Computer Science (CSC) 344
 Electronic Commerce

Supplemental Reading Assignments

(Will be added to during the Semester)

Day

Readings

January 4

Bush, Vannever. “As We May Think.” The Atlantic Monthly 176.1 (July 1945): 101-108. 15 March 1999 <http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/computer/bushf.htm>. 

Greene, Thomas C.. "The Net Is a Commercial Failure: Study." The Register (02 January 2001). 02 January 2001. <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/15767.html>.    

"Harry Potter Books Spark Rise in Satanism in Children." The Onion (26 July 2000). 23 August 2000 <http://www.theonion.com/onion3625/harry_potter.html>.  

Weiss, Todd R. "Survey: Web Retail Sales Continue to Climb." The Standard (22 December 2000). 25 December 2000 <http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,21048,00.html>.

Whitaker, Sheelagh. "Making the Web Work I before E - No Exceptions." Plano, Texas: EDS. 28 December 2000 <http://www.thestandard.com/pdf/wpaper_i_before_e.pdf>. 

http://www.merchantsource.com/

http://www.authorizenet.com/

http://www.go2net.com/

http://www.411.com/

Read 2 out of the following 3 articles:

 Cerf, Vinton. "How the Internet Came to Be." The Online User's Encyclopedia. Ed. Bernard Aboba. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1993. 29 December 2000 <http://www.bell-labs.com/user/zhwang/vcerf.htm >.

Leiner, Berry M., Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch, Jon Postel, Larry G. Roberts, and Stephen Wolff. A Brief History of the Internet. Reston, Virginia: Internet Society, 4 August 2000.  20 October 2000 <http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.html>. 

Sterling, Bruce. "History of the Internet." The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (23 February 2000).  29 December 2000 <http://www.dsv.su.se/internet/documents/internet-history.html>.   

January 5

Emigh, J.  “E-Commerce Strategies.” Computerworld (16 August 1999): 53.

Getler, Michael. "The New News Thing." The Washington Post (24 December 2000): B06. 25 December 2000  <http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46067-2000Dec23.html>.

Landley, Robert. "Evaluating the Internet." Fool.com (18 December 2000). 20 December 2000 <http://www.fool.com/portfolios/rulemaker/2000/rulemaker001218.htm>.   

Meehan, Michael.  “Airfare Race Shifts into Overdrive.” Computerworld (22 December 2000). 28 December 2000 <http://computerworld.com/cwi/story/0%2C1199%2CNAV47_STO55532_NLTam%2C00.html>. 

O'Malley, Robert. "Designing for E-Commerce." ScreamZine (December 2000). 19 December 2000 <http://www.screamdesign.com/community/screamzine/feature/send2.html> <http://www.screamdesign.com/community/screamzine/feature/send3.html>. 

Outing, Steve. "Stop the Presses!" Editor & Publisher Online. (27 December 2000). 27 December 2000 <http://www.editorandpublisher.com/> (You will have to search for article).  

Tweney, Dylan. "Should Content Flirt With Commerce?" Publish: Internet Communications for the New Economy (2000). 19 December 2000 <http://www.publish.com/features/0011/feature8.html>.  

Wilcox, Joe, and Toy Wolverton. "Amazon Set to Open E-commerce Outlet Store." CNET/The New York Times on the Web (20 December 2000). 20 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_0_4_4227864_00.html?printpage=yes>.  

Wong, Wylie. "XML: It's the Great Peacemaker."  ZDNet (21 December 2000). 22 December 2000 <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2667457,00.html>. 

January 8

Connolly, P. J. "Top 10 Rules for E-business Success." InfoWorld (7 December 2000). 24 December 2000 <http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/00/12/11/001211tcrules.xml>. 

Ferguson, Kevin. "For Softlock, The Rights Stuff Wasn't Good Enough." Business Week Online (26 December 2000). 27 December 2000 <http://www.businessweek.com:/ebiz/0012/ec1226.htm?scriptFramed>.  

Metcalfe, Bob. "Internet Epidemiology Meets Pay-As-We-Go at Signs of Slowing Growth." InfoWorld (17 May 1999). 27 December 2000 <http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/metcalfe/990517bm.htm>. 

