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> "House Panel to Examine Another Net Security Bill"
> The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime is planning to hold a
> hearing on Tuesday that covers the Cyber Security Enhancement
> Act, a proposal to revise the U.S. Sentencing Commission's policy
> on sentencing convicted perpetrators of computer crimes. The bill ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0211m.html#item2
> 
> "Linking Patent Goes to Court"
> BT Group, the former British telecom monopoly, is going to court
> to defend a patent it says covers hypertext links, which are used
> ubiquitously on the Internet.  Its first potential victim is
> Prodigy, the longest-standing Internet Service Provider.  The ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0211m.html#item3
> 
> "U.S. Funds Open Source Security Hub"
> A new online clearinghouse to check the security of open-source
> code has been awarded funds from the U.S. Defense Department,
> which plans to use more open-source software in the future. The
> Sardonix project will consolidate efforts to check for bugs in ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0211m.html#item6
> 
> "From Computer Games to U.S. Prison Cells"
> Piracy will continue in Russia, says Dmitry Sklyarov, the first
> person to be indicted under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
> (DMCA) of 1998. Although he says the Russian government should
> create tougher copyright laws that crack down on the distribution ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0211m.html#item7
> 
> "Experts Veto 'Net Elections"
> Although there is a pressing need for a more reliable voting
> system, experts do not think an Internet-based system will come
> about anytime soon, given unresolved issues relating to security
> and infrastructure. Computers owned by voters can be hacked, ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0211m.html#item11
> 
> "'Virtual' Guards to Patrol World's Borders"
> Sophisticated technology is being seen as a way to more quickly
> process travelers crossing national borders, but it also serves
> another function--the quick exchange of data to locate foreign
> visitors who may have malevolent agendas, a key consideration in ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0211m.html#item12
> 
> "Brands, Free Speech Clash Over Domains"
> Canada has emerged as the world's No. 1 protector of free-speech
> issues in the domain name field, despite the U.S. reputation for
> being the global defender of free speech.  The United States has
> increasingly favored trademark interests in domain name disputes, ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0211m.html#item14
> 
> "Faulty Memory"
> The job title of computer "operator" may have prevented six women
> from being written into the history of the ENIAC, the first
> electronic computer.  Jennifer Light, assistant professor of
> communication studies and sociology at Northwestern University, ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0211m.html#item17
> 
> "State of Web Services"
> Web services are poised to be very successful, despite the fact
> that they may not all be as flexible, scalable, reliable, and
> affordable as advertised.  Some companies have already
> implemented Web services to handle internal business operations: ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0211m.html#item18
>
> "Microsoft Is Putting Its Muscle Behind Web Programming Tools"
> Microsoft is launching its campaign to win software developers
> over to its new Web services programming platform, which it has
> spent $2 billion and three and a half years to complete.
> Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer are scheduled to speak ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0213w.html#item2
> 
> "Senate Chair Urges Stronger Sanctions Against Digital Piracy"
> A report saying that anti-piracy measures need to be more
> strongly enforced both at home and overseas will be released on
> Tuesday by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph
> Biden (D-Del.).  "Only by being vigilant in investigating and ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0213w.html#item3
> 
> "Cybercrime Bill Ups the Ante"
> Stiffer sentences for perpetrators of cybercrimes is among the
> issues a House Judiciary subcommittee will weigh today as it
> debates the Cyber Security Enhancement Act (CSEA) sponsored by
> Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas).  When he introduced the bill last ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0213w.html#item4
> 
> "U.S. Backing for Guidelines on Fighting Cybercrime"
> The FBI and the Secret Service have issued the first-ever
> guidelines for businesses to report cyberattacks to public
> authorities and several information-sharing partnerships set up
> by the government.  The guidelines were developed with the help ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0213w.html#item5
> 
> "U.S. Patent Debate to Pit IP Rights Vs. Competition"
> Justice Department antitrust chief Charles James and Federal
> Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Timothy Muris assured attendees
> of a forum on U.S. patent policy that the increase in patented
> technologies would not give rise to intellectual property ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0213w.html#item9
> 
> "Vandals Burn Out Defacement Tracking Site"
> Alldas.de founder Stefan Wagner has announced his retirement,
> attributing it to "total burnout and frustration."  Wagner has
> grown tired of dealing with systems administrators whose sites
> were defaced by online vandals, and then blamed Alldas.de for ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0213w.html#item10
> 
> "New and Improved"
> The Internet2 project has been hugely successful with the more
> than 190 universities and the small number of corporate users
> signed onto it, but has failed to deliver solutions applicable to
> the "old" Internet.  University technology administrators first ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0213w.html#item15
> 
> "Brave New OS"
> New operating systems being developed by IBM, Microsoft, and
> Carnegie Mellon University researchers will enable secure data
> storage pools, more efficient mobile computing, and operating
> systems that respond to applications' needs.  Microsoft Research ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0213w.html#item16
> 
> "Many Working Together"
> Massively parallel processing (MPP), which recruits thousands of
> processors to solve complex problems, would seem to suit
> enterprise computing, which needs a scalable infrastructure to
> handle ever-expanding resource demands and virtually limitless ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0213w.html#item17
> 
> "Losing the Code War"
> Virtually unbreakable encryption technology available to just
> about anyone with an email or Web-browser program has given code
> users the upper hand, making it even more difficult to trace the
> communications of America's enemies.  Encryption software has ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0213w.html#item19
> 
> "U.S.: Cyber Strike Could Earn Military Response"
> Terrorists or foreign governments that launch an attack on the
> Internet infrastructure of the United States could face an armed
> response, according to White House cyber security advisor Richard
> Clarke, who warned that many essential infrastructure systems . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0215f.html#item3
> 
> "DMCA Protection at U.S. Border"
> Consumers looking to buy modified components for their game
> consoles from overseas will likely have their items held by U.S.
