Table of Contents

From the Editor's Desk

Introduction

A Time to Retrospect and Prospect

The Battle of the Covers

The Battle Behind the Scenes

Déjà Vu All Over Again

From Academia to the Editorship

CACM: Past, Present, and Future

Voices

Introduction

In the Realm of Insight and Creativity

Information Security: 50 Years Behind, 50 Years Ahead

Five Deep Questions in Computing

Inspiration and Trust

The Next 50 Years

Hacking Intellectual Property Law

Ode to Code

Computing in Pervasive Cyberspace

Could Googling Take Down a President?

Toward a Network Architecture That Does Everything

Reflections on Computer-Related Risks

Cyber-Commons: Merging Real and Virtual Worlds

Articles

Bell's Law for the Birth and Death of Computer Classes

The Centrality and Prestige of CACM

Breakthrough Research: A Preview of Things to Come

Introduction

Technical Perspective: The Data Center is the Computer

Map Reduce: Simplified Data Processing on Large Clusters

Technical Perspective: Finding a Good Neighbor, Near and Fast

Near-Optimal Hashing Algorithms for Approximate Nearest Neighbour in High Dimensions

Columns

The Business of Software

Staying Connected

Viewpoint

President's Letter

Inside Risks

Departments

Forum

Career Opportunities

Calendar of Events

Communications - January 2008 Index