Millions of readers already reach for Scott Mueller's best-selling Upgrading and Repairing PCs when they have a problem to solve, need to upgrade their system, or just want to look under their PC's covers. Now Scott offers an equally in-depth resource for portable computers. While PC components follow standards, laptops and notebooks can be tricky, and most models lack any labels or explanations of what goes where. Scott demystifies the laptop, shows the upgrades you can perform, the ones that are better left to the manufacturer, and how to use add-on peripherals to make the most of a laptop. Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, Second Edition is the owner's manual technicians and hobbyists need to fix or upgrade their portable machines. Updates to the second edition include the latest processors and assassboards, complete assembly and disassembly information, updated memory standards, upgrading hard drive to increase performance, and changes in networking and firewalls (including Windows XP service pack 2).

Captivated By The Light Video Training - a training video course that teaches us how to properly make pictures, tells about the art of digital photography, the various methods of obtaining high-quality digital photos.

Ableton Live 8 is an amazing audio production and live performance tool. But all the incredible features that are packed into this software means the learning curve is steep! Don't let that deter you though ... with a bit of training you'll soon know how to * think * like Live, and that will make it faster and easier for you to create your artistic visions.In this 6.5-hour Ableton Live 8 tutorial-video by Lead macProVideo.com trainer Bill Burgess, you'll learn incredible tips, tricks, and workflow techniques that will help you become a master of Live 8.

Dassault Systemes prides itself in putting technology at the service of innovation. In times like these, it becomes even more critical to provide you with collaborative tools that will help you rethink today's landscape and tighten community around a common goal. CATIA V6 on PLM2.0 is the right driver to go this way. Extensions to Dassault Systemes’ award-winning collaborative 3D environment, allowing an unlimited number of online users to participate with immersive video conference in virtual 3D brainstorming, leveraging the collective intelligence of geographically dispersed teams.

"The UK dance music legend walks you through the production techniques behind his cover version of John Michel Jarres 70s synth classic Oxygene (part IV)"

"A rising star of the electronic music scene, Michele Balduzzi takes time out of his increasingly busy schedule to show you some of his studio secrets."

Aetuts+ is a site made to house and showcase some of the best After Effects tutorials around.

We publish tutorials that not only produce great effects, but explain them in a friendly, approachable manner. We also stock up links to tutorials, articles, presets and plugins from around the web to help you get the most out of After Effects.

This nearly 2-hour session with a master is sure to inspire you in addition to teaching a number of unusual but highly effective location lighting techniques. This is one of the best videos we have seen on lighting.

This DVD covers lighting in office spaces, exteriors, beauty/glamour shots, location staff interviews, lighting in smoke, reception areas, podiums, conference tables, and other lighting scenarios. The DVD also covers fixtures ranging from Chinese Lanterns to 2 man-crew tungsten's.

Optical Flares is a plug-in for designing and animating realistic lens flares in After Effects.

Producer and DJ Kye Gibbon, better known as Foamo, is a relative new face on the house music scene, but he's already made considerable waves with his original tracks and remixes. Blog-scouring readers will be familiar with his stunning bootleg of Skream's "In For The Kill" remix, which impressed La Roux's label enough for them to commission him to remix the band's "Bulletproof". We caught up with the High Wycombe hotshot to find out more about his production secrets. Using Ableton Live and Reason.

This is click-by-click video lessons on DVD-ROM. This tutorial is created by an Instructor / University Lecturer. The DVD contains easy-to-follow multimedia tutorial with voice of 108 lessons which give you a flexibility and set your own learning pace. The course covers Introduction, Sketch, Block, Part creation, Drawing and Basic assembly procedures. This Edition will provide a fundamental lesson and is designed to help you to understand the SolidWorks 2009. This tutorial is designed and created based on SolidWorks 2009 Edition. However, it might be still apply to the previous version of 2007 and 2008.