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ACM TechNews
Volume 2, Number 82
Date: July 19, 2000
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Top Stories for Wednesday, July 19, 2000:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"Sun Looks to Boost StarOffice Suite by Opening Its Code"
"British Authorities May Get Wide Power to Decode Email"
"Web Gender Gap Shrinking"
"Laid-Off Internet Workers Find Dot-Coms Aren't Quick to Hire"
"U.S. Legal Body: Internet May Need New Cyber-Borders"
"High-Flyers Seek Follow-Up Act"
"Experts Say Dot-Com Party's Not Over, But Shakeout Has Just Begun"
"Is Net's Growth Slowing? Depends How You Look"
"Germany's Online Brokers Face Strategic Challenges"
"Dot-Com Busts Benefit Blue Light, Others"
"Net Capitol"
"ICANN OKs Additional Domain Names"
"The Politics of Privacy Protection"
"High Tech's Indentured Servants"
"Women, Minorities Could Fill More High-Tech Jobs"
"'New Democrats' Have E-Genda That Pumps Up and Protects High Tech"
"A Safer World for Software"
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"Sun Looks to Boost StarOffice Suite by Opening Its Code"
Sun Microsystems will make public the source code of its
StarOffice applications suite. Software developers will be able
to access the code for free at a new Web site, OpenOffice.org,
this fall. Unlike its open source policy with Java, Sun will not . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item1
"British Authorities May Get Wide Power to Decode Email"
Britain is on the verge of becoming the only Western democracy
whose government has the power to force anyone using the Internet
to give it the encryption keys needed to unscramble emails and
other information. The bill, which is almost certain to be . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item2
"Web Gender Gap Shrinking"
The gender gap among U.S. Internet users is all but closed, as a
rush of women logging on for the first time has given women equal
representation with men among Internet users. Women accounted
for 40 percent of U.S. Internet users as of 1996, but the number . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item3
"Laid-Off Internet Workers Find Dot-Coms Aren't Quick to Hire"
The job market for Internet employees has tightened considerably
this year, and many laid-off dot-com workers are having great
difficulty finding new positions. Although a recent poll by
EmployeeMatters revealed that 75 percent of the 175 startups . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item4
"U.S. Legal Body: Internet May Need New Cyber-Borders"
The American Bar Association's Committee on the Law of Cyberspace
on Monday released the details of a two-year study aimed at
squashing the Internet's anarchic nature in matters of
international jurisdiction. The report suggests the imposition . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item5
"High-Flyers Seek Follow-Up Act"
The customer relationship management (CRM) market is fertile
territory for packaged enterprise resource planning (ERP)
providers looking to revive their own slowing growth. ERPs saw
over 30 percent annual growth in the late 1990s, according to . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item6
"Experts Say Dot-Com Party's Not Over, But Shakeout Has Just Begun"
The most powerful players in the Internet community came together
in Southern California this week to discuss the state of the
Internet economy, concluding that e-commerce will continue to be
a force, and the hard times currently being faced will simply . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item7
"Is Net's Growth Slowing? Depends How You Look"
The Internet is still growing quickly in terms of Web pages and
has not yet reached its fastest period of growth, according to a
recent study from business intelligence firm Cyveillance. The
study predicts that by the beginning of next year the number of . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item8
"Germany's Online Brokers Face Strategic Challenges"
Internet-based brokerages in Germany, riding high just a few
months back, are now threatened by foreign competitors and the
recent drop in high-tech stocks. Direkt Anlage Bank (DAB) and
Consors both saw trading volume drop in the second quarter, while . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item9
"Dot-Com Busts Benefit Blue Light, Others"
A surplus of experienced Internet workers, many of whom were laid
off by struggling or failed dot-coms, has increased the applicant
pool for hiring e-businesses. Industry Standard reports that
6,033 dot-com workers have lost their jobs so far this year. The . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item10
"Net Capitol"
The U.S. government, Congress in particular, is becoming
increasingly active in Internet policy matters. Privacy,
Internet sales tax, digital signatures, online alcohol sales--all
are issues being addressed by the government. Several analysts . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item11
"ICANN OKs Additional Domain Names"
ICANN decided to implement new top level domains on Sunday,
demonstrating the popularity of the domain name market, although
some are criticizing ICANN for not implementing clearer
guidelines for how many new domain names will be introduced and . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item12
"The Politics of Privacy Protection"
As online privacy debates continue, government regulation seems
increasingly likely despite the industry's push for
self-regulation. High-profile privacy breaches, such as
Toysmart.com's attempt to sell children's data to a third party, . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item13
"High Tech's Indentured Servants"
Foreign workers coming to America on H-1B visas appear to be the
latest variation of the indentured service theme that is an
undercurrent of the American economy. Although the temporary
H-1B visa is not the root of the problem, many foreign workers . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item14
"Women, Minorities Could Fill More High-Tech Jobs"
High-tech companies should recruit more women, minorities, and
people with disabilities, according to a report by a
congressional commission. The commission told the House
Committee on Science that this would solve the worsening shortage . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item15
"'New Democrats' Have E-Genda That Pumps Up and Protects High Tech"
The New Democrat Coalition (NDC) has released its second annual
edition of its "e-genda," a new economic policy heavy on closing
the digital gap, increasing high-tech training, and improving
cybersecurity. The group of House centrists, 65 strong, says the . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item16
"A Safer World for Software"
Patent and copyright protections for software-related inventions
are finally catching up to the furious pace of such technological
innovations in most markets in the world, although degrees of
protection differ drastically from country to country, according . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0719w.html#item17
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