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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...
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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 ...
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Nov 23 2005 |
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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...
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Oct 25 2005 |
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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...
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Nov 16 2004 |
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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...
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Oct 15 2004 |
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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...
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Feb 1 2002 |
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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...
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Jan 1 2002 |
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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&...
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Dec 1 1999 |
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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...
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Apr 1 1999 |
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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...
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Feb 1 1999 |
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