I FIRST STARTED PLAYING WITH THE ANDROID SDK before it was offi cially released as a 1.0 release.
Back then, the tools were unpolished, the APIs in the SDK were unstable, and the documentation
was sparse. Fast forward two and a half years, Android is now a formidable mobile operating
system, with a following no less impressive that the...
This book, written by veteran Oracle database administrator Iggy Fernandez, a regular on the Oracle conference circuit and the editor of NoCOUG Journal, is a manageable introduction to key Oracle database administration topics including planning, installation, monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance, and backups, to name...
Research in analog integrated circuits has recently gone in the direction
of low-voltage (LV)‚ low-power (LP) design‚ especially in the environment of
portable systems where a low supply voltage‚ given by a single-cell battery‚ is
used. These LV circuits have to show also a reduced power consumption to...
Beginning with the company's origins in the punched-card technology of the late nineteenth century, this wellresearched volume tells how IBM became so rapidly the dominant company in the computer industry. In doing so, it provides refreshing new insights on the origins and development of that industry.
Digital electronic computer systems have gone through several generations,
and many changes, since they were first built just before and during World
War II. Machines that were originally implemented with electromechanical
relays and vacuum tubes gave way to those constructed with solid-state
devices and, eventually, integrated...
This book is targeted towards beginners and intermediate designers of mechatronic systems and embedded system design. Some familiarity with the Raspberry Pi and Python programming is preferred but not required.
The Raspberry Pi is a quaint example of technological innovations that come by once every two or three decades and set off...
You’ll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer’s. It’s like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go – they’ve done the legwork for you, and they’re not afraid to provide you with honest and...
Software engineering is a pessimistic discipline. The glass is always half empty
rather than half full. Not surprising really, we are hardened to the grind of improving
quality, painstakingly testing and, never quite, eliminating bugs. Critical review is
of the essence. We know there is “no silver bullet”.
The existence of multiple sulfotransferases (SULTS) was first discovered in 1958. Since then, any attempts to create a comprehensive text dedicated to sulfation and sulfotransferases have been rare and, thanks to rapid advances in molecular biology and biochemistry, quickly outdated. However, those advances have permitted an accelerated...
Hibernate is a solid, productive Object Relational Mapping (ORM) tool that lets developers think and work with objects rather than tables and columns. It has grown over the years, been used by many developers, and has gone through three major versions. This book’s goal is to make you productive with Hibernate.
In the past half-century we have gone from a world where computers were science fiction to a world where computers are everyday fact. Just thirty years ago the computer that flew with the first astronauts to the moon had less computing power than the computer on the average student’s desk today. Computers have grown in popularity,...
Terrorism has consistently dogged this supposedly modern and enlightened age. It has merely adopted new shapes and forms in keeping with the times. The causes have also evolved over the years, as old problems are solved and new ones created. Moreover, it has gone high-tech, like everything else. Thus, as this book convincingly shows, terrorism will...