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> "Microsoft Judge Opens Door to Broader Remedy"
> The federal trial judge deciding the penalties for Microsoft in
> its antitrust trial now says she needs more facts about
> Microsoft's monopolistic actions in sectors besides PC operating
> systems.  The nine states dissenting to the Justice Department's ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0327w.html#item1
>
> "Kamen: We Need More Geeks Now"
> Segway Human Transporter creator Dean Kamen, who founded the
> FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology)
> Robotics Competition, was disappointed with this year's turnout,
> and said so during the regional playoffs' closing ceremony at ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0327w.html#item5
> 
> "Does Open Source Software Really Work?"
> Linux and other open-source software is being adopted widely by
> businesses, but mostly for small-scale use and not for
> mission-critical applications or large configurations.  Support
> issues and a lack of functionality is hampering Linux, according ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0327w.html#item6
> 
> "Defending Cyberspace"
> U.S. Navy computer security researchers have developed a network
> protection program that can detect and identify hacker probes and
> catch indications of denial-of-service attacks in time to divert
> them.  The Therminator program requires a huge amount of power as ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0327w.html#item7
> 
> "Linux Infighting Damaging Open Source"
> Linux development is often hindered by the personalities of the
> people directing it, says Marcelo Tosatti, the 18-year-old
> programmer in charge of crafting version 2.4 of the Linux kernel
> tree.  He notes that interpersonal skills are even more important ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0327w.html#item8
> 
> "The Future of the Future"
> Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) is facing tough times
> since its corporate parent last year cut 40 of its 270 staff,
> announced it would need to share the sponsorship, and that PARC
> director Michael Paige left.  PARC has a long history of ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0327w.html#item9
> 
> "Anti-Copy Bill Slams Coders"
> The Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act
> (CBDTPA), recently introduced by Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.),
> would force programmers and software firms to distribute code
> with federally-approved copy-protection schemes.  The bill, if ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0327w.html#item10
> 
> "Court Pares Back Digital-Download Patent"
> Judge D. Lowell Jensen of the U.S. District Court for the
> Northern District of California has eliminated two claims that
> Intouch Group filed against Entertaindom for allegedly infringing
> on a digital download patent.  The judge wrote that Entertaindom ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0327w.html#item11
> 
> "Hunting for Java Developers"
> Wireless carriers Sprint, Nextel, VoiceStream, and a number of
> other technology players in the mobile market are readying
> next-generation Internet services using Java technology.  Sun's
> Java language has become the main vehicle for new business ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0327w.html#item15
> 
> "Google Takes on Supercomputing"
> Google has unveiled a browser toolbar that also doubles as client
> software for the Google Compute project, an altruistic foray into
> distributed computing.  Only 500 people are involved in the
> current trial, but the Google Compute project could help boost ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0327w.html#item16
> 
> "DOD May Ban Foreign IT Workers"
> Sources close to the matter report that the U.S. Department of
> Defense could approve a policy that prohibits foreign IT workers
> from participating in sensitive military IT projects in 60 to 90
> days.  Information Technology Association of America President ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0327w.html#item17
> 
> "The Fix-It Kids Take Over"
> The latest tech-savvy generation--high-school juniors and seniors
> who are the first to "grow up digital," according to Xerox's John
> Seely Brown--are not hackers or code writers, but rather have an
> affinity for designing and building new machines, or fixing up ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0327w.html#item18
> 
> "Another Punch for Copy Protection"
> Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is planning to introduce legislation
> in the House that calls for the embedding of anti-copying
> safeguards in digital devices.  He noted the similarity between
> his bill and the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0329f.html#item1
> 
> "DVD Wants Calif. Supreme Court to Reverse DeCSS Ruling"
> DeCSS, computer code designed to circumvent DVD copy-protection,
> remains protected under the First Amendment in California, but
> the DVD Copy Control Association is asking the state Supreme
> Court to reverse a ruling that makes it so.  Lawyers for the ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0329f.html#item3
> 
> "Next Virus Exploit: Media Player?"
> Computer security researchers have found a new vulnerability in
> Microsoft's Windows suite of applications that bypasses the
> improved security on the Outlook 2002 email program by way of
> Windows Media Player.  Richard Smith recently posted the ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0329f.html#item5
> 
> "Virus Industry's Research Center Runs Out of Money"
> Lack of money has forced Shane Coursen to abandon the WildList,
> an archive of active computer viruses that has become an
> important research tool for anti-virus companies.  He says that
> compiling the WildList for its monthly issue to some 50 ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0329f.html#item11
> 
> "Calif. Video Bootlegger Pleads Guilty in Rare Case"
> Mohsin Mynaf pleaded guilty to bootlegging movies in breach of
> the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).  This
> is the second criminal conviction made under the DMCA, the first
> being a Nebraska case in which a Sony Playstation was enabled to ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0329f.html#item12
> 
> "Internet Software Firm Given Go Ahead to Distribute Program in a
>  Blow to the Music Industry"
> Netherlands-based file-trading software firm KaZaA won an
> important legal victory when an appeals court ruled on Thursday
> that it could continue distributing its peer-to-peer networking
> client.  A previous ruling in November supported Buma Stemra, the ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0329f.html#item15
> 
> "Getting Legal"
> Internet- and technology-related liabilities have opened up a
> legal can of worms for companies and their IT staff, according to
> risk management experts in the insurance and legal sectors.
> Marsh's Emily Freeman warns that IT professionals engaged in ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0329f.html#item17
> 
> "The End of Voting as We Know It"
> The tech industry is scrambling to introduce voting machines that
> offer significant improvements over the punch card ballot process
> that caused so much trouble in the last presidential election;
> but although rumblings from lawmakers have made this goal a ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0329f.html#item18
> 
> "Open Source Security: Opportunity or Oxymoron?"
> There is a growing interest in open source security tools among
> large enterprises, security consultants, and service providers,
> and users are evaluating the pros and cons of the technology.
> Open source applications are offered for free or at dramatically ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0329f.html#item19



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