Good computer books are worth their weight in gold, because the online help in most applications leaves a lot to be desired. Unfortunately, while millions are spent programming software, considerably ...

C. 2500 BCE: Sumerian abacus -- c. 700 BC: Scytale -- c. 150: Antikythera mechanism -- c. 60: Programmable robot -- c. 850: "On Deciphering Cryptographic Messages ...

There is a mystery at the heart of Too Much Fun, the new book about the history of the Commodore 64 by the Danish academic and game designer Jesper Juul: Why is the C64—by far the best-selling home ...

Safari Books Online offers access to a huge catalog of books and videos about computers and technology for a fixed monthly rate. One of the biggest challenges in distributing digital content is to ...

My dad and I have been cleaning out the basement, and we've sorted through a bunch of old books and textbooks that I thought some of you might be interested in, if you collect old reference ...

This may (or not) be the right forum for this. In my folly, I've accumulated more than a hundred computer books over the years. Having an acknowledged element of the pack rat mentality has contributed ...