Posts Tagged ‘Code’

Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection for Windows

Posted 20 Aug 2010
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Malicious mobile code is a new term to describe all sorts of destructive programs: viruses, worms, Trojans, and rogue Internet content. Until fairly recently, experts worried mostly about computer viruses that spread only through executable files, not data files, and certainly not through email exchange. The Melissa virus and the Love Bug proved the experts wrong, attacking Windows computers when recipients did nothing more than open an email. Today, writing programs is easier than ever, and so is writing malicious code. The idea that someone could write malicious code and spread it to 60 million computers in a matter of hours is no longer a fantasy. Malicious Mobile Code delivers the strategies, tips, … More >> Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection for Windows

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Posted 08 Jul 2010
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  • ISBN13: 9780735611313
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers? In CODE, they show us the ingenious ways we manipulate language and invent new ways to communicate with each other. And through CODE, we see how this ingenuity-and our very human compulsion to communicate-have driven the technological innovations of the past two centuries. Now in paperback edition, this critically praised book weaves an inventive and eminently comprehensible narrative for anyone who’s ever wondered about the secret inner life of computers and other smart machines. The work of legendary computer book author Charles Petzold has influenced an entire generation of programmers. And with CODE, Microsoft Pres… More >> Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software