Communications of the ACM
Innovation Is Overrated: A Provocation
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
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Score: Agile Research Group Management
Adapting agile software development methodology toward more efficient management of academic research groups.
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Version Aversion
The way you number your releases communicates more than you might think.
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Risks of Undisciplined Development
An illustration of the problems caused by a lack of discipline in software development and our failure to apply what is known in the field.
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Platforms and Services: Understanding the Resurgence of Apple
Combining new consumer devices and Internet platforms with online services and content is proving to be a successful strategy.
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Java Creator James Gosling: Why I Quit Oracle
When James Gosling led the team that created the Java language and platform, Sun Microsystems was riding high and Java stood as a landscape-changing revolutionary...
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Java Creator James Gosling: Why I Quit Oracle
When James Gosling led the team that created the Java language and platform, Sun Microsystems was riding high and Java stood as a landscape-changing revolutionary...
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Finally, a 21st Century Browser from Microsoft
Like many of us, Microsoft does its best work when it's running scared.
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Objects Never? Well, Hardly Ever!
Revisiting the Great Objects Debate.
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Principles of the Law of Software Contracts
An overview of a new set of legal principles for software contracts developed by the American Law Institute.
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An Interview With Edsger W. Dijkstra
The computer science luminary, in one of his last interviews before his death in 2002, reflects on a programmer's life.
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Rights For Autonomous Artificial Agents?
The growing role of artificial agents necessitates modifying legal frameworks to better address human interests.
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Presenting Your Project
The what, the how, and the why of giving an effective presentation.
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How Html5 Will Shake p the Web
HTML5, the next version of the markup language used to build Web pages, has attracted attention for its ability to show video inside a Web browser without using...
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A to Z of Programming Languages: Smalltalk-80
Much of modern-day programming is based on the Smalltalk-80 programming language, which was co-developed by Alan Kay, widely considered the father of the concept...
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A to Z of Programming Languages: Smalltalk-80
Much of modern-day programming is based on the Smalltalk-80 programming language, which was co-developed by Alan Kay, widely considered the father of the concept...
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John Shalf Talks Parallel Programming Languages
The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center's John Shalf describes parallel programming languages as tools designed to program systems with multiple...
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Outsourcing Versus Shared Services
Choosing between outsourcing and shared services has significant implications for long-term corporate strategy.
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