Part 7. Enjoying Entertainment and Multimedia on the Internet

Enjoying Entertainment and Multimedia on the Internet

 

Possibly the most dramatic and remarkable part of the Internet is the multimedia content and entertainment you can find there. You can listen to music, sound clips, and live radio stations from your computer. You can share your favorite music files with others all over the world. You can watch video clips of the news and other events. And you can even have live videoconferencing with people from all over the world.

You can do all that with the Internet’s audio and video capabilities. You won’t need expensive hardware and software to do it—free or inexpensive software will ...

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