Zap: On-line Updates from the Internet Gurus

Books like The Internet for Dummies are great, but we just can't chop down the trees fast enough to keep them 100% up to date. So our Zap! pages update them right here on the Web. Here are the updates in alphabetical order. You can also find updates listed by topic on the Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38
"internet.phtml?FRAME=">Internet, Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38
"windows.phtml?FRAME=">Windows, Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38
"unix.phtml?FRAME=">UNIX, and specific Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38
"books.phtml?FRAME=">book pages.

Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "webpage/?FRAME=">Building Web Pages A short crash course in building your own web pages. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "countries/?FRAME=">Countries on the Net All the world's countries, who's on the net, and their two-letter domain codes. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "irc/?FRAME=">Internet Relay Chat (IRC) The ultimate solution to free time. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "winsock/?FRAME=">Internet Software Sources of Internet applications you can download and run on your Windows PC (or Mac). Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "kids/?FRAME=">Kids on the Net Resources for and about children. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "mac/?FRAME=">Macintosh Resources for Macintosh users. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "lists/?FRAME=">Mailing Lists How to participate in e-mail mailing lists and find lists of interest. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "netiquette/?FRAME=">Netiquette Plenty of helpful (and frequently amusing) advice on how to use email and usenet so you don't make a fool of yourself. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "domains/?FRAME=">New Domains What's up with the new domains like .info, and a lot of other obscure but legitimate domains as well. (One of the Gurus who hates junk e-mail snagged NO.SP.AM, for example.) Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "newsletters/?FRAME=">Newsletters Newsletters about the Internet, both on-line and dead trees. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "leroux.phtml?FRAME=">The Origins of Online Chat Where did on-line chatting and on-line romance start? In France, of course. Read this account by our friend Philippe who was there.

Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "phone/?FRAME=">Internet Phones Using your broadband Internet connection for phone calls, which to our surprise now works pretty well. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "pgp/?FRAME=">Pretty Good Privacy A short introduction to the famous program that lets you send and receive mail that nobody else can intercept. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "search/?FRAME=">Searching the Web The best systems for finding stuff on the Net. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "webtv/?FRAME=">Web TV / MSN TV Microsoft's box that gives you big screen net access from the comfort of your recliner chair. This chapter was in the 7th edition of Internet for Dummies but it didn't fit in the 8th edition. So here it is, for free. (What a deal.) Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "isp/?FRAME=">Selecting an ISP How to choose an Internet Service Provider, if you're unhappy with your current one, or you're ready to graduate from AOL. Smileys, Abbreviations, and Internet Jargon Smileys are dumb, but some are kind of clever. Learn (but please don't use) them all! And while you're at it, learn some trendoid jargon to drop into your conversation and impress MOTAS (Members Of The Appropriate Sex, see you're picking it up already.) Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "software/?FRAME=">Software You Can Download Our favorite software Web sites. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "telnet/?FRAME=">Telnet: Logging into Other Computers Using Telnet and other classic line-oriented applications. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "usenet/?FRAME=">Usenet How to participated in Usenet newsgroups, and how to find newsgroups on specific topics. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "win31/?FRAME=">Windows 3.1 and the Internet How to connect your Windows 3.1 computer to the Internet, with help from your ISP. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "win98tcr/?FRAME=">Windows 98 Updates to Windows 98: The Complete Reference and other Windows 98 information. Notice: Undefined index: BODY in /usr/local/www/ngc/phpsubs on line 38 "winmetcr/?FRAME=">Windows Me Updates to Windows Me: The Complete Reference and other Windows Me information.