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Annual editions : computers in society 04/05 / editor, Paul De Palma.

Contributor(s): De Palma, Paul [(ed.)].
Series: Annual editions. Publisher: Guilford, Conn. : McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, c2004Edition: 11th ed.Description: xvi, 223 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0072847174 (pbk.).Other title: Computers in society 04/05.Subject(s): Computers and civilization | ComputersDDC classification: 303.4834
Contents:
To the reader. - Topic guide. - Selected World Wide Web sites. - Unit 1. Introduction. 1. From movable type to data deluge. 2. Whom to protect and how? 3. Five things we need to know about technological change. - Unit 2. The economy. 4. Beyond the bar code. 5. How you'll pay. 6. You've got spam. 7. Start-up finds technology slump works in its favor. 8. The computer and the dynamo. 9. Bringing Linux to the masses. - Unit 3. Work and the workplace. 10. Brain circulation: how high-skill immigration makes everyone better off. 11. The perils of e-mail. 12. The great prosperity divide. 13. "You're hired, now go home". 14. Dealing with tech rage. 15. They're watching you. 16. Security vs privacy. 17. Searching for answers. - Unit 4. Computers, people, and social participation. 18. Is that a computer in your pants? 19. Do chesters ever prosper? Just ask them. 20. Why women avoid computer science. 21. Cyber-stars. 22. The world according to Google. - Unit 5. Societal institutions: law and politics. 23. Bad documents can kill you. 24. The digital dilemma. 25. The control of ideas. 26. Democracy in an IT-framed society. 27. Should democracy online be quick, strong, or thin? 28. As goes software... 29. Governing the internet. - Unit 6. Risk and security. 30. Homeland insecurity. 31. Are you the weak link? 32. Code Red for the web. 33. Networking the infrastructure. 34. Will spyware work? 35. The shock of the old. 36. Data extinction. - Unit 7. International perspectives and issues. 37. Immigration and the global IT workforce. 38. Wiring the wilderness in Alaska and the Yukon. 39. The quiet revolution. 40. Dot com for dictators. 41. ACM's computing professionals face new challenges. - Unit 8. Philosophical frontiers. 42. Humanold robots. 43. The real scientific hero of 1953. 44. The race to computerise biology. 45. Kurzweil vs Dertouzos. 46. Hyperculture - stress: how fast times are transforming America. - Index. - Test your knowledge form. - Article rating form.
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To the reader. - Topic guide. - Selected World Wide Web sites. - Unit 1. Introduction. 1. From movable type to data deluge. 2. Whom to protect and how? 3. Five things we need to know about technological change. - Unit 2. The economy. 4. Beyond the bar code. 5. How you'll pay. 6. You've got spam. 7. Start-up finds technology slump works in its favor. 8. The computer and the dynamo. 9. Bringing Linux to the masses. - Unit 3. Work and the workplace. 10. Brain circulation: how high-skill immigration makes everyone better off. 11. The perils of e-mail. 12. The great prosperity divide. 13. "You're hired, now go home". 14. Dealing with tech rage. 15. They're watching you. 16. Security vs privacy. 17. Searching for answers. - Unit 4. Computers, people, and social participation. 18. Is that a computer in your pants? 19. Do chesters ever prosper? Just ask them. 20. Why women avoid computer science. 21. Cyber-stars. 22. The world according to Google. - Unit 5. Societal institutions: law and politics. 23. Bad documents can kill you. 24. The digital dilemma. 25. The control of ideas. 26. Democracy in an IT-framed society. 27. Should democracy online be quick, strong, or thin? 28. As goes software... 29. Governing the internet. - Unit 6. Risk and security. 30. Homeland insecurity. 31. Are you the weak link? 32. Code Red for the web. 33. Networking the infrastructure. 34. Will spyware work? 35. The shock of the old. 36. Data extinction. - Unit 7. International perspectives and issues. 37. Immigration and the global IT workforce. 38. Wiring the wilderness in Alaska and the Yukon. 39. The quiet revolution. 40. Dot com for dictators. 41. ACM's computing professionals face new challenges. - Unit 8. Philosophical frontiers. 42. Humanold robots. 43. The real scientific hero of 1953. 44. The race to computerise biology. 45. Kurzweil vs Dertouzos. 46. Hyperculture - stress: how fast times are transforming America. - Index. - Test your knowledge form. - Article rating form.