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  • CISSP Boxed Set, Second Edition

    by Shon Harris ...
    Series series All-in-One
    Save 12% on This CISSP Boxed Set—Plus Bonus DVD!This money-saving CISSP boxed set from the #1 name in IT security certification and training includes:CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, Sixth EditionUp-to-date coverage of all 10 CISSP exam domainsElectronic content—1400+ practice exam questions, video training module, and a downloadable Adobe Digital Editions eBookCISSP Practice Exams, ... ... Read more

    €63.69

  • So you want to build a computer...

    by J. P. Kurzitza ...
    Apple makes great mobile products as we all know: iPod, iPad, and iPhone, but their PCs are very expensive. So why throw down for a Mac when YOU can build your very own PC for a fraction of the cost, yet will be just as fast, if not faster? This guide gives the would-be PC builder a top-ten list of essential rules to follow in order to successfully build a solid system that will do it all! Enjoy. ... Read more

    €0.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Soul of A New Machine

    by Tracy Kidder ...
    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

    €5.99

  • The Code Book

    The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking

    by Simon Singh ...
    The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum CryptographyFrom the best-selling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man’s urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions.As in Fermat’s Last Theorem, Simon Singh brings life to an anstonishing story of puzzles, codes, languages and riddles that reveals man’s continual ... Read more

    €7.40

  • Hackers

    Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition

    by Steven Levy ...
    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 the world in a radical new direction. With updated material from noteworthy hackers such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Stallman, and Steve ... Read more

    €11.59

  • The Myth of Artificial Intelligence

    Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do

    by Erik J. Larson ...
    **“Exposes the vast gap between the actual science underlying AI and the dramatic claims being made for it.” —John Horgan“If you want to know about AI, read this book…It shows how a supposedly futuristic reverence for Artificial Intelligence retards progress when it denigrates our most irreplaceable resource for any future progress: our own human intelligence.” —Peter Thiel**Ever since Alan Turing ... Read more

    €15.19

  • Steve Jobs: The Apple of Our i

    by Daniel Alef ...
    Biographical profile of Steve Jobs the founder of Apple Computers and the man who led an evolution in American technology and culture. He ushered in the world of personal computing with the Apple and Mac line of computers changed the way we buy and listen to music with the iPod iTunes and the iTunes Store introduced us to a new wave of animated films and technology through Pixar with such hits as ... Read more

    €2.52

  • Fall of Man in Wilmslow

    by David Lagercrantz ...
    Translated by George Goulding ...
    June 8, 1954. Alan Turing, the visionary mathematician, is found dead at his home in sleepy Wilmslow, dispatched by a poisoned apple.Taking the case, Detective Constable Leonard Corell quickly learns Turing is a convicted homosexual. Confident it's a suicide, he is nonetheless confounded by official secrecy over Turing's war record. What is more, Turing's sexuality appears to be causing alarm ... Read more

    €3.99

  • Alan Turing: The Enigma

    The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game - Updated Edition

    by Andrew Hodges, Andrew Hodges ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira KnightleyIt is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912–1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades—all before his suicide at ... Read more

    €15.19

  • Introduction to Algorithms, fourth edition

    by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein ...
    A comprehensive update of the leading algorithms text, with new material on matchings in bipartite graphs, online algorithms, machine learning, and other topics.Some books on algorithms are rigorous but incomplete; others cover masses of material but lack rigor. Introduction to Algorithms uniquely combines rigor and comprehensiveness. It covers a broad range of algorithms in depth, yet makes their ... Read more

    €91.59

  • How AI Thinks

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

    by Nigel Toon ...
    **THE #2 TIMES BESTSELLER'Artificial intelligence is going to have a massive impact on everyone’s lives... an accessible and sensible read that helps demystify AI' Deborah Meaden, entrepreneur and star of Dragon's Den'Nigel Toon is a visionary leader in the field of artificial intelligence... a must-read' Marc Tremblay, Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft**Those who understand how AI thinks are ... Read more

    Was €7.99 Now €6.99

  • The Friendly Orange Glow

    The Untold Story of the Rise of Cyberculture

    by Brian Dear ...
    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

    €10.79

  • Excel Formulas You Should Definitely Know

    by Angelina Lydia ...
    Don’t waste any more hours in Microsoft Excel doing things manually. There are many ways to use Excel formulas to decrease the amount of time you spend in Excel and increase the accuracy of your data and your reports.Excel functions can greatly enhance your ability to perform tasks in day to day activities in Excel. While they are hundreds of functions out there, I feel there are some functions ... Read more

