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Editorial Pointers

Diane Crawford

Page 5

Robert Fox

Pages 9-10

Pages 11-15

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.

Brock N. Meeks

Pages 17-20

The Profession of IT: The Core of the Third-Wave Professional

The IT profession is the first profession in the third wave of civilization.

Peter J. Denning, Robert Dunham

Pages 21-25

Viewpoint: From Teragrid to Knowledge Grid

Integrating distributed resources into cohesive, virtual supercomputers.

Fran Berman

Pages 27-28

On Site: Innovative Use of Email For Teaching

Developing a system that significantly reduces the burden of course administration.

Albert Huang

Pages 29-32

-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.

Brad A. Myers

Pages 34-41

Insights and Analyses of Online Auctions

Exploring the structure and mechanisms for online mercantile processes and bidding strategies.

Pages 42-50

A Web Site Design Model For Financial Information

Using the Internet to efficiently market companies to a variety of investors.

Michael Ettredge, Vernon J. Richardson, Susan Scholz

Pages 51-56

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."

Alina M. Chircu, Robert J. Kauffman, Doug Keskey

Pages 57-63

The End of Career

Ubiquitous computing is not only influencing our lives, but our livelihoods. Indeed, traditional career choices and paths will require fundamental attitude adjustments.

John Gray

Pages 65-69

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.

John Backus

Pages 70-76

A Computational Model of Everything

A trio of systems adds up to a comprehensive model of computing.

Nicholas Carriero, David Gelernter

Pages 77-81

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.

Mark Burgin

Pages 82-88

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.

Henry C. Lucas

Pages 89-96

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.

Steve Sawyer

Pages 97-102

Inside Risks: Risks of Panic

Lauren Weinstein, Peter G. Neumann

Page 152