Communications of the ACM articles from December 2000

Communications of the ACM archives from December 2000

Editorial Pointers.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... We all have our own personal benchmarks when it comes to trusting technology. It's that moment when we may hesitate, if not refuse, to perform a function electronically by weighing the convenience over the possible negative consequences....

News Track.(Technology Information)
December 1, 2000... CUT KIDS COMPUTER TIME A new study claims exposure in early education to computers can harm children's ability to reason, imagine, and play, and calls for legislators to refocus early education toward a program that supports strong bonds...

Software Piracy Is Not Just Economics Anymore.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... IN "GLOBAL SOFTWARE PIRACY: You Can't Get Blood Out of a Turnip," (Sept. 2000, p. 82) Gopal and Sanders seem to state the obvious, albeit backed up with impressive facts and figures. To anyone living in countries where the income is...

The Three Ts of Elementary Education.(Government Activity)
December 1, 2000... The John Glenn Commission on Education pushes for the biggest change in public education in 200 years. Currently, the U.S. is enjoying the best economic period--ever. Now is the time, then, to address the substantive challenges in...

Standardizing Software Projects.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... Deploying organizational standards across the life of a project is one of the single biggest competitive advantages. Companies wishing to prosper today are finding that effective management of software engineering projects is one of the...

Signing Your 011001010.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... The problems of digital signatures. In recent years we have seen everything from sex to taxes go online. The Internet revolution may now be claiming a new victim, as the handwritten signature gives way to a powerful new digital way of...

TRUSTING TECHNOLOGY.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... How can technology be engineered to inspire user trust? How can businesses, consumers, and individuals employ that trust--without destroying it--for the sake of their human relationships? When I fly, I decline e-tickets in favor of hard...

TRUST ONLINE.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... Trust can be cultivated to enhance our personal and social lives and increase our social capital. Trust matters. It allows us to reveal vulnerable parts of ourselves to others and to know others intimately in return. A climate of trust...

i2i TRUST IN E-COMMERCE.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... The depth of participants' trust and trustworthiness depends on how the medium transmits and translates the social experience, including its often unviewable cultural and personal cues. The Internet has brought about the New Economy and...

REPUTATION SYSTEMS.(Technology Information)
December 1, 2000... For buyers and sellers alike, there's no better way to earn one another's trust in online interactions. The Internet otters vast new opportunities to interact with total strangers. These interactions can be fun, informative, even...

EXTERNAL MANIFESTATTIONS OF TRUSTWORTHINESS IN THE INTERFACE.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... Humans gradually learn to trust embodied interface agents that use the same social cues people use, including interaction rituals like small talk. This article is about the kind of trust normally demonstrated in face-to-face human...

DESIGNING TRUST INTO ONLINE EXPERIENCES.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... These principles and their guidelines enhance cooperative behaviors and win user/customer loyalty by giving assurances, references, certifications from third parties, and guarantees of privacy and security. Ancient social traditions were...

SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE NET.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... The Internet neither destroys nor creates social capital. Sometimes trust matters, sometimes it doesn't in our technology-mediated relationships. A century and a half ago, the French journalist Alexis de Tocqueville travelled throughout...

MAKING ETHICAL DECISIONS.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... How companies might influence the choices one makes. Today's information technology makes vast amounts of data accessible to businesses and their employees. This accessibility provides great benefits but also creates the potential for...

BUILDING Firm Trust ONLINE.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... Exploring the barriers to efficient e-commerce and the critical role of government. The recent proliferation of e-commerce has led to a great deal of analysis probing the who, what, where, when, and why's of new opportunities for...

Trust Requirements in E-Business.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... A conceptual framework for understanding the needs and concerns of different stakeholders. TRUST IN INFORMATION SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES HAS BECOME AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT issue. The development of trust between businesses, consumers,...

Software Piracy: A View from Hong Kong.(Industry Trend or Event)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... Software piracy is defined as the unauthorized use, duplication, distribution or sale of commercially available software. Although it has been argued that the existence of pirated software stimulates an interest in legal copies [4], estimated...

On the Perils of Programming.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... Viewed as an art and a science among professionals and academics, programming retains its significance in any teaching or training program in the field of computing. With the unbelievable rise in personal computing and wide acceptance of...

Semantic Network Attacks.(Industry Trend or Event)
December 1, 2000... On August 25, 2000, Internet Wire received a forged email press release seemingly from Emulex Corp., saying that the Emulex CEO had resigned and the company's earnings would be restated. Internet Wire posted the message, without verifying...