information technology

Contains an investigative report by "Washington Post" reporter Robert O'Harrow, Jr. that uncovers the links between current trends in surveillance technologies, information profiling, and its ties to the U.S. government through anti-terror initiatives.

Explores the realities and implications of a world in which anyone can find information on a person's health, life, business, and family through computer technology.

Examines the development of modern technologies of information storage and retrieval and the place of computers and data processing in businesses and factories, the office and home, and in telecommunication.

Explores how the latest advances in computer technology have influenced business, society, and culture around the world and speculates on how those changes will continue to impact life in the future.

Outlines the skills and training needed to earn a living in the computer science field, and discusses job opportunities, wages and working conditions, training programs, creating a resume and cover letter, and areas of advancement.

Describes historical and contemporary cultural examples of how the information age is changing the social and political future. The author argues that there are two sides of this age: Oligarchy and Anarchy.

Photographs and text unfold the origins, development, and impact of the most popular and influential technologies of our age, showing how they work, how they are used, and how they have changed--and continue to change--our lives. Covers the span from the first technologies to future technologies: from words on paper to virtual reality telephones, from recorded sound to digital television, from mechanical calculators to cyborgs.

Explores the dramatic ways technology alters social lives, looking at both the connectivity and isolation that these tools bring, and examines what people want in electronic companions and social networking tools, and the sacrifices that are made by using them.

Provides an introduction to digital technology, discussing digital information and devices, answering both traditional and modern-day questions about the topic, and including photographs and diagrams, fact and history boxes, and related activities.