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      :: Computers & Software
        Sending E-Mail from Your BlackBerry

        Send an e-mail from your BlackBerry to everyone who needs to know that you now have a BlackBerry. Here's how to share your notable news:

      • Recording a New Task on Your BlackBerry
      • Navigating Web Pages with a BlackBerry
      • Choosing a Calendar View on Your BlackBerry
      • Using the Windows Vista Control Panel
      • Updating Your iPod Manually
      • Troubleshooting a "Broken" Laptop
      • Knowing What's New with Windows Vista
      • Introducing Eight Versions of Windows Vista
      • Identifying the Main Components of the Windows XP Control Panel
      • Getting Your Laptop's IP Address
      • Fixing a Frozen Mac
      • Figuring Out Windows Files and Folders
      • Fiddling with Your Mac's Dashboard Widgets
      • Deciding whether You Need Windows Vista
      • Dealing with Startup Problems in Your Mac
      • Covering Common Mac Problems
      • Conserving Your Laptop's Power
      • Finding Common Ground: Macs and Windows
      • Befriending the Mighty Printer Control Panel
      • Archiving Outlook Folders
      • Animating Parts of a PowerPoint Slide
      • Analog to Digital: Exploring External Video Converters
      • Adjusting Your Mouse with the Windows XP Control Panel
      • Adjusting Your Monitor's Display
      • Adding Wireless to Your Older Laptop
      • Adding Users in Windows XP
      • Free Software: Image-Editing with GIMP
      • Filtering Junk E-Mail in Outlook 2003
      • Figuring Out What You Can Do with Different Breeds of Scanners
      • Fabricating Those Fabulous Formulas in Excel
      • Exploring HDMI Digital Video Connections for Your Home Theater
      • Eliminating the Preinstalled Stuff on Your New Computer
      • Digitizing Existing Pictures with Scanners
      • Deciphering Ten Dumb PC Error Messages
      • Deciding How Much RAM Is Enough
      • Creating a Signature for Your Outlook Email
      • Creating a New Document Based on a Template in Microsoft Word
      • Creating Your Own Templates in Microsoft Word
      • Creating Readable Slides in PowerPoint 2003
      • Creating Interactive Web Pages in Excel
      • Create a Simple PowerPoint Quiz
      • Connecting a Laptop to a Wireless Network in Windows Vista
      • Connecting Camcorder to Computer with FireWire
      • Configuring Your Media Center Edition PC to Play DVDs Your Way
      • Cleaning Your Monitor, Scanner, Mouse, and Keyboard
      • Changing the Template Attached to a Microsoft Word Document
      • Buying the Right PC for You
      • Building an Index in Word 2003
      • Avoiding a Zapped Computer
      • Moving Hardware from the Old to the New Computer
      • Taking a Picture of What's on Your PC Screen
      • Reestablishing Sanity on Your Laptop with System Restore
      • Programming Your Power Button
      • Playing a Movie on a PowerPoint Slide
      • Playing Videos in PowerPoint 2003
      • PC Basics: Connecting and Removing USB Devices
      • Moving Data Over to Your New Computer
      • Merging Multiple e-Mail Accounts on Your BlackBerry
      • Setting the Time and Date in Your BlackBerry
      • Setting Up Document Recovery in Excel 2003
      • Saving the Day with Surge Protectors and UPS Units
      • Saving Your Laptop after a Spill
      • Using Color Schemes in PowerPoint 2003
      • Upgrading Your PC for Digital Video
      • Upgrading RAM in Your Mac mini
      • Tracking Changes in Your Microsoft Word Document
      • Tips and Tricks for Better Scanning and Editing
      • Taking Shortcuts with Macros in Office 2003
      • Spring Cleaning for Your PC — Any Time of Year!
      • Sorting Records in an Excel Data List
      • Showing Transitions between PowerPoint Slides
      • Working with Distribution Lists in Outlook
      • Watching Out for Macro Viruses in Office 2003
      • Viewing Digital Video: Monitor versus TV
      • Using Slide Masters in Your PowerPoint Presentation
      :: Handhelds
        Beaming Items with Your Palm Device

        Beaming is a Palm Computing feature that enables you to send information from one Palm device to another by directly pointing the two units at each other. As long as the units are no more than about three feet apart with no obstacles between them, the process is quick and simple. Informal tests show that two Palm devices lose sight of each other when they're four feet apart, and they also have some trouble communicating if they're closer than three inches or so. However, at a typical conference table, you should have no trouble beaming information to a Palm device across from you.

      • Backing Up Your BlackBerry Data
      • Archiving Your Palm Data
      • Adding Contacts Manually on Your Pocket PC
      • Adding Appointments to the Palm Calendar
      • Exploring Some Graffiti Gee Whiz Secrets on Your Palm
      • Creating an Appointment on Your BlackBerry
      • Jotting Down Notes on Your BlackBerry
      • Infrared HotSyncing Your Palm to Your Laptop
      • Merging Multiple e-Mail Accounts on Your BlackBerry
      • Managing Meeting Requests on Your BlackBerry
      • Setting the Time and Date in Your BlackBerry
      • Setting Up Custom Address Book Fields on Your Palm Device
      • Setting Alarms in Your Palm Calendar
      • Synching Your BlackBerry to Your PC
      • Using the BlackBerry Internet Service Client
      • Upgrading Your Palm
      :: Home Entertainment
        Choosing a Digital Camcorder

        When you go shopping for a new digital camcorder, you'll be presented with myriad specifications and features. Your challenge is to sort through all the hoopla and figure out whether the camera will meet your specific needs. When reviewing the spec sheet for any new camcorder, pay special attention to these items:

