PC Mods for the Evil Genius

Jim Aspinwall

  • 出版商: McGraw-Hill Education
  • 出版日期: 2006-12-22
  • 定價: $875
  • 售價: 3.4$299
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 288
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0071473602
  • ISBN-13: 9780071473606
  • 立即出貨(限量) (庫存=3)

商品描述

Description

UNIQUE YOUR PC WITH SUPER TWEAKS!

If you yearn for the coolest, most crazed 'puter around, PC Mods for the Evil Genius is the key to the kingdom! This book shows you how to supercharge your PC-and create a jaw-dropping system that cannot be purchased off any shelf, anywhere!

You get complete, easy-to-follow plans, clear diagrams and schematics, and lists of parts and tools, so you know what's needed before you begin. PC Mods for the Evil Genius gives you:

  • Illustrated instructions and plans for amazing projects presented in sufficient detail to be built even by newcomers
  • Loads of projects simple enough for beginners-but intense enough to impress even your most savvy friends
  • Tips to add high-end features easily and economically
  • Frustration-factor removal-needed parts and tools are listed, along with sources-and how to get everything you need at the cheapest prices possible

TRANSFORM YOUR COMPUTER FROM AN ORDINARY CRUISER INTO A PC MUSCLE CAR!

PC Mods for the Evil Genius equips you with complete plans, instructions, parts lists, and sources for projects that let you:

  • Jazz up your PC with a right-now case, custom lights, and other cool options
  • Transform your PC into a TV
  • Add TiVo capabilities and create your own PVR (personal video recorder)
  • Archive your private videos
  • Create mobile entertainment and navigation systems
  • Let your friends and family track your travels with Google Earth
  • Check and share your local weather conditions
  • Make your 'puter help detect alien lifeforms in space
  • Link you PC to a supercomputer chain unraveling the mysteries of DNA
  • Phone almost anyone, anywhere in the world and talk to them live with your PC (and no phone charges)
  • Put a live video feed of yourself (or anything else) onto the Web 24 hours a day
  • Secure your PC biometrically
  • Keep intruders out of your I/O ports
  • And much, much more!

 

Table of Contents

Dedication
About the Author
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Green PC
Chapter 2: PC Control Panel
Chapter 3: The Ultra-Mod PC
Chapter 4: Motherboard Upgrade
Chapter 5: Build Your Own Power Protection
Chapter 6: Secure Your WiFi
Chapter 7: Dynamic Picture Frame
Chapter 8: Mobile Entertainment
Chapter 9: Mobile Navigation
Chapter 10: Mobile Internet
Chapter 11: Share Your Trip With APRS
Chapter 12: Let Others Track Your Trip by Google
Chapter 13: PC Weather Station
Chapter 14: I Want My PC TV
Chapter 15: Sling Video All Around
Chapter 16: Voice-Over-IP With Skype
Chapter 17: Security Webcam
Chapter 18: Contributing to Science Explorations
Chapter 19: Keep In Sync
Chapter 20: Securing Your Computer
Glossary
Index

商品描述(中文翻譯)

描述

如果你渴望擁有最酷、最瘋狂的電腦,那麼《邪惡天才的電腦改裝》就是你實現夢想的關鍵!這本書將教你如何超越常規,打造一個無法在任何地方購買的令人驚嘆的系統。

書中提供了完整且易於遵循的計劃、清晰的圖表和示意圖,以及零件和工具清單,讓你在開始之前就知道需要什麼。《邪惡天才的電腦改裝》為你提供:

- 以足夠細節呈現的驚人項目的圖解說明和計劃,即使是新手也能夠建造
- 足夠簡單以適合初學者,但足夠強大以令你最精明的朋友印象深刻的項目
- 輕鬆經濟地添加高端功能的技巧
- 列出所需零件和工具以及來源的解決方案,以及如何以最便宜的價格獲得所需的一切

將你的電腦從普通的巡洋艦變成一輛PC肌肉車!

《邪惡天才的電腦改裝》提供了完整的計劃、說明、零件清單和來源,讓你可以實現以下項目:

- 用最新的外殼、自定義燈光和其他酷炫選項來提升你的PC
- 將你的PC變成一台電視
- 添加TiVo功能,並創建自己的PVR(個人視頻錄製器)
- 存檔你的私人視頻
- 創建移動娛樂和導航系統
- 讓你的朋友和家人使用Google Earth追蹤你的旅行
- 檢查並分享你當地的天氣狀況
- 讓你的電腦幫助探測太空中的外星生命形式
- 將你的PC連接到一個超級計算機鏈,解開DNA的奧秘
- 用你的PC(無需電話費)幾乎與世界上任何地方的人進行實時通話
- 將你自己(或其他任何東西)的實時視頻鏈接到網絡上,24小時不間斷
- 用生物特徵確保你的PC的安全
- 防止入侵者進入你的I/O端口
- 還有更多!

目錄

致謝
作者簡介
前言
感謝
引言
第1章:綠色PC
第2章:PC控制面板
第3章:超級改裝PC
第4章:主機板升級
第5章:自建電源保護
第6章:保護你的WiFi
第7章:動態相框
第8章:移動娛樂
第9章:移動導航