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ACM TechNews
Volume 3, Number 269
Date: October 26, 2001
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Top Stories for Friday, October 26, 2001:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"PC Industry Waits for Impact of XP"
"Net Surfing, E-Mail Targets of New Antiterror Law"
"CERT/CC: Internet Infrastructure Targeted for DoS Attacks"
"Alert System Sought For Internet Attacks"
"IT Companies Unlikely to Meet FY 2001 H-1B Visa Cap"
"'Brain Drain' Shifts Into Reverse"
"Global IT Spending to Fall Next Year"
"H-1B Workers Fear Prejudice After Attacks"
"Microsoft Prosecutors Hire Sullivan"
"National ID Plan Could Mean Windfall for Tech Firms"
"Technology Grows Up"
"U.S. Senate Confirms Tech Post Nominations"
"Happy Homeworkers"
"Africa vs. the Network, Says Presidential Task Force"
"War Boom: More Pentagon Spending Could Actually Hurt Silicon Valley"
"Out of Touch"
"The Top Techno-MBA Programs"
"High-Performance Java"
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"PC Industry Waits for Impact of XP"
Industry heavyweights attending the launch of Windows XP in New
York revealed their expectation that the operating system will
give a much-needed boost to PC sales, particularly in the
consumer sector. Dell Computer Chairman Michael Dell predicted ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item1
"Net Surfing, E-Mail Targets of New Antiterror Law"
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft says he plans to put new
powers granted to his agency immediately to use, once President
Bush signs the antiterrorism bill Congress passed on Thursday.
The antiterrorism bill will allow law enforcement officers to ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item2
"CERT/CC: Internet Infrastructure Targeted for DoS Attacks"
The Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center
(CERT/CC) has issued a paper warning of more serious threats from
denial of service (DoS) attacks to the Internet infrastructure.
Because of automated tools and more specific attacks on router ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item3
"Alert System Sought For Internet Attacks"
Rising fears of attacks on the Internet have prompted discussions
on the creation of a "first alert" system. The Office of
Homeland Security's cyber-security advisor, Richard A. Clarke, is
urging that high-tech companies build information dissemination ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item4
"IT Companies Unlikely to Meet FY 2001 H-1B Visa Cap"
Technology companies are unlikely to fill the 195,000 H-1B visa
positions allowed by Congress for this fiscal year despite the
huge effort last year to raise the cap from 107,500 H-1B visas.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service had only approved ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item5
"'Brain Drain' Shifts Into Reverse"
South Asian technology workers are heading back home in droves,
according to industry professionals. Although the Immigration
and Naturalization Service does not keep track of how many H-1B
workers have been laid off so far as a result of the IT downturn, ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item6
"Global IT Spending to Fall Next Year"
Meta Group reports that worldwide IT spending in 2002 will
decline slightly from 2001 numbers. U.S. businesses will spend
between 2 percent and 5 percent less on IT in 2002, whereas this
year they spent 8 percent more. Outside the United States, IT ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item7
"H-1B Workers Fear Prejudice After Attacks"
A backlash against foreign professionals has started to occur in
the United States in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Although H-1B visa holders are concerned about subtle forms of
prejudice, harassment, and assaults, they are just as concerned ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item8
"Microsoft Prosecutors Hire Sullivan"
The coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia have
hired Brendan V. Sullivan, a famous Washington defense attorney,
to represent them in their antitrust case against Microsoft.
Sullivan's hiring increases the prospect that the states will ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item9
"National ID Plan Could Mean Windfall for Tech Firms"
The prospect of a national ID card equipped with smart card
technology could mean tens of billions of dollars for technology
firms, according to industry observers. Citizens could use the
cards to quickly verify ID, substitute a passport, receive ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item10
"Technology Grows Up"
Over the past 10 years, technology has pushed forward into new
areas and improved its usability for the average person,
especially with the PC. The Windows operating system, though
often a faulty product, brought the graphical user interface to ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item11
"U.S. Senate Confirms Tech Post Nominations"
Two technology post nominees were confirmed by the Senate on
Tuesday. Phillip Bond was confirmed as the new technology
undersecretary of the Commerce Department. He was formerly a
lobbyist for the Information Technology Industry Council, a ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item12
"Happy Homeworkers"
The number of teleworkers in the United States rose nearly 17
percent to 28.8 million in the past year, according to the
International Telework Association's annual survey. ITAC
estimates that 24.1 percent work on the road and 21.7 percent ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item13
"Africa vs. the Network, Says Presidential Task Force"
The International Advisory Council on Information Society and
Development held its first meeting recently, discussing the issue
that the Internet could be a barrier for the African continent's
e-inclusion. The group of IT professionals and government ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item14
"War Boom: More Pentagon Spending Could Actually Hurt Silicon Valley"
As the Pentagon prepares to dole out its expanded budget to
technology firms, it would be good for American business if
several changes were made to the way government contracts are
handled. Technology firms are expected to be big winners and are ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item15
"Out of Touch"
Web accessibility for the disabled has progressed considerably
lately, but still has room for improvement, says Judy Dixon,
consumer relations officer at the National Library Service for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Dixon, who is blind, ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item16
"The Top Techno-MBA Programs"
MBA programs have gained popularity in the aftermath of the
dot-com collapse. Programs are many and varied, but their
central appeal is their greater focus on the bottom line rather
than technology. Their concentration involves the meeting of ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item17
"High-Performance Java"
Java implementations are often criticized for being relatively
inefficient in terms of execution when compared to Fortran, C,
and C++, but the push toward high-performance computing (HPC)
applications is advancing efforts to enhance performance using ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1026f.html#item18
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