Authors: Henry Kressel.
Hardcover, 422 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2007-04-16


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    Everybody knows that digital technology has revolutionized our economy and our lifestyles. But how many of us really understand the drivers behind the technology - the significance of going digital; the miniaturization of circuit boards; the role of venture capital in financing the revolution; the importance of research and development? How many of us understand what it takes to make money from innovative technologies? Should we worry about manufacturing going offshore? What is the role of India and China in the digital economy? Drawing on a lifetime's experience in the industry, as an engineer, a senior manager and as a partner in a venture capital firm, Henry Kressel offers an expert personalized answer to all these questions. He explains how the technology works, why it matters, how it is financed and what the key lessons are for public policy....

Authors: John Arquilla.
Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Publication Date: 2002-01-25


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    Netwar--like cyberwar--describes a new spectrum of conflict that is emerging in the wake of the information revolution. What distinguished netwar is the networked organizational structure of its practitioners and their quickness in coming together in swarming attacks. To confront this new type of conflict, it is crucial for governments, military, and law enforcement to begin networking themselves....

Authors: Greg Holden.
Paperback, 714 pages
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2007-08-27
Edition: 2

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    If you've always wanted your own business, here's your chance

Now you can join the millions of eBay users who earn some or all of their income from eBay, with the in-depth instruction you'll find in this comprehensive guide. The basics are all here—how to register, set up a PayPal account, create compelling listings, track income and expenses, report taxes—plus loads of ideas and strategies to help you grow your business and get profitable. Packed with illustrated instructions, valuable tips, and terrific techniques, this is the book you need to move from shopper to eBay PowerUser—and succeed.

• Open a seller's account and create listings that sell

• Field questions, add new information, and drive the sale

• Launch an eBay Store and build inventory

• Find the best ways to receive payment and ship goods

• Master Accounting 101 for eBay sellers

• Market yourself and manage your business for growth

• Learn sniping and other bidding strategies

• Make business phone calls with Skype

• Avoid licensing, legal, and other pitfalls

Use your blog as a door for customers to meet you

eBay sellers can link to their Web sites' home pages

Check out the eBay Shipping Center for shipping services...

Authors: Michael S. Hyatt.
Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Publication Date: 1998-03-15


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    Most consumers are quickly becoming aware of what the millennium bug is and how it threatens their way of life. With increasing press coverage--most of it negative--many are becoming worried. Some are panicking. Unfortunately, consumers have very little influence over whether or not government agencies, infrastructure providers, or businesses get their computers repaired in time. However, this does not mean they have to become victims. It does mean that they have to become proactive and engage in personal contingency planning. This book shows them how, one step at a time....

    "When the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 1999, will you be ready?" Michael S. Hyatt believes that when the millennium comes, it's going to pack a wallop. He detailed the specifics of the Y2K computer problem in his bestselling book The Millennium Bug, which stirred up tremendous attention and discussion from people wondering how bad it's really going to be. To address this issue, The Y2K Personal Survival Guide offers contingency plans for whether the effects of Y2K last three days or a year. Organized in five sections: Information, Supplies, Shelter, Money, and Protection, the Survival Guide offers resource suggestions and tips on everything from how to rotate canned goods and stockpile food to securing an alternative source of heat. Much of this information would be helpful during any winter storm, but Hyatt is convinced that we are in for a major change of lifestyle, and his suggestions also include which items will be useful as barter fare once the monetary system has collapsed. Hyatt is serious about preparing people for the worst, even if it never comes to pass. Extremism aside, The Y2K Personal Survival Guide has plenty of helpful checklists and appendices, like "Where to Stash Your Cash and Other Valuables," to help you feel prepared for whatever the new year might bring. --Jodie Buller ...

Authors: Richard A. Lanham.
Paperback, 326 pages
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 2007-10-15


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Authors: David Lyon.
Paperback, 290 pages
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date: 1994-03


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    The author of The Information Society looks into the mediated nature of modern society, in which every transaction, phone call, vote, border-crossing, and application registers into some computer. Simultaneous....

Authors: Kirkpatrick Sale.
Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Date: 1996-04-16
Edition: Pbk. Ed

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Authors: Neil Spiller.
Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Publication Date: 2002-03-19


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    This text is an introduction to key texts related to the theme of cyberspace - the virtual communicative space created by digital technologies - offering the reader an overview of cyberspace theories through extracts of some of the best writings of this wide-ranging subject. Cyberspace culture is itself cross-disciplinary: this book includes texts from a variety of fields concerned with cyberspace - science, complexity theory, philosophy and metaphysics, sexual politics, art and architecture as well as science fiction - illustrating how these different disciplines inform one another, providing an illuminating and original collection of key extracts from books and essays on the subject. The extracts are presented in chronological order, beginning with some precursors to cyberspace theory as we know it today. Extracts by early theoreticians such as Charles Babbage or Alan Turing, or writers such as E.M. Forster help to give a historical perspective to the subject. Each extract is prefaced by a short introduction that contextualizes the piece, explains the key themes and terms alluded to in the extract, and cross-refers it to other texts in the book. This text is an informative guide to cyberspace culture and should be an excellent intrduction for students working within the disciplines covered in the book....

Authors: Aaron Greenspan.
Hardcover, 335 pages
Publisher: Think Press
Publication Date: 2008-06-01
Edition: 1st

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    Aaron Greenspan was just like any other recent Harvard graduate until the day he read that his invention, a web site called The Facebook, was worth billions of dollars and someone else was taking the credit. Trying to find the rationale behind an unbelievable tale of ingenuity, triumph and betrayal, Greenspan sat down to write his story, and emerged with a book that follows a boy and his autistic brother from public school to the hyper-competitive college admissions process to the gates of Harvard Yard and beyond. A true story that sheds light on the American educational system, the immense challenges of coping with autism, and of course, the astronomical growth of The Facebook, Authoritas is an engrossing account of life that any student, parent, teacher or entrepreneur will relate to....

Authors: John V. Pavlik.
Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Date: 2001-08-15
Edition: 0

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Ubiquitous news, global information access, instantaneous reporting, interactivity, multimedia content, extreme customization: Journalism is undergoing the most fundamental transformation since the rise of the penny press in the nineteenth century. Here is a report from the front lines on the impact and implications for journalists and the public alike.

John Pavlik, executive director of the Center for New Media at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, argues that the new media can revitalize news gathering and reengage an increasingly distrustful and alienated citizenry. The book is a valuable reference on everything from organizing a new age newsroom to job hunting in the new media.

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