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Technological Turf Wars: A Case Study of the Computer Antivirus Industry

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Computer security is a technical and social problem. It is just as much about social relationships as it is about computers as tools. Internet security professionals are as concerned with how people use information as they are with how machines manipulate and process that information. This book is a case study of how the knowledge systems articulated by computer antivirus industry professionals affect technological security. It analyzes the tensions and political dilemmas at the heart of the interrelationships among science, technology, and society.

All technologies involve ‘scripts’. A computer virus is a metaphor that generates images of global viral epidemics and outbreaks, of infectious code reeking havoc on personal computers and global information networks, and of machines that no longer respond to or are under our control. The reality of infected computers generates an entire industry seemingly dedicated to protecting computers and their users from infection, and disinfecting those that succumb. Indeed, those who work within the antivirus industry perpetuate this scripted imagery, and consider themselves part of a security force that polices the ‘dark alleys’ of the ‘information superhighway’.
Mac OS X and the Digital Lifestyle
Mac OS X and the Digital Lifestyle
As a dedicated Mac user, you have experienced the power that applications like iMovie, iDVD, and iTunes can give you over your digital media. Ever wonder what you could do if you combined these tools with QuickTime, iPhoto, and iTools? The result is a complete digital lifestyle that allows you to master your digital domain. Mac OS X and the Digital...
Microsoft Office 365: Exchange Online Implementation and Migration
Microsoft Office 365: Exchange Online Implementation and Migration
In the middle of 2006, I was preparing for an important executive review for Jeff Raikes to seek approval to kick off the project to build "CCS"—a communication and collaboration service from Microsoft. As was Jeff's approach to big decision meetings, he would ask for the PowerPoint slides in advance so he could review the...
Advances in Teaching Sign Language Interpreters (The Interpreter Education Series, Vol. 2)
Advances in Teaching Sign Language Interpreters (The Interpreter Education Series, Vol. 2)

Picking up where Innovative Practices in Teaching Sign Language Interpreters left off, this new collection presents the best new interpreter teaching techniques proven in action by the eminent contributors assembled here. In the first chapter, Dennis Cokely discusses revising curricula in the new century based upon experiences at...


Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX: A Practical Hands-on Guide
Learning ASP.NET 2.0 with AJAX: A Practical Hands-on Guide

With this book, web developers can build engaging and interactive sites and applications using Microsoft's latest web development tools -- ASP.NET 2.0 and the new ASP.NET AJAX framework. You learn to create applications that have all the great tricks you see on popular commercial web sites, such as order forms and the ability to interact...

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, 6/e, presents comprehensive coverage of the subject of thermodynamics from a chemical engineering viewpoint. The text provides a thorough exposition of the principles of thermodynamics and details their application to chemical processes. The chapters are written in a clear, logically...

Expert PL/SQL Practices: for Oracle Developers and DBAs
Expert PL/SQL Practices: for Oracle Developers and DBAs

Expert PL/SQL Practices is a book of collected wisdom on PL/SQL programming from some of the best and the brightest in the field. Each chapter is a deep-dive into a specific problem, technology, or feature set that you’ll face as a PL/SQL programmer. Each author has chosen their topic out of the strong belief that what they...

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