Hailed by Bruce Sterling as a ''political activist, gizmo freak, junk collector, programmer, entrepreneur, and all-around Renaissance geek,'' Cory Doctorow effortlessly surfs the zeitgeist with thought-provoking pieces on content and the Internet. Here's why Microsoft should stop treating its customers as criminals (through relentless digital-rights management); how America chose copyright and Happy Meal toys over jobs; why Facebook is taking a faceplant; how Wikipedia is a poor cousin of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; and, of course, why free e-books kick ass. Accessible to geeks and noobs alike, Content is Doctorow's must-have compilation.