ACM TechNews

> "Cyberspace Full of Terror Targets"
> U.S. intelligence officials are warning that international
> terrorists, some of them directly affiliated with Osama bin
> Laden, have been plotting terrorist attacks against critical U.S.
> government and corporate computer systems.  Among the targets ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0506m.html#item2
> 
> "Quest for More Meaning Online"
> Tim Berners-Lee's semantic Web is a vision where a new layer is
> added to the existing Internet that allows computers to perform
> mundane tasks for humans more effectively, such as searching for
> arcane information and automating certain tasks.  However, some ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0506m.html#item6
> 
> "Another DMCA Attack Looms"
> Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) says that within the next month he will
> introduce legislation that would rewrite section 1201 of the
> Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to permit "fair use" of
> such digital content as audio CDs even if it means bypassing ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0506m.html#item8
> 
> "England Votes, But Not Necessarily at Polls"
> Britain held its first electronic elections this week for 6,000
> city council seats throughout the country, and in doing so is
> pioneering the use of the latest technology to test e-democracy.
> Voters could cast their ballots via the Internet, text messages ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0506m.html#item14
> 
> "Universally Connected"
> Practically everyone expects dumb devices such as sensors and
> actuators to be integrated into corporate networks over the next
> several years, to the point where IT could undergo a dramatic
> paradigm shift.  Device networking increases efficiency and saves ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0506m.html#item16
> 
> "Targeting Terrorism"
> The U.S. government has recruited data management companies to
> help track down suspected terrorists through the use of their
> commercial data cleansing technology.  For example, Vality
> Technology has developed Veri-Quest, a tool that matches customer ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0506m.html#item18
>
> "Microsoft Cites Security Concerns in Arguing Against States'
>  Proposed Penalties"
> Microsoft this week in court argued that releasing the source
> code to Windows would allow hackers easier access to computer
> networks, virus writers access to critical information, and
> digital pirates tools for illegal copying.  In response to ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0508w.html#item4
> 
> "A Challenge to Dissect Some Code"
> Security experts believe understanding malicious code is even
> more essential to combating it than merely flushing it out of
> systems, so the Honeynet Project has issued a challenge to
> participating system administrators:  Download and dissect code ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0508w.html#item8
> 
> "The Computer Virus of the Future"
> Analysts portend that computer viruses of the future may be
> capable of inflicting even more damage; with more business,
> government, and military systems migrating to the Internet,
> Symantec research director Stephen Trilling predicts that ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0508w.html#item15
> 
> "Defender at the Gate"
> Geo-encryption technology being pioneered by Georgetown
> University professor Dorothy Denning is a cryptographic method by
> which data is scrambled and stays that way until it reaches
> specific locations with the aid of Global Positioning System ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0508w.html#item18
> 
> "Hollywood Versus High-Tech"
> The threat of digital piracy and the entertainment industry's
> determination to stop it is putting copyright owners and
> technology companies at odds.  Not even collaboration to develop
> copyright technology standards has helped bring about a ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0508w.html#item19


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