Computer eBooks and Articles 

Programming, Computer History, Hacker Culture

• The Art of Unix Programming
  This classic text covers not only Unix programming but also general programming principles and historical hacker culture.
• The Cathedral and the Bazaar
  Eric Raymond's famous essay on the open-source software movement. Other works by the prominent programmer and open source advocate may be found under Eric's Random Writings.
• Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future
  Covering "everything from copyright and DRM to the layout of phone-keypads, the fallacy of the semantic web, the nature of futurism, the necessity of privacy in a digital world, the reason to love Wikipedia, the miracle of fanfic, and many other subjects", this book by Cory Doctorow is available free under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license.
• FreeTechBooks.com
  "This site lists free online computer science, engineering and programming books, textbooks and lecture notes, all of which are legally and freely available over the Internet."
• The Hacker Crackdown
  Bruce Sterling's account of law enforcement's crackdown on hackers in the early 90's and the birth of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
• How the Web Was Won
  An oral history project from Vanity Fair. Includes transcripts and links to videos.
• In the Beginning Was The Command Line
  Neal's Stephenson's 1999 essay about the history and future of computing.
• The Jargon File
  Dictionary of hacker, geek, and programmer slang.
• The Law of Cyberspace
  2005 analysis of security and insecurity on the web. (.pdf)
• Lawrence Lessig: Free Books
  Professor and activist Lawrence Lessig offers his books Free Culture and Code 2.0 for free download.
• Little Brother
  Novel by science fiction author Cory Doctorow about teen hackers fighting a corrupt government. Published simultaneously in hardback and online under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license.
• OnlineComputerBooks.com
  "Details about free computer books, free ebooks, free online books and sample chapters related to Information Technology, Computer Science, Internet, Business, Marketing, Maths, Physics and Science which are provided by publishers or authors on their websites legally and free of charge."
• The Psychology of Cyberspace
  Online book which "explores the psychological aspects of environments created by computers and online networks."
• The XHTML 1.0 Language and Design Sourcebook
  Online textbook for website builders.

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