The Internet for Dummies, 12th edition

By John R. Levine and Margaret Levine Young.
May 2010, 408 pages, US$24.99. C$29.99, £17.99, ISBN 978-0-470-12174-0

Wow, seventeen years and twelve editions of The Internet for Dummies. This updated twelfth edition covers the latest topics for 2010, with expanded coverage of mobile computing, social networks, blogs, shopping, spam, viruses, and privacy!

Table of Contents

Part I: Welcome to the Internet
1. What's So Great about the Internet?
2. Is the Internet Safe? Viruses, Spyware, Spam, and Other Yucky Stuff
3. Kids and the Net

Part II: Internet, Here I Come!
4. Assembling Your Gear and Climbing onto the Net
5. Connecting with Wi-Fi, Laptops, and Smartphones

Part III: Web Mania
6. Welcome to the Wild, Wonderful, Wacky Web
7. Taking Your Browser for a Spin
8. Needles and Haystacks: Finding Almost Anything on the Net
9. Music and Video on the Web
10. More Shopping, Less Dropping
11. Banking, Bill-Paying, and Investing Online
12. Swiping Files from the Net

Part IV: E-mail, Chat, and Other Ways to Hang Out Online
13. It's in the Mail: Sending and Receiving E-Mail
14. Keeping Your Mail Safe from Viruses, Spam, and Wi-Fi Snoops
15. Putting Your Mail in Its Place
16. Typing and Talking on the Net
17. Games and Worlds on the Web

Part V: Putting Your Own Stuff on the Net
18. Making a Splash Online
19. Blogs and Twitter
20. Making Your Own Web Site
|Part VI: The Part of Tens
21. Ten Problems and Ten Solutions
22. Ten Fun Things You Can Do Online
Glossary.
Index.