| | Copyright |
| | The Missing Credits |
| | Introduction |
| | Part I: Getting Online |
| | | Chapter 1. Getting Online |
| | | Section 1.1. Broadband Connections (Fast) |
| | | Section 1.2. Dial-Up Connections (Slow) |
| | | Section 1.3. Wireless Connections (Awesome) |
| | | Section 1.4. Software |
| | | Section 1.5. Advanced Connection Tricks (Windows) |
| | | Section 1.6. Advanced Connection Tricks (Mac OS X) |
| | | Chapter 2. Surfing the Web |
| | | Section 2.1. Your First Web Page |
| | | Section 2.2. Portals: Dashboards of the Web |
| | | Section 2.3. Browser Choices |
| | Part II: Finding Information |
| | | Chapter 3. How to Search the Web |
| | | Section 3.1. Search Basics |
| | | Section 3.2. Directories at Your Service |
| | | Chapter 4. Searching by Information Type |
| | | Section 4.1. White Pages, Yellow Pages |
| | | Section 4.2. Driving Directions |
| | | Section 4.3. Health and Medicine |
| | | Section 4.4. Job Hunting |
| | | Section 4.5. Getting the Facts |
| | | Section 4.6. Word Definitions |
| | | Chapter 5. News and Blogs |
| | | Section 5.1. News Sites |
| | | Section 5.2. Online Newspapers |
| | | Section 5.3. Sports, Weather, and Entertainment |
| | | Section 5.4. Blogs |
| | | Section 5.5. Feeds: Having the News Come to You |
| | | Chapter 6. Reviews and Ratings |
| | | Section 6.1. Movies |
| | | Section 6.2. Restaurants |
| | | Section 6.3. Music |
| | | Section 6.4. Books |
| | | Section 6.5. Consumer Electronics |
| | | Section 6.6. Cars |
| | Part III: Shopping, Travel, and Finance |
| | | Chapter 7. Shopping |
| | | Section 7.1. How to Shop Online |
| | | Section 7.2. The Top Shopping Sites |
| | | Section 7.3. Finding Good Deals |
| | | Section 7.4. Shopping for Big-Ticket Items |
| | | Chapter 8. Planning Trips |
| | | Section 8.1. Booking Tickets and Reservations |
| | | Section 8.2. Last-Minute Deals |
| | | Chapter 9. Finance |
| | | Section 9.1. Online Banking |
| | | Section 9.2. Finding Loans Online |
| | | Section 9.3. Trading Online and Tracking Investments |
| | | Section 9.4. Doing Your Taxes Online |
| | Part IV: Entertainment and Media |
| | | Chapter 10. Games and Gambling |
| | | Section 10.1. Games for the Whole Family |
| | | Section 10.2. Shoot 'Em Up Games |
| | | Section 10.3. Massive Multiplayer Games |
| | | Section 10.4. Virtual Worlds |
| | | Section 10.5. Fantasy Sports |
| | | Section 10.6. Gambling |
| | | Chapter 11. Music and Audio |
| | | Section 11.1. Digital Audio and the Internet |
| | | Section 11.2. Listening to Digital Audio |
| | | Section 11.3. Online Music Stores |
| | | Section 11.4. Streaming Music Sites |
| | | Section 11.5. Internet Radio |
| | | Section 11.6. Podcasts |
| | | Chapter 12. Videos, Movies, and TV |
| | | Section 12.1. Videos and Movies Online |
| | | Section 12.2. DVDs by Mail |
| | | Section 12.3. Watching Webcams |
| | | Chapter 13. Photos |
| | | Section 13.1. Finding Photos |
| | | Section 13.2. Sharing Photos Online |
| | | Section 13.3. Sending Photos to a Printing Service |
| | | Section 13.4. Sending Photos via Email |
| | Part V: Communicating with Others |
| | | Chapter 14. Email |
| | | Section 14.1. Email Program vs. Web-Based Email |
| | | Section 14.2. Setting Up Your Email Program |
| | | Section 14.3. Writing and Sending Messages |
| | | Section 14.4. Reading and Organizing Email |
| | | Section 14.5. Fighting Email Pests |
| | | Chapter 15. Instant Messages and Chat |
| | | Section 15.1. Instant Messaging: An Introduction |
| | | Section 15.2. IM Services: The Catalog |
| | | Chapter 16. Discussion Groups |
| | | Section 16.1. Finding and Searching Groups |
| | | Section 16.2. Creating New Groups |
| | | Chapter 17. Social Networking |
| | | Section 17.1. Socializing and Dating Services |
| | | Section 17.2. Professional Networking |
| | | Chapter 18. Skype & VoIP: Internet Phones |
| | | Section 18.1. Skype: Computer-to-Phone Plans |
| | | Section 18.2. Phone-to-Phone Plans |
| | Part VI: Internet Power and Protection |
| | | Chapter 19. Your Own Blogs, Web Sites, and Podcasts |
| | | Section 19.1. Blogs |
| | | Section 19.2. Super-Simple Web Pages |
| | | Section 19.3. Professional Web Sites |
| | | Section 19.4. Podcasts |
| | | Chapter 20. Living on the Web |
| | | Section 20.1. Online Backup and Storage |
| | | Section 20.2. Online Word Processing Programs |
| | | Section 20.3. Project Planning and Group Calendars |
| | | Section 20.4. Online Meetings/Web Conferencing |
| | | Chapter 21. Staying Safe |
| | | Section 21.1. Know Your Enemies |
| | | Section 21.2. Fighting Internet Pests |
| | | Section 21.3. Defeating Spyware |
| | | Section 21.4. Controlling Cookies |
| | | Section 21.5. Phishing Lures |
| | | Section 21.6. Sealing Your Computer's Firewall |
| | | Section 21.7. Protecting Your Kids |
| | Colophon |
| | Index |