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1	The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable more books like this by Nassim N Taleb add to wishlist Taleb delivers a groundbreaking look at the role played by the unexpected in life and history, and a fascinating examination of why we know less than we think we do--and what to do about it. see all copies from $9.95! new only from $12.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google more books like this by Nicholas Carr add to wishlist In this eye-opening look at the new computer revolution and its consequences, Nicholas Carr explains why computing is changing and what this means for all of us. A hundred years ago, companies stopped producing their own power and plugged into the newly built electric grid. The cheap power pumped out by electricity providers not only changed how ... see all copies from $7.09! new only from $10.12! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics more books like this by Roger Penrose, Martin Gardner (Foreword by) add to wishlist The proponents of artificial intelligence want to prove that it is only a matter of time before computers will be doing everything that a human mind can do. They take it for granted that pleasure and pain, the appreciation of beauty and humour, consciousness and free will are capacities that a computer will display once the appropriate programs of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.63! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Fluency with Information Technology: Skills, Concepts, & Capabilities more books like this by Lawrence Snyder add to wishlist To meet the demands of today's world and to adapt to future technology advancements, individuals must use technology as a tool for organization, communication, research, and problem solving. To help students become effective users of today's technology and place them on the path of lifelong learning. Fluency covers three types of knowledge: ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century more books like this by Michio Kaku (Preface by) add to wishlist Kaku examines how quantum mechanics, bio-genetics, and artificial intelligence will dramatically alter science and the way we will live in the 21st century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder more books like this by David Weinberger add to wishlist Business visionary and bestselling author David Weinberger charts how as business, politics, science, and media move online, the rules of the physical world - in which everything has a place - are upended. In the digital world, everything has its places, with transformative effects: Information is now a social asset and should be made public, for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.73! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity more books like this by Alan Cooper add to wishlist A computer programming pioneer criticizes the software industry for relying too much on the skills of its technicians, rather than on leadership and intuitive interface design. After outlining why technology is still prohibitively difficult to use and manage, he tells how to bridge both the technological and communication gaps among computer users ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Age of Spiritual Machines more books like this by Ray Kurzweil, PhD add to wishlist The "ultimate thinking machine" ("Forbes")--whose predictions for the future are startling, provocative, and closer to fruition than one might think--takes a serious and surprising look at the future that reads like great science fiction and offers a framework for envisioning the 21st century. Illustrations & diagrams. (Technology) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.35! \| first editions \| SVS
9	A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet more books like this by Sara -Baase add to wishlist In this timely revision of a best-seller, Baase explores the social, legal, philosophical, ethical, political, constitutional, and economic implications of computing and the controversies they raise. With a computer scientist's perspective, and with historical context for many issues, she covers the issues students will face both as members of a ... see all copies from $44.66! new only from $69.99! \| SVS
10	The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual more books like this by Christopher Locke, Rick Levine, Doc Searls add to wishlist This self-described wake-up call to American corporations began as a list of 95 theses posted online. The book exhorts corporations to take heed of the possibilities for structural change that the internet has made possible, including non-hierarchized companies, interactive management and marketing, and free and casual information flow. The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom more books like this by Yochai Benkler add to wishlist With the radical changes in information production that the Internet has introduced, we stand at an important moment of transition, says Yochai Benkler in this thought-provoking book. The phenomenon he describes as social production is reshaping markets, while at the same time offering new opportunities to enhance individual freedom, cultural ... see all copies from $9.55! new only from $13.27! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture more books like this by Bill Wasik add to wishlist Wasik journeys along the unexplored frontier of how stories live and die in viral culture to reveal how anyone on a computer can spread a story almost as easily as "The New York Times, CNN," or "People." 26 diagrams throughout. see all copies from $4.32! new only from $4.70! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It more books like this by Jonathan Zittrain add to wishlist Zittrain's extraordinary book pieces together the engine that has catapulted the Internet ecosystem into the prominence it has today--and explains that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $8.16! \| SVS
14 view cover	Life on the Screen more books like this by Sherry Turkle add to wishlist In this title, the author addresses the dramatic changes in individual psychology, perception, and learning being wrought by use of the internet. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Computer Ethics more books like this by Deborah G Johnson add to wishlist For one-semester courses in Computer Ethics, Applied Ethics, Computers, Ethics and Society, Ethics and Information Systems, Computers and Society, or Social Effects of Technology. Written in clear, accessible prose, the Fourth edition of Computer Ethics brings together philosophy, law, and technology. The text provides an in-depth exploration and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.75!
