What Just Happened
A Chronicle from the Information Frontier
Written by James Gleick
Read by Dan Cashman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 28, 2002
Price: $17.50
Here’s some of what just happened: Millions of ordinary, sensible people came into possession of computers. These machines had wondrous powers, yet made unexpected demands on their owners. Telephones broke free of the chains that had shackled them to bedside tables and office desks. No one was out of touch, or...
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CodeNotes for J2EE
EJB, JDBC, JSP and Servlets
Written by Gregory Brill
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 23, 2002
Price: $15.99
CodeNotes provides the most succinct, accurate, and speedy way for a developer to ramp up on a new technology or language. Unlike other programming books,
CodeNotes drills down to the core aspects of a technology, focusing on the key elements needed in order to understand it quickly and implement it immediately...
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The Soul of a New Machine
Written by Tracy Kidder
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: June 24, 1997
Price: $25.00
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, The Soul of a New Machine was a bestseller on its first publication in 1981. With the touch of an expert thriller writer, Tracy Kidder recounts the feverish efforts of a team of Data General researchers to create a new 32-bit...
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The Blind Giant
Being Human in a Digital World
Written by Nick Harkaway
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $11.99
Nick Harkaway, author of Angelmaker, presents a rousing and energizing look at how we can meaningfully and constructively engage with technology—creating an essential handbook for anyone trying to be human in a digital age. Some say our devices will lead us to ruin: isolating us from our neighbors, warping communication, delivering an unregulated...
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Beyond AI
Creating the Conscience of the Machine
Written by J. Storrs Hall, Ph.D.
Format: Hardcover, 408 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $28.99
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now advancing at such a rapid clip that it has the potential to transform our world in ways both exciting and disturbing. Computers have already been designed that are capable of driving cars, playing soccer, and finding and organizing information on the Web in ways that no...
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Stealing MySpace
The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America
Written by Julia Angwin
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $14.99
A few years ago, MySpace.com was just an idea kicking around a Southern California spam mill. Scroll down to the present day and MySpace is one of the most visited Internet destinations in America, displaying more than 40 billion webpage views per month and generating nearly $1 billion annually for Rupert...
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World War 3.0
Microsoft, the US Government, and the Battle for the New Economy
Written by Ken Auletta
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2001
Price: $14.99
The Internet Revolution, like all great industrial changes, has made the world's elephantine media companies tremble that their competitors-whether small and nimble mice or fellow elephants-will get to new terrain first and seize its commanding heights. In a climate in which fear and insecurity are considered healthy emotions, corporate violence becomes...
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