ICQ is an immensely popular software program and service with over 50 million registered users. The Official Guide was created in collaboration with ICQ’s international software development team for in order to give you the inside scoop on how to use ICQ to the fullest. The Official Guide shows you how to use ICQ as its communications tool for your online life. You’ll learn to do one-on-one and multi-user chatting, send and receive email, create web pages, enjoy Internet gaming, send and receive instant messages, search the web, and much more.

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The Essential Guide Book for Internet DatingThe first totally comprehensive guide book on the subject of internet dating. At the moment there are over 50 million people registered on dating sites across the internet, with over 10,000 new members joining every day! If you are thinking of Online Dating or you are already a member of a site this book is for you. This book will teach you how to . . . Create and implement a proven safety system for all your dates. Spot the serial dater and cheat. Discover the real nature of the person you are chatting to. Present yourself in a way that is both honest and attractive. Take control of your own profile and be in charge. Politely but firmly reject people you are not attracted to. Strike up conversations with people who interest you. Maintain an internet relationship until you want to take it further. Catch out people who are not being honest with you. Gather a circle of new and trustworthy friends around you. Have a lot of fun, safely and so much more . . . . . . . This is the definitive guide to Online Dating, everything you need to know is here. This book will help you develop your own space on a reputable dating site, show you how to create an interesting and honest profile about yourself, attract people of a compatible character, talk to others in a natural and safe way, meet dates in safety, and hopefully build a solid relationship with that very special person, the one you have always dreamed about. There are good and bad people on dating sites, this book is designed to show you how to tell the difference.

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Revised to cover the latest upgrades to the system and service, WebTV For Dummies, 3d Edition is a great manual for new and experienced WebTV users alike. In classic . . . For Dummies style, this book explains the user interface and interactive TV. Plus, the book also all the new features WebTV has to offer, such as WebPIP, Web Home, and TV Crossover Links, DVR boxes (digital video recorder) and much more. Author Brad Hill also shares his expertise with new Internet users so they can master the art of Web browsing with their WebTV system.

• Easy-to-understand explanations on setting up and using WebTV will have users surfing the Net and enjoying WebTV’s great features in no time at all. WebTV spokesperson and author Brad Hill explains the set-up process thoroughly but without intimidating technical jargon and shows you how to find the best sites for family activities and kid-safe browsing.
• Describes all the latest technology available with WebTV, including WebPIP (picture-in-picture), VCR Record, TV Crossover Links, Web Home, Smart Card slot, the infrared keyboard, and video and audio e-mail attachments.
• WebTV isn’t just internet anymore – its interactive television! Discover how to interact with news programs, game shows and many more to come!

The very fact that WebTV for Dummies, 3rd Edition exists might be a negative comment on the supposedly simple, television-based means of accessing the Internet. No matter: this book accomplishes several goals, chief among which is to explain how to use the WebTV interface, clueing you in on how to send and receive e-mail, surf the Web, and participate in interactive TV shows. Although it’s weird to read a technical book about how to aim a handheld remote control, the coverage is complete and accurate. You also learn how to find and use the WebTV Communities, and how to organize them for easy repeat access. Plus, there’s a tutorial on basic online safety, etiquette, and information-finding techniques.

On the negative side of the ledger, WebTV suffers from a dearth of illustrations. Of the ones that appear in these pages, many aren’t too useful. (Who benefits by seeing a picture of Yahoo!, for example?) However, as do most of the latest Dummies books, this one distinguishes itself by the high quality of its procedures. Instead of intermingling descriptions of steps to take with statements of the effects you should see as a result of your steps, these books keep cause and effect separate. Readers almost always can tell what they should do next, and they always know how to tell if they’re on the right track. That’s the kind of reinforcement that users of WebTV need. –David Wall

Topics covered: WebTV for those who are unfamiliar with the Internet and the Web, with emphasis on using WebTV to participate in social groups, locate information via Internet search engines, and communicate by using e-mail.

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AOLTV, a new service that competes with WebTV, lets you access many of the most popular AOL features from your television set and offers lots of features designed to enhance TV viewing. This friendly guide shows step-by-step how to get set up with AOLTV and get up to speed on each of the services it offers, from messaging and You’ve Got Pictures to TV preferences and parental controls.

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“So what? All the other kids get to do it!”

