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This is a discounted bundle featuring 5 of Hyperink's most popular tech guides, including:-Hacker's Guide To Torrenting-Hacker's Guide To Microsoft Excel-Hacker's Guide To Protecting Your PC-Hacker's Guide To Understanding SOPA and PIPA-The Hacker's Guide To Getting To The Top Of Google SearchBelow are some selected excerpts. Buy them together and save over 30% off the combined price!= = = = =From Hacker's Guide To Torrenting:So ye wish to sail the digital seas, plundering her infinite horizon for a booty of shared knowledge and entertainment. Well my aspiring pirate, like all quests for fortune, you’ll need the right tools and a proper treasure map. The proceeding is that proper map, both to the treasure and tools with which to excavate it.“Torrenting” is the practice of using torrents to compile bits of information from peers who share pieces of one or more files. It is a general term given to the second generation of Peer-to-Peer sharing technology, a progression from earlier applications such as Limewire and Morpheus. Broken down, the transaction process is comprised of “swarming” and “tracking”.The bits of available data, together, form a sort of “swarm” which is drawn upon to download files. Facilitating that swarming process, are web sites with specific servers that help swarm users locate one another. These webservers are typically referred to as “trackers”. This complex system of peer-to-peer transacting is commonly utilized for downloading movies, music, and software.= = = = =From Hacker's Guide To Microsoft Excel:Microsoft Excel is a user-friendly spreadsheet program that lets you organize data, create charts, program time-saving shortcuts, and make reports. It is part of the Microsoft Office Suite. There are multiple versions of Microsoft Excel out there, the latest being part of the Microsoft Office 2010 Suite. Although you may be baffled by Excel now, don’t give up! Once you read what Excel can do, you will quickly use simple functions to answer questions, create charts, and increase productivity.= = = = =From Hacker's Guide To Protecting Your PC:When you get the flu, viruses use your body to reproduce and spread. A computer virus uses your PC in a similar way. The virus embeds itself in a legitimate program, but it can’t execute or open by itself. Opening the infected program executes the virus, and trouble starts.The effect can more devastating if the malware is a worm. A worm is a type of virus that spreads throughout networks. It’s more dangerous because it can replicate itself. In 2000, the “I Love You” worm infected more than 50 million computers. Its victims included the British Parliament, the CIA, and the Pentagon.Anti-virus software can keep viral programs from turning your PC into an incubator. If the software detects a virus, it can remove or quarantine it. However, viruses are created constantly, so anti-viral software requires regular updates to be effective. You can configure the program to update automatically and you can also schedule regular scans of your entire system.