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ACM TechNews
Volume 4, Number 385
Date: August 12, 2002
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Top Stories for Monday, August 12, 2002:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"Number of H-1B Visas Issued Has Fallen by Half"
"Wireless Networking Poised to Shake Up Telecommunications Industry"
"Bigger 'Digital Closets'"
"Computer Camp Engenders Technology in Girls"
"Linux Expo Has Come a Long Way"
"Keyboard for Those on the Move"
"Open Source's New Weapon: The Law?"
"Female-Dropout Study Focuses on Engineering"
"What Does the Future Hold for COBOL?"
"Activists: No More Nanomaterials Until We Know Whether it Pollutes"
"Taiwan Preps for Battle in MEMS Technology"
"Internet Overseer Takes Wrong Path on Accountability"
"Terrorism Repercussions"
"Barriers Slow Efforts to Fill Federal IT Jobs"
"Securing Perimeter"
"Switching Made Smarter"
"Q & A: The Innovation Machine Needs Fixing"
"Deja Vu All Over Again"
"Digital Rivers"
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"Number of H-1B Visas Issued Has Fallen by Half"
The number of H-1B visas issued to temporary foreign workers,
many of whom come to the United States to fill vacant
computer-related positions, has declined 54 percent so far this
year. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) approved ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item1
"Wireless Networking Poised to Shake Up Telecommunications Industry"
Although Wi-Fi wireless networking is in its infancy, Wi-Fi's
potential of providing a "cloud" of Internet access while
bypassing the physical infrastructure of telecommunications and
cable companies is already generating responses from telecom ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item2
"Bigger 'Digital Closets'"
Hard drive manufacturers are already making products that can
store as much as 160 GB of information, and many industry
observers expect increased demand for larger drives as digital
entertainment content proliferates. Researchers say that even ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item3
"Computer Camp Engenders Technology in Girls"
John Adams Middle School science teacher Bob Snyder notes that
many female students are expected to conform to traditional girl
behavior and avoid pursuing an interest in science when they
enter the seventh grade. He argues that a negative stereotype of ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item4
"Linux Expo Has Come a Long Way"
This year's LinuxWorld Expo will feature exhibitions by former
Linux critics Sun Microsystems and Microsoft, as well as from
other corporate giants such as IBM, Dell, and Oracle, which shows
exactly how far Linux has come from being a grassroots phenomenon ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item5
"Keyboard for Those on the Move"
Former Motorola engineer John McKown used his experience as a
biophysicist to develop a patented one-handed keyboard that he
claims offers improvements over previous models. The device
allows users to flex their fingers and type without having to ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item6
"Open Source's New Weapon: The Law?"
Proponents of open-source software will unveil the Digital
Software Security Act next week, which decrees that California
agencies purchase software strictly from vendors that keep their
source code open. In addition, the state agencies would have the ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item7
"Female-Dropout Study Focuses on Engineering"
According to a study of 238 students at the University of
California-San Diego, because female engineering students tend to
think that they are born with math and science skills, they are
more likely than males to change disciplines or drop out. The ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item8
"What Does the Future Hold for COBOL?"
Despite the hype surrounding Java, XML, .NET, and Websphere,
enterprises are trying to find ways to maximize their
mission-critical COBOL applications to get the most out of their
IT investments. Gartner says that as much as 70 percent of ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item9
"Activists: No More Nanomaterials Until We Know Whether it Pollutes"
The ETC Group wants companies to put all nanomaterial production
on hold until the products are comprehensively tested for
environmental effects by U.S. regulatory agencies. Such
materials can permeate living cells and build up inside animal ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item10
"Taiwan Preps for Battle in MEMS Technology"
The Taiwanese government, some local semiconductor foundries, and
a handful of startups are working to turn Taiwan into a
powerhouse in the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) market,
just as it is in the semiconductor market. The government has ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item11
"Internet Overseer Takes Wrong Path on Accountability"
The ICANN battle to prevent ICANN board director Karl Auerbach
from viewing ICANN corporate records and documents shows just how
closed ICANN is to public scrutiny, and how delinquent corporate
boards are in overseeing management, from Enron to WorldCom to ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item12
"Terrorism Repercussions"
A new report from the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) predicts U.S. scientific and technological
research may be damaged by proposed post-Sept. 11 restrictions on
information sharing and the use of foreign students in research. ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item13
"Barriers Slow Efforts to Fill Federal IT Jobs"
There are almost 1,000 IT job vacancies spanning nearly all
federal agencies and departments, but bureaucracy and red tape
are serious detriments to job seekers despite the government's
aggressive hiring strategy, according to observers. The ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item14
"Securing Perimeter"
Refinements to the national cyber-security plan, which will be
disclosed on Sept. 18, are being discussed by government
officials. One of the proposed amendments would require all
government agencies to buy hardware and software that are ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item15
"Switching Made Smarter"
Enhancing packet switches with intelligence appears to be at the
center of a number of trends. Packet inspection is gaining
ground thanks to the emergence of such technologies as SSL
accelerators and load balancers, and the maturation of these ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item16
"Q&A: The Innovation Machine Needs Fixing"
Morgenthaler Ventures venture capitalist and former Bell
Laboratories researcher and manager Greg E. Blonder warns that
U.S. technology innovation is currently in too poor a state to
deal with the next technological crisis. He cites China and ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item17
"Deja Vu All Over Again"
The development of Wi-Fi resembles that of ISPs, in terms of
exponential growth of its connection speeds, the number of
startups it has inspired, a resurgence of equity investment, a
mature equipment base, installation simplicity, the availability ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item18
"Digital Rivers"
In much the same way as access to rivers directly affected the
quality of life in ancient times, access to digital content is
impacting everyday living, and the further development of
wireless technology will broaden access even more. Designing ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0812m.html#item19
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