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PC Mods for the Evil Genius by Jim Aspinwall Publisher Comments UNIQUE YOUR PC WITH SUPER TWEAKS! If you yearn for the coolest, most crazed 'puter around, PC Mods for the Evil Genius is the key to the kingdom! This book shows you how to supercharge your PC-and create a jaw-dropping system that cannot be purchased off... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You by Eli Pariser Publisher Comments An eye-opening account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling-and limiting-the information we consume. In December 2009, Google began customizing its search results for each user. Instead of giving you the most broadly... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking by Mark Bauerlein Publisher Comments This definitive work on the perils and promise of the social- media revolution collects writings by today's best thinkers and cultural commentators, with an all-new introduction by Bauerlein. Twitter, Facebook, e-publishing, blogs, distance-learning and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet by Joseph Menn Publisher Comments In 2004, a California computer whiz named Barrett Lyon uncovered the identity of a hacker running major assaults on business websites. Without fully grasping the repercussions, he set on an investigation that led him into the heart of the Russian mob... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Fun Inc.: Why Gaming Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century by Tom Chatfield Publisher Comments Despite the recession, video games continue to break records—and command unprecedented amounts of media coverage. The U.S. is the world’s biggest video games market and manufacturer, with a market now worth over $20 billion annually in... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and Their Players by Jesper Juul Publisher Comments andlt;Pandgt;We used to think that video games were mostly for young men, but with the success of the Nintendo Wii, and the proliferation of games in browsers, cell phone games, and social games video games changed changed fundamentally in the years from... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Final Jeopardy: The Story of Watson, the Computer That Will Transform Our World by Stephen Baker Publisher Comments “The place to go if youre really interested in this version of the quest for creating Artificial Intelligence (AI).”—Seattle Times For centuries, people have dreamed of creating a machine that thinks like a human. Scientists have... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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NetBooks for Dummies by Joel Mcnamara Publisher Comments Want to streamline your life with a netbook? Here's what you need to know! What's smaller than a laptop, bigger than a cell phone, and keeps you connected? It's the netbook, and this "real" book tells you how to pick the right one; use it for work... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $14.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT by T F Peterson Publisher Comments andlt;Pandgt;An MIT "hack" is an ingenious, benign, andanonymous prank or practical joke, often requiring engineering or scientificexpertise and often pulled off under cover of darkness -- instances of campus mischief sometimes coinciding withApril Fool... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $7.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Geeks on Call PCs 5-Minute Fixes by James T Geier Publisher Comments Showing your PC who's boss PCs have evolved dramatically, and as they've grown more powerful and versatile, they've also become more complex. No doubt there have been times when you were sure the PC was running the show, not you. Geeks On Call can put... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $1.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet by Anne Mintz Publisher Comments Intentionally misleading or erroneous information on the Web can wreak havoc on your health, privacy, investments, business decisions, online purchases, legal affairs, and more. Until now, the breadth and significance of this growing problem for Internet... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $8.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Beginning Android Tablet Application Development (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) by Wei Meng Lee Publisher Comments A full-color, fast-paced introduction to developing tablet applications using Android The new release of Android 3 brings the full power of Android to tablet computing and this hands-on guide offers an introduction to developing tablet applications using... (read more) List Price $34.99 Your price: $15.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Great Digitization and the Quest to Know Everything by Lucien X Polastron Publisher Comments Examines the pitfalls, perils, and promises offered by the digitization of books • Reveals the danger digitized books pose to the very idea of “free” reading • Poses the questions society should be asking itself before heedlessly... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Googlization of Everything: (And Why We Should Worry) by Siva Vaidhyanathan Publisher Comments "Eloquent and urgent public thinking of the rarest kind, on a subject with the most encompassing implications for our world. Please read it today."- Jonathan Lethem, author of The Fortress of Solitude "While there have been other books chronicling the... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $10.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Computers for Seniors for Dummies (For Dummies) by Nancy C Muir Publisher Comments Great advice on choosing a computer, getting online, and having fun! Computers are an essential part of daily life these days, but they can be a bit intimidating at first. Computers For Seniors For Dummies, 2nd Edition gets you going with lots of... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Is This Thing On?, Revised Edition: A Computer Handbook for Late Bloomers, Technophobes, and the Kicking & Screaming by Abby Stokes Publisher Comments Now updated and revised, the user-friendliest, most reassuring, jargon-free, smartest, and most comprehensive nuts-and-bolts guide for seniors, who are the fastest-growing demographic among social networks. Abby Stokes is the perfect guide to the digital... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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An Introduction to Cybercultures by David Bell Publisher Comments "An Introduction to Cybercultures" provides an accessible guide to the major forms, practices and meanings of this rapidly growing field. From the evolution of hardware and software to the emergence of cyberpunk, film and fiction, David Bell introduces... (read more) List Price $35.95 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Dear Hacker: Letters to the Editor of 2600 by Emmanuel Goldstein Publisher Comments Actual letters written to the leading hackers' magazine For 25 years, 2600: The Hacker Quarterly has given voice to the hacker community in all its manifestations. This collection of letters to the magazine reveals the thoughts and viewpoints of hackers,... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Second Lives by Tim Guest Publisher Comments Every day, millions of people abandon reality for virtual worlds — building houses, making and selling works of art, getting married. On ebay, people sell virtual clothes and rent virtual cars. Tim Guest takes us into the bizarre culture of... (read more) Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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