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Search Engines
The following services are valuable tools for finding information on the web and in newsgroups. You can help narrow your search by placing your search phrase in quotes. Don't necessarily limit yourself to the first page of links that turn up on a search. In many cases, companies are now paying for more visible placement on these search engines. "Relevancy" ratings may merely be the product of payment for placement.
AltaVista
Excite
Infoseek
Metacrawler
Metacrawler searches all of the major engines, and returns results from each of them in one report. This is the most efficient method for a difficult search, but may prove overwhelming for items that are more easily found.
Webcrawler
Yahoo!
Web Browsers
In all likelihood, you are viewing this page with either Internet Explorer or AOL's browser. There are other options, including those listed here:
Mozilla is a browser with a strange name, but it is worthy of our attention anyway. The Mozilla Project is an outgrowth of the decision of Netscape to adopt an open-source strategy. This browser is a somewhat streamlined version of what eventually becomes the Netscape browser. The efficiency and speed of this version demonstrates as clearly as anything how Netscape has become bloatware.
Safari is the new browser from Apple Computers, designed for OS X. It is technically only a beta, but it already seems more stable and faster than most other browsers.
Netscape well, I suppose it’s better than using Internet Exploder.
Opera claims to be the fastest browser available. It comes in versions for most platforms, including Linux/Solaris.
iCab is a Mac-only browser made in Germany. It has a smaller memory and hard drive footprint than most other browsers.
Software
VersionTracker.com provides information on software updates and new share and freeware. This includes information on the changes included in the new version, user comments, and links to download the software. The plain versiontracker.com link will take you automatically to the page appropriate to the operating system you are currently using. If you wish to switch over, simply click on the appropriate tab. Support independent innovation in software development. Pay your shareware fees!!
Microsoft Mactopia One of the great myths spread by those who don't know is that Macs cannot run Office, or other business software. This part of Microsoft's official site demonstrates the wide range of products produced by the software giant for the Mac, including a version of Office, one entirely compatible with the Windoze versions of Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
Learning About Computers
NCSA-A Beginner’s Guide To HTML
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications, located at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, has put forward this easy-to-follow guide to web site building. It is one of the resources to which I have referred as I have begun to learn how to do this. I hope it can help others.
Bootcamp is the name of a series about computers on Bloomberg radio. Hosted by local reporter Fred Fishkin, this series has been running for many years (originally on WCBS 880), and has provided many helpful tips for the average computer user. The links section of this site provides a varied and interesting set of links.
Lousday is a web site run by the computer guru of Newsday, Lou Dolinar. He has authored several series in Newsday designed to walk the home computer user through the basics, step-by-step. Of course, this site links to those articles, but it also has links to sites covering a wide range of interests.
[Home] [Politics] [Current Events] [Teachers' Resources] [Student's Page] [Personal] [Computers] [History]
The following services are valuable tools for finding information on the web and in newsgroups. You can help narrow your search by placing your search phrase in quotes. Don't necessarily limit yourself to the first page of links that turn up on a search. In many cases, companies are now paying for more visible placement on these search engines. "Relevancy" ratings may merely be the product of payment for placement.
AltaVista
Excite
Infoseek
Metacrawler
Metacrawler searches all of the major engines, and returns results from each of them in one report. This is the most efficient method for a difficult search, but may prove overwhelming for items that are more easily found.
Webcrawler
Yahoo!
Web Browsers
In all likelihood, you are viewing this page with either Internet Explorer or AOL's browser. There are other options, including those listed here:
Mozilla is a browser with a strange name, but it is worthy of our attention anyway. The Mozilla Project is an outgrowth of the decision of Netscape to adopt an open-source strategy. This browser is a somewhat streamlined version of what eventually becomes the Netscape browser. The efficiency and speed of this version demonstrates as clearly as anything how Netscape has become bloatware.
Safari is the new browser from Apple Computers, designed for OS X. It is technically only a beta, but it already seems more stable and faster than most other browsers.
Netscape well, I suppose it’s better than using Internet Exploder.
Opera claims to be the fastest browser available. It comes in versions for most platforms, including Linux/Solaris.
iCab is a Mac-only browser made in Germany. It has a smaller memory and hard drive footprint than most other browsers.
Software
VersionTracker.com provides information on software updates and new share and freeware. This includes information on the changes included in the new version, user comments, and links to download the software. The plain versiontracker.com link will take you automatically to the page appropriate to the operating system you are currently using. If you wish to switch over, simply click on the appropriate tab. Support independent innovation in software development. Pay your shareware fees!!
Microsoft Mactopia One of the great myths spread by those who don't know is that Macs cannot run Office, or other business software. This part of Microsoft's official site demonstrates the wide range of products produced by the software giant for the Mac, including a version of Office, one entirely compatible with the Windoze versions of Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
Learning About Computers
NCSA-A Beginner’s Guide To HTML
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications, located at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, has put forward this easy-to-follow guide to web site building. It is one of the resources to which I have referred as I have begun to learn how to do this. I hope it can help others.
Bootcamp is the name of a series about computers on Bloomberg radio. Hosted by local reporter Fred Fishkin, this series has been running for many years (originally on WCBS 880), and has provided many helpful tips for the average computer user. The links section of this site provides a varied and interesting set of links.
Lousday is a web site run by the computer guru of Newsday, Lou Dolinar. He has authored several series in Newsday designed to walk the home computer user through the basics, step-by-step. Of course, this site links to those articles, but it also has links to sites covering a wide range of interests.
[Home] [Politics] [Current Events] [Teachers' Resources] [Student's Page] [Personal] [Computers] [History]
VersionTracker.com provides information on software updates and new share and freeware. This includes information on the changes included in the new version, user comments, and links to download the software. The plain versiontracker.com link will take you automatically to the page appropriate to the operating system you are currently using. If you wish to switch over, simply click on the appropriate tab. Support independent innovation in software development. Pay your shareware fees!!
Microsoft Mactopia One of the great myths spread by those who don't know is that Macs cannot run Office, or other business software. This part of Microsoft's official site demonstrates the wide range of products produced by the software giant for the Mac, including a version of Office, one entirely compatible with the Windoze versions of Word, Excel and Powerpoint.