Updated for Windows 95, this book describes the tools that Windows 95 Internet explorers use to get the most out of the Internet. The best source of information about the World Wide Web, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Netscape, the book provides thorough coverage of Windows 95 Internet features plus an understanding of how to get and use popular free software for the Internet. Includes a resource index covering important resources ranging from a virtual online university to travel tips.
In this complete revision of the recent bestseller, James takers readers step by step through Windows 95's embedded Internet protocols and guides them in choosing and using one of hundreds of service providers for a direct connection to the Internet. He then details the myriad offerings and opportunities available to the knowledgeable Net user.
Loaded with ideas and techniques to get your system in top working order, this book covers the tweaks and optimizing shortcuts. There are sections on installing Windows 95, how to handle old Windows and DOS applications, the Internet, networking with Windows, multimedia, and troubleshooting. A wealth of hardware-related advice and information is offered as well.
The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals is a superb photocopiable resource for lecturers. Each chapter contains easy-to-follow activities and photocopiable worksheets.
Explaining how and why developers can combine various low-level system calls to accomplish high-end results, this book emphasizes low-level solutions using C and C++. The CD contains sample code so programmers can work with it online.
You probably suspect, on some level, that computers might be hazardous to your health. You might vaguely remember a study that you read years ago about miscarriages being more frequent for data entry operators. Or you might have run into a co-worker wearing splints and talking ominously about Workers' Comp insurance. Or you might notice that when you use a computer too long, you get stiff and your eyes get dry.But who wants to worry about such things? Surely, the people wearing splints must be malingerers who don't want to work? Surely, the people who design keyboards and terminals must be working to change their products if they are unsafe? Surely, so long as you're a good worker and keep your mind on your job, nothing bad will happen to you?The bad news is: You can be hurt by working at a computer. The good news is that many of the same factors that pose a risk to you are within your own control. You can take action on your own to promote your own health -- whether or not your terminal manufacturer, keyboard designer, medical provider, safety trainer, and boss are working diligently to protect you.The Computer User's Survival Guide looks squarely at all the factors that affect your health on the job, including positioning, equipment, work habits, lighting, stress, radiation, and general health.Through this guide you will learn: a continuum of neutral postures that you can at utilize at different work tasks how radiation drops off with distance and what electrical equipment is responsible for most exposure how modern office lighting is better suited to working on paper than on a screen, and what you can do to prevent glare simple breathing techniques and stretches to keep your body well oxygenated and relaxed, even when you sit all day how reading from a screen puts unique strains on your eyes and what kind of vision breaks will keep you most productive and rested what's going on "under the skin" when your hands and arms spend much of the day mousing and typing, and how you can apply that knowledge to prevent overuse injuries The Computer User's Survival Guide is not a book of gloom and doom. It is a guide to protecting yourself against health risks from your computer, while boosting your effectiveness and your enjoyment of work.
This book was the first internet guide specifically written for musicians. Now fully revised and updated, the second edition is loaded with even more practical information on how to take full advantage of all the information age has to offer. Topics covered include: equipment requirements; getting online; e-mail; chat, IRC and instant messaging; MP3s and compressed audio; how to build your first website; internet radio and streaming audio; file sharing; selling music online; building web traffic; and more. A musician and software executive, Todd Souvignier is co-founder and CTO of Exploit Systems, Inc. His writing has appeared in Mix and Electronic Musician magazines. Gary Hustwit is the author of Releasing an Independent Record and Getting Radio Airplay. He has written for Billboard and Guitar World.
Windows NT is rapidly becoming a major force in the computing world both as a corporate-strength operating system and as a system for individuals requiring a powerful and secure computing platform. This book provides an up-to-date guide to Web browsers and Web servers for Windows NT. The particular strengths of this book lie in a guide to the most widely available NT browsers including Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, and Mosaic; its description of the main NT server programs, including reviews of their security and scripting features; its comprehensive guide to the availability of NT resources on the World Wide Web; coverage of Java, VRML, and WebObjects. Webmasters on NT systems will find this an invaluable resource when setting up and managing their Web sites.
With this how-to guide, businesses using Windows can step up to a Windows NT server, add the necessary WWW server software, connect to the Internet using software included with Windows NT, and become a global product provider. it is a complete toolkit for providing services on the Internet using Windows NT.
There is a wealth of health information on the Internet. Today’s students of health studies and all health care professionals must be able to use this valuable resource and extract from it what is most relevant and useful. In order for them to do this purposefully and skilfully, they need to have a thorough understanding of how the system works and have the ability to navigate their way around it with ease. The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals is a superb photocopiable resource for lecturers and a self instructional guide for students. It shows students how to: get online; navigate the World Wide Web; find health information on the Internet; communicate with other health professionals; access free health and medical resources; publish on the web; use online help with health studies assignments; search for jobs. Each unit contains easy-to-follow activities and photocopiable worksheets.
