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netWorker: The Craft of Network Computing
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  Health and biomedical informatics
Weiss A. netWorker: The Craft of Network Computing 13(4): 18-25, 2009.  Type: Article

This paper is not just for people in the computer field; in fact, it targets a general audience. First, it briefly reviews some of the major advantages of using electronic medical records (EMRs). Then, it points to some of the major ba...

Apr 2 2010
  The power of collective intelligence
Weiss A. netWorker: The Craft of Network Computing 9(3): 16-23, 2005.  Type: Article

This is a short, interesting, and thought-provoking paper. Essentially, it argues that as critical mass has been reached for the various services on the Internet, order has emerged from what first seemed like chaos. Think of Wikipedia ...

Nov 23 2005
  Data security in the age of compliance
Robinson T. netWorker: The Craft of Network Computing 9(3): 24-30, 2005.  Type: Article

Businesses operate in both precarious and lawful societies around the world. Governments often enact compliance requirements for policies, such as the Financial Modernization Act of 1999, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountabi...

Oct 25 2005
  The buzz in the background
Schindler E. netWorker: The Craft of Network Computing 8(3): 24-29, 2004.  Type: Article

Since the dawn of the Internet, people have hyped that one day we would be able to control home appliances remotely, from our offices. Well, this never materialized. Then came the various wireless technologies, especially Bluetooth; ho...

Nov 16 2004
  Patent frenzy!
Weiss A. netWorker: The Craft of Network Computing 8(3): 16-23, 2004.  Type: Article

Weiss’ paper is a well-deserved, well-documented critique (to say the least) of the US Patent Office in general, and the problems of patenting computer software and hardware in particular. This office, the same one that grant...

Oct 15 2004
  Harnessing the power of knowledge management
Fowler D. netWorker: The Craft of Network Computing 5(3): 18-24, 2001.  Type: Article

The goal of knowledge management is to provide an organization with adequate search engines, interfaces and connections to enable information to be located, manipulated, and converted into coherent, useful formats. Fowler’s a...

Feb 1 2002
  The politics of free (software)
Weiss A. netWorker: The Craft of Network Computing 5(3): 26-31, 2001.  Type: Article

Everyone who has kept the open source software movement in the background, not having time to dig into it or figuring that it is marginalized, ought to read this paper. After the author revealed that over two-thirds of the engines driv...

Jan 1 2002
  XML gets down to business
Weiss A. netWorker: The Craft of Network Computing 3(3): 36-43, 1999.  Type: Article

XML is a metalanguage that defines a new technology in the development of the Internet. It is designed to simplify the transmission of structured documents over the Web. This paper is a short overview of XML, and it focuses on XML&...

Dec 1 1999
  Putting it together
Cranor L. netWorker: The Craft of Network Computing 2(3): 13-18, 1998.  Type: Article

Some of the data collection and privacy problems associated with the World Wide Web in the first half of 1998 are summarized in this interesting article. The big problems concerning data acquisition and privacy are briefly discussed, t...

Apr 1 1999
  Trademark disputes in cyberspace
Smith K. netWorker: The Craft of Network Computing 2(1): 32-39, 1998.  Type: Article

Some recent court decisions involving trademarks on the Net are presented, beginning with an investigation of the right to use a domain name that is also used as another company’s name or trademark (since only one company can...

Feb 1 1999
 
 
 
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