The increasing demand for high-density highly reliable magnetic recording requires a fundamental understanding of the tribology and mechanics of the interface between the magnetic head and the recording medium. This book offers a systematic compilation of current knowledge of tribology and mechanics as applied to magnetic storage devices. It treats all important practical aspects, including surface roughness, friction, interface temperatures, wear, lubrication, lubricants, and surface finishing. It incorporates ample experimental data and relevant properties of materials and surfaces, making the book invaluable for engineers and scientists working in the field. Intended for practicing engineers who need to solve reliability or tribology problems quickly, the book will also be useful for research workers, academic engineers, and graduate students in tribology and mechanics. Most of the theoretical results presented are broadly applicable in many areas of mechanical engi (more…)

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…)

Internet Explorer 8 CODE Focus Magazine. This issue covers IE8 for developersTable of Contents:*) Welcome to CODE Focus for Internet Explorer 8!*) What’s New in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2?*) Making Your Web site Compatible Across Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer*) Introducing Compatibility View*) Create Your Own Web Slices*) Accelerators in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2*) New Search Features in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2*) Developer Tools in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2*) Better AJAX Development with Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2*) AJAX Performance Measurement Methodology for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2*) Performance Improvements in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2*) Reliability and Privacy with Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2*) Secure Coding with Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2For more information, visit www.codemag.com

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The Jan/Feb 2006 issue of CODE Magazine focuses on Windows and Multi-Media development, as well as articles covering Click Once, Data Binding, ASP.NET and others.Table of Contents:*) I Object*) The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for ADO.NET 2.0*) ClickOnce: Bringing Ease and Reliability to Smart Client Deployment*) Multimedia Control*) Data Binding in Windows Forms 2.0*) New Features In Visual Studio 2005 Windows Forms*) Having Fun with Code Snippets*) An Overview of Windows Presentation Foundation*) Heard on .NET Rocks!: A Stroll Down RAM Lane with David Treadwell*) Ask the Doc Detective*) .Finalize() – My Not-So-Evil Twin*) .Finalize(): Reenergize*) Top-Ten Annotations and Remarks about the Wonderful and Powerful New Set of Features in ASP.NET 2.0For more information, visit www.codemag.com

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The Jan/Feb 2006 issue of CODE Magazine focuses on Windows and Multi-Media development, as well as articles covering Click Once, Data Binding, ASP.NET and others.This is the ad-free version of this publication.Table of Contents:*) I Object*) The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for ADO.NET 2.0*) ClickOnce: Bringing Ease and Reliability to Smart Client Deployment*) Multimedia Control*) Data Binding in Windows Forms 2.0*) New Features In Visual Studio 2005 Windows Forms*) Having Fun with Code Snippets*) An Overview of Windows Presentation Foundation*) Heard on .NET Rocks!: A Stroll Down RAM Lane with David Treadwell*) Ask the Doc Detective*) .Finalize() – My Not-So-Evil Twin*) .Finalize(): Reenergize*) Top-Ten Annotations and Remarks about the Wonderful and Powerful New Set of Features in ASP.NET 2.0For more information, visit www.codemag.com

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