Nielsen, Jakob. "The Web in 2001: Paying Customers." Alertbox (24 December 2000). 29 December 2000 <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20001224.html>. 

Pogebrin, Betty Cottin, and Patricia S. Schroeder. "Authors Guild and Association of American Publishers Press Amazon.com to Alter its Marketing of Used Books." New York: The Authors Guild (11 December 2000). 28 December 2000 <http://www.authorsguild.org/pramazon1200.html>.   

Rosenfeld, Lou. "Everybody Hates the Cable Guy." WebBusiness Magazine (25 July 2000). 18 December 2000 <http://webbusiness.cio.com/archive/072500_closer.html>. 

January 9

Arthur, W. Brian. "Increasing Returns and the New World of Business." Harvard Business Review (July-August, 1996): 100-109. 

Bailey, Ronald. "The Law of Increasing Returns."  CATO Today's Commentary (18 March 2000). 30 December 2000 <http://www.cato.org/dailys/03-18-00.html>.      

 Brown, Jeanetta. "The Women With All the Right Answers?" Business Week Online (27 December 2000). 27 December 2000 <http://www.businessweek.com:/ebiz/0012/em1227.htm?scriptFramed>.  

Cassidy, John. "The Force of an Idea." The New Yorker (12 January 1998): 32-37. 

Korpela, Jukka. "Links Want to be Links." irt.org (9 Jan 2000). 16 December 2000 <http://tech.irt.org/articles/js200/>. 

Nielsen, Jakob. "Do Web Sites Have Increasing Returns." Alertbox (15 April 1997). 30 December 2000 <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9704b.html>    <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/increasingreturns.html>.

Parsnik, Todd and Ben Miller. "E-commerce Systems Examined" CNet Builder (19 December 2000). 1 January 2001 <http://www.cnet.com/webbuilding/0-3885-8-4115183-1.html?tag=st.cn.1.prl.3885-8-4115183-1>. 

Anders, G.  “Click and Buy…Why, and where Internet commerce is succeeding.” Wall Street Journal, December 7, 1998, pg. R4

January 10

McCullagh, Declan. "Free Links, Only $50 Apiece." Wired News (28 December 2000). 28 December 2000 <http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40850,00.html>. 

Shinky, Clay. "New Economy's Unnatural Resources." Business 2.0 (26 December 2000) 18 December 2000 <http://www.business2.com/content/magazine/breakthrough/2000/12/18/23345?template=article_pf.wm>. 

Verton, Dan. "Bush Eyes Overhaul of E-security." Computer World (18 December 2000). 19 December 2000 <http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO55335,00.html>. 

Naik, G.  “Do I Have Privacy On-line?”  Wall Street Journal, December 9, 1996 pg.12

Quick, R.  “The Attack Of The Robuts.”  Wall Street Journal, December 7, 1998 pg.14

Read 2 of the following 3 articles:

Forristal, Jeff, and Greg Shipley. "Vulnerability Assessment Scanners." Network Computing (January 8, 2001). 1 January 2001 <http://www.nwc.com/1201/1201f1b1.html>. 

Paul, Brook. "Opening Your E-business Perimeter." Network Computing (January 8, 2001). 1 January 2001 <http://www.nwc.com/1201/1201f1a1.html>.  

Wolverton, Troy. "Egghead Tight-Lipped About Hack Investigation." CNET News.com (26 December 2000). 27 December 2000 <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-4280414.html>. 

January 11

Charney, Ben. "Group Unveils Program to Disable Web Filters." CNET News.com (18 December 2000).  19 December 2000 <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-202-4203595-0.html>.

Jacobs, Farrin, and Chris Allbritton. "E-Book Publishers Face Piracy Panic" The Standard (28 December 2000) 29 December 2000 <http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,21117,00.html>.

Sanders, Edmund. "Web Privacy Programs Are Scrutinized." Los Angeles Times (11 December 2000). 11 December 2000 **<http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20001212/t000118403.html>. 

Schartz, John. "Protest Over Web Filtering Business." The New York Times on the Web (21 December 2000). 21 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/21/technology/21FILT.html?printpage=yes>.  

Shirky, Clay. "In Praise of Freeloaders." Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates (1 December 2000). 29 December 2000 <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/p2p/2000/12/01/shirky_freeloading.html>.    

