New Releases by Preston Gralla

Learn how to search the web for best possible prices, on everything.

This guide equips adults with the knowledge to understand, prevent and solve issues regarding online safety and security when it comes to their children and family, yet allowing them to enjoy benefits the Internet offers. Topics include parental controls, filtering software, kid-friendly web sites and privacy issues.

Understand how your PC works with clear, rich illustrations.

Explains how to use the PalmPilot for organizing schedules, keeping track of contacts, and connecting to e-mail and the Internet, and includes a section of troubleshooting tips

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Computer covers ALL the necessary considerations to make BEFORE you purchase that computer. What are your computing needs? Mobility? Ease? Portability? Power? Multimedia features? This book leads you through the initial assessment of your computer needs. It then takes you through an industry overview of computers (desktop vs. laptop vs. hand-held) with the inside scoop on the pros and cons of these machines. You will learn about clones and how to decide whether or not to make the clone purchase. You'll also receive information about where to go to make that computer purchase (and where not to go), and what kinds of questions to ask. A tear-out checklist is included to take with you when making your computer investment.

This text looks at the inner workings of the Internet. It covers technologies such as Push, Java, and Agents. Readers can learn how to use e-mail and web browsers, and make phone calls on the net.

Plan a complete family vacation on the Internet. Learn how to keep your kids safe online. Get news and reviews on family-oriented movies, television, and music. Find out where to go for help with homework. This user-friendly, jam-packed guide is a great resource for finding the best family-related sites on the Internet. Preston Gralla, author of Online Kids and a leading authority in the field of family computing and Internet resources, explains how families can best access and use cyberspace. His expert advice covers everything from choosing the right online service and navigating the World Wide Web to sending e-mail, using newsgroups, and keeping safe online. You'll discover the best places to go online for current events, entertainment, and up-to-the-minute information on vacation and travel, home improvement, games and hobbies, finance, parenting, and much more. Each chapter includes dozens of useful site listings. Put the awesome potential of cyberspace to use for you and your family!

With this full-color book, readers go behind the scenes and see how this revolutionary communications technology works. In "How the Internet Works, Special Edition", users will embark on a colorful and graphical voyage that enables them to visualize the intangible aspects of this cutting edge technology.

Describes the sources of information and entertainment available online and how to get to them and lists specific sites according to such categories as computers, sports, games, and even homework.

Explains how Internet technology can be applied to a business environment to streamline business processes, enhance communication, and improve profits

Promotes an understanding of the environment by looking at how animal species become extinct, the importance of rain forests, energy sources, and the benefits of recycling, landfill improvements and clean-up programs.