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The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see...
Winston Churchill said, "The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." It is, perhaps, surprising to learn that much of what has taken place with the Internet could have been predicted by studying events in the past 150 years. The invention, deployment and integration of the telegraph into society and business practices mirror the Internet in a great many ways.

The Internet has shrunk the world (like never before?), enabled business to take place at the speed of light (like never before?), caused information overload (ditto), and even enabled new mechanisms of dating and marriage to take place (again ditto). One wonders if by studying the rise (and fall) of the telegraph and related technologies we can predict the next "big things" and opportunities in this age of the internet?

This is a terrific "gee-whiz" book, an easy read on an airplane. It will likely amuse you; it may evoke an epiphany or two; it may even spark the idea for a new product or business!

The Victorian Internet - a worthy reprise
The title provides us with an anachronistic context to consider the book and The Victorian Internet weaves an engaging tale of the conception, birth, growth, and decline of the telegraph. The book tells a story that is intriguing, entertaining, and compelling. It presents facts and characters that would fail in fiction because they would stretch credibility beyond the breaking point. In other words, you just can't make this stuff up. This book provides a full gallery of oddballs, heroes, villains, victims, and criminals that would make any Victorian wax museum a prime attraction. The author, Tom Standage, artfully stages this cast of characters in the fog of technical discovery. We do not see these characters as people of vision and will who triumph as the best and brightest of their time, although many of them certainly were just that, but rather as authentic people who bring to the story their strengths, weaknesses, and foibles. To that add the fact that people do not know the future. We, as the reader, have the advantage of knowing how the story unfolds but Standage helps us to stand in their shoes, uncertain of what the future might hold. And so it is in our own day with our own cast of characters and set of fantastic facts. Who knows how it will develop? Standage helps us to understand, our experience with the internet of the new millennium is really nothing new.



Standage supports his assertion that our current experiences with the internet are not new to humankind. He does not bludgeon the reader with the analogy between the telegraph and the internet. It is difficult, however, to ignore the many parallels between this 150 year old technology and our current times. We are shown competing inventors, Morse and Cooke, with different approaches to the same problem and this could easily be compared to Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in our own day. In the Victorian setting we see skeptical governments, wrongheaded entrepreneurs, visionary investors, explosive growth, boom and bust cycles, demand that exceeds the ability to deliver, criminal opportunism, attempts at security, and disruptive technology. All of these are recognizable in our own day. A couple of developments that I found interesting were the rise of messenger boys and the implementation of pneumatic tubes. We still see these same phenomena in our own day. In a time when it is easier for me to send an instant message to a co-worker who is within range of my voice rather than speak directly to her, we still have our own messenger boys and pneumatic tubes. There are technologies that continue to serve the non-consumers and undershot consumers of the internet. We have bicycle messengers, summons servers, and UPS. When a physical item needs to be delivered or when delivery must be assured, nothing beats hand delivery, even today.



The current edition of The Victorian Internet is a reprise.It was first published in 1997. I think it is with good reason that the book was published again. In his afterword, Standage says the following:



...the utopianism of the late 1990s evaporated in the dot-com crash of 2000, though the spread of broadband connections and the growth of new Internet business models built around online commerce and advertising have since helped many firms to bounce back. And despite everything that has happened in the past ten years, the analogy between the Internet and the telegraph still holds.



The Internet is now extending it's reach to the mobile user. Like the telegram in the days of the telegraph, the need for short, clipped and economic language has come into play. Phrases like "c u l8r", "lol", or "ttfn" have become common parlance in text messaging. Like the days of telegraph when telegraph operators would signal that they were ready to send they would send three "1s", today Nokia phones can be set to announce an incoming text message with three short beeps, two long ones, and three short ones - Morse code for "short message service". We witness a 19th century technology reincarnated in the 21st. People continue to use seemingly new technologies in old and familiar ways.



According to his personal Web site, http://tomstadage.com, he began his career as a science and technology writer at The Guardian in 1995 and he is currently business editor at The Economist. He is also the author of "A History of the World in Six Glasses", "The Turk", and "The Neptune File". He comes to The Victorian Internet with a decade of impressive experience as a writer, editor, and author and it shows. Not only is he a skilled wordsmith but his love of historical works dealing with the development of technology shines through one more time. I suspect we will see a few more entertaining works from Mr. Standage before his career is through but be sure not to miss this one.


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Book Description
The diverse forms of Internet art and the tools and equipment used to create them are discussedand placed within the wider cultural context.

When the Internet emerged as a mass global communication network in the mid-1990s, artists immediately recognized the exciting possibilities for creative innovation that came with it. After a century of unprecedented artistic experimentation, individuals and groups were quick to use the new technologies to question and radically redefine the conventions of art, and to tackle some of the most pressing social, political, and ethical issues of the day.

Covering email art, Web sites, artist-designed software, and projects that blur the boundaries between art and design, product development, political activism, and communication, Internet Art shows how artists have employed online technologies to engage with the traditions of art history, to create new forms of art, and to move into fields of activity normally beyond the artistic realm. The book investigates the ways Internet art resists and shifts assumptions about authorship, originality, and intellectual property; the social role of the artist; issues of identity, sexuality, economics, and power; and the place of the individual in the virtual, networked age.

Throughout, the views of artists, curators, and critics offer an insider's perspective on the subject, while a timeline and glossary provide easy-to-follow guides to the key works, events, and technological developments that have taken art into the twenty-first century. 200 illustrations, 100 in color. ... Read more

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A Pathbreaking Resource
This book offers the very best of the World of Art Series' reference-based scholarship.Parallelled in the series only by the contributions of Hans Richter and Roselee Goldberg (most likely because Greene shares with these scholars the distinction of being a firsthand participant-observer in the phenomena she describes), this book is a wonderfully comprehensive and readable introduction to an arcane, subterranean art history.This will surely be considered the guidebook for a largely uncharted territory in contemporary art.

About the book
I read an article about this book/author in a recent issue of Time Out New York. At first I didn't think I would be remotely interested in the subject matter. It seemed pretty random. But the article really piqued my interest in the field. After reading the book INTERNET ART, I think internet art might be the most intriguing contemporary art practice out there. This book has a great balance of insider experience, 20th century art history, and handholding for novices (which I am). A really good resource.

