Communications of the ACM
DEPARTMENT: Editorial pointers
DEPARTMENT: News track
COLUMN: The business of software
COLUMN: Practical programmer
COLUMN: Viewpoint
DEPARTMENT: ACM fellows
COLUMN: Technical opinion
COLUMN: Inside risks
Editorial Pointers
DEPARTMENT: News track
News Track
COLUMN: The business of software
The Inaccurate Conception
Some thoughts on the accuracy of estimates.COLUMN: Practical programmer
Managing For Innovation
People versus process? Watts Humphrey says it's people and process.COLUMN: Viewpoint
Just Say 'A Class Defines a Data Type'
When teaching computer programming to novices, forget "objects early," "objects later," and "back to basics."DEPARTMENT: ACM fellows
ACM Fellows
Urban Sensing: Out of the Woods
Embedded networked sensing, having successfully shifted from the lab to the environment, is primed for a more contentious move to the city to where citizens will likely be the target of data collection. This transition will warrant …Mobile Gaming
Tens of millions of users worldwide play games, as well as make phone calls, on their cell phones and other handheld devices.Patterns, Symmetry, and Symmetry Breaking
Explaining software patterns by breaking the symmetry created by programming languages.Costs and Benefits of XBRL Adoption: Early Evidence
Financial reporting via XBRL is a low-cost method for increasing transparency and compliance while potentially decreasing a firm's cost of capital.The Contribution of Critical IS Research
Solving ongoing external problems may require looking inward first.The Illusion of Security
A fictional scenario of daily life in a world networked with ambient intelligence illustrates the dark side of the technology and the need for appropriate safeguards.Location-Based Services
Evaluating user perceptions of location-tracking and location-awareness services.Promoting Personal Responsibility For Internet Safety
Online safety is everyone's responsibility---a concept much easier to preach than to practice.Requirements Engineering in New Product Development
How effective are the socio-technical interactions in developing new products?Peer-Based Computer-Supported Knowledge Refinement: An Empirical Investigation
Nonexpert peer-based knowledge refinement, it turns out, is just as helpful as expert-centric knowledge refinement for improving the quality of results.COLUMN: Technical opinion
Role of Word of Mouth in Online Store Loyalty
Comparing online store ratings with other e-store loyalty factors.COLUMN: Inside risks
