There’s a great package of goodies available from Google for us to install on our computers — Google Pack!
Visit Terry’s Computer Tips for more information on this free Google Pack software.
Google Pack is the combination package of Google Earth (view and zoom the Earth from space), Picasa (photo gallery), Google Pack Screensaver [...]

If you want to set up a home network — or to more effectively protect a single computer if you have a cable modem or DSL modem connection, you need to start with a router.
One of the best choices is the Linksys WRT54GL, which is an 802.11g 54Mbits/second wireless router.

Linksys-Cisco WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router [...]

One of the biggest mistakes you can make with your first computer is to get one of the expensive dialup Internet services. AOL used to be one of the most expensive, but lots of new computer users started with them because their AOL CD’s were EVERYWHERE.
Now, AOL is dropping out of the dialup Internet [...]