If line breaks appear in HTML. can I also do page breaks?

HTML doesn’t have a page break tag. Consider what the term page means in a web document. If each document on the web is a single page, the only way to produce a page break is to split your HTML document into separate files and link them. Even within a single document, browsers have no … Read more

Kinds of URLs

Many kinds of URLs are defined by the Uniform Resource Locator specification. This post describes some of the more popular URLs and some situations to look out for when using them. HTTP HTTP URLs are by far the most common type of URLs because they point to other documents on the Web. HTTP is the protocol … Read more

What Is a Front-End Developer?

Front-end web development, also known as client-side development is the practice of producing HTML, CSS and JavaScript for a website or Web Application so that a user can see and interact with them directly. The challenge associated with front end development is that the tools and techniques used to create the front end of a … Read more

The eccentric engineer: that light-bulb moment for an eminent man of electrical science

This edition tells the story of the illuminating life of Lewis Latimer, whose work in science was an achievement and his personal life ‘a work of art’. Many an engineer’s story is one of rags to riches – or vice versa. For Lewis Howard Latimer, the climb was even harder, but stoically undertaken. Latimer did … Read more

Microsoft takes legal action, disrupts massive botnet

Microsoft has executed a plan to take down a vast ransomware distributor after successfully arguing in court that its copyright has been violated.  The action is focused on a botnet called Trickbot, one of the world’s most prolific ransomware distributors. Trickbot began life in 2016 as a banking trojan. Since then, its operators (mainly Russian-speaking … Read more

How to engineer self-driving cars with risk and responsibility in mind

However careful manufacturers and drivers are, autonomous vehicles will inevitably be involved in accidents. A rigorous approach to the design of their system architectures can help establish clarity around questions of legal liability.  We all know that connected and autonomous cars are coming. The level of autonomy is increasing, even if we don’t know when … Read more

Shared mobility could be catalyst for electric vehicle future

Smart and clean mobility requires strategy planning, policy making and a calibrated approach, whereby manufacturing needs to be attuned to consumer demands.  When the transport industry completely shifts from ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) to electric and hybrid mobility, the impact it will make on India will go beyond traffic-related matters. Electric and hybrid mobility will … Read more