Inescapable Data: Harnessing the Power of Convergence

With the new book, Inescapable Data: Harnessing the Power of Convergence by Chris Stakutis and John Webster, you'll discover how today's "primordial soup" of wired and wireless gadgetry is quickly coalescing into something immensely more powerful, driving applications you thought were pure science fiction. This excerpt from chapter 3 specifically covers hybrid PDAs, pervasive computing devices, wireless and XML. (Reproduced from the book Inescapable Data: Harnessing the Power of Convergence, published by IBM Press. This excerpt is reprinted with permission from publisher Pearson Education, Copyright 2005 by International Business Machines Corporation. All rights Reserved. To learn more about this book, including a complete Table-of-Contents and ordering options, please visit: www.phptr.com/title/013185219.

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