      • Getting to Know Digital Video
      • Analog to Digital: Exploring External Video Converters
      • Getting to Know Aspect Ratios in Digital Video
      • Exploring HDMI Digital Video Connections for Your Home Theater
      • Creating MP3 files from CDs
      • Configuring Your Media Center Edition PC to Play DVDs Your Way
      • Choosing a Digital Video Format
      • Camcorder Techniques: Framing a Shot
      • Camcorder Techniques: Effective Zooming
      • Knowing What You Need to Record a DVD
      • Installing a New CD or DVD Burner
      • Importing MP3 Audio to Your Digital Video
      • Home Theater Basics: What's "Electronic Content?"
      • Moving Hardware from the Old to the New Computer
      • Recording a DVD Movie Disc
      • Playing DVDs in Windows XP
      • Upgrading Your PC for Digital Video
      • Understanding the Difference Between DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM
      • Understanding Interlacing and Progressive Scans
      • Using Windows Movie Maker
      • Working with Digitally Captured Images
      • What's Behind DVD Copy Protection
      • Viewing Digital Video: Monitor versus TV
      • A Battle in the Home Theater: High Definition DVD Formats
      :: Photography
        Balancing and Framing an Image

        If you place every element of interest in a photograph on one side or another, leaving little or nothing to look at on the opposite side, the picture is unbalanced, like a seesaw with a child at one end and no one on the other. The best pictures have an inherent balance that makes them look graceful. Photos are frequently put in frames for a good reason: A border around a picture defines the picture's shape and concentrates attention on the image within the frame.

      • Using a Scanner to Make a Digital Photo
      • Understanding Photography's Rule of Thirds
      • Transferring Photos from a Photo Library to Your iPod
      • Transferring Images from Your Camera to Your PC
      • Taking Great Sports Pictures
      • Getting a Close-Up Look at Digital Macro Photography
      • Getting Comfortable with Digital Exposure Controls
      • Fixing Cracks or Tears by Cloning a Digital Photo
      • Fine-Tuning Your Digital Photos for the Web
      • Digitally Restoring Vintage Photos
      • Digital SLRs and Close-Up Photography
      • Determining Your Digital Photography Lighting Needs
      • Considering Your Digital Photo Storage Options
      • Avoiding Red-Eye in Digital Photography
      • Archiving and Backing Up Your Digital Photo Collection
      • Accounting for Aspect Ratio in Digital Photography
      • Getting to Know Digital Photography
      • Getting Smart about Digital Camera Batteries
      • Fine-Tuning Exposure with a Digital Camera's Metering System
      • Evaluating Digital Images in Camera Raw
      • Digitizing Existing Pictures with Scanners
      • Digital Photography: Understanding Computer Monitor Resolution
      • Digital Photography: Looking at Lens Features
      • Digital Cameras: Aperture, f-Stops, and Shutter Speed
      • Demystifying Digital Camera Resolution
      • Dealing with dSLR Camera Shake
      • Creating a Digital Art Photo in Black and White
      • Contending with Digital SLR Camera Quirks
      • Choosing Digital Camera Filters
      • Checking for Advanced Flash Features in Your Digital Camera
      • Checking for Advanced Flash Features in Your Digital Camera
      • Capturing a Great Digital Picture
      • Camcorder Techniques: Framing a Shot
      • Bringing Soft Images into Sharper Focus
      • Looking at the Key Features of a Digital SLR Camera
      • Looking at Basic Digital-Camera Settings
      • Locking Your Camera Focus
      • Knowing How Digital Camera Lenses Work
      • Identifying Digital Photo Printing Options
      • Going from Digital Photo to Gallery-Ready Art Print
      • Put Together a Digital Photo Slideshow
      • Preparing to Photoblog
      • Peeking at the Anatomy of a Digital SLR Camera
      • Looking at the Pros and Cons of Digital Photography
      • Shopping for the Right Digital Camera
      • Shooting Panoramas with a Digital Camera
      • Setting the Resolution on a Digital Camera
      • Sending Digital Photos by E-Mail
      • Selecting a Format in Digital Photography: JPEG, TIFF, Raw
      • Saving Digital Photos in the JPEG Format
      • Understanding the Key Features of a dSLR Camera
      • Trimming Pictures to Standard Photo Sizes
      • Ten Ways to Protect Your Pictures
      • Single-Click Fixes in Photoshop Album
      • Shrinking Digital Photos to Screen Size
      • Working with Your Digital Camera's Autofocus Mode
      • Working with Digitally Captured Images
      • Using Tags to Categorize and Search for Digital Photos
      • Using Lenses Creatively in Digital Photography
      :: Portable Devices
        Using Smart Playlists in iTunes

        At the top of the Source list in iTunes, indicated by a gear icon, you can find what Apple (and everyone else) calls a smart playlist. iTunes comes with a few sample smart playlists, such as the My Top Rated playlist, and you can create your own. Smart playlists add songs to themselves based on prearranged criteria. For example, as you rate your songs, My Top Rated changes to reflect your new ratings. You don't have to set anything up — My Top Rated is already defined for you.

      • Updating Your iPod Manually
      • Transferring Photos from a Photo Library to Your iPod
      • Discovering Internet Radio Stations
      • Creating MP3 files from CDs
      • Copying MP3 Files onto CDs
      • Changing the AAC Encoder Settings in iTunes
      • Changing Your Default MP3 Player
      • Burning CDs of Music Files Purchased Online
      • Listening to MP3 Files in Your Car
      • Joining the Pack of MP3 Users
      • Importing MP3 Audio to Your Digital Video
      • Recording Songs from Albums
      • Modifying Songs in iTunes
      • Retrieving Music CD Information from iTunes
      • Updating an iPod from a Larger iTunes Library
      • Understanding the Major File Formats: WAV, MP3, and MIDI
      • Storing and Transferring Music Files

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