A career biography of Shawn Fanning, founder of Napster, a program designed to facilitate the sharing of music files among peers on the Internet, discussing the development of the company, and the legal challenges that brought it to an end.
Explores the lives and careers of Google creators Larry Page and Sergey Brin from their early lives to present day. Includes over twenty-five photographs, a chronology, a glossary, and sources of more information.
A biography of the engineer who designed and helped launch the first communications satellite, Telstar, and who developed new uses for satellite communications, paving the way for the cordless telephone, cell phone, wireless headset, and computer.
A biography of the computer programmer who, as a college student, developed the first graphical Internet browser, a user-friendly program to better access the World Wide Web.
Tells the life story of Taiwanese American Jerry Yang, describing his childhood in Taiwan and California, education, creation of the search engine Yahoo with David Filo, and other related topics.
Profiles nineteen career options in telecommunications, and discusses the nature of the work, educational or training requirements, ways to get started, advancement possibilities, salary figures, employment outlook, and sources for more information.
Discusses the history of computers, the Internet and World Wide Web, navigating tools, and electronic commerce, with an emphasis on developers and entrepreneurs in the field.
