No longer are financial instruments confined to bank loans and deposits, stocks and bonds, and other traditional forms. Numer- ous financial products have emerged to meet new needs and pref- erences of individuals and institutions. At the same time, opera- tions of major financial institutions increasingly have extended beyond national borders and are now carried out on a worldwide basis. Su…
Palm OS Programming is a comprehensive introduction to programming for the Palm operating system, the fastest growing computer operating system and platform ever created, and certainly the most popular mobile computing platform in existence today. Throughout my career in software, whenever I was confronted with the challenge of quickly and efficiently getting up to speed with a new operating s…
In 1849, at a time when classical liberalism was still the dominant ideological force and “economist” and “socialist” were generally considered antonyms, Gustave de Molinari, a renowned Belgian economist, wrote, If there is one well-established truth in political economy, it is this: That in all cases, of all commodities that serve to provide for the tangible or intangible need of the c…
The sales figures for smartphones continue to rise exponentially. Tablet computers are showing a similarly phenomenal adoption rate and are replacing laptop computers in many areas of life. We can imagine a time when nearly everyone is carrying around a powerful computer in the form of a smartphone or a tablet. The term mobile device is used to cover such devices. Typically, an app (an applicat…
The purpose of this book is to describe some of the main ideas and methods used in semantics, to illustrate these on interesting applications, and investigate the relationship between the various methods.
Imagine that you create a cool Rails web application that does different things for different users. To do so, your application needs to be able to identify users (at least users who are logged in versus anonymous visitors) to restrict its many functionalities. Before building your core Rails application logic, you will need a few authentication-related features working, that is, sign-up, sign-…
Web 2.0 is an industry buzz word that gets thrown around quite often. The term is often used for new web technology or comparison between products/services that extend from the initial web era to the existing one. For the purposes of this book, Web 2.0 www.it-ebooks.info xx Hacking Exposed Web 2.0 addresses the new web technologies that are used to bring more interactivity to web applicati…
Taxes have a pervasive impact on our lives. They affect every individual in the United States from birth to death, and even beyond death (through taxation of an individual’s estate). Taxes likewise affect every business from formation of the business entity to its operations, distribution of profits to owners, and ultimate disposition or liquidation. Despite the wide-ranging impact of taxes,…
Ethernet switches, also known as bridges, are basic building blocks of networks, and are so commonly used that you may not give them a second thought. It’s possible to build networks without knowing very much about how switches work. However, when you build larger network systems, it helps to understand both what goes on inside a switch and how the standards make it possible for switches to w…
Android is a popular, free, open-source mobile platform that has taken the wireless world by storm. This book provides guidance for software development teams on design- ing, developing, testing, debugging, and distributing professional Android applications. If you’re a veteran mobile developer, you can find tips and tricks to streamline the develop- ment process and take advantage of Android…
In this introductory chapter, the subject of the book is explained in more detail by focusing on two central issues of the control of networks: open-loop control of interconnected systems and synchronization. While the first topic emphasizes the computational aspects involved in controlling interconnected systems, the second theme of synchronization discusses the impact of couplings on the shap…
Welcome to Wireless Home Networking For Dummies. Wireless network- ing for personal computers is not really a new idea; it’s been around for at least five years. The emergence of an industry standard, however, has caused the use of wireless networking technology to explode. One of the most appealing things about the current crop of wireless network- ing equipment is the ease with which you c…
From the invention of the first telecommunication systems (i.e., telegraph and telephone networks) the importance of these technologies has been clearly evident. Humans need continuously to interact; the exchange of information of different types at distance is today essential. Telecommunications favor the development of countries and the diffusion of knowledge, and they are playing and will p…