This guide for the beginning to intermediate home user describes the features of the new home edition of Microsoft's Windows XP. Coverage includes managing files, surfing the web with Internet Explorer, installing Windows XP on portable PCs, building a small home network, and recovering from system crashes. Louderback is the editorial director of TechTV, a cable television channel devoted to technology industry news. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Jim Louderback is vice president and editorial director of TechTV. Louderback is responsible for overseeing the network's technical content. Prior to TechTV, Louderback was vice president and editorial director of PC Week (now eWeek), editor-in-chief of Windows Sources, and the director of PC Week Labs.
Louderback grew up in the Northeast. He graduated from the University of Vermont, where he studied mathematics, and holds an MBA in computer applications from New York University.
He is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys living on the Northern California coast where his favorite activities are hiking and sailing.