Synopses & Reviews
- Now updated to cover the latest browsers, including Internet Explorer 7 and the newest version of Firefox
- Packed with new information on the latest Internet trends, including talking over the Internet using Skype, having fun on MySpace, building a simple Web page, sharing photos on Flickr, and posting and viewing videos on YouTube
- Includes coverage of browsers, search engines, music and video sites, shopping, financial services, file downloads, e-mail, instant messaging, viruses, spam, and creating a personal Web site or blog
About the Author
John Levine and
Margaret Levine Young are full-time technology authors with more than 40 books to their credit.
Carol Baroudi is also coauthor of Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Part I: Welcome to the Internet.
Chapter 1: What Is the Internet? What Is the Web?
Chapter 2: The Internet at Home, at Work, at School, and at Play.
Chapter 3: Kids and the Net.
Part II: Internet, Here I Come!
Chapter 4: Picking Your Internet Service.
Chapter 5: Online and On Your Way.
Part III: Web Mania.
Chapter 6: Welcome to the Wild, Wonderful, Wacky Web.
Chapter 7: Wrangling with the Web.
Chapter 8: Needles and Haystacks: Finding Stuff on the Net.
Chapter 9: More Shopping, Less Dropping.
Chapter 10: My First Home Page.
Part IV: E-Mail, Chat, and Other Ways to Hang Out Online.
Chapter 11: It's in the Mail.
Chapter 12: Putting Your Mail in Its Place.
Chapter 13: Online Communities: Let's Get Together.
Chapter 14: Typing, Talking, and Video over the Net.
Chapter 15: Groupspeak: Let's Chat.
Part V: Other Internet Essentials.
Chapter 16: Swiping Files from the Net.
Chapter 17: AOL: Can Twenty Million Users Really Be Wrong?
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 18: Ten Frequently Asked Questions.
Chapter 19: Ten Types of Files and What to Do with Them.
Chapter 20: Ten Fun Things You Can Do on the Net.
Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Avoid Looking Like a Klutz.
Glossary.
Index.