Fascinating new field
I am an avid reader about contemporary art and I found this book pushed buttons and raised questions I had never even thought of... it's clear that the internet is a defining medium, especially for younger generations, and this book helped me think about the net in a more critical and expansive way. I love the World of Art series and recommend its titles to those trying to get their minds around art and art history. This book was great and I especially liked author's use of the non-net art examples including Tiravanija, Valie Export, and Cindy Sherman.

Books Are Not Net.Art
In the end, for all its fury (and New Mediasts and Anarchists worked side-by-side in the 1990s) revolutionary art was caught in contradictions. It could not or would not break free of the forms of bourgeois media culture as a whole. Its content and method could become transformations of the hierarchial media but, while net art remained imprisoned within the social spectacle, its transformations remained imaginary. Rather than enter into direct social conflict with the old media it criticized, it transferred the whole problem into an abstract and inoffensive sphere where it functioned objectively as a force consolidating all it wanted to destroy. Revolt against push media became the evasion of push media. Marx's original critique of the genesis of religious myth and ideology applies word-for-word to the rebellion of bourgeois network art: it too "is at the same time the expression of real distress and the protest against real distress. It is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people" [Marx, Contribution to the critique of Hegel's "Philosophy of Right"]. ... Read more

Product Description
This new book by Atlantic Publishing Company entitled Online Marketing Success Stories Insider Secrets, from the Experts who are Making Millions on the Internet Today, will give you real life examples of how successful businesses market their products online. The information is so useful you can read a page and put the idea into action today!Standing out in the turmoil of today s internet marketplace is a major challenge. There are many books and courses on internet marketing; this is the only book that will provide you with insider secrets. The reason we asked the marketing experts who make their living on the internet every day and they talked!With e-commerce expected to reach $40 billion and online businesses anticipated to increase by 500 percent through 2010, your business needs guidance from today s successful internet marketing veterans. Learn the most efficient ways to bring consumers to your site, get visitors to purchase, how to up sell, oversights to stay away from, and how to steer clear of years of disappointment.We spent thousands of hours interviewing, e-mailing, and communicating with hundreds of today s most successful e-commerce marketers. This book is a compilation of their secrets, and proven successful ideas. If you are interested in learning hundreds of hints, tricks and secrets on how to make money or more money with your Web site than this book is for you.Instruction is great, but advice from experts is something else, and the experts chronicled in this book are earning millions. This new exhaustively researched book will provide you with a jam-packed assortment of innovative ideas you can put to use today. This book gives you the proven strategies, innovative ideas, and actual case studies to help you sell more with less time and effort. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (9)

Editing nightmare
I did enjoy most of the success stories.The first three quarters of the book are simple testimates of successfull endeavors in various internet businesses.In the last quarter is the nitty gritty, though there is a noticable lack of detailed "how to" information, so if that's what you're looking for go elsewhere.One thing I can't tolerate in any printed piece with a cover is typographical errors.They're like potholes in the road... very disruptive, and this one is full of 'em, especially in the last quarter of the book.So, to review the review... good detail free success stories, poorly edited and occaisionally poorly written.

Fake Reviews?Looks like it to me.
The seven reviews that precede this one are all written by reviewers that:
1. Only review how-to non-fiction books; no other products are reviewed.
2. Only give out 5 stars in their reviews.*

*One exception: I found a 4-star review, but that could have been a clicking mistake by the reviewer.Also, there was another reviewer that had at least 20 pages of reviews, I only looked at the first three pages, which were all5-star reviews.

I have not read this book, so you can ignore my 5-star rating, which I gave because I can't prove these are all bogus reviews (you decide), so I didn't want to affect the overall rating.

Real Life Stories - And Much More
Richards provides many different stories from both small and large businesses which were successful online.She also summarizes the key points from these stories into simple, easy to follow guidelines for your own internet marketing.From each story, you can get a lesson to apply to your own business - and the reading is more interesting than a normal textbook.Also, each story contains a tip for new online businesses or those wanting to refresh their strategies.Since so much of online marketing is about websites and email mailing lists, these topics are also covered in depth.Overall, a useful book to provide you with some tips on how to make the most of your online advertising dollars whether you are just starting out or just want to be even more successful than you already are.

Online Marketing Success Stories: Insider Secrets From the Experts Who Are Making Millions on the Internet Today
Online Marketing Success Stories: Insider Secrets From the Experts Who Are Making Millions on the Internet Today Rene V. Richards is a must have for anyone running or thinking of beginning an online business. The book provides background information and current contact information for over 65 successful online business ventures. Tips and tricks of the trades are provided in an easy-to-follow format. While some of the stories are presented in interview format, others are presented as stories. There are multiple other sections which provide additional summaries of the best tips available from insiders of the trades. All of the information is helpful and intriguing, and it is highly recommended, with a 5 star rating overall.

There are many books covering Internet strategies - but few packed with real-world success stories, as this provides.
E-commerce is expected to increase by 500 percent through 2010, so any business anticipating success must have more than a retail brick n mortar presence: that's the message of a title which gathers over sixty true stories from those who have evolved successful businesses on the internet today. Learn from the culmination of hundreds of tips, which here represent the best, most successful advice. There are many books covering Internet strategies - but few packed with real-world success stories, as this provides.

Diane C. Donovan
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As a developer, you are aware of the increasing concern amongst developers and site architects that websites be able to handle the vast number of visitors that flood the Internet on a daily basis. Scalable Internet Architecture addresses these concerns by teaching you both good and bad design methodologies for building new sites and how to scale existing websites to robust, high-availability websites. Primarily example-based, the book discusses major topics in web architectural design, presenting existing solutions and how they work. Technology budget tight? This book will work for you, too, as it introduces new and innovative concepts to solving traditionally expensive problems without a large technology budget. Using open source and proprietary examples, you will be engaged in best practice design methodologies for building new sites, as well as appropriately scaling both growing and shrinking sites. Website development help has arrived in the form of Scalable Internet Architecture.