Shirky, Clay. "Peers not Pareto." Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates (15 December 2000). 29 December 2000 <http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/512>. 

Weise, Elizabeth. "Pamela Samuelson: Cyber-rights Guardian." USA Today (28 December 2000). 28 December 2000 <http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cti950.htm>. 

Swisher, K.   “Seller Beware: Consumers Aren’t the Only Ones Who Risk Being Swindled Online,” Wall Street Journal, Dec. 7, 1998, pg. R22.

Clark, D.   “Safety First.” Wall Street Journal, Dec. 7, 1998 pg.14.

Read 2 out of the following 3 articles:

Borland, John. "New Technology Could Help Squelch Digital Music Piracy."  CNET News.com (27 December 2000). 28 December 2000 <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-202-4292282.html>.    .

Orlowski, Andrew. "EFF's Gilmore Calls for CPRM Hardware Boycott." The Register (26 December 2000). 28 December 2000 <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/15686.html>. 

Orlowski, Andrew. "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About CPRM, but ZDNet wouldn't tell you ..." The Register (29 December 2000). 2 January  2001 <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/15718.html>. 

January 12

Barron, Cheryll Aimée. "High Tech's Missionaries of Sloppiness." Salon (6 December 2000). 9 December 2000 <http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/06/bad_computers/print.html>.  

Ferguson, Renee Boucher. "The Check Is In the E-mail." eWeek 18.1 (1/8 January 2001). 3 January 2001 <http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2669384,00.html>. 

Junnarker, Sandeep. "Credit Cards Pushing E-currency Out of the Picture." CNET News (12 December 2000). 16 December 2000 <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-4115162.html>. 

Liebmann, Lenny. "Help For Building Sticky Web Sites." Internet Week .840 (4 December 2000). 6 December 2000  <http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?INW20001204S0054 >.

Wallace, David J. "The Internet Gives Banking a Do-It Yourself Look." The New York Times on the Web (13 December 2000). 17 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/12/biztech/technology/13wall.html>. 

Lawson, S. Vendors. “Fight to Fit the Bill” InfoWorld 21.43 (25 October 1999).

January 15 (MLK Day)

 http://www.cluetrain.com/#manifesto 

http://www.digitaldivide.gov/ 

Bowman, Lisa M. "Elections 2000: The Net Was an Also-ran." ZDNN (26 December 2000). 28 December 2000 <http://www.zdnet.com/filters/printerfriendly/0,6061,2665663-2,00.html>. 

Femina, Jerry Della, and Sergio Zyman. "The Last Word: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ad World." Context (December 2000/January 2001). 18 December 2000 <http://www.contextmag.com/archives/200012/TheLastWord.asp>.  

Kirsner, Scott. "The New Lure of Internet Marketing." Fast Company .42 (January 2001): 44 Lawrence, Stacey. "Making Online Ads Click." The Standard (11 December 2000). 28 December 2000 <http://www.thestandard.com/research/metrics/display/0,2799,20696,00.html>.  

Leimbah, Dulcie. "Where Ads Aimed at Kids Come to Life." The New York Times on the Web (13 December 2000). 17 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/12/biztech/technology/13leim.html>. 

Locke, Christopher. "Gonzo Marketing: Winning through worst practices." Release 1.0 (February 2000). 18 December 2000 **<http://www.edventure.com/release1/0200text.html>. 

Schwatz, John. "Marketers Turn to a Simple Tool: E-mail." The New York Times on the Web (13 December 2000). 17 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/12/biztech/technology/13schw.html>. 

Stellin, Susan. "We Now Interrupt Your Browsing for This Commercial Message." The New York Times on the Web (18 December 2000). 18 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/18/technology/18STEL.html?printpage=yes>. 

Williams, Evans. "Pricing Matters." Evhead. (26 December 2000). 27 December 2000 <http://www.evhead.com/longer/1775742_essays.asp>. 

January  16

Chalmers, Rachel. "Surf Like a Bushman" New Scientist (11 November 2000). 19 December 2000 <http://www.newscientist.com/features/features_226445.html>. 

