Android on x86: an Introduction to Optimizing for Intel® Architecture serves two main purposes. First, it makes the case for adapting your applications onto Intel’s x86 architecture, including discussions of the business potential, the changing landscape of the Android marketplace, and the unique challenges and...
Build machine learning (ML) solutions for Java development. This book shows you that when designing ML apps, data is the key driver and must be considered throughout all phases of the project life cycle. Practical Java Machine Learning helps you understand the importance of data and how to organize it for use...
Give your friends and family the shock of their lives! 51 High-Tech Practical Jokes for the Evil Genius has everything you need to pull devastatingly funny (and safe!) technical pranks. From the “evasive beeping thing” to “rats in the walls” to the “rigged lie detector,” you’ll find a plethora of...
This lecture provides an introduction to the problem of managing the energy demand of mobile devices. Reducing energy consumption, primarily with the goal of extending the lifetime of battery-powered devices, has emerged as a fundamental challenge in mobile computing and wireless communication. The focus of this lecture is on a systems approach...
The authors have certainly identified a gap in the literature … Overall, the book is very informative and provides a strong foundation for work in this active research area. -K. Alan Shore, Optics and Photonics News
The most significant feature of this work is that it combines three distinct topics - technology, device...
Network Performance Security: Testing and Analyzing Using Open Source and Low-Cost Tools gives mid-level IT engineers the practical tips and tricks they need to use the best open source or low cost tools available to harden their IT infrastructure. The book details how to use the tools and how to interpret them. Network Performance...
The #1 book on Windows driver development - totally updated for Windows 2000!
With The Windows 2000 Device Driver Book, any experienced Windows programmer can master driver development start to finish: planning, implementation, testing, debugging, installation, and distribution. Totally updated to reflect...
As “techies,” we embrace the ability to understand the technology behind how and why things work, to a point beyond most other people’s interest. Usually what drives our interest is curiosity, a curiosity very similar to that which we experienced in childhood.
By definition, a firewall is a single device used to enforce security policies within a network or between networks by controlling traffic flows.
The Firewall Services Module (FWSM) is a very capable device that can be used to enforce those security policies. The FWSM was developed as a module or blade that resides in either...
The cellphone has achieved a global presence faster than any other form of information and communication technology. A global multi-billion dollar industry, this small, mundane device is now an intrinsic part of our everyday life.
This communications medium has had an immense social and cultural impact and...
HDL (hardware description language) and FPGA (field-programmable gate array) devices allow designers to quickly develop and simulate a sophisticated digital circuit, realize it on a prototyping device, and verify operation of the physical implementation. As these technologies mature, they have become mainstream practice. We can now use a PC...
Computing continues to become more and more personalized and accessible. Handheld
devices have largely transformed into computing platforms. Mobile phones are no longer
just for talking—they have been capable of carrying data and video for some time. Be it
a phone or a tablet, the mobile device is now so capable of general-purpose...
