The Internet for Dummies - Softcover

Now fully updated, "The Internet For Dummies" includes expanded coverage of high-speed Internet connections and how to use them, online shopping, the latest e-mail clients, wireless Internet usage, sharing an Internet connection among several computers, and a great deal more. There's even a tear-out technology map filled with instructions on essential technologies as well as listings of the Internet's best offerings. It is a leading Internet guide for beginners; previous editions have sold more than three million copies. It offers basic, easy-to-understand guidance to help Internet newcomers get up to speed quickly on the biggest communication and technology innovation of the past 100 years. It provides beginning Internet users with essential information about choosing an Internet service provider, finding information and making purchases on the Web, setting up a basic home page, working with e-mail, trading files online, and more about online communication.

John Levine, Carol Baroudi, and Margaret Levine Young are veteran Internet experts who have written many other books to help new computer users.