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ACM TechNews
Volume 1, Number 11
Date: December 27, 1999
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Today's Top Stories:
"Federal Officials Give Reassurances of Y2K Readiness"
"Dell's WebPC: Not Quite a Net Gain"
"Feds Seek IT Help on Net Security"
"Powerful Internet Ability: Custom-Made Electricity"
"The Next Waves of Electronic Commerce"
"More Details Emerge on IBM's Wearable PC"
"How the Fixers Fended Off Big Disasters"
"What Wonders will the Year Bring?"
"Online Holiday Sales Beat Expectations"
"Telecom Deregulation Fails to Lower Rates"
"Trends and Predictions for 2000"
"Developers Tackle All-Optical Illusion"
"Not What the NSA Had in Mind"
"Dell, Gateway Join Season's Top Web Sites"
"Federal Officials Give Reassurances of Y2K Readiness"
Government officials yesterday repeated the message that Y2K will
have a limited or nonexistent impact on Americans. "We would
like people to be prepared for a long mid-winter weekend, but we
think that that's all that's necessary," says President Clinton's...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item1
"Dell's WebPC: Not Quite a Net Gain"
Dell's WebPC, the company's first attempt at a legacy-free
offering, focuses more on style than computing, writes Alan Kay
in a recent Washington Post review. Many computer makers this
holiday season released legacy-free systems that exist primarily...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item2
"Feds Seek IT Help on Net Security"
The government is trying to partner with private companies to
share information about cyber-attacks, but some companies are
skeptical about how the government will use the private
information. Federal officials say cyber-attacks on private...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item3
"Powerful Internet Ability: Custom-Made Electricity"
Technological advances and Internet software are enabling power
providers to offer different "grades" of electricity to customers
for the first time. The emergence of "power-quality technology"
gives homes and businesses the option to pay a premium for more...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item4
"The Next Waves of Electronic Commerce"
The Internet is transforming the marketplace by providing greater
communication, according to industry experts. Cisco Systems, for
example, already generates 85 percent of its business to
customers connected to the Internet. The company also handles...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item5
"More Details Emerge on IBM's Wearable PC"
IBM is currently testing a wearable computer as part of an Edge
of Network (EON) initiative to develop specialized devices that
may replace the all-purpose functionality of PCs. The wearable
PC is a fully functional, Windows-enabled computer that weighs...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item6
"How the Fixers Fended Off Big Disasters"
Many large U.S. companies say if they had not made the necessary
repairs, Y2K would have brought catastrophic consequences. The
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), for example, says if it had not
spent $30 million fixing software and hardware over the past four...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item7
"What Wonders with the Year Bring?"
The technology industry will flourish next year, accelerated by
the Internet. Information appliances--devices that allow
Internet access but have few other amenities--will appear in
greater numbers, increasing the number of U.S. households with...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item8
"Online Holiday Sales Beat Expectations"
Eighty-three percent of e-tailers are increasing revenues over
1998's revenues, according to a study from International Data
(IDC). Twenty-six percent of e-tailers have almost doubled their
online business, and 23 percent report growth of more than 61...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item9
"Telecom Deregulation Fails to Lower Rates"
The European Union is experiencing a rise in telecommunications
competition, but prices have not yet fallen and new entrants to
the market are still delayed in getting services to market,
according to the European Commission's Fifth Implementation...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item10
"Trends and Predictions for 2000"
E-Commerce Times columnist Chet Dembeck predicts that 2000 will
bring many changes in e-commerce. For example, U.S. users will
receive free online access from Microsoft and AOL, while the
Linux operating system will become a mainstream alternative to...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item11
"Developers Tackle All-Optical Illusion"
Despite the industry's talk about the attributes of all-optical
networks, the majority of industry executives say photonic
technology is not ready to be deployed as the network base. Pure
optical networking allows for larger, speedier networks and lower...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item12
"Not What the NSA Had in Mind"
The details of the fabled Project Echelon may finally come to
light in the next several months. The surveillance project,
which is believed to be a joint effort between the National
Security Agency (NSA) and its sister agencies in Canada, the...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item13
"Dell, Gateway Join Season's Top Web Sites"
Dell and Gateway joined the ranks of major online retailers in
terms of the number of visitors to their Web sites for the week
ending Dec. 19, according to a Media Metrix survey. Traffic on
Dell's site increased 75 percent, averaging 171,000 daily...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1227m.html#item14
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