Issue 1 (February 21, 2000): Dear Appy, How committed are you? An essay by Gordon Bell What IT Labor Shortage? By Cathy Beise and Martha Myers Multimedia and Gender By Robert Tannenbaum Issue 2 (February 28, 2000): Mirrorware An essay by Michael Schrage Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks By M. E. Kabay Issue 3 (March 6, 2000): The Rise of Business Webs By Don Tapscott David Ticoll Alex Lowy Code and the Internet By Michael M. Roberts Issue 4 (March 13, 2000): Through a Glass, Darkly By Robert C. Heterick, Jr. The Benefits of Privacy Invasion By Kenneth G. Robinson Issue 5 (March 21-27, 2000): Domain-Nation By William Paul Fiefer What is the Story of the 21st Century? By John C. Thomas Issue 6 (March 28 - April 3, 2000): Acquiring Digital Wealth By Jeremy J. Shapiro The Dot.xxx Challenge . . . . By William H. Graves Issue 7 (April 4-10, 2000): As A Man Grows Older By a Ubiquity reader Issue 8 (April 11-17, 2000): What About the Library? By Martin Raish Issue 9 (April 18-24, 2000): Arabia Online: Answering the Call . . . By R.W. Burniske Issue 10 (April 25 - May 1, 2000): Deconstructing the Internet Paradox By Joseph Newcomer With -- or without -- the Internet, some people may become depressed and lonely. Issue 11 (May 2-8, 2000): India: Is IT the future? By R. Raghuraman The price of becoming a technology superpower. Issue 12 (May 9-15, 2000): Electronic Signature Legislation By Ephraim L. Michael, Esq. For electronic commerce to thrive, individuals and businesses must be able to sign on the dotted line in cyberspace. Issue 13 (May 16-22, 2000): Risks in Our Information Infrastructures By Peter G. Neumann The tip of a titanic iceberg is still all that is visible. Issue 14 (May 23-29, 2000): The Untried Approach By Arthur Melmed What can be done to improve public education? Issue 15 (May 30 - June 5, 2000): Stay Tuned for the "New" Economy By Lewis J. Perelman The pillars of the new economic system are automated intelligence, unlimited bandwidth communication, and biotechnology. Heavy Rotation By William Paul Fiefer For business software, faster-cheaper can be better too. Issue 16 (June 6-12, 2000): Certitude and Rectitude By Peter G. Neumann Programmer certification -- especially for critical systems -- may be a useful step toward discipline. Issue 17 (June 13-19, 2000): Arbitration Clauses in Online Agreements By C. Celeste Creswell, Esq. Reducing the risk for your click and mortar business A New Recruit Writes Home From Boot Camp By M. E. Kabay Over the bridge and through the net. Issue 18 (June 20-26, 2000): The Bout of the Century? Information Ethics vs. E-Commerce By Marsha Woodbury On Ethics and Identity. Issue 19 (June 27 - July 10, 2000): The Social Aspects Neglected in E-Commerce By Samuel Chong and Kecheng Liu A critical step in developing high quality e-commerce systems is understanding the business norms that govern how humans work together. Issue 21 (July 18-24, 2000): Distance Education: An Oxymoron? By Carol Twigg Those who argue that learning must take place face-to-face overlook important questions. Internet Virus Protection By Bill Hanson Catching viruses at the server level would prevent a lot of headaches, not to mention embarrassment, for IT professionals. Issue 23 (August 1-7, 2000): Just Turn Me Off By Bernard Goldbach Fed up with embedded technology? Read the Articles of Association Between Design, Technology and the People Formerly Known as Users. Issue 24 (August 8-14, 2000): Caught them, but how to hold them? By R. Raghuraman Employee retention in India a growing issue as the dot com world beckons. Issue 25 (August 15-21, 2000): The Information Age and the Printing Press: Looking Backward to See Ahead By James A. Dewar History suggests that the Internet should remain unregulated. Monty Python's Flying Circus: Microsoft and the Aircraft Carriers By M. E. Kabay Maybe the military can convince Microsoft to invest in quality assurance. Issue 26 (August 22-28, 2000): The Digital Millennium Copyright Act By Jeanine L. Gibbs Protecting your Intellectual Property Rights in Cyberspace Issue 27 (August 29 - September 11, 2000): Universal Usability By Ben Shneiderman Responding to the needs of forgotten users Issue 28 (September 12 - 18, 2000): May the Power Be With You: A Design Philosophy for Software Engineers By M. E. Kabay Microsoft design bloopers move control from the user