Hafner, Katie. "Artificial Intelligence Hasn't Peaked (Yet)." The New York Times on the Web (28 December 2000). 29 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/28/technology/28ARTI.html?printpage=yes>. 

Tedeshi, Bob. "Advocates of People With With Disabilities Take Online Stores to Task." The New York Times on the Web (1 January 2001). 1 January 2001 <http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/01/technology/01ECOMMERCE.html>. 

Waldrop, M. Mitchel. "The Technology Review Ten: Data Mining." Technology Review (January/February 2001). 28 December 2000 <http://www.techreview.com/articles/jan01/TR10_fayyad.html>.

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McDonnell, Catherine. "The Illusion of Interactivity." The Irish Times: Technology (18 December 2000). 25 December 2000  <http://scripts.ireland.com/technology/showall.cfm?ID=1174>. 

Saffo, Paul. "DisinteREmediation: Longer, Not Shorter, Value Chains Are Coming." Paul Saffo Web Site (1998).  29 December 2000 <http://www.saffo.org/disinteremediation.html>. 

http://www.1to1.com/ 

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Hanrahan, T.  “Search Online.” The Wall Street Journal (6 December 1999): R25.

Thurm, S.  “The Best Way to Get a Better Connection,” The Wall Street Journal (9 December 1999): R12.

January 17

Chang, Kenneth. "New Age Bidding: Against Computers, Humans, Usually Lose." The New York Times on the Web (2 January 2001). 2 January 2001 <http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/02/science/02BIDS.html?printpage=yes>.

Fernback, Jan, and Brad Thompson. "Virtual Communities: Abort, Retry, Failure?" Albuquerque, New Mexico (May 1995). 9 December 2000 <http://www.well.com/user/hlr/texts/VCcivil.html>. 

Hafner, Katie. "They Built Online Meeting Places But the Venture Capitol Didn't Stay." The New York Times on the Web (11 December 2000). 11 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/11/technology/11FOLK.html?printpage=yes>. 

Perera, Rick. "German Web Site Turns Trash into Treasure." IDG News Service (3 November 2000). <http://windows.idg.net/crd_site_280122.html>. 

Redburn, Tom. "How Much Am I to Bid for This Imperfect Marketplace?" The New York Times on the Web (13 December 2000). 17 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/12/biztech/technology/13redb.html>.  

www.fcc.gov/wtb/auctions 

January 18

Abramson, Ronna. "Young Web Site Creator Learns Hard Lessons." CNN.com (18 December 2000). 18 December 2000 <http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/12/18/high.school.lawsuit.idg/index.html>. 

Jacobus, Patricia. "Privacy Heats Up But Doesn't Boil Over." CNET/The New York Times on the Web (22 December 2000). 22 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_0_4_4238135_00.html?printpage=yes>.  

Kaplan, Carl S. "Are Parents Legally Responsible for Their Children's Internet Use." The New York Times on the Web (8 December 2000). 10 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/08/technology/08CYBERLAW.html?printpage=yes>.  

Kaplan, Carl S. "Looking Forward." The New York Times on the Web (28 December 2000). 29 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/28/technology/29CYBERLAW.html?printpage=yes>. 

Rifkin, Jeremy. "Is Too Much Access Dangerous?" Darwin (1 December 2000). 19 December 2000 http://www.darwinmag.com/read/120100/flashpoint_content.html?printer=no>. 

Romero, Simon. "In a Poor and Violent Land, a Tenuous Link to the World." The New York Times on the Web (13 December 2000) 17 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/12/biztech/technology/13rome.html>.  

Samuelson, Pamela. "The Copyright Grab." Wired (January 1996). 28 December 2000 <http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.01/white.paper_pr.html>.  

Mc Gee, M. “Lessons from A Cultural Revolution.” Information Week ( 25 October 1999): 46.

Lawson, S. Vendors.  “Fight to Fit the Bill.” Info World ( 25 October 1999): 1 & 10.

January 19

Brown, John Seely. "Where Have All the Computers Gone?" Technology Review (January/February 2001) 28 December 2000 <http://www.techreview.com/articles/jan01/brown_printable.html>. 

Colony, George F. "My View: X Internet." Forrester (December 2000). 16 December 2000 <http://www.forrester.com/ER/Marketing/0,1503,214,FF.html>.

