information superhighway

"COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come? Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. Written in the form of ten "lessons," covering topics from natural and biological risks to the rise of "digital life" to an emerging bipolar world order, Zakaria helps readers to begin thinking beyond the immediate effects of COVID-19. Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World speaks to past, present, and future, and, while urgent and timely, is sure to become an enduring reflection on life in the early twenty-first century"--.

Explores the known and unknown aspects of cyberspace and examines how it can be governed; and discusses file sharing, copyright laws, Internet pornography, freedom of speech, spam, cyberterrorism, shared personal information online, and more.

A nerve-damaged data thief, is recruited by a new employer for a last-chance run against a powerful artificial intelligence.

Provides a comprehensive overview of software patents from a legal, historical, and theoretical perspective.

A simple explanation of what e-mail is and how to use it to communicate with others through the Internet and the Information Superhighway.

A guide to what information resources are available on the Internet, how to find them, and how to use them.

Presents a twentieth-anniversary edition of the 1984 novel in which Case, a nerve-damaged data thief, is recruited by a new employer for a last-chance run against a powerful artificial intelligence.

Discusses various components of the I-Way and considers how such a vast network might affect privacy, education, entertainment, etc.