#1 Free Stuff
3D Hardware - product news, reviews, etc.
Adobe
Apple Computer
Awesome Free Stuff - good, but slow loading
BeOS - hot new OS for PC's and Mac's
Cisco Systems
CMPnet
CNET
Cnet's WINFILES updating your Drivers is easy! Search engine finds newest hardware Drivers
Compaq
Computer Currents Magazine
Computer Shopper
Computer Source - the free magazine online
Computerworld
Cool Tool of the Day
Creative Labs
Dell Computers
Download Safari - a jungle of Free/Shareware
Equip.com
Family PC
The FreeSite - tons of freebies
Freeware
Freeware Home just about anything, FREE
Gateway Computers
Hackerwhacker - see what computer hackers see
Happy Puppy it's all games
Hewlitt Packard
Hotwired great source for learning web related subjects like animation, javascript, and web design
Hyperstand
IBM 
 

Inter@ctive Week
LiNUX.COM - events, resources, links, chat
Lucent Technologies
Macromedia
MacWEEK
Macworld Online
Maximum PC for buying, fixing & upgrading your PC
McAfee - anti-virus software / internet security
Microsoft Duh
NetGuide
News.com
PC Data - tracks software / hardware sales info and trends
PC Magazine
PC Week Online
Pricewatch.com posts the lowest Computer parts prices
Red Herring Online
Shareware.com
Shields Up firewalls/ test your computer internet security
Symantec - web security/ makers of Norton anti-virus, etc
Toms Hardware product news, reviews, comparisons
Tucows
TechWeb - part of CMPnet, technical news & information
Theme World - large collection of Free Desktop themes
WeboPedia - technical site with great tech search engine
Whatis?com - need the definition of a computer term?
Xoom
Y2K Timebomb - are you ready?  Links, articles, news . . .
Yahoo! Computers
ZD Net award winning site for news, reviews, links, and more. Tons of software demos, shareware, and freeware
ZoneAlarm - download a Free Internet Firewall for your PC. Protect your Email from VB Scripts like the "I Love You" virus

Cool Sites, Services and Tips

100 Top Websites - Updated Hourly at Web100
1001 Best Web Sites - ZD's internet directory
2servU.net Great Web Hosting prices
3zWeb.com Make your own Website: $10/ page
4aFreeWeb.com Free HTML Generator
AltaVista Translation Service
AngelFire Free web space community
Beginners Central - new to the internet?
Britannica Internet Guide
Broadcast.com mix of TV, radio, video on the web. It's so kewl, Yahoo bought it for $5.7 Billion!
Christian Resources on the Web links
Cool Site of the Day
Cnet on the Air - online TV, Radio, & Video News
Developer.com
DialPad - free long distance phone calling
EarthCam - see major Cities 24hrs from webcams
Focus on the BEST on the NET - "Online weekly news magazine bringing order into Internet chaos by reviewing 20 of the best or top web sitesin every issue."
eFax.com - free voice, email, fax #
eTour - brings you a custom web experience
FortuneCity Free web space community
FreakTech - science rel. news for Tech freaks
GeoCities #1 Free web space community
Gooey.com  chat on any website - read Reviews
How to Choose the Best Search Engine - for your information needs, compiled by a librarian
HumorSeek - jokes, cartoons, humor on the web
IBM Developer Works
Image Surfer
Internet.com
Macromedia
Media Metrix - Stats for Top 50 Web Sites
MSN's Link Exchange
Netlingo the dictionary of internet terms
Netscape Guide to Computing & Internet
NetZero FREE internet and email for life!
Nielson/ Net Ratings
Operation Opt-Out - Org. helps you keep your information from being sold online
OneBox free voicemail, fax, email, all in one!
Online Insider
PhoneFree free long distance and voicemail
Project Cool - from Glen Davis Cool Site of the Day
Shockwave.com - cutting edge websites, tools
SonicNet listen to your favorite artists, or create your own custom radio broadcasts - pretty hip
Submit URL to 100+ Search Engines - Free
direct links to all the proper pages for launching a site
Suck - it sucks, but it's popular
Technology Review - MIT tech magazine
ThirdAge -The Web Made Easy - basics
Tripod #2 Free web space community
Webex - host / attend virtual interactive meetings
Webgrrls - womens tech knowledge connection
Web Review
WholeWeb.net - wow!  set to launch June 2000
Wild Web - weekly picks from the WWW - kewl
World Wide Web Consortium
W3 Search Engines big search engine directory
W3's Virtual Libraries - web Directory links
ZDNet supurb site by Ziff-Davis

