DEPARTMENT:
Editorial pointers
Editorial Pointers
Diane Crawford
Page 5
DEPARTMENT:
Forum
Forum
Pages 7-9
DEPARTMENT:
News track
News Track
CACM Staff
Pages 13-14
COLUMN:
Legally speaking
Software Patents and the Metaphysics of Section 271(f)
Can shipment of one disk of software abroad give rise to worldwide liability for patent infringement? Is the Supreme Court ready to revisit the patentability of software?
Pamela Samuelson
Pages 15-19
COLUMN:
The business of software
Twenty Percent
Planning to fail on software projects.
Phillip G. Armour
Pages 21-23
COLUMN:
Viewpoint
Web Science: A Provocative Invitation to Computer Science
Here's how it can awaken computer science to the interdisciplinary possibilities of the Web's socially embedded computing technology.
Ben Shneiderman
Pages 25-27
Smart Business Networks: How the Network Wins
Realizing scenarios in which business is conducted through a rapidly formed network with anyone, anywhere, anytime regardless of different computer systems and business processes.
Eric van Heck, Peter Vervest
Pages 28-37
Evolution and Emerging Issues in Mobile Wireless Networks
Assessing the widespread deployment and increasing use of mobile services.
Sasha Dekleva, J.P. Shim, Upkar Varshney, Geoffrey Knoerzer
Pages 38-43
DNSSEC: A Protocol Toward Securing the Internet Infrastructure
DNSSEC is properly understood as a component in an ecology of security protocols and measures.
Amy Friedlander, Allison Mankin, W. Douglas Maughan, Stephen D. Crocker
Pages 44-50
The Four Incremental Steps Toward Advanced Mobile Service Adoption
Exploring mobile device user adoption patterns and market segmentation.
Ioanna D. Constantiou, Jan Damsgaard, Lars Knutsen
Pages 51-55
Cutting Checks: Challenges and Choices in B2B E-Payments
Open network e-payment systems are the future of corporate payments, assuming they address the challenges of integration, security, and remittance standards.
Mark J. Cotteleer, Christopher A. Cotteleer, Andrew Prochnow
Pages 56-61
An Empirical Investigation of the Effectiveness of Systems Modeling and Verification Tools
One reason system failure rates are not deterred by the latest best practices and tools may lie in how needs are (mis)interpreted by designers and users.
Anand Jeyaraj, Vicki L. Sauter
Pages 62-67
Time to Rethink Health Care and ICT?
Success for a new U.K. national health care system depends on clinical context and scale, along with the capacity to emphasize interpersonal communication.
David Avison, Terry Young
Pages 69-74
Design Patterns For Managing Product Life Cycle Information
Agent-based architectures, taking queues from object-oriented programming, can make product information accessible in controlled ways over the Net.
Kary Främling, Timo Ala-Risku, Mikko Kärkkäinen, Jan Holmström
Pages 75-79
Automatic and Versatile Publications Ranking For Research Institutions and Scholars
Assessing both academic and industrial research institutions, along with their scholars, can help identify the best organizations and individuals in a given discipline. Assessment can reveal outstanding institutions and scholars …
Jie Ren, Richard N. Taylor
Pages 81-85
DEPARTMENT:
Hot links
Top 10 Downloads from ACM's Digital Library
Pages 86-87
COLUMN:
Technical opinion
Perceived Health Risks of 3G Cell Phones: Do Users Care?
Studying the perception of health risks associated with mobile phones and the implications for usage.
Mihail Cocosila, Ofir Turel, Norm Archer, Yufei Yuan
Pages 89-92
COLUMN:
Inside risks
Risks Are Your Responsibility
Peter A. Freeman
Page 104