Showing the impact that the World Wide Web has on society, this book emphasizes topics such as wireless access and its problems and reliability of web communications. It includes chapters which focus on Internet and web technology issues. It also includes a discussion of wireless communication and forensic issues.

This volume is number 67 in the series "Advances in Computers" that began back in 1960. This is the longest continuously published series of books that chronicles the evolution of the computer industry. Each year three volumes are produced presenting approximately 20 chapters that describe the latest technology in the use of computers today. Volume 67, subtitled "Web technology," presents 6 chapters that show the impact that the World Wide Web is having on our society today. The general theme running throughout the volume is the ubiquity of web services.The topics such as wireless access and its problems and reliability of web communications are emphasized. It includes in-depth surveys and tutorials on software development approaches. It is written by well-known authors and researchers in the field. It includes extensive bibliographies with most chapters. All chapters focus on Internet and web technology issues. It includes a discussion of wireless communication and forensic issues, currently important research areas.

Preface.
Contributors.
Chapter 1. Broadcasting a Means to Disseminate Public Data in a Wireless Environment - Issues and Solutions (A.R. Hurson, Y. Jiao and B.A. Shirazi).
Chapter 2. Programming Models and Synchronization Techniques for Disconnected Business Applications (A. Leff and J.T. Rayfield).
Chapter 3. Academic Electronic Journals: Past, Present and Future (A. Hovav and P. Gray).
Chapter 4. Web Testing for Reliability Improvement (J. Tian and L. Ma).
Chapter 5. Wireless Insecurities (M. Sthultz, J. Uecker and H. Berghel).
Chapter 6. The State of the Art in Digital Forensics (D. Forte).