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ACM TechNews
Volume 3, Number 268
Date: October 24, 2001
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Top Stories for Wednesday, October 24, 2001:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"Valley's Recovery Outlook is Gloomy"
"EFF Lobbies Against New Zealand Copyright Law"
"Techs Broadside Anti-Piracy Plan"
"Software Companies Look Beyond Traditional Borders"
"Israeli Tech Firms May Benefit"
"Fiber Optics May Speed PCs"
"APEC Leaders Plan Using IT to Fight Terror"
"Security-Conscious Firms Go Under Wraps"
"XP Meets Pockets of IT Resistance"
"Silicon Name Computes Only in Valley"
"U.S. Forces Pack Pocket Computers in Afghanistan"
"Smart Use of Tax Dollars Best Boost for National Security"
"Microsoft Explores Legal Options Against Hacker"
"Online Agitators Breaching Barriers in Mideast"
"IT Spending To Jump, Survey Says"
"WebDAV Protocol Comes of Age"
"Laws Without Borders"
"Pay Stubbed"
"Intellectual Property Is Not a Toy"
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"Valley's Recovery Outlook is Gloomy"
Hobbled by the economic slowdown and the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks, Silicon Valley is not expected to bounce back until the
second half of 2002, according to experts. Corporate profits
have been falling since spring 2000; these in turn have sparked ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item1
"EFF Lobbies Against New Zealand Copyright Law"
Despite the urging of leading U.S. technology companies, the
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is lobbying New Zealand to
not pass proposed new digital copyright laws that would be
similar to the U.S.'s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item2
"Techs Broadside Anti-Piracy Plan"
On Monday, a group of leading technology companies held a press
conference in which they detailed their firm opposition to a
proposal backed by Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) and Walt Disney
to install anti-piracy safeguards in consumer electronics ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item3
"Software Companies Look Beyond Traditional Borders"
Indian software companies are weaning themselves from the
faltering U.S. market and turning to Europe instead. Already,
about 25 percent of Indian software exports go to Europe today,
up from virtually nil in the early 1990s when nearly everything ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item4
"Israeli Tech Firms May Benefit"
After being hammered by a year of Israeli-Palestinian fighting
and the global recession, Israel's high-tech industry hopes that
the state of anxiety generated by the Sept. 11 attacks will be a
boon for business. "To our clients remote access is very ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item5
"Fiber Optics May Speed PCs"
Computer chip researchers are investigating ways to manufacture
chips based on optical connectors instead of copper or aluminum
wires. Chipmakers face serious hurdles to ratcheting up
processor speed because it requires substantially more power, ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item6
"APEC Leaders Plan Using IT to Fight Terror"
Leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum this week
condemned the terrorist attacks against the United States and
pledged to build new networks linking customs agents and
immigration authorities in their countries. These networks would ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item7
"Security-Conscious Firms Go Under Wraps"
Government agencies and private companies are trying to figure
what is safe to post on the Internet without risking security,
but some advocates of public accountability say that many in the
latter group are just using the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as an ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item8
"XP Meets Pockets of IT Resistance"
Microsoft's new Windows XP operating system will bring a number
of new Microsoft initiatives to home users, but those same
interactive and Web services features should be shunned by
businesses. For one, XP's instant messaging and ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item9
"Silicon Name Computes Only in Valley"
Many U.S. states or cities, hoping to gain a higher profile in
the technology sector, have adopted monikers with the word
"silicon" in them, but so far California's Silicon Valley remains
the only significant success story. The colorful names include ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item10
"U.S. Forces Pack Pocket Computers in Afghanistan"
Handhelds are finding use as tactical and logistical tools in the
U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. Some of the pocket
computers are brought by soldiers and sailors from home, while
others are specially developed by the military to withstand ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item11
"Smart Use of Tax Dollars Best Boost for National Security"
San Jose Mercury News Technology columnist Dan Gillmor
recommends that the country invest in three key areas that
will yield long-term security: The creation of a national
broadband network, a stronger public health infrastructure, ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item12
"Microsoft Explores Legal Options Against Hacker"
On Monday, Microsoft declared that it is mulling its legal
options and investigating an anonymous hacker, "Beale Screamer,"
who compromised its digital rights management software last week,
enabling users to distribute online songs free of restrictions. ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item13
"Online Agitators Breaching Barriers in Mideast"
Saudi political dissidents and other persons persecuted by the
Saudi government have taken to the Web to broadcast their views.
Although Saudi Arabia has only permitted Internet access since
1999 and routes all traffic through central servers, it is ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item14
"IT Spending To Jump, Survey Says"
IT spending will climb 15 percent next year, according to a
survey by the Government Electronics and Information Technology
Association (GEIA). The survey also found that the September 11
attacks have changed the ways the government will spend the ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item15
"WebDAV Protocol Comes of Age"
The Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
protocol has started to surface in software, servers,
applications, and operating systems, signaling its maturation.
WebDAV enables the Internet to be used for collaboration and ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item16
"Laws Without Borders"
The final process of writing the Hague Convention on Jurisdiction
and Foreign Judgments in Civil Matters has been postponed because
a number of interests are concerned about the treaty. The Hague
treaty seeks to harmonize laws related to the Internet on a ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item17
"Pay Stubbed"
An overabundance of IT professionals due to the economic
recession has not led to lower salaries, but salary increases and
bonuses are definitely falling, according to an Interactive Week
survey of 2,500 IT workers. The survey finds that networking ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item18
"Intellectual Property Is Not a Toy"
Denmark toymaker Lego is struggling with how to approach hackers
and the open source community that have taken an interest in its
new high-tech robotics kit, Mindstorms Robotics Invention System.
So far, Lego has stood by as hackers tinkered with its software, ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1024w.html#item19
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