Few behavioral problems challenge and frustrate parents, caregivers, and teachers as does verbal rudeness in children of any age. Reinforced by the wise-cracking kids on TV and in the movies, backtalk has become all too common among today’s youngsters. But there is nothing cute about this behavior. Remarks like “Yeah, right,” “Big deal,” and “Make me” — form children as young as three — get in the way of real communication between parents and kids, and can also be detrimental to a child’s social and intellectual development.

Now two experts in the field share their simple and specific four-step program for ending backtalk and restoring balance in relationships between parents and children, from preschoolers to teens. You’ll learn how to recognize backtalk, how to choose and enact a response that will make sense to you and the backtalker, and when to disengage from the struggle and move forward. Full of advice and encouragement as well as suggestions on how to keep track of what works and what doesn’t, Backtalk can be put to use immediately, before you hear another “Whatever.”Imagine this scenario. You pick up your son at school, and ask him how his day went. He says, “You always ask me that. Get a life, Mom.” You feel hurt, insulted, frustrated. Silent, you drive him to band practice. In this scene, experts Audrey Ricker and Carolyn Crowder would argue that both of you lose. What is a better response? Tell Billy matter-of-factly that his comment was inappropriate, and that you aren’t going to drive him to band practice. When he, suddenly more polite, tells you he has to go to band practice, you tell him he can practice the next day at school. You stand your ground, without arguing with him.

Backtalk–fairly easy to recognize–may be wrecking your family life. As flip or relatively harmless as it may seem, verbal rudeness gets in the way of real communication between parents and kids. It may be holding your children back at school, and ultimately in life. Ricker and Crowder have teamed up to create a four-step program–simple but not easy–to create a backtalk-free home. Through a large number of all-too-familiar-sounding sample “backtalk scenarios” and bullet-point lists, this book explains how to recognize backtalk for what it is, how to choose and enact a response that will make sense to you and your child, and when to disengage from the struggle and move forward. Whether your preschooler is saying “Bad Mommy” or your teenager is saying, “That’s lame, Dad,” Backtalk suggests ways for you to regain a sense of balance in your relationships with your children.

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As a user, you will learn, using real-world scenarios and tasks, exactly how to use all the features of Sametime. Beginning with how to install Sametime, we’ve included step-by-step descriptions and screen prints for each topic area in a clear easy-to-follow format. Each chapter builds on what you learn in earlier chapters and guides you into using the more advanced features of Sametime, but if you only want to develop your skills in one particular area, each chapter acts as a stand-alone module. If you want to learn how to use IBM Lotus Sametime, then this book is for you. No matter if you’re new to Sametime or want to become a Sametime power user, this book contains something for you. The focus is on using Sametime as a user and does not include information about development or administration of a Sametime environment; but any user of Sametime in an organization will be able to take this book, sit down at their computer, and learn how to use each feature of Sametime from start to finish.

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“I don’t even help [my children] with their homework in the evening because I’m in the chat rooms, and I don’t help put them to bed because I don’t realize how late it is. I also don’t help them get ready for school in the morning like I used to do because I’m checking my e-mail. And I just can’t stop myself.”-Raymond, an Internet addict.

Internet addiction is real. Like alcoholism, drug addiction, or compulsive gambling, it has devastating effects on the lives of addicts and their families: divorce, job loss, falling productivity at work, failure in school, and, in extreme cases, criminal behavior. The problem has already reached epidemic proportions in the United States, and the number of “netaholics” continues to grow rapidly as more households and businesses go on-line. Yet, until now, no one from the mental health community has come forward with a specific description of Internet addiction and its effects or a strategy for treatment and recovery.

In Caught in the Net, Kimberly Young shares the results of her three-year study of Internet abuse. Often using the words of the Internet addicts themselves, she presents the stories of dozens of lives that were shattered by an overwhelming compulsion to surf the Net, play MUD games, or chat with distant and invisible neighbors in the timeless limbo of cyberspace.

Why is the Internet so seductive? What are the warning signs of Internet addiction? Is recovery possible? Dr. Young answers these questions and many more. She provides a questionnaire to help Net users determine whether they are addicts, and offers concrete steps to help problem users regulate Internet usage and devise a more balanced place for it in their daily lives.

