Research into Fully Integrated Data Environments (FIDE) has the goal of substantially improving the quality of application systems while reducing the cost of building and maintaining them. Application systems invariably involve the long-term storage of data over months or years. Much unnecessary complexity obstructs the construction of these systems when conventional databases, file systems, operating systems, communication systems, and programming languages are used. This complexity limits the sophistication of the systems that can be built, generates operational and usability problems, and deleteriously impacts both reliability and performance. This book reports on the work of researchers in the Esprit FIDE projects to design and develop a new integrated environment to support the construction and operation of such persistent application systems. It reports on the principles they employed to design it, the prototypes they built to test it, and their experience using (more…)

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…Sylvie and Witherspoon have launched an important discussion…Time, Change, and the American Newspaper is an exhaustive literature review of what others have said about change and the press. That alone makes it well worth adding to the reference stacks, because it finally puts the literature on newspaper change in one accessible spot…it is destined to become a useful reference. It also breaks ground for thoughtful discourse on the subject of change in journalistic environments. I hope it will be a catalyst for more exploration of a subject that could become a major part of media management scholarship.—Journal of Media EconomicsThe book is well written with clear examples and helpful charts and diagrams….Highly recommended for professional collections and university libraries supporting graduate and research work in journalism and in newspaper management.—CHOICE

Time, Change, and the American Newspaper focuses on newspapers as organi (more…)

Special Issue focusing on Mobile PC DevelopmentTable of Contents:*) Being Ultra-Mobile*) Welcome from the Mobile and Tailored Platforms Group*) How to Be Where Your Customer Wants to Be*) Developing Windows Vista Applications for the Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC)*) Windows Vista Mobility: Why Should You Care?*) The Proper Developer Environments for Mobile PC, Tablet PC, and Ultra-Mobile PC Applications*) Adapting Existing Applications to Work on UMPCs*) Introduction to Windows Touch Technology in Windows Vista*) Inking in ASP.NET 2.0, AJAX, and IE7*) Basics of Ink in Windows Presentation Foundation*) Exploring Ink Analysis*) Best Practices in Game Design for the Ultra-Mobile PC*) SideShow Development in Depth*) Tablet PC Input Panel Programmability*) Exploring Tablet PC Application DeploymentFor more information, visit www.codemag.com

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Special Issue focusing on Mobile PC DevelopmentTable of Contents:*) Being Ultra-Mobile*) Welcome from the Mobile and Tailored Platforms Group*) How to Be Where Your Customer Wants to Be*) Developing Windows Vista Applications for the Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC)*) Windows Vista Mobility: Why Should You Care?*) The Proper Developer Environments for Mobile PC, Tablet PC, and Ultra-Mobile PC Applications*) Adapting Existing Applications to Work on UMPCs*) Introduction to Windows Touch Technology in Windows Vista*) Inking in ASP.NET 2.0, AJAX, and IE7*) Basics of Ink in Windows Presentation Foundation*) Exploring Ink Analysis*) Best Practices in Game Design for the Ultra-Mobile PC*) SideShow Development in Depth*) Tablet PC Input Panel Programmability*) Exploring Tablet PC Application DeploymentFor more information, visit www.codemag.com

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