Search Engine Reviews and Info

7in1Web 3000 Categorized list of Search Engines. Includes SearchEngineGuides's Searchable database of 3000+ Portals, Directories, & Specialty Search Engines
Beaucomp directory of over 2500 Search Engines
Search Engine Guide - Find all the Engines and News
Search IQ - ZDNET's comprehensive listings and reviews of almost all search engines, metas, and directories.
Search Engine Showdown - " the users guide to websearching" comparisons, info, news, reviews
Search Engine Watch - ratings, tests, tips; and search engine resources and news.
 

Search Engines, Portals and Directories

About.com best directory (formerly the mining company)
AJR News Link - for news articles, topics in the news
Alpha Search - search for academic gateway pages
Alta Vista huge database
Ask Jeeves an intellectual SE
AOL Search
Avatar Search - search engine for Occult Information
BackFlip - new portal can bookmark all the sites you visit, and automatically organizes them into customized folders
Baldey.com - good metasearch engine
BotSpot - Search for robot spider search engines
The Big Hub - search 1500 specialty Search Engines
C4 - formerly Cyber 411
Christian Search Engine - CrossDaily
CiberCentro - search engine for South America
Community College Web Search  l  Resources
Direct Hit
Dogpile
Excite
FTP Search - Search over 100 million files - (Lycos)
Global Online Directory
Go2net
Google one of the best
GoTo
HumorSeek - search engine for jokes, cartoons, humor
HotBot
Howdy - agriculture and farming
IQ Seek - lesser known meta search
Infoseek
I Won new portal gives cash prizes
LookSmart
Lycos
Magellan
Mamma
Metroscope - local directory for major us cities
MP3meta - music SE for Mp3s, CD's, Lyrics, websites
MSN has become one of the most widely used
Netscape Netcenter
Netsearch
Northern Light
Open Directory feeds lots of search engines
Open Text - is now call BusinessWeb (Business Directory)
Pathfinder - search Time Inc.'s database of articles
Proteus - "type once, search everywhere"
Search.com
Subjex.com - metasearch accepts human dialogue
WebCrawler
What-U-Seek
Winfiles.com Search for newest hardware Drivers
Yahoo!

Usenet - Usenet search of newsgroups.
Google Groups - Search Google newsgroups.
Tile.net - From the "about" page: "This WWW site is a reference to all the LISTSERV, ListProc and Majordomo email discussion and announcement lists on the Internet." Also allows for FTP searches.
Forum One - From the "about" page: "...guide to web forums (also known as discussion forums, bulletin boards or message boards) on the World Wide Web."
Liszt  - From the "about" page: "Liszt is a ginormous directory of Internet discussion groups: mailing lists, newsgroups, and IRC chat channels." NOTE: sends a popup.
L-Soft Lists - From the search page: "...search the database for lists whose name (XYZ-L), host name (LISTSERV.XYZ.EDU) and/or title ("Central America Discussion List") matches your search string."
Internet.com - Bills itself as: "The E-Business and Internet Technology Network."
Calif Servers - Exactly what the title says -- servers located in the state of California, USA.
The List - From the home page: "...definitive buyer's guide to Internet Service Providers..."
ISPs and BBSs - Directory of ISPs webhosting and telephone prefix locations.

By Category Search Engines:  | General | Meta |

Macromedia Web Players Download Center for
 Authorware l Flash l Shockwave Players
Dreamweaver MX - Awesome HTML Editor uses plug-in extensions to create objects, behaviors and actions
Dreamweaver Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
Search the  Dreamweaver Extentions DatabaseIntel
Microsoft FrontPage 2000 - popular HTML editor has some nice features, and a new upgrade
FrontPage Support l Links1 I Links2 l FP User Group
Real Networks  plugins for streaming media -
 RealPlayer G2 Free RealPlayer Plus7 $29.95
Windows Media Player - Real Networks' competition
ZDnet demos, free / shareware - top 10, top 50, reviews

