New to the Internet? On-Line and Interactive Tutorial on Surfing the Web from the University of Utah.

Other good starting points for someone new to the Internet are:

• Square One Technology Guide to the Internet and More.

• Learn the Net

• Exploring the World Wide Web

• University of Illinois's Starting Points for Internet Exploration

• I highly recommend you check out the The December page. This site is more than a resource for learning the Internet. It is maybe the most comprehensive collection of information resources about the Internet and computer- mediated communication.

Internet Services

CMP Net-- The Technology Internet Publisher offers a search engine to compare Internet Service Providers (ISP's) and pricing before you sign.

Herbison Consulting provides an up-todate WWW Server Index. Check out Pointers to lists of Internet access providers. Most up-to-date listing of ISP's natonwide. Searchable by state and area phone code.

PC World magazine's offering for ISP comparative shopping. Read this before you subscribe to an Internet Service.

Several companies are offering free internet services. I have not personally checked out any of these providers and can not endorse them. In general, students using these free services are satisfied. Service is 56k and unlimited. Most services are free because they sell advertising banners which appear on the browser and sell the market research from tracking your on-line activity. Theses services are a good solution for students needing a personal ISP, but understand that you'll have no privacy. If you (or someone you know) can take advantage of one these free services, here is the list as of Summer 2000:

Service	Contact	Description
AltaVista	www.microav.com Call: 877-584-5551	Offers free e-mail and technical service. Supported by target ads that are permanent on the browser bar.
Blue-Light	www.bluelight.com 888-945-9255	Free e-mail. Techical Assistance 24/7. Supported by target ads that are permanent on the browser bar. Joint venture between K-Mart and Yahoo.
Freei.net	www.freei.net	Free e-mail, but tech assistance is long-distance toll 24/7. Supported by target ads that are permanent on the browser bar.
Juno	www.juno.com 800-879-5866	Supports Windows and Mac. Free e-mail, but tech assistance is toll charge at $1.95/min., 24/7. charge. Supported by target ads that are permanent on the browser bar.
NetZero	www.netzero.com 888-279-8132	Free e-mail. Technical assistance is long-distance toll 24/7 with priority service at $14.95/call. Supported by target ads that are permanent on the browser bar.
WorldSpy.com	www.worldspy.com	Free e-mail. Technical assistance. Supported by percentage on on-line sales bought through shopping portal. No advertising and does not tract usage patterns (unlike other free sites).
WTKR	www.wtkr.com	A new service of local  TV Channel 3. Technical assistance 24/7. Supported by target ads that are permanent on the browser bar.

About.com provide two lists of "freebies" that may interest you:

• Free internet services

• Other free services, including sites that provide storage for all your files and bookmarks, so you can access them anywhere.

VIRTUAL HARD DRIVES. This is a great service for students. You can store your files on a drive located on the Internet and access the files from anywhere. So, even if you don't have a PC, create files and upload them to your own drive space. I use FreeDrive, but other free services can be found at LookSmart's listing of Virtual Hard Drives.

If you are looking for a free site to host your web pages, go to Freewebspace. There you'll find a searchable directory of 340 free web hosts with some reviews on the sites. Or, a short list is available at List of Free Web Space.

W3Schools Online. E-course from building your first web site to more advanced web development technologies.

www.JoeExpert.com is a site that lists over 20,000 pages covering
HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Java, CGI, Free Images, and more.
Forums for every Web Design category. Talk to them and other Webmasters about your site.

Hotwired's WebMonkey offers a 5 part course on website construction from HTML to java and stylesheets, plus access to free downloads on java script and more.

DEVELOPER.COM-- From Earthlink. Probably the most comprehensive list of links that deal with HTML and website construction. Requires higher level of experience.

Build Better Pages. This is AOL's tutorial on creating web pages. Takes you through the basics to get the page on the WWW.

Free Site Tools. Site provides links to 1300+ tools and scripts for web site development.

The Web Developers Virtual Library.Check out A Guide to Creating Web Sites and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Web Technology

A valuable resource for web development including Java, DHTML, and current web technology issues. Lots of free downloads for your website.

Cut-an-Paste Java Script. This site offers free java scripts to enhance your site.

EARTHWEB.COM publishes a great site for expert web development, downloads for Linux, and a tutorial for learning java script, or go directly to the IT Library for java scripts.

Home Page Journal offers articles on the latest web development issues and great links to tools and diagnostics to perfect your website.

C/NET BUILDER.COM: SPOTLIGHT ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES.

Want to keep people coming back to your site? Stay just ahead
of everyone else, and they'll think you're brilliant; get too
far ahead or fall too far behind, and your audience will click
right past you. Use this collection of our best tips,
tutorials, and reference materials on XML, Java, HTML 4.0,
Active Server Pages, and VMRL to keep you right on track.

Organizations and History of the Internet

History of the World Wide Web. http://www.w3history.org/

History of the Internet and Web. A chronology from pigeons to WWW.

A Brief History of the Internet by those who created it.

If you would like to know about the organizations that form the Internet and WWW, check out the respective sites of the organizations listed here:

Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
The Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Society Mission
World Wide Web Consortium

CAUCE, The Coalition Against Unsolicited E-mail, is a volunteer group fighting junk mail (spam). Sign-up and report spam.

THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT . Copyright law on the Internet.

