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ACM TechNews
Volume 2, Number 106
Date: September 15, 2000
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Top Stories for Friday, September 15, 2000:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"House Subcommittee Passes Electronic Privacy Law"
"Powers of New Economy Should Learn From Capitalism's Past"
"Privacy Watchdog Targets 'Web Bugs'"
"China to Lead Asian Internet Growth"
"A Bug in the Legal Code?"
"Giving Chips a Lesson in Power Management"
"Study: PCs Will Rule European E-Tail"
"As High-Tech Labor Shortage Looms, U.S. Firms Look Abroad for Workers"
"Middleware Market Is Primed for Growth, Study Says"
"Washington Debates Need for Technology Policy Chief"
"Lifestyle Drives Today's Workers"
"Export Tax Breaks Passed by House"
"Blair Package Backs Internet Businesses"
"Beyond Digital Signatures"
"Hyper Growing Pains"
"Privacy Spurs Innovation"
"Surprise? The Internet Taxman Cometh"
"IT Looks to Its Own Expertise"
"The Last Computer"
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"House Subcommittee Passes Electronic Privacy Law"
Rep. Charles Canaday's (R-Fla.) Electronic Communications Privacy
Act of 2000, a bill that makes it harder for law enforcement
agencies to monitor citizens' email and phone records, has
received the full approval of the House Judiciary Committee's . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item1
"Powers of New Economy Should Learn From Capitalism's Past"
Although big business is fueling the current economic boom, many
Americans feel uncomfortable with the power big business wields
over their daily lives, not to mention its influence with
politicians. The tech industry needs to take care that it does . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item2
"Privacy Watchdog Targets 'Web Bugs'"
A new set of regulatory guidelines from the Privacy Foundation
demands that Internet advertising companies and Web sites notify
users to the placement of Web bugs. Web bugs, or clear GIFs, are
images embedded within HTML-enhanced commercial emails or Web . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item3
"China to Lead Asian Internet Growth"
China will inevitably dominate the new Internet-based economy in
Asia, and later the world Internet economy, according to a recent
survey by consultants Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Asian e-commerce
revenues ranged between $3.33 billion and $4.43 billion in 1999, . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item4
"A Bug in the Legal Code?"
The decision by Judge Lewis Kaplan about a month ago to ban
linking to the code that decrypts DVDs is representative of the
battle for freedom on the Internet, says David Touretzky, a
Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who oversees a number . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item5
"Giving Chips a Lesson in Power Management"
Today's microprocessors are powerful, but much of that power is
wasted on programs that only tap into a small portion of a CPU's
capacity. The more transistors are added and clock speed is
increased, the more power CPUs consume. Dr. David Albonesi of . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item6
"Study: PCs Will Rule European E-Tail"
European consumers will still use PCs to complete the
overwhelming majority of online retail sales in Europe by 2005,
although new devices such as Internet-enabled mobile phones will
help promote European e-tail sites, according to Forrester . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item7
"As High-Tech Labor Shortage Looms, U.S. Firms Look Abroad for Workers"
The United States is in danger of losing skilled high-tech
workers to other countries, a new study from the Cato Institute
says. The study recommends Congress raise the number of H-1B
visas issued each year to foreign high-tech workers. That number . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item8
"Middleware Market Is Primed for Growth, Study Says"
The worldwide middleware and business software revenues are
expected to hit close to $9.7 billion in 2004, predicts
International Data (IDC). U.S. middleware vendors claimed 75
percent of worldwide revenue in 1999, so major industry players . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item9
"Washington Debates Need for Technology Policy Chief"
Earlier this week both Rep. Jim Turner (D-Texas) and Rep. Tom
Davis (R-Va.) introduced proposals that would create a chief
information officer for the federal government. The federal CIO
would be responsible for overseeing the government's IT policy . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item10
"Lifestyle Drives Today's Workers"
Employees of the New Economy put a high priority on lifestyle,
and a growing number of them are deciding where to live based on
considerations such as nightlife, culture, and recreational
facilities. This marks a shift in thinking from the days when . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item11
"Export Tax Breaks Passed by House"
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that
allows corporations such as Microsoft and Intel to keep $4
billion annually in export tax breaks, in a move that could lead
the European Union to place sanctions on trade with the United . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item12
"Blair Package Backs Internet Businesses"
On September 11, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced a
package that will encourage the use of the Internet among
consumers and businesses. Among the measures Blair supports is
the opening of the first of 600 planned online centers that will . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item13
"Beyond Digital Signatures"
Although the digital signature legislation in many states is up
to date, the legislation pertaining to online transactions has
fallen into a quagmire. For example, five digital signature
bills have become law through the Illinois Legislature and six . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item14
"Hyper Growing Pains"
CIOs are changing their ways to adapt to an adrenaline-charged
economy moving at Internet speed. Attention to detail is more
important than ever, but CIOs must have immediate problem-solving
skills and flexible, yet longer-term strategy and infrastructure . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item15
"Privacy Spurs Innovation"
New companies and wireless vendors are taking advantage of
controversial Internet security issues by offering users
privacy-enhancement services. On September 11, New York-based
iPrivacy will provide customers with a privacy shield for online . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item16
"Surprise? The Internet Taxman Cometh"
The tax-free Internet idea is losing ground. The United States
Internet Council (USIC) has asked legislators to create standing
committees to address Internet-related legislation, and the
California Senate and Assembly have passed laws that will require . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item17
"IT Looks to Its Own Expertise"
Major IT vendors are using their own technology to upgrade their
sales, marketing, and customer service processes as well as to
showcase their technical expertise. IBM used its own offerings
to design IBM.com's cutting edge e-commerce features. "We have . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item18
"The Last Computer"
MIT physicist Seth Lloyd has envisioned the ultimate laptop as a
1-liter-sized ball of light with a temperature of around a
billion degrees and no mass. The laptop would be a quantum
computer that utilizes an unimaginable number of superimposed . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0915f.html#item19
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