Saturday 27 September 2008

Hackers

A 'hacker' is defined as "a clever or expert programmer", although the word 'hacker' is now more commonly used to refer to someone who can gain unauthorized access to other computers, using their expertise.

I read the ebook 'The Hacker Crackdown', online to find out more. This online version of the original book is about hackers, their strategies, the effect they have and more.
The website which i visited allows you not only to read the ebook online, but to also download it onto your computer. Also on the page were options to order the hardback version of the book and also to donate money to the site via Pay Pal, a secure payment service. I assume this is the way in which the site makes a profit. I found that reading the ebook was a very helpful way of finding out information. It was easy to find and easy to navigate between the pages of the book and is a lot more efficient and less time consuming than visiting a store of a library to purchase or read the book.

Below are a few screen shots of 'The Hacker Crackdown' ebook:

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