Summary
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A host of experts present various views on the rise of the personal computer and what the implications of its adoption are, including the growth of Microsoft and Apple, the personal digital assistant, General Magic's telescript language, virtual pets, virtual communities, monopolies on information, the control of information and the potential to not only profit from this, but to manipulate it.
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Chapter 1: Introductory Sequences
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Chapter 2: Overview of the Personal Computer
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Chapter 3: The Growth of Microsoft: Email, Pixel-Necked Geek, and Bandwidth
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Chapter 4: The Growth of Apple: People and Context
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Chapter 5: Newton: Apple's Personal Digital Assistant
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Chapter 6: General Magic: Telescript Communications Language as an Industry Standard
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Chapter 7: News International: Jumping on the Electronic Bandwagon
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Chapter 8: Virtual Pets: Making Software Fun
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Chapter 9: Connecting People: Creating Virtual Communities
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Chapter 10: Microsoft: Selling Information and a Personal Computer in Every Home
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Chapter 11: Who Controls and Profits From Information?
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Chapter 12: Who Controls and Manipulates This Information?
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