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    Replay

    The History of Video Games

    by Tristan Donovan ...
    Narrated by Gary Furlong ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 15 min

    A riveting account of the birth and remarkable evolution of the most important development in entertainment since television, Replay is the ultimate history of video games. From its origins in the research labs of the 1940s to the groundbreaking success of the Wii, Replay sheds new light on gaming's past. Along the way it takes in the spectacular rise and fall of Atari, the crazed cottage industry ... Read more

    $34.99 AUD

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    How AI Thinks

    How we built it, how it can help us, and how we can control it

    by Nigel Toon ...
    Narrated by Joe Jameson ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 47 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.Those who understand how AI thinks are about to win big.**We are used to thinking of computers as being a step up from calculators - very good at storing information, and maybe even at playing a logical game like chess. But up to now they haven't been able to think in ways that are intuitive, or respond to questions as a human might. All that has changed, dramatically, ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD

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    Coders

    Who They Are, What They Think and How They Are Changing Our World

    by Clive Thompson ...
    Narrated by Rene Ruiz ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 21 min

    'Masterful . . . [Thompson] illuminates both the fascinating coders and the bewildering technological forces that are transforming the world in which we live.' David Grann, author of The Lost City of ZFacebook’s algorithms shaping the news. Uber’s cars flocking the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of computer code. Coders – software programmers – ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD

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    Empire of the Sum

    The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator

    by Keith Houston ...
    Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 7 min

    The hidden history of the pocket calculator-a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, and went with us to the moon-and the mathematicians, designers, and inventors who brought it to life. Starting with hands, abacus, and slide rule, humans have always reached for tools to simplify math. Pocket-sized calculators ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic ... Read more

    $41.99 AUD

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    The Friendly Orange Glow

    The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture

    by Brian Dear ...
    Narrated by George Newbern ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 6 min

    At a time when Steve Jobs was only a teenager and Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t even born, a group of visionary engineers and designers—some of them only high school students—in the late 1960s and 1970s created a computer system called PLATO, which was light-years ahead in experimenting with how people would learn, engage, communicate, and play through connected computers. Not only did PLATO engineers ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD

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    Anonymous Heritage

    by simon six ...
    Narrated by lola preconne ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 32 min

    In this book, we delve into the world of Anonymous, a community of hackers and free speech activists that has shaken governments and businesses worldwide. Based on a true story, we follow the adventures of some of its members while protecting their anonymity by changing certain names, places, and circumstances. Most of the information is already classified and known. ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Soul of A New Machine

    by Tracy Kidder ...
    Narrated by Ben Sullivan ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 3 min

    Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry.Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not ... Read more

    $41.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Cryptocurrency: Mining, Investing and Trading in Blockchain for Beginners.

    by Travis Goleman ...
    Narrated by Matt Montanez ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 37 min

    Lots of investment opportunities have come and gone. Now is the time for cryptocurrencies, so do not miss the boat.Thе block сhаin is an online dесеntrаliѕеd рubliс ledger of аll digitаl trаnѕасtiоnѕ thаt have taken рlасе. It iѕ digitаl currency's equivalent оf a high street bаnk'ѕ lеdgеr thаt records trаnѕасtiоnѕ bеtwееn twо раrtiеѕ.Juѕt аѕ our mоdеrn bаnking ѕуѕtеm couldn't function withоut thе ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    8-Bit Apocalypse

    The Untold Story of Atari's Missile Command

    by Alex Rubens, Jeff Gerstmann ...
    Narrated by Ryan Burke ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 53 min

    The first history of Atari’s Missile Command, and its unforeseen effects on its creators and the cultureBefore Call of Duty, before World of Warcraft, before even Super Mario Bros., the video game industry exploded in the late 1970s with the advent of the video arcade. Leading the charge was Atari Inc., the creator of, among others, the iconic game Missile Command. The first game to double as a ... Read more

    $59.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Traffic Strategy

    Discover Smart and Proven Strategies on How to Boost Significant Traffic to Your Website

    by Fred Cline ...
    Narrated by Marcus Mulenga ...

    Unabridged

    11 min

    Traffic Strategy: Discover Smart and Proven Strategies on How to Boost Significant Traffic to Your WebsiteSince the introduction of the Internet to the public in 1994, our world has movedonline. This has quickly been followed by money. Whether you have a personal blog, business website, or are making money through online advertising, today's currency of success relies, almost exclusively, on the ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    הסיפור של גוגל

    by מארק מאלסיד, דייוויד א' וייז ...
    Narrated by שי סיני וילוז׳ני ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 46 min

    לפניכם הסיפור שמאחורי אחת מהצלחות העסקיות הגדולות של זמננו, אם לא הגדולה שבהן. מהדורה מעודכנת זו יוצאת לרגל עשרים שנה להקמתה של גוגל ומתבססת על מחקר קפדני וגישה ישירה למידע פנימי בחברה העוצמתית והגלובלית שידה בכול. זהו סיפורה של חברת מדיה שנוסדה על ידי שני סטודנטים צעירים מאוניברסיטת סטנפורד, סרגיי ברין שנולד במוסקווה ולארי פייג' מהמערב התיכון של ארצות הברית. יחד הם בנו מנוע חיפוש שמטרתו היתה לאתר ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD

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    The Innovators

    How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

    by Walter Isaacson ...
    Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris ...

