The IBM Vienna Laboratory has made a significant contribution to the work on the semantic description of computer systems. Both the operational semantics descriptions ("VDL") and the later work on denotational semantics ("Meta-IV", "VEM") contain interesting scientific ideas. Partly because of the large...

Do you like to tweet? Or follow other people’s tweets? Are you a heavy Facebook user? Do you like to follow your favorite entertainers on MySpace? Do you network with other business professionals on LinkedIn? If you engage in one or more of these activities, you know how time consuming the whole social networking thing can be. This is...

All day, every day, Americans seek information. We research major purchases. We check news and sports. We visit government Web sites for public information and turn to friends for advice about our everyday lives. Although the Internet influences our information-seeking behavior, we gather information from many sources: family and friends,...

Welcome to Yahoo User Interface 2.x Cookbook, the RAW edition. A RAW (Read As we Write) book contains all the material written for the book so far, but available for you right now, before it’s finished. As the author writes more, you will be invited to download the new material and continue reading, and learning. Chapters in a RAW...

As far back as he can remember, New York Jets head coach Herm Edwards has kept a notebook of ideas and observations he refers to as Life Lessons. Whether they are philosophies gleaned from his closest friends or snippets of knowledge taken from people he’s never met, these carefully-chosen lessons provide Edwards with a consistent and...

Discover the secret recipes for your favorite restaurant dishes and learn how to make them yourself. This cookbook will teach you the jealously guarded secrets behind actual dishes from billion dollar restaurants - The Cheesecake Factory, KFC, The Olive Garden, PF Chang's, Red Lobster, Hard Rock Cafe... (far too many to list here) and...

Fireworks MX Zero To Hero is intended for the majority of readers who don't need to be told when to jump, or ask how high. If you're new to Fireworks MX, this book will provide you with a fast learning curve to get you swiftly up to speed, and progressing towards the creativity you want to achieve; and if you already have...