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Table of Contents
From the Book - Fourteenth edition.
Introduction:
About this book
How to use this book
Who are you?
How this book is organized
Icons used in this book
Beyond the book
Part 1: Getting Started With The Internet:
What's so great about the Internet?:
So what is the Internet?
What's all the hoopla?:
Anybody can access it
It's politically, socially, and religiously correct
Net advantage
Okay, what next?
Is The Internet Safe? Viruses, Spyware, Spam, And Other Yucky Stuff:
Privacy: who's who and what they can tell about you:
Who is the party to whom I am speaking?
Safety first
Phishing for inphormation
Don't take the bait
Web bugs track the ads you read
Cookies can be good
We know where you are
Security: how people can take over your PC:
Viruses arrive by email
Worms come right over the Net
Spyware arrives via websites
Pop-up browser windows pop up all over the place
What's the secret word, Harry?
Spam, bacon, spam, eggs, and spam:
Why it's called spam
Why it's so bad
What you can do about it
Safety: how to keep yourself and your family safe
Kids and the Internet:
Really cool ways kids use the Net
So-so ways kids use the Net
Not-so-good ways kids use the Net
Truly brain-dead things kids should never do
Internet and little kids
Surf safe
Sell, sell, sell!
Who's online?
Internet in schools
Few useful Websites
Part 2: Internet, Here I Come!:
Assembling your gear and climbing on the Net:
What kind of device do you need?:
Hey, I don't even have a computer!
Yup, I have this old, beige box in the closet
Yup, I got a brand-new BitBucket 2015
Yup, I'm getting a tablet such as an iPad
Yup, I got this little smartphone
Types of Internet connections
Internet via Smartphones and Tablets
Getting Wi-Fi with your Latte:
Wi-Fi can be free, or not
Connecting to Wi-Fi from a tablet or phone
Connecting to Wi-Fi from a laptop
Airports, hotels, and beyond
Wi-Fi and email don't mix
Speedy connections: DSL and cable Internet:
What is broadband, anyway?
What's in an account?
Cable and DSL modems
How your computer connects to the modem
Getting your cable Internet hooked up
Getting your DSL hooked up
Wires galore!
After the DSL or cable connection
Checking your DSL or cable connection
I'm in!
Essential software to keep your system safe:
Walling out the bad guys
No viruses need apply
Detecting spyware
Our favorite Internet setup
You're connected: now what?
Setting up your own network or Wi-Fi hotspot:
Just one computer for Internet access? naah
First, make a LAN:
Box in the middle: a hub, switch, or router
Setting up a router:
Configuring routers for DSL connections that require a username and password
Connecting your LAN to the modem
Wiring your computers into a LAN
Forget the wires: go Wi-Fi!
Set a password, for Pete's sake!
Making the Wi-Fi connection
Shortcut setup with WPS
Home and office setup
Welcome to the wild, wonderful, wacky web:
What is the world wide web?:
Linking web pages
Finding the page you want
Where's that page?
Browsing to points unknown
Web surfing with your browser:
Getting around
Backward, ho!
Going places
Good place to start browsing
What not to click
This page looks funny or out of date
Get me outta here
Viewing lots of web pages at the same time:
Wild window mania
Tab dancing
Browsing from you Smartphone or Tablet
Getting and installing a browser:
Getting the program
Running a new browser for the first time
Taking your browser for a spin:
Saving stuff from the web:
Saving text from a page
Saving an image
Printing pages
Few of your favorite things:
Bookmarking with Firefox
Creating one-click bookmarks in Firefox
Storing favorites in Internet Explorer
Creating one-click bookmarks in Internet Explo
rer -- Adding web pages to your Windows taskbar -- Bookmarking (including one-click) with Chrome -- One click and drag bookmarking with Safari -- Filling in forms -- Knowing where to start: -- Specifying where Firefox starts -- Configuring Internet Explorer start and home pages -- Telling Chrome what to display at start-up -- Setting Safari's home page -- Who can remember all those passwords?: -- Storing passwords in Firefox -- Storing passwords in Internet Explorer -- Storing passwords in Chrome -- Storing passwords in Safari -- Cookies are (usually) your friends: -- Burning cookies in Firefox Exploring cookies in Internet Explorer -- Cookies and Chrome -- Safari with cookies -- Where have you been?: -- Your browsing history -- Oh, nowhere, really -- Blocking pop-up Windows: -- No pop-ups in Firefox -- Blocking pop-ups in Internet Explorer -- Chrome and pop-ups -- Safari stops pop-ups -- When browses go bad -- Getting plugged in with plug-ins: -- Four essential plug-ins -- How to use plug-ins -- Part 3: Hanging Out With Friends Online: -- It's in the mail: sending and receiving email: -- What's my address?: -- Domain part -- Username part -- Getting your own mailbox -- Putting it all together -- I would read my mail how? -- Web is a fine place to read your email: -- Reading webmail -- Sending email with webmail -- Doing email on your Smartphone or Tablet: -- Setting up your mail program on a phone or tablet -- Reading your email on a phone or tablet -- Sending email on a phone or tablet -- Reading your email in a mail program: -- Mail servers galore -- Some popular mail programs -- Setting up Outlook -- Setting up Apple mail -- Sending mail is easy -- Mail coming your way: -- Reading your messages -- Deleting messages the quick-and-easy way -- To whom do I write? -- Avoiding viruses, malware, and other mailborne annoyances --
Putting your mail in its place:
Few words from the etiquette ladies:
Flame off!
Smile!
