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ACM TechNews
Volume 5, Number 572
Date: November 17, 2003
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Top Stories for Monday, November 17, 2003:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"Fast Track for Science Data"
"DARPA to Overhaul Supercomputing Benchmarks by 2006"
"Encryption Revolution: The Tantalizing Promise of 'Unbreakable'
Codes"
"Gadgets Help Baby Boomers Manage Old Age"
"More Consumers Reach Out to Touch the Screen"
"Software Speeds Calculations on Supercomputers"
"Spammers Target Instant Message Users"
"Romanians Become Latest Tech Rivals for Off-Shore Jobs"
"ASIMO's Steps Are a Giant Leap for Robotics"
"IT Does Matter"
"China's Internet Revolution"
"Cell Computing the Foundation of IBM Prototype"
"The Virus at 20: Two Decades of Malware"
"Where Is the Real Matrix?"
"Corporate Trademarks and the Future of Domain Disputes"
"Jury Still Out on E-Voting"
"Spam Nation"
"Wireless Mesh Networks Boost Reliability"
"Now Who's in the Driver's Seat?"
******************* News Stories ***********************
"Fast Track for Science Data"
The first leg of the National LambdaRail (NLR), a superfast
network for scientific research that will ultimately extend
across 10,000 miles of unused optic cable, will go live on Nov.
17 as Chicago's TeraGrid facility is connected to the Pittsburgh ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item1
"DARPA to Overhaul Supercomputing Benchmarks by 2006"
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is readying
a new set of supercomputer benchmarks that would give a more
comprehensive and nuanced measure of supercomputer performance,
as well as allow designers to experiment with novel approaches. ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item2
"Encryption Revolution: The Tantalizing Promise of 'Unbreakable'
Codes"
Supposedly uncrackable quantum encryption has begun to emerge in
the wake of two decades of research, as signified by a new system
MagiQ Technologies began to sell commercially this month. MagiQ
CEO Bob Gelfond says the new system, dubbed Navajo, offers a ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item3
"Gadgets Help Baby Boomers Manage Old Age"
As the baby boomer generation makes the transition to old age
over the next three decades, researchers and marketers are
developing and testing gadgets designed to ease their autumn
years. The percentage of aged baby boomers expected by 2030, not ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item4
"More Consumers Reach Out to Touch the Screen"
Computers are taking over an greater percentage of day-to-day
human interactions as consumers bypass the cashier or ticket
agent and pay directly at a kiosk. These machines fitted with
touch-screens are taking over at gas pumps, airline ticket ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item5
"Software Speeds Calculations on Supercomputers"
Software developed by Dhabaleswar Panda of Ohio State University
and Pete Wyckoff of the Ohio Supercomputer Center helps
accelerate supercomputer calculations by establishing
compatibility between message passing interface (MPI) software ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item6
"Spammers Target Instant Message Users"
Unsolicited commercial messages are not restricted to email or
pop-up ads; now spammers are exploiting instant messaging to
annoy users with an even more intrusive form of advertising
called "spim." Spim is even more aggravating for users because ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item7
"Romanians Become Latest Tech Rivals for Off-Shore Jobs"
The eastern European nation of Romania contains the most
eager-to-offshore programmers after India, thanks to the heavy
concentration of engineering and industrialization implemented
throughout the country during its Communist regime. Math is ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item8
"ASIMO's Steps Are a Giant Leap for Robotics"
One of Honda Motor's advanced humanoid robots will be on display
at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle this weekend. The ASIMO
(Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) humanoid robot, which
looks like the robots seen in the Steven Spielberg movie "A.I: ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item9
"IT Does Matter"
Discussion on the value of IT in business needs to consider
perceived customer value, writes International Data analyst
Margaret Tanaszi: End users may be fluid and demanding, but they
will consistently reward companies that provide valuable ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item10
"China's Internet Revolution"
During a recent interview, Xiao Qiang--the former executive
director of Human Rights in China and current head of the
Berkeley China Internet Project at the University of California
at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism--addressed Internet ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item11
"Cell Computing the Foundation of IBM Prototype"
IBM's prototype Blue Gene/L supercomputer will be the first to
employ a cell computing chip architecture, in which operations
are split up among dual-processor chips. Whereas most
supercomputers have enormous space requirements, the Blue Gene ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item12
"The Virus at 20: Two Decades of Malware"
The twentieth anniversary of the first computer virus, created by
U.S. student Fred Cohen as a Unix research project, has
established malware as an important--if unfortunate--part of the
IT landscape. MessageLabs' Alex Shipp, Computer Associates' ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item13
"Where Is the Real Matrix?"
The virtual world of connecting brains directly to computers, as
seen in "The Matrix" movie trilogy, is not fantasy to some
engineers and scientists, write Princeton scientist Shy Shoham
and analyst Sam Hall. In fact, since the 1950s, researchers have ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item14
"Corporate Trademarks and the Future of Domain Disputes"
Cybersquatters took advantage of the rush for domain names from
the start, registering domain names associated with established
firms and companies in order to make a profit from the sale of
such names. However, roughly 80 percent of UDRP cases end with a ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item15
"Jury Still Out on E-Voting"
Despite promises that electronic voting systems are secure,
experts remain unconvinced. Critics argue that users of
touch-screen voting systems cannot verify that their votes are
being accurately registered and tallied because there is no ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item16
"Spam Nation"
Twenty-five percent to 60 percent of all email is spam, and an
October Pew Internet & American Life Project survey estimates
that 70 percent of email users do not like spam. Though national
laws such as the Can-Spam Act and state statutes such as the ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item17
"Wireless Mesh Networks Boost Reliability"
The decentralized wireless mesh network topology allows
intelligence to be distributed across network nodes in a way that
supports scalability, reliability, self-configuration, and
self-repair, which are distinct advantages over traditional ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item18
"Now Who's in the Driver's Seat?"
Intense competition in the automotive industry is pushing the
development of drive-by-wire systems, in which steering and
braking are directly under computer control so that cars are
safer and more fuel efficient. Though drivers will make little ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/1117m.html#item19
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