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Internet Open Phones
Got questions about computers and the Internet? Ira and his guests can help -- no problem too big or too small.

You're net-savvy, plugged-in and turned-on. You can spout URLs with the best of them. But you still have a few little questions that you need answered to help tweak your surfing into championship form -- how to improve your on-line searching, for example, or how to keep your personal information private on-line. Or maybe you've been computing for a while and are wondering whether or not it's time to upgrade your system, your software, or your internet account. Maybe you're just starting out and need a tip on which machine to buy, what software will make your life easier, and which add-ons and gewgaws are simply must-haves. And maybe you're still wondering if it's even worth it to get started and enter the electronic world.

Regardless of which category you fit into, make a list of questions and program your speed dialers, because in this hour of Science Friday we'll be trying to answer as many questions about network computing as we can.

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Guests:
Robin Raskin
Editor
Family PC Magazine
New York, NY

Guy Kawasaki
Apple Fellow
Apple Computers
Cupertino, CA

Larry Magid
Columnist
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Editor
Home PC Magazine


Books/Articles Discussed:


Related links:


Larry Magid's Home Page:
http://www.larrysworld.com/

Family PC Magazine:
http://205.181.112.122/familypc/


Some Net Search Engines and Catalogs:
http://www.hotbot.com/
http://www.altavista.com/
http://www.lycos.com/
http://www.infoseek.com/
http://www.yahoo.com/


The Big Browsers (in no particular order):
http://home.netscape.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/default.asp


Sources of Software:
http://www.shareware.com/
http://www.hotfiles.com/
http://www.download.com/


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