Media Building
7in1 Graphics & ClipArt links - free pics, tips, tutorals
HotWired tips, tricks, and tutorials from Lycos
iSyndicate - get or lease content for your site
Macromedia tips, tutorials for creating shocked sites
Netscape Guide to Computing & Internet
Shockwave.com - Macromedia site for Flash users
Streaming Media World - add audio to a website?
Windows media from microsoft
Web Outfitter - Intel's Pentium3 Site + Web Sites


Online Software Tools
Cool Archive - create logos, buttons. Free fonts, clip-art, tips, HTML tutorials, more
Cnet's SuperScripter - online script generator creates code to add menu's, search, rollovers, cookies, and more
DynamicDrive.com - Wizzard for DHTML Java scripts
HTML Generator create web pages without software
Media Builder use their online software to create 3D text, banners, animation - good informative tutorials and a Free graphics library of 10,000+ images too!

Technical and Programming

3Dup.com - catering to 3D  multimedia, news, technology
ASP Overview - ASP Documentation - Microsoft
Beginner's Guide to HTML - yahoo recommended
CGI - The Common Gateway Interface
The CGI Resource Index
The Dynamic HTML Events page
IBM Developer Works
Javascript Code Library - webmonkey
Java Server Pages - Sun Microsystems
Microsoft
PHP3 - HTML Preprocessing
TechCrawler - try out their Advanced Search
The W3 Consortium lists accredited HTML guidelines
The XML.com Site

Affiliate Programs

BeFree - Affiliate programs.
Websponsors - Affiliate programs.
Webreference - From the "about" page: "...about the Web and webmastery. From browsing to authoring, HTML to advanced site design..."
DevSearch - From the home page: "...indexes only sites that are relevant to making webpages."
Internet - Bills itself as: "The E-Business and Internet Technology Network."
Intro to HTML - Searches Case Western University's HTML Tutorial.
JavaSoft - Searches java.sun.com's site.
Refer-It - "...includes descriptions and ratings of over 400 affiliate/bounty programs..."
Zuberlinks - For "...fellow designers, webmasters, and web producers." More than just a site of affiliate links.
ClickQuick - Reviews and lists referral/affiliate programs and other webmaster resources.
 

Web Developerment

Developers Network Free tools and resources for Internet professionals.
The CGI Resource Index - On the home page: "Over 1,800 CGI related resources in more than 200 categories.
HTML Goodies  - Primers, tutorials, HTML and beyond.
ScriptSearch - From the "about" page: "...scripts in every language known to the programming community, from JavaScript, to Perl, to VBScript. "
The Web Developer's Virtual Library - Well-organized site of web development information and tools.
Webmasters Only - From the home page: "...source for information and tools to help develop dynamic and exciting websites."
WorldWide Mart - Certainly one of the oldest and most reliable script archives on the web. AKA Matt's Script Archives.
WebMasterBase - From the home page: "Links to everything you need to build, promote, and maintain a successful website ."
AssociatePrograms - From the home page: "...information, tools and resources for Internet focused businesses and Web Developers.."
BrainFind - Very nice site -- covering just about all aspects of webmastering using both categories and an input search engine.

MediaBuilder no software?  Use theirs Free online!
such as 3D Text Maker l Animated Banner Maker
and use Gif Optimizer to reduce file size of Gif images
Gif Wizzard - decrease file size of web graphics free
 

Popular Graphics Software
Adobe Illustrator - for web artists
Adobe - PhotoShop - The standard in the industry
Flash - for Shockwave web animations, from Macromedia
Fireworks - Macromedia's web graphics software
JASC - PaintShop Pro - all the features of Photoshop at a fraction of the price.  Uses Photoshop Plug-ins too!
Ulead's Gif Animator - turn pictures into animations


Plug-ins for PhotoShop and PSP
Andrew's Filter Factory 11 Sets of Free Filters
GrafoManiac - Links to most plugins and software

