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> "U.S. Mulls New Curbs on Computer Exports"
> The Bush administration is reversing its stance on exports of
> high-powered computers, supporting stricter controls and limiting
> international partners selling similar systems.  Despite campaign
> promises to erase export restrictions on the supercomputers, new . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1221f.html#item1
> 
> "Efforts to Transform Computers Reach Milestone"
> Quantum computing experts at IBM succeeded in factoring the
> number 15 by flipping the polarity of seven atoms.  The
> breakthrough is proof of the quantum computing concept, which
> would allow many millions of calculations to be performed . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1221f.html#item2
> 
> "Buffer Overflows Computer Security"
> Even the new Microsoft XP, touted as the company's most secure
> operating system ever, is prone to buffer overflow
> vulnerabilities, as was demonstrated this week.  EEye Digital
> Security consultants reported a vulnerability that could leave . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1221f.html#item3
>
> "FBI Raids Cripple Software Pirates"
> A series of raids coordinated by the FBI, the U.S. Customs
> Service, and the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Criminal
> Investigative Service have effectively hobbled the international
> community of Internet software pirates.  The raids were conducted . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1221f.html#item5
> 
> "Russian Programmer Stands by Boss in DMCA Case"
> Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov, who was charged with
> violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), insists
> that he is loyal to his employer, ElcomSoft, which was also
> indicted and is awaiting trial.  The charges against Sklyarov . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1221f.html#item7
> 
> "Destructive Reeezak Worm Wishes Happy New Year"
> A malicious virus writer known as ZaCker, believed responsible
> for the WTC Worm several months ago, has unleashed a new worm
> delivered in an email message with "Happy New Year" in the
> subject line.  The worm, known as Reeezak.A@mm, is hidden in an . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1221f.html#item11
> 
> "Hackers Show Light in a New Art"
> Chaos Computer Club, a feisty hacker community in Berlin, has
> made an unusual artistic statement at the city's Alexanderplatz.
> They have set up a Web site that lets people compose fancy
> patterns out of the windows of a large office building by . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1221f.html#item12
> 
> "Java Allies Brew Wireless Retort to MS"
> A coalition of major software firms has signed on to a new Java
> effort to keep Microsoft from controlling the confluence of
> Internet servers and Internet-enabled mobile devices.  Nokia, the
> world's largest cell phone maker, is leading the effort, which . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1221f.html#item13
> 
> "Networking the Infrastructure"
> The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have engineers, security
> consultants, and authorities on counterterrorism rethinking ways
> of securing American cities and infrastructure from further
> attacks.  Such experts believe the key is to develop and deploy . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1221f.html#item18
>
> "Commercialization May Limit Internet"
> The uniqueness of the Internet--its openness--is being threatened
> by corporations who are leveraging their copyrights, trademarks,
> policies, and other resources to limit users' activities; this
> threat could get worse as commercialization of the Web continues . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1226w.html#item2
> 
> "DOJ Authorization Bill Requires Annual 'Carnivore' Report"
> The U.S. Senate has approved the Department of Justice
> Appropriations Authorization Act, an edict that requires the
> director of the FBI and the Attorney General to provide Congress
> with an annual report on the use of the DCS 1000 email . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1226w.html#item10
> 
> "Communal Broadband"
> Bay Area neighbors are sharing broadband Internet service, and
> AT&T Broadband is none too happy about it.  "We view it the same
> way as cable theft...and that's against a variety of state and
> federal laws," says AT&T Broadband's Andrew Johnson.  Sharing is . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1226w.html#item12
> 
> "Humans Extinct by 2040, Says BT Boffin"
> Technological advances could cause human extinction by 2040,
> warns British Telecom researcher Ian Pearson.  To avoid this,
> humans must rein in technology, he says.  Pearson believes
> computing could cause mass destruction as could nuclear, . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1226w.html#item13
> 
> "Latest Hacker Target: Routers"
> As hackers are targeting routers to disrupt Internet traffic,
> security officials are scrambling to develop defenses against
> intrusions in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), which allows
> routers of different makes to communicate.  Although there are a . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1226w.html#item16



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