Hansell, Saul. "Reaching for Less Than the Sky." The New York Times on the Web (13 December 2000). 17 December 2000  <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/12/biztech/technology/13hans.html>. 

Urst, Mark. "It's Time to Simplify the PC." goodexperience.com (13 December 2000). 16 December 2000 <http://www.goodexperience.com/columns/121300simplifypcs.html >.

Montfort, Nick. "10 Passed Technologies." Technology Review (January/February 2001). 28 December 2000 <http://www.techreview.com/articles/jan01/montfort_printable.html>.  

Pfeiffer, Andres. "Has the Internet Peaked?" ZDNN (14 December 2000). 25 December 2000 <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2664671,00.html>. 

Sorkin, Andrew Ross. "From Big Idea to Big Bust: The Wild Ride of Boo.com." The New York Times on the Web (13 December 2000). 19 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/12/biztech/technology/13sork.html>.

Travis, David. "How to Localise Your Website: A UK Perspective on Usability." WebWord.com (2 January 2001). 3 January 2001 <http://webword.com/moving/global0001.html>.

Tessler, J. “Small Investment, Big Results,” The Wall Street Journal, Nov 22, 1999, pg. 16

Fry, J. “Up and Running,”  The Wall Street Journal,  Nov 22, 1999, pg. 26

Dalton, G. “FedEx Keeps An Eye On Supply,” Information Week, Oct 25, 1999, pg. 97

Doherty, P. “Project Management For the New Economy,” Information Week, Oct 25, 1999, pg. 102

January 22

Berenson, Alex. "Market Paying Price for Valuing New-Economy Hope Over Profits." The New York Times on the Web (21 December 2000). 21 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/21/business/21MARK.html?printpage=yes%20>.  

Gillmor, Dan. "Tech Stock Boon Was a Legal Con Game." San Jose Mercury News: SiliconValley.com (16 December 2000). 17 December 2000 <http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/columns/gillmor/docs/dg121700.htm>.  

Harmon, Amy. "When That Corner Office Is Also a Dorm Room." The New York Times on the Web (22 October 2000). 22 October 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/22/technology/22KIDS.html>. 

Tischler, Linda. "What's True - and What's Not - About the Internet." Fast Company ( 2000). 29 December 2000 <http://www.fastcompany.com/ftalk/london/internet.html> <http://www.fastcompany.com/ftalk/london/speed.html> <http://www.fastcompany.com/ftalk/london/scalability.html> <http://www.fastcompany.com/ftalk/london/leadership.html> <http://www.fastcompany.com/ftalk/london/globalization.html> <http://www.fastcompany.com/ftalk/london/values.html> <http://www.fastcompany.com/ftalk/london/future.html>.

Uchitelle, Louis. "Outlook 2001: Can the New Economy Navigate Rougher Waters?" The New York Times on the Web (18 December 2000). 19 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/18/business/18ECON.html?printpage=yes>. 

January 23

Fitch, Crosbie. "Cyberspace in the 21st Century: Foundations." Gamasutra: The Art and Science of Making Games (1 December 2000). 28 Dec 2000 <http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20001201/fitch_01.htm>. 

Gilpin, Kenneth N. "From Well-Wired Offices, Musings on Tomorrow's Technologies." The New York Times on the Web (18 December 2000). 18 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/18/technology/18TECH.html?printpage=yes>. 

Schwartz, John. "New Economy: How Reality Fits With Fantasy in Cyberspace." The New York Times on the Web (11 December 2000). 11 December 2000 <http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/11/technology/11NECO.html?printpage=yes>. 

Tischler, Linda. "What Will It Take to Win in the Next Phase of the New Economy?" Fast Company (2000). 29 December 2000 <http://www.fastcompany.com/ftalk/ecosystem.html> <http://www.fastcompany.com/ftalk/moneygame.html>  <http://www.fastcompany.com/ftalk/carefeeding.html>  <http://www.fastcompany.com/ftalk/yearahead.html>. 

"What New Economy? Q&A with Lou Gerstner of IBM." Technology Review (January/February 2001). 25 December 2000 <http://www.techreview.com/articles/jan01/gerstner_printable.html>. 

January 24

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