Wired(R) News Shows How to Handle a Burning PC

Barely a week after publication, "Surviving PC Disasters, Mishaps, and Blunders" (U.S. $29.99, 416 pp, ISBN 1-932111-98-0) has been featured in Wired® News in a story called "How to Handle a Burning PC" (Jan. 31, 2005). After interviewing the authors, PC experts Jesse Torres and Peter Sideris, reporter Michelle Delio says, "Torres and Sideris are funny guys, and the book does an excellent job of presenting complicated triage advice in an understandable but not dumbed- down way."

"Surviving PC Disasters, Mishaps, and Blunders" is much more than a disaster recovery book, though. This highly readable and instructive new book covers the real types of digital lifestyle problems that all PC users will face sooner or later -- from the horrific to the embarrassing, as well as the truly stupid accidents and mistakes. For a PC that is smashed, hacked, stolen, in flames, virus-laden, or just plain slow and unreliable, "Surviving PC Disasters, Mishaps, and Blunders" covers it all -- giving the reader triage advice and lifesaving tips to prevent problems from occurring in the first place. The book is jam-packed with eye-opening horror stories that will truly inspire (or really scare) readers to be more cautious. Each chapter shows the reader how to deal with disasters, mishaps, and blunders that can occur in areas such as hardware, software, viruses, travel, Internet fraud, identity theft, networks, and much more. Scenarios are presented with practical, hands-on solutions designed to help readers solve wicked problems quickly.

Co-author Jesse Torres says, "As an IT consultant, I see wicked PC disasters every day. Sadly, most of these crises could be avoided with just a little planning. My intention in writing this book was to help arm everyone with common-sense advice on protecting their PCs and other devices, and learning how to recover from those unexpected catastrophes that always seem to happen at the worst possible time." Adds co-author Peter Sideris, "I'm always amazed at how vulnerable most computer users are to identity theft, theft of their laptops, or completely avoidable blunders, such as letting their kids play in their office around all their cables and wires. That's just an accident waiting to happen. This book is a must-have for anyone who is worried that they're not ready for a computer disaster -- or someone who runs a computing environment and needs to prepare for the worst."

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