information appliances - phones, PDAs, laptops and other devices. The ARM is at the heart of this trend, leading the way in system-on-chip (SoC) development and becoming the processor core of choice for many embedded applications.
System-on-chip technology is changing the way we use computers, but it also sets designers the very...
These are the proceedings of the Third IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling, held in Delft (The Netherlands) on November 9 and 10, 2010. It followed the success of PoEM 2008 and 2009 (both held in Stockholm), which each attracted over 50 participants from all over the world, representing both industry and...
CMMI® for Acquisition (CMMI-ACQ) describes best practices for the successful acquisition of products and services. Providing a practical framework for improving acquisition processes, CMMI-ACQ addresses the growing trend in business and government for organizations to purchase or outsource required products and...
Here's the scoop on building and marketing great games for the iPhone and iPad!
The iPhone and iPad are the hottest techno-gadgets on the market today, and games for it are even hotter. To help you cash in on the trend, this book shows what it takes to create a good iPhone and iPad game and how to get it into the...
With over 60,000 copies sold since its first edition, this SitePoint best-seller has just had a fresh update to include recent advances in the web industry.
With the first two editions coming highly recommended by established, leading web designers and developers, the third edition with all its extra goodies will...
Are You Fascinated by Human Behavior and Relationships? Do you want to find out about the tremendous potential in clinical psychology to help individuals, groups,and society? This text provides you with an overview of this challenging field from an integrative biopsychosocial perspective. You’ll learn about the various activities, roles, and...
Our book is meant to be a text for a first undergraduate course in quantum physics. Both of us have taught this course numerous times and have used several different texts, some of them excellent. Obviously, though, there are changes we would make and that is the reason we are writing this book.
Two of the most widely used books for this course...
With the introduction of multicore devices such as the iPad 2 and the quad-core Mac-
Book Pro, writing multithreaded apps that take advantage of multiple cores on a device
has become one of the biggest headaches for developers. Take, for instance, the introduction
of iPad 2. On the launch day, only a few applications, basically those...
As a .NET developer, you won't want to be left behind in the trend towards real-time applications. This book brings you up to speed in no time with a comprehensive guide to the SignalR framework.
Overview
Develop real-time applications across numerous platforms
The transformation of organizations into knowledge-intensive and knowledgeaware organizations takes place at an ever-increasing pace. Knowledge as the key resource, not labor, raw material or capital, changes production functions in organizations significantly. Knowledge represents the key concept to explain the increasing velocity of the...
The First International Conference on Hybrid Learning was organized by City University of Hong Kong, Caritas Francis Hsu College and Caritas Bianchi College of Careers in August 2008. ICHL2008 was an innovative and consolidative experience for Hong Kong tertiary higher education. The conference aims to unify the traditional classroom face-to-face...
Invest in the future! Everything you need to capitalize on the tech revolution
Our lives are on the verge of being reshaped by advanced technology. Fast Forward Investing provides the knowledge and insight you need to build and maintain your portfolio...