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ACM TechNews
Volume 3, Number 262
Date: October 10, 2001
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Top Stories for Wednesday, October 10, 2001:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html

"Microsoft May Face Huge Fine From EU"
"Not So Fast, Senator Says, as Others Smooth Way for Terror Bill"
"U.S. to intensify Effort Against Threat of Computer Terrorism"
"Microsoft Will Have to Wake Up, Smell Java"
"Attack May Slow Productivity"
"More Women are Joining the Ranks of Hackers"
"From One Quantum State to Another, It's Shades of 'Star Trek'"
"Lawmakers Propose Greater Tech Write-Offs"
"Mitnick Warns Other 'Scapegoats'"
"New Encryption Laws for E-Mail Unlikely"
"No Telling What Kind of Technology This War Will Give Birth To"
"Redefining Tech Support in New York Relief Effort"
"Cybersquatting Among the Ruins"
"New Euro Coins Won't Jingle for Tech Firms"
"Five Tech Trends with Legs"
"Don't Hang Up"
"Fear Along the Firewall"

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"Microsoft May Face Huge Fine From EU"
Microsoft is undergoing further scrutiny in Europe, where
European Commission officials are considering allegations that
the company submitted false evidence and tried to mislead
European Union antitrust prosecutors.  The ruling EU body could ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item1

"Not So Fast, Senator Says, as Others Smooth Way for Terror Bill"
Senate leaders are trying to move anti-terrorism legislation
forward under special streamlined procedures, but Sen. Russell D.
Feingold (D-Wis.), chairman of the constitutional subcommittee,
is objecting to the bill on civil liberties grounds.  Feingold ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item2

"U.S. to Intensify Effort Against Threat of Computer Terrorism"
The Bush administration plans to spend $10 million to launch a
newly intensive war against cyber-terrorism with the creation of
a "cyber-security" office.  Richard Clarke will assume the
position of special advisor to President Bush for cyberspace ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item3

"Microsoft Will Have to Wake Up, Smell Java"
Microsoft is jockeying with Sun Microsystems' Java programming
code for dominance in the Web services market.  Web services are
expected to dramatically increase demand for e-business
applications, rocketing that market from $36 billion last year to ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item4

"Attack May Slow Productivity"
Prior to the Sept. 11 attacks, businesses were cutting back on
technology spending as the economy slowed.  Now, businesses are
again spending on technology as they react to the attacks.
However, companies are now concentrating more on security rather ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item5

"More Women are Joining the Ranks of Hackers"
Within the past few years more and more women are becoming
hackers, as some computer security training courses operated by
such organizations as SANS Institute have experienced a major
rise in female attendance.  Def Con, the annual hacker bacchanal ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item6

"From One Quantum State to Another, It's Shades of 'Star Trek'"
Scientists have succeeded in teleporting a mass of trillions of
gas atoms using quantum mechanics theories.  The new breakthrough
could mean new steps forward for quantum computers and
encryption.  Already, researchers are honing techniques that ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item7

"Lawmakers Propose Greater Tech Write-Offs"
U.S. Representatives Jerry Weller, R-Ill., Fred Upton, R-Mich.,
Gene Green, D-Tex., and Senator Conrad Burns, R-Mont. have
introduced an economic-stimulus plan that calls on Congress to
allow IT businesses to accelerate write-offs for high-technology ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item8

"Mitnick Warns Other 'Scapegoats'"
Notorious hacker Kevin Mitnick recently testified before a Senate
committee regarding the dangers of a politically motivated hacker
attack, which he deems as a credible threat, but not particularly
critical.  He does contend that the government should strengthen ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item9

"New Encryption Laws for E-Mail Unlikely"
Despite the furor in Congress to increase national security,
giving law enforcement agencies keys to email encryption schemes
is not likely, say many lawmakers.  Email encryption was a major
issue in the Clinton administration and engendered a fierce ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item10

"No Telling What Kind of Technology This War Will Give Birth To"
War has always resulted in some sort of technological innovation
that then affects general society, such as airplanes after World
War I, atomic power after World War II, and satellites and the
Internet after the Cold War.  But technologists can only guess at ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item11

"Redefining Tech Support in New York Relief Effort"
Tech companies in the Manhattan core of New York City are
contributing substantive amounts of time and other resources to
help rebuild their community.  Microsoft's New York offices have
been turned into disaster relief command centers with workers ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item12

"Cybersquatting Among the Ruins"
On the day of Sept. 11, as the tragic events unfolded, much of
America was glued to news sources on television, the Internet,
and radio, not quite sure how to react or what exactly was
happening in the world; yet a small, robust segment of the world ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item13

"New Euro Coins Won't Jingle for Tech Firms"
The Jan. 1 advent of the euro currency is not prompting a
spending surge from organizations as they work to ensure their
computing systems will accommodate the new currency, although a
late push by small and midsize firms could produce a last-minute ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item14

"Five Tech Trends with Legs"
Five developments are likely to influence the future path of
enterprise networking.  A dramatic surge in dedicated bandwidth
will make companies more distributed, and TeleChoice chief
strategist Russ McGuire foresees a time when instant messaging ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item15

"Don't Hang Up"
Frost and Sullivan projects that the Web-based teleconferencing
market will surge from $62 million to $238.6 million between 2000
and 2003.  Increased adoption is expected with the advent of new
technologies that allow workers to participate from the comfort ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item16

"Fear Along the Firewall"
Many computer security experts believe that the United States'
technostructure is very vulnerable to cyber-terrorism, which
could severely disrupt corporate America and the U.S. economy as
a whole.  The WTC and Pentagon terrorists were computer literate ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1010w.html#item17

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