computers

A look at the origins, leaders, growth, and products of Amazon.com, the electronic commerce company that was founded in 1994 and today is the largest online retailer in the United States.

A look at the origins, leaders, growth, and innovations of CNN, the cable news channel that was founded in 1980 and today is one of the world's leading 24-hour television news networks.

Mental health professionals who specialize in online addiction define it as uncontrollable, compulsive, heavy use of the Internet that results in a significant negative impact on ones life. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full-color illustrations this title examines the issue.

Experts say computer hackers that illegally broke into business and government technology systems in America accessed 3.7 million documents in one year, and the Internet crime complaint center run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation has received 25,000 complaints per month.

The next generation of high-speed Internet services are expected to greatly enhance careers, education, and quality of life, yet millions of people around the world may be left behind as they are still offline completely or can only afford slow dial-up or wireless smart phone connections.

Presents resources for better understanding the complex, broad, and evolving legal issues about electronic devices that is facing American teens.

This comprehensive volume examines the beginnings of the Internet, the development of the various content and services within cyberspace, and the potential risks of operating within an increasingly interconnected world.

This absorbing volume details the development of electronic gaming including arcade and early home video consoles through massive multiplayer online games, and examines some of the most popular games of all time.

Describes a future America in which computers solve all your problems, machines give you everything you need, and you are taken care of from cradle to grave by an industrial society.

Argues that the Internet, which many claim is a democratizing power around the world, is actually making it harder to promote democracy and offering dictators, dissidents, and rebels a chance to become more powerful.