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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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