November 2000 - Vol. 43 No. 11
Features
Life in the digital world is often frustratingly similar to the real world, especially when it comes to never having enough room for all our stuff. The more space we get, the more we need and want. It’s an endless stream of supply-and-demand. But digitally, at least, we’re making some serious headway. The cry for […]
Most federal Web sites do not meet the commercial standards for Internet privacy set by the Federal Trade Commission, including the FTC’s own site, a study by the General Accounting Office has found. The GAO measured the sites against four federal standards for Internet privacy: that they disclose their information practices before personal data is […]
In the August 2000 special section on Personalization, which consists mostly of uncritical cheerleading for various forms of Internet user profiling, Eugene Volokh promises us an article on "Personalization and Privacy," but instead gives us a discussion of U.S. law. Volokh reasonably concludes that the law should not restrict the collection or sale of personal […]
Digital Villiage: Digital Politics 2000
The vote's in: the Web's potential in the political process is still lacking.
International Perspectives: Computing at the Top of the World
Nepal must mend the wide digital divide it has with most countries. But more importantly, can it close this divide among its own people?
On Site: An ‘Out-of-Box’ Experience
What happens when a single usability goal extends across several companies?
Viewpoint: an Internet of Democracy
Engaging the fundamental structure of the Internet with an eye toward making it a real democracy network.
Ultra-High-Density Data Storage: Introduction
Innovative, inexpensive, efficient, and increasingly compact storage technologies promise practically unlimited capacity and instant access to data anytime, anywhere.
Network Attached Storage Architecture
In our increasingly Internet-dependent business and computing environment, network storage is the computer.
Volume Holographic Data Storage
Storing data inside the volume of the recording medium, rather than on its surface, as in conventional optical and magnetic approaches, these systems deliver much higher data-transfer rates and access based on partial information.
Combining optical techniques and magnetic storage media, MO technology will likely be used in magnetic drives to improve data density. The result: the continued fall of the cost of storing bits.
Burning data onto and off of the storage medium is such a reliable read/write method, the CD is now the world's most popular means of distributing and exchanging prerecorded digital content.
MEMS-Based Integrated-Circuit Mass-Storage Systems
Abandoning the rotating disk paradigm, simple miniature microelectromechanical systems position probe tips over the storage media, potentially creating a new generation of nonvolatile rewritable mass storage devices, as well as support for multitude of "intelligent" gadgets.
The Internet and the Future of Financial Markets
Combining new technology with established financial market mechanisms.
Seven Comments on Charging and Billing
As technology changes, so do delivery and payment arrangements.
On Risk, Convenience, and Internet Shopping Behavior
Why some consumers are online shoppers while others are not.
Benefits For Virtual Organizations from Distributed Groups
Allowing network-supported groups to make incremental process improvements can result in quantum-leap competitive advantages over the long run.
Thinking Objectively: Management in the Small
Recognizing how issues common to larger companies present particular problems and opportunities in small ones.
Inside Risks: Voting Automation (early and Often?)
Computerization of manual processes often creates opportunities for social risks, despite decades of experience. This is clear to everyone who has waded through deeply nested telephone menus and then been disconnected. Electronic voting is an area where automation seems highly desirable but fails to offer significant improvements over existing systems, as illustrated by the following […]
