The next social revolution
Mobile communication, pervasive computing, wireless networks, collective action.
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Title: It Was My Party -- and I Can Cry If I Want To
Author: Andy Server
Publication: Business 2.0
Publication Date: 3/2001
Abstract or Excerpt: Well, it's been a year--or just about--since the Nasdaq topped out at 5,049 (the actual date was March 10, 2000). Nazzie's now down more than 55% from that peak...and counting. Yeah, the world sure looks different today from a year ago, doesn't it?
Title: A Real Brief History of Usenet
Author: Daniel Dern
Publication: BYTE Magazine
Publication Date: 9/4/1999
Title: FCC Launches Proceeding to Promote Widespread Deployment of High-speed Broadband Internet Access Services
Publication Date: 2/14/2002
Abstract or Excerpt: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a major rulemaking to promote greater deployment of broadband services. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) is poised to resolve outstanding issues regarding the classification of telephone-based broadband Internet access services and the regulatory implications of that classification. The additional clarity brought by the resolution of these issues will promote greater investment in the nation's broadband infrastructure.
Title: Cable TV Lobby, Including Comcast, Tells FCC: Give Us a "Closed" Broadband Net
Publication: Center for Digital Democracy
Publication Date: 2/15/2002
Abstract or Excerpt: In an effort to seal off a portion of the Internet as its own private domain, the cable TV industry is pressing the FCC to classify the cable modem business as an "information service," free of the open-access provisions that have made the Internet so diverse and competitive. In a series of February meetings, phone calls, and other lobbying efforts with commissioners and their key staff, the cable industry has made it clear that it wants to become the major gatekeeper of the broadband Internet. As the exclusive Internet service provider for the millions of household that will subscribe to cable's broadband offerings over the next several years, the cable industry is poised to exercise the same tight control of the online world that it currently wields in the multi-channel video market.
Title: Cable Industry FCC Lobbying Document
Publication: Center for Digital Democracy
Publication Date: 2/8/2002
Title: FCC Sides with Cable Net Firms
Publication: Associated Press
Publication Date: 3/14/2002
Abstract or Excerpt: Federal regulators on Thursday exempted cable Internet companies from laws that force telecommunications providers to open their lines to competition. By a 3-1 vote, the Federal Communications Commission said the decision was necessary to spark more investment in high-speed Internet services.
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Author: L. Garton, C. Haythornthwaite and B. Wellman
Publication: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 3(1), 1997
Abstract or Excerpt: When a computer network connects people or organizations, it is a social network. Yet the study of such computer-supported social networks has not received as much attention as studies of human-computer interaction, online person-to-person interaction, and computer-supported communication within small groups. We argue the usefulness of a social network approach for the study of computer-mediated communication. We review some basic concepts of social network analysis, describe how to collect and analyze social network data, and demonstrate where social network data can be, and have been, used to study computer-mediated communication. Throughout, we show the utility of the social network approach for studying computer-mediated communication, be it in computer-supported cooperative work, in virtual community, or in more diffuse interactions over less bounded systems such as the Internet.
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Author: Gordon E. Moore
Publication: Electronics 38(8)
Publication Date: 4/19/1965
Abstract or Excerpt: With unit cost falling as the number of components percircuit rises, by 1975 economics may dictate squeezing as many as 65,000 components on a single silicon chip.
Title: Moore's Law
Author: Intel Corporation
Abstract or Excerpt: Gordon Moore made his famous observation in 1965, just four years after the first planar integrated circuit was discovered. The press called it "Moore's Law" and the name has stuck. In his original paper, Moore observed an exponential growth in the number of transistors per integrated circuit and predicted that this trend would continue. Through Intel's relentless technology advances, Moore's Law, the doubling of transistors every couple of years, has been maintained, and still holds true today. Intel expects that it will continue at least through the end of this decade. The mission of Intel's technology development team is to continue to break down barriers to Moore's Law.
Title: The Legend of Bob Metcalfe
Author: Scott Kirsner
Publication: Wired 6.11
Publication Date: 11/1998
Abstract or Excerpt: Father of Ethernet, founder of 3Com, in-demand author, pundit, and conference host, Bob Metcalfe is overcommitted and then some. But never too busy to make sure the good guys - himself included - win.
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