Dvorak, J: Online The Book

Foreword. Introduction. Acknowledgments. 1 The Online World. 2 Hardware Basics. 3 Internet Service Providers. 4 Finding What You Need. 5 Music. 6 E-Commerce: How to Buy and Sell on the Internet. 7 Meeting People: The Personal Side of the Internet. 8 Gaming. 9 Downloading Online Content. 10 Email and Spam. 11 Security. 12 Viruses and the Damage They Can Do. 13 Get Your Web Site. 14 Web Programming Languages. 15 The Blog Phenomenon. 16 Streaming Media. 17 How a Modem (Really) Works. 18 Networking. 19 Handhelds, Phones, and PDAs. 20 The Ten-Step Commute. 21 Internet Marketing. 22 Webcams. 23 Content Management. 24 The Business Web Site. 25 Enterprise Instant Messaging. 26 Peer-to-Peer Communication. 27 Internet Law. 28 Voice Over Internet Protocol. Index.

JOHN C. DVORAK is a world-renowned computer author and columnist who now writes the Inside Track column for PC Magazine. His books include Dvorak's Guide to PC Telecommunications and Dvorak's Guide to Connectivity. CHRIS PIRILLO created and authored the Lockergnome technology newsletters, which serve 350,000+ subscribers. He's been profiled by The New York Times and Fortune. WENDY TAYLOR has been Editor-in-Chief of Ziff Davis Smart Business and Editor of PC Computing.

Online! The Book "If you go online, see how much more you can gain, without the pain. Fascinating, fun, and delightfully written. The invaluable tool for everyone that makes you laugh out loud to read." -Scott Cook, Founder and Chairman of Intuit Software "There is only one Dvorak. He invented the idea that technology was as worth covering as news, he wrote the first gossip column on the industry, and even has answered tech questions on call-in shows. He's the Orson Wells to Bill Gates's Kane." -William R. Hearst III, Publisher and Venture Capitalist "For 20 years or more, no one else has given us the same no-nonsense, in-your-face advice John C. Dvorak has. His expertise and influence among makers and consumers of software and hardware are legendary, as is the dry sardonic humor he brings to everything he writes about. If you want to know why you should go online and what to do once you get there, you can trust Dvorak's advice like you would trust your mother's-if Mom were intimately knowledgeable about computing, and if she could make you laugh while pointing out computing's foibles." -Ron White, author How Computers Work, 10th Anniversary Edition "Chris Pirillo is one of those original geeks, dating back to when he first brought common sense to the Help Desk. From there he's built bridges between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, landing somewhere in a conceptual San Luis Obispo-the grey area between content and technology." -Marc Canter, Founder Macromedia "This is the most practical and valuable book about the Internet you can get. A perfect reference for anyone who goes online." -Victoria Recano, "Inside Edition" "Everything you ever wanted to know about the Internet and really ought to ask. I love this book!" -Lance Ulanoff, Executive Editor PCMAG.COM "Pirillo is truly the Internet guru of our times. Hundreds of thousands of his 'Gnomie' followers can't be wrong. Online! is a Rosetta Stone, bringing the priceless, yet nearly costless, millennial treasure of the