Service-Oriented Computing (SOC) allows software development time to be shortened by the composition of existing services across the Internet. Further exploitation of this revolutionary trend is feasible through automation, thanks to the use of software agents and techniques from distributed artificial intelligence. This book provides an...
Amazon Web Services is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform in the Cloud, which businesses can take advantage of as their needs demand. The Amazon Cloud provides the enterprise with the flexibility to choose whichever solution is required to solve specific problems, ultimately reducing costs by only paying for what you use.
Haptic devices allow users to feel their interfaces and interactions. This has the
potential to radically change the way we use computers. Haptic interaction is
interaction related to the sense of touch. This could be based on force-feedback or
tactile devices. We can take advantage of our powerful sense of touch as an
alternative...
Why is the night sky dark? How do dolphins sleep without drowning? Why do hangovers occur? Will time travel ever be a reality? What makes a knuckleball appear to flutter? Why are craters always round?
There's only one source to turn to for the answers to the most puzzling and thought-provoking questions about the world of...
A comprehensive guide to global warming and the steps we must take to combat it.
The evidence continues to mount: melting ice caps, rising temperatures, increasingly frequent natural disasters. As the devastating effects of global warming come into sharper focus, societies must work to both mitigate greenhouse gas...
AS WE WRITE THIS, it has been several years since we penned the first edition
of The Official Ubuntu Book. Over that time, we have seen Ubuntu continue
its explosive growth. Updating this book drives this fact home in striking
ways. For example, the number of users and posts in the Ubuntu Forums
has nearly doubled since the last...
This work deals with a well-defined class of probabilistic models. The focus
is on polymers. More precisely I should say that the focus is on the
equilibrium statistical mechanics of a class of polymers: dynamical and
non-equilibrium phenomena are not treated, reflecting the fact that these
directions are at the moment...
Information technologies impact every aspect of accounting, including financial reporting,
managerial accounting, auditing, and tax. The nature of the work done by accountants
continues to evolve as these technologies advance. For example, less than 30 years
ago, accountants could have spent much of their day footing ledgers and making...
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a graphical computer platform built and distributed by
Microsoft to create rich client applications for Windows systems. With WPF, you can build rich
interfaces with animations and amazing graphical effects as easily as you can build minimalist and
corporate user interfaces for line-of-business...
We wrote this book because we love games. We also love sound and music, and we love what they
can bring to games to make them thrilling, involving, and moving. We want you to be able to
try out your sound and your music in a real game. For a book whose examples are based exclusively
around one piece of software, it may appear...
If you have purchased this book or if you are even thinking about purchasing this book,
you probably have some interest in taking the CWSP ® (Certifi ed Wireless Security Professional)
certifi cation exam or in learning what the CWSP certifi cation exam is about. The
authors would like to congratulate you on this fi rst step, and we...
TO THOSE OF US WHO PAY ATTENTION to such things, the world of software development
has changed a lot in the last few years. In the .NET world, Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2010 is
undoubtedly the most successful development environment. Since the release of the fi rst .NET
version in February 2002, this product has undergone dramatic...