Customer Reviews (8)

I could not put this book down
I picked up this book the other day on the recommendation of a friend, and I can't put it down. I like it because:

* its small (the number of pages 225, the print, the format, the thickness) , but its pithy. Every page has useful stuff.
* the real world experience (pain!) just oozes out of this book. So many times while reading I thought: "Oh yes ... hadn't thought of that."
* its not stridently opensource, nonetheless ends up most there anyway - but only after addressing commercial products and their role
* its business focused, not geek focused - while still being incredibly geeky

Most of all its just really well written and edited. I've caught a couple of minor typos, but nothing that interfered with reading or enjoying the book.

In a world of many great technical books, and insufficient time to read them, its hard to know which ones are worth the effort. This one definitely is.

Great Gift
I got this for my son as a gift...he loves it and as usual Amazon comes through with the best service!

Unique and realistic perspective on Scalability and HA
This is the type of technical book that comes alone all to infrequently.Instead of giving "cookbook" recipes that are inapplicable to the majority of real-world environment, this book discusses how to apply techniques (not recipes) to increase the flexibility (and hence scalability) of your infrastructure. This author obviously has in-depth knowledge of real-work production environments and the unnecessary risks that companies expose their infrastructures to.For example, from my own experience it is pitiful how rampant the concept of HA is confused with load balancing!I have seen CIOs of Fortune 500 companies tout their "risk-free" scalable environment implemented with load balancing.When I explain to them that HA has nothing to do with load balancing, and to insure a high availability infrastructure they need to revamp their architecture, they look at me suspiciously as if I'm trying to squeeze money out of them.When I ask to speak to the Director of Operations and pointedly ask how HA is implemented, and get a response alone the lines of "we have redundant load balancers fronting redundant servers" I know I'm dealing with yet another instance of a gross misunderstanding of HA.When I point out the multiple single points of failure, I'm treated as an adversary intent on discrediting the technical staff!This book reveals the fallacy of such an approach.

The author also discusses elements of a robust HA environment that others book only touch on if not completely ignore.For example, revision control and business continuity among other often overlooked processes.All in all an interesting read that will open your eyes to what is truly a misunderstood topic.

The books handling of scalability, including a discussion of "scaling-down" (or scaling back), is first rate as well.

Great book for those involved in building or hosting web applications!
This book does a great job of demystifying many of the misconceptions surrounding web applications, performance, scalability, hardware, software and proper architecture. Finding the right tool for the job is essential, and this book should be on every developer/engineer/managers book shelf!

The previous reviews don't really do it justice
This is a fantastic book about scalable systems.If you want specifics, he presents opensource and cost effective solutions that can be implemented, but in my opinion that isn't the real value of the book.

The real value is the way he leads you through the thought processess that need to occur as you plan for releasing and using such a system.I really like some of the stuff that is emphasized and has caused me to realize that I had gaps in my knowledge.Gaps like better release planning, and actual cost of such a system, especially as it grows, or shrinks.

I've been extremely happy with this purchase. ... Read more

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It's official: There is no longer a stigma associatedwith Internet dating. It's true. We promise. Nearly 50 millionAmericans have tried it. That means roughly half of the single adultpopulation has filled out an online dating profile or has at leastbrowsed a few personal ads, just to see who's out there.Quicklydisappearing are the days of awkward setups and randomencounters. Today's singles simply post a profile on a handful ofdating websites, then sit back and wait for the dates to rollin. Well, that's the idea anyway. The reality is that most peopleslap together vague and uninspired dating profiles and quickly becomedisillusioned when "the one" doesn't respond the next day.InI CAN'T BELIEVE I'M BUYING THIS BOOK, Internet dating expert EvanMarc Katz—a former MatchNet consultant and avowed onlinedater—demystifies the world of Internet dating. He offerspractical advice on choosing the right dating website, writingeye-catching profiles, striking up that first email"conversation," turning a first date into a second, and muchmore. Equal parts how-to guide and inspirational pep talk, I CAN'TBELIEVE I'M BUYING THIS BOOK is like having a chat with a goodfriend, in this case, a hysterically funny, insightful friend whotells it like it is while remaining cheerfully optimistic about theuniversal quest for love. Whether you're an online dating junkie or acomplete newcomer, an enthusiastic twentysomething or abeen-there-done-that divorcée, this irreverent and intelligent guidewill teach even the most jaded single how to master the dating gameand find true love online. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (27)

The first part of the title is right
If you buy this book, you may very well end up hitting yourself over the head with something near at hand (probably the book itself) and exclaiming "I can't believe I bought this book!"Luckily, the worthless book in question is also mercifully brief and bound in paper, so hopefully you will do no more than emotional damage to your psyche.That's about the only positive thing you will be able to say about the experience of either reading or hitting yourself over the head with this book.The written contents are a mix of the amazingly obvious and the horribly shallow and sexist.A good book on organic gardening is more likely to help you attract a romantic partner.

outdated
This one is easy to read and does have some tips if you know NOTHING about internet dating.However, much of the information is outdated and not very helpful.

The proof is in the RESULTS
There is a right way and wrong way to go about online dating.I had been doing it the wrong way. Some of the tips he gives I had never even thought about before and realize he is exactly right. This is one of the rare books I intend to read again just to make sure everything sinks in. Anyway I have been heeding his advice and there is no greater proof that it works than by the results I have been having...CUTE women contacting me and responding to me. I have a date this week that I am actually looking forward to going on.

An excellent resource.
I thought this book contained information on dating relations via the internet that no other book on the market has displayed. I really enjoyed reading it and found loads of information--for a man or a woman. The authors really seemed to know their stuff and gave out vital information. This book came highly recommended and I was glad I bought it. [...]