For Internet addicts as well as their parents, spouses, friends, and employers, Caught in the Net offers guidance on where and how to seek help from counselors, therapists, and other professionals who take this affliction seriously. For mental health professionals, this book provides insights into the nature and causes of Internet addiction and encourages counselors and therapists to expand their addiction recovery programs to address the specific problems of Internet addicts.

“Think that computer addiction is a joke? Think again. This groundbreaking book is the first to explore on-line addiction in a serious way and to consider the effects on individuals and their families. Caught in the Net is an important book for anyone who spends mornings and evenings connected to the Net.”-Clifford Stoll, author of The Cuckoo’s Egg and Silicon Snake Oil.

“An excellent account of the dangers of the burgeoning Internet industry. Dr. Young carefully outlines the traps into which people can fall and offers pragmatic self-help suggestions. Caught in the Net is valuable for both consumers and the professionals who deal with them.”-Maressa Hecht Orzack, PhD, Founder and Coordinator, Computer Addiction Services, McLean Hospital Lecturer, Harvard University Medical School

“I don’t mean to spend all my time this way, but I can’t stop. It’s the only place my opinion matters and I feel important.”-bobage38.automechanic.internet.addict

“I feel guilty about it, but when I tried to break free, I simply didn’t have the strength….I’m a long-time smoker, but I’ve found the craving to go on the Internet first thing every morning is stronger than my urge to light a cigarette.”-marylouage40.motheroffour.internet.addict

“When you’re talking about the Internet, you’re talking about power. It’s the most powerful information tool I have ever known. When I explore the on-line world, I feel like that robot in the movie Short Circuit. I need more input! More input!”-daveage28.militarytelecommunicationsexpert.internet.addict

“I feel the rush every time my mind gets connected to this intensely powerful information whirlpool. When I enter cyberspace, I become one with my mind. It’s like Mr. Spock doing the Vulcan mind meld.”-joshage29.computerprogrammer.internet.addict

itt.edu and view her website at: www.netaddiction.com.

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From the author of How to Say It, the million-copies-sold bestseller

If you want to improve your conversational skills–and achieve greater levels of personal and professional success–The Art of Talking to Anyone is the ultimate book. Rosalie Maggio has built a career on teaching people how to say the right thing at the right time–and she’s made her techniques available to you.

This essential communication handbook includes:

• Sample dialogues, topics, and responses
• Quick-reference dos and don’ts
• Tips for handling special situations
• Confidence-building advice and quotations
• Key words that get to the business at hand

Whether it’s small talk or big, social or work-related, The Art of Talking to Anyone gives you all the tools you need to speak up with confidence, to charm and persuade, and to talk your way through any situation–successfully.

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Men And Their Childish Headgames is “A Mind Boggling tale of on(off)line Dating in NYC.”

Author, Jessica V. says “You have heard these stories from your friends, and perhaps experienced some of your own. This minimally edited, non-fiction book is written in a diary form portraying both on and offline dating experiences of a young single professional female living and working in NYC. These childish men range from flakey, to naked pix texters and stalkers to straight guys with homosexual tendencies and then some. As you hop on this emotional roller coaster of a read, you’ll be sure to laugh, nod and more! My goal is for you to learn from the countless mistakes I made and be wise enough not to fall into the numerous traps I was deceived into.

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What the international phenomenon of The Rules did for conventional dating, The Rules for Online Dating does for the search for love on the Internet. You’ll never hit the “reply” button the same way again.

Millions of women around the world are meeting men on the Internet, or they’ve met in person and are corresponding by e-mail. But though e-mail and Net-based dating services have revolutionized the dating landscape, they’ve created their own pitfalls and challenges. Women need new strategies that will improve their chances of capturing Mr. Right.

Boasting the same time-tested formula and romantic spirit that made The Rules an international bestseller and launched thousands of women down the path to committed relationships, The Rules for Online Dating shows all women — regardless of age, status, or computer savvy — how to use electronic communication to relate to men in a way that maintains self-esteem and leads to a healthy relationship.

Here is a comprehensive list of dos and don’ts that will help every woman conduct an e-courtship safely and successfully; find and keep the interest of suitable mates; and save time, energy, and potential heartache by weeding out dead wood. The Rules for Online Dating takes women through the process — step by step, Rule by Rule — to the ultimate goal: a relationship based on mutual attraction, interest, and respect.

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