Internet Traffic and Demographic Statistics

FREE E-MAIL ACCOUNT! "Hotmail" is a free e-mail service of Microsoft. It is popular with students who want e-mail and have no personal internet service. Expect that Microsoft will request that you provide information on yourself - to ensure that you are a "real" person and to add data to their marketing profiles. HotMail is widely used at HU!

MAIL.COM has an interesting approach: You can sign-up for free e-mail using several domain choices, such as me@mail.com or me@europe.com. Or, you can pay $2.95 a month and obtain a choice of professional domains, such as me@accountant.com or me@consultant.com.

Register with EXCITE's Free E-Mail Service. You don't have to have to pay for internet service to have e-mail.

Free Yahoo Mail.

The College Club - Only for college students. This internet club provides free membership and free e-mail, website, and connections with other college students with similar interests. A few of my students have used this service and report favorably on it.

The Electric Postcard. Send a picture post card by e-mail (free service) to your friends, courtesy of MIT.

3-D Greetings. Send via email a free personalized 3-D card for special occasions, birthdays, holidays, some with sound.

EVERYTHINGEMAIL.COM provides information and tips on using e-mail. Need HELP! try this site.

Other Things to Do With the Internet

Phone home FREE! Yup, at this site you can use your PC with internet connection to call any phone in the country (international calls available soon). You'll need a PC with internet connection and a soundcard with microphone (Sorry PC's at HU won't work). Through your PC you place a call through the Internet to Mom's home phone, so there is no long distance phone service or expense. Sites are:

Dialpad - Looks pretty easy to use. A few students have used this and report good results.
zeroplus.com -There is a $15 sign-up fee, but looks like it's free of ads, and may be worth the nominal cost.
BroadPoint - This site seems to ask you to "earn" free time

Not getting to my class on time try !Ping. This is a free service that pings your phone to wake you up, also available is a reminder service, and similar kinds of services (Mr. Notify, Ms. FollowUp).

Combine your communications services of voice mailboxes, email accounts, and faxes in one free Web-based solution. Some sites have banner ads and some play advertisements while you access your phone mail, but the services are free from:

onebox.com

excite.com

getmessage.com.

BookMarks Plus. OK you use the university's PC's a lot but can't keep a record of your favorite sites. If you used your own PC you'd mark the site on the browser with "Favorites" or "Bookmarks". So why not use this service -- your own "bookmark" directory accessible to you anytime, anywhere, free.

Astalavista is a European site for hackers. Here you can find downloads and links to similar sites.

Hackers Page. A list of links to related sites. This is a Dutch site.

From About.com, a page on WAREZ, the term applied to internet software piracy or cracking.

BSA Anti-Piracy Site. The Business Software Alliance publishes NoPiracy.com to fight theft of software and codes.

Internet fraud is on the rise and you must protect yourself. As a student your greatest exposure is from e-mail (even from seemingly known sources) requesting your credit card number, unknown people using your e-mail account (because you failed to sign off), buying on-line items that have a low price but concealed add-on costs such as high shipping and handling charges, and pyramid schemes that ask you to send money to people on a list to which you add your name expecting others to send you money. DON'T BE A SUCKER! Treat your credit card like your money, always log off, shop before you buy and print a receipt of all charges, and educate yourself to recognize scams.

If you are scammed: Credit cards limit your exposure to $50.00. Contact your credit card company and report the fraud immediately. You may lose your card and $50. Report the fraud to the Internet Fraud Watch link below. If the fraud is related to anything on my site, let me know so I can remove the offending site and publish a warning to other students.

National Consumers League Internet Fraud Watch. Internet Fraud Watch is a project of the National Consumers League, America's pioneer consumer advocacy organization. IFW is designed to help consumers distinguish between legitimate and fraudulent promotions in cyberspace and to route reports of suspected fraud to law enforcement agencies. NCL has an excellant guide "Be E-Wise: How to Shop Safely Online", this is a pdf format document.

Internet Fraud watch reports that the most common Internet scams are:

1. Undelivered Internet Service Provider Services
2. Damaged, defective, misrepresented or undelivered merchandise
3. Auction sales (WEB)
4. Pyramids Schemes & multilevel marketing (MLM)
5. Misrepresented cyberspace business opportunities and franchises
6. Work-at-Home Schemes
7. Prizes and sweepstakes
8. Credit Card offers
9. Books and other self-help guides
10. Magazine subscriptions

Internet On-Line Magazines

zdNet: One of the most comprehensive On-Line Sources.

Top9.com: An e-zine that lists and ranks most popular web sites by categories. Also, provides good information on surfing problems, like sites that "lock" your browser so you cannot leave and how to avoid "pop-ups."

CMPnet: The Online Source For Technology Professionals.

Computer Industry Almanac, Inc. Statistics and studies on computer and internet usage. Did you know the U.S. has over 100 million internet users?

Internet Magazine: This'll bring you all the latest news and analysis of events shaping the Internet industry in the UK and abroad. We'll be analyzing recent events to show you what they really mean for the Web.

Internet World Daily News and analysis covering the business of the Web and the Internet.

Internet Eye Magazine. The on-line magazine devoted to the graphic arts on the internet. Product reviews, tips, how-to, resources, and web space for artists and designers.

Internet World: The Voice of E-Business and Internet Technology Geared towards developers, Internet World offers information on e-commerce, intranets, developing Internet technologies and more.

Internet.com- news and electronic resources magazine.

NetGuide: Topical guide to the Internet offers topical directory from computing to travel, online events, news and special features.