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Blackman, Allan
Hunter College (CUNY)
New York, New York
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Web psychos, stalkers, and pranksters
Banks M., Coriolis Group Books, Scottsdale, AZ, 1997. Type: Book (9781576101377)
According to the blurb, the author of this prophylactic approach to the Internet for new users “has logged more than 30,000 hours online since 1979,” which works out to an average of about 4.5 hours a day. Banks has...
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Nov 1 1997 |
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Virtual individuals, virtual groups
Oravec J., Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 1996. Type: Book (9780521454933)
Sociology studies the effects of the group on the individual, so one would expect that sociologists and other academics who share their perspective would not allow the development of the virtual group and the virtual individualR...
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Aug 1 1997 |
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Computers in the classroom
Jonassen D., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1996. Type: Book (9780023611919)
What is a mindtool? It is “a way of using a computer application program to engage learners in constructive, higher-order, critical thinking about the subjects they are studying.” Databases, spreadsheets, semantic n...
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Jul 1 1997 |
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Schildt’s advanced Windows 95 programming in C and C++
Schildt H., Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, CA, 1996. Type: Book (9780078821745)
The publisher apparently does not know the number of C or C++ books Schildt has produced, since it is imprecisely described as “over 26” in the front matter of this volume. Whatever the exact figure may be, this pro...
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Dec 1 1996 |
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The Web page design cookbook
Horton W., Taylor L., Ignacio A., Hoft N., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 1996. Type: Book (9780471130390)
The authors of this guide to Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) are indeed cooks, and are remarkably unapologetic and frank: The easy way [to create a Web page] is to find a Web page that you like, copy it, and change it arou...
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Dec 1 1996 |
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Windows 95 unleashed
Tiley E., Mueller J., Cassel P., Grantham E., Geller D., Robert J., Montemer B., Parker T., Snell N., Van J., Petersen J., Smith W., SAMS, Carmel, IN, 1995. Type: Book (9780672304743)
Increasingly, commercial software grows larger while the publisher-supplied documentation becomes smaller. In order to get the maximum benefit from their software, users find themselves forced to purchase third-party accounts. Blockbus...
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Oct 1 1996 |
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Windows 95 answers
Matthews M., Boggs Matthews C., Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, CA, 1996. Type: Book (9780078821288)
Osborne/McGraw-Hill’s certified tech support series includes “books designed to give you all the solutions you need to fix even the most difficult software glitches.” If that statement seems preposterous, ...
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Oct 1 1996 |
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The Windows 95 bug collection
Brown B., Kratofil B., Smith N., Morgan L., Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 1996. Type: Book (9780201489958)
Software and hardware manufacturers are laboring mightily to upgrade their products so they work properly under Windows 95, and Microsoft has recently issued a de facto upgrade of Windows 95 called the Windows 95 Service Pack. This boo...
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Sep 1 1996 |
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Teach yourself Windows 95 programming in 21 days (2nd ed.)
Calvert C., SAMS, Carmel, IN, 1995. Type: Book (9780672305313)
Since this volume scores above average in its class, autodidacts interested in Windows 95 programming should examine it carefully to see if it otherwise meets their needs. The reader need not be a Windows 3.1 programmer, but a knowledg...
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Sep 1 1996 |
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Compact guide to Windows 95
Turley J., Academic Press Prof., Inc., San Diego, CA, 1995. Type: Book (9780127038650)
Not as dumbed down as many of its competitors, but still annoying at times, this short introduction to Windows 95 for users covers much material, ranging from pre-Windows skills like mouse proficiency to special features like the acces...
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Aug 1 1996 |
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