In the fall of 2004, at a popular software conference I realized how all major component
vendors were advertising their ASP.NET products using a new word—Ajax. Only a few weeks
later, a brand new module in my popular ASP.NET master class made its debut—using Ajax
to improve the user experience. At its core, Ajax is a little...
“Triple Play”is a combination of Internet access, voice communication (telephony), and entertainment services such as IP television and video on demand.
The erosion of the traditional voice service, together with the ever-increasing competition between companies, is pushing the telecommunications industry...
Two meetings took place simultaneously in Nagoya in March 2005. Both the 6th International
Congress of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery (MIN) and the 3rd World Congress
of the Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology (AMN) were held at
the same venue and successfully brought together experts in different areas of clinical...
Erik Erikson (1902-1994) was one of the most eminent and prolific psychologists of the 20th century. Over his long career he published a dozen books, including classics such as Childhood and Society; Identity, Youth, and Crisis; and Young Man Luther . He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1970 for...
Learn how to be the safe pair of hands in your organisation, consistently delivering exceptional projects on time and to budget. The steep rise in demand for good project managers in recent years has been mirrored by the publication of book after book setting out the formal processes and mechanics of project management. Whether they are...
Applied Photometry, Radiometry, and Measurements of Optical Losses reviews and analyzes physical concepts of radiation transfer, providing quantitative foundation for the means of measurements of optical losses, which affect propagation and distribution of light waves in various media and in diverse optical systems and components. The...
In this book, Windows programming legend Charles Petzold covers in parallel the two interfaces that make up the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). From the outset, the reader can shift focus seamlessly between Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) and C# to see them as flip sides of the same processes. Beginning in the first chapter,...
Steve Jobs revealed the original iPad on January 27, 2010, finally confirming rumors that had been swirling for years: Apple was making a tablet computer! And when that first iPad model hit stores a few months later, the public snapped up 300,000 the day it went on sale.
Less than a year later after the first one arrived, Apple put...
In 1997, Bill Gates famously said "Content is king." Since then, the digital marketing world has been scrambling to fulfill this promise, as we finally shift our focus to what consumers really want from our brands: a conversation.The Digital Crown walks you through the essentials of crafting great content: the fundamentals of...
The emphasis on collaborative management of children's health has led to the involvement of multiple disciplines in pediatric health care. This shift has resulted in an increasing focus on the assessment of children's functioning across multiple domains. The Task Force on Pediatric Education (1978) noted several decades ago that the types of...
Bloggers love WordPress! If you're ready to start using this free blogging software, WordPress For Dummies, 2nd Edition is just what you and your blog need to make a splash.
Professional blog designer Lisa Sabin-Wilson shows you how to use all the latest upgrades to WordPress and helps you decide whether to use the Wordpress.com hosted...
Computing has come a long way since our earliest beginnings. Many of us have seen complete revisions of computing technology in our lifetimes.
I am not that old, and I have seen punch cards and Cray supercomputers, numbered Basic on an Apple IIe, and highly structured C. Nearly all of us can remember when the World Wide...
