The visible problems of the invisible computer: A skeptical look at information appliances

First Monday

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1999, Pages

  Odlyzko, Andrew ^a,b  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0003204888     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v4i9.688     Document Type: Article

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