With respect
Evan Marc Katz has created a warm, witty, inviting book that brilliantly describes pearls and pitfalls of online dating. He discusses the sensitive emotional and interpersonal issues' dating online imposes on singles, and offers practical suggestions and compassionate support. This book is an invaluable resource for those singles dating online. If you want to laugh out loud while learning about online dating, it is a must read!
(My professional opinion)

However, I'm single, over 35, and while this book was a gift, I haven't laughed this hard about basic dating skills in a long time.I read it because Evan Marc Katz was actually my gift (too bad for all of you that only got the book). Seriously, Evan's coaching was a present to me from a friend who thought I needed a little assistance finding love online. After working with Evan, I realized all the little things really do matter. He taught me that in a game of numbers, you have to stand out otherwise you may not get noticed by the people you want. The book is educational to anyone with an open mind, and who isn't jaded and cynical simply because they are over 35 and not yet married. I highly recommend it.
-Amy B. Trachter, Psy.D.,Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Book Description
Over the past fifteen years, the Internet has had an enormous impact on communication and commerce all over the world. With a growing and diverse population of internet users out there, the world has definitely become a smaller place. Over 450 million people use the Internet for email correspondence, ecommerce, social networking, research, local and worldwide news reports, and much more.

Whether you are just starting out in your online travels or even if you have been online for awhile, The Internet For Dummies, shows you how to do everything better and faster. You’ll surf the Web, do research, conduct business transactions, and much more—like a seasoned pro!

The Internet For Dummies will walk you through the fundamentals of the Internet, as well as provide more advanced techniques and features to explore once you get your feet on the ground. This resourceful guide will help you:

• Connect to the Internet and understand the different ways to connect, including wireless, DSL, and cable
• Set up an e-mail account and communicate through e-mail
• Explore other communication tools such as Instant Messaging and message boards
• Use search engines like Yahoo! and Google to browse and research
• Shop and sell online
• Investigate online Web communities like blogs and social sites
• Create your own Web page and handle general Internet housekeeping

In this fully updated edition, The Internet for Dummies will help you get the most out of your Internet experience. Written by renowned authors, this book is sure to be valuable to both new users and experienced ones alike. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Well-written and appropriately updated
A great book to give an broad overview of the internet, and to have fun while doing it.

Great book. A must have for new computer owners.
Great book. Helped since a bought my first computer in my early 40's when I was returning to college and it was really useful. ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (5)

The Dangers of Uncritical Thinking
This book addresses an incredibly important topic - and is well written to boot. The danger of reputations ruined by carelessness, or by deliberate ill will, should be understood. In fact, this book should be mandatory for human resources personnel and any search committee that uses the Internet to check on a potential employee.

Hopefully Solove will follow up soon with another book. Sites such as Topix, provide a frightening forum for people who are less than ethical.Although Topix provides an alternative format for news, there is no oversight for accuracy or even truth. If Orson Welles had had access to the Internet, perhaps we would all have learned a valuable lesson about questioning and independent thinking. Since Welles is no longer with us, at least we have Daniel Solove to encourage us to question timely issues.

Thought provoking
Solove's book doesn't provide answers, rather it provides situations that help you ask the right questions.

As an extra bonus it is extremely well written and an enjoyable read.

Timely subject, and a great read for non-lawyers too
Prof. Solove's latest book is a great follow up to The Digital Person (which I also recommend). What I have enjoyed about his writings is his ability to communicate not only to attorneys like myself, but also to a non-lawyer audience. His focus on Internet privacy impacts all of us, and as anyone who follows the news knows, the explosive growth of Cyberspace places a greater burden on the individual and on the legal community to bolster protections and to guard against invasions of privacy. Solove's work explains the terrain of this new digital era in a way that is informative, engrossing, and relevant. I'm looking forward to his future scholarship in this field.

Engrossing, Important Book About Our Lives and Reputations in the Internet Age
Once I started The Future of Reputation, I could not put it down.The book brings alive how online gossip, social networking sites, and blogs increasingly define who we are and how were are perceived in today's Information Age.The stories it tells are, at once, laugh-out-loud funny and terrifying.We see the lives of others distorted by vengeful ex-lovers and mocked by teachers.Online commentators shine light on bad behavior to shame people.Our reputations are out of our control.

What I loved about this book is that it asks us to rethink assumptions about how we define ourselves in an age where search engines tell our story to future employers and old high-school classmates.The book helped me appreciate that online shaming plays a new and perhaps important role in shaping behavior but also has serious costs.It offers thoughtful suggestions for what we can do about these problems without sacrificing so much of what is liberating about our online interactions.This is a must read for anyone who is interested in living a full and informed life in the Internet age.

A Must Read For Bloggers and Other People On Earth.
The author, Daniel J. Solove, was kind enough to send me an advance copy of this book; it scored a KnowProSE.com 10/10:

"With actual real world examples gleaned from the internet and put in the limelight, the author seems to leave no stone unturned in a quest for answers. Many people will have heard of some of the examples but few will have looked at them in such a circumspect a manner - and even fewer will have done so with a legal background.

Most of my time spent reading this book was spent nodding - I knew about 70% of the stories, but then I've been around a while and have been following the Internet closely- more so than most people on the internet. Still, in most instances the author was able to show me at least one new side to it. This seemed a job which makes the Herculean quest of cleaning the stables seem simple - there is no river to divert here, but there is most certainly a lot of manure. Perhaps the book is the start of the river's diversion. Cyber-bullying, Internet Vigilantism, libel, defamation... mountains are easily grown from molehills in cyberspace.

The book is very easy to read, it flows and takes on a life of its own. I could not put it down; even knowing some of the stories did not deter my interest. After much contemplation, I have decided to give the book a KnowProSE.com 10/10 score. Only one other book has been given that status, and both books have received this status because they were interesting books that were well written and important, and do one other thing in particular: they will stand the test of time. Daniel J. Solove is rapidly becoming to privacy what Lawrence Lessig is to copyright and the public domain.

