The New New Thing

Edition: Reprint
Release: 2001-01-01
Publisher: Penguin Books
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0140296468



The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story

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Release: 2001-01-08
Publisher: Penguin Books
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: B0072VO30I



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Is This Thing On?

Edition:
Release: 2008-08-22
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0761146199



Is This Thing On?: A Late Bloomer's Computer Handbook

"Stokes gives the feeling that a friend is explaining it all to you. Free download Is This Thing On? books collection in PDF, EPUB, FB2, MOBI, and TXT formats.
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Is This Thing On? is a reassuring, jargon-free, and totally straightforward nuts-and-bolts guide that introduces late bloomers, grandparents, technophobes, and the digitally challenged to all the wonders of using a computer, and will even have them using digital cameras and PDAs with ease.

Written for the reader who did not grow up with personal computers, this book updates and expands on Stokes's previous title, It's Never Too Late to Love a Computer. It covers everything you need to get wired: how to select, buy, and set up a computer; how to sign up for e-mail and internet access, and how to use the world wide web. There's information on peripherals—printers, scanners, wireless routers—and basic software, such as word processing programs. Best deals ebooks download Is This Thing On? on amazon.Plus, this new edition delves further into the online world to cover search engines and web navigation, information on online banking, shopping, travel planning, and dating. It covers security issues, "netiquette," instant messaging, and blogs, and there's an entire chapter devoted to digital photos—transferring them from camera to computer and sending them as attachments. Abby Stokes—who has a gift for taking the terrified by the hand and teaching old dogs new tricks—branches out into other essential digital accoutrements: cell phones, iPods, and Blackberries. A companion website, www.abbyandme.com, offers a safe place to practice and keep learning. Appendices include recommended websites, a resource list, and more. Is This Thing On?: A Late Bloomer's Computer Handbook with free ebook downloads available via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, and hotfile.

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The Old New Thing Pdf

Edition: 1
Release: 2007-01-06
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0321440307



The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows

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Is This Thing On?, revised edition Pdf

Edition: Revised
Release: 2012-01-03
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0761168826



Is This Thing On?, revised edition: A Computer Handbook for Late Bloomers, Technophobes, and the Kicking & Screaming

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Abby Stokes is the perfect guide to the digital domain: She’s taught more than 140,000 seniors how to use a computer.  In an easy, authoritative, hand-holding way, she covers it all: how to choose, buy, and start using a computer. How to connect to the Internet, sign up for e-mail, and use search engines. Plus, how and why to get digital in the first place: the ins and outs of online shopping, banking, travel planning, dating, research; how to take and share digital photographs and videos; how to discover online communities, and use social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube; the world of apps, online music, and streaming movies; and, importantly, online security and “netiquette. Best deals ebooks download Is This Thing On?, revised edition on amazon.