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  • Little Blue Dot

    How GPS Shaped the Modern World

    by Katherine Dunn ...
    The unexplored history of GPS, a military technology turned daily necessity that impacts all aspects of our lives.Gone are the days when we pulled off to the side of the road, twisted a map this way and that, and squinted in exasperation before saying, “We're lost.” Now, a network of satellites that circles the earth points us in the right direction. The Global Positioning System is embedded not ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Servicing Itsm

    A Handbook of Service Descriptions for It Service Managers and a Means for Building Them

    by Randy A. Steinberg ...
    What services does the IT organization really deliver? Rather than discuss the theory around what a service catalog or service portfolio is, this book gives you the actual IT service descriptions for running, operating, and managing an entire IT infrastructure. Its all herecomplete service descriptions, catalog and portfolio templates, service implementation plans, service governance processes, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • 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

    $68.09 USD

  • Hacking Exposed Malware & Rootkits: Security Secrets and Solutions, Second Edition

    by Christopher C. Elisan, Michael A. Davis, Sean M. Bodmer, Aaron LeMasters ...
    Series series Hacking Exposed
    Arm yourself for the escalating war against malware and rootkits Thwart debilitating cyber-attacks and dramatically improve your organization’s security posture using the proven defense strategies in this thoroughly updated guide. Hacking Exposed™ Malware and Rootkits: Security Secrets & Solutions, Second Edition fully explains the hacker’s latest methods alongside ready-to-deploy countermeasures ... Read more

    $49.69 USD

  • Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Yosemite Edition

    by David Pogue ...
    What makes Windows refugees decide to get a Mac? Enthusiastic friends? The Apple Stores? Great-looking laptops? A "halo effect" from the popularity of iPhones and iPads? The absence of viruses and spyware? The freedom to run Windows on a Mac? In any case, there’s never been a better time to switch to OS X—and there’s never been a better, more authoritative book to help you do it.The important ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Recoding Gender

    Women's Changing Participation in Computing

    by Janet Abbate ...
    Series series History of Computing
    The untold history of women and computing: how pioneering women succeeded in a field shaped by gender biases.Today, women earn a relatively low percentage of computer science degrees and hold proportionately few technical computing jobs. Meanwhile, the stereotype of the male “computer geek” seems to be everywhere in popular culture. Few people know that women were a significant presence in the ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • 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

    $7.19 USD

  • 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

    $12.99 USD

  • Crypto

    How the Code Rebels Beat the Government--Saving Privacy in the Digital Age

    by Steven Levy ...
    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 Stephen Levy-the author who made "hackers" a household word-comes this account of a revolution that is already affecting every citizen in the twenty-first century. Crypto tells the inside story of how a group of "crypto rebels"—nerds and visionaries turned ... Read more

    $12.69 USD

  • From Counterculture to Cyberculture

    Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism

    by Fred Turner ...
    "In this unique, provocative work of cultural history, Turner teases apart the visions, myths, and rhetoric that have swept us into cyberspace." — Booklist (starred review)In the early 1960s, computers haunted the American popular imagination. Bleak tools of the cold war, they embodied the rigid organization and mechanical conformity that made the military-industrial complex possible. But by the ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Microsoft® Excel® 2013 QuickSteps

    by John Cronan, Marty Matthews ...
    Series series QuickSteps
    Full-color, step-by-step guide to the new release of the world’s most popular spreadsheet applicationGet up and running with Excel 2013 right away--the QuickSteps way. Full-color screenshots on every page with clear instructions make it easy to use the latest release of Microsoft's powerful spreadsheet application. Follow along and quickly learn how to create workbooks, enter and edit data, use ... Read more

    $16.89 USD

  • How to Do Everything

    iPhone 5

    by Jason R. Rich ...
    Series series How to Do Everything
    Maximize the power of your iPhone 5Master the versatile features of your iPhone 5 and stay organized, connected, informed, and entertained. How to Do Everything: iPhone 5 covers iOS 6 and the new capabilities added to the core functions and apps, such as Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Safari, Mail, Camera, Maps, FaceTime, and iTunes. You’ll also learn how to use iCloud, Notification Center, ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • CompTIA CTT+ Certified Technical Trainer All-in-One Exam Guide

    by Joseph Phillips ...
    Series series All-in-One
    "All-in-One is All You Need""This book coaches you through the five domains of the exam and provides effective practice exercises to prepare you with confidence. Thanks for providing the industry with such a great book!" -- Linda Hainlen, Director; Learning Solutions, Indiana University HealthGet complete coverage of all the material included on the CompTIA CTT+ exams inside this comprehensive ... Read more

