Conferences

• Mecklermedia Trade Shows - Internet World Conferences
• World Wide Web Conferences - W3C

Electronic Publications and News Sources

• Federal Computer Week
• InternetNews.com - MecklerMedia
• Internet Scout Report   (Funded by NSF; a weekly annotated listing of major new WWW sites)
• InterNic News - Final Issue March 1998
• Internetworking--ITG Newsletter   (new from Internet Technical Group)
• MecklerMedia's Internet.com
• Online Books - Que's Digital Bookshelf
• Web Week - Internet.com
• Windows 98 Megasite--CMPNet
• ZDNet - Ziff Davis Publishers
• ZD Internet Megasite
• Yahoo! - Current Technology Headlines

History and Background Information

• About The World Wide Web - W3C
• Brief History of the Internet - Internet Society (Includes Timeline and a History of the Future)
• A Brief History of the Internet - Microsoft
• Yahoo! - Computers and Internet

Instructional/Tutorial Sites

• ATSDR - Science Corner
• Beginner's Guide to HTML
• Creating a Web Site - Microsoft
• HTMLGoodies
• Internet Guide & Web Tutorial - Microsoft
• Learn the Net An Internet Guide and Tutorial
• Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction

Internet Service Providers (ISP)

• The List (Internet Service Providers) - MecklerMedia
• 56k Internet Service Providers (Motorola list of ISPs which support Rockwell K56flex standard for 56k modems)
• 56k Internet Service Providers  (U.S. Robotics list of ISPs with X2 technology)

Organizations

• CERN European Laboratory for Particle Physics   (Birthplace of WWW)
• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
• InterNIC - Internet Network Information Center
• Internet Society
• W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium

Statistics/Trends

• How Big Is It?   The Growing Importance of Internet Statistics.  InterNIC News, March 1998.
• Internet Statistics: Web Growth, Internet Growth - MIT
• Internet Growth Terminology
• Web Growth Summary
• Internet Trends

Software for Internet Accesss

Browsers for WWW

• BrowserWatch   (Provides breaking news in the browser and plug-ins industry)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Welcome to Netscape

Browser Plug-ins

• Adobe Systems (Free downloads of Adobe Acrobat Reader)
• CU-SeeMe Product Information (Video chat software)
• Features - The 33 Best Plug-Ins (ZD Internet Magazine, 5/97)
• MediaBuilder Home Page
• Siegel & Gale (Free downloads of Portable Network Graphics (PNG) 2.0)
• Welcome to RealMedia ! (Free downloads of RealPlayer for RealAudio and RealVideo)

Telecommunications Technology Information

• Bandwidth Face-off: 56K, ISDN, and xDSL : ZD Internet Lab Compares 56K, ISDN, And xDSL To Help You Pick Fast Affordable Net Access  (ZDNet Internet Computing Megasite,  June 15, 1998)
• Cable Modem Services Roll Out, to Slow Acceptance (Web Week, April 21, 1997)
• Comcast Corp (For information about the cable TV industry and cable modems; Microsoft has 11% stake in Comcast)
• 56K Modem Woes Hit ISPs  (ZD Internet Magazine, 6/97)
• ISPs Face the 56 K Question Which Modem Standard to Support (WebWeek,Volume 3, Issue 16, June 2, 1997)
• Lack of a Single Standard Has Not Slowed DSL Rollouts   (Web Week, Volume 3, Issue 16, June 2, 1997)
• Yahoo! - Computers and Internet

WebTV

• WEBTV Home Page

Compiled by:

Kathy Deck
Technical Information Specialist
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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