Internet Digest for 01-Apr-96


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The Internet Digest is a publication for Webmasters, HTML programmers, Corporate Web Page Designers, Netsurfers, and anyone interested in learning more about the internet. Internet Digest is a convenient way for you to stay informed of valuable resources on the Internet. Internet Digest Focuses on helping you with page design basics, and explaining HTML and how the Web works, and the technical aspects of running, administering, and marketing WorldWideWeb sites.

Internet News and Articles


Netscape releases beta Navigator 3.0
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/mirror/client_download.html Netscape

Netscape this week has released an early beta version of Netscape Navigator 3.0, code-named Atlas, on the Internet. Several new add-on programs include two new plug-ins: Live3D, a virtual reality modeling language viewer, for navigating three-dimensional environments, and a video plug-in for playing AVI movies. There's also a helper application, CoolTalk, for conducting audio and data conferences over the Internet. CoolTalk will allow users to have telephone conversations over the Internet at 14.4 Kbps and higher connection speeds.

Bill Gates - Internet Browsers Belong In Operating System

Microsoft Chairman William Gates, speaking at the first annual Internet & Electronic Commerce Conference & Exposition at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, said that he foresees the "Internet Browser' becoming an integral part of the operating system of the computer.


New Hampshire To Connect Public Schools To Internet

New Hampshire has unveiled plans to become the first state in the country to connect all of its 450 public schools to the Internet before the year 2000.


Articles


On-Line Censorship: Is There A Middle Ground - By Bill Gates
http://nytsyn.com/live/Gates/088_032896_140009_17753.html

How to Email
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Howto/Email/

Find out everything you ever wanted to know about email


Is America moving away from online services and toward general Net access? Robert Seidman
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Voices/Seidman/032596/index.html

Best Sites of the Week


Virtual Dorm
http://www.taponline.com/tap/v-dorm.html

Real college students put their lives on-line through journal entries, CU-SEE Me, screen grabs, and chat sessions.


Film Scouts
http://www.filmscouts.com/

Film Scouts invites you into virtual theater, where you'll find nearly a dozen features from Casino to White Squall.


The FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives"
http://www.fbi.gov/toplist.htm

Healthy Choice
http://www.healthychoice.com/

. You'll find charts of the foods' nutritional values, as well as some no-nonsense fitness tips and a downloadable health management demo.


"Selections from LIFE"
http://pathfinder.com/photo/gallery/arts/life/home.htm

27 LIFE photographers have chosen their most memorable picture. Each photo is accompanied by a shot of the photographer and a brief anecdote about why they feel the picture is special.



Good News.
http://www.nrv.net/dsower/goodnews.html

Here's a collection of positive news reports collected from the mainstream press and updated weekly.


SHOP! Information Services
http://www.sis.org
Web magazine aims to inform female consumers.

Self-Help Law Center
http://gnn.com/gnn/bus/nolo/

It's a site that offers not only the latest lawyer jokes, but a wide range of information on consumer rights and issues and the laws affecting them.


Consumer Credit Counseling Service
http://www.powersource.com/powersource/cccs/

This site offers guidance on avoiding debt and assistance in arranging payment plans with creditors.


Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/

Provides brochures on scores of consumer subjects, from credit reports to telephone soliciting.


HTML CGI and Programming Help


Shockwave Site of the Week
http://www.shocker.com/shocker/cool.html

Kattnet Digit Collection
http://www.kattnet.com/digits/

A collection of original graphical digits for use with WWW access counters.


Windows95.com
http://www.windows95.com/

The best Windows 95 Information, Tools, and Shareware on the 'Net! Information on accessing and sharing information across the 'Net!


Microsoft's Windows 95 Software Library - Official
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software.htm


Windows 95 Internet Software Collection
http://sage.cc.purdue.edu/~xniu/winsock/win95.htm

Promophobia
http://www.interbiznet.com/promophop.html

A one stop tool for site announcements.

Here is a list of usable colors for Netscape 2.0 http://nwlink.com/~catanza/colors.html

Marketing Articles and Sites



Marketers play Web games as serious biz http://www.adage.com/bin/viewdataitem.cgi?opinions&opinions166.html

Active Marketer
http://www.mktplace.com/home1099 .

Based in Waltham, Mass., MarketPlace will provide weekly reviews of Web sites that contain business, marketing, and sales information.


Will the Web win appeal world wide? http://www.adage.com/bin/viewdataitem.cgi?opinions&opinions173.html


The Research Page (TRiP)
http://www.hotwired.com/staff/rod/research/

A index of research-related material on the Net, including search engines, reference books, directories, business and news sources, TV, music, and film sites, and much more!


Breaking free from boring banners By Debra Aho Williamson http://www.adage.com/bin/viewdataitem.cgi?opinions&opinions179.html