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Computing Now - IEEE Computer Society Once More, Into the Soup
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In one of the earlier essays in this department, we discussed a number of acronyms all having to do with system design, and all having the form "x-centered design." The purpose of that essay ...
Computing Now - IEEE Computer Society My IT Carbon Footprint
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As this is the last Green IT column in 2009, I can't help but reflect on the computing community's achievements toward energy efficiency and sustainability this year. Given all the attention green IT has ...
Computing Now - IEEE Computer Society What Makes APIs Hard to Learn? Answers from Developers
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Most software projects reuse components exposed through APIs. In fact, current-day software development technologies are becoming inseparable from the large APIs they provide. To name two prominent examples, ...
Computing Now - IEEE Computer Society The Evolution of Online Identity
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When I look out "On the Horizon" to think about emerging Internet trends, I think that as a society we are beginning to see changes that can improve how we manage our identities online. In large ...
Computing Now - IEEE Computer Society Friends Forever: How Young Adolescents Use Social-Networking Sites
Computing Now | November 2009 | Theme | Friends Forever: How Young Adolescents Use Social-Networking
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It is perhaps difficult to believe that the term social-networking site (SNS) was not widely recognized back in 2004, when teenagers in the US first discovered MySpace. Young adolescents have only begun ...
Computing Now - IEEE Computer Society Social Meaning on the Web: From Wittgenstein to Search Engines
Computing Now | November 2009 | Theme | Social Meaning on the Web: From Wittgenstein to Search Engin
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One could hypothesize that the biggest question for the Web is whether multiple agents in a decentralized information space can share meaning via the use of uniform resource identifiers (URIs), such as http://www. ...
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Social computing plays a central role in next-generation software,
community-based decision making, and analyzing how technology affects
politics, society, and culture.
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Social Meaning on the Web: From Wittgenstein to Search Engines Relevance feedback from hypertext Web searches considerably improves the performance of a Semantic Web search engine. More »
Computing Now - IEEE Computer Society IS Innovation: Thinking Beyond the Silo
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The field of information systems (IS), which emerged following the introduction of computers and software in organizations in the last decades of the 20th century, is currently under pressure from several directions.
Computing Now - IEEE Computer Society Transforming E-government and E-participation through IT
Computing Now | October 2009 | What's New | Transforming E-government and E-participation through IT
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Public administrations are considered the heaviest service industry worldwide. During the last decades, governments all over the world have undertaken huge investments in information and communication ...
Computing Now - IEEE Computer Society Just What Is an Ontology, Anyway?
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Finding a precise definition of an ontology as it applies to computer applications can be a trying experience. According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, an ontology is “the branch of metaphysics ...
Computing Now - IEEE Computer Society The Task-Based Interface: Not Your Father's Desktop
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The typical desktop computing environment hasn't changed much since the mass adoption of the GUI. No matter what operating system your computer might feature, no matter what occupation you pursue, the files-and-folders paradigm is ubiquitous, accepted, and tolerated as so much digital dogma. ...
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What Have You Done
with Location-Based
Services Lately?
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Sitting in my rental car at the San Francisco airport during morning rush hour, I'm trying to figure out how to make my 9:00 a.m. meeting in San Jose. The rental car GPS isn't much help because I used ...
Computing Now - IEEE Computer Society Security, Privacy, and the Role of Law
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US President Barack Obama's administration is facing a mounting wave of criticism over its failure to appoint a cybersecurity official. More than three months after the president, speaking to a packed ...
Computing Now - IEEE Computer Society The Web as the Ubiquitous Computer
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Since the advent of the World Wide Web two decades ago, software applications and application architectures have undergone a paradigm shift—from supporting simple information access and networking needs to hosting complex business environments. ...
Computing Now - IEEE Computer Society A Virtualization Infrastructure that Supports Pervasive Computing
Computing Now | October 2009 | Theme | A Virtualization Infrastructure that Supports Pervasive Compu
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Virtualization technology—as applied in embedded devices such as mobile smart phones— is a practical means for the widespread deployment of pervasive computing applications. As anyone who reads this magazine ...