Spam: kill, kill, kill!:
Filtering spam in webmail
Filtering spam on a phone or tablet
Filtering spam in Outlook
Filtering spam in Apple mail
Back to you, Sam: replying to mail
Keeping track of your friends:
Who's who
Addressing messages the easy way
Hot potatoes: forwarding mail
Cold potatoes: saving mail:
Filing messages in webmail systems
Filing messages on a smartphone or tablet
Filing messages in Outlook
Filing messages in Apple mail
Sending files by email:
Attachment can be good
Forming attachments
Getting attached
Getting social with Facebook and Google+:
Facebook isn't the only social network
Getting started with Facebook:
Facebook in your browser
Facebook in your pocket
Expanding your profile:
Connecting with your friends
Groups of friends
Do you want the whole world to see this?
An ounce of prevention
Don't miss a thing that happens:
Updating your status
Responding to and arguing with your friends:
Keeping an eye on the news feed
Sending messages
Hiding and unfriending
Facebook galore
Google goes social with Google+:
Hanging out on Google
Tweeting about your life:
Getting started:
Twitter in your browser
Twitter on our phone or tablet
Reading tweets and following twitterers:
Searching the universe of tweets
What's with all this weird punctuation?
Hey, I like this person's tweets
How to not become overwhelmed by all those tweets:
Lists of your twitter friends
Saving your searches
Preparing to tweet:
Your twitter profile
Private tweeting
How to tweet:
Hashtags identify keywords
Including a web address in your tweet
Replying and retweeting
I'm talking only to you: direct messages
Let's all tweet at the same time
Getting serious about twitter
Typing and talking online:
One-to-one text chat:
Chatting via Facebook
Text chat via Google
Abbreviations and smileys for chat
Adding voices and faces:
Say what? Hooking up the sound
I see you!
Hanging out in Google hangouts
Good viber-ations
Voice and video chat using skype
Other skype features
Around the virtual town pump:
Participating in Facebook groups
I read it on Reddit
Mailing lists: are you sure that this isn't junk mail?
Posting to message boards
Look who's chatting:
Where is everyone chatting?
Who am I?
Type or talk?
Getting used to chat culture
Part 4: Web Is Full Of Cool Stuff:
Needles and haystacks: finding almost anything online:
Your basic search strategy
Search, Ho!:
Google, our favorite search engine
Refining your search
Even more Google options
Bing!
Browsing with directories:
Yahoo! For directories
For facts, try Wikipedia first
Usual suspects: other useful search sites
Finding people:
Looking for email addresses
Googling for people
Using other people-search sites
We're from your browser, and we're here to help you
Too many toolbars
Music and video on the Web:
Seven ways to get media and one way not to:
Receiving media as gift
Borrowing media by streaming it
Buying media
Playing media from CDs or DVDs you already own
Subscribing to media services
Sharing media
Renting media
Stealing media-um, no
What are you listening with?:
iTunes
Windows media player
Okay, how about some music?:
Copying music from your own CDs
Organizing your music with iTunes
Making playlists
Subscribing to podcasts:
Subscribing to podcasts on the web
Subscribing to podcast with iTunes
Playing music and podcasts
Listening to Internet radio:
Tuning in to a station
Making your own station
Watching movies on the web:
YouTube thing
Putting the "you" in YouTube
Watching movies
Watching TV
More shopping, les
s dropping:
Shopping online: pros and cons
Credit card question
Paying at the store
How little do you want to pay?
Up, up, and away:
Theory of airline tickets
More about online airlines
Even more places to shop:
Auctions and used stuff
Craigslist
Books, music, and more
Clothes
Computers
Food
More opinions than than you ever imagined
Travel and food
Vroom, vroom
Real Estate:
Real estate, temporary version
Questions and answers
Banking, bill paying, and investing online:
Going to the bank without ever leaving home:
Transferring money between bank accounts
Paying bills online
Taking advantage of other online bank services
Checking out a few recommended banks
Trying out combo banking
Dealing with credit cards
Pay for your stuff with PayPal
Send money to you pals
Investing your money online:
Mutual funds
Stockbrokers
Portfolio tracking
Budgeting tools
Part 5: Putting Your Own Stuff On The Web:
Making a splash online:
Ways to go public on the web
Say "cheese!"
Organizing your photos, too
Sharing documents and calendars:
Creating a Google document
Sharing the wealth
Making and sharing an online calendar
Looking beyond Google docs
Plain old files in the cloud
Making your own website:
Page creators abound
What do you say?
Setting up an online shop
Bogging: world reads your diary:
What's in a blog?:
How to read a blog
More phots than text
Commenting on blogs
Curated super-blogs
Subscribing to blogs
Writing your won blog:
Finding a place for your blog
Going postal
Illustrating our blog
Blogging in song
Part 6: Parts Of Tens:
Ten fun things you can do online:
Share pictures and videos with your friends and family
Watch movies, TV, and ads
Listen to current and classic radio programs
Play checkers or bridge
Play lots more online games
Find out what your stuff is worth
Build your own jumbo jet
Visit art museums around the world
Tour the earth
Tour the solar system
Build your own world
Read the comics
Share your screen with a friend
Ten worthwhile things to do online:
Feed the hungry
Support a charity while you shop
Find charities that don't waste money
Become a microfinancier or a philanthropist
Educate yourself
Edit an encyclopedia
Digitize old books
Search for extraterrestrial life or cure cancer
Mentor a teenager or young adult online
Adopt a kid
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9781118096147
9781118967690
9780470121740112007
9781118967690
9780470121740112007
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