> Customs officials, which uses the UPS' tracking system to
> determine the origin of packages.  They are especially watching . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0215f.html#item5
> 
> "'This Chip Will Explode in 5 Seconds': Imagining the Uses"
> University of California at San Diego researchers have stumbled
> onto a new application for silicon--explosives.  A postdoctoral
> chemistry student in Professor Michael J. Sailor's laboratory was
> working with a silicon chip that had gadolinium nitrate deposited . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0215f.html#item6
> 
> "Internet Industry Pushes More Flexible ID Method"
> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced that an
> industry-wide digital signature standard, the XML-Signature
> Syntax and Processing standard, is now ready to be incorporated
> into products by companies such as VeriSign, IBM, Microsoft, and . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0215f.html#item7
> 
> "ICANN Appoints Security Chief--Update"
> New ICANN security chief Stephen Crocker will take a leadership
> role in appointing 15 to 20 international experts to a new ICANN
> Security Committee, a committee Crocker will chair.  "The people
> he pulls in will probably be top notch," says ICANN's Mary . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0215f.html#item8
> 
> "Rep. Boucher Plans Privacy, Open Access Bills"
> Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) has announced his support for a pair of
> bills, one of which requires cable providers to open up their
> infrastructure to rival ISPs that wish to provide high-speed
> cable access; the second bill proposes that both online and . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0215f.html#item11
> 
> "Entertainment Industry's Copyright Fight Puts Consumers in Cross
> Hairs"
> The entertainment industry is pushing further into consumer
> rights in its fight to control digital media, such as is stored
> on personal video recorders (PVRs) and music CDs, writes Dan
> Gillmor.  Although consumers currently have the ability to skip . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0215f.html#item12
> 
> "Why This Link Patent Case Is Weak"
> British Telecom is pursuing its patent case for hyperlink
> technology in the United States, saying it is the owner of the
> near-ubiquitous Internet technology.  In a preliminary hearing
> earlier this week, Judge Colleen McMahon said BT's claim was . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0215f.html#item13
> 
> "French Decision Prompts Questions About Free Speech and Cyberspace"
> American civil libertarians are battling an increasing tide of
> Internet censorship imposed by other countries, especially as
> many nations seek to quell racist and other hate speech after the
> Sept. 11 attacks.  The French case against Yahoo! is now in . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0215f.html#item14
> 
> "The Great Giveaway"
> Open source technology is seen as a way for people to combat
> companies who stifle innovation by keeping important technical
> details of their products, such as software source code, out of
> the public eye by enforcing intellectual property regulations . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0215f.html#item15
> 
> "IT Is Recruited for U.S. Defense"
> For the past 10 years, the government has let control of IT
> innovation slip from its hands to that of private enterprise.  A
> resurgence of government-driven scientific advancement is in
> order with the Bush administration earmarking $52 billion for IT . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0215f.html#item16
> 
> "Cryptographic Abundance"
> Cryptographic knowledge has been freely distributed since the
> late 1970s, and the time is coming when cryptography will be used
> widely and inexpensively to ensure security of messages, writes
> Xerox Palo Alto Research Center scientist Tom Berson.  He says . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0215f.html#item19



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