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NEW BOOK REVEALS THE INTERNET’S STRUCTURE EXPLAINS IMMINENT TRENDS

The Internet is a critical part of everyday life and has sparked revolutionary change in information content, dissemination, and access. Understanding the Internet: A Glimpse Into the Building Blocks, Applications, Security and Hidden Secrets of the Web, to be released by Neal-Schuman in North America on January 10, 2010, provides a straightforward, jargon-free overview of the Internet’s fundamental structure, concepts, applications, and future developments.

Along with a team of international expert contributors, editor Kevin Curran covers the broad spectrum of the Internet’s underlying principles and key components. He divides the collection into twenty-eight chapters that span the gamut of topics needed for a holistic understanding of the web. Readers will find clear explanations of networking concepts, including mesh networking and wireless networks, as well as Web operating systems, RSS, and programming languages like Javascript, XML, and VoiceXML. Contributors also explore Web services, Web 2.0, and Hybrid Web applications, as well as mobile social software, adaptive mobile applications, and mobile web design. They discuss the current and future state of social media like podcasting, screencasting, and blogging, and examine significant security issues like cryptography, honeynets, spam e-mail, computer hacking, and more. The book concludes with a discussion of search engines including the invisible Web, vertical search engines, and web intelligence.

Understanding the Internet offers unprecedented insight into the essential protocol, varied uses, and growing number of web applications. This all-in-one guide will help all serious Web users better exploit the Internet’s expansive reach.

Understanding the Internet: A Glimpse Into the Building Blocks, Applications, Security and Hidden Secrets of the Web
ISBN 978-1-84334-499-5.
Chandos Publishing 2010.
6 x 9. 301 pp. $105.00.

About the Editor
Kevin Curran is a senior lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Ulster, UK. He has published over 300 research papers to date in the field of Internet and is the Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence.

About Neal-Schuman Publishers and Chandos Publishing
Founded in 1976, Neal-Schuman Publishers is based in New York City with offices in London, UK. Neal-Schuman is a leading publisher of professional and academic titles in all areas of library and information studies. Since June 2009, Neal-Schuman has also been the exclusive North American distributor for titles from the United Kingdom’s Chandos Publishing, a division of Woodhead Publishing Limited. Chandos books are a leading, highly practical source of authoritative information for professionals and researchers worldwide.

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