Computers category: 49053 books
Programming Amazon Web Services
S3, EC2, SQS, FPS, and SimpleDB
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2008
Building on the success of its storefront and fulfillment services, Amazon now allows businesses to "rent" computing power, data storage and bandwidth on its vast network platform. This book demonstrates how developers working with small- to mid-sized companies can take advantage of Amazon...
by Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2006
Most computer users think that fiddling with the insides of their PC is taboo. They fear that by removing the screws that hold the case on, they're crossing into forbidden territory. And even for those who know they can open the box and fix or upgrade their PC, analysis paralysis often stops them...
by Sam Pettus
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Starting with its humble beginnings in the 1950's and ending with its swan-song, the Dreamcast, in the early 2000’s, this is the complete history of Sega as a console maker. Before home computers and video game consoles, before the internet and social networking, and before motion controls and smartphones,...
Digitized
The science of computers and how it shapes our world
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
There's a hidden science that affects every part of your life. You are fluent in its terminology of email, WiFi, social networking, and encryption. You use its results when you make a telephone call, access the Internet, use any factory-produced product, or travel in any modern car. The discipline...
by Drew Gawler
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
If you are reading this, it's a pretty good bet that the "Gotcha" grabbed your attention. If it did, great! If you arrived here by some other means, you made a wise decision. Find out why as you read on.The Internet is a wonderful thing. It connects the citizens of the world in ways never...
Cisco Router and Switch Forensics
Investigating and Analyzing Malicious Network Activity
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
Cisco IOS (the software that runs the vast majority of Cisco routers and all Cisco network switches) is the dominant routing platform on the Internet and corporate networks. This widespread distribution, as well as its architectural deficiencies, makes it a valuable target for hackers looking to attack...
by Ton J. Cleophas, Aeilko H. Zwinderman
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2010
This small book addresses different kinds of datafiles, as commonly encountered in clinical research, and their data-analysis on SPSS Software. Some 15 years ago serious statistical analyses were conducted by specialist statisticians using ma- frame computers. Nowadays, there is ready access to statistical...
by Web of Life Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
Want to make your computer faster? Has it slowed down?
We show you how to make your computer faster with this easy to follow, step-by-step guide.
Illustrated with full-color screen shots, we walk you through several procedures to speed up your computer.
Even computer experts may...
by Elizabeth Tweedale, Heather Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
What do programs tell computers to do? And how are they written? Programs are instructions that computers follow. Learn about different programming languages, coding rules and bugs, and how to solve problems. Once you know the basics about computer programming, use the link in this book to go online and try out your new skills!
Arguing A.I.
The Battle for Twenty-first-Century Science
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2002
Few scientific topics since the theory of biological evolution have inspired as much controversy as artificial intelligence has. Even now, fifty years after the term first made its appearance in academic journals, many philosophers and more than a few prominent scientists and software programmers...
The Flickering Mind
Saving Education from the False Promise of Technology
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
The Flickering Mind, by National Magazine Award winner Todd Oppenheimer, is a landmark account of the failure of technology to improve our schools and a call for renewed emphasis on what really works.
American education faces an unusual moment of crisis. For decades, our schools have been beaten...
Vintage Game Consoles
An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Vintage Game Consoles tells the story of the most influential videogame platforms of all time, including the Apple II, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Sega Genesis, Sony PlayStation, and many more. It uncovers the details behind the consoles, computers, handhelds, and arcade...
by Dan Remenyi
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
This book is about information systems development failures and how to avoid them.
It considers what goes wrong with information systems development projects and what actions may be taken to avoid potential difficulties.The reduction of the impact,or even the elimination of the problems,is...
Recoding Gender
Women's Changing Participation in Computing
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
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”...