16 view cover	The Road Ahead: 9living and Prospering in the Information Age more books like this by Bill Gates add to wishlist In this book Bill Gates--who built Microsoft into one of the most successful companies in the world--provides his vision of what the future holds. He shows how, just as the personal computer revolutionized the way we work, the emerging technologies of the digital age will transform forever the way we buy, work, learn, and communicate with one ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Ethics in Information Technology more books like this by George Walter Reynolds add to wishlist ETHICS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, THIRD EDITION is a highly anticipated revision that will help readers understand the legal, ethical, and societal implications of information technology. The third edition offers updated and newsworthy coverage of issues such as file sharing, infringement of intellectual property, security risks, Internet crime, ... see all copies from $22.67! new only from $32.75! \| SVS
18 view cover	Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version 2.0 more books like this by Lawrence Lessig add to wishlist "Now available for the first time in the UK, this is the "alarming and impassioned" book on how the Internet is redefining constitutional law. This updated edition is the first popular book revised online by its readers" - "New York Times". There's a common belief that cyberspace cannot be regulated - that is, its very essence is immune from the ... see all copies from $5.33! new only from $10.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Ethics for the Information Age more books like this by Michael J Quinn add to wishlist Information technology has substantially affected modern life in industrialized societies. To be responsible users of information technology, students should have a basic understanding of its history, an awareness of current issues, and a familiarity with ethics. This text addresses these and all the topics of the "Social and Professional Issues" ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $71.13! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy: Revised and Updated Edition more books like this by James Paul Gee add to wishlist The definitive look at all that can be learned from video games see all copies from $7.40! new only from $10.97! \| SVS
21 view cover	Ambient Findability more books like this by Peter Morville add to wishlist How do you find your way in an age of information overload? How can you filter streams of complex information to pull out only what you want? Why does it matter how information is structured when Google seems to magically bring up the right answer to your questions? What does it mean to be 'findable' in this day and age? This eye-opening new book ... see all copies from $10.19! new only from $16.78! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications more books like this by Toby Segaran add to wishlist Want to tap the power behind search rankings, product recommendations, social bookmarking, and online matchmaking? This fascinating book demonstrates how you can build Web 2.0 applications to mine the enormous amount of data created by people on the Internet. With the sophisticated algorithms in this book, you can write smart programs to access ... see all copies from $21.39! new only from $23.41! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Designing Interactions more books like this by Bill Moggridge add to wishlist A pioneer in interaction design tells the stories of designers who changed the way people use everyday things in the digital era, interviewing the founders of Google, the creator of The Sims, the inventors and developers of the mouse and the desktop, and many others. Digital technology has changed the way we interact with everything from the games ... see all copies from $23.00! new only from $29.45! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Millennial Makeover: Myspace, Youtube, and the Future of American Politics more books like this by Morley Winograd, Michael D Hais add to wishlist It happens in America every four decades and it is about to happen again. America's demand for change in the 2008 election will cause another of our country's periodic political makeovers. This realignment, like all others before it, will result from the coming of age of a new generation of young Americans - the Millennial Generation - and the ... see all copies from $2.05! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Essential Guide to User Interface Design: An Introduction to GUI Design Principles and Technique more books like this by Wilbert Galitz add to wishlist Well-designed graphical user interfaces (GUIs) can increase user productivity. But designing them is often difficult and time-consuming, especially for the novice programmer or system developer. This guide contains the do's and don'ts of computer interface design. It is written for system designers and programmers, especially those who may be ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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