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ACM TechNews
Volume 4, Number 416
Date: October 28, 2002
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Top Stories for Monday, October 28, 2002:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"Web Ready For National Alerts"
"Light-Emitting Silicon Shines Much Brighter in New Invention"
"Tech's Future Lies Beyond Silicon"
"Analysis: The Golden Age of Hacking Rolls On"
"Smart Routing Could Stop Distributed Net Attacks"
"Taking a Quantum Leap"
"European IT Skills Progress Stalling"
"P2P Hacking Bill May Be Amended"
"Computer Aids for the Blind"
"Industry Experience Bolsters Reed's Research"
"Public Advocate on Key Internet Board Loses His Voice"
"Industry Attacks IT Tuition"
"Palm-Tops to Guide Tourists"
"Tech's Newest Trend--Decentralization"
"Will the U.S. Fall Behind in Tech?"
"Users Hoping SIP's the Answer"
"Eternally Yours at 8 Bits"
"Can Public Web Services Work?"
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"Web Ready For National Alerts"
Terra Lycos CTO Tim Wright suggests that an Emergency Online
Broadcast System be organized, either in imitation of or with the
cooperation of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). Wright says
that voluntarily running alerts--delivered in XML--on the main ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item1
"Light-Emitting Silicon Shines Much Brighter in New Invention"
STMicroelectronics claims that its scientists have boosted the
efficiency of light-emitting silicon by a factor of 100 through
the patented implantation of ions of rare-earth metals into a
special layer on the surface of the silicon substrate. The ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item2
"Tech's Future Lies Beyond Silicon"
HP Labs quantum science research director Stan Williams believes
that computer chips 15 years from now will no longer rely on
silicon as their basic component, and that molecular grid
technology, which he co-developed, will help usher in this ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item3
"Analysis: The Golden Age of Hacking Rolls On"
The past six months shows that the hacking culture is thriving,
computer security consultant Ed Skoudis said recently at a SANS
Institute conference, and is continuing to make gains on vendors
and companies trying to make their networks secure. He said ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item4
"Smart Routing Could Stop Distributed Net Attacks"
Concerns over distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in
which servers are flooded by bogus traffic were reinforced by the
Oct. 21 assault on the root domain name system (DNS) servers, and
one solution that Steve Bellovin and colleagues at AT&T Labs are ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item5
"Taking a Quantum Leap"
MIT researchers are working on the next generation in computing,
using quantum bits instead of binary digital bits to perform
powerful, near-instantaneous computations. Quantum bits have
extraordinary powers, such as the ability to be both "true" and ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item6
"European IT Skills Progress Stalling"
Despite a wealth of initiatives designed to help give Europe a
superior knowledge-based economy within eight years, European
commissioners such as Anna Diamantopoulou are concerned that
there has been little progress in the push to remedy IT skills ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item7
"P2P Hacking Bill May Be Amended"
A proposed bill by Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) allowing
copyright holders to damage peer-to-peer networks will be
modified, said the congressman's aide, Alec French, on Oct. 23.
The original bill introduced in July would have allowed copyright ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item8
"Computer Aids for the Blind"
Although several products debuting today aim to provide visually
impaired persons with the means to use computer technology more
efficiently, advocates claim that the technological chasm blind
people face is widening. National Federation of the Blind ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item9
"Industry Experience Bolsters Reed's Research"
Yale University professor and Molecular Electronics (MEC)
co-founder Mark Reed leverages his industry experience at Texas
Instruments (TI) to further his own research and better
understand how industry approaches new technologies. The lessons ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item10
"Public Advocate on Key Internet Board Loses His Voice"
ICANN board member and vociferous critic Karl Auerbach will soon
leave his ICANN board seat as ICANN prepares to approve a reform
proposal that ends all elected seats on the ICANN board. ICANN
officials such as Chairman Vint Cert and former Chairwoman Esther ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item11
"Industry Attacks IT Tuition"
Only a fifth of computer science graduates in the United Kingdom
work in the information technology sector despite a current
shortage, says a new report from e-skills UK. Of the 27,648
students in 1998 who began their studies in computer science, ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item12
"Palm-Tops to Guide Tourists"
A new pilot project funded by the European Union is meant to
revive investor interest in the mobile communications industry
there. The EU and 17 businesses from six European countries are
collaborating on the Mobile Tourism Guide project, which will ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item13
"Tech's Newest Trend--Decentralization"
It is no surprise that today's most successful technologies are
decentralized in nature, because decentralized systems are much
better suited to take on the tasks required in an increasingly
complex and demanding IT environment, writes technology analyst ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item14
"Will the U.S. Fall Behind in Tech?"
Leading tech executives at the recent Agenda technology
conference voiced concerns that the United States may lose its
competitive edge against global IT rivals, and attributed this
trend to three factors: A severe reduction in national IT ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item15
"Users Hoping SIP's the Answer"
Network executives believe that Session Initiation Protocol
(SIP)-enabled products could get the most from voice over IP
(VoIP), streamline network management, and provide a platform for
new applications, but only if they are compatible with each ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item16
"Eternally Yours at 8 Bits"
The 8-bit microcontroller unit (MCU) has become ubiquitous in the
two decades since Intel introduced the 8051; designers of
embedded systems often choose it because it is compact, cheap to
manufacture, and can encapsulate all primary computer functions. ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item17
"Can Public Web Services Work?"
Public Web services can be a lucrative business opportunity, if
properly deployed: Amazon.com's recently-launched Web service
for Amazon.com Associates has proven to be a solid source of
revenue, one that ServiceObject CEO Geoff Grow thinks could ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/1028m.html#item18
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