Table of Contents
VOLUME 12. 3
COLUMNS
11 Business: The 8th Layer
Cloudy Weather
Conventional wisdom has
it that cloud computing
will go mainstream in two
to five years. But so far
enthusiasm has outstripped
tangible success.
Lynn Greiner
15 Putting it Together
Being Too Connected
We’re all more connected
than ever before. But has
this really improved
productivity in our work?
Win Treese
DEPARTMENTS
3 Editorial
Who Will Own Web 3.0?
Privacy and copyright issues
will loom larger than ever
when Web 3.0 emerges.
Ken Korman
5 Net News
Should I Write
a Column or Play
with My iPhone 3G?
When computing clouds
go dark; license codes
cause software crashes;
Intel vs. AMD; the latest
phishing scams hit hard.
Alan Zeichick
40 The Last Word
“Regulation” of the
Internet: Lessons from
the Wall Street Meltdown?
The global financial crisis
makes us wonder anew:
How can we best balance
regulation and free markets
as regards broadband access?
Aaron Weiss
34 RESOURCES
Reviews of The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It, by
Jonathan Zittrain; Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies,
edited by James E. Katz; and Software Studies: A Lexicon, edited
by Matthew Fuller
Reviewed by Michele Tepper
Also: A list of upcoming conferences and essential URLs relating
to this issue’s stories.
FEATURES
18 In Search of Web 3.0
Visions for Web 3.0
may vary, but most
include a truly ubiquitous
and mobile version of
today’s Internet. But
what can we do now to
shape our own future?
Laurie Rowell
26 Open Source
Hardware—Freedom
You Can Hold?
There’s no question
that open source
software has finally
hit the mainstream.
Now advocates of
open source hardware
say that open
and collaborative
development can work
for “things” too.
Aaron Weiss
