This book provides complete coverage of using the Internet and its technologies, and includes the following: (1) Hand-on steps for searching the Web and evaluating the available resources to determine their validity, credentials, timeliness, and accuracy. (2) Hand-on steps for using Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrom, and for creating and using a Windows Live Hotmil email account. (3) In-depth and expanded coverage of social networks, wireless technology and net-works, security countermeasures for various types of threats, and protecting individual privacy and avoiding identity theft. (4) E-commerce coverage updated and revised to reflect the consumer's prespective of buying and selling on the Web, Internet advertising and marketing, PayPal and digital wallets, consumer concerns, and international issues. (5) Update and new case problems at the end of every tutorial. //ir