Web Resources

Support/Web Resource Links

Avast: www.avast.com. Visit this site to download the avast! 4 Home Edition antivirus software.

Facebook: www.facebook.com. This social networking site is only available to college and high school students, but still has over seven million users.

Federal Trade Commission: www.ftc.gov. Visitors to the Federal Trade Commission site will find information from this U.S. government agency designed to protect American consumers from identity theft and other types of schemes perpetrated against consumers.

Gibson Research Corporation: www.grc.com. This site, hosted by Gibson Research Corporation, a company specializing in data protection and data recovery, provides a number of free tools (such as Shields Up) that you can use to determine whether your network is secure from hackers.

Global Information Assurance Certification: www.giac.org. Visit this site to learn more about industry-recognized information security certification.

Homeplug Powerline Alliance: www.homeplug.org. This is a Web site for an alliance of industry partners manufacturing power-line networking equipment.

ID Theft: www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/. This site is developed by the Federal Trade Commission to help individuals prevent or recover from identity theft.

IEEE: www.ieee.org. This is the home page for the IEEE, or Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which is a professional society dedicated to promoting the growth of technology.

JiWire: www.jiwire.com. Locate wireless hotspots and check the security of your wireless connection from this site.

Microsoft: www.microsoft.com. The Microsoft Web site is a good source for resources on networking operating systems released before Windows XP.

MySpace: www.myspace.com. With over 40 million users, MySpace is probably the largest social networking site. There’s no charge to sign up and members can connect with friends, as well as friends of friends, to chat, share photos, blog, and so on.

ProBlogger: www.problogger.net. This blog site attempts to help other bloggers learn the best practices for blogging. Get tips and advice, learn how to promote your own blog, and find out how to make your blog profitable, too.

Symantec: www.symantec.com. This is the home page for Symantec, a software company that manufactures computer protection products such as Norton Anti-Virus and Norton Internet Security.

Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory: www.wififreespot.com. Use this site to locate free high-speed wireless Internet connections, broken down by state. Visitors can also check for European or other international hotspots and submit new wireless locations.

WiFinder: www.wifinder.com. Locate wireless hotspots using this Web site. Users can differentiate between free hotspots and those that charge, and can rate hotspots, too.

YouTube: www.youtube.com Visit this popular site to view or post videos.

Additional Links

Technology in Action Companion Web Site: www.prenhall.com/techinaction. Here you’ll find additional resources to support and supplement chapter topics, including an Online Study Guide and Web Research Projects.

24x7 Pearson Product Support: http://247.prenhall.com. Use this site to obtain help by phone, e-mail, or chat, or explore the knowledge base to find answers right on the site.

About Wireless Networking: http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/routers. This About.com site is designed to help new users understand how routers work.

Best Buy: www.bestbuy.com. This is a good site for comparison price shopping when buying computer equipment.

CoolComputing: www.coolcomputing.com. This information site focuses on enhancing the performance of your personal computer.

Department of Homeland Security: www.dhs.gov. Explore the Research & Technology area on this site to see how the U.S. government is using technology to protect America.

D-Link: www.dlink.com. This is the home page for D-Link, a provider of networking solutions and equipment, including routers. Check the Consumer Solutions area for information about setting up a home network.

Kensington: http://us.kensington.com. This is the home page for Kensington, a manufacturer of wireless computing devices.

Lavasoft: www.lavasoft.com. This is the home page for Lavasoft, creator of the Ad-Aware antispyware program. A free version of Ad-Aware, available for personal use, can be downloaded from this site.

Linksys: www.linksys.com. This site, hosted by Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems that makes networking equipment for home networks, contains extensive information on constructing home networks.

McAfee: www.mcafee.com. This is the home page for McAfee, a software company that makes computer protection products such as McAfee VirusScan and McAfee AntiSpyware.

Netgear: www.netgear.com. This site, hosted by Netgear, a major manufacturer of home networking equipment, contains good resources for learning about the construction of home networks.

NetStumbler.com: www.netstumbler.com. This site offers free software that enables your computer to more easily locate Wi-Fi hotspots.

Pricewatch: www.pricewatch.com. This site features price comparisons of technology equipment from various suppliers and is useful when shopping for computers or other technology equipment.

Spybot Search & Destroy: www.safer-networking.org. Download free antispyware software that gets consistently high ratings from PC Magazine from this site.

TigerDirect.com: www.tigerdirect.com. This online retailer of computers and computer equipment’s Web site features very competitive prices.

Wi-Fi Alliance: www.weca.net. This is the home page for the Wi-Fi Alliance, a nonprofit industry trade association whose members are dedicated to the proliferation of Wi-Fi networks.

Wi-FiHotSpotList.com: www.wi-fihotspotlist.com. Use this Web site to find wireless hotspots.