Dear ACM TechNews Subscriber: Welcome to the September 22, 2003 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 the latest on ACM activities, member benefits, and industry issues, 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 5, Number 548 Date: September 22, 2003 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Site Sponsored by Hewlett Packard Company ( ) HP is the premier source for computing services, products and solutions. 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Not for Long" "CMU Scientist Takes Lead Role in Rewiring America for a Faster Internet" "Computing About to Take a Giant Step in Tiny World" "Cheaper Alternative Fails to Take Hold" "Flawed Code Leaves Phones Wide Open to Eavesdroppers" "Talking on Air" "Taking Back the Net" "The Evolution of a Cryptographer" "Handicaps in CAPPS" "Can Anyone Make Wireless Work?" ******************* News Stories *********************** "New Sun Chip May Unseat the Circuit Board" Sun Microsystems researchers have come up with a way for chips to communicate without a circuit board and accompanying wires. The closer, more numerous connections mean data transmission speeds 60 to 100 times faster than with conventional architecture. The ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item1 "Technology Recycling Costs and Consequences" The EPA estimates that over 4.6 million tons of electronic waste was dumped in U.S. landfills in 2000, and e-waste volume is projected to increase 400 percent over the next several years. Meanwhile, the financial risk and liability associated with tech ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item2 "Focus at DemoMobile Show Is New Uses for Wireless" Boosting the entertainment value, communications efficiency, and business uses of wireless technology were major themes at the annual DemoMobile show, which promotes itself as an non-extravagant event where both major firms and small-scale ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item3 "Chatbot Bids to Fool Humans" The sole British finalist in the 2003 Loebner Prize for computers with advanced conversational skills is programmer Rollo Carpenter's Jabberwacky, an artificial intelligence chatbot that will compete against eight other finalists in October to see ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item4 "Grid Promises Next Leap in Computing Power" Grid computing is the next evolution in the global computer network, which began in the1960s with work on the Internet and blossomed in the 1990s with the World Wide Web. Experts say that in the near future users will be able to tap limitless amounts of ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item5 "Music's Struggle With Technology" Experts say the entertainment industry's battle against peer-to-peer (P2P) software, which allows users to copy and exchange digital content over the Internet, is a case of history repeating itself: Prior to P2P, FM radio and videocassette ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item6 "Net-Linked Appliances Have Their Place" Dan Gillmor learned the hard way that a more intelligent, networked home has its benefits. Upon coming home after a prolonged trip only to discover that the food in his fridge had gone bad because of a malfunctioning electrical circuit, Gillmor ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item7 "Got Extra Horsepower in Your System? Not for Long" Security programs will require much more system resources in the future as computer makers find ways to defend against malicious attacks, writes David Berlind. A single perimeter defense alone is no longer adequate since now individual computers need ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item8 "CMU Scientist Takes Lead Role in Rewiring America for a Faster Internet" The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Hui Zhang $7.5 million to redesign the communications infrastructure of the United States so that broadband Internet access can penetrate practically all American ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item9 "Computing About to Take a Giant Step in Tiny World" Molecular electronics will make the existing microprocessor industry obsolete, according to experts working on the concept. For the past several decades, computing has advanced in lock-step with Moore's Law, doubling transistor density every 18 months and ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item10 "Cheaper Alternative Fails to Take Hold" Wide Australian adoption of Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) technology has been held up for a number of reasons, including the lack of a formal standard, which was finally approved by the Internet Engineering Task Force in March. ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item11 "Flawed Code Leaves Phones Wide Open to Eavesdroppers" Israeli cryptologists have uncovered security holes that could enable practically anyone to eavesdrop on mobile phone calls using comparatively inexpensive computing and monitoring gear. The global system for mobile communications (GSM) is set up so ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item12 "Talking on Air" Although business have been slow to implement wireless LANs, emerging voