The Guardian Guide to the Internet

by JimMcClellan (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $5.69

  Newly updated edition of the Guardian's top-ten selling Guide to the Internet Internet use is increasing exponentially, with burgeoning suppliers offering myriad ways to join the information superhighway. But how to avoid being mown down by jargon at the first corner? The Guardian Guide to the Internet is written in practical, jargon-busting language, with straightforward advice for the newcomer and experienced Net user alike. It ranges from tips on where to buy computer hardware, to guidance on systems -- to Mac or not to Mac -- to recommendations about where to browse and how to navigate the corners of the World Wide Web. You'll find out about privacy, about safeguarding financial transactions, about what you can expect to find on the Internet and what you might want to avoid. And if you want to design your own web pages or site, you'll find out how to do that too. In a fast changing environment it's an essential guide: pragmatic, informed and up to the minute.

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.76

  The best general guide to the Internet, written with wit and wisdom from the newspaper that has the best coverage and is about to launch the Guardian on the Net. The Internet is both the present and the future. But for most, getting started is still the most difficult test. So how does the uninitiated browser to become the deft surfer? The Guardian Guide to the Net is the instruction manual for the newcomer and experienced surfer alike. It will allow you to travel as far, as fast as you want: from paddling round the shallow end of the pool to surfing the outer edge of the waves of information. You won't however get lost in the white-water rapids of techno jargon. This is a guide for everyone: consumer, player, student, professional. Cyberdweebs must go elsewhere. It will allow first-timers to choose the best equipment for their needs, with recommendations about which stockists to approach and what questions to ask to ensure that what you buy will deliver what you expect. It will introduce the service providers and their services, incuding access routes to the World Wide Web, e-mail services, news providers, retailers. And the accompanying Netscape/BT CD will allow the most straightforward access to the Internet, highlighting the Guardian's own newly created sites. With a directory of useful, entertaining or sometimes plain weird web sites for you to explore, this is the best guide around to the virtual world that is all around us: the Internet. Welcome aboard.