Communications of the ACM
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SPECIAL ISSUE: Next-generation cyber forensics
DEPARTMENT: Student de-charter notice
COLUMN: Inside risks
Editorial Pointers
DEPARTMENT: News track
News Track
DEPARTMENT: Forum
Forum
COLUMN: Technical opinion
Video Image Stabilization and Registration Technology
A powerful software algorithm is utilized for a variety of video-enhancing applications.COLUMN: International perspectives
Computing in Post-War Afghanistan
Reflecting on recent history and the context of current events.COLUMN: Legally speaking
Regulating Technical Design
Should software developers be required to include infringement-inhibitingcomponents such as filters in their technologies?COLUMN: Technology strategy and management
Where Does Russia Fit Into the Global Software Industry?
Exploring how Russia's nascent software industry measures up to other countries.COLUMN: Viewpoint
Who Should Govern the Internet?
Failing to share control, the U.S. risks driving disaffected countries to establish their own competing, independent root servers, thus creating parallel Internets.DEPARTMENT: Hot links
Top 10 Downloads from ACM's Digital Library
COLUMN: President's letter
Offshoring: Finally Facts vs. Folklore
The ACM Job Migration study was released last month, and it includes many recommendations for current and future computing professionals and educators.SPECIAL ISSUE: Next-generation cyber forensics
Introduction
Investigating Sophisticated Security Breaches
Sophisticated intruders take full advantage of the lack of forensic readiness. To respond more effectively to such attacks, computer security professionals and digital investigators must combine talents and work together.Risks of Live Digital Forensic Analysis
Live analysis tools have made a significant difference in capturing evidence during forensic investigations. Such tools, however, are far from infallible.Live Forensics: Diagnosing Your System Without Killing It First
Live forensics gathers data from running systems, providing additional contextual information that is not available in a disk-only forensic analysis.Standardizing Digital Evidence Storage
Digital Evidence Bag
Improving the Computer Forensic Analysis Process Through Visualization
The ability to display mountains of data in a graphical manner significantly enhances the time needed to locate and analyze suspicious files.Next-Generation Digital Forensics
The digital forensics community requires new tools and strategies for the rapid turnaround of large forensic targets.State and Local Law Enforcement Is Not Ready For a Cyber Katrina
AFF: A New Format For Storing Hard Drive Images
The Metadata Enigma
Metadata promises too much value as a business management tool to dismiss its implementation and maintenance effort as the equivalent of Sisyphean torture.The Present B2C Implementation Framework
It guides e-commerce firms implementing B2C Web sites intended to attract customers, earn their trust, and entice them to buy while helping integrate the firms' internal business processes.Wireless Commons Perils in the Common Good
In the last few years, high-speed wireless access to the Internet has grown rapidly. Surprisingly, this growth has not come through cellular phone networks as many had expected, but through IEEE 802.11 standards-based wireless …DEPARTMENT: Student de-charter notice
Student De-Charter Notice
Principles For Digital Preservation
Focusing on end users' needs rather than those of archiving institutions.Protocol Analysis: A Neglected Practice
Protocol analysis is an evidence-gathering technique with an established record in experimental psychology. Here, it is applied to study how programmers solve problems.The Quarks of Object-Oriented Development
A two-construct taxonomy is used to define the essential elements of object orientation through analysis of existing literature.Making Computer Science Minority-Friendly
Computer science programs neglect diverse student needs.COLUMN: Inside risks
