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When gadgets betray us : the dark side of our infatuation with new technologies / Robert Vamosi.

Title
When gadgets betray us : the dark side of our infatuation with new technologies / Robert Vamosi.
Author
Vamosi, Robert.
Publication
New York : Basic Books, c2011.

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xviii, 222 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
Looks at the important issues that are often overlooked in the race to find the best, fastest, and most cutting-edge technological wonders.
Subject
  • TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects
  • Pocket computers > Social aspects
  • Pocket computers > Health aspects
  • Pocket computers > Security measures
  • Software failures > Risk assessment
  • Computer crimes
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: ch. One A False Sense of Security -- ch. Two The Dark Side of Convenience -- ch. Three Invisible Threats -- ch. Four Electronic Bread Crumbs -- ch. Five Me, I'm Not -- ch. Six The Myth of Fingerprints -- ch. Seven Zeroes and Ones.
ISBN
  • 9780465019588
  • 0465019587
LCCN
^^2010043829
OCLC
657595636
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library