If you are reading this review, you need to read this book. Who knows? My next blog entry might be about you. Of all the people who need to read this book, I think bloggers are the ones who need to read it the most: being aware of the consequences of what one writes is important in an age when everyone can write, but not everyone considers the consequences to others. Would that we all understood this better." ... Read more

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Hands-on networking experience, without the lab!
The best way to learn about network protocols is to see them in action. But that doesn't mean that you need a lab full of networking equipment. This revolutionary text and its accompanying CD give readers realistic hands-on experience working with network protocols, without requiring all the routers, switches, hubs, and PCs of an actual network.
Computer Networking: Internet Protocols in Action provides packet traces of real network activity on CD. Readers open the trace files using Ethereal, an open source network protocol analyzer, and follow the text to perform the exercises, gaining a thorough understanding of the material by seeing it in action.
Features
* Practicality: Readers are able to learn by doing, without having to use actual networks. Instructors can add an active learning component to their course without the overhead of collecting the materials.
* Flexibility: This approach has been used successfully with students at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Appropriate for courses regardless of whether the instructor uses a bottom-up or a top-down approach.
* Completeness: The exercises take the reader from the basics of examining quiet and busy networks through application, transport, network, and link layers to the crucial issues of network security. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Great book for the basic understanding of networking protocols
Like Richard Bejtlich I agree this book is excellent. I got this book based on his review.

I bought also "Practical Packet Analysis: Using Wireshark to Solve Real-World Network Problems". Both as reference books. The book "Network Analysis and Troubleshooting" by J. Scott Haugdahl is one on my wishlist.

Indeed this book is thorough and yet easy to read. It can be used as an intro but also for reference. The explanation of ethereal (wireshark) is very welcome in this perspective and lacks the errors we can find in the other book "practical packet analysis", I mentioned before (see also my review on that). Maybe in the next version we can find information on AirPcap, excellent in sniffing and supporting WiFi network t-shooting. Network Monitor 3.1 from Microsoft is a freely available solution in this perspective that also can be used and supports native WiFi cards and sniffing packets. So far a great book and certainly worth buying!


Rob Faber [CISSP, CEH, MCSE]
The Netherlands

Best value, practical introduction to networking
As Associate Professor with several years of experience teaching Computer Networking to undergraduate and graduate students, i think practical exercises are crucial for students to really understand this field.

Jeanna Matthews does a very good job introducing featured aspects of computer networks. The book follows a tipical top-down approach, which has proven to be the most reasonable option for practical networking (specially at the introductory level). Each chapter begins with a brief theoretic introduction (in the style of 'basic concepts about TCP', and then presents the rest of the practical topics in a 'learn by example practice' way.

Another great point is the CD included with all the network traffic traces you need to follow each example. The book also includes a brief introduction to Ethereal (now renamed as Wireshark).

Super-recommended to students and self-learning people that really want to understand TCP/IP in practice from the ground up. It is also useful as a guide for a lab-based computer networking course (introductory level), along with 'TCP/IP essentials' by Panwar (if you want to cover more advanced topics).

Great Concept, Great Implementation.
This is a great concept. We all read about networking protocols but here you get to see them in action and without a whole laboratory full of equipment. This book is based on a series of experiments that you can do yourself using a network protocol analyzer. Aaaaah, there's a buzzword, network protocol analyzer. This book is written around using Ethereal, a software network protocol analyzer that is included on the CD that comes with the book (but you may want to download the latest version - it's open source software and free).

So in this book you don't just read about network protocols, you analyze them yourself using this software package. You get to actually see what the various packages like your internet browser are actually sending and receiving. This is a great way to remove the mystery of what networks are actually doing.

At the end of the book there is some discussion and illustrations of ways networks get attacked. There's quite a bit of discussion and demonstration of what the Blaster worm does, including the network traces of its action.

Great Concept, Great Implementation.

A phenomenal introduction to packet analysis for newbies
I eagerly anticipated reading Jeanna Matthews' 'Computer Networking: Internet Protocols in Action' (CN:IPIA).I am always looking for good networking books to recommend to people asking how to enter the digital security field.I am pleased to report that CN:IPIA is an excellent, hands-on, packet-oriented introduction to networking, suitable for all entry-level analysts.Even those with several years of experience may learn a trick or two, as I did.

The book is very logically organized.Section 1 is an introduction to using Ethereal to collect and inspect packets.I was unaware of Ethereal's ability to color packets based on user-specified 'color rules'.Section 1 also describes the various Ethereal panes and what they mean.

Section 2 starts the hands-on packet analysis work.The CD accompanying the book offers 30 MB of packet traces collected by the author.She uses these traces to expertly illustrate a variety of networking concepts.Section 2 introduces the top of the protocol stack by looking at application protocols.I learned about HTTP Last-Modified, If-Modified-Since, Cache-Control, and ETag headers.

Section 3 discusses transport layer protocols like TCP and UDP.I really liked the author's exposition on TCP Selective Acknowledgement (SACK), and I was glad to see she fully understood and explained TCP sequence numbers.I also finally grapsed the idea behind TCP time sequence graphs by reading this part.

Section 4 covered network layer protocols.After fairly standard material on DHCP, ping, and traceroute, I was surprised and pleased to read about routing protocols.Both interior protocols (RIP and OSPF) and an exterior protocol (BGP) made appearances.Better yet, analysts can examine traffic traces to understand how these protocols work.

Section 5 talked about link-level protocols (wired and wireless), and section 6 concludes the book with a few examples of security-related network events.

My few problems with CN:IPIA are overshadowed by the excellent material elsewhere.On p. 79 the author writes that a mail server involved in exchanging a message is the system which makes a DNS query.In fact, the trace shows it's the mail client, a laptop, making the query.Since the mail server in the example is also the sample network's DNS server, any query it makes would be answered by itself -- and wouldn't appear on the wire.On p. 109, in the second paragraph, the last two references to 'packet 7' should be 'packet 6'.I also think readers should have seen an example of active FTP to complement the book's discussion of passive FTP.

