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Vivo Voice in Voice Out the Coming Age O by William Crossman Publisher Comments A positive look at how talking computers, VIVOs, will make text/written language obsolete, replace all writing and reading with speech and graphics, democratize information flow worldwide, and recreate an oral culture by 2050. Text is an ancient... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.75 Used - Trade Paper 
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On Line Citizenship by Eleonora (edt) Di Maria Publisher Comments On Line Citizenship discusses the evolutionary trends of cities in terms of e-government in the present and future technological scenario. The focus is on the transformation of the relationships between city administrations and citizens due to... (read more) List Price $126.25 Your price: $2.50 Used - Hardcover
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Uncanny Networks: Dialogues with the Virtual Intelligentsia (Leonardo) by Geert Lovink Publisher Comments For Geert Lovink, interviews are imaginative texts that can help to create global, networked discourses not only among different professions but also among different cultures and social groups. Conducting interviews online, over a period of weeks or... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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X-Ray Vision: Nikola Tesla on Roentgen Rays by Nikola Tesla Publisher Comments Nikola Tesla is best known for his work with electricity, but he was also interested in Roentgen rays, better known today as X-rays. Collected here are his eight essays on Roentgen rays. Fascinating stuff from one of history's sharpest minds. Nikola... (read more) List Price $13.25 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Out of Their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists by Dennis Shasha Publisher Comments Imagine living during the Renaissance and being able to interview that era's greatest scientists about their inspirations, discoveries, and personal interests. The latter half of our century has seen its own Renaissance--informations technology has... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Control Revolution How the Internet Is Putting Individuals in Charge and Changing the World We Know by Andrew L Shapiro Publisher Comments With his straight talk and lucid arguments, Andrew Shapiro cuts through the hype to explain just how the Internet revolution has really affected our lives. He tackles the murkiest questions: What is the Internet doing to our sense of self and society... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Twitter Revolution by Deborah Micek Synopsis NO RULESThe revolution is underway. The power of social media lies with the people who use tools like Twitter.com. You decide how to use your power.Our goal is not to create rules to follow on Twitter. We simply want to give you the best tips, resources... (read more) List Price $18.97 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hamlet on the Holodeck by Janet H Murray Publisher Comments Stories define how we think, the way we play, and the way we understand our lives. And just as Gutenberg made possible the stories that ushered in the Modem Era, so is the computer having a profound effect on the stories of the late 20th century. Today... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop--From Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication by Neil Gershenfeld Publisher Comments What if you could someday put the manufacturing power of an automobile plant on your desktop? It may sound far-fetched-but then, thirty years ago, the notion of “personal computers” in every home sounded like science fiction. According to Neil... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn by William J Mitchell Publisher Comments Entertaining, concise, and relentlessly probing,... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Islands in the Clickstream by Richard Thieme Publisher Comments Richard Thieme is one of the most visible commentators on technology and society, appearing often on CNN radio, TechTv, and various other national media outlets. He is also in great demand as a professional speaker, delivering his Human Dimension of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $0.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Nudist on the Late Shift by Po Bronson Publisher Comments As a novelist and writer for Wired and other publications, Po Bronson has earned a reputation as the most exciting and authentic literary voice to emerge from Silicon Valley. In his national bestseller The Nudist on the Late Shift he tells the true story... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $1.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Digitally Daunted: The Consumer's Guide to Taking Control of the Technology in Your Life by Sean Westcott Publisher Comments Wi-fi or wired? Cable or fiber optic? HDMI or RCA? MP3 or AAC? Do you feel overwhelmed when you hear these terms? You're not alone-smart people everywhere feel intimidated by the technology in their life. Standing in an electronics store trying to decode... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Travels to the Nanoworld by Michael Gross Synopsis The new science and technology of the incredibly small-and what it means for our future.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $1.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies by Ben Shneiderman Publisher Comments Ben Shneiderman's book dramatically raises computer users' expectations of what they should get from technology. He opens their eyes to new possibilities and invites them to think freshly about future technology. He challenges developers to build... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Internet Edge: Social, Technical, and Legal Challenges for a Networked World by Mark J Stefik Publisher Comments Sometimes when we face change, we feel conflicting forces driving us forward and pulling us back. This place of tension and confusion can be called an "edge." The "Internet edge" is our collective struggle to change as the world becomes more connected... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $2.48 Used - Trade Paper
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Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation by Don Tapscott Publisher Comments The bestselling book announcing the arrival of the Net Generation--those kids who are growing up digital--now in paperback. Heraled by Library Journal as one of the Best Business Books of 1997, Growing Up Digital tells how the N-Generation is learning... (read more) List Price $21.25 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Laws of the Web: Patterns in the Ecology of Information by Bernardo A. Huberman Publisher Comments Despite its haphazard growth, the Web hides powerful underlying regularities--from the organization of its links to the patterns found in its use by millions of users. Many of these regularities have been predicted on the basis of theoretical models... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Brave New Unwired World: The Digital Big Bang by Alex Lightman Publisher Comments A whirlwind tour through the exciting landscape opening up around digital wireless communication In The Brave New Unwired World, the CEO of one of today's hottest wireless businesses explores the latest thinking and trends in the exciting world of... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $6.25 Used - Hardcover
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The Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity by Thomas Landauer Publisher Comments Despite enormous investments in computers over the last twenty years, productivity in the very service industries at which they were aimed virtually stagnated everywhere in the world.If computers are not making businesses, organizations, or countries... (read more) List Price $40.25 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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