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Social Networking
Twitter safety and privacy : a guide to microblogging / Susan Henneberg
This timely series focuses on safe use of the Internet and social media, explaining each activity, noting pleasures as well as perils, and offering suggestions for minimizing risk.
Networking magic : how to find connections that transform your life / Rick Frishman and Jill Lublin.
Today's networking can hook up a potential homeowner with the right house, a lonely single person with the right life partner and a working mother with the right childcare facilities for her child. Networking Magic teaches readers how to find the best: Medical professionals; Legal experts; Financial counsellors; Personal care providers - from hairdressers to decorators; Schools, colleges and special programmes; Filled with resources, checklists and step-by-step instructions that readers can easily follow and apply, Networking Magic is a motivational reference that gives readers all the information they need to succeed.
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Computer Security
Anti-hacker tool kit / Mike Shema.
Fully revised to include cutting-edge new tools for your security arsenal, Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Fourth Edition reveals how to protect your network from a wide range of nefarious exploits.
Identity theft alert : 10 rules you must follow to protect yourself from America's #1 crime / Steve Weisman.
Weisman starts with a clear-eyed assessment of the problem, helping you understand just how much risk you face. Next, he helps you understand, anticipate, and prevent many frightening forms of identity theft.
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Office 2003
Microsoft Word 2003 Level 1
In this beginning course, learn about starting word, creating documents, shortcuts, essential skills, formatting text, proofreading and printing documents. Also learn about opening and editing an exisitng document, using symbols and more.
Microsoft Access 2003 Level 1
In this beginning course, learn how to start Access, open an existing database, view and navigate table data, add records to a table, find and replace, modify the appearance of a datasheet, use AutoFormat and much more.
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Office 2007
Discover Word 2007. Level 1
Provides a step-by-step tutorial of the word processing program Microsoft Word 2007.
Discover Excel 2007. Level 1
Provides a step-by-step tutorial of the spreadsheet program Microsoft Excel 2007.
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Computer Shopper
For individuals and companies interested in buying, reselling and using computer hardware, software and peripherals. Articles offer information on popular models of computers, software, new products, club news, network news and magazine reviews.
Computer Act!Ve
The plain-speaking guide to computers for people who don't want to get a science degree to use computers at home for work or play.
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Learn the Net.com
Learn the Net is a privately-held company based in San Francisco, California. The company focuses on delivering high quality educational products and services in print, CD-ROM and to the desktop, via the Internet and intranets.
BoogieJack.com
BoogieJack.com is a webmaster help site featuring standards-based HTML tutorials, CSS tutorials and other web design help including articles and tutorials about search engine optimization and web design in general.
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