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ACM TechNews
Volume 2, Number 63
Date: June 2, 2000
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Top Stories for Friday, June 2, 2000:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"Judge Postpones Microsoft Ruling"
"EU Wants US Tax on Digital Exports"
"Army of Programmers Helps Palm Keep Its Edge"
"ICANN Chief Disputes Article"
"Lament of the Pocket-Protector Set"
"Pennsylvania Makes Spreading Computer Viruses Criminal"
"Who Should Fight Cybercrime?"
"Will B2G Become the 'Next Big Thing'?"
"Burglar Alarm Catches Hackers on the Net"
"Americans In Paris? No, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Say Analysts"
"Omens From the Microsoft Case"
"A Welcome Intrusion"
"Thinning Down the Desktop"
"Is Your Phone Infected?"
"Design to Go"
"Vendors and Users Share Differing Views at Arizona Conference"
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"Judge Postpones Microsoft Ruling"
Following the government's request for the opportunity to respond
to Microsoft's criticisms of the breakup remedy proposal, Judge
Thomas Penfield Jackson postponed issuing a judgement in the
trial, and gave the government until Monday to comment. "From a . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item1
"EU Wants US Tax on Digital Exports"
European Union officials have announced that the European
Commission intends to introduce proposals next week calling on
the United States to impose value-added taxes on exports of
online digital goods, including downloaded software and music. . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item2
"Army of Programmers Helps Palm Keep Its Edge"
Palm currently leads the field of handheld computer devices over
competitors such as Microsoft primarily because many software
developers write programs specifically for Palm. Palm's strategy
is similar to the tactics Microsoft used when establishing . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item3
"ICANN Chief Disputes Article"
A report in the Wall Street Journal indicating that the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is
experiencing potentially destabilizing financial difficulties is
misleading, says ICANN CEO Mike Roberts. The report stated that . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item4
"Lament of the Pocket-Protector Set"
Although the battle is a quiet one, high-tech companies and
workers disagree strongly over the H-1B visa bill currently being
debated in Congress. The H-1B visa program was initiated to
bring in foreign workers to alleviate high-tech labor shortages, . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item5
"Pennsylvania Makes Spreading Computer Viruses Criminal"
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge on May 26 signed a bill that
outlaws the intentional spread of computer viruses. Current law
addresses the illegal effects of launching a virus, but does not
make it a crime to introduce a virus. Under the new bill, which . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item6
"Who Should Fight Cybercrime?"
Members of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), engineers
who basically designed the Internet and now manage its standards
and protocols, are currently debating whether they should become
involved in the fight against cybercrime. With incidents of . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item7
"Will B2G Become the 'Next Big Thing'?"
Although the government has lagged behind the private sector in
the rush to get online, many analysts are now predicting that
business-to-government e-commerce, known as B2G or G2B, is set to
explode. Several private companies have recently begun hosting . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item8
"Burglar Alarm Catches Hackers on the Net"
Swedish security firm Defcom Security on Monday demonstrated a
hacker burglar alarm that monitors network activity 24 hours a
day for European companies. The alarm center in Stockholm
remotely monitors networks, enabling companies to outsource . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item9
"Americans In Paris? No, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Say Analysts"
When it comes to e-business, strategies that are successful in
the United States are not necessarily effective in Europe,
according to a new report by the European management consultancy
Roland Berger. Although certain elements, such as venture . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item10
"Omens From the Microsoft Case"
The Microsoft case is a prominent example of antitrust problems,
but there are also many less vivid ways that the high-tech sector
could run into antitrust issues. The Justice Department is
looking into new Internet ventures by airlines and realtors, and . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item11
"A Welcome Intrusion"
The majority of security providers have begun offering intrusion
detection, a service in which companies pay a fee for the
provider to manage security hardware and software tools and
continuously monitor IT networks, in an initiative to capitalize . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item12
"Thinning Down the Desktop"
New legacy-free PCs could eventually replace many traditional
desktop computers, but some IT managers are reluctant to adopt
the scaled-down systems. PC makers are trying to provide
cheaper, smaller PCs that offer improved manageability and . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item13
"Is Your Phone Infected?"
Computer security experts warn that in the near future viruses
may target intelligent mobile phones and personal digital
assistants (PDAs). Such attacks would be more devastating than
the current cyberattacks that travel via email because the new . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item14
"Design to Go"
Personal computer companies are increasingly outsourcing their
manufacturing so that by 2003 the market for electronic contract
services will grow to $149.4 billion, up from $60 billion in
1998, according to Technology Forecasters, a company that . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item15
"Vendors and Users Share Differing Views at Arizona Conference"
The Future of Engineering Software conference last week in
Scottsdale, Ariz., brought together construction industry firm
executives, software vendors, and consultants to discuss ways to
improve engineering software. The conference focused on naming . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0602f.html#item16
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