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Just off the Presses "Home Networking Visual JumpStart," "Easy Internet," and "Upgrading and Repairing PCs" What's Hot? General Computing bestsellers at presstime	What's Hot in Software? Almost Published Books that are selling even before they've been printed

JUST OFF THE PRESSES
"Home Networking Visual JumpStart"
by Erik B. Sherman
At last, a book about home networking that manages not to oversimplify the matter by placing too much trust in software's functionality, and leaving the user up a creek if something doesn't go as expected. "Home Networking Visual JumpStart" treats the building and maintaining of a local area network (LAN) as a potentially simple job, but also swiftly introduces readers to more complicated features of networking that can make a home or small-office LAN really powerful. You'll be sharing files, printers, applications, and even Internet connections under Windows 98 very quickly, and you'll have the knowledge that you need to expand and improve your network later. Read more

"Easy Internet"
by Joe Kraynak
Too many Internet books revel in the global network as an end in itself. This latest edition of "Easy Internet" focuses instead on the aims that people have when they use the Internet, which are the reasons that we get connected in the first place. You might want to keep in touch with family members by e-mail, search for information online, or download software updates for your computer. The goals are how to get connected to an Internet service provider (ISP), configure your (mostly Microsoft) Internet software, and start participating in the network that's changing the world.

"Upgrading and Repairing PCs"
by Scott Mueller
Building your own IBM-compatible PC from scratch will make you proud of yourself, and it's not as hard as you might think. In the latest edition of his well-known "Upgrading and Repairing PCs," Scott Mueller holds forth on all things copper and silicon inside your computer's case (as well as on the case itself, for that matter). You'll learn about the latest processor offerings from AMD and Intel, and find out about the latest developments in memory-chip design. New to this edition: expanded coverage of network hardware, including devices that support connectivity through coaxial cable and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) links. You'll find video tutorials (on such subjects as how to replace a motherboard) on the companion CD-ROM, too. If you're a visual learner, you can opt for the book/VHS bundle. The video contains almost two hours of how-to viewing pleasure.

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WHAT'S HOT?
At the top of this month's General Computing bestsellers list are a thesis on the future exponential growth of networking bandwidth and its implications, a guide to Web site design for folks with no background in that area, and your helpmate in finding out about all things telecom.

"Telecosm: How Infinite Bandwidth Will Revolutionize Our World"
by George Gilder
George Gilder, the tech-friendly author of the well-received chip treatise "The Meaning of the Microcosm" and publisher of the "Gilder Technology Report," has brought forth "Telecosm: How Infinite Bandwidth Will Revolutionize Our World," another work of technical prose that's sure to appeal to both techheads and nontechnical folks alike. This book predicts a revolutionary new era of unlimited bandwidth: it describes how the "age of the microchip"--dubbed the "microcosm"--is ending and leaving in its wake a new era--the "telecosm," or "the world enabled and defined by new communications technology." Read more

"The Non-Designer's Web Book"
by Robin Williams and John Tollett
While the second edition of "The Non-Designer's Web Book" won't answer all of your technical questions about the inner workings of the Web, it explains most of what a beginning designer needs to know: what the Web is, how it gets to your computer, how to use it, and, most of all, how to design for it.

"Newton's Telecom Dictionary"
by Harry Newton
Telecommunications--which is broadly defined by "Newton's Telecom Dictionary" to encompass voice and data communications, including the Internet--is the defining technology of our age. As such, thousands of terms have entered the lexicon to describe tools and techniques that are used to move information from one geographic location to another. Still more terms have been coined for the business of buying and selling telecom services. While no dictionary of such a large and fluid collection of jargon could ever approach completeness, this book makes a decent stab at it. In any case, it's an informative and entertaining resource for reading and reference.

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WHAT'S HOT IN SOFTWARE?
Mac Office junkies, unite! Microsoft has just released a suite of office utilities that are designed specifically for the Mac. You can get them all in Microsoft Office for Macintosh 2001, or cherry-pick from the utilities separately: Microsoft Excel for Macintosh 2001, Microsoft Word 2001 Macintosh Edition, or Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 Macintosh Edition. Office 2001 also includes the new Entourage e-mail and personal information manager program. Plus, we love the cool new packaging.

Quicken 2001 Deluxe
by Intuit
Is your desk a mess of bills and tax forms? Did you transfer your financial information to your computer before the Internet changed everything? Intuit's Quicken 2001 Deluxe, which comes complete with a host of new and enhanced features, will make your life tidier and easier than you might've imagined possible. Balance your checking and savings accounts online; plan for retirement, college, or tax day; and track investments minute by minute--all within an easy-to-navigate Web-based series of pages. Your price is $39.99 after the manufacturer's mail-in rebate of $20.00. Read more

Norton Personal Firewall 2001 2.5
by Symantec
Parents are known to say, "Better safe than sorry," and we couldn't agree more when it comes to protecting yourself online. That's where Norton Personal Firewall 2001 comes in. A firewall can protect your PC from unwanted "visitors" and other Internet threats. And, as an added bonus, if you buy any Symantec product until November 15th, we'll send you a free copy of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Protecting Yourself Online." Here's the scoop. Your price is $31.99 after the manufacturer's mail-in rebate of $10.00. Read more

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ALMOST PUBLISHED
What will General Computing gurus be reading next? This little cornucopia of introductory guides to the online world have garnered the most orders from Amazon.com customers--even before they've been published.

"Webster's New World Guide Fundamentals of Online Style"
by Karen Pavlicin and Christy Lyon
Publication date: December 2000
If you want to learn how to write for the Internet, consider "Webster's New World Guide Fundamentals of Online Style." It's got the very latest in cybervocabulary words, emoticons, acronyms, and netiquette to help you communicate with the 40 percent (and growing) of households and 85 percent (and growing) of businesses that go online every day. Read more

"How the Web Was Born: The Story of the World Wide Web"
by Robert Cailliau and James Gillies
Publication date: November 2000
Most Internet users have heard of Mosaic, the proto-browser that is credited with the birth of the World Wide Web. But there's more to this story. "How the Web Was Born" explains how Tim Berners-Lee, author of the extolled "Weaving the Web," was the actual inventor of cyberspace--and at CERN, the particle-physics laboratory in Geneva, no less.

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