    Abridged

    8 hours 45 min

    2015 Audie Award Finalist for NonfictionFollowing his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a “riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving” (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the internet.What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their ... Read more

    $41.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    From 1960 to 2060 The History Of The Internet, Bits and Bobs, and Beyond

    by Gustavo Morale ...
    Narrated by Gustavo Morale ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 38 min

    Embark on an enlightening journey through the digital age with Gustavo Morale's "The History of the Internet, bits and bobs and beyond." Born under the vibrant skies of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1981, Gustavo, affectionately known as Gut, has lived parallel to the rapid evolution of the Internet. This book is his first, blending a deep-rooted fascination with digital technology with personal anecdotes ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Escape

    How a generation shaped, destroyed and survived the internet

    by Marie Le Conte ...
    Narrated by Yolanda Kettle ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 20 min

    'Fifteen years ago, the internet felt like a special place my friends and I had built for each other; by 2020, we were standing on its ruins, wondering if we'd played a part in its destruction.'Journalist Marie Le Conte was born in 1991, the same year the World Wide Web was invented. She had her first blog at twelve, a successful music website at fifteen, a Wikipedia page at seventeen and now, at ... Read more

    $83.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived

    Tom Watson Jr. and the Epic Story of How IBM Created the Digital Age

    by Ralph Watson McElvenny, Marc Wortman ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 18 min

    “A compelling new biography… [The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived] spins the Watsons into near-Shakespearean figures, as if ‘Succession’ were set in the era of ‘Mad Men’.” ―The New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceThe enduring story of Thomas Watson Jr.—a figure more important to the creation of the modern world than Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and Morgan.Nearly fifty years into IBM’s ... Read more

    $57.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    History of Computers

    by Introbooks Team ...
    Narrated by Tracy Tupman ...

    Unabridged

    42 min

    Since the time human beings took birth on the earth, tremendous changes have been observed in all phases of life. One such aspect was the phase of the technology itself. Technology has advanced itself beautifully and has made the work of humans easier. Like for instance, earlier people used to keep track of all the readings in the journal in handwritten format, but now there are many different ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Cult of the Dead Cow

    How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World

    by Joseph Menn ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Davis ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 11 min

    The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our privacy, our freedom, and even democracy itself.Cult of the Dead Cow is the tale of the oldest, most respected, and most famous American hacking group of all time. Though until now it has remained mostly anonymous, its members invented the concept of hacktivism, released the top tool for testing password ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    History of Engineering

    by Introbooks Team ...
    Narrated by Tracy Tupman ...

    Unabridged

    44 min

    The idea of engineering has been present since prehistoric times when humans started shaping important creations like lever, wheel and pulley. Every invention is reliable with the contemporary explanation of engineering manipulating basic principles of mechanics to develop useful tools and objects.The word engineering has been derived from the term engineer and dates back to around recently 1325 ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    High Noon

    The Inside Story of Scott McNealy and the Rise of Sun Microsystems

    by Karen Southwick ...
    Narrated by Sneha Mathan ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 56 min

    In 1982, a little upstart named Sun was making waves in the high-tech industry with its groundbreaking workstation technology, even as early competitors dismissed the company as not worth losing sleep over. Since then, Sun Microsystems has become a formidable presence in the industry, making its own rules and taking no prisoners, and is currently poised to reach the highest point of its ascendancy ... Read more

    $33.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Summary of Brian Merchant's Blood in the Machine

    by Milkyway Media ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Maxwell G ...

    Abridged

    47 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Listen to the Summary of Brian Merchant's Blood in the Machine in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Blood in the Machine" delves into the socio-economic turmoil of early 19th-century England, where the Industrial Revolution's rise of automated machinery threatened traditional livelihoods. George Mellor, a skilled ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Darknet

    A Beginner’s Guide to Staying Anonymous Online

    by Lance Henderson ...
    Narrated by James Lewis ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 9 min

    Want to surf the web anonymously? Cloak your online activities? I will show you how to become a ghost on the internet, leaving no tracks back to your ISP.This book covers it all! Encrypting your private files, securing your PC, masking your online footsteps, and all while giving you peace of mind with TOTAL 100% ANONYMITY. Don't waste months scouring the internet for info. Just read this!How to Be ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Man-Made

    How the bias of the past is being built into the future

    by Tracey Spicer ...
    Narrated by Tracey Spicer ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 12 min

    **Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer exposes the next frontier of feminism. Man-Made aims to open readers’ eyes to a transformative technological shift in society and give them the tools to make positive change.Winner,** 2023 Australian Business Book Awards, Social ResponsibilityLonglisted for the 2023 Walkley Book Award'Mum, I want a robot slave.'Broadcaster Tracey Spicer had an ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Summary of Marc Levinson's The Box

    by Milkyway Media ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Mike G ...

    Abridged

    50 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Listen to the Summary of Marc Levinson's The Box in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The Box by Marc Levinson chronicles the container revolution that began with the Ideal-X's voyage on April 26, 1956, reshaping global trade and economies. Containerization introduced unprecedented efficiency in shipping, leading to ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Innovators

    How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

    by Walter Isaacson ...
    Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 28 min

    2015 Audie Award Finalist for NonfictionFollowing his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a “riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving” (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the internet.What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD