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> "Windows Features Not Vital, Expert Says"
> States pressing Microsoft to release an "unbundled" version of
> Windows so computer manufacturers can implant competing versions
> of certain applications yesterday received support from Princeton
> University computer science professor Andrew W. Appel at ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0410w.html#item1
> 
> "Andreessen: Copy Protection Efforts are Doomed"
> Delivering his keynote speech to the National Association of
> Broadcasters convention, Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen said
> the entertainment industry will not succeed in copy-protecting
> material such as music, movies, or TV shows distributed on ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0410w.html#item2
> 
> "Are Coders Getting Careless?"
> Buffer overflow errors that have left computer programs
> vulnerable to viruses such as Code Red and Nimda are a
> long-standing problem, and there are a variety of factors why
> they were not prevented earlier, even though they could have ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0410w.html#item3
>  
> "Copyright's Next Chapter"
> Copyright law is set for another upset with the introduction of a
> bill in the Senate that would impose technological limitations on
> digital media devices--hardware or software that plays, records,
> or copies digital media.  The Consumer Broadband and Digital ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0410w.html#item5
>
> "New Breed Spam Filter Slashes Junk Email"
> The Folsom spam filter developed by Vipul Ved Prakash and Jordan
> Ritter (of Napster) can reportedly intercept junk email with
> unprecedented accuracy by using a combination of machine learning
> and peer-to-peer communications.  The peer-to-peer element, ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0410w.html#item9
>
> "Computerizing Common Sense"
> In an interview with Computerworld's Gary H. Anthes, Cycorp
> founder and CEO Doug Lenat explains his company's attempts to
> codify common sense for computers.  Thus far, Cyc has compiled a
> database comprised of 3 million assertions about real-world ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0410w.html#item16
>
> "National Academies Study Tempers Call for National ID"
> Next week Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) will introduce legislation
> in Congress calling for the standardization of state drivers'
> licenses, but a report endorsed by the National Research
> Council's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board says ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0412f.html#item1
> 
> "Software Writers Patently Enraged"
> Software developers claim that the Patent and Trademark Office's
> patent issue system needs to be seriously retooled in order to
> remedy problems with the way patents are examined and approved.
> PTO examiners must adhere to strict specifications for approving ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0412f.html#item2
> 
> "Anti-Trustworthy Computing"
> As set forth by CEO Bill Gates and elaborated by CTO Craig
> Mundie, Microsoft's "Trustworthy Computing" initiative is an
> effort to make computer reliability and infallibility so deeply
> entrenched that people will routinely put their lives in the ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0412f.html#item8
> 
> "FBI's New Cyber Division Quietly Ramps Up"
> Many tech industry observers were surprised this week at the
> appointment of FBI special agent Larry Mefford as assistant
> director of the new Cyber Division.  Tech executives had
> discussed with government officials about the creation of such a ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0412f.html#item11
>
> "Power Pool"
> Grid computing--the demand-based harnessing of idle computing
> power through a network of clustered CPUs--is beginning to move
> out of the academic and nonprofit domain and into the commercial
> sector.  Cereon Genomics, for example, built a processor grid so ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0412f.html#item17
> 
> "Software Testing: The Internet Changes Everything"
> The complexity of Internet applications, the fluid,
> uncontrollable environment they operate in, and their
> contribution to corporate transparency are changing the way
> businesses test software.  MetraTech's Jim Culbert explains that ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0412f.html#item18


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