14 Resources To Learn Computer Networking

Read books, take courses and test yourself, this is the accepted way for learning anything. So, why not do the same with computer networking. You can do it all online, sitting in front of your computer. Here's a list of free ebooks, courses and tests that you can use to hone your skills.

Free Ebooks

1. PVM: Parallel Virtual Machine: A Users' Guide and Tutorial for Networked Parallel 

Computing

2. Looking Over the Fence at Networks

3. Computer Organization and 

Design Hardware Software Interface

4. Computer Science Networking Oreilly 

Building

5. Guide to PC Hardware

6. Hardware and Computer Organization

7. Hardware PC

8. History of Computing Hardware

9. Tanembaum Computer Networks

Courses

1. Internet Protocol Tutorial

2. Networking Course

Online Tests

1. Computer Network Online Tests

2. Basics of Computer Networking

3. Computer Networks Online Test 

10 Social Media Apps/Tools

This is indeed the era of social networking. There seems to be no end in sight for the plethora of social networking sites mushrooming every now and then from every nook and corner of 'network ville'! Also, you can't stop yourself from making your presence felt on as many platforms as you can get your hands and feet on! However, managing your presence on multiple social networking sites and blogs can be tiring and ever time consuming.

Here are ten free social networking tools for help:

1. Ping.fm

-Post a single message across 40+ social networking sites.

-Compatible with all the popular and even many of the lesser-known social networking, photo-sharing, and social bookmarking sites.

2. Posterous

-Update multiple social networks and blogs by e-mailing your update to post @ posterous.com.

-Supports updates for Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Blogger, Wordpress, Typepad, Movable Type, Livejournal, and Xanga.

3. Retaggr

-A social profile management tool. 

-Get a permanent URL to your own personal digital profile card on signing up.

4. Flock

-Mozilla-powered social Web browser that publishes updates across multiple social media profiles and accounts.

-Supports Bebo, Digg, Gmail, Facebook, YouTube, and others.

-Features a built-in Blog editor to post to your blog.

5. Friendbinder

-Keep track of all your friends in one place.

-Post updates and replies from within Friendbinder. 

-Supports Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Digg and others.

6. Atomkeep

-Build a profile and when it is updated the updates are pushed out to the supported social sites you have accounts on.

-Supports over 30 sites, including several popular job boards.

7. DandyID

-Add your info (name and ID) from more than 300 social networking and media sites. 

8. AddThis

-Increase exposure to your blog posts or Web articles by giving your readers one-click access to share your content.

9. FriendFeed

-Share and discuss the interesting things you discover online.

10. TwitterFeed

-Feeds blog updates automatically to Twitter, Laconica, Ping.fm, or HelloTxt.