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ACM TechNews
Volume 2, Number 131
Date: November 17, 2000
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Top Stories for Friday, November 17, 2000:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"Seven New Domain Suffixes Approved"
"Open Sourcing Is Linux's Biggest Strength, Weakness"
"Companies Create Way to Put Idle PCs to Work Through Net"
"Intel's Swift Pentium 4 Is Set for Launch"
"Staying Wired on the Go and Doing More Work"
"Anti-Spam Laws on the Way"
"Outsourcing Firms Shift Gears in Tight Market"
"Holidays to Put Amazon Strategy to the Test"
"Microsoft Files Suit Against 2 Md. Firms"
"New Documents Shed More Light on FBI's "Carnivore""
"Tech Works Set to Link Alley Talent With Industry Jobs"
"East Grows Rapidly as Tech Center"
"German Officials Struggle to Control the Spread of
Neo-Nazi Web Sites"
"Comdex: B2B Standard Continues to Garner Support"
"As Stock Options Lose Luster, Perks Get More Creative"
"Backing High-Tech Won't Get You Elected"
"Been There, Done That"
"The Internet Generation"
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"Seven New Domain Suffixes Approved"
ICANN selected seven new top level domain names on
Thursday--.info, .biz, .name, .pro, .coop, .museum, and
.aero--and these new TLDs will greatly increase the amount of
Internet space available and boost the companies that offer . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item1
"Open Sourcing Is Linux's Biggest Strength, Weakness"
As the new kernel of the Linux operating system makes its way
from creator Linus Torvalds and his assistants to users of the
open-source software around the world, analysts continue to
differ on its future potential. Although Linux users tout its . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item2
"Companies Create Way to Put Idle PCs to Work Through Net"
Distributed computing companies are helping corporations use the
Internet to tap the power of many idle PCs to perform tasks that
would otherwise require a supercomputer. DataSynapse, Entropia,
Parabon, and United Devices are among the players in this . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item3
"Intel's Swift Pentium 4 Is Set for Launch"
Intel on Monday will release its Pentium 4, once again taking the
lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in their ongoing
battle to provide the market's fastest chip. The 1.4 GHz version
of the Pentium 4 will initially cost $625, while the 1.5 GHz . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item4
"Staying Wired on the Go and Doing More Work"
Gadgets for workers who are frequently on the move continue to
grow in popularity as they become smaller but more powerful.
With users less likely to work from a PC, laptops are now the
focal point of the mobile office. Mobile workers can choose from . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item5
"Anti-Spam Laws on the Way"
Although Congress has a number of bills before it that address
the issue of unsolicited commercial email, the chance for
lawmakers to make some progress on anti-spam legislation is not
likely to come this year but rather in the next election year. . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item6
"Outsourcing Firms Shift Gears in Tight Market"
Computer services companies are moving into the government,
overseas, and niche markets as their traditional business running
corporate computer systems in the U.S. slows. Although computer
services is a $60 billion a year industry, experts say . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item7
"Holidays to Put Amazon Strategy to the Test"
Analysts disagree whether Amazon.com can become the dominant
online retailer across all categories, as Amazon founder and CEO
Jeff Bezos envisions. The company, which made its name as the
first online bookstore, now features a range of products that . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item8
"Microsoft Files Suit Against 2 Md. Firms"
Microsoft has sued two software resellers in Maryland, saying
both were offering pirated copies of Microsoft software for sale,
the company said Thursday. Microsoft has been investigating the
two resellers, Charles County Computers of Waldorf, Md., and . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item9
"New Documents Shed More Light on FBI's "Carnivore""
The FBI's Carnivore email surveillance system is once again in
the public spotlight after the FBI released information Thursday
that, according to privacy advocates, indicates that the system
represents a greater privacy threat than the government has . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item10
"Tech Works Set to Link Alley Talent With Industry Jobs"
Tech Works NYC, a workforce development program, is launching a
major effort to facilitate high-tech recruitment by linking
skilled workers with companies that lack high-tech talent. Tech
Works will help companies recruit workers from a wide range of . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item11
"East Grows Rapidly as Tech Center"
Deloitte & Touche's annual Fast 500 ranking of tech companies
with the greatest growth reveals that nearly half of this year's
firms are based in the East. Of the 500 U.S. and Canadian firms
that have grown most quickly, 46 percent and four of the list's . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item12
"German Officials Struggle to Control the Spread of
Neo-Nazi Web Sites"
The German game company Phenomedia AG recently received word that
one of its popular bird-shooting games had been modified on a Web
site into a Nazi extremist game in which Jews and minorities were
being hunted instead of birds. German laws prohibit denying that . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item13
"Comdex: B2B Standard Continues to Garner Support"
IBM, Microsoft, and Ariba presented their recently announced
Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) standard
on Thursday at Comdex. UDDI offers a sort of Internet Yellow
Pages--providing uniform protocol to let companies describe their . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item14
"As Stock Options Lose Luster, Perks Get More Creative"
High-tech companies are looking for new ways to retain valuable
workers as stock options lose their appeal, and these new perks
are increasingly linked to the amount of time a worker remains
with the firm. Telecommunications firm Net2000 Communications . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item15
"Backing High-Tech Won't Get You Elected"
Lawmakers may view supporting the high-tech industry as a no-win
situation, judging from the election fate of their tech-friendly
colleagues who will no longer be on Capitol Hill. Rep. Spencer
Abraham (R-Mich.), one of the Information Technology Industry . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item16
"Been There, Done That"
Dot-com workers who fell victim to the recent wave of layoffs are
taking a more cautious approach to job hunting, favoring stable
employers with solid business models. Roughly 22,267 dot-com
workers have lost their jobs since December, according to . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item17
"The Internet Generation"
Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Computing assistant
professor Amy S. Bruckman dismisses the notion that the Internet
destroys children and families as well as the idea that
technology will turn kids into geniuses. The Internet has not . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/1117f.html#item18
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