"This compact history traces the computer industry from its origins in 1950 mainframes, through the establishment of standards beginning in 1965 and the introduction of personal computing in the 1980s. It concludes with the Internet's explosive growth since 1995. Across these four periods, Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe the steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences for the bundles of interacting components...

"Tetris is perhaps the most instantly recognizable, popular video game ever made. Sales of authorized copies total near $1 billion to date, and that is just a fraction of the money made from knockoffs and pirated versions. Based on an obscure board game, it was designed for early computers, became a hit on TV consoles, and soared in popularity with handheld devices like the Game Boy. Today it lives on in smartphones, tablets, and laptops. All this...

Presents the full text of "Evolving the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative to Support the Nation's Information Infrastructure," a report of the Committee to Study High Performance Computing and Communications. Includes a preface and an executive summary. Examines the importance of information technology to the United States, the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative (HPCCI), and the Initiative's recommendations....

Newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to use his final days at the LA Times to write the definitive murder story of his career. Focusing on the case of Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus and that the real killer is operating completely below police radar--and with perfect knowledge of any move against him.

Traces the inspiring life and career of the late founder of Apple, covering topics ranging from his struggles as an adopted child and a college dropout to his Buddhist faith and friendship with Steve Wozniak, in a portrait framed around his inspirational Stanford University commencement speech.

"Engaging images accompany information about Apple, Inc. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7" --

Introducing herself to her mysterious new neighbor Garth Sheridan, Shannon Raine is stunned by the powerful attraction between them, and as they embark on a torrid affair, the secrets of Garth's past threaten to tear them apart.