Presents ideas that high technology, classical security practice, and common sense have to offer to help reduce insecurity to the lowest possible level. This book contains information on advances in…

‘The Neighborhood in the Internet’ investigates social and civic effects of community networks on local community, and how community network designs are appropriated and extended by community members.

Explores the history of Hong Kong from the early 1800s through the post-1997 handover, when this former colony became a Special Administrative Region of China. This book concludes by exploring…

Includes the effects of massive computerization on the collection, storage, and reporting of personal data. This volume tells how to hire reliable employees, sell to solvent customers, and purchase from…

Critical Readings on the Modern History of Hong Kong introduces some of the most important English-language readings on the history of Hong Kong since the early 1840s, until 1997, and…

Essays by leading figures in linguistics, artificial intelligence, and psychology explore the problems involved in creating a general cognitive science that will treat language, thought, and behavior in an integrated…

The authors describe in detail the capture and use of design rationale in software engineering to improve the quality of software. It provides a consistent conceptual framework and a unified…

In the last two decades, there has been a resurgence of interest in the value of the Old Testament for modern ethical questions. John Rogerson is a scholar who has…