to the software program Issue 29 (September 19 - 25, 2000): The ERMES Approach to Software Evaluation By Giovanna A. Avellis Points to consider when appraising educational software Collective Control Talking with Phil Smith How to keep your nano-environment from running amok. Issue 30 (September 26 - October 2, 2000): The Information Age and History: Looking Backward to See Us By Richard J. Cox We love to network! The present obsession with information is rooted in human nature. Issue 31 (October 3 - 9, 2000): We, the Internet By Shannon Jacobs Putting Net ownership in the hands (and homes) of the people -- a future scenario Issue 33 (October 17 - 23, 2000): U-Commerce: The Ultimate By Richard T. Watson Doing business in a world that is ubiquitous, universal, unique and in unison. The Software Police vs. the CD Lawyers By Dan Bricklin The recording industry needs to learn more from the software industry than just suing people involved in copying. Issue 34 (October 24 - 30, 2000): Multimedia Developers Can Learn from the History of Human Communication By Robert S. Tannenbaum From the fire circle to the theatre to the computer screen, effective techniques enhance the message. Presidential Politics and Internet Issues in the 2000 Election By Doug Isenberg What are the candidates' positions on Internet taxes, online privacy, free speech and intellectual property law? Issue 35 (October 31 - November 13, 2000): Electronic Signatures and the New Economy Daniel Uhlfelder An introduction to the Electronic Signature in Global and National Commerce Act (E-Sign) recently passed by Congress Issue 36 (November 14 - 20, 2000): UCITA: Coming to a Statehouse Near You Daniel Uhlfelder Understanding the new Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act Barriers to Mentoring Joseph M. Newcomer High schools have coaches for football and soccer. Why not a "computer coach?" Issue 37 (November 21 - 27, 2000): The Road to Encryption By Andrew Rafalski Smart card ID: But can it remember my passwords? Issue 38 (November 28 - December 4, 2000): Making Matters Worse By David Curle What Problem is ICANN Trying To Solve? Cutting Down on Chat Confusion By M.O. Thirunarayanan A proposal for managing instructor-controlled chat systems Issue 39 (December 5 - 11, 2000): The New Economy: Are Rules Irrelevant? By Daniel W. Uhlfelder, Esq. The Internet breaks down legal boundaries like no other technological or historical phenomenon Managing Information Supply Chains By Patrick Walsh and Adamantios Koumpis Europešs ADRENALIN Project takes a shot at improving highly networked enterprise systems Issue 40 (December 12 - 18, 2000): A Dialogue on Local Interests and National Commerce By Edmund B. (Pete) Burke As the Internet expands the use of mail-order shipments, expect more challenges to regulations that protect markets. Anticipatory Computing By Mihai Nadin How expectations, predictions and forecasts affect our lives. Issue 41 (December 19 - 25, 2000): Guide to the Internet By Greg Farman No matter where on earth, it isn't hard to find creative individuals who see the advantages that technology can confer. Tomorrow's News By Kerry Northrup What will the news be like in the continuing evolving age of information? Issue 42 (January 2 - 8, 2001): Effective Unit Testing By Tim Burns Careful programmers test early and test often. Issue 43 (January 9 - 15, 2001): Now Hiring: Sciengineer By R. Raghuraman Pressure to produce practical results requires a new breed of scientist/engineer Issue 44 (January 16 - 22, 2001): The Piper Cub Offense By Jef Raskin Why the Reagan/Clinton/Bush Star Wars defense is useless Issue 45 (January 23 - 29, 2001): Structured Chat By M.O. Thirunarayanan and Aixa Perez-Prado Will a system to control the free-flowing nature of chat sessions help or hinder student learning and participation? Issue 46 (January 30 - February 5, 2001): Sam Spam the Flimflam Man By Shannon Jacobs You can't stop him -- no one can! (But we'd like you to try.) Controlling Risk By Patricia Duhart McNair Better products result when software project managers also become risk managers. Issue 48 (February 13 - 19, 2001): Voting After Florida: No Easy Answers By Lorrie Faith Cranor A close look at voting equipment and procedures finds that there is no quick (or cheap) fix for ballot counting issues.

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