    €4.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The New Kingmakers

    How Developers Conquered the World

    by Stephen O'Grady ...
    The New Kingmakers documents the rise of the developer class, and provides strategies for companies to adapt to the new technology landscape. From recruiting to retention, it provides a playbook to work more efficiently and effectively with the most important members of your organization. ... Read more

    €4.99

  • The Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech: Computer, Consoles & Games

    by Peter Leigh ...
    Series series Tech Classics
    Remember what a wild frontier the early days of home gaming were? Manufacturers releasing new consoles at a breakneck pace; developers creating games that kept us up all night, then going bankrupt the next day; and what self-respecting kid didn't beg their parents for an Atari or a Nintendo? This explosion of computers, consoles, and games was genuinely unlike anything the tech world has seen ... Read more

    €3.99

  • Read Write Own

    Building the Next Era of the Internet

    by Chris Dixon ...
    **THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘A compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to get there.’ Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI**The promise of the internet has been stolen.Over the last decade, a handful of giant companies like Facebook and Google have seized control of the web – sapping its dynamism and taking its profits for themselves.But there is a way to take it back.Here, a ... Read more

    Was €6.99 Now €5.99

  • OCA Java SE 7 Programmer I Study Guide (Exam 1Z0-803)

    by Robert Liguori, Edward G. Finegan ...
    Series series Oracle Press
    A Proven Study System for Oracle Certified Associate Exam 1Z0-803Prepare for the Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 7 Programmer I exam with help from this exclusive Oracle Press guide. In each chapter, you'll find challenging exercises, practice questions, a two-minute drill, and a chapter summary to highlight what you've learned. This authoritative guide will help you pass the test and will also ... Read more

    €30.29

  • How To Create A Website Using Wordpress

    The Beginner's Blueprint for Building a Professional Website in 3 Easy Steps (Plus 40+ Premium Wordpress Video Tutorials)

    by Brian Patrick ...
    Building A Website With Wordpress Has Never Been This EasyLearn how to set up a website that meets your exact needs in 3 EASY STEPS....one that the "professionals" would have charged you thousands of dollars for! (FREE ACCESS to 40+ Premium Wordpress Tutorial Videos)Just a few years ago, I could barely update my Facebook page; today I can build anything from an e-commerce website that sells ... Read more

    Free

  • Understanding Linux Network Internals

    Guided Tour to Networking on Linux

    by Christian Benvenuti ...
    If you've ever wondered how Linux carries out the complicated tasks assigned to it by the IP protocols -- or if you just want to learn about modern networking through real-life examples -- Understanding Linux Network Internals is for you.Like the popular O'Reilly book, Understanding the Linux Kernel, this book clearly explains the underlying concepts and teaches you how to follow the actual C code ... Read more

    €30.79

  • Cybernetic Revolutionaries

    Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile

    by Eden Medina ...
    A historical study of Chile's twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics.In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was Chile's experiment with peaceful socialist change under Salvador Allende; the second was the ... Read more

    €20.89

  • B C, Before Computers

    On Information Technology from Writing to the Age of Digital Data

    by Stephen Robertson ...
    I found it a delight to read. The author is not trying to write yet another book on the history of computer developments but rather to show that those developments rely on a long history of humans creating solutions to problems that arose as they became more and more sophisticated in their treatment of concepts of information and its manipulation. In many ways it resembles a work of philosophy ... Read more

    €6.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Head First Java

    by Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates, Trisha Gee ...
    What will you learn from this book?Head First Java is a complete learning experience in Java and object-oriented programming. With this book, you'll learn the Java language with a unique method that goes beyond how-to manuals and helps you become a great programmer. Through puzzles, mysteries, and soul-searching interviews with famous Java objects, you'll quickly get up to speed on Java's ... Read more

    €25.59

  • WordPress for Beginners

    by Imagine Publishing ...
    Covering everything you need to know to set up and manage your very own WordPress blog, this book will guide you through the amazing features of the software. From registering and posting your first message, to increasing SEO and designing your own themes, WordPress for Beginners will show you just how easy it is to set up your own blog. ... Read more

    €8.41

  • Androids

    The Team that Built the Android Operating System

    by Chet Haase ...
    The fascinating inside story of how the Android operating system came to be.In 2004, Android was two people who wanted to build camera software but couldn't get investors interested. Today, Android is a large team at Google, delivering an operating system (including camera software) to over 3 billion devices worldwide. This is the inside story, told by the people who made it happen.Androids: The ... Read more

    €12.19