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Download the FREE ebook “Hacking the Xbox” by Andrew Huang . This 272-page PDF ebook features an introduction to the philosophy of reverse engineering, hacking your Xbox, and a call for more open technology.

Hacking the Xbox

Here is what this hacker thinks of a legal system in the USA and people’s freedom:

The US government is far and away the best-funded and fearsome enemy in the world, and copyright law has some unusually large, if not cruel, penalties associated with it.

I echo Larry Lessig’s notion that the US legal system needs a sense of shame. To an outsider like me, it seems that certain prosecutors in the US government are obsessed with making a name for themselves at the expenses of the individuals they pursue. Winning cases gains them the recognition and credibility needed for promotions and assignments to ever higher profile cases. For them, it’s not about justice – it’s about victory and self-aggrandizement.

This system of incentives contributes to the shameless bullying of individuals and small entities who have the guts to stand up and do something daring. Individuals are robbed of the will and strength to fight for what they feel is right, as the mere act of prosecution can be as much a punishment as the verdict. As a result, I fear that the era of civil disobedience may be coming to a close.

As people, as individuals, as hackers, we need to oppose this trend and continue to do what we feel deep down in our hearts is right. Without the right to tinker and explore, we risk becoming enslaved by technology; and the more we exercise the right to hack, the harder it will be to take that right away.

Download free ebook “Social Media Geek-to-Geek: Practical Insights for Technology Marketers“‘

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There exists an underlying tendency in the geek world to be skeptical about social media, especially about its role in anything serious or substantial. Perhaps that is only natural, given that your average geek has fine-tuned analytical abilities and antennae that are always up to detect snake oil. And yet nobody, not even the geekiest geek, can afford to ignore the opportunity and the power that lies in deploying social media for marketing technology, both to geeks and to the rest of the world.
In Social Media Geek-to-Geek, authors Rick Jamison and Kathy Schmidt Jamison explore the increasingly vital role that social media plays in technology marketing efforts. They lucidly share how you, in a tech marketing strategy, analysis or implementation role, can harness its energy for your company. Peppered with actionable wisdom from start to finish, this enlightening book kicks off by highlighting a truism that is often overlooked–the fact that social media has been made possible purely by geek innovation. Geeks have created this unique, powerful medium of communication just as they have created and enabled every digitally-based form of creative expression that makes social media interesting, engaging and popular.

Entertaining and informative, the authors of Social Media Geek-to-Geek very rightly point out that there is no rulebook or manual or IT department for social media. But the incisive and handy volume they have put together surely comes close to filling that gap.

Offered Free by: Synopsys Press

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Microsoft Press offers free download of 50+ eBooks in PDF, Mobi, Epub, XPS, Doc, Docx formats.

Large collection of Free Microsoft Press eBooks

Full list of free Microsoft Press ebooks in this collection:

  • Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
  • Programming Windows 8 Apps 2nd Preview
  • Programming Windows Phone 7
  • Programming Windows Phone 7 (Special Excerpt 2)
  • Office 365 – Connect and Collaborate virtually anywhere, anytime
  • Microsoft Office 2010 First Look
  • Security and Privacy for Microsoft Office 2010 Users
  • Getting started with Microsoft Office 2010 – For IT Professionals
  • Planning guide for Microsoft Office 2010 – For IT professionals
  • Deployment guide for Microsoft Office 2010 – For IT professionals
  • Operations guide for Microsoft Office 2010 – For IT professionals
  • Technical reference for Microsoft Office 2010 – For IT professionals
  • Understanding Microsoft Virtualization R2 Solutions
  • Introducing Windows Server 2012 – RTM Edition!
  • Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012
  • Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
  • Configure Kerberos Authentication for SharePoint 2010 Products
  • Business continuity management for SharePoint Server 2010
  • Deployment guide for SharePoint Server 2010
  • Get started with SharePoint Server 2010
  • Governance guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
  • Profile synchronization guide for SharePoint Server 2010
  • Remote BLOB storage for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
  • Technical reference for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
  • Upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010
  • Getting Started with SharePoint Server 2010
  • Planning guide for sites and solutions for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Part 1
  • Planning guide for sites and solutions for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Part 2
  • Planning guide for server farms and environments for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
  • Capacity planning for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
  • SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services – Tabular Modeling
  • Microsoft SQL Server AlwaysOn Solutions Guide for High Availability and Disaster Recovery
  • Transact-SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML) Reference
  • QuickStart: Learn DAX Basics in 30 Minutes
  • SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services – Data Mining
  • Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional Performance and Operations Guide
  • Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) Reference
  • SQL Server 2012 Upgrade Technical Guide
  • Backup and Restore of SQL Server Databases
  • SQL Server 2012 Tutorials: Analysis Services – Multidimensional Modeling
  • Master Data Services Capacity Guidelines
  • Digital Storytelling
  • Free Tools in the Classroom
  • Windows Live Movie Maker in the Classroom
  • Windows 7 in the Classroom
  • Microsoft Office Web Apps Teaching Guide
  • Microsoft Office in the Classroom
  • Developing Critical Thinking through Web Research Skills
  • Bing in the Classroom
  • Moving Applications to the Cloud, 2nd Edition
  • Windows Azure Prescriptive Guidance
  • Windows Azure Service Bus Reference
  • Intro to ASP.NET MVC 4 with Visual Studio (Beta)
  • Deploying an ASP.NET Web Application to a Hosting Provider using Visual Studio
  • Getting Started with ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms (Beta)
  • Introducing ASP.NET Web Pages 2
  • Own Your Future
  • Windows 7 Power Users Guide
  • Deploying Windows 7 Essential Guidance
  • Welcome to Windows 7
  • What You Can Do Before You Call Tech Support (Windows 7)

The “Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript” free ebook provides comprehensive coverage of the platform for Windows Store apps. Since its second preview in August, the authors have added the remaining chapters on live tiles, notifications, background tasks, background transfers, networking, devices, printing, WinRT components, accessibility, localization, and the Windows Store itself. The final ebook contains 17 chapters. And of course all of the earlier chapters have also been reviewed and refined—over 800 pages in total, along with new and updated companion content!

This book is about writing Windows Store apps using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. The primary focus will be on applying these web technologies within the Windows 8 platform, where there are unique considerations, and not on exploring the details of those web technologies themselves. For the most part, then, the author is assuming that you’re already at least somewhat conversant with these standards. The book covers some of the more salient areas like the CSS grid, which is central to app layout.

 Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

You can download the “Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript” ebook in PDF format here (17.9 MB)

Note: The MSDN blog will be updated and you will be able to download EPUB and MOBI formats in the near future.

The ebook’s companion content is here (59.9 MB)

p.s. Yet another free book on Windows 8. Poor sales? Too few apps in the Windows app store?

2012 (US) Consumer Action Handbook 2012 (US) Consumer Action Handbook is available for free download now (ePub, Mobi, PDF).

Use the Consumer Action Handbook (CAH) to get help with consumer purchases, problems and complaints. Find consumer contacts at hundreds of companies and trade associations, local, state, and federal government agencies, national consumer organizations, and more.

Source: U.S. General Services Administration, Federal Citizen Information Center
Released: 2012
Pages: 156
Publication ID: 5131
Item number: 568X
Languages: English and Spanish

Free ebooks (Kindle Edition) from Amazon (Kindle Price: $0.00 includes free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet):

Insights from Remarkable Businesspeople (Collection of 16 ebooks) [Kindle Edition]

Free Kindle eBook collection: Insights from Remarkable Businesspeople

  • Changing a Troubled Ship’s Course (Captain D. Michael Abrashoff)
  • What’s the Problem with Customers? (Fred Wiersema)
  • Get Results, Not Salutes (Captain D. Michael Abrashoff)
  • Winning Customers with Commitment (Gary Hirshberg)
  • Listen Up! (Captain D. Michael Abrashoff)
  • Clearing the Mind for Creativity (John Kao)
  • No Company Runs Itself (Michael F. Golden)
  • Why I’m (Still) Buying Gold (Dean LeBaron)
  • How to Design a Great Customer Experience (Fred Wiersema)
  • Oprah (Brand) Renew (Nancy F. Koehn)
  • The Future Is Yours to Invent (John Kao)
  • The Pull of Customers, The Push of Processes (Jim Champy)
  • How to Rebound from Adversity (Glenn Mangurian)
  • What I Learned from Peter Drucker (Jim Champy)
  • What I Learned at the Naval Academy (Captain D. Michael Abrashoff)
  • Lessons of a Brand Manager (Michael F. Golden)

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Free Google Books from the public domain (ePub format)

Google Books has a very large collection of public domain books in the standard EPUB format. You can download and use these books on your Nook, Sony Reader, iPad or any other eBook Reader supporting ePub files.

