In honor of our 2nd annual look at the internet we have expanded the web news page this month so that we could include some additional web sites that we think you should check out.
CHECKOUT TRI-CITY COMPUTING MAGAZINE'S WORLD WIDE WEB SITE: Now you can read your favorite local computing magazine on the web. All of our great articles and features are accessible by going to our web site address: <http://www.albany.net/~tricity/mast.html >. Plus our online issue has clickable links to other great sites (including the ones mentioned in this column) and interesting tidbits only found online - like our special link to an excellent Windows 95 page <http://www.albany.net/~twood/index.html>.
THE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS now have a great new online site located at: <http://www.albany.net/~nysar/index.html http://www.albany.net/~nysar/index.html http://www.albany.net/~nysar/index.html> This site offers housing statistics, information on real estate issues, educational topics and a cool clickable map that lets you search for real estate brokers in New York state by region.
TRI-CITY COMPUTING MAGAZINE is now offering web page creation services. If you need a web page designed give us a call at 438-2512 or email us at tricity@albany.net. You can also check out our TCCM Design page at <http://www.albany.net/~tricity/tccm.html>.
Here are two new sites for those interested in local politics: The RFK Democrats Home Page at <http://www.webcom.com/~albany/rfk.html> and the Mike Breslin, Albany County Executive http://www.webcom.com/~breslin/
You can pick up the latest Winsock Compliant Software on Matt Doak's Software Page located at <http://www.albany.net/~ddoak/winsock.html>.
Area internet user Sean Sullivan has put together a page listing Capital District internet providers. Point your browser to: <http://www.rpi.edu/~sullis/capdist/inetaccess.html
The Social Security Administration Online has some great info available at:http://www.ssa.gov/SSA_Home.html/>
The Small Business Administration also has a site on the net at <http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov
Locally the New York State Department of Economic Development has an authorized site they are testing at <http://www.nysernet.org/i-love-ny/index.html>.
Oh no, the IRS now have a web page. Get tax forms and other related information at <http://www.ustreas.gov/treasury/bureaus/irs/irs.html>
Star Trek Generations is a treker's delight with info on the series, photos, graphics and sounds, behind the scenes info and other Trek related info <http://generations.viacom.com/>.
CDnow! The Internet Music Store lets you buy CDs online and also read music magazines. Prices are pretty good here also. <http://cdnow.com>.
Sports fans take heed - the National Hockey League has a page at <http://maxwell.uhh.hawaii.edu/hockey/hockey.html>.
There is also a cool page for other sports info called the Sports Server. Point your browser to <http://www.nando.net/sptsserv.html>.
Hate shopping, then visit The Internet Mall and avoid the crowds.http://www.mecklerweb.com/imall
The AT&T 800 Directory is located at:http://www.att.net/dir800
Washington, D.C.'s Smithsonian Institution is now online. The venerable museum complex's Web page offers descriptions and pictures of exhibits, schedules for traveling shows, perspectives on the many cultures of America, and much more. Hop over to http://www.si.edu and check it out.
Interart is a company based in New Mexico that offers Southwestern art, cuisine and even real estate online. One thousand Web pages are filled with images of items like oil paintings, sculpture, Zapotec textiles, jewelry and more. Web over to http://www.interart.net.
HLC.internet aims to provide the most comprehensive, searchable index of services on the Web. The ISP Internet Yellow Pages isn't quite as comprehensive as Yahoo yet, but it is easy to use. Try http://www.index.org.
Hollywood continues to invade the Web. MCA/Universal now has a site at http://www.mca.com Here you'll find all kinds of information (including pictures) about new and recent films (including Casper and Apollo 13), the Universal Studio tour, and the rap, country and rap artists handled by MCA Records. |