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ACM TechNews
Volume 2, Number 97
Date: August 23, 2000
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Top Stories for Wednesday, August 23, 2000:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html


"Shortages of an Intel Microprocessor Create Backlogs, Headaches"
"Dancing on 'Dot-Com' Graves"
"How to Spy on Your Employees"
"Multilingual Domain Names Promoted"
"Compaq, Microsoft, IBM Now Plug Web Terminals"
"U.S. Companies Dominate This Country Name Game"
"Neo-Nazi Web Sites Reported to Flee Germany"
"Dotcoms Pay More Staff on Performance"
"Lacking Laws, the Philippines Throws Out 'Love Bug' Case"
"Workstation Shipments Drop Due to Memory Shortages, Says IDC"
"Developers' Poll Pressures Sun on Java"
"Parties Dancing With the Net"
"New World Order"
"Come September, Lawmakers Must Tackle Broadband Access"
"India Faces IT Engineers Shortage"
"Should High-Tech Have Its Own Court?"
"U.S. Wises Up to Smart Cards"

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"Shortages of an Intel Microprocessor Create Backlogs, Headaches"
A shortage of Intel's popular Pentium III Xeon processors is
causing a significant backlog of orders for business server
computers.  Firms have reported waiting as long as three weeks
for servers from IBM, Compaq, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard.  The . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item1

"Dancing on 'Dot-Com' Graves"
The failure of many dot-coms that were once the darlings of the
media and venture capitalists has prompted gloating and glee both
inside and outside the tech world.  Several Web sites have
appeared to track the imminent demise of dot-coms, including one . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item2

"How to Spy on Your Employees"
Although employers have a wealth of Internet-monitoring tools at
their disposal, they should think carefully before using them to
spy on their employees.  At the very least, spying on an
employee's email or Web surfing, if discovered, could lower . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item3

"Multilingual Domain Names Promoted"
Network Solutions is working to improve Internet domain
names--which have historically been available almost entirely in
English--through the use of technology that will enable Internet
domain names to be registered in languages other than English.  . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item4

"Compaq, Microsoft, IBM Now Plug Web Terminals"
Web terminals, scaled-down computers used primarily for Internet
access, are expected to take off as tech heavyweights move into
the market.  Compaq this month will become the first major tech
company to offer a Web terminal when it launches an inexpensive . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item5

"U.S. Companies Dominate This Country Name Game"
Approximately 40 percent of the 5 million domain names
complimented with a country code are in fact registered in the
United States, says Jeffrey W. Johnson of idNames.  IdNames, a
subsidiary of Network Solutions, provides self-serve registration . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item6

"Neo-Nazi Web Sites Reported to Flee Germany"
Roughly 90 hate-mongering German far-right groups are
transferring their Web sites to U.S. access providers to dodge a
crackdown on their online activities by German authorities,
reports N.D.R. radio.  The domestic security agency of Germany's . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item7

"Dotcoms Pay More Staff on Performance"
The Internet economy's burst bubble has led many dot-coms to
reward their executives based on performance, the Internet
Compensation Survey 2000 revealed.  The survey, out today from
PwC, found the hiring packages offered by dot-coms now often . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item8

"Lacking Laws, the Philippines Throws Out 'Love Bug' Case"
Prosecutors have dropped all charges against Onel de Guzman, the
former Philippine computer student suspected of unleashing the
"Love Bug" virus on the world in May, racking up billions of
dollars in damages.  Prosecutors decided that the charges against . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item9

"Workstation Shipments Drop Due to Memory Shortages, Says IDC"
A four percent decline in workstation shipments in the second
quarter report has been attributed to a shortage of memory chips,
particularly Rambus dynamic random access memory (RDRAM),
according to International Data (IDC).  Second quarter shipments . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item10

"Developers' Poll Pressures Sun on Java"
Developers are weighing in on the issue of whether Sun
Microsystems should open its Java source code through a poll
circulating among developer groups.  The poll's organizer,
developer Kevin Burton, says he might ask open source developers . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item11

"Parties Dancing With the Net"
The Democratic and Republican parties both agree on certain
Internet-related issues in their platforms, but disagree far more
on others.  Both the GOP and the Democratic Party call for strong
intellectual property laws such as the Digital Millennium . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item12

"New World Order"
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
provides an example of the way governments might function in the
future as technology increasingly erases political boundaries.
ICANN is a private, nonprofit corporation the Clinton . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item13

"Come September, Lawmakers Must Tackle Broadband Access"
Congress is likely to take up the issue of broadband access in
September when lawmakers return from their month-long recess.
Two bills that lawmakers are set to consider are the Broadband
Internet Regulatory Relief Act of 2000, sponsored by Sen. Sam . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item14

"India Faces IT Engineers Shortage"
As India works to expand its software industry, the nation is
trying to prevent its IT workers from being lured away by other
countries desperate to fill their own labor gaps.  High-tech
industries around the globe are tapping India's pool of engineers . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item15

"Should High-Tech Have Its Own Court?"
Maryland officials say that a high-tech court will transform the
state into "the Delaware of the Internet."  State officials would
like to cash in on the booming high-tech industry by becoming the
legal hub for high-tech issues, similar to the way in which . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item16

"U.S. Wises Up to Smart Cards"
The smart card market has mainly been confined to Europe, but the
Internet and the growth of e-commerce has helped encourage
American interest and investment.  Worldwide smart card sales are
expected to climb from $2.4 billion this year to $8.1 billion by . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0823w.html#item17

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