To use ePub ebooks on your Kindle, just convert them into MOBI format using freeware Calibre.

Besides free ebooks, Google provides free book previews in PDF format.

Free Kindle Books from Amazon Kindle Store

Amazon Kindle Store offers free ebooks from public domain. Also Kindle Store offers some ebooks for free for a limited time.

Note that most ebooks in the Kindle Store are free for US residents only. Of course you can change the country in your account to the United States, but Amazon checks your IP address, so you need to use a US IP address to get free ebooks without any limitation.

How to find free ebooks in the Kindle Store

  • Big Deals
    This is more of an official listing of Kindle books that are currently available for free download on Amazon to Kindle users.
    You should also check the Bestsellers category on Kindle Store as it lists free titles as well.
  • Sort by Price
    When you search for a Kindle book (or any other item) on Amazon, it displays search results by relevance.
    If you change this default sort order from "Relevance" to "Price: Low to High", you’ll get a list of all Kindle books that match your search keywords and are available for free download.
  • Listmania
    Listmania Lists are basically a list of products compiled by Amazon users. You can use search phrases like "free kindle books", "kindle freebie", "penny kindle book", etc. to discover lists that may free books you are looking for. Just click onto the "kindle freebie" and you will find plenty of free ebooks.

Note that even free ebook from Kindle Store are protected by DRM. If you want to read such books on Sony Reader, Nook, iPad or any other eBook Reader, you need to remove DRM from .AZW files.

You don’t need to be a hacker to crack the encryption of DRM protected AZW files. Just download freeware ebook DRM removal tools archive including DRM removal tools for ePub files. And try to use a Calibre plug-in first.

Free Kobo Books from the public domain

Kobo Books features 1.8 mln of free ebook titles. Although you can remove DRM protection from Kobo .epub ebooks, it is much easier to dowload DRM-free ebooks from Google.

Free ebook published by bona fide publishers from Project Gutenberg (ePub, Kindle, HTML, TXT)

Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device. Project Gutenberg were previously published by bona fide publishers and digitized by them with the help of thousands of volunteers. All ebooks can be freely downloaded: Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats. No fee or registration is required, but if you find Project Gutenberg useful, they kindly ask you to donate a small amount so they can buy and digitize more books. Other ways to help include digitizing more books, recording audio books, or reporting errors.

Also Project Gutenberg feature over 100,000 free ebooks are available through their Partners, Affiliates and Resources.

Project Gutenberg ebooks are free in the United States because their copyright has expired. They may not be free of copyright in other countries. Readers outside of the United States must check the copyright laws of their countries before downloading or redistributing these ebooks.

Free copyright-free ebooks from manybooks.net

manybooks.net offers popular classic titles that are copyright free. Browse through the most popular titles, recommendations, or recent reviews. There are more than 29,000 eBooks available here and they’re all free!

manybooks.net strives to provide eBooks in almost every format available.

Free public domain ebook classics from ePubBooks (ePub)

ePubBooks – provides public domain eBook classics, many of which have colour or black & white illustrations. ePub eBooks are free to download for reading on many mobile and desktop eBook readers (Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo eBook Reader, iPad, Android, CyBook OPUS, etc.)

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p.s. The above mentioned tips allowed me to download more than 150 ebooks from Amazon during the past 3 months. They as well as other free ebooks were listed in the following posts:
Free ebooks (Kindle Edition) from Amazon (Kindle Price: $0.00 includes free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet)
Free ebooks (Kindle Edition) from Amazon (Kindle Price: $0.00 includes free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet)

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