Tutorials / Links
Animated Gif Tutorial - from WebUtilities.com
Animated Gif Tutorial - from Gifartist.com
Abstract Dimensions - Paint Shop Pro
Creating Graphics on a Budget - Paint Shop Pro
Designs by Mark - Photoshop & Flash tutorials, tips
Designed to a T - PSP tutorial, clipart, web tips
Flash links - lots of links for tutorials, tips, downloads
Fireworks Learning Center - tech notes and tips
Illustrator Tutorials - from Adobe
State-of-Entropy - Paint Shop Pro, BladePro
Paint Shop Pro Tutorials - from Grafx-Design
Photoshop Cafe tutorials and psd images
Photoshop Graphics - from Nav Works
Photoshop Tips - 30 tips from Laurie McCanna
Photoshop Tutorials straight from Adobe

 Sites for other FLATFORMS     

About.Com: Internet for Beginners - "Features a weekly column designed to bring the best of the Internet to Net novices and all users alike. It also has an extensive resource list of the best links out there, an online bookstore, and more. It's soon to feature a bulletin board, a weekly newsletter, and a chat room."

ACRL/CNI Internet Education Project - "Identifies exemplary user education and training materials supporting the use of the Internet and other networked information resources. The primary goal of the project is to provide a common focal point for librarians and others involved in the instruction and delivery of networked information to display and share model instructional materials specifically designed for the selection and evaluation of information in a networked environment. Materials selected for inclusion on the site will be considered the professional standard. Of particular interest... are materials which demonstrate innovative and creative use of technology in instruction and those which successfully integrate the selection and evaluation of both print and electronic resources."

AgentLand - Resource and comprehensive portal site for agents & bots, software tools that automatically perform tasks on the Internet. Includes search agents, shopping agents, virtual assistants, and more.

America Links Up  - Sponsored by a broad-based coalition of non-profit organizations, education groups, and corporations, this is "a broad-based public awareness campaign to ensure that every child in America has a safe, educational and rewarding experience online." The site includes Online Safety Tips for Parents and for Kids, List of Key Internet Terms, "Technology Inventory: A Catalog of Tools that Support Parents' Ability to Choose Online Content Appropriate for their Children", and two message boards "devoted to kids and the safe, practical use of the Internet as a learning/teaching tool."

An Atlas of Cyberspaces - "This is an atlas of maps and graphic representations of the geographies of the new electronic territories of the Internet, the World-Wide Web and other emerging Cyberspaces." This site pulls together various efforts underway in the world that are trying to visualize the "space" of global communications and data traffic in a way that aids people in understanding what is happening. Very cool pictures.

BCK2SKOL Lessons - Online classes (including exams) for the librarian with little or no experience using the Internet--a great place to get started.

The Benton Foundation - "Since 1981, the Benton Foundation has worked to realize the social benefits made possible by the public interest use of communications. Through its projects, the foundation seeks to shape the emerging communications environment in the public interest. Bridging the worlds of philanthropy, public policy and community action, Benton demonstrates and promotes the use of digital media to engage, equip and connect people to solve social problems." Seven Websites are incorporated into the Benton Foundation Website. "Sound Partners" deals with community/health partnerships. "Open Studio" funds projects that train artists and nonprofit organizations to use the World Wide Web. "One World Us" is a "network and web presence devoted to sustainable development and human rights." It "seeks to enhance the knowledge of U.S. citizens about international affairs/development." "Helping.Org" offers resources for volunteers. "Digital Divide Network" offers "knowledge to help everyone succeed in the digital age." "Connect For Kids" provides information to help adults "make their communities better places for families and children." "Communications Policy and Practice" is concerned with "the value of communications for solving social problems and strengthening social bonds." The emphasis at this site is on library, education, public media and communications issues.

Benton's Best Practices Toolkit - Benton's Best Practices Toolkit provides "tools to help nonprofits make effective use of communications and information technologies." This site has a comprehensive list of links to online resources that includes items about technology funding and basic Web information.

Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources - "This bibliography, originally created for a panel discussion at a regional conference in Wisconsin, has grown with the increasing number of documents which address the problems and issues related to teaching and using critical thinking skills to evaluate Internet resources."

BotSpot - Central source of information about automated denizens of the Internet, including spiders, worms, robots, cancelbots, etc.

Broadcast ISDN Guide and Directory - This is a comprehensive resource to information about ISDN as it regards to broadcasting. There is background information about the technology as well as descriptions of applications, and a glossary. There are useful related links as well as contact information to find out about ISDN in various countries. There are also news articles as well as press releases.

