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Wired Wired World: Breaking the Mosaic Mold

Many of us have been watching the recent goings-on at Netscape and wondering what it all means. The layoffs in general, the cancellation of in-house Java development, and the Communicator source-code giveaway have received most of the attention, but another unsettling item has gone largely unnoticed. As of February 1998, Netscape no longer maintains a staff of usability engineers. At its zenith...

Doing Business in the Wired World

56 Computer E lectronic commerce—the application of information technology to support business processes and the exchange of goods and ser-vices—promises to radically transform business. Since 1993, use of the Internet and World Wide Web has exploded, spurred on by dramatically cheaper, higher performance hardware and software. This creates a global " infostructure " to support commerce. Today ...

Reflections on Cyberspace as the New "Wired World of Education"

Developments in Information Technologies (ITs) like the Internet have transformed information exchange. Moreover, since information exchange and analysis are key aspects of the learning experience, these developments have had an important impact on education. Within this context, the important question concerns the sort of educational relationships that exist (or fail to exist) when information...

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The Wired World: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of the Information Society

In this age of modern era, the use of internet must be maximized. Yeah, internet will help us very much not only for important thing but also for daily activities. Many people now, from any level can use internet. The sources of internet connection can also be enjoyed in many places. As one of the benefits is to get the on-line the wired world an introduction to the theory and practice of the i...