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The big switch :

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0393062287

(Number (ISBN

0393333949

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039334522X

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9780393062281

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9780393333947

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9780393345223

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b714686

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The big switch :

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[Book]

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rewiring the world, from Edison to Google /

First Statement of Responsibility

Nicholas Carr.

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1st ed.

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New York :

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W.W. Norton & Co.,

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©2008.

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vii, 278 pages ;

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25 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-260) and index.

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Burden's wheel -- The inventor and his clerk -- Digital millwork -- Goodbye, Bill Gates -- The White City -- World Wide Computer -- From the many to the few -- The great unbundling -- Fighting the net -- A spider's web -- iGod -- Flame and filament.

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A hundred years ago, companies stopped producing their own power with steam engines and plugged into the newly built electric grid. The cheap power pumped out by electric utilities not only changed how businesses operated but also brought the modern world into existence. Today a similar revolution is under way. Companies are dismantling their private computer systems and tapping into rich services delivered over the Internet. This time it's computing that's turning into a utility. The shift is already remaking the computer industry, bringing new competitors like Google to the fore and threatening traditional stalwarts like Microsoft and Dell. But the effects will reach much further. Cheap computing will ultimately change society as profoundly as cheap electricity did. Here, business journalist Carr weaves together history, economics, and technology to explain why computing is changing--and what it means for all of us.--From publisher description.

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Rewiring the world, from Edison to Google

Computers and civilization.

Information technology-- Social aspects.

Internet.

Technological innovations.

Innovations.

Internet.

Ordinateurs et civilisation.

Technologie de l'information-- Aspect social.

Computadores.

Computers and civilization.

Computers and civilization.

Cultuurverandering.

Economische aspecten.

Informatietechnologie.

Information technology-- Social aspects.

Information technology-- Social aspects.

Informationstechnik

Informationsteknik-- sociala aspekter.

Inovações tecnológicas.

Internet.

Internet.

Internet.

Internet.

Internet.

IT-samhället.

Sociale verandering.

Soziokultureller Wandel

Technische Innovation

Technische vernieuwing.

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations.

Tecnologia da informação.

Unternehmen

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303.48

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Carr, Nicholas G.,1959-

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20201208045744.0

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[Book]

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