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JUST OFF THE PRESSES "Putting
Your Small Business on the Web" by Maria Langer If you own or otherwise operate a small business and have yet to give your company a presence on the Web, it might be because you have a deliberative personality and want as many facts as possible before you make your move. If you do, you'll enjoy Maria Langer's excellent "Putting Your Small Business on the Web." This wonderfully patient author knows her subject well, and is able to answer business questions about Web sites competently. With her help, you'll get an idea quickly of what sorts of products and services you'll need to get your site off the ground: like how long development of the site will take, how much it will cost, and how it will need to be maintained over the years.  Read
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 "The
Complete Idiot's Guide to Windows 'Millennium'" by Paul McFedries The successor to Windows 98 is here! Windows Millennium Edition, a.k.a. Windows Me, has lots of small improvements and quite a few wholly new features, which include the Home Networking Wizard. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Windows 'Millennium'" will help the inexperienced Windows user get oriented. There's extremely basic stuff here--how to use a mouse, for instance--and some exciting coverage of new Windows Me features. This book will have you sharing a single connection to the Internet among several computers on a small network, for example. It's all here in black and white (and bright orange) for newcomers and other Windows novices who need clarification. Read
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 "Avoiding
the Scanning Blues: A Complete Guide to Desktop Scanning" by Taz Tally Recently published scanner books have been aimed mostly at the home market. In contrast, "Avoiding the Scanning Blues: A Complete Guide to Desktop Scanning" is an eminently professional book. This model of technical writing treats the digitization of images (on paper and on film) as the art and science that it is. In great depth, the book explains what you should notice in an original before you scan it; how you should fine-tune the scanning process itself to meet the needs of individual originals; and how you can use filtering and other techniques to balance colors, get the best possible sharpness, and correct photography errors. You also learn a ton about optical and digital imaging. Read
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WHAT'S HOT?At the top of this month's General Computing bestsellers list are an expansive discussion on electronic security, and a couple of introductory guides to handhelds and the Internet.
 "How
to Do Everything with Your Pocket PC and Handheld PC" by Frank McPherson "How to Do Everything with Your Pocket PC and Handheld PC" explores the latest developments in the Microsoft Windows CE universe. Specifically, it takes a user-level look at the new Pocket PC specification and the somewhat older Handheld PC design. If you use an HP Jornada, Casio Cassiopeia, Compaq iPaq, or similar personal digital assistant (PDA), and feel sure you're not getting maximum utility from it, you'll appreciate this carefully paced and liberally illustrated explanation of Windows CE, the hardware on which it runs, and the software that makes it productive and fun. Read
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 "The
Internet for Dummies" by John R. Levine, Carol Baroudi, and Margaret Levine Young Even if you're not a dummy, the seventh edition of "The Internet for Dummies" is one of the best user's guides to the Internet now available. Many so-called Internet books are nothing more than printed collections of Web addresses, but this book recognizes that migrating to the Internet involves a financial commitment and computer-hardware decisions, as much as it does looking at neat pictures. Read
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RECOMMENDED READING: WINDOWS ME PRIMER "Microsoft
Windows Me for Dummies" by Andy Rathbone Windows Me has a lot to offer someone who wants to use Microsoft Windows in a home or small-office setting. "Microsoft Windows Me for Dummies" competently explains its advantages (as well as some of its shortcomings) and is overall a fine example of software documentation that will appeal to novices without shirking its responsibility to include lots of details. To his credit, author Andy Rathbone knows that what's interesting to the Microsoft marketing department isn't necessarily important to most Windows Me users. Read
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ALMOST PUBLISHEDWhat will General Computing gurus be reading next? These guides have garnered the most orders from Amazon.com customers--even before they've been published.
 "Dictionary
of Computer and Internet Terms" by Douglas Downing, Michael Covington, and Melody Mauldin Covington Publication date: November 2000 Containing 1,800 definitions and an abundance of Internet and online terms, this dictionary is perfect for new and intermediate computer users. The entries range from basic to advanced computer terminology, and include historical terms and software concepts. The book even defines and illustrates concepts and terminology for several graphics applications. Read
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