Research efforts to organize and build systems that self-manage and self-monitor themselves with little to no human intervention have moved from experimenting with…
Diane Crawford
It too often follows that as applications and implementations of computer technology escalate in sophistication and usage, so too do their abuses. Indeed, it is such…
I recall a conversation with Gordon Bell a few months ago after he received reviewers’ comments for his article on MyLifeBits (page 88), a pioneering system he and…
Semantic Web technologies enable users to combine and share information as never before. Knowledge management systems give organizations the ability to discover or…
In a lecture almost 60 years ago, Alan Turing noted the point of building computers is to treat them as slaves, giving them only thoroughly spelled-out chores to do.…
Advanced information technology has tapped our imaginations to the core; its effects on our lives and livelihoods simply too profound to even digest. Indeed, the social…
Last month we featured a series of articles on technology that tracks and records where you go and what you do online. This month the focus is technology that can track…
Spyware—the latest Internet intruder to soar from mere annoyance to sheer menace at record speed—has (over)taken Netizens worldwide. The unprecedented…
Designing for the mobile device is almost like living in Manhattan; it takes creativity, resourcefulness, and a real knowledge of the owner’s needs to make the most…
Senior Editor Andrew Rosenbloom’s annual sojourn to SIGGRAPH always ends with a list of technological gems to editorially explore and ultimately share. Indeed,…
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