Day: January 8, 2013

Title: iPod: The Missing Manual, 11th Edition
By: J.D. BiersdorferWith:David Pogue
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: December 2012
Ebook: December 2012
Pages: 352
Print ISBN: 978-1-4493-1619-8| ISBN 10:1-4493-1619-0
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4493-4429-0| ISBN 10:1-4493-4429-1

Apple’s iPods continue to set the bar for media players, with bold new features like the Touch’s supersized screen and Siri voice control. But iPods still lack a guide to all their features. That’s where this full-color book comes in. It shows you how to play music, movies, and slideshows; shoot photos and videos; and navigate Apple’s redesigned iTunes media-management program.

The important stuff you need to know:

• Fill it up. Load your iPod with music, photos, movies, TV shows, games, ebooks, and podcasts.
• Manage your stuff. Download media and apps from the iTunes and App Stores, then organize your collection.
• Tackle the Touch. Send email and instant messages, make FaceTime calls, and shoot photos and HD video with the Touch’s 5-megapixel camera.
• Go wireless. Use the Touch’s new iOS 6 software to sync content wirelessly.
• Relish the Nano. Enjoy video and photos on the Nano’s new big screen, and chart your workouts with the Nike+ pedometer.
• Master the Shuffle and Classic. Get mucho music on the little Shuffle, and use the Classic’s giant hard drive to tote around your audio and video collections.
• Pump it up. Blast iPod tunes through your home and car stereo.

J.D. Biersdorfer

J.D. Biersdorfer is the best-selling author of iPad: The Missing Manual, Best iPhone Apps (Second Edition), Netbooks: The Missing Maunal, and The iPod Shuffle Fan Book. She is the co-author of iPod: The Missing Manual, Google: The Missing Manual (Second Edition), iPhoto ’09: The Missing Manual, and The Internet: The Missing Manual. She has authored the weekly technology column “Q&A” for the New York Times since 1998 and often writes about art, books, and design for other sections of The Times. J.D. also co-hosts the independent Pop Tech Jam audio podcast, which explores current events in the world of technology and geek culture.

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Title: Windows PowerShell Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition
By: Lee Holmes
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: December 2012
Ebook: December 2012
Pages: 208
Print ISBN: 978-1-4493-2096-6| ISBN 10:1-4493-2096-1
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4493-2095-9| ISBN 10:1-4493-2095-3

This portable reference to Windows PowerShell 3.0 summarizes the command shell and scripting language, and provides a concise reference to the many tasks that make PowerShell so useful. If you’re a busy Windows administrator, and don’t have time to plow through huge books or search online, this is the ideal on-the-job tool.

Written by Microsoft PowerShell team member Lee Holmes, and excerpted from his Windows PowerShell Cookbook, this edition offers up-to-date coverage of PowerShell 3.0. You’ll find information on the .NET classes and legacy tools you need to manage your system, along with chapters on how to write scripts, manage errors, and format output.

Beginning with a guided tour of Windows PowerShell, this handy guide covers:

• PowerShell language and environment
• Regular expression reference
• XPath quick reference
• .NET string formatting
• .NET DateTime formatting
• Selected .NET classes and their uses
• WMI reference
• Selected COM objects and their uses
• Selected events and their uses
• Standard PowerShell verbs

Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes is a developer on the Microsoft Windows PowerShell team, and has been an authoritative source of information about PowerShell since its earliest betas. His vast experience with Windows PowerShell enables him to integrate both the ‘how’ and the ‘why’ into discussions. Lee’s involvement with the PowerShell and administration community (via newsgroups, mailing lists, and blogs) gives him a great deal of insight into the problems faced by all levels of administrators and PowerShell users alike.

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