The third annual “Predictions” issue of Computer covers a diverse range technical topics including the Internet in space, data center networking, carbon footprint machine language training, human-centered artificial intelligence design and digital divide.

This paper discusses learner-centered approaches and evaluation in English language teaching and learning materials design. Based on the researches in this field, a framework is developed for the evaluation of learner-centered components contained in the materials. Thereafter, we apply the criteria to the assessment of two major English textbooks College English (1991) and Experiencing English ...

Kjell Sorme of Ericcson argues that the “mobile internet is more than making the Internet mobile...it will enable a whole new set of services that can be tailored to the location and individual preferences, needs and circumstances of the mobile user” (Sorme 2001). He describes three phases of mobile Internet development. The first is using the cell phone to provide network connection for laptop...

during the past few years, there has been an increasing recognition that internet is playing a significant role in the synthesis, the distribution and the consumption of novel psychoactive substances (nps).the aim of this study was to assess the online availability of nps in persian language websites.the google search engine was used to carry out an accurate qualitative assessment of informatio...

nowadays using new technologies in education is one of important challenges of educational associations. using new technologies cause increase of efficiency in education. in this paper, the place of it in education of 4 language skills has analyzed and difficulties of arabic language students in related courses have discussed. using computer, educational software, internet and other equipments ...

The Arusha Project is an independent open-source project centered on the premise that the best hope for Unix system administration at modest-sized sites is through large-scale Internet-wide collaboration. We present a simple object model as a thinking tool, and an XML-based configuration language as a concrete notation for expressing system-administrative facts. We show how this framework allow...