This is the first installment of a two-part article on the federal estate tax. Part 1 discusses the unified federal estate and gift tax rules, the exemption amount, the definition of a gross estate, ...

This is the first of a two-part column on Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Now is the time of year when government medical insurance (Medicare) for older folks comes into focus. It’s called ...

Based on your feedback requesting what topics you’d like to see addressed in this blog, this is the first in a series of entries addressing Cisco’s Quality of Service (QoS) course, and the ...

The theory of buck converter operation. How to build buck converters using the SLG47105. Discover real-life examples where these devices can be used. DC-DC converters are widely used to efficiently ...

Just as in comedy, timing is essential to the success of a microcomputer design. Often it is quite possible to get one system functioning by simply interconnecting the various compo­nents. But it is ...

If you’ve ever wanted to understand how failure is represented in source code, you’ve come to the right place. In addition to an overview of Java exceptions, this article gets you started with Java’s ...

This is going to be the hardest thing to explain, so instead of explaining it to you and trying to water it down - because I barely understand it, I'm going to be honest. I'm about 50 hours into this, ...