Chapter 11. Working Faster and Smarter

  • Customize Your Window to the Web

  • Drop In on the World with the Media Bar

  • Create Your Own Home Page

  • Enhance Your Computer’s Exploring Performance

  • Save Time Online with the Profile Assistant

  • Take a Break from Reality and Play Games Online

  • Learn Tips and Tricks for Safe Surfing

  • Open Up the World (Wide Web) to Your Kids

Even if you don’t realize it, you’re becoming more and more dependent on the Internet every day. If you own your own business, you use the Internet to create bids, e-mail clients, and shop for materials; if you have kids, they use it to get help with their homework, IM friends, and download music. It’s certainly a necessity in the corporate environment where getting real-time stock quotes, e-mailing coworkers, ...

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