Center for Law, Commerce & Technology - "The Center for Law, Commerce and Technology is a leading center for collaborative research, teaching and scholarship related to the Internet and legal aspects of technology. One of our main focuses is on consumer protection and education...As part of our project "The Internet and the Global Citizen", we feature a new site each week." Info on current litigation and news related to technology included.

CMC Guide - An annotated list of the best sources for: introductions to the Internet, Internet collections, training, navigating, searching, directories, and services. Part of the Information Sources: the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication guide.

Code Beach  - "Code Beach is your complete guide to free and open source code for ASP, C++, Java, JavaScript, Palm, Perl, and Visual Basic."

Community Learning Network - "The Community Learning Network WWW home page is designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into their classrooms. It has over 265 menu pages with more than 5,800 annotated links to free resources on educational WWW sites -- all organized within an intuitive structure. Since September of 1996, visitors from 165 different countries have made over 16 million hits on the CLN Web site."

The Computer Museum History Center - Are you curious about how the Internet came to be? Maybe you would like to know what the first computer looked like? At this site you'll find online exhibits that cover Internet history and the evolution of the microprocessor. You can also search the center's archive.


Connected: An Internet Encyclopedia - "A readable and useful reference to the technical operation of the Internet." Browse over 100 Internet engineering essays and read RFCs. A full text search is also available.

Coyote Communications Technology Tip Sheets - The Technology Tip Sheets were created "to help organizations and individuals reap money-saving, program-enhancing benefits from technology. Most of this material is geared to not-for-profit and public sector organizations, but some (at the bottom of this page) is more general, and all of it is applicable (and adaptable) to a variety of agencies."

The Cyber Cafes of Europe - Complete, browsable directory of cyber cafés in Europe, browsable by country, with links to café homepages where available.

Dale Sorenson's List of Mac-Friendly DSL Providers - A growing list of companies that provide DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) services for high-speed Internet access and that support the Apple Macintosh computing platform. Arranged by region and by type of provider with links to the providers.

Dan Kegel's ISDN Page - This site "is a distillation of many hours of Web and Usenet surfing, plus tips from many helpful readers, into a reasonably concise and organized collection of pointers to just about every online source of information involving ISDN. With just a few clicks, you can read up-to-date information from the vendors' own Web pages, on topics like ISDN phone service, videoconferencing, networking, hardware, software, Internet access, standards, user groups, consultants, and pricing. You can even search many online databases for more up-to-date ISDN information with a single click." The author has original information as well as the resources detailed above.

Disability Data Accessibility Issues - "Accessible web page design enables people with disabilities to use the Internet--and helps everyone to use the Internet better. InfoUse and other key national sources have developed materials on principles of accessible design, along with some specific guidelines."

Encyclopedia of the New Economy - Sponsored by Andersen Consulting in conjunction with Wired Magazine, this encyclopedia discusses topics ranging from "adhocracy" to "distributed systems," "ECash" to "Netscape," and "network externalities" to "zero sum." Essays have a wonderful tongue-in-cheek quality while still presenting useful descriptions and definitions.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the Multicast Backbone (MBONE) - "This file is based on a text version at ISI, but parts have been extensively modified." The FAQ discusses, what MBone is, how to participate, what hardware and software is required to join, and why you would want to participate.

The Global Schoolhouse - The Global SchoolNet Foundation is a nonprofit organization and "a major contributor to the philosophy, design, culture and content of Internet-based learning. Our mission is to "harness the power of the Internet" to provide ongoing opportunities to support learners both in and outside of the school environment." They provide many resources including helpful introductory guides to using the Internet in education.

HIIP: Policy Gateway - The Harvard Information Infrastructure Project has constructed a comprehensive policy gateway on information infrastructure topics, ranging from the NII and GII to telecommunications policy and applications.

Hungarian Home Page - Find out all about web pages in Hungary. There is also a collection of general facts about the country.

INFOMINE - Internet Enabling Tools - Large annotated collection of Internet resources related to the Internet itself. Resources have been determined to be "'of use' as a scholarly information resource in research or educational activites at the university level." Collection can be searched or browsed by subject, keyword or title. Part of The Library of the University of California, Riverside's INFOMINE.

