Computer

First Page of the Article

Most of today's gadgets and cars use embedded software, which in many cases has taken over what mechanical and dedicated electronic systems used to do. Indeed, embedded software appears in everything from telephones and pagers to systems for medical ...

With the increasing deployment of computersas embedded systems that provide new and interesting services, the computing landscape is much richer and more diverse than it was even a decade ago. Developers can choose from a wide variety of hardware, ...

Networking home entertainment devices such as digital television receivers facilitate resource sharing and information exchange so that new applications can coordinate the control of several devices simultaneously. The increasing connectivity of home ...

Recently, computational simulation has become a third approach along with theory and laboratory simulation to studying and solving scientific problems. In this approach, a computer equipped with problem solving software tools may represent a virtual ...

First Page of the Article

First Page of the Article

One of the most frequently cited software project statistics comes from the Standish Group's 1995 Chaos report (http://www.standishgroup.com/visitor/ chaos.htm): “A staggering 31.1 percent of [software] projects will be canceled before they ever ...

Internet computing, harnessing global communication to increase computational power, is now possible. But will it ever truly be secure? Researchers have proposed various schemes to transform the Internet into the “Interputer”. Several ...

One major problem with purchasing through the Web is locating reliable suppliers that offer the exact product or service you need. In the usual approach, you access an indexing based search engine, specify keywords for the purchase, and initiate the ...