Writing about music, a famous, impossible-to-properly-attribute saying goes, is like dancing about architecture. In 2010, anyone who dares write a book about computers runs the risk of facing a ...

Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Rick, and many others developed software that made computers intelligible to the common man. Bill ...

Good computer books are worth their weight in gold, because the online help in most applications leaves a lot to be desired. Unfortunately, while millions are spent programming software, considerably ...

Nook eReaders aren’t just limited to books purchased from Barnes & Noble. You can also read many books in ePub and PDF format in just a few steps. Before we start, this guide is intended for the Nook ...

There are many Internet lists of best programming and software engineering books. Amazon also has their list of best selling computer programming books. I’ve also blogged on the topic in the past: ...

Move your mouse to the top-right corner of your screen to reveal the "Charms" bar. Press "Search." Type "iTunes" (without the quotes) and select "iTunes" from the list of search results to launch ...

This month, my Scientific American column described the evolution of documentation for our tech products. You no longer get a printed user guide in the box; meanwhile, the computer-book industry ...

Bill Pollock, the founder of the tech how-to book publisher No Starch Press, called out Amazon on February 13 for selling what he says are counterfeit copies of his company's book, The Art of Assembly ...