The Internet Archive - "The Internet Archive is working to prevent the Internet 'a new medium with major historical significance' and other 'born-digital' materials from disappearing into the past. Collaborating with institutions including the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian, we are working to permanently preserve a record of public material."

Internet Café Guide - Directory of "more than 950 cafés in 60 countries.," browsable by location in three different modes: JavaScript, image maps, or text. Each entry includes address, phone and e-mail, hours of operation, and link to homepage where available.

Internet FAQ Archives - This site contains two parts. First is an archive of Usenet Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) postings in Hypertext format and in FTP archive textual format. Searchable and organized by newsgroups, category, author, or archive name. The second part is "an archive of 'Internet Best Current Practices (BCPs)', 'Request For Comments (RFCs)', 'For Your Information (FYIs)' and 'IAB Internet Standards (STDs)'. BCP, FYIs and STDs are a subset of the RFC series. The RFC series covers a broad range of interests. Core topics focus on the Internet and the TCP/IP protocol suite. However, many topics related to computer communication are found in RFCs."

Internet Fraud Complaint Center - "IFCC's mission is to address fraud committed over the Internet. For victims of Internet fraud, IFCC provides a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of a suspected criminal or civil violation. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at all levels, IFCC offers a central repository for complaints related to Internet fraud, works to quantify fraud patterns, and provides timely statistical data of current fraud trends. The Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)."

Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions - "This site is an archive of U.S. court decisions and legislation pertaining to the Internet. Read brief synopses or detailed descriptions, indexed by subject, with links to the full text of decisions if available. The site is fully searchable and covers legal history in the making for areas such as antitrust, intellectual property, encryption, privacy, and spamming."

Internet 101 - This site is dedicated to teaching students of all ages about using the Internet. Included are online lessons on HTML and basic CGI plus introductary, basic lessons for the novice student.

Internet search-FAQ - A User centered FAQ on how to search and find various information on the Internet

Internet Timeline - An Internet chronology highlighting some of the key events which helped shape the Internet as we know it today.

Internet Tools Summary - "A compact, comprehensive, carefully organized set of links to essential Internet sites about Internet-based tools for Information (providing online information from servers and retrieving it with client software), Interaction (languages, tools, and software to help people interact online--with information or each other), and Communication (applications to enable people to communicate with each other). The Reference section lists sources of more information."

Internet Web Text  - The Internet Web Text is a hypertext guide to Internet resources, a partial substitute for a paper-based text about the Internet. It links you to Internet resources: orientation, guides, reference materials, browsing and exploring tools, subject and word-oriented searching tools, and information about connecting with people.

Internet2 - A comprehensive site about the Internet2 project. You can find articles about the latest happenings, archives that contain the history of I2, and an FAQ section.

Introduction to Videoconferencing and the MBONE - "Like the title says, this page will help you get started doing videoconferencing using MBone. There are links to introductory documents, and information on 'network, software, and hardware requirements" for various platforms.

ISDN Tutorial - The site introduces basic information about ISDN as well as giving its history. The tutorial also includes information about: "Advantages, Interfaces, Layer 1 Protocols, Layer 2 Protocols, Layer 3 Protocols, Internet Sources and References, [and an] ISDN Book Store."

The ISDN User's Guide - User guide for ISDN appliations, with diagrams.

The Journal for MultiMedia History - "The JMMH is the first peer-reviewed electronic journal that presents, evaluates, and disseminates multimedia historical scholarship." It offers articles by professional scholars, reviews of historical CD-ROMs, Web sites, and videos, and links to recommended WWW resources.

The List - Searchable directory of over 3000 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) world-wide. Also browsable geographically. Entries include contact and rate information.

The LivingInternet.com - This site gives good basic information on how to use certain Internet tools including Electronic Mail, Internet Relay Chat, and Multi-User Dimensions (MUDs). More advanced users will be able to find specific information without going through a long tutorial.

The Mac Orchard - "The Mac Orchard is a carefully cultivated list of the most vital Internet applications and links for Macintosh Internet users, along with Internet software reviews contributed from The Mac Orchard's audience. These pages represent the most complete, most up-to-date collection of Macintosh Internet applications available anywhere on the Internet."

