ACM TechNews

> "Elite Programmers Prepare for Showdown"
> TopCoder hosts tournaments that draw professional and collegiate
> programmers by offering them the opportunity to win cash prizes,
> polish their skills, and boost their job market profile.  The
> brainchild of brothers Jack and Robert Hughes, TopCoder was ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0422m.html#item3
> 
> "Japanese Computer Is World's Fastest, as U.S. Falls Back"
> The world's newest fastest computer was created in Japan using a
> design method different than that favored by most U.S. computer
> scientists and far outpacing competing machines in terms of sheer
> speed.  The computer, financed by the Japanese government and ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0422m.html#item5
> 
> "The Hidden Toll of Patents on Standards"
> IBM recently backed away from its assertion of patent royalty
> dues on a key e-commerce standard, ebXML, being developed in
> conjunction with the United Nations.  The issue illustrates the
> danger patent royalties pose to technology standards, as it ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0422m.html#item6
> 
> "Can Search Engines Track Down Terrorists?"
> The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. exposed the
> need for a better way to find information within the vast
> repositories of government agencies.  For instance, government
> officials say hijacker Mohammad Atta may not have been allowed ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0422m.html#item8
>
> "White House Cyber Czar Describes Next Phase of Internet Plan"
> The Govnet initiative of the Bush administration could evolve in
> a number of directions, according to Richard Clarke, President
> Bush's top advisor on national cybersecurity.  On Wednesday,
> during a conference attended by hundreds of federal technology ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0422m.html#item10
> 
> "Internet2 Attracts Research Centers"
> Researchers at Washington University, St. Louis University, and
> the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, all St. Louis-based
> institutions, have announced a collaborative effort to establish
> a connection to Internet2, an improved, high-speed variation of ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0422m.html#item13
> 
> "Debate Over ICANN Reform Rages On"
> The Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (CFP) conference held in San
> Francisco on April 18 debated the ICANN reform issue, with CFP's
> ICANN panel reaching consensus that major reform is needed, but
> without the disbanding of ICANN.  ICANN President Stuart Lynn's ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0422m.html#item14
> 
> "Can You Trust Your Car?"
> Automotive electronics must be reliable, both to justify the
> increased purchase expense and maintenance costs of vehicles
> and to ensure the safety of drivers and passengers.  Reliability
> becomes a more difficult proposition as car electronics increase ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0422m.html#item18
> 
> "Hackers Habits Analyzed"
> The Honeynet Project is a nonprofit consortium of 30 leading
> information security professionals who set up bogus
> networks--honeynets--designed to tempt hackers so their intrusion
> methods and behavior can be studied in detail.  Its findings are ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0424w.html#item2
> 
> "Congress: Tighten IT Security"
> Congress is focusing its cybersecurity efforts on a greater role
> for the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST)
> Computer Security Division.  The Cybersecurity Research and
> Development Act, recently passed in the House of Representatives, ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0424w.html#item3
> 
> "DVD Copy Controls Head to Court"
> In the hopes of stopping Hollywood studios from driving it out of
> business, DVD software tools firm 321 Studios is asking a San
> Francisco court to rule that it has not broken the Digital
> Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by selling its DVD Copy Plus ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0424w.html#item4
> 
> "Gates Says Court Ruling Could Doom Windows System"
> Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates warned that Windows could be taken
> off the market if U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
> rules in favor of states proposing that the company sell a
> stripped-down version of the operating system so that computer ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0424w.html#item5
> 
> "Supercomputing '@Home' Is Paying Off"
> Distributed computing efforts over the Internet are growing in
> size and number and recently reached a milestone as the SETI@home
> project reached a landmark one million years of computing time
> looking for extraterrestrial communications.  It has amassed the ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0424w.html#item6
> 
> "Shooting Blanks"
> The manifesto of the recently organized GeekPAC digital rights
> lobbying group maintains that technological innovation and
> economic growth is being stifled by federal regulations that
> serve the interests of a handful of media companies, the Digital ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0424w.html#item9
> 
> "Futuristic Focus"
> MIT President Charles M. Vest shares a sense of optimism about
> future technological progress with the researchers and engineers
> on his campus, despite the current tech recession.  He says that
> nanotechnology is one of the most promising fields of research, ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0424w.html#item10
> 
> "The Fully Wired Workplace: Dream Deferred"
> Many executives dream of an office that is connected to
> everything and everyone, but analysts say that that vision will
> have to wait until the economy bounces back and workers
> familiarize themselves with equipment acquired during the tech ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0424w.html#item11
> 
> "Building Blocks to the Next PC?"
> The modular PC could potentially surpass all previous computer
> devices with its convenience, portability, and size.  IBM and OQO
> are developing modular devices, and OQO executive VP Colin Hunter
> says a commercial version of its prototype should be ready for ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0424w.html#item12
> 
> "ICANN Seeks Out Dot-Org Operator"
> ICANN began its search for a new .org operator on April 23 and is
> requesting proposals from potential .org operators, who must pay
> a $35,000 processing fee to ICANN, a requirement that has raised
> eyebrows among public interest groups that are monitoring .org's ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0424w.html#item13
> 
> "How Teens Still Hack Million-Dollar Security Systems"
> Teenagers are still hacking into advanced computer systems,
> despite attempts to impose harsher penalties.  In fact, the
> number of security breaches reported to the Computer Emergency
> Response Team in the first quarter of 2002 exceeded all ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0424w.html#item14
> 
> "Not Just Sci-Fi: Uncrackable Encryption"
> Dr. Richard Hughes of Los Alamos National Laboratory has devised
> an unbreakable encryption method that relies on the laws of
> physics.  He is developing a way to imprint data on photons by
> polarizing them with a laser; a receiver then reads out the data. ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0424w.html#item15
> 
> "What They Know That You Don't"
> There are many different technologies that companies use to
> maintain their competitive edge, although they are reticent to
> disclose them for fear of losing that edge as well as alienating
> employees and customers.  Business intelligence technology can ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0424w.html#item18



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