Fw: ACM TechNews - Friday, June 7, 2002

> "Mozilla.org Unleashes Mozilla 1.0"
> Mozilla.org has released the first major-version of its browser
> and developer software to the public, Mozilla 1.0.  O'Reilly &
> Associates CEO Tim O'Reilly says, "The Mozilla project has
> quietly become a key building block in the open source ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0607f.html#item2
> 
> "Copyfight Renewal"
> The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit
> against a number of entertainment companies, saying five owners
> of ReplayTV devices have the legal right to skip commercials and
> play recorded shows on other platforms.  The EFF has also sued to ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0607f.html#item3
> 
> "Security Hole Found in KaZaA File-Sharing Service"
> A study by two researchers at Hewlett-Packard Labs reveals that
> the KaZaA file sharing service often exposes users' personal
> files on their PCs.  When users of the peer-to-peer service
> incorrectly configure the program, private files such as email ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0607f.html#item4
> 
> "Computers Can Learn From Ants"
> Computer systems using biological organization models can heal
> themselves when part of the network is damaged, and can maximize
> performance as the environment changes.  Cap Gemini Ernst &
> Young's Geoff Cohen, who works in the group's Center for Business ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0607f.html#item6
> 
> "Networked Computer Sensors Infiltrate Everything"
> The new Center for Embedded Networked Sensing at the University
> of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was created to build a solid
> foundation for future embedded sensor networks.  These networks
> will put computers in the world all around us and do such things ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0607f.html#item11
> 
> "Vendors Deride Mandatory Copy Controls"
> Technology vendors speaking before a House Judiciary subcommittee
> on Wednesday said that imposed digital rights management
> technology would not stop piracy of copyrighted works on the
> Internet.  Microsoft's new media platforms president, Will Poole, ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0607f.html#item13
> 
> "A New Teenage Wasteland?"
> Today's miscreant youth use computers to cause trouble, but this
> should be no surprise given that computers pervade every aspect
> of our present society.  Dan Verton's "The Hacker Diaries:
> Confessions of Teenage Hackers" offers a glimpse into the lives ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0607f.html#item15



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