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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: $1.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane Mcgonigal Publisher Comments A fascinating look at how games can help us learn, create, and innovate Once thought to be nothing more than diversions for children and nerds, games have become an integral part of everyday life. Educators are trying to make learning more fun by... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 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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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: $7.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room by David Weinberger Publisher Comments With the advent of the Internet and the limitless information it contains, were less sure about what we know, who knows what, or even what it means to know at all. And yet, human knowledge has recently grown in previously unimaginable ways and in... (read more) List Price $25.99 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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Always on: How the iPhone Unlocked the Anything-Anytime-Anywhere Future--And Locked Us in by Brian X Chen Publisher Comments Steve jobs introduced the original iPhone as a combination of (just) three revolutionary products”--an iPod, a cell phone, and a keyboard-less handheld computer. But with the introduction of the App Store, it has quickly evolved into a tool... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 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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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: $3.95 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: $1.00 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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The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise (History of Computing) by Nathan L Ensmenger Publisher Comments andlt;Pandgt;This is a book about the computer revolution of the mid-twentieth century and the people who made it possible. Unlike most histories of computing, it is not a book about machines, inventors, or entrepreneurs. Instead, it tells the story of... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $8.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Raising the Stakes: E-Sports and the Professionalization of Computer Gaming by T L Taylor Publisher Comments andlt;Pandgt;Competitive video and computer game play is nothing new: the documentary King of Kong memorably portrays a Donkey Kong player's attempts to achieve the all-time highest score; the television show andlt;Iandgt;Starcadeandlt;/Iandgt; (1982... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.95 Sale - Hardcover
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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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Digitized: The Science of Computers and How It Shapes Our World by Peter J Bentley Publisher Comments There's a hidden science that affects every part of your life, a science so powerful that you would be hard-pressed to find a single human being on the planet unaffected by its achievements. It is the science behind computers, the machines which drive... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.95 Sale - Hardcover
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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: $8.98 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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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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The Tyranny of E-mail: The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your Inbox by John Freeman Publisher Comments There’s no question that e-mail is an incredible phenomenon that represents a kind of cultural and technological advancement. The first e-mail was sent less than forty years ago; by 2011, there will be 3.2 billion e-mail users. The average... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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