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PCs Just the Steps for Dummies(r) (For Dummies)
PCs Just the Steps for Dummies(r) (For Dummies)
by Nancy Muir
Publisher Comments
Your first PC can be intimidating. You’re probably panicky that you’ll hit a wrong key and send your information to some high-tech black hole or cause your PC to self-destruct. Not to worry. PCs Just the Steps For Dummiesgives you simple... (read more)

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Make Volume 7
Make Volume 7
by Mark Frauenfelder
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If you like to tweak, disassemble, recreate, and invent cool new uses for technology, you'll love MAKE, our project-based quarterly for the inquisitive do-it-yourselfer. MAKE Volume 07 is the Backyard Biology issue, with DNA extraction, plant grafting... (read more)

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Crypto : How the Code Rebels Beat the Government - Saving Privacy in the Digital Age (01 Edition)
Crypto : How the Code Rebels Beat the Government - Saving Privacy in the Digital Age (01 Edition)
by Steven Levy
Publisher Comments
If you've ever made a secure purchase with your credit card over the Internet, then you have seen cryptography, or "crypto," in action. From Steven Levy-the author who made "hackers" a household word-comes this account of a revolution that is already... (read more)

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The Soul of a New Machine
The Soul of a New Machine
by Tracy Kidder
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Computers have changed since 1981, when Tracy Kidder indelibly recorded the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. What has changed little, however, is computer culture: the feverish pace of the... (read more)

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In the Beginning...Was the Command Line
In the Beginning...Was the Command Line
by Neal Stephenson
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About twenty years ago Jobs and Wozniak, the founders of Apple, came up with the very strange idea of selling information-processing machines for use in the home. The business took off, and its founders made a lot of money and received the credit they... (read more)

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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
by Clifford Stoll
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Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorized users on his system. The hacker's code name was "Hunter"-- a mystery invader hiding inside a... (read more)

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Teach Yourself Home PC Maintenace and Networking (Teach Yourself)
Teach Yourself Home PC Maintenace and Networking (Teach Yourself)
by Anthony Price
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Become your own IT person If you can ' t bear another frustrating (and expensive) three-hour phone session with a technical support rep, Teach Yourself Home PC Maintenance and Networking is for you. Timed to coincide with the release of Vista--the new... (read more)

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Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
by Paul Graham
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"The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you're willing to risk the consequences. " --from Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul Graham We... (read more)

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Learning the Korn Shell 2ND Edition
Learning the Korn Shell 2ND Edition
by Bill Rosenblatt
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The Korn shell is an interactive command and scripting language for accessing Unix® and other computer systems. As a complete and high-level programming language in itself, it's been a favorite since it was developed in the mid 1980s by David... (read more)

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Build It. Fix It. Own It: A Beginner's Guide to Building and Upgrading a PC
Build It. Fix It. Own It: A Beginner's Guide to Building and Upgrading a PC
by Paul Mcfedries
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BUILD IT. FIX it. OWN IT. A Beginner’s Guide to Building and Upgrading a PC   Build It. Fix It. Own It. is the ultimate beginner’s guide to building and fixing your own PC. With a friendly, knowledgeable tone, this book shows the... (read more)

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Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology Volume 5: Classical Optimization to Computer Output
Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology Volume 5: Classical Optimization to Computer Output
by Jack Belzer
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"This comprehensive reference work provides immediate, fingertip access to state-of-the-art technology in nearly 700 self-contained articles written by over 900 international authorities. Each article in the Encyclopedia features current developments and... (read more)

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User Friendly: The Comic Strip
User Friendly: The Comic Strip
by J D Frazer
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User Friendly tells the story of Columbia Internet, "the friendliest, hardest-working, and most neurotic little Internet Service Provider in the world." Take three techs, two salespeople, a designer, two executives, a couple of administrative staff, mix... (read more)

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Visual Basic 6.0
Visual Basic 6.0
by Barcharts
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Visual Basic is a greatly enhanced and extended implementation of standard BASIC. The Visual Basic (VB) package is distributed as an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). This 4-page laminated guide includes detailed information on: the Visual Basic... (read more)

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Concurrency and parallelism, programming, networking, and security :Second Asian Computing Science Conference, ASIAN '96, Singapore, December 2-5, 1996 : proceedings
Concurrency and parallelism, programming, networking, and security :Second Asian Computing Science Conference, ASIAN '96, Singapore, December 2-5, 1996 : proceedings
by Joxan Jaffar
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second Asian Conference on Computing Science, ASIAN'96, held in Singapore in December 1996.The volume presents 31 revised full papers selected from a total of 169 submissions; also included are three... (read more)

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Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity
Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity
by Lawrence Lessig
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Lawrence Lessig, "the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era" (The New Yorker), masterfully argues that never before in human history has the power to control creative progress been so concentrated in the hands of the... (read more)

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Applied parallel computing :computations in physics, chemistry, and engineering science : second international workshop, PARA '95, Lyngby, Denmark, August 21-24, 1995 : proceedings
Applied parallel computing :computations in physics, chemistry, and engineering science : second international workshop, PARA '95, Lyngby, Denmark, August 21-24, 1995 : proceedings
by Jack Dongarra
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This book presents the refereed proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Applied Parallel Computing in Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Science, PARA'95, held in Lyngby, Denmark, in August 1995.The 60 revised full papers included have been... (read more)

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Discrete geometry for computer imagery :6th international workshop, DGCI '96, Lyon, France, November 13-15, 1996 : proceedings
Discrete geometry for computer imagery :6th international workshop, DGCI '96, Lyon, France, November 13-15, 1996 : proceedings
by S Miguet
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery, DGCI'96, held in Lyon, France, in November 1996.Computer imaging essentially depends on discrete models for coding, processing... (read more)

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Practical Computing
Practical Computing
by Lynn Hogan
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Practical Computing has been crafted to address the unique challenges novices face in mastering PCs, combining user-friendly design, creative multi-media tools, and a focus on useful skills students can apply immediately, either at home or in the... (read more)

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Nattering on the Net
Nattering on the Net
by Dale Spender
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Dale Spender examines the multimedia boom and its implications in the areas of class, race and gender. She asks: "Will the Internet create virtual sisterhood and how can we use it for good?"... (read more)

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Reading Freud: Explorations and Entertainments
Reading Freud: Explorations and Entertainments
by Peter Gay
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Impossible to set down--these are all the things you don't have to know about Freud and that's what makes them so interesting. Cultural historian and Freud scholar Gay tries to the map we now have of Freud's mind. six daughters? What jokes did he tell?... (read more)

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