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ACM TechNews
Volume 2, Number 104
Date: September 11, 2000
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Top Stories for Monday, September 11, 2000:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"Hewlett-Packard May Seek Deal for Consultants"
"New Web Software Start-Up Draws Microsoft Workers-and Its Ire"
"Ruling on Temps Reflects a Changing Workplace"
"When the Judge Can't Really Judge"
"Important Questions Facing All of America This Election Year"
"Costa Rica's Educated Workers Lure High-Tech Companies"
"Several Candidates Poised to Reach ICANN Ballot"
"E-Gov Can't Stop Now"
"Little Expected From Politicians on Privacy Law"
"$20-Billion Expected in On-Line Shopping"
"Maryland's UCITA May Have National Reach"
"Napster Effect May Extend Beyond Music"
"Privacy's Price"
"U.K. E-Mail Law Reaches U.S."
"A Woman's Place"
"Smart Phones Will Outnumber PC Browsers Next Year"
"A Robot Menagerie, from Ants to Androids"
"People Have to Come First"
"ICANN...But Can It?"
"ACM Conference to Address Universal Usability"
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"Hewlett-Packard May Seek Deal for Consultants"
Hewlett-Packard is in the midst of talks to acquire
PricewaterhouseCoopers' consulting unit for a possible $20
billion, according to executives close to negotiations, but
negotiations are currently in a very delicate stage. Executives . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item1
"New Web Software Start-Up Draws Microsoft Workers-and Its Ire"
Several former Microsoft employees have founded Crossgain, a
company that intends to offer XML-based Internet solutions for
software developers. Crossgain's applications will allow
developers to focus on their own applications rather than their . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item2
"Ruling on Temps Reflects a Changing Workplace"
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) cited the growth of
temporary workers in the technology field as one of the main
reasons for its August ruling that temps should receive the same
benefits as full-time union workers. Temporary employment . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item3
"When the Judge Can't Really Judge"
Maryland legislators are investigating whether to establish a
court for technology-related cases. Several state officials,
including the former president of the state bar, have expressed
concern that many judges may not be able to handle the issues on . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item4
"Important Questions Facing All of America This Election Year"
Candidates in this year's elections have spoken much about
technology but have said little about the industry's most
important issues. For example, candidates have ignored the
high-profile cases involving intellectual property concerns, but . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item5
"Costa Rica's Educated Workers Lure High-Tech Companies"
Costa Rica is attracting a growing number of high-tech companies
with its educated workforce and the low cost of operating in the
country. Intel, for example, opened a plant in San Jose in 1998,
which offers workers generous salaries and stock options and uses . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item6
"Several Candidates Poised to Reach ICANN Ballot"
North Americans Karl Auerbach, Emerson Tiller, and Barbara Simons
are all close to making the final ballot for the upcoming vote to
determine ICANN's next board of directors. Auerbach, an engineer
at Cisco Systems, leads the way with more than 4 percent of the . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item7
"E-Gov Can't Stop Now"
A new study from Forrester Research indicates that by 2006
federal, state, and local governments will collect 15 percent of
fees and taxes online, and governments will receive 333 million
online submissions--137 million to state governments. . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item8
"Little Expected From Politicians on Privacy Law"
Congress has introduced dozens of Internet privacy bills this
session, but most remain untouched due to lawmakers' uncertainty
on which direction to proceed on the issue of online privacy. . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item9
"$20-Billion Expected in On-Line Shopping"
A Gartner Group study predicts that fourth-quarter worldwide
e-commerce totals will reach nearly $20 billion this year, the
highest such number yet, and nearly twice as high as last year's
fourth-quarter figure of $10.5 billion. North Americans would . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item10
"Maryland's UCITA May Have National Reach"
After Maryland implements the Uniform Computer Information
Transaction Act (UCITA) on Oct. 1, vendors in other states might
be able use the law as well by applying Maryland law to their
contracts, legal experts say. This means that information . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item11
"Napster Effect May Extend Beyond Music"
Industry groups have submitted two friend-of-the-court briefs in
the lawsuit against Napster. The online file-swapping company is
accused of violating copyright by allowing people to download
music files for free. The industry groups contend that federal . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item12
"Privacy's Price"
Privacy is an issue that continues to divide the online industry
as much as it does the public and lawmakers. Although some
companies that conduct business online are ready to do whatever's
possible to regain the public's trust, others maintain that any . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item13
"U.K. E-Mail Law Reaches U.S."
Many U.S. companies are unfamiliar with a surveillance law in the
United Kingdom that could have a huge impact on the way they do
business there. Companies such as Wal-Mart, Citigroup, and
Boeing are now asking for more information on the Regulation of . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item14
"A Woman's Place"
Recognizing the need to address women's advancement, IBM set up
in 1995 the IBM Executive Women's Diversity Task Force, a unit
which started by asking female employees for their opinions on
gender-based barriers within IBM. Now, women account for over . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item15
"Smart Phones Will Outnumber PC Browsers Next Year"
Microbrowsers for wireless phones and handheld computers will
outnumber standard online PC browsers by the end of 2001, said
Microsoft's David Marutiak at the e-Gov conference in July.
Marutiak outlined several ways for Web sites to meet the mobile . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item16
"A Robot Menagerie, from Ants to Androids"
A virtual zoo of robotic devices from all over the world
demonstrates the variety of potential uses for these machines.
Engineer Mark Tilden of the Los Alamos National Laboratory has
created insect-like robots that can walk over and around objects. . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item17
"People Have to Come First"
Even the most brilliantly conceived e-business strategy is
useless without a talented staff to implement it, writes Giga
Information Group CEO Robert K. Weiler. It is not surprising
then to learn, as Weiler and Giga did at a recent conference for . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item18
"ICANN...But Can It?"
Concerns regarding future domain name policies and the fairness
of ICANN's upcoming elections have thrown a light on the
organization and drawn criticism from a number of different
sectors. Members of Congress and the high-tech industry alike . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item19
"ACM Conference to Address Universal Usability"
The digital divide---the chasm that keeps technology from
reaching the widest possible range of users for reasons of
access, economics, disabilities, or technical obstacles---has
been a sensitive issue in science, in industry, in education, and . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0911m.html#item20
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