Improve
Your Search Techniques
Searching effectively can greatly improve your Internet experience.
By properly formating your searchs, you can find what you want quickly.
Learn how to AND, NOT, + and - in your searches and other great tips are
explained at the above URL. Just click on the title.
Learn
to Do A Download
{article not yet done}Downloading is bring a file or a program from the Internet to your
computer. One of the great things about the Internet is the many FREE
and inexpensive programs you can downlload. Doing a download SAFELY
and neatly is important and easy to learn.
Get
WinZip
Most of the FREE and inexpensive programs you will find on the Net
are sqweeeeezed to make them smaller and faster to download.
When you see a file that has a name ending in ZIP or an image that looks
like a file cabinet with a clamp around it, you know you have a ZIP compressed
file. You will need a special program like WinZip to open or decompress
it.
Get
a FREE Virus Scanner
If you are going to spend much time on the Internet, sooner or
later, you will run into a virus. Learn about the real dangers, the
hype and how to protect your computer. Learn why it is foolish to
forward Virus Warning Messages.
Get
Real Player
Don't miss this one. Add a new dimention to your
Internet experience. Listen to radio stations worldwide, live concerts,
Internet broadcasts like TechTalk
or TheComputerAnswerGuy
or watch news broadcasts, movies, movie trailers
and TV. Once you have Real Player you will find Real Content and Links
here once I get around to putting them here ;-}
Get
a Buddy Program Like ICQ
Imagine having a small program that tells you when your friends are
online and allows you to quickly contact them, chat, send files or
do many other things. Imagine a program that allows you to
join and exchange ideas with groups of people with interests similar to
your own. ICQ and many other buddy programs will do all these
things and more.
Why
You Need a FREE Web Email A/C Like Hotmail?
Get a FREE email account that you can use from any computer
in the world that has access to the Internet. Imagine getting
accesss to your personal email account at the office, someone else's office,
in a public library, when you travel or even when you don't have your own
Internet account. Be free from SPAM (unsolicited junk mail).
Newsgroups
& What Can They Do For You You?
Newsgroups, Discussion Groups or the Usenet as they are often known
is a separate part of the online community that has a tremendous amount
of useful information. They provide another way to find facts, exchange
information and contact people who share your interests. They also contain
a lot of worthless, unpleasant and off topic postings. [MORE]
Access
Newsgroups Using DejaNews
If you are afraid after reading the above article about newsgroups,
DejaNews provides an easy and somewhat sanitized method of reading/posting
to them.
How
To Spot An Internet Hoax Message
Hoax messages usually will ask or demand that you to forward them on
to everybody you know. The message might appear to be from
a respected organization such as IBM, Microsoft or Mirablis (ICQ).
It may warn you of some horrible virus, about someone spreading viruses
or tell you that you will have to start paying for some free service such
ICQ. Mass messages like this are NOT legitimate. Please
resist the urge to to forward them. Instead, if it is important
to you, visit the company's website and contact them [MORE]
Access
Newsgroups Using Deja.com
If you are afraid after reading the above article about newsgroups,
DejaNews provides an easy and somewhat sanitized method of reading/posting
to them.
TalkCity- IRC
A great way to waste time, meet people and learn things about the Internet
or your hobbies is through IRC - Internet Realay Chat.
To start you can find thousands of people wanting to chat at TalkCity.
Later, you can download a chat program like Mirc or Pirch.
Get
Shareware, Freeware and Demo Programs
Make
Your First Web-Page In Less Than 30 Minutes [article coming]
You too can have a FREE web page in less than 30 minutes.
Just make sure that you have something to say and then follow the link
above.
My
Favorite Links To Other Sites
Sites that I find of interest. |