evolution of information and communication technology and illustrates its usage in the work domain. The paper is subdivided into two parts. The first part gives an overview over the different phases of information processing in the work domain. It starts by charting the past and present usage of computers in work environments and shows current technological trends, which are likely to influence...

The adoption of existing technologies for digital curation, most especially digital capture, is outlined in the context of personal digital archives and the Digital Manuscripts Project at the British Library. Technologies derived from computer forensics, data conversion and classic computing, and evolutionary computing are considered. The practical imperative of moving information to modern and...

The Personal Server is a small, lightweight, and easy-to-use device that supports personal mobile applications. Instead of relying on a small mobile display, the Personal Server enables seamless interaction with situated displays in the nearby environment. The current prototype is supported by emerging storage, processing, and communication technologies. Because it is carried by the user and do...

While personal computing initially meant a single PC in an office, with the advent of the World Wide Web and the increasing trend of mobile devices personal information is no longer limited to a small, physical space. The desktop metaphor, stemming from the old days of the office container is now facing serious challenges. This work examines the vision of, and trend towards the personal informa...

Network security has become more important to personal computer users, organizations, and the military. With the advent of the internet, security became a major concern and the history of security allows a better understanding of the emergence of security technology. The architecture of the internet, when modified can reduce the possible attacks that can be sent across the network. Knowing the ...

Cloud computing (CC) has gained much popularity. Large amounts of data, many of them personal, are consumed by CC services. Yet, data security and, derived from that, privacy are topics that are not satisfyingly covered. Especially usage control and data leakage prevention are open problems. We propose the development of a trusted Platform as a Service CC architecture that addresses selected Da...

In light of the increased awareness of global energy consumption, questions are being asked about the energy contribution of computing equipment. Although studies have documented the share of energy consumption by this type of equipment over the years, research has rarely characterized the increasing share contributed by the rapidly growing segment of portable computing. Portable computing is w...

This paper proposes a new perspective on the problem of data integration on the Web: the one of the Surface Web. It introduces the concept of UI-oriented computing as a computing paradigm whose core ingredient are the user interfaces that build up the Surface Web, and shows how a sensible mapping of data integration tasks to user interface elements and user interactions is able to cope with dat...