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Search Engines
The following services are valuable tools for finding information on the web and in newsgroups. Some have moved towards a "portal" approach, providing news and other information services on the main page. 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
Bing Micro$oft may have finally done something well besides Excel!
Dogpile
Google The word "google" has become a verb!
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 Internet Explorer. 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 Firefox browser.

Firefox The most popular outgrowth of the Mozilla project, Firefox is cross-platform, and can be heavily customized through the many extensions that are available for it. Particularly amongst those condemned to using Windows, it is seen as a safer alternative.

Chrome Google's entry into the browser category is fast, extensible, and relatively new.

Safari is the browser from Apple Computers, designed for exclusively for OS X.

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

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 former 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. This site contains many links to helpful articles.  It now also includes Dolinar's thoughts on the rapidly-changing newspaper industry.


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