The telegraph, telephone, radio, and especially the computer
have put everyone on the globe within earshot— at the price of our
privacy. It may feel like we're performing an intimate act when,
sequestered in our rooms and cubicles, we casually use our cell
phones and computers to transmit our thoughts, confidences,...
Computer vision seeks a process that starts with a noisy, ambiguous signal from a TV
camera and ends with a high-level description of discrete objects located in 3-dimensional
space and identified in a human classification. In this book we address this process at
several levels. We first treat the low-level image-processing issues of...
The phone rings, and the networking guys tell you that you’ve been hacked and that your customers’ sensitive information is being stolen from your network. You begin your investigation by checking your logs to identify the hosts involved. You scan the hosts with antivirus software to find the malicious program, and catch a lucky...
Once the last bastion of therapeutic nihilism, neurology has now clearly entered the era of intense therapy for virtually every class of disease that affects the nervous system. Consequently, the modern neurology department is now subdivided into a dozen clinical subspecialties, each with its own group of experts, often...
Penetration testers simulate cyber attacks to find security weaknesses in networks, operating systems, and applications. Information security experts worldwide use penetration techniques to evaluate enterprise defenses.
In Penetration Testing, security expert, researcher, and trainer Georgia Weidman...
Going "green" is becoming a major component of the mission for electronics manufacturers worldwide. While this goal seems simplistic, it poses daunting dilemmas. Yet, to compete effectively in the global economy, manufacturers must take the initiative to drive this crucial movement. Green Electronics Manufacturing: Creating...
Are you facing a challenging Salesforce.com problem--say, relating to automation, configuration, formulation, or reporting--that you can't quite crack? Or maybe you are hoping to infuse some creativity into your solution design strategy to solve problems faster or make solutions more efficient? Practical Salesforce.com Development...
Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 7 Programmer Exams 1Z0-804 and 1Z0-805 is a concise, comprehensive, step-by-step, and one-stop guide for the Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 7 Programmer Exam. The first two chapters set the stage for exam preparation and let the reader get started quickly. The first chapter answers...
Sometimes you have to do good engineering to straighten out twisted politics. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit organization that was founded to ensure that the principles embodied in the Constitution and Bill of Rights are protected as new communications technologies emerge, and O"Reilly, the premier publisher of computer...