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May 29, 2009 · Added review of This is Not a Game to the Science Fiction section. January 2, 2009 · Added review of Trust Me to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. September 15, 2008 · Added review of The Numerati to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. July 13, 2008 · Added review of Microsoft 2.0 to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. November 28, 2006 Added review of The E-Bomb to the International Affairs and National Security section. September 5, 2006 Added review of The Silicon Eye to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. July 17, 2006 Added review of The Wisdom of Crowds to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. April 8, 2006 Added review of The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. March 17, 2006 Added review of A Left-Hand Turn Around the World to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. February 19, 2006 Added review of Stargazer to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. January 18, 2006 Added review of Computer Security: 20 Things Every Employee Should Know to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. November 24, 2005 Added review of Creating the Twentieth Century to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. August 9, 2005 Added review of The Flight of the Creative Class to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. July 5, 2005 Added review of Why Globalization Works to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. April 10, 2005 Added review of Why People Believe Weird Things to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. March 7, 2005 Added review of Revolution in the Valley to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. February 9, 2005 Added review of The Tipping Point to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. January 9, 2005 Added review of Islands in the Clickstream to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. December 8, 2004 Added review of The European Dream to the International Affairs & National Security section. September 17, 2004 Added review of The Digital Sublime to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. Moved to an irregular update schedule due to increased writing load. August 1, 2004 Added review of Entanglement to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. July 1, 2004 Added review of The Bug to the Science Fiction section. April 26, 2004 Added review of Taking Chances to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. April 19, 2004 Added review of Raw Spirit to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. March 29, 2004 Added review of Hiding the Elephant to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. March 15, 2004 Added review of Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information to the International Affairs & National Security section. March 8, 2004 Added review of Eastern Standard Tribe to the Science Fiction section. March 1, 2004 Added review of Singularity Sky to the Science Fiction section. February 23, 2004 Added review of Apple Confidential 2.0 to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. February 9, 2004 Added review of Masters of Doom to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. February 2, 2004 Added a new page with a daily news item from Randy Cassingham's This Is True newsletter. There are free and premium editions of This is True, but the premium edition only costs $20 a year. I encourage everyone to subscribe...it's hilarious! February 1, 2004 Added review of Online! The Book to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. January 26, 2004 Added review of Hacking Matter to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. January 19, 2004 Added review of Spying with Maps to the Privacy & Individual Rights section. January 12, 2004 Added review of Black Ice to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. January 5, 2004 Added review of The Best of The Joy of Tech to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. December 15, 2003 Added review of Bringing Down the House to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. December 8, 2003 Added review of The Myth of Homeland Security to the International Affairs & National Security section. December 1, 2003 Added review of The New Ruthless Economy to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. November 24, 2003 Added review of The Ambient Century to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. November 10, 2003 Added review of Envisioning Information to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. November 3, 2003 Added review of Beyond Fear to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. October 27, 2003 Added review of Click On Democracy to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. October 20, 2003 Added review of High Tech Harvest to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. October 6, 2003 Added review of The Soft Cage to the Privacy & Individual Rights section. September 29, 2003 Added review of Customer-Driven IT to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. September 22, 2003 Added review of Clocks and Culture to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. September 15, 2003 Added review of Artifacts to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. September 8, 2003 Added review of A Network Orange to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. September 1, 2003 Added review of Signor Marconi's Magic Box to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. August 1, 2003 Went on vacation for the month of August. The next review will be up on September 1, 2003. Fixed link below to Natural-Born Cyborgs. July 28, 2003 Added review of Working the Room to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. July 21, 2003 Added review of Natural-Born Cyborgs to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. July 7, 2003 Added review of Unlocking the Clubhouse to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. Added a link to darwinmag.com on the News page. June 30, 2003 Added review of Hiding In Plain Sight to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. June 23, 2003 Added review of From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog - A History of the Software Industry to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. June 16, 2003 Added review of The Mac is Not a Typewriter to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. Added ChangeNotes update service link to the bottom left corner of the index page. June 9, 2003 Added review of How Would You Move Mount Fuji? to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. June 2, 2003 Added review of Dark Fiber to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. May 26, 2003 Added review of Gonzo Marketing to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. May 19, 2003 Added review of Persuasive Technology to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. May 5, 2003 Added review of Exploring the Matrix to the Science Fiction section. April 28, 2003 Added review of Making Markets to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. April 21, 2003 Added review of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom to the Science Fiction section. April 7, 2003 Added review of Flesh and Machines to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. March 31, 2003 Added review of The Bride of Science to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. March 24, 2003 Added review of Lords of the Harvest to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. March 17, 2003 Added review of Pause & Effect to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. March 3, 2003 Added review of World Without Secrets to the Privacy & Individual Rights section. February 24, 2003 Added review of Faster Than the Speed of Light to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. February 17, 2003 Added review of Pattern Recognition to the Science Fiction section. February 10, 2003 Added review of Be Careful Who You SLAPP to the Privacy & Individual Rights section. February 3, 2003 Added review of Web Privacy with P3P to the Privacy & Individual Rights section. January 20, 2003 Added review of Wireless Nation to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. January 13, 2003 Added review of What Just Happened to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. January 6, 2003 Added review of Microchip to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. December 30, 2002 Added review of The Medium of the Video Game to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. December 16, 2002 Added review of Rebel Code to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. December 9, 2002 Added review of Ruling the Root to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. December 2, 2002 Added review of Smart Mobs