TechTV's Technology Survival Guide - Softcover

Gentry, Lorna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789726017 ISBN 13: 9780789726018

Publisher: Techtv, 2001

Synopsis

Provides advice on buying a new personal computer, using Linux, and choosing a mobile device, and discusses computer facts, trends, technical processes, and recent developments.

About this title

About the Author

Lorna Gentry is a career writer and editor who specializes in explaining technical processes to people who aren't particularly interested in technology. Her writings cover topics ranging from metalworking in ancient Greece to programming with Visual C++. She also has written numerous home, health, and fitness articles, many of which appear on the Learning Network. She is the co-author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Security.

Reviews

Last year, the cable channel TechTV (formerly ZDTV) and QUE Publishing joined forces to produce books and videos. Like earlier titles, this catch-all guide to computer technology has a built-in audience. From buying a home PC to making the leap to Linux to choosing a hybrid mobile device, the book provides enough basic information to familiarize beginning to intermediate readers with pertinent terminology and concepts. A "Lightning Round Q&A Wrap-Up" at the end of each chapter offers solutions to common problems, and minisidebars throughout list useful tips and resources. Recommended for all public libraries.

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Techtv
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789726017
• ISBN 13: 9780789726018
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380