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Features November 2008 Guest Editor's Introduction E-Science: The Added Value for Modern Discovery Vladimir Getov e-Science, a new approach based on computer simulation, is increasingly being adopted as one of the most successful modern methods for experimental scientific discovery.

News November 2008 Industry Trends Sixto Ortiz Jr. As organizations generate more data, they are increasingly turning to sophisticated new storage-resource-management products. November 2008 News Briefs Linda Dailey Paulson Topics covered include a new blacklisting technique, a network architecture that could reduce data-center costs, a computing approach for the disabled that uses the tongue as a controller, and attempts to rein in offensive behavior in virtual worlds. November 2008 Technology News Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Today’s mobile browsers offer almost the same functionality as their desktop counterparts.

Embedded Computing November 2008 Measuring Multicore Performance Shay Gal-On and Markus Levy Multicore benchmarking techniques must break the mold of traditional methods.

The Known World November 2008 Edward Elgar's Facebook Page David Alan Grier In just a handful of years, social networking tools have become part of our daily work and conversation.

How Things Work October 2008 Wireless Sensor Networks John A. Stankovic Wireless sensor networks will potentially affect all aspects of our lives, bringing about substantial improvements in a broad spectrum of modern technologies ranging from healthcare to military surveillance.

Web Technologies November 2008 Crowdsourcing and Attention Bernardo A. Huberman Social networks play a central role in the generation, dissemination, and validation of ideas.

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