Who couldn't use a little extra help these days? Answers, information, reminders, and all sorts of additional help are only a verbal query away with Siri, the artificial intelligence personal assistant. Siri made her debut with the iPhone 4 and...

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Beginning Ubuntu for Windows and Mac Users is your comprehensive guide to using Ubuntu. You already know how to use a computer running Windows or OS X, but learning a new operating system can feel daunting. If you've been afraid to try Ubuntu because you don't know where to start, this book will show you how to get the...

For over twenty years, psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman has examined the quirky science of everyday life. In Quirkology, he navigates the backwaters of human behavior, discovering the...

LOGIC PRO 9 POWER! provides a complete introduction and reference for Logic Pro that covers the things that you are most likely to run into while using Logic to make music, using simple, thorough, and complete explanations. The book also explores why Logic works the way it does, so you'll not only learn the mechanics of how to do...

According to popular legend, a Mac is so easy to use that you don’t need to read books about it. Alas, if only that were true. The fact is, to harness all the power of Mac OS X would take a substantial amount of time of exploring and tinkering. The reality is, not everyone has the time, the inclination, or the patience...

“Logic Pro 8 Power!” provides a complete introduction and reference for Logic Pro in a volume less than a third the size of the Logic Pro 8 manual. It doesn’t attempt to cover everything, but it makes sure to cover the things that you are likely to run into while using Logic to make music, through simple, thorough, and complete...

The iPhone, iPod Touch, Nintendo Gameboy, and handhelds like them are some of the are used by hundreds of millions of people around the world. Many of the people who use these devices are musicians that don’t know that they can use their handhelds to make and record music. This book offers both a survey of the available technologies,...

Major Linux distributions such as Red Hat, Mandrake and SuSE, among others, have released mature, full-featured versions suitable for day to day use on an average computer user's day to day computer, including not only a complete operating system but also a Microsoft Office-compatible application suite and a plethora of additional tools...