The Godfather of Silicon Valley
Ron Conway and the Fall of the Dot-coms
Written by Gary Rivlin
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 6, 2001
Price: $13.99
Gary Rivlin tells the story of Ron Conway, the man who has placed more bets on Internet start-ups than anyone eise in Silicon Valley. Conway is a reader-friendly way into the realm of angel financing, where independently wealthy investors link up with companies just as they are being born.
King of...
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CodeNotes for Java
Intermediate and Advanced Language Features
Written by Gregory Brill
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2002
Price: $11.99
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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CodeNotes for ASP.NET
Edited by Gregory Brill
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: August 13, 2002
Price: $11.99
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 implement it immediately. It is a unique resource for
developers, filling...
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Rapture for the Geeks
When AI Outsmarts IQ
Written by Richard Dooling
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $11.99
Will the Geeks inherit the earth?
If computers become twice as fast and twice as capable every two years, how long is it before they’re as intelligent as humans? More intelligent? And then in two more years, twice as intelligent? How long before you won’t be able to tell if you are...
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Fatal Defect
Chasing Killer Computer Bugs
Written by Ivars Peterson
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 30, 1996
Price: $17.00
An airplane crashes, killing eighty-seven passengers. A cancer patient receives a fatal dose of radiation from a machine designed to be foolproof. The ATMs at a New York bank debit customers twice their actual withdrawals, resulting in a loss of millions of dollars. In every case, the culprit was a computer...
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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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Cyberethics
Social & Moral Issues in the Computer Age
Edited by Robert M. Baird
Format: Trade Paperback, 355 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2000
Price: $22.99
The amazing transformation of society brought about by the wide dispersion of computers has given rise to new moral dilemmas. With the rapid development of this technology, the impact of computers on privacy, personal identity, intellectual property, and the form and practice of democracy is becoming more apparent every day. Inevitably...
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