to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. November 25, 2002 Added review of Robo sapiens to the Ethics, Rhetoric, & Metaphysics section. November 11, 2002 Added review of The Art of Deception to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. November 4, 2002 Added review of The Clustered World to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. October 28, 2002 Added review of The Perfect Store to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. October 21, 2002 Added review of Envisioning Cyberspace to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. October 7, 2002 Added review of Netocracy to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. September 29, 2002 Added review of Secrets and Lies to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. September 22, 2002 Added review of The Penguin Atlas of Media and Information to the International Affairs & National Security section. September 15, 2002 Added review of The Internet and Society to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. September 8, 2002 Added review of Small Pieces Loosely Joined to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. August 25, 2002 Added review of Netspionage to the International Affairs & National Security section. August 18, 2002 Added review of Digital Babylon to the Ethics, Rhetoric, & Metaphysics section. August 11, 2002 Added review of Scrolling Forward to the Ethics, Rhetoric, & Metaphysics section. August 4, 2002 Added review of Platform Leadership to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. July 28, 2002 Added review of net_condition to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. July 17, 2002 Added review of Cloning Silicon Valley to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. July 9, 2002 Added review of Free as in Freedom to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. July 2, 2002 Added review of Inside the XBox to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. June 24, 2002 Added review of The Myth of the Paperless Office to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. June 17, 2002 Added review of The Digital Divide to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. June 10, 2002 Added review of Trigger Happy to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. June 2, 2002 Added review of Our Posthuman Future to the Ethics, Rhetoric & Metaphysics section. May 26, 2002 Added review of Information Warfare to the International Affairs & National Security section. May 19, 2002 Added review of Beyond Our Control? to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. Added link to previously published review of Manifold: Time to the Science Fiction section. May 12, 2002 Added review of Web Content Management to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. May 5, 2002 Added review of The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of to the Science Fiction section. Added review of The Player of Games to the Science Fiction section. April 29, 2002 Added review of The Invisible Future to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. April 22, 2002 Added review of Web Word Wizardry to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. April 15, 2002 Added review of Macintosh... the Naked Truth to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. April 8, 2002 Added review of The Difference Engine to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. April 1, 2002 Added review of Resisting the Virtual Life to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. Brought four new writers on board and began weekly publication schedule! March 6, 2002 Added review of Human-Computer Interaction in the New Millennium to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. February 14, 2002 Added page listing reviews by publisher, which can be found on the Publishers page. Updated formatting of the review of The Economics of Electronic Commerce. February 6, 2002 Added review of Metacity/Datatown to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. November 27, 2001 Added review of Cyberliteracy to the Ethics, Rhetoric, & Metaphysics section. November 5, 2001 Added review of The Laws of the Web to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. October 11, 2001 Added review of Common Knowledge to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. September 7, 2001 Added review of Digital Places to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. May 2, 2001 Added review of 101 Things You Need to Know About Internet Law to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. March 28, 2001 Added review of Crypto to the Privacy & Individual Rights section. March 6, 2001 Added review of Internet Publishing and Beyond to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. November 30, 2000 Added review of The China Threat to the International Affairs and National Security section. October 6, 2000 Added review of Leading the Revolution to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. August 21, 2000 Added review of Cyberselfish to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. August 3, 2000 Added review of Trust and Risk in Internet Commerce to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section. July 15, 2000 Added review of The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. June 23, 2000 Added review of The Age of Access to the Privacy & Individual Rights section. June 9, 2000 Added review of Has Feminism Changed Science? to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. April 20, 2000 Added review of Database Nation to the Privacy & Individual Rights section. March 29, 2000 Added review of Building a Bridge to the 18th Century to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. March 6, 2000 Added review of Manifold: Time. January 1, 2000 Added review of The Metropolis of To-morrow to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section. December 18, 1999 Partial debut of new site design. Added review of Harvard Business School Press on Managing High-Tech Industries to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section. August 18, 1998 Added review of The Death of Distance to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section. July 29, 1998 Added review of The Transparent Society to the Privacy and Individual Rights section. July 22, 1998 Added review of Becoming Virtual to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. July 18, 1998 Added review of Internet Besieged to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section. July 14, 1998 Added review of Network & Netplay to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. July 10, 1998 Added review of Virtual Private Networks to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section. July 1, 1998 Added review of Strategic Information Warfare to the International Affairs and National Security section. June 22, 1998 Added review of Data Smog to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. June 15, 1998 Added review of Blur to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section. June 7, 1998 Added review of Corporate Espionage to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section. May 27, 1998 Added review of Growing Up Digital to the Net Culture section. May 22, 1998 Added review of Computer Money to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section. May 16, 1998 Added International Affairs and National Security section. Added review of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism to the International Affairs and National Security section. May 15, 1998 Added review of Technology, R&D, and the Economy to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section. May 10, 1998 Inaugurated the TECHSOC-L mailing list! Added review of Net Gain to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section. May 4, 1998 Added review of The Soft Edge to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. April 21, 1998 Added review of Web Site Stats to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section. April 14, 1998 Added essay on Iain M. Banks' The Player of Games to the Science Fiction and Society section. April 12, 1998 Added review of The State of the Net to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section. April 1, 1998 Added review of The Economics of Electronic Commerce to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section. March 26, 1998 Added review of Privacy on the Line to the Privacy and Individual Rights section. March 11, 1998 Added review of Hamlet on the Holodeck to the Net Culture section. March 5, 1998 Added review of Cyberwars to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section. February 25, 1998 Added editorial Who Needs a Stacked Deck? February 21, 1998 Added review of Persuasion and Privacy to Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section. February 15, 1998 Opening Day!!!

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