Dreaming in Code
Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 16, 2007
Price: $13.95
Their story takes us through a maze of dead ends and exhilarating breakthroughs as they and their colleagues wrestle not only with the abstraction of code but with the unpredictability of human behavior,
especially their own. Along the way, we encounter black holes, turtles, snakes, dragons, axe-sharpening, and yak-shaving—and take a...
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The Chip
How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution
Written by T.R. Reid
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.00
Barely fifty years ago a computer was a gargantuan, vastly expensive thing that only a handful of scientists had ever seen. The world’s brightest engineers were stymied in their quest to make these machines small and affordable until the solution finally came from two ingenious young Americans. Jack Kilby and Robert...
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Rapture for the Geeks
When AI Outsmarts IQ
Written by Richard Dooling
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $14.00
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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Say Everything
How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $26.00
Blogs are everywhere. They have exposed truths and spread rumors. Made and lost fortunes. Brought couples together and torn them apart. Toppled cabinet members and sparked grassroots movements. Immediate, intimate, and influential, they have put the power of personal publishing into everyone’s hands. Regularly dismissed as trivial and ephemeral, they have...
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Computadoras para todos
Written by Jaime Restrepo
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2009
Price: $16.95
¡Conozca a fondo su computadora y todo lo que puede hacer con ella!
¿Necesita saber usar las computadoras para mejorar su empleo y nivel de vida, pero no sabe por dónde empezar?
¿No entiende la terminología de lengua inglesa que se usa en la computación?
¿Quiere comunicarse con sus amigos y su pa’s de...
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Internet para todos
Written by Jaime Restrepo
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $16.95
¡Aprenda todo lo que usted necesita saber acerca del Internet!
Cómo utilizar los navegadores más populares: Internet Explorer, Safari, Netscape
Cómo funciona el correo electrónico, incluyendo los programas MS Outlook® y Hotmail
Cómo usar el mensajero instantáneo, inclusive para hacer llamadas por el Internet
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Windows 98/Me Para Todos
Written by Jaime Restrepo
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $15.95
¿Sabe cómo más o menos usar las computadoras, pero no sabe cómo sacarle provecho a todo lo que ofrece el sistema operativo Windows® 98/Me?
¿No sabe cómo usar el teclado para poder escribir en español más fácilmente?
¿No entiende la terminología de lengua inglesa que se usa en la computación?
¿Quiere usar el programa...
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Dumb Money
Adventures of a Day Trader
Written by Gary Wolf and Joey Anuff
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 18, 2000
Price: $23.95
As you read this, five million Americans are day-trading. Not since gold was discovered in California have more people dropped out of their old lives and come running for the promise of a big score. For a time, Joey Anuff was among them. He has emerged-enriched, enlightened, and exhausted-to share his...
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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: $15.00
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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