We all know that society is less than perfect and that crime could easily touch us all. If yon talk to friends and neighbours you will usually find that most of them have cither been the victim of crime or know somebody who has. People tear crime, they feel helpless because they think that there is nothing they can do to protect themselves,...
Engineering and technical graphics have gone through
significant changes in the last decade, due to the use of
computers and CAD software. It seems as if some new
hardware or software development that impacts technical
graphics is occurring every year. Although these changes
are important to the subject of technical graphics, there...
Continuous Testing (CT) is a developer practice that shortens the feedback loops established by test-driven development and continuous integration. Building on techniques used by Agile software development practitioners, Continuous Testing with Ruby shows you how to get instant feedback about both the quality of your code, and...
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...
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...
When the first edition of this book was published, the idea of combining a text on digital
design with one on VHDL seemed novel. At about the same time, several other books
with similar themes were published. This book has now been adopted by several universities
as a core text. Moreover, the first edition has now been translated into...
Before you dive into this book, I would like to first extend my warm welcome to you
as you enter the world of XOOPS. XOOPS is an acronym of eXtensible Object Oriented
Portal System. It is an open-source application platform and Content Management
System (CMS) written in PHP. It is built for developing a variety of solutions...
As I look back on my career at Microsoft, I feel fortunate
to have had a front-row seat to witness an incredible
shift in how people and organizations communicate and interact.
I started at Microsoft in October 1994—about a year after
America Online released AOL 1.0 for Windows. As early adopters
of social media,...
Are you a student with an assignment to research your ancestry? Or
maybe you’re a bit older and recently retired and looking for a hobby.
Or perhaps you simply love puzzles and mysteries, and you discovered that
genealogy is a lot like solving these. It’s even possible that you’re an experienced
researcher who is...
Throughout most of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, computational linguistics
enjoyed an excellent reputation. A sense of the promise of the work to society
was prevalent, and high expectations were justified by solid, steady progress in
research.
Nevertheless, by the close of the 1980s, many people openly expressed doubt
about...
PrestaShop is a hidden gem. There are many much more widely known online shopping cart solutions that have nothing like the features, potential, and ease of use that this open source, completely free-to-use, system has. But until now there has been no information available on how to make the most of it. This book takes a step-by-step approach...
It looks different. It acts different. There’s no right way to hold it. It responds to the touch of your fingertips. It’s the Internet in your lap. It connects to the world, yet it is as personal as a well-worn book.
Taking Your iPad to the Max is written so that anyone, from a computer- savvy teenager to...
