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When gadgets betray us : the dark side of our infatuation with new technologies / Robert Vamosi.

Van Pelt Library QA76.9.C66 .V36 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Vamosi, Robert.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Pocket computers--Social aspects.
Pocket computers.
Pocket computers--Health aspects.
Pocket computers--Security measures.
Software failures--Risk assessment.
Software failures.
Computer crimes.
Risk assessment.
Security systems.
Social aspects.
Physical Description:
xviii, 222 pages ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Basic Books, [2011]
Summary:
Looks at the important issues that are often overlooked in the race to find the best, fastest, and most cutting-edge technological wonders.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. One A False Sense of Security
ch. Two The Dark Side of Convenience
ch. Three Invisible Threats
ch. Four Electronic Bread Crumbs
ch. Five Me, I'm Not
ch. Six The Myth of Fingerprints
ch. Seven Zeroes and Ones.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0465019587
9780465019588
OCLC:
657595636
Publisher Number:
99948742426

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