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Your step-by-step guide to digital media fun - no experience required!Share your movies, create a music library, or preserve important recordsWhat do you want to put on CDs or DVDs? Whether you need a backup archive for valuable business data or a personalized video library that rocks, you can do it with Roxio Easy Media Creator 8. Follow this handy guide to find the task you want to perform and make it happen, quickly and easily.Discover how toQuickly navigate the Creator 8 suiteCopy data with Drag-to-DiscSchedule regular backupsProduce slideshows with background musicBuild media projects with task AssistantsCreate DVDs with audio, video, and photos...

A rootkit is a type of malicious software that gives the hacker "root" or administrator access to your network. They are activated before your system's operating system has completely booted up, making them extremely difficult to detect. Rootkits allow hackers to install hidden files, processes, and hidden user accounts. Hackers can use them to open back doors in order to intercept data from terminals, connections, and keyboards. A rootkit hacker can gain access to your systems and stay there for years, completely undetected.Learn from respected security experts and Microsoft Security MVPs how to recognize rootkits, get rid of them, and manage damage control.Accompanying the book is a value-packed companion CD offering a unique suite of too...

Everyday we face decisions that carry an element of risk and uncertainty. The ability to analyze, predict, and prepare for the level of risk entailed by these decisions is, therefore, one of the most constant and vital skills needed for analysts, scientists and managers.Risk analysis can be defined as a systematic use of information to identify hazards, threats and opportunities, as well as their causes and consequences, and then express risk. In order to successfully develop such a systematic use of information, those analyzing the risk need to understand the fundamental concepts of risk analysis and be proficient in a variety of methods and techniques. Risk Analysis adopts a practical, predictive approach and guides the reader through a number of a...

Make some magic with HDR photographyBreathtaking detail. Spectacular contrast. Unbelievable texture. These are all hallmarks of HDR (high dynamic range) photography. When you learn the secrets of how to shoot, process, and display HDR images, you'll understand why master photographer Rick Sammon calls it "magical" and you'll also know why he says it's a ton of fun. Ready to get started? See the color, direction, and quality of the light as well as the contrastLearn the secrets of HDR by exploring dozens of before-and-after examplesDiscover how to avoid digital noise and chromatic aberrationsFind out when you should NOT use HDR and whyLearn to process HDR images with Photomatix and enhance them even more with Adobe Camera RAW and Photoshop...

Beginning with a basic primer on reverse engineering-including computer internals, operating systems, and assembly language-and then discussing the variousapplications of reverse engineering, this book provides readers with practical, in-depth techniques for software reverse engineering. The book is broken into two parts, the first deals with security-related reverse engineering and the second explores the more practical aspects of reverse engineering. In addition, the author explains how to reverse engineer a third-party software library to improve interfacing and how to reverse engineer a competitor's software to build a better product.* The first popular book to show how software reverse engineering can help defend against security threats, speed ...