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My Cyber Saver has saved my life more than once! I make sure I write down all my passwords and log on info in my cyber saver whenever I visit a new site. I keep my cyber saver right next to my desk top, so when I need it I can just grab it and look up any of the many passwords that I use.It is a great book. It makes a great gift too, especially for teachers or researchers!!

Being a novice at the computer and an infant on the Internet, the
Cyber Saver was an answer to my inability to remember addresses
for websites that I would see on television or read in magazines
and books--not to mention business associates, friends & family!

In the past I would call my sister or nephew to ask the same
question--what was that search engine or how do I find this or
that!

Now I just look it up in my personalized address book! It's
great.

I received the Cyber Saver Deluxe as a birthday present. It is
one of the most valuable additions to my desktop computer. With
the easy to read, divided sections I am able to personalize all
my business email addresses and personal, favorite websites that
in the past were notes pasted everywhere and eventually misplaced.

I would highly recommend it to anyone who is organized and even
more to those who want to be. The black padded binder is refill-
able and looks great. I have already purchased several for gifts
this holiday season. These are well worth their inexpensive
price and are great gifts for those who use their computers to
keep in touch.

I work as a freelance website designer. I can't afford to hire people to write anything for me so this book/CDROM was a huge lifesaver. I really appreciate that I can edit the contracts to my liking but they still look professional! A great help!

After sitting all day, for 12 hours with my eyes into the monitor do you think I am in the mood to write contracts? Do you think I am in the mood to do anything? My wife always said that I worked too much. Well After buying this book I used to have more free time because all the contracts I had to create were her. Now I have more time for myself and less money spent on lawyers or assistants.

It's very annoying for a programmer like me to deal with paperwork. We aren't used to do paperwork! We need a straight line with everything we need so this book is the best thing a programmer who deals with contracts can buy!
I love it because I can search for anything in it and I am sure I will find it without getting annoyed or call my lawyer who always charges me more that he is supposed to.
Buy this book because it will stop premature aging!

Being a coder doesn't leave me with much time so I need some fast preprinted contracts that I can use anywhere and this book does the trick. They are good printed and well made so I can use them with all my confidence. I highly recommend this book!

It appears someone is falsifying reviews for this book. Most of the reviews are written in broken or odd english. Most reviewers have either reviewed no other products or have only reviewed other products by the publisher. Not sure what's going on here but very very suspicious. Buyer beware.

I read these kinds of books all the time. If your a noob, I would highly recommend this book*. You will learn the fundamentals of the trade. Other books i would recommend also are "Spies among us" , "Secrets and Lies (digital security in a networked world), tcp/ip for dummies, linux/unix for dummies, a good CompTia A+ book, and a Comptia N+ book and you'll be just about ready for a real cyber cop job. ~ happy trails. *read this one first.

I have to admit, in the first chapter of "Cyber Spying" I found myself creeped out. But, unlike people who have had to deal with this sort of thing, I've never had to deal with a cheating spouse or, worse, someone preying on my kids. With that in mind, I forged ahead to have a look at Fair et al's book. I have to say that what I found wasn't great, but did a decent job.

Chapter 1, the creepy one, sets out the whole "Why Spy?" topic with anecdotes and some (at times) questionable stats. The three main authors are all ex-intelligence service and so they tend to have a lot of CIA-ish anecdotes. All in all, chapter 1 feels more like hype and scare than much of anything (the cheating spouse story and stats).

Chapter 2 covers spying basic, mainly principles that they'll be using throughout the rest of the book. Not much technical material here, and lots about the Robert Hanssen case.

Chapters 3 and 4 cover computer and network basics. I think they're included for completeness' sake, but sadly they don't really outline the audience very well (because you'll wind up installing hardware and very technical software in the coming chapters).

Chapter 5 covers the basics of "Taking control", namely how to navigate around your Windows PC. While there's a convoluted way to get to the Windows Explorer to browse files, there's a good list of various utilities (nice clarity here), and then a short Wireshark intro. This is what I mean about the varying levels of the intended audience: if they have to be told what a modem port looks like, chances are they wont get regedit and Wireshark all that much.

Chapter 6 covers "Spying on the PC" and all sorts of convoluted ways to recover passwords, accounts, etc (before they get to various tools to assist you). This convoluted approach sadly makes the utility of this chapter very low.

Chapters 7, 8 and 9 cover web browsing, email and IM spying, respectively. Sadly, many of the techniques given are complex and could be better done with a few pieces of (sometimes free) software. Never mind that if you actually try and alter your kid's computer, they'll probably figure it out, and the book's own excerpt about how a kid cleans up his own computer would defeat many of these methods.