If you're looking to gain a packet-oriented understanding of networking, you must buy this book.It's a fast read, but I have not seen a better hands-on introduction to network traffic.Those wishing to learn packet analysis should start their journey with CN:IPIA, and spend plenty of time inspecting the traces on the book's CD. ... Read more

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As Internet poker exploded, thousands of players turned to Internet Texas Hold'em to help them become winning players. Today, Internet Texas Hold'em is now the most successfull book ever on Internet poker.Internet Texas Hold'em is an excellent tool for beginning to intermediate players to be successful at limit Texas Hold'em with specific topics focused on Internet play.The book's reputation has superceded its title as many players now recommend it for live play also.A comprehensive overview of Texas Hold'em is presented including general poker concepts such as probability and odds, bluffing, raising and check-raising. Various deceptive tactics are also discussed such as free cards, slowplaying, and inducing bluffs and calls. You'll learn the correct strategies for starting hand play as well as playing on the flop, turn, and river. You'll learn the intricacies of playing on the Internet and the differences in strategies between Internet and live play. Finally, you'll be able to practice all of these strategies on over 200 actual Internet hands.Poker is a fun game, but it is even more fun when you win. This is a book for players who want to improve their game to win more money. If you only play a few hours a week or strive to take your game to an advanced level, this book should serve as a reference for many years to come. ... Read more

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Solid Book - Great Starting Hand Chart
I try to pick up something new from each poker book I read.As I am a new student to the game, I have found the starting hand chart found in this book to be extremely helpful.The chart lays out what hands you should play from what positions, and under what conditions (unraised/raised pot).

But beyond this chart I have to agree with Bartman_9 in that internet poker is pretty much live poker without tells.There were a few pages of specific internet related material and internet tips here and there but not much at all.If you want to play serious online poker and you are somewhat of a beginner, then this book would be a good cold call, however don't expect it to impart an online silver bullet.You can't go wrong with this book, 3 stars.

Excellent book- NOT a beginners book.
For those claiming that this is a beginners book, I say you must be quite confused about what constitutes "beginners" material when it comes to the discussion of Limit hold 'em. Also, for those who claimed the book is "boring," why do you buy poker books? To be entertained? NO! You buy them to learn how to win at poker. They are instructional manuals, not bedtimeWilbur Smith novels!

One of the questions that needs to be asked when considering whether a poker book is merely average or exceptional is;"Could I read this book and nothing more and become an excellent, winning poker player?" In this case the answer is a resounding "YES!" Lets just be clear, Hilger is very successful middle to high limit player and this book provides the knowledge to play anywhere from low to middle and high limit games. Almost all of the hand examples in the book are taken from actual hands played at 20/40 or 30/60 games! I personally would go so far as to say that this is a better book for even the middle limit player than either "Hold 'em for advanced players" or "Middle limit hold 'em" which are considered by many to be the two best books for the mid to high limit hold 'em player. (It is my humble opinion that both those books are somewhat overrated. Of course I'm onlya low limit player so what do I know? :)) Some might say that is blasphemy but I've read all of them and that's my opinion.

Hilger does a fantastic job explaining the conceptual ideas behind each topic in very basic language, he then provides several very clear hand examples to illustrate the concepts at work coupled with very solid reasoning explaining the logic and thought processes behind each play. Finally, he provides a comprehensive summary at the end of each chapter that really sums up the meat of that chapter. He covers everything one needs to know to play a winning game of hold 'em and does it in simple language that is easy to understand.

This is a great book and is almost as good as what I consider the best book on Limit hold 'em- "Small stakes Hold 'em" by Ed Miller and co. As in the case of SSHE, the only thing missing from this book is a chapter on shorthanded play but hey, you can't have everything right?

Five stars and easily one of the top 5 books on limit hold 'em on the market today.

For Absolute Beginners
The boom in online poker has brought with it an equal boom in how-to handbooks for internet players. The problem is that they're all pretty useless, for the very simple reason that:

Internet poker = real life poker - tells.

Save for some marginally informative behavior like speed-of-play (and you don't have to be a poker genius to figure those out yourself), decisions in online poker are never based on tells, which actually reduces the complexity of the game and makes internet poker an excellent tool to learn the game: it's one less thing you have to worry about.
Therefore, you really don't need a handbook on internet poker, any good Hold'em strategy guide (like Sklansky's Hold'em Poker and Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players) will teach you all that you need to know.
That said, Matthew Hilger's book is a good guide for beginning players and offers some handy charts on starting hands and probabilities.
If you're just starting out and you've never read a book on Texas Hold'em, you might as well begin with this one, but if you've already studied the game, you'll find nothing new here.

Boring
The book contians standard information, is written somewhat blandly, and doesn't reveal anything the myriad other poker books have already covered.

I do like the cover though.

I went to the bookstore specifically for this book, but was rather dissapointed when I looked through it.So, take my review with a grain of salt, b/c I only spent approximately 20 minutes reading through the various chapters.

good book, even better starting chart
Teaches the ins and outs of poker and will help any beginer improve his game. The flop chart is the best asset,follow it and it will help eliminate alot of beginer mistakes. not for advanced readers, but if you are an advanced player Middle limit poker by ciaffane is the best book out i feel for the advanced. This book and the ciafane book are the only two poker books you need if you are beginer or play poker at all. Has turned around my bottom line dramatically ... Read more

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Make sure students understand whose turf they are on when they surf the Internet for media! This one-of-a kind book provides important, easy-to-understand information on copyright laws and the concept of fair use as they relate to Internet media. Students will also learn how to search for public domain media. ... Read more

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Great reference which has good exercises
This is the clearest explanation I've found on copyright and fair use. Copyright laws make no sense to me, but this book breaks it down in digestable chunks.
The examples really help, for the most part they were actually interesting and sometimes funny. The exercises were good too especially on how to find Public Domain pictures and sound. I can't say that I will ever really understand copyright laws but at least I get how to use somebody else's files now. ... Read more

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Although the Internet is now a planet-wide communication medium, we have remarkably little quantitative understanding of it. This ground breaking book provides a comprehensive overview of the important field of Internet Measurement, and includes a first detailed look at three areas:
* measurements of Internet infrastructure: routers, links, network connectivity and bandwidth,
* measurements of traffic on the Internet: packets, bytes, flows, sessions, etc.,
* measurements of various key Internet applications: DNS, Web, Peer-to-Peer, and networked games.

Each area is discussed in depth, covering the challenges faced (such as data availability, data management and statistical issues), the tools and methods that are available to address those challenges, and the state of current knowledge in the area.


