Technology book links

If you're as fond of books as we are, this page is for you. First, you'll find links to many of the books that are mentioned in the Cyberwalker columns. Plus, we've also included the books that are mentioned in Cyberwalker Fun Facts, our free e-mail newsletter. Those books include just a brief summary of what you can expect between the covers.

Books from Cyberwalker columns:

Upgrading To Windows 98
Column:Upgrading to Windows 98

Windows 98 for Dummies
Column:Upgrading to Windows 98

Essential Windows 98 Book
Column:Upgrading to Windows 98

McAfee Anti-Virus for Beginners
Column:Anti-Virus trialware fails to detect computer bug

John Macafee's Anti-Virus Book
Column:Anti-Virus trialware fails to detect computer bug

Inside the Norton Anti Virus:The Official Guide
Column:Anti-Virus trialware fails to detect computer bug

How To Get The Most From Your Scanner
Column: Reorder installation to solve scanner and printer problem

Make Your Scanner a Great Design & Production Tool
Column: Reorder installation to solve scanner and printer problem

The Color Scanner Book
Column: Reorder installation to solve scanner and printer problem

Camera & Input Scanner Systems
Column: Reorder installation to solve scanner and printer problem

Hewlett-Packard Guide to Color Printing
Column: Reorder installation to solve scanner and printer problem

Hewlett-Packard Company : Bill & Dave's Excellent Adventure
Column: Reorder installation to solve scanner and printer problem

Color Communication : How to Get the Most Out of Printers
Column: Reorder installation to solve scanner and printer problem

Word 97 Annoyances - Woody Leonhard, Lee Hudspeth and T. J. Lee
Column: Power management fix requires BIOS upgrade

Office 97 Annoyances - Woody Leonhard, Lee Hudspeth, T. J. Lee
Column: Power management fix requires BIOS upgrade

1001 Windows 98 Tips - Kris Jamsa and Greg Perry
Column: Power management fix requires BIOS upgrade

Windows Annoyances - David A. Karp
Columns: Password problem fixed and A radical approach to tinkering with a hard drive

The Millennium Bug - Michael S. Hyatt
Column: Embedded chips a grim Year 2000 problem

Time Bomb 2000 - Edward Yourdon and Jennifer Yourdon
Column: Embedded chips a grim Year 2000 problem

Upgrade Your Own PC - Linda Rohrborough
Column: All about RAM power

How the Internet Works: Special Edition - Preston Gralla
Column: Processor's dual identity raises suspicion

How to Buy a Computer or Upgrade What You Have - Myles White
Column: Upgraded 486 will never perform like a Pentium

Elements of E-mail Style - David Angell and Brent Heslop
Column: Confirming e-mail easy

Books from Cyberwalker Fun Facts:

Travel Planning Online for Dummies:
This book teaches you how to use the Web to book a vacation. From using on-line travel agents to finding hotel accommodations. It also shows you how to check weather reports, learn about a destination city from the locals and take advantage of special travel offers available only to Web users.

Business @ the Speed of Thought:
Microsoft CEO Bill Gates says a digital nervous system, a network that unifies an entire company's operations, is the future. And information is power. This is wisdom he offers among other things. This one looks like a bit of a buzzword-filled snoozer, but as usual it will be required reading if only to authoritatively pooh pooh Gates.

PC Dads Guide to Raising a Computer Smart Parent:
Mark Ivey and Ralph Bond are two real dads and senior managers at Intel Corporation who are family computing experts. Since 1996, they have helped millions of parents and teachers better understand technology through nationwide workshops, TV appearances and newspaper articles, teaching today'sgeneration of parents a new set of parenting skills for the digital age.
In their new book they offer parental advice on a range of topics, such as raising a computer-smart daughter; balancing a child's use of games and educational programs; learning the software and Web site rating system for cybersafety; kid-proofing your PC; and making your PC kid-friendly.

Search Engines for the World Wide Web:
This book teaches you how to search the Web effectively. It's a Visual QuickStart guide that uses pictures instead of long explanations to teach you how to use the World Wide Web.

Using the Internet Smarter and Faster:
Here's an Internet manual that matches its title. It's smartly written and a fast read. Brooke Broadbent teaches you all kinds of little tricks on optimizing your use of the Internet including what those Web browser errors are when it fails to find a page. Broadbent is an Ottawa-basedauthor and a heck of a guy. We chatted briefly via e-mail. Seems his life mission, like mine, is to teach the world about computers and make those stomach flip flops go away every time an error message pops up.

The Age of Spiritual Machines - When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence:
This excellent book talks about the development of faster computers next century that will eventually equate and supercede the power of the human brain. It predicts a future where technology and humans may become indistinguishable.

Crystal Fire:
Crystal Fire looks at the invention of the transistor and the birth of the information age. The book, by Lillian Hoddeson and Micheal Riordan, is a thrilling history of the transistor, its inventors and effect on world economies.

Computer Crime:
This book is for those who need to understand, investigate, and prosecute computer crimes of all kinds. This book discusses computer crimes, the criminals, and laws and profiles the computer criminal, using techniquesdeveloped for the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. But it'll also be of interest to the techno-curious. Published by my favorite tech book publisher O'Reilly and Associates who write great how-to programming and reference books.

Barbarians Led By Bill Gates:
This story of the building of Bill Gates' Microsoft empire reveals inside stories about the development of Windows, the 1988 Apple v. Microsoft lawsuit and Gates' amazing talents as a marketeer and businessman. Microsoft insider Marlin Eller tells the story as only a former Microsoft employee could.

Expert Guide to Windows 98:
If you think you're a Windows 98 expert or want to be one, this book by Mark Minasi, Eric Christiansen, Kristina Shapar might find its way onto your reading list. The Amazon review says it takes you to guruhood fast. It is designed for people who are comfortable with Windows 3.1 or 95. Lots of expert advice and undocumented tips on installing, getting started and troubleshooting.

Future Talk - The Changing Wireless Game:
Future Talk looks into the dynamic future of wireless telecommunications and the many opportunities it will usher with it. This is a non-technical book that provides a detailed, up-to-date look at the ever-changing wireless industry and its impact on our world.

DVD Demystified:
DVD Demystified is one of the better books out there on the new data storage technology. Author Jim Taylor looks at covers DVD in consumer-electronics as well as on the computer. Heoffers a general overview as well as the nitty gritty details of the technology.

The Millennium Bug - How to Survive the Coming Chaos:
Michael S. Hyatt says the outlook for the year 2000 is grim. Hyatt describes an industrialized world brought to its knees by Y2K-related computer failures. He advises that you start stockpiling fresh water now and that you learn to hunt and prepare game as soon as you can.Cyberwalker is booking his trip to Hawaii now.

The following books were on the Cyberwalker Recommended List for Christmas '98, but you'll find them useful all year-round:

• SAMS' Teach Yourself Windows 98 in 24 Hours


• The Complete Idiot's Guide to PCs


• Windows 98 for Dummies


• Windows 98 for Busy People: The Book to Use When There's No Time to Lose!


• Easy Internet: See It Done, Do It Yourself


• Computers Simplified


• How to Use Computers: Visually in Full Color

StrikingItRich.com:
Author Jaclyn Easton profiles 23 companies who used the Web to make it big in business by developing relationships with customers in cyberspace through e-commerce.