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Origins and Foundations of Computing
Springer 2009; US$ 35.99The book examines how intellectual developments in logic and mathematics were gradually matched by technical solutions in first mechanics and then electronics, and how the resulting machines found application in engineering, science and business.The author was among the pioneers of computing science, and he offers a personal and distinctive view of... more...
Gender Codes
Wiley 2010; US$ 33.95The computing profession faces a serious gender crisis. Today, fewer women enter computing than anytime in the past 25 years. This book provides an unprecedented look at the history of women and men in computing, detailing how the computing profession emerged and matured, and how the field became male coded. Women's experiences working in offices,... more...
A History of the Internet and the Digital Future
Reaktion Books 2010; US$ 27.00A History of the Internet and the Digital Future tells the story of the development of the Internet from the 1950s to the present and examines how the balance of power has shifted between the individual and the state in the areas of censorship, copyright infringement, intellectual freedom, and terrorism and warfare. Johnny Ryan explains how the... more...
The New Kingmakers
O'Reilly Media 2013; US$ 3.99The 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. more...
Silicon Alley
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 52.95The 1990s dawned with a belief that the digital revolution would radically transform our traditional notion of cities as places of commerce and industry. Many predicted that digital technology would render cities, or at least their economies, obsolete. Instead, precisely the opposite happened. The IT-intensive firms of the 'new economy' needed to be... more...
The Rise of the Blogosphere
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 50.00This work, the first book-length investigation of blogging, gives contemporary readers a chance to understand blogging within the context of American political activism and journalistic history. more...
Open Sources 2.0
O'Reilly Media 2008; US$ 27.99Open Sources 2.0 is a collection of insightful and thought-provoking essays from today's technology leaders that continues painting the evolutionary picture that developed in the 1999 book Open Sources: Voices from the Revolution . These essays explore open source's impact on the software industry and reveal how open source concepts are infiltrating... more...
The World Beyond Digital Rights Management
British Computer Society 2007; US$ 43.99The battle to protect intellectual property and commercial rights in the digital world remains fierce, with content owners under constant threat from file-sharing networks and illegal download sites. Jude Umeh calls on content creators, law makers and businesses to work more closely with end-users to harness the opportunities in the digital age. more...









