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Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age by Paul Graham Publisher Comments This 25th anniversary edition of Steven Levy's classic book traces the exploits of the computer revolution's original hackers -- those brilliant and eccentric nerds from the late 1950s through the early '80s who took risks, bent the rules, and pushed... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Shortcut Through Time: The Path to the Quantum Computer by George Johnson Publisher Comments The first book to prepare us for the next big—perhaps the biggest—breakthrough in the short history of the cyberworld: the development of the quantum computer. The newest Pentium chip driving personal computers packs 40 million electronic... (read more) List Price $13.50 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Always on: How the iPhone Unlocked the Anything-Anytime-Anywhere Future--And Locked Us in by Brian Chen Publisher Comments Even Steve Jobs didn't know what he had on his hands when he announced the original iPhone as a combination of a mere "three revolutionary products"--an iPod, a cell phone, and a keyboard-less handheld computer. Once Apple introduced the App Store and... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Geektionary: From Anime to Zettabyte, an A to Z Guide to All Things Geek: More Than 1,000 Words to Understand Goobs, Gamers, Orkdor by Gregory Bergman Synopsis ""The last WoW module was clunky and a bit slow on my rig but it had a great toolset for building adventures for my avatar. Now I'm at sixtieth level! Awesome!"" Whether it's about science fiction, Star Trek, sports, comics, or computers, geekspeak is... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age by Douglas Rushkoff Synopsis The debate over whether the Net is good or bad for us fills the airwaves and the blogosphere. But for all the heat of claim and counter-claim, the argument is essentially beside the point: Its here; its everywhere. The real question is, do we direct... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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After Thought: The Computer Challenge to Human Intelligence by James Bailey Publisher Comments Through the first fifty years of the computer revolution, scientists have been trying to program electronic circuits to process information the same way humans do. Doing so has reassured us all that underlying every new computer capability, no matter how... (read more) List Price $18.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture by Bill Wasik Publisher Comments "An odd but happy marriage of sociological observation and Gonzo- style adventure." -Wired Journalist and new media provocateur Bill Wasik journeys to the edge of our churning and rambunctious viral culture to illuminate how anyone with a computer can... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bricklin on Technology by Daniel Bricklin Publisher Comments "As co-creator of VisiCalc, the first computerized spreadsheet, Dan Bricklin literally created the PC industry. To a student of software, VisiCalc is the embodiment of so many novel and important ideas in software, lessons which are still relevant today."... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cultures@silicon Valley by J A English Lueck Publisher Comments English-Luecks fascinating new book, Cultures@Silicon Valley, casts a laserlike anthropological eye on the mores and mannerisms of her homies. . . . English-Lueck and colleagues left the groves of academe and spent yearsreal quality time... (read more) List Price $6.75 Your price: $3.50 Used - 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: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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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 $17.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Net, Blogs and Rock 'n' Roll: How Digital Discovery Works and What It Means for Consumers, Creators and Culture by David Jennings Publisher Comments Discovery is the big challenge in today's world of blogs, social networks, and infinite digital shelf space. Consumers are turning the tables on traditional media. They can't be herded toward the Next Big Thing, but they'll happily pay attention if they... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships by David Levy Publisher Comments Love, marriage, and sex with robots? Not in a million years? Maybe a whole lot sooner! A leading expert in artificial intelligence, David Levy argues that the entities we once deemed cold and mechanical will soon become the objects of real companionship... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy by Lori Andrews Publisher Comments Social networks, the defining cultural movement of our time, offer many freedoms. But as we work and shop and date over the Web, we are opening ourselves up to intrusive privacy violations by employers, the police, and aggressive data collection... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking (11 Edition) 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: $10.00 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 $15.25 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Prefiguring Cyberculture: An Intellectual History by Darren Tofts and Annemarie Jonson and Alessio Cavallaro Publisher Comments andlt;Pandgt;The vast social apparatus of the computer network has aligned people with technology in unprecedented ways. The intimacy of the human-computer interface has made it impossible to distinguish technology from the social and cultural business... (read more) List Price $38.25 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution by Jim Blascovich Publisher Comments How do The Matrix, Avatar, and Tron reveal the future of existence? can our brains recognize where "reality" ends and "virtual" begins? What would it mean to live eternally in a digital universe? Where will technology lead us in five, fifty, and five... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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In Search of Nikola Tesla by David Peat Publisher Comments A pioneer in electricity and rival of Thomas Edison, Tesla invented the modern induction motor and built the Niagara Falls Power Project. Yet he died a recluse, claiming to have discovered an inexhaustible source of energy whose power could be tapped and... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Media Equation: How People Treat Computers, Televisions, and New Media as Real People and Places by Byron Reeves Publisher Comments Pioneers a new theory of human responses to technology.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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