) and provides an example of an SOA system using the BEA WebLogic Workshop development environment. Managing Complexity in IT, Part 3: The Approach Concluding his series on dealing with IT complexity, Richard Murch discusses strategies for dealing with this growing problem. Quality of Service, Part 2 of 2: Managing Enterprise QoS In the conclusion of his two-part series on quality of service (QoS), network management specialist Stephen Morris discusses the issues of enterprise QoS management. More Articles in IT Management Networking Wireless System Architecture: How Wireless Works Seemingly small difference between wired and wireless networks can lead to some very large problems if you don't understand the nuances. Find out how wireless networks work, and why they need to be administered differently from traditional, wired networks. Planning Your Home Network Mark Edward Soper teaches how to match your needs with the best type of network, choose the best broadband connection, select the proper hardware, and estimate how much it will all cost. 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Bill Ball found himself in this situation recently, and he offers a clever workaround. An HP UX-11i Performance Management Methodology Optimizing the performance of a system can save your company a considerable amount of money. In this chapter, you'll see how to streamline your system for maximum efficiency. Windows Server Reference Guide Scott Fulton takes apart an abstract, well-propagated model of information systems: the Castle Defense System. He explains why the model doesn't hold up — and what blind spots it encourages. Staying in Sync: Time Synchronization Capabilities of Windows 2000 Kulvir Singh Bhogal explains how Windows 2000 can automatically keep your computer systems on time. Stupid Spam-Fighting Tricks: Sucker Moves To Avoid Spam is already a pain, but some folks inflict more pain on themselves with these not-so-clever spam-fighting tricks. Learn some techniques you shouldn't deploy on your e-mail servers. More Articles in Operating_Systems Productivity Applications Microsoft Office Reference Guide Tom Bunzel got his hands on iMatte’s iSkia — and he probably isn't going to let go. iSkia lets a presenter physically get into the visuals and make them move by gestures. Find out why Tom says this technology has the ability to signal the end of “death by PowerPoint.” More Articles in Productivity Applications Programming Java Reference Guide Steve puts together the user interface for the web photo gallery that he's been working on for the past couple weeks. Find the Bug in this Java Program This chapter from Adam Barr includes flawed Java programs for you to examine, providing great practice at troubleshooting. C++ Reference Guide Danny Kalev's discussion of the export keyword stirred a lot of comments from readers and renowned authorities, including Greg Comeau and Daveed Vandevoorde. So he's revisiting the topic in more depth, filling in the missing bits as well as providing references to relevant documents. .NET Reference Guide Continuing the topic he started last week, Jim Mischel takes a look at working with files in the file system. The System.IO.File class has methods that allow you to open, create, rename, copy, and delete files, as well as change file attributes. Delegates vs. Interfaces in .NET When you write .NET code that takes callback parameters, your first instinct may be to use delegates, but it may not occur to you that you can use an interface instead. Learn why and when an interface may be a better answer. Introduction to Mobile Application Architectures As mobile devices become more common, it becomes imperative to understand how this environment poses unique application architecture challenges. This chapter will help you understand the issues involved in developing applications for mobile devices. Creating Accessible Sites with IBM aDesigner Creating an accessible Web site, one that everyone can use, means more visits and a fatter bottom line. John Mueller walks through an easy site-creation process with IBM's aDesigner. More Articles in Programming Security Security Reference Guide Seth and Cyrus add a section on implementing PEAP via Windows 2003 Server and Windows XP clients. If you are thinking of setting up a secure wireless authentication system, then check out this update! Securing Mac OS X Macs are known for their superb security, but maintaining this security does take some work. In this article, you'll learn the strategies to keep the Macs you support secure. Fighting Fire with Fire: Designing a "Good" Computer Virus Cyrus Peikari demonstrates methods to design and test a live, attenuated computer virus vaccine using real-world simulation. More Articles in Security Web Development XML Reference Guide Nick Chase adds a new section on WS-Addressing. 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