Digital technology is easing access and lowering barriers for a new generation of criminal.Hal Berghel Pages 15-19DEPARTMENT: ACM distinguished members
They also make it more hands-on, real, practical, and immediate, inspiring a new generation of scientists' deep interest in the field.Douglas Blank Pages 25-27SPECIAL ISSUE: Software product line engineering
Mapping the technical and business activities and steps required for successful organizational adoption.
Paul C. Clements, Lawrence G. Jones, John D. McGregor, Linda M. Northrop Pages 33-36
RFID-embedded money is likely to mean the end of anonymous transactions and with it one of the last bastions of personal anonymity.
Ian Angell, Jan Kietzmann Pages 90-96
Context-aware Web service would significantly benefit the interactions between human, applications, and the environment.Zakaria Maamar, Djamal Benslimane, Nanjangud C. Narendra Pages 98-103
A range of versatile auction formats are coming that allow more flexibility in specifying demand and supply.Martin Bichler, Jayant R. Kalagnanam Pages 104-108
Small and medium-sized companies in the U.S. make better use of IT than their Canadian counterparts.
Ali Reza Montazemi Pages 109-112COLUMN: Technical opinion