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ACM TechNews
Volume 4, Number 332
Date: April 5, 2002
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Top Stories for Friday, April 5, 2002:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"How Dangerous Are Pirates?"
"3G, or Not to Be?"
"ACM Asks ICANN to Scale Back Mission"
"Java Could be Key to Next-Generation Phones"
"Server Port 80 Plagues Internet Security"
"Why is Easy-to-Use So Hard to Do?"
"High-Tech Industry Split on Broadband Policy"
"Study: SSL Encryption Weaker in Europe Than U.S."
"With an Organic Sensor, a Food Wrapper Sniffs Out Trouble"
"Bio Gold Rush Could Pay Off for Enterprise IT"
"Crystal Clear Goal: Higher Disc Storage"
"Researchers Demo Secure Storage of Quantum Data"
"Software for the People"
"Bust in Bangalore"
"Wi-Fi's 'Cauldron of Innovation'"
"Computer, Heal Thyself"
"Malware's Destructive Appetite Grows"
"Why More Women Aren't Becoming Engineers"
"Recycling America"
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"How Dangerous Are Pirates?"
Consumers are pirating more music and movies, causing industry
executives to clamor for government intervention, sue
file-trading networks, and place copyright-protection technology
on their CDs and PCs. The increase in broadband-equipped homes, ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item1
"3G, or Not to Be?"
Third-generation (3G) wireless technology has lured many telecoms
with its dream of bigger revenues from network upgrades, but it
is still fraught with uncertainties. The spectrum licenses and
phones are highly expensive, there is no guarantee that users ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item2
"ACM Asks ICANN to Scale Back Mission"
ACM is calling on ICANN to scale back its scope and focus on its
technical mission in response to ICANN's recent move to restructure
itself. ACM U.S. Public Policy Committee co-chair Barbara Simons
says ACM members are worried about ICANN's intentions to expand ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item3
"Java Could be Key to Next-Generation Phones"
Sun Microsystems' Java programming language is winning favor
among wireless manufacturers, as demonstrated at the JavaOne
conference in San Francisco. The event showcased Java-enabled
cell phones, software, and handhelds from 70 wireless firms, ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item4
"Server Port 80 Plagues Internet Security"
Internet Security Systems (ISS) disclosed in its first-quarter
security incident report that denial of service (DoS) attacks are
maintaining a steady pace, while blended cyberattacks such as the
Nimda and Code Red worms are on the rise. "Attacks are now ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item5
"Why is Easy-to-Use So Hard to Do?"
Newsweek columnist Michael Rogers is puzzled why so much
technology that is touted as easy to use turns out to be
difficult. He attributes this to a lack of understanding among
hardware and software designers, engendered by what he terms the ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item6
"High-Tech Industry Split on Broadband Policy"
Leading companies in the high-tech industry are taking sides on
broadband deregulation, especially with the recent formation of
the new High Tech Broadband Coalition, which seeks to persuade
Congress and FCC officials against regulation in the broadband ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item7
"Study: SSL Encryption Weaker in Europe Than U.S."
Web servers in Europe do not protect their Internet messages as
well as those in the U.S., reports U.K.-based Netcraft.
The difference stems from previous U.S. export laws that
restricted the shipments of advanced encryption technology ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item8
"With an Organic Sensor, a Food Wrapper Sniffs Out Trouble"
Currently under development are organic devices that can be
attached to the wrapping of food items to monitor the food's
freshness. Making such devices disposable is key to their
viability, and researchers worldwide are making strides in the ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item9
"Bio Gold Rush Could Pay Off for Enterprise IT"
Bioinformatics, the merging of IT and life sciences, is pushing
the big guns in technology to build new computing architectures
and tools that one day will be used in business applications.
Life sciences research now is moving beyond gene sequencing to ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item10
"Crystal Clear Goal: Higher Disc Storage"
Gallium nitride is seen by researchers as essential to boosting
the storage capacity of CDs and DVDs, but the only available form
of the material is a costly thin film often beset with
imperfections. Shuji Nakamura of the University of California at ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item11
"Researchers Demo Secure Storage of Quantum Data"
Harvard University researchers have taken another step in their
push toward quantum computing by properly adjusting the quantum
state of special elements with light. In the future, scientists
say it will be possible to send messages with unbreakable ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item12
"Software for the People"
In an interview with CIO, Agilent Technologies researcher and
anthropologist Bonnie Nardi argues that software and IT systems
more often as not block interactions between people rather than
create connections. She says that technology must have a key ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item13
"Bust in Bangalore"
India's technology services sector has been hit hard by the panic
and economic unease triggered by Sept. 11, which prompted U.S.
companies to cut back on tech budgets and offshore investments.
The effect on India, which at the time was shipping 60% of ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item14
"Wi-Fi's 'Cauldron of Innovation'"
Networking pioneer and University of Pennsylvania professor of
telecommunications David Farber says Wi-Fi wireless
technology will spur new innovations and creativity. Farber, who
worked on the early specifications that led to the Internet, says ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item15
"Computer, Heal Thyself"
Commercial and federal interests are researching and developing
adaptive systems that can handle the growing complexity of
business computing by automating configuration and maintenance
processes that IT departments currently do manually. This ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item16
"Malware's Destructive Appetite Grows"
Computer viruses and other destructive code are expected to be
more potent in the coming years, even as more digital devices
become interconnected over the Internet via Web services.
TruSecure chief technology officer Peter Tippett says viruses are ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item17
"Why More Women Aren't Becoming Engineers"
There is a noticeable decline in the number of women pursuing
careers in science and technology: Women account for less than
10% of the engineering work force, while the number of
female college students earning degrees in technical fields has ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item18
"Recycling America"
Initiatives to recycle electronic waste have started to gather
momentum in the U.S., although the American effort lags
behind that of Europe. Concern over domestic recycling was
spurred by a report from the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0405f.html#item19
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