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ACM TechNews
Volume 2, Number 73
Date: June 26, 2000
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Top Stories for Monday, June 26, 2000:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"UN Urged to Close Global Digital Divide"
"Clinton Envisions Central U.S. Government Web Site"
"Globe Fast Getting Caught Up in Web"
"A Foreigner's Plea: Make It Easier for Us to Work in U.S."
"Government Web Sites Must Focus More on the User"
"Shades of Hype"
"Security: Everyone's Concern"
"After Early Acceptance of the Internet, Sweden Mounts an
E-Commerce Charge"
"Death to Bureaucrats, Good News for the Rest of Us"
"The Paper Chase"
"Keep on Trackin'"
"A New Lease on Software"
"UN Urged to Close Global Digital Divide"
The so-called digital divide in Internet access between rich
countries and poorer nations may never be closed if swift and
drastic measures are not taken, according to a new report
commissioned by the United Nations (UN). The report, written by . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0626m.html#item1
"Clinton Envisions Central U.S. Government Web Site"
President Clinton on Saturday announced plans to create a Web
site called firstgov.gov within 90 days that will provide a
single point of entry to all online government resources. The
site, which Clinton says aims to build a "high-tech, . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0626m.html#item2
"Globe Fast Getting Caught Up in Web"
Although the U.S. has traditionally dominated the Web, catering
to American tastes, the Web is now becoming more international as
the number of non-U.S. Internet users rises. Although most
U.S.-based online retailers still rely on English and accept . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0626m.html#item3
"A Foreigner's Plea: Make It Easier for Us to Work in U.S."
Foreign workers with H-1B visas are a vital asset to U.S.
high-tech companies, and the U.S. should help these immigrants to
live and work in the nation by easing restrictions on the visas,
writes Mohan Babu, an IT professional from India who is working . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0626m.html#item4
"Government Web Sites Must Focus More on the User"
Government Web sites should be tailored to communicate as well as
possible to their audience, says Dan Lohrmann, CIO and director
of the IT services division of Michigan's Department of
Management and Budget. Often, state CIOs, busy devising . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0626m.html#item5
"Shades of Hype"
Although investors' enthusiasm for Linux has faded in recent
months, forcing Linux companies to reevaluate their business
models, the open source operating system still has the potential
to become a major force in the OS market. Since VA Linux's IPO a . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0626m.html#item6
"Security: Everyone's Concern"
Several IT managers at major firms discussed the security flaws
in Microsoft products in a recent interview with the editors of
eWeek magazine. The general consensus was that Microsoft's
products offered tight integration and product compatibility, but . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0626m.html#item7
"After Early Acceptance of the Internet, Sweden Mounts an
E-Commerce Charge"
Sweden was the first European country to embrace the Internet,
and now it is among the leading countries to move beyond its home
market into capturing the Pan-European market. There are several
indicators of Sweden's fast Web growth. One indicator is that it . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0626m.html#item8
"Death to Bureaucrats, Good News for the Rest of Us"
Republican and Democratic policymakers alike support
e-government, which could simplify life for citizens, facilitate
government procurement, and reduce the number of bureaucrats
necessary to run various government agencies. There has been an . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0626m.html#item9
"The Paper Chase"
XML, the new contextual Web programming language, may supplant
traditional business favorite electronic data interchange (EDI)
as the standard of choice for small businesses. Smaller
businesses have been unable to afford the implementation, . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0626m.html#item10
"Keep on Trackin'"
Leading U.S. truckload carrier Schneider National has been at the
forefront of applying cutting-edge technology to track rolling
assets, and is now set to continue that trend by using
technology to determine the location of every trailer in its . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0626m.html#item11
"A New Lease on Software"
An emerging industry is offering speed, ease, and flexibility to
overburdened and time-pressed IT companies: application service
providers (ASPs). Typically, ASPs lease software applications
for a given amount of time and companies receiving their services . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0626m.html#item12
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