Dear ACM TechNews Subscriber: Welcome to the September 9, 2002 edition of ACM TechNews, providing timely information for IT professionals three times a week. For instructions on how to unsubscribe from this service, please see below. ACM's MemberNet is now online. For discussion (and voting) forums on current industry issues and the latest on ACM activities, visit http://www.acm.org/membernet Remember to check out our hot new online essay and opinion magazine, Ubiquity, at http://www.acm.org/ubiquity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACM TechNews Volume 4, Number 396 Date: September 9, 2002 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Site Sponsored by Hewlett Packard Company ( ) HP is the premier source for computing services, products and solutions. 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"Tech Frontiers" "In Pursuit of the 'Everywhere' Computer" "Joining the Third Generation" "Research That Reinvents the Corporation" ******************* News Stories *********************** "Year After 9/11, Cyberspace Door Is Still Ajar" Despite hopes from cybersecurity specialists that American companies and governments would implement better network protection in response to Sept. 11, there is little indication that progress has been made. Giga Information Group VP Steve ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item1 "Bush Mulls Internet Security Fund" Internal documents from the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace imply, among other things, the creation of a technology fund "to address those discreet technology areas that fall outside the purview of both industry and government and yet ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item2 "Archaic Computer Systems Hamper War on Terror" The U.S. government is unable to capitalize on its IT budget, largely because of the lack of coordination, complex purchasing requirements, and standalone technology. Analysts say the pace of change in the federal government is glacially ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item3 "HP to Unveil Nanotech Breakthrough" On Monday in Europe, Hewlett-Packard scientists will announce a breakthrough that brings HP one step closer to its goal of making smaller, speedier, and less expensive chips using "molecular grids," in which crisscrossing molecular strands are arrayed in ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item4 "Some Environmentalists Worry About Nanotechnology Risk" Environmental organizations such as the ETC Group want governments to declare a moratorium on nanotechnology development until its health and environmental risks are more thoroughly assessed. Despite experts' assurances that nanotech's benefits ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item5 "Almost Organic" Drawing insights on robot evolution and human-robot interaction is the purpose of the Public Anemone, a robot that resembles a sea anemone and exhibits unusual abilities. Such interactive robots could lead to the incorporation of robotics into people's ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item6 "10 Choices That Were Critical to the Net's Success" Harvard University senior technical consultant and Internet standards development guru Scott Bradner listed 10 major decisions that led to the Internet's rise in prominence at a Massachusetts telecom conference last week. Multiple existing ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item7 "The High-Tech Rebels" Sun Microsystems co-founder and chief scientist Bill Joy says IT is too server-centric and that more robust software will help set it free. Meanwhile, Xerox chief scientist John Seely Brown adds that Web services promise to set entire markets free, while ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item8 "Lack of Cybersecurity Specialists Sparks Concern" The United States faces a disturbing lack of skilled workers to protect critical infrastructures from electronic attack, said experts at a recent cybersecurity conference in Washington, D.C. As a result, the demand for people with IT skills will rise, ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item9 "Breakthrough Gives Diamond Electronics Sparkle" An international team has synthesized a thin film of diamond better suited for high-performance electronics than natural diamond and other artificial forms of diamond, because it is composed of a single crystal and has few impurities. The ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item10 "New York State Wins Top Semiconductor R&D Lab" The New York branch of International Sematech will reside in a $403 million research center located at the State University of New York (SUNY)--Albany. Sematech was drawn to the area by SUNY's plans to construct several research facilities dedicated ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item11 "Businesses Gird for Grid Computing Breakthroughs" Industry experts say that widespread commercial grid computing could be made available in about five years, allowing manufacturers to design products, drug companies to develop new medicines, and businesses to share complex data sets and software ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item12 "Lining Up for Jobs" Short-term IT job prospects for the latest crop of computer and engineering graduates are slim, as many companies are cutting entry-level hirings and scaling back their internships. An April survey of employers conducted by the National Association of ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item13 "Who Should Own What?" In an interview with Todd Datz of Darwin magazine, Stanford Law School professor and author Lawrence Lessig explains that he understands the impulse to "patent everything under the sun" so that one can remain competitive against both legitimate and ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item14 "Tech Frontiers" Four sectors are poised to drive future technological advancements in the next five to 10 years: Chip fabrication, software programming, security, and entertainment. Chip production is, by its nature, paradoxical--materials costs are ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item15 "In Pursuit of the 'Everywhere' Computer" Former Hewlett-Packard Labs director Joel Birnbaum is a staunch advocate of pervasive computing, the establishment of an invisible, all-encompassing information system that can be harnessed for virtually any function by ubiquitous sensors and ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item16 "Joining the Third Generation" Cellular networks could be significantly enhanced with third-generation wireless technology, but differing levels of acceptance around the world and limited spectrum availability remain formidable obstacles. Its potential benefits include ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item17 "Research That Reinvents the Corporation" In the August issue of Harvard Business Review, the journal revisits John Seely Brown's 1991 article "Research That Reinvents the Corporation." In the paper, Seely argues that to stay competitive, corporations must do more than just create new ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0909m.html#item18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To review Friday's issue, please visit http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0906f.html -- To visit the TechNews home page, point your browser to: http://www.acm.org/technews/ -- To unsubscribe from the ACM TechNews Early Alert Service: Please send a separate email to listserv@listserv2.acm.org with the line signoff technews in the body of your message. -- Please note that replying directly to this message does not automatically unsubscribe you from the TechNews list. -- To submit feedback about ACM TechNews, contact: technews@hq.acm.org -- ACM may have a different email address on file for you, so if you're unable to "unsubscribe" yourself, please direct your request to: technews-request@acm.org We will remove your name from the TechNews list on your behalf. -- For help with technical problems, including problems with leaving the list, please write to: technews-request@acm.org ---- ACM TechNews is sponsored by Hewlett Packard Company.