In addition, the book contains extensive background material needed for Internet measurement, including overviews of Internet architecture and essential statistical methods. It also covers important emerging areas in Internet measurement: anonymization issues and methods, how measurements can be used for network security, and examples of successful tools and systems currently used for Internet measurement. It is essential reading for practitioners, researchers and analysts of Internet traffic, and students taking advanced Networking, Internet Security or other specialist courses relying on Internet Measurement.



"This book is a gem! Written by two of the leading researchers/practitioners in the field of Internet measurement this book provides readable, thorough and insightful coverage of both the principles and the practice of network measurement. It is a must read for everyone interested in the field."
--Jim Kurose, Distinguished University Professor, University of Massachussetts

"If you want to measure the Internet, you must read this book."
--Bruce Maggs, Vice President, Research, Akamai Technologies; Professor, Carnegie Mellon University


"This extraordinary book is a change in the way of viewing the Internet. Highly recommended!"
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why buy
why should I review anything for amazon ???what's in for me ? higher prices, late deliveries, WRONG Deliveries ???

Delightful, Much Needed Book
At last! Here is a book that covers both key measurement and modeling topics and makes it easily accessible to a broader systems audience. Caveat: I have not yet finished reading the book. But, I enjoyed the coverage of traffic and topology models and measurement implications. The book also pays a lot of attention to the details of measurement infrastructures and modern state-of-the-art tools. The math review chapter is also very useful since it addresses issues that arise in measurement and modeling. ... Read more

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This survey of the field of modern electronic media includes the new technologies, regulations, programming, and competition that affect our world and the broadcasting industry. The text conveys the excitement of the industry in a readable text that makes even the most difficult information understandable. This edition addresses the latest trends and debates in the field, including satellite radio and new terrestrial digital radio, ipods and podcasting, the growth of Google, and cable and internet advertising . ... Read more

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Are you looking to succeed in the ever changing world of marketing? With INTERNET MARKETING & e-COMMERCE you will find the tools you need. This innovative text show you how to use the Internet to both create value for the customer and profit for your company. ... Read more

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A comprehensive reference source
A comprehensive, easy to understand and practical application of theory and practice.

All of the building blocks (technologies and practices) and the latest techniques to help you revolutionize your customer reach and transform your business.

Pat

The most valuable book in Internet Marketing & E-commerce
To be successful in Internet marketing and e-commerce you have to start learning every important area that makes Internet so powerful and valuable. You have to understand about networks but also individual's behavior online.It is important to learn about traffic building and usability - and more. I will strongly recommend this book from Ward Hanson and Kirthi Kalyanam - Buy it - Read it- and start your successful road.

Just one word: A classic, out of date, no technical expertise
Internet Marketing and e-Commerce (Hardcover) by Ward Hanson, Kirthi Kalyanam appears to be a remake of Hansons Internet Marketing book; the main structureand writing style is similar to this groundbreaking marketing book from the 1990s. At that time the book was certainly interesting - several years later however one expects such titles to reflect the changes within the internet marketing industry. The book lacks references to technological changes, web metrics, search engine optimization and vice versa - as such i can not recommend this book to my students, it is simply out of date and of no practical value.
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The Talmud and the Internet by Jonathan Rosen is a small, wise,ingenious meditation on faith, technology, literature, and love. In the book'sopening pages, Rosen (formerly the culture editor of Forward) seekssolace after his grandmother's death in the poetry of John Donne. Nagged by ahalf-remembered phrase from one poem, Rosen tracked down the text online, and"For one moment, there in dimensionless, chilly cyberspace, I felt close to mygrandmother, close to John Donne, and close to some stranger who, as it happens,designs software for a living." In the Internet's "world of unbounded curiosity,of argument and information, where anyone with a modem can wander out of thewilderness for a while, ask a question and receive an answer," Rosen finds areal parallel to the Talmud, "a place where everything exists, if only one knowshow and where to look." The literary resemblance has a cultural resonance, too.Rosen observes that "the Talmud offered a virtual home for an uprooted culture,and grew out of the Jewish need to pack civilization into words and wander outinto the world." And the Internet suggests to Rosen "a similar sense ofDiaspora, a feeling of being everywhere and nowhere. Where else but in themiddle of Diaspora do you need a homepage?" In Rosen's analysis, theInternet and the Talmud signal and salve social and spiritual isolation. Hisbook does this same thing, too. --Michael Joseph GrossBook Description
Blending memoir, religious history and literary reflection Rosen explores the remarkable parallels between a page of Talmud and the homepage of a web site, and reflects on the contrasting lives and deaths of his American and European grandmothers.Download Description
"Not long after my grandmother died, my computer crashed and I lost the journal I had kept of her dying". So begins this powerful, personal consideration of modern technology and ancient religious impulses by the celebrated young novelist, essayist, and culture editor of the Forward. Jonathan Rosen blends religious history, memoir, and literary reflection as he compares the fortunate life of his American-born grandmother to the life of his European-born grandmother who was murdered by Nazis.The Talmud and the Internet explores the contradictions of Rosen's inheritance and toggles between personal paradoxes and those of the larger world. Along the way, he chronicles the remarkable parallels between a page of Talmud and the home page of a Web site. In the loose, associative logic and the vastness of each, he discovers not merely the disruption of a broken world but a kind of disjointed harmony. In the same way that the Talmud helped Jews survive after the destruction of the Temple by making Jewish culture portable and personal, the all-inclusive Internet serves a world that is both more uprooted and more connected than ever before. In this profound, ultimately hopeful meditation, Rosen charts the territory between doubt and belief, tragedy and prosperity, the world of the living and the world of the dead. ... Read more

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More Talmud please.
Mr. Rosen's book has little to do with the internet and only a bit more to do with the talmud, but is an excellent discussion of his own philosophy. I found his ideas interesting and often provocative.It would be a better book if Rosen had drawn more from the vast treasure of stories, ideas, arguments and discussions from the talmud and less on his personal life.

a Talmud for the rest of us
No, Rosen is not really trying to explain the Talmud to us Gentiles, and he would only deserve a grade of "C+" if this were his meager attempt to demonstrate some heuristic connection between the Talmud and the Internet.Fortunately, neither is the case here.Rosen is grappling with the same angst, sadness, and threatening unsettledness that all of us encounter with that first realization of finitude when confronted with the loss of a close friend or family member. His descriptions of these first-time feelings and fears are vivid and grounded in real life everyday people, places, and things.The outside possibility of lost hope in all our lives is material enough for a genuine horror story.Fortunately, the book is short, the reading is easy, and the ending is worth waiting for.Rosen makes magnificent use of the Talmud and the Internet to weave a tale that can't help but touch the most hardened heart - even a techno-challenged Gentile like myself!

