In the U.S., November is the month in which we usually take time to give thanks, joining with family and friends to celebrate our lives together. As I write this column (on a solemn September afternoon in New York City), I cannot tell you how truly thankful we are to be able to present this […]
November 2001 - Vol. 44 No. 11
Features
An overload of information pouring into the U.S. National Security Agency’s most secret information-gathering program might have slowed the investigation into September’s terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, reports the New York Post. Echelon, a computerized interception program so powerful authorities don’t officially acknowledge its existence, has spewed forth so much information analysts can’t […]
I would like to point out a few misconceptions conveyed in David Touretzky’s "Viewpoint" ("Free Speech Rights for Programmers," Aug. 2001, p. 23). First, the notion that patents and copyrights are assured in the U.S. by Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, not by insinuating that lawyers have somehow usurped the public’s rights. […]
Electronic Frontier: Blanking on Rebellion: Where the Future Is 'Nabster'
Law enforcement has begun using face recognition software and surveillance cams, turning everyone into a de facto suspect.
The Profession of IT: The Core of the Third-Wave Professional
The IT profession is the first profession in the third wave of civilization.
Viewpoint: From Teragrid to Knowledge Grid
Integrating distributed resources into cohesive, virtual supercomputers.
On Site: Innovative Use of Email For Teaching
Developing a system that significantly reduces the burden of course administration.
-Using Handhelds and PCs Together
Pebbles spreads computing functions and their related user interfaces across all computing and input/output devices available to a particular user or group of users, even when they're communicating wirelessly.
Insights and Analyses of Online Auctions
Exploring the structure and mechanisms for online mercantile processes and bidding strategies.
A Web Site Design Model For Financial Information
Using the Internet to efficiently market companies to a variety of investors.
Maximizing the Value of Internet-Based Corporate Travel Reservation Systems
Potentially significant cost savings have created interest among corporate travel managers in Internet-based booking systems, but most adopting organizations have yet to overcome their "limits to value."
Ubiquitous computing is not only influencing our lives, but our livelihoods. Indeed, traditional career choices and paths will require fundamental attitude adjustments.
Funding the Computing Revolution’s Third Wave
The current wave of the Computing Revolution flows around interconnectivity, and the winners in this rush will be manufacturers and consumers.
A Computational Model of Everything
A trio of systems adds up to a comprehensive model of computing.
How We Know What Technology Can Do
Theory and practice coexist in the computing world, however, theory has surpassed practice and practice can learn a great deal from the trip.
Information Technology and Physical Space
Expect a substantial decrease in demand for space for offices, stores, factories, and warehouses over the next five years due to IT-related changes in how businesses are run and consumers shop, communicate, and travel.
A Market-Based Perspective on Information Systems Development
The ongoing shift in how software is made—from user organizations developing their own to a market in which vendors package ready-to-install products—means fundamental changes in how information systems are developed.
The horrific events of September 11, 2001 have brought grief, anger, fear, and many other emotions. As we write these words a few weeks later, risks issues are now squarely on the world’s center stage, particularly technological risks relating to security and privacy. With the nightmare of recent events still in a haze of emotions, […]
