Technology & Software
DNA Computing: How
will biology change the future of computing?
IOTA Interview: Ruzena Bajcsy, Assistant Director for Computer and
Information Science and Engineering (CISE) at the National Science Foundation.
Smart Cards:
How can the world's smallest Web server enhance online security?
IOTA Interview: Peter Honeyman, Director of the Center for
Information Technology Integration at the University of Michigan.
Open Source Software: How is open source movement changing the model for software
development?
Have you seen? Eric Raymond's most popular paper, The Cathedral and the Bazaar,
is an analysis of how and why the open source development model works.
This paper influenced Netscape to release the source for Communicator 5.0.
Did you know? People all over the world develop software over the
Internet.
Check out mozilla.org and icecast to learn more about these
open source development projects.
You can learn to speak like a hacker through the New Hacker's Dictionary
IOTA Interview: Eric
Raymond, Hacker
Secrets:
What is the future of restrictions on encryption technology?
Have you thought about? Restrictions on encryption technology can
be used to help the interest of national security and hinder the interests of
international development.
Have you seen? The Center for Democracy and Technology's Encryption Issues Page
Talking Computers: Did you know your computer can talk to you?
Have you thought about? What was once science fiction is becoming
reality.
Have you seen? "Audio Protocol Holds
Promise of Harmony" by Jeremy Carl
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words: How can visually impaired people "see" graphics on the Web?
Did you know? With new technologies, you can navigate websites
without using your hands.
Have you seen? pwWebSpeak: User Interface Design of an
Accessible Web Browser |
