Issue 4 (March 12-18, 2002): Lightweight and Agile Software Development By Ed Carroll. Software development projects need a starting plan and also a process to appropriately adjust that plan. Lessons From the Trenches of E-Gov, Part 2 By Gordon Jenkins. For the countries that have it, e-government is helpful but has yet to fulfill its potential. Issue 7 (April 2-8, 2002): UCITA: A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing By M. E. Kabay. Proposed legislation to protect vendors has potentially high costs for software users. Attendre le suitcase . . . By Espen Andersen. What would happen if we had smart entities running over stupid networks rather than the other way around? We would coordinate by substituting communication for planning, that's what. Issue 10 (April 23-29, 2002): The Privacy Paradox By Jennifer Carlisle A national biometric database in place of our current flawed identification systems could prevent the loss of liberty and autonomy. XML, Web Services and the Changing Face of Distributed Computing By Frank P. Coyle A new kind of network offers a world of possibilities for moving data and building application architectures centered around common Internet protocols. Issue 12 (May 7-13, 2002): Airport Security Lessons By M. E. Kabay False alarms, loose lips and trash bin data mines. Issue 14 (May 21-27, 2002): Crying Klez: Maybe the Sky IS Falling By Robert Slade A fast-spreading virus exploits well-known bugs and security loopholes. Issue 15 (May 28 - June 3, 2002): Reestablishing the Value of Content By Gerry McGovern Everything has a cost, even so-called "free" content Peer-to-Peer Interactions in Web Brokering Systems By Geoffrey Fox and Shrideep Pallickara Global structure and local dynamic messaging support a wide range of applications Issue 17 (June 11-17, 2002): Is Your Software Process Staying With You? By Sunil Tadwalkar It takes a village to build a process-oriented culture within an organization. Digital Resources in Education By Arun Kumar Tripathi How does technology change learning and teaching in formal and informal education? Issue 18 (June 18-24, 2002): Infrastructure: The Things We Take for Granted By Espen Andersen What it is, what it does, what it doesn't Issue 20 (July 2-8, 2002): Enterprise Models, Strategic Transformations and Possible Solutions Review By K.A. Delic A simple three-layer model may foster better understanding of enterprise architecture Issue 21 (July 9-15, 2002): The Answer is Out There By Espen Andersen Distributed problem solving on the cheap View from Israel: The Intergeneration Project By Edna Aphek Preserving culture in a technological environment Issue 22 (July 16-22, 2002): Are You Tough Enough? By Dr. K.V.K.K. Prasad Personality traits of successful IT professionals View from Bangladesh: The New Literacy By Mir Lutful Kabir Saadi How communications technology will bridge the Divide The Answer is Out There By Espen Andersen Distributed problem solving on the cheap Issue 28 (August 27 - September 2, 2002): Nowhere to hide By Espen Andersen Companies will need to make themselves components of their customers' lives rather than trying to make customers a component of their organizations. To do this, they need to stop kidding themselves with it comes to electronic integration. Children of the Information Age: A Reversal of Roles By Edna Aphek Understanding the unique characteristics of the high-tech, digital generation. Issue 29 (September 3-9, 2002): The Somatic Engineer By Peter J. Denning, PhD Engineers trained in value skills will be superior professionals and designers. Issue 31 (September 17-23, 2002): Stamp out technology virginity Espen Andersen Technology virginity and technology virgins are everywhere -- and more influential than you might like. Time to go on the offensive.. Issue 32 (October 1-7, 2002): Collaborative Commerce By Scott Kownslar The next phase of the Internet's impact on business Digital Promises By Arun Tripathi The prospect of living our lives online may not be so attractive after all. Issue 34 (October 15-21, 2002): Channeling Innovation By James L. Fahey Despite its importance to business, innovation can be a confusing distraction. An effective process for managing innovation allows organizations to respond to markets while remaining focused on business objectives. Points of Learning and Teaching Systems (POLTS) By M.O. Thirunarayanan Educators can take a lesson from the business world's use of dedicated computer systems. Issue 36 (October 22-28, 2002): Architecting Durable Things By Kemal A. Delic Enterprise design should be more like the B-52. The Perils of the Extrapolated Technologist, or, the Advantages of a Contrarian Career Investment Strategy By Espen Andersen Contrary to what you think, now is the time to study IT. Just make sure you are interested in the content of the field rather than its future trappings. Issue 37 (October 29 - November 4, 2002): The Future of Internet Security By Charles Adetokunbo Shoniregun Should common security technologies be blended with biometrics for accuracy and reliability? Issue 39 (November 12-18, 2002): E-Commerce Security Measures: Are They Worth It? Avi Rushinek and Sara Rushinek Cost benefits of the security and systems management of electronic publishing Internet Web server subscription services and e-commerce. Issue 41 (November 26 - December 2, 2002): Internet Access for African Countries By Fred Kofi de Heer-Menlah Exploring the factors that hinder and help the development of Internet access in Africa Issue 42 (December 3-9, 2002): Demographic Profiling: A Euphemism for Corporate Spying? By John Hudson If recent figures on PC and Internet usage are any indication, many of us spend as much time with our computer as we do with our spouse. Issue 43 (December 10-16, 2002): Squeeze It In or Spread It Out? By Rick Duley The conundrum of content and context Points of Learning and Teaching Systems (POLTS), Part II By M.O. Thirunarayanan Proposed teaching system will reflect a learner's cognitive skills Issue 45 (December 31, 2002 - January 6, 2003): The Rise of the Intelligent Enterprise By Kemal A. Delic and Umeshwar Dayal Mother Nature knows best -- How engineered organizations of the future will resemble natural-born systems. Issue 47 (January 21 - 27, 2003): Intellectual Property Rights of Multimedia Enriched Websites By Charles Adetokunbo Shoniregun Can original print and music survive the multimedia technology hoax? Learning by Redoing By Trevis J. Rothwell The availability of components that do a myriad of tasks could lead programmer complacency Issue 49 (February 4 - 10, 2003): Genesis Of An Anthill: Wireless Technology And Self-Organizing Systems By Espen Andersen The future belongs to small, connected devices that will wirelessly allow the user -- and the technology -- to self-organize, creating something smart out of many small and simple nodes and connections Clock Driven Scheme to Initialize the Sequence Number By Chong Kim Using TCP to deal with delayed duplicates of both old and new connections Forum for this article. Issue 50 (February 11 - 17, 2003): Predicting Context Aware Computing Performance By Eli Rohn Forecasting the growth and key success factors of context aware computing is an area that is wide open for further research. Forum for this article.

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