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ACM TechNews
Volume 2, Number 44
Date: April 17, 2000
Site Sponsored by Gateway (http://www.gateway.com)
Top Stories for Monday, April 17, 2000:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"Clinton's Message: Internet Important for Everyone"
"Web Firms May Vastly Inflate Claims of 'Hits'"
"Microsoft Declares Security Flaw Isn't as Bad as Believed"
"Anti-Spam Group Pushing Hard for Legislation"
"Phone Rates Will Rise to Expand Service for Indians"
"Companies Give Online Business Some Credit"
"Software Creates Pirating Bonanza"
"Now, Brits Can Surf To Their Hearts' Content"
"Tech Investors Get Northern Exposure"
"Study Reveals U.S. 'Internet Hotbeds'"
"Welcome to VoIP, Version 2"
"The Web Brings Real-Estate Transactions Home"
"Analysts Predict Internet Voting to Be Standard by 2004"
"Home Is Where the Hack Is"
"Foreign Affiliates Hack Away at Server Prices"
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"Clinton's Message: Internet Important for Everyone"
President Clinton is expected on Monday to announce initiatives
to bring Internet access to poorer U.S. schools and communities,
as part of his digital divide agenda that encourages
participation from the private sector. Indeed, Gateway has . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item1
"Web Firms May Vastly Inflate Claims of 'Hits'"
With no guidelines in place to govern the measurement of Internet
traffic, many Web sites are significantly exaggerating the number
of hits they receive in order to maximize ad revenue. In fact,
site operators often boost the traffic figures they give to . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item2
"Microsoft Declares Security Flaw Isn't as Bad as Believed"
Microsoft says the security flaw found last week in its FrontPage
98 software poses less of a threat than originally thought.
Following reports of the glitch, the software giant on Thursday
acknowledged that illicit code in FrontPage 98 could allow . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item3
"Anti-Spam Group Pushing Hard for Legislation"
ChooseYourMail.com gave Congress a tape containing 2.76 million
spam messages last week as part of an effort to help grease the
wheels of anti-spam legislation sponsored by Rep. Gary Miller
(R-Calif.). Miller's bill, which has been approved by the House . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item4
"Phone Rates Will Rise to Expand Service for Indians"
Long-distance phone rates will be increased this year to fund
President Clinton's initiative to assist 300,000 Native Americans
with phone service maintenance that will allow them to get
Internet access, administration officials announced Sunday. The . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item5
"Companies Give Online Business Some Credit"
As business increasingly moves to the Internet, buyers need
faster ways to obtain financing for major purchases. A number of
Internet financing companies, such as CapitalStream.com,
ECredit.com, and InPurchase are now emerging to fill this need. . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item6
"Software Creates Pirating Bonanza"
Gnutella is the latest program available on the Internet that has
Internet experts in a conundrum. While Gnutella was created for
the sharing of information in the easy-to-use and open
environment of the Internet, the program has turned into a boon . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item7
"Now, Brits Can Surf To Their Hearts' Content"
Fixed-rate pricing for Internet service is now available in the
United Kingdom and will soon spread to the rest of Europe. Until
recently, Web surfers in Europe were charged high telephone rates
for every minute they spent online, hindering the growth of . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item8
"Tech Investors Get Northern Exposure"
Iceland is one of the world's top technology countries, and it's
geographical disconnection from the rest of the world makes it
well suited as an adopter of high technology, said Finance
Minister Geir Haarde, speaking at a recent venture conference in . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item9
"Study Reveals U.S. 'Internet Hotbeds'"
A new Nielsen//NetRatings geographic Internet usage report shows
that the pattern of Internet usage in the top 20 U.S. markets
does not coincide with population size--for instance, San
Francisco is only the third biggest city in terms of numbers of . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item10
"Welcome to VoIP, Version 2"
Businesses are using second-generation VoIP to lower
administrative and staff costs while establishing voice and data
applications intended to increase productivity among workers.
Software AG is unveiling plans to deploy a VoIP network . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item11
"The Web Brings Real-Estate Transactions Home"
The real estate industry has been relatively slow in adapting to
technological innovation, especially the growing popularity of
the Internet. Despite the slow initial pace, about 20 percent of
today's real estate agents have their own Web sites; and hundreds . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item12
"Analysts Predict Internet Voting to Be Standard by 2004"
Internet voting will be offered by every U.S. state by 2004, the
Gartner Group predicted on Tuesday at its Spring Symposium/ITxpo.
By eliminating the need for manual ballot counting and physical
polling booths, the Internet will make voting more efficient and . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item13
"Home Is Where the Hack Is"
Nathan Hoffman, a lawyer in private practice, says the threat of
DoubleClick collecting personal information is negligible
compared with the risks of home computers with broadband Internet
connections. Hoffman has filed a class-action lawsuit against . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item14
"Foreign Affiliates Hack Away at Server Prices"
Server prices in Japan have been falling since early last year as
a result of the steady price cuts offered by Japanese affiliates
of American computer makers. Pressure from these affiliates,
notably Dell Computer KK and Compaq Computer KK, has caused . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0417m.html#item15
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