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ACM TechNews
Volume 2, Number 8
Date: January 21, 2000
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Today's Top Stories:
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html
"Computer Hacker Mitnick is Released from Prison Today"
"Oracle to Offer Disaster-Recovery Systems"
"A Secure Internet Can't Have Secrets"
"Unscrambling Program For DVDs Is Barred From Web by Court"
"Hackers Access Firms' Credit Card Records"
"90 Percent of Holiday E-Shoppers 'Largely Satisfied'"
"B-to-B Integration Ready to Go"
"Finnish Bank Leonia Launches Wireless Online Banking Services
Using Digital Certificates"
"Above the Cloud"
"Son of QUALCOMM?"
"Broadband Internet: How Broadly? How Soon?"
"Can Notes Fulfill Its Destiny as Leading Edge?"
"Is Windows Ready to Run E-Business?"
"New Options Fuel Growth in Online Procurement"
"Age of the E-Pliance?"
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"Computer Hacker Mitnick is Released from Prison Today"
Computer security experts are warning companies and government
agencies to be in a state of high-alert for the next few days
with the release of notorious computer hacker Kevin Mitnick from
prison. Mitnick was sentenced to five years in prison for what . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item1
"Oracle to Offer Disaster-Recovery Systems"
Oracle next week will introduce its E-Business Continuity line,
which will provide large businesses with failover and disaster
recovery for e-commerce systems. The centerpiece of the new . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item2
"A Secure Internet Can't Have Secrets"
Internet security requires the use of open source computer code,
says PC Week's Peter Coffee. Coffee cites the German Enigma
machine of WWII as an example of placing too much confidence in a
secret security system. True Internet security requires the . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item3
"Unscrambling Program For DVDs Is Barred From Web by Court"
Federal Judge Louis Kaplan ruled yesterday that three programmers
who placed software on the Internet capable of unscrambling the
encryption protections on DVD disks cannot continue the practice.
The ruling was based on a request for a preliminary injunction by . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item4
"Hackers Access Firms' Credit Card Records"
The credit card database of health product suppler Global Health
Trax remained open to hackers for several hours on Monday,
according to the company. The company says that the account
information that was broken into belonged to some of the . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item5
"90 Percent of Holiday E-Shoppers 'Largely Satisfied'"
A study released by Jupiter Communications reports that 90
percent of online shoppers were "largely satisfied" with their
1999 holiday season Web experiences, despite problems such as
site crashes, online traffic jams, and failed deliveries. . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item6
"B-to-B Integration Ready to Go"
WebMethods is viewed by investors as a leading player in one of
the next stages of the business-to-business phenomenon--XML-based
integration. With $39 million in private funding and Dell
Computer, FBR Technology Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item7
"Finnish Bank Leonia Launches Wireless Online Banking Services
Using Digital Certificates"
Sixty-two percent of Finnish people use GSM-based mobile phones,
so the nation's second-largest bank, Leonia, has decided to make
many of its online banking services accessible by wireless
handheld devices. However, the bank is concerned about the . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item8
"Above the Cloud"
The move toward free email and Web storage reflect a larger
computing trend toward free memory and the widespread
availability of information, writes Tom Kieffer. Providers such
as Hotmail, Tripod, and GeoCities are able to offer free email . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item9
"Son of QUALCOMM?"
Geoworks was not successful in marketing its operating system
software for its Internet-capable cell phones. However, the
company was awarded a patent for WAP-based software, which allows
server computers to format content for wireless devices. Like . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item10
"Broadband Internet: How Broadly? How Soon?"
The quest for a mass rollout of broadband services to American
households has at times appeared to be nothing more than a
quixotic pursuit, but the AOL and Time Warner deal could finally
deliver on long-awaited promises as early as next year. At . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item11
"Can Notes Fulfill Its Destiny as Leading Edge?"
Lotus is expanding its portfolio in an initiative to encourage
customers to upgrade to Notes R5, which shipped last February.
Lotus plans to entice existing Notes users to upgrade by adding
greater features and add-on applications. The company is . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item12
"Is Windows Ready to Run E-Business?"
As the Internet increasingly becomes the center of computing,
Microsoft plans to make its software as pervasive in the Web
market as it is in the PC market. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates
plans to conquer the Internet by developing an operating system . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item13
"New Options Fuel Growth in Online Procurement"
Online procurement is growing quickly as companies turn to
e-marketplaces, trading hubs, and online auctions to reduce costs
and increase access to suppliers. Companies can reduce
procurement costs by half and cut order turnaround from weeks to . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item14
"Age of the E-Pliance?"
The first wave of Web appliances is now on the market for
consumers who consider computers to be too intimidating to use.
Netpliance has released the i-opener, a device with a 10-inch LCD
and a full-size keyboard that will allow consumers to access the . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0121f.html#item15
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