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Ainsworth Keyboard Trainer 4 with Disk  MPL Special Link
Need to polish your typing and word processing skills? Ainsworth Keyboard Trainer is the program for you! It offers introductory lessons, plus speed and accuracy drills, and makes the practice fun. Adjusts to any skill level. Additionally, you can measure your progress with periodic reports. Use your own floppy disk to store your work.
Library subscription. Only available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries.
Ainsworth Keyboard Trainer 4 without Disk  MPL Special Link
Need to polish your typing and word processing skills? Ainsworth Keyboard Trainer is the program for you! It offers introductory lessons, plus speed and accuracy drills, and makes the practice fun. Adjusts to any skill level. Additionally, you can measure your progress with periodic reports. No floppy disc needed.
Library subscription. Only available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries.
CNET
CNET.com provides information, tools, and advice that helps you decide what to buy and how to get the most out of your technology. Includes the latest tech news, product reviews and price comparisons, free downloading, Digital Home DIY: Step-by-step guides that make home tech projects easy, and more.
Computer Dictionary
Computer Dictionary is the leading information source for definitions and explanations of computer and technology terms. The collection of computer and technology information is one of the largest on the internet. All terms are sorted alphabetically.
Cookie Central
This site provides full information about the much-discussed topic of Internet Cookies.
Dave's Guide to Buying a Home Computer
This site is designed and maintained by a Senior Specialist to accompany a couple of Michigan State University courses he teaches. It is full of information on considerations and purpose when buying a computer. There is good technical, as well as introductory information, on operating systems, hardware, memory, ports, modems, WebTV, etc. and it includes shopping tips.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a comprehensive library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form, today launched the Wayback Machine, a free service allowing people to access and use archived versions of past Web pages. For the first time, all members of the public will be able to search and view the Internet Archive*s enormous collection of Web sites, dating back to 1996 and comprising over 10 billion Web pages.
Learn the Net
Learn via the Internet all about everything from e-mail to newsgroups to research to publishing.
Living Internet
A comprehensive source of information about the Internet: how it was invented and works; how to use it; why it is important; security issues; what is the World Wide Web; about electronic mail (e-mail); about Internet Relay Chat (IRC); links to news about the Internet; and, about Usenet newsgroups and mailing lists.
NUA Internet Surveys
This informative database contains over three years of information on Internet demographics and trends.
PC World
Keep on top of tech news with this informative site from the publishers of PC World magazine. Included is a Daily News Digest and news archive, information on new products, software, hardware, buying guides, and features such as Top Ten Downloads, Top 400 Products, Here's How, Bugs and Fixes, and an ISP Finder.
The List (ISPs)
This buyer's guide to Internet Service Providers by area code and by country. It also allows searching by access speed and type of computing services
W3 Schools
At W3Schools you will find all the Web-building tutorials you need, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, SQL, Database, Multimedia and WAP. Their references cover all Web-building technologies, including W3C standards like HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML and other technologies like JavaScript, PHP, ASP, SQL and much more.
Web Tutorials
This is internet.com's list of links to sites which provide Internet tutorials on the Web.
Webopedia
This is an online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology.
Whois
Search for the domain name of an organization on the Internet.
Wi-Fi Free Spot
The WiFi Free Spot Directory is a listing of locations that offer free wireless Internet access. State-by-State listings for the United States come first, with Europe and other regions of the World listed toward the bottom of the page. Cities for each state are listed alphabetically, with the names, location and phone numbers of each WiFi site.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. The name Wikipedia is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a type of collaborative website) and encyclopedia. Wikipedia's articles provide links to guide the user to related pages with additional information. Besides providing a good starting point for researching almost any topic, Wikipedia is a particularly good source for information about computer technologies, languages and key innovators in the computer world.

 
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