    $37.59 USD

  • NOOK HD: The Missing Manual

    by Preston Gralla ...
    You can do many things with NOOK HD right out of the box, but if you really want to get the most from your HD or HD+ tablet, start with this book. With clear instructions, full-color illustrations, and savvy advice from technology expert Preston Gralla, you’ll learn how to use email and the Web, watch movies and shows, play games, listen to music, and enjoy your personal ebook library.The ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Gray Hat Hacking The Ethical Hacker's Handbook, Fourth Edition

    by Daniel Regalado, Shon Harris, Allen Harper, Chris Eagle, Jonathan Ness, Branko Spasojevic, Ryan Linn, Stephen Sims ...
    Cutting-edge techniques for finding and fixing critical security flawsFortify your network and avert digital catastrophe with proven strategies from a team of security experts. Completely updated and featuring 12 new chapters, Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook, Fourth Edition explains the enemy’s current weapons, skills, and tactics and offers field-tested remedies, case studies, and ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Affect and Artificial Intelligence

    by Elizabeth A. Wilson ...
    Series series In Vivo: The Cultural Mediations of Biomedical Science
    In 1950, Alan Turing, the British mathematician, cryptographer, and computer pioneer, looked to the future: now that the conceptual and technical parameters for electronic brains had been established, what kind of intelligence could be built? Should machine intelligence mimic the abstract thinking of a chess player or should it be more like the developing mind of a child? Should an intelligent ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • When Computers Were Human

    by David Alan Grier ...
    Before Palm Pilots and iPods, PCs and laptops, the term "computer" referred to the people who did scientific calculations by hand. These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances, might have become scientists in their own right. When Computers Were Human represents the first in-depth account of this little-known, 200-year epoch ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

  • Java: A Beginner's Guide, Seventh Edition

    by Herbert Schildt ...
    Up-to-Date, Essential Java Programming Skills—Made Easy!Supplement for key JDK 10 new features available from book's Downloads & Resources page at OraclePressBooks.com.Fully updated for Java Platform, Standard Edition 9 (Java SE 9), Java: A Beginner’s Guide, Seventh Edition, gets you started programming in Java right away. Bestselling programming author Herb Schildt begins with the basics, such as ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Computer Architecture

    by Charles Fox ...
    Not since the 1980s has computer architecture been so exciting! This book captures the moment, mining the history of computing to teach key concepts in modern hardware design and introduce the neural and quantum architectures of the future.Computer Architecture is an in-depth exploration of the principles and designs that have shaped computer hardware through the ages, from counting devices like ... Read more

    $34.59 USD

  • The Logician and the Engineer

    How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age

    by Paul J. Nahin ...
    Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use--from our computers and cars, to our kitchen gadgets and home appliances. How did a system of mathematics established in the Victorian era become the basis for such incredible technological achievements a century later? In The Logician and the Engineer, best-selling popular math writer Paul ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Network Geeks

    How They Built the Internet

    by Brian E Carpenter ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    The impact on modern society made by the Internet is immeasurable. Yet some questioned “why anyone would want such a thing” when the idea was first introduced.Part history, part memoir and part cultural study, Network Geeks charts the creation of the Internet and the establishment of the Internet Engineering Task Force, from the viewpoint of a self-proclaimed geek who witnessed these developments ... Read more

    $28.29 USD

  • GOPRO HERO 4 SESSION: A GUIDE with TIPS AND TRICKS

    by Steve Markelo ...
    GoPro is a manufacturer of cameras, designed to capture stunning photographs and create high quality films. GoPro is also well recognized and highly acclaimed in manufacturing small cameras that can produce quality photos that are similar to the standards of professionals. Their new GoPro Hero 4 Session is expected to do just that but in a much easier and simpler way.In today’s world, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • OS X Yosemite: The Missing Manual

    by David Pogue ...
    With Yosemite, Apple has unleashed the most innovative version of OS X yet—and once again, David Pogue brings his expertise and humor to the #1 bestselling Mac book. Mac OS X 10.10 includes more innovations from the iPad and adds a variety of new features throughout the operating system. This updated edition covers it all with something new on practically every page.Get the scoop on Yosemite’s big ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Geek Atlas

    128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive

    by John Graham-Cumming ...
    The history of science is all around us, if you know where to look. With this unique traveler's guide, you'll learn about 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred or is happening now. Travel to Munich to see the world's largest science museum, watch Foucault's pendulum swinging in Paris, ponder a descendant of Newton's apple tree at ... Read more

    $17.29 USD