Chapter 10 covers advanced techniques and does so fairly well. No major issues to note here. Chapter 11 covers how you can detect being spied on (ie by your spouse or parent) and thwart such measures.

"Cyber Spying" is unique in its topic and only executes it modestly well. The coverage itself is OK, but the methods are convoluted and better tools and techniques could have been used. This book is NOT for enterprise managers who want to learn how to monitor their employees, there are far better ways to do that. In short, this book is only OK.

Although a well detailed book, laying out the valid reasons why to spy
(especially on family members), Cyber Spying spends too much time on the
problems and not enough on the solutions. This book is great for those less
familiar with computer and network basics. Those with more experience in
computers will get more out of the chapters that address psychology and
software for spying. Also, the chapters on advanced techniques and other
devices that you can spy on are helpful and informative. The
book provides a good overview of the methods and types of software
available, but falls short in identifying software that "does it all." I
was disappointed by the lack of any specific software mentioned that can
accomplish all the types of spying mentioned (e.g., keystroke and website
logging, email and chat records, and cookie and cache information). The
bonus of 4 free downloadable e-books is a valuable resource for expanding
your knowledge beyond the book. Cyber Spying shows the vulnerability of most
PCs; it's not as much a threat against the Mac. Like all O'Reilly books,
it's a great reference book, but don't let it fall into the hands of the
"enemy" lest they learn your secrets.

Cyber Spying Tracking Your Family's (Sometimes) Secret Online Lives is great, especially for parents. This is since parents haven't a clue what their kids are doing online.

This book will help parents know if their kids are up to good or no good.

I put off reading Cyber Spying for over a year. I guess it was a combination of too many computer security books, not enough time, and the fact that I tend not to read books that appear to be geared toward the mainstream home user. But, based on some recent comments by someone in my office and the fact that one of the authors is now a colleague of mine, I decided to see what I've been missing.

The book is very well-written and interesting. It presents a good overview of techniques and available tools that can be used for various types of data collection. Although space prevents an in-depth review of each tool, the book provides enough information to get started. Other books or the Internet are available for readers who truly want to get more information on the tools.

Throughout the book, the authors go to great length to warn the reader of the possible consequences of spying on your family and getting caught. The authors start by exposing data from user activities that is collected by Microsoft Windows, web browsers, and other applications; such as web sites visited, images viewed, e-mails written, applications launched, etc, that might reveal illicit behavior. I found this to be informative and fun, as I followed along on my own machine. I already knew that such data was collected (mostly), but somehow it still gave me pause as I (re)realized how vulnerable we all are to having our personal privacy violated; if not from our family members, from strangers who might install spyware on our machines to collect such information. In a sense, the book is also a primer on identity theft (both how to steal someone's identity and how to prevent yours from being stolen).

The authors then turn toward more active (and covert) data collection techniques using keyloggers, network sniffers, and remote control software. In my opinion, there is a difference between looking at your spouse's or children's browser's web page history or the Windows registry; information which is readily available, and covertly monitoring their activities using special purpose software or hardware, such as keyloggers and network sniffers. For me, the circumstances would have to be pretty dire, and I would have to be very certain that "bad things are happening" before I would undertake those types of monitoring activities. As another reviewer indicated, you might prevent your kids from an on-line predictor. But, equally or more likely, you will drive them to more sophisticated means to hide their activities (both on-line and off-line). I would caution the reader not take the authors warnings lightly. Remember, the person you're spying on may not take kindly to your methods, and could very well turn the tables on you and retaliate, regardless of whether they are innocent or guilty. The spying may literally reveal more about the spy than the spy's intended target. Even if you don't have anything to hide yourself (which is highly doubtful) you might have the ultimate "Insider Threat" in the making. You are not the only one who can use such tools to collect information.

At the same time that the book evoked these emotions through its controversial subject matter, it is also what makes the book interesting, relevant, and important. As someone in the computer security field, I didn't learn so much about cyber spying techniques as I did about myself and how I might react to a family member spying on me, especially if I found they were using some of the advanced tactics mentioned in the book. My advice is to read the book; learn from it; and (if you must), proceed with caution. And most importantly... don't get caught.

What a super book for the homeschooler! Free educational sites to enter on your computer for help with your homeschooling. Not only educational but fun as well for your children.

As a single income, stay-at-home, homeschooling parent, I'm always on the look out for inexpensive educational resources to share with my kids. While this particular notebook isn't exactly cheap, the resources it directs you to are FREE! And that's pretty dang inexpensive to my way of thinking. Many of the resources would be helpful for anyone looking to supplement their child's education, and I've let my good friend (who's a public school teacher) borrow my copy a couple of times and she's raved about how helpful many of the recommended online resources have been for her and her class. My only real concern about the information in this resource is that with the way the Internet changes constantly, I'm not sure how valid these resources will be over the long haul years down the road.