MagPortal.com: Magazine Articles on Internet - A searchable, browsable directory of magazine articles on the state and evolution of the Internet that are available online. Topics covered include: Broadband; E-Business; Internet Service Providers; Link Recommendations; Marketing; Portals, Communities & Entertainment; Services; Social Issues; Statistics & Projections; Website Design & Management. Updated every few days.

Making the Macintosh - This electronic archive covers the social history of the Macintosh computer's early development. Through historical photos, interviews, memos, and diagrams, you will learn about counterculture and computing, the early Macintosh, development of the Apple mouse, and more.

The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette - This file outlines the proper etiquette of using the Internet, including electronic mail, Telnet, FTP, and electronic discussion groups/mailing lists. It also lists "The Ten Commandments For Computer Ethics" from the Computer Ethics Institute, and concludes with a bibliography.

Netiquette Home Page - "'Netiquette' is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal 'rules of the road' of cyberspace. This page provides links to both summary and detail information about Netiquette for your browsing pleasure."

NetLingo: The Internet Language Dictionary - "This online dictionary contains definitions of hundreds of words that are emerging as a new vocabulary surrounding the technology and community of the Internet and the World Wide Web." You can browse the dictionary, look at the message board, and there is even a "pocket dictionary".

Network Buyer's Guide - "The Network Buyer's Guide by Strategic Research Corp. provides information on the computer storage and networking industry. It features a searchable database of products, links to vendor websites, a library of white papers, press releases, online product presentations, and more. FREE listing to vendors." There is also a section where you can download evalutation tools and even a glossary of industry terms.

Networking 101 - "This page describes various methods for connecting a small network, such as a home-office or dorm room. Everything described here can be done with off the shelf parts from your local computer store, and you won't even need a single hand tool! Once you're done here you'll have a basic understanding of how all networks work (yes, you're just one or two steps away from understanding a big corporate or university network ;-). I also cover some basic crossplatform networking." There is also a glossary, FAQ and links to other resources.

Obsolete Computer Museum A large collection of obsolete computers. Includes photographs and a 'Help Line' for questions and answers.

Privacy in the Digital Age - Numerous articles from the archives of The New York Times regarding privacy and the Internet, including children's privacy and PGP encryption. Also has links to external documents and Websites. (Registration required.)

Real.Com - Guide - Guide to RealAudio broadcasts, focusing on news sources. Get audio files from National Public Radio, c|net, ABC News, Entertainment Tonight, Fortune Business Report, and other sources. Also includes a guide to live events. RealAudio software (available for free) is required for use.

Saugus.net: Glossary of Filename Extensions  - A alphabetical listing, with some explanation and information on downloading, of the extensions used for naming computer files. This glossary, along with a glossary of computer terms, can be searched using this form.

7wonders - Tired of always visiting the same favorite sites? Don't know where to look for something new? Each weekday Seven Wonders serves up a link to a new site, one you probably never heard of. Each day has a category; Wednesdays get Net Culture, for example. You're bound to find some brand-new favorites here.

TECHtionary - "TECHtionary is the world¹s first animated dictionary on telecommunications, data networking and internet technology." This site is geared to more advanced users and for people who are studying telecommunications and networked computing. Flash 5 plug-in required for viewing.

Top Level Domains - Simple listing of the top-level domains (aka country codes) and their meanings.

20 Questions on How the Net Works - "A list of the 20 most popular questions about the Web--and the corresponding answers--to help you understand the basic principles of the Internet." Answers are written with the layperson in mind.

What is the Internet? - An 11-page (28K ASCII text file) 1993 memo to the Internet community on the history and makeup of the Internet.

Yahoo! Events  - A directory of audio, video, and chat events online. Browse through subject categories or search.

Yenza - "'Yenza' -- a word meaning 'do it' in the Xhosa and Zulu languages -- is a guide to using the Internet for research and teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities. The site includes links to resources for these purposes. In selecting them, the project team has tried to choose resources which are highly rated by subject experts."

HotBot
Cozy Cabin
Jayde
Search tips
Alta Vista
SearchPort
eWebsite
Overture - formerly GoTo
InfoTiger
Search tips
National Directory
Search tips
OneKey
DogPile
AOL NetFind - incl. popup ad
Search tips
QuestFinder
Aeiwi
Search tips
NBCi
dmoz
Search tips