A thought provoking essay- memoir
This is a very thought -provoking essay-memoir. Rosen connects Talmud and Internet as ways of reading hypertext, of skipping back and forth, of placing commentary against commentary, of finding diverse worlds in the text. This comparison on one level works while on a deeper one does not. The Internet is easy and children can manage to work on it. Talmudic Study is extremely difficult, tremendously challenging intellectually, requires a very practiced and sharp mind. I learn in a Daf Yomi shiur in which we study each day one page of the Talmudic text. I find tremendous difficulty in even understanding what is going on, much less contributing meaningfully to the discussion. I use the Internet all the time, without much difficulty. I read articles on all kinds of subjects and find understanding no great problem.
Rosen uses his comparison as many Amazon reviewers pointed out to help him get into and tell his own family story. He does this in a moving and interesting way. On this level the book truly works. Also his interest in Judaism and knowledge of it is considerable .The problem is he taking the Internet as model tends to use one historical stage of Jewish existence the stage of exile and wandering as Ideal. This is of course in total contradiction with the Tradition itself, whose ideal is not scattering but rather ingathering. Return to Israel, Ingathering, fulfilling the Biblical Covenant are the Ideals Jews held through the centuries and those given in the Tradition. Rosen's private definition of Jewish being everywhere and nowhere at once connects with other such historical definitions such as Neitzsche's about Jews being ' the first Europeans'. But it does not really speak to the Tradition.
Another point about the Internet. The Internet enables everyone in the world to say anything they want to say. This is in one sense a miracle and a great realization of human dreams. On the other hand it enables the worst elements - the Evil, the Haters,
the Jihadists, Nazis,- all those who diminish our Humanity to have their say. The Talmud on the other hand is a religious text sanctified in its learning. The moral difference between the two kinds of text and activity is night and day. And here I should make the point that the Internet too can and is used for noble purposes. However so far as I know it is not primarily a sacred text.
Again this is a thought - provoking and interesting work. Very highly recommended.

Void and Unformed
A tip of the old hat to Keith Leverberg who expressed my thoughts almost exactly with his title, although I judge Rosen a little less harshly.This book is carelessly constructed, with such screamers as, at page 130, "The Talmud that my wife and I study from together belonged to her grandfather, who immigrated to Palestine, thanks to the Balfour Declaration, in 1924, was wounded in the 1948 War of Independence and devoted the rest of his life to the study of Talmud."Or something like that.Read it with a grain of salt, and buy it at your peril.

The Talmud, the Internet and much more
This is a wonderful book that is much more than the sum of it's parts. It equates the endless possibilities of Talmud study with the various infinite links on the Internet. The book reads as a tribute to the survival of the Jewish people and how those heroes(or anti-heroes) such as Yochanan ben Zakkai and Josephus felt a need to spread the roots of Judaism to what has become the Diaspora. These were not perfect men the way Rosen describes them but they violated the rules to secure a belief. Jonathan Rosen also mentions his own search within his family as he attempts to unite the contradictions between both his grandmothers's life experiences. Since I also have somewhat of a similar backround, with my grandfather and my aunts having died in the Holocaust, I can identify with his search by way of the Internet. My father who was born in Poland also studied in Vienna but escaped the Nazis by way of France. The reference to Marcel Proust is a good one. Here is a half-Jew who was always writing about the beauty of contradiction in his observations about time and life. The endless Talmudic argumentations are also filled with the kind of contradictions that lead to a healthy survival. ... Read more

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Book is O.K.
This book was O.K. There were many ideas to choose from but only a few good ones. Plus, there isn't much information on each business. You could find more ideas and a lot more information for free on the Internet.

outdated
Book is now outdated. Is a good reference or starting point for the novice. Good introduction to where things have come from... Things have changed quite a bit since publication as they tend to do on the net.

101 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home
Waste of Money...Don't buy this book its completly outdated and not a single business in 101 business listing is practical in today's life

More comprehensive than similar titles.
If you've ever dreamed of owning your own business but don't want to be tied down to a brick and mortar building, then this is the book for you.Starting an Internet business could not be easier with the help of the information provided.The book starts with interview information from three successful Internet businesses and then follows that with how to get your point across, the various formats for a storefront, required features of the successful storefront, payment options, and levels of e-business.From there it moves to helping determine what is important to you and how to use that to find the right business for you.From there it moves to the profiles of successful businesses.These profiles are complete with how to market the business, startup costs, skills needed, online examples, etc.It finally concludes with information on how to build your site, get it submitted to search engines, e-mail marketing, using links and pretty much just about everything that you need to know in order to get the business up and running.

Susan Sweeney, the owner of an international Internet firm, has produced a very thorough and easy to understand book.Probably the best book available today on starting an Internet business from scratch, it is a highly recommended read. ... Read more

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The 2008 edition of Issues In Internet Law: Society, Technology, and the Law has been updated with more than 100 pages of the latest cases and trends in Internet Law. Advances in technology have always changed societies, and there has never been as far-reaching and profound an advance as the Internet. Suppose you buy something online; was that online contract you clicked on really enforceable, even if you just scrolled down and did not read it? Is receiving pornography in office e-mail from your co-workers sexual harassment? Can stalkers find your personal information online? What can you legally place on your website? And what's not allowed? Do you own your domain name? Can a public library censor your use of its Internet-linked computers? Who else can read your e-mail? Is it legal to gamble online? How "private" is your private information after you disclose it to a website? Is a student exercising his First Amendment rights when he creates a hate website on a public school's Internet server? Do other countries address these issues differently from the U.S.? Which country's laws apply on the Internet? These are just some of the issues addressed in this book. Issues In Internet Law: Society, Technology, and the Law can be read by the aver