I used this book along with the Domino Web Development and Administration : Accelerated Study Guide by Steve Oliver to help me pass the Lotus exam -- the "hands-on" practice really made a difference!

I found the book very easy to get to grips with and was able to get Domino Web servers running properly in no time. It makes setting up Domino on NT particularly painless and gives straightforward advice on how to optimise the services for Web usage. Other books tend to skip over the HTTP configuration but this one covers all the options in detail. It also provides information on the administration and monitoring of Web services and includes updated utilities. You may still need another book to cover basic areas such as certification and replication but these subjects are not always relevant to Web masters.

I bought this book for preparing DDA Examination. The Style of this book is similar to "A Developer's Handbook" from IBM. and It doesn't have any practical example coding.If you prepare for DDA Examination(Developing Domino Applications for the Web), I recommend "Developing Web Application Using Lotus Notes Designer for Domino 4.6)"from IBM.

This is an excellent guide for web developers who may understand Notes and the Web, but need to create comprehensive applications. Much of the book deals with developing the overall application, including topics like security and administration that is you are a developer, you may not normally need to know, but are essential to create a fully interactive site. This book helped me translate my experience as a web developer, showing how Notes could accomplish the tasks I thought I would need CGI for, or that I could have done in UNIX, but didn't know how to accomplish. GOOD BOOK, lets hope he rewrites for R5!

If you have never been in contact with WWW or Lotus Notes, this book is probably very good.. But if you have experience of one or both, this book is a waste of paper. The parts that covers how tou develop your own website (that isn't exactly like the example website in the book) is embarrasingly short. You will learn more by Trial and error method

I purchased this book as a primer on Marketing, as a preparatory resource for the CLEP Principles of Marketing exam (3 semester hours). The book effectively presents the basic terms and ideas in an airy, easy to read manner. Also, the book's website contains quizzes that help reinforce the information, which is greatly appreciated.

However, I was somewhat disenchanted with the content which reaches for a "futuristic" flavor and misses something in the process. In my opinion, the book concentrates too heavily on .com companies (some of which are now bankrupt and defunct) and gives an overall rah-rah treatment towards e-commerce. Anecdotes abound and are used as filler in the main text, instead of informational sidebars. Every chapter is introduced with another website URL emblazoned across the top of the page in a putrid yellow color.

Thankfully, the authors did include a paragraph or two dissuading the reader from using SPAM (unsolicited email marketing), but it was a footnote in an otherwise verbose volume. I was somewhat offended that from the context of those paragraphs, and an anecdote about one company's 12% response rate (versus 1% for direct mail) which is misleading and would probably leave marketing students thinking that spam was effective.

For what I purchased the book for, it accomplishes the goals, albeit in a verbose manner.

I used this book as an introduction to marketing at the School of Management at Syracuse University. I found the to be thought out well, layed out in a logical format and it was current with all information. It was more interesting than most text books.

I used this book as an introduction to marketing at the School of Management at Syracuse University. I found the to be thought out well, layed out in a logical format and it was current with all information. It was more interesting than most text books.

Throughout the book, I have found numerous typographic errors, and poor design and layout. The "real-world" examples of different issues and topics are an asset to the text, and save it from being COMPLETELY worthless. The index is not comprehensive. and when looking for clarification of terms, it is virtually useless.

I picked up this book as a preparation for the CLEP marketing exam. While it is easy to read, the layout is cluttered and distracting. The authors give a rah-rah treatment to e-commerce, presenting multiple .com case studies throughout the book (each chapter begins with an internet site and description).

It is clear that the authors were infatuated with the so-called "new economy," and the book suffers a lot as a result. Using it as a primer is tiring, as you have to separate the essentials of marketing from the e-commerce cheerleading.

The publisher's website does have quizzes to test on the material, which I like, but overall, I was still somewhat disappointed.

The information contained in the loose-leaf binder format is right out of the old cute training games schtick. They're the kind of "What is it that gets wetter as it dries? Click on this button when you give up." kind of questions. (Answer: a towel.) Supposedly, then, you have the basis for discussing creative problem solving, thinking out of the box, etc.

There's nothing here that takes advantage of the web's capabilities; it's simply more of the tired old approach of taking paper-based activities and slapping them on the web. Not that there's anything wrong with the activities per se but they certainly don't add much to someone's web-based learning experience.

There are better books available, especially for the price.