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ACM TechNews
Volume 4, Number 388
Date: August 19, 2002
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Top Stories for Monday, August 19, 2002:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"Opposition to Nanotechnology"
"Technology: Digital Copying Rules May Change"
"Tech's 'Dirty Little Secret'--Cybersecurity"
"The Trouble with Software Patches"
"The Age of Assisted Cognition"
"Linux Makes a Run for Government"
"NIPC Asks for Help on Cyber Alerts"
"Language Barriers on the Web?"
"Foreign Flood to IT Courses"
"Egypt Gets Into Gear on the IT Superhighway"
"Researchers Observe Electroluminescence from Individual Molecules"
"Could Broadband Get Simpler Soon?"
"SIP Breathes New Life Into Voice Over IP"
"Shrinking Toward the Ultimate Transistor"
"GIS Goes Worldwide"
"Data Path Architecture Reconfigures on Its Own"
"Filling the Infosec Ranks"
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"Opposition to Nanotechnology"
Nanotechnology opponents are gaining credibility and a stronger
voice now that the technology is on a path toward
commercialization, and has already found limited use in products
such as clothing, sunscreen, and wound dressings. The Science . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item1
"Technology: Digital Copying Rules May Change"
New rules from the FCC and legislation currently working its way
through Congress would severely restrict the copying and
distribution of digital content, and consumer proponents charge
that such measures will curtail consumers' fair-use rights. The . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item2
"Tech's 'Dirty Little Secret'--Cybersecurity"
Groove Networks CEO and Lotus Notes creator Ray Ozzie argues that
both the government and the technology industry have been
irresponsible, and have contributed to the insecurity of computer
network devices. He notes that all online corporate . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item3
"The Trouble with Software Patches"
Experts say the sheer quantity of software patches being issued,
as well as the increasing frequency of their release, is
inhibiting their deployment by IT departments. Many companies do
not have enough IT staff to keep abreast of new releases, but . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item4
"The Age of Assisted Cognition"
Speakers at an Oregon conference hosted by Intel Research say
that the elderly, particularly those stricken with Alzheimer's
disease, will be the earliest beneficiaries of pervasive
computing. Dr. Eric Tangalos of the Alzheimer's Disease Research . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item5
"Linux Makes a Run for Government"
Linux may get its first federal government certification through
an effort by a university think tank, The Cyberspace Policy
Institute (CPI). The CPI wants to add some authentication and
key management features to a Security-Enhanced Linux (SE Linux) . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item6
"NIPC Asks for Help on Cyber Alerts"
Just a week after issuing a warning of widespread hacker attacks,
the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) announced a
call for outside contractors to help with keeping tabs on
Internet threats and security incidents, as well as notifying the . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item7
"Language Barriers on the Web?"
Last week, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) approved a new Web
design standard, XHTML, to replace HTML, although experts agree
the transition is far off in the future. Two drafts are being
worked on: XHTML 1.0 corrects some errors in the published . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item8
"Foreign Flood to IT Courses"
More international students are enrolling in IT programs at
Australia's universities. Australian Computer Society's Richard
Hogg fears the trend will reduce job opportunities for local
residents. Norman Lacy, executive director of the Information . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item9
"Egypt Gets Into Gear on the IT Superhighway"
To build itself into a major IT development hub, Egypt has
instituted free Internet access in some cities as well as
government-supported IT clubs in about 390 locations, where
low-income citizens can expand their computing skills. Such . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item10
"Researchers Observe Electroluminescence from Individual Molecules"
In the Aug. 6 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, Georgia Tech scientists detailed their observation of
electroluminescence from individual molecules. Robert Dickson of
Georgia Tech's School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, in . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item11
"Could Broadband Get Simpler Soon?"
Lawmakers and federal regulators are still working to figure out
a way to speed broadband deployment, improve network
infrastructure, and make the market more competitive. The Yankee
Group's Matthew Davis says the issue is high-strung politically . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item12
"SIP Breathes New Life Into Voice Over IP"
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-enabled multimedia applications
that are flexible and instantaneous could drive corporate
deployment of deeply converged networks. Nortel's Dave Moore
states that such applications are beyond the capabilities of TDM, . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item13
"Shrinking Toward the Ultimate Transistor"
Since its invention in 1947, the transistor has become
approximately 10 billion times smaller than its original size,
but traditional photolithographic techniques will one day no
longer be able to shrink transistor components without having . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item14
"GIS Goes Worldwide"
Geographic information systems (GIS) applications will penetrate
the mainstream even further thanks to increased collection and
cheap availability of GIS-useful data and the development of
industry-standard databases and programming interfaces. Utility . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item15
"Data Path Architecture Reconfigures on Its Own"
Carnegie Mellon University researchers collaborated with
STMicroelectronics to develop PipeRench, a data path architecture
capable of reconfiguration without intervention from hosts or
users. The architecture utilizes a six-metal-layer 0.18-micron . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item16
"Filling the Infosec Ranks"
With the assistance of a $400,000 grant from the National Science
Foundation's Federal Cyber Service program, Carnegie Mellon
University has started an initiative to help other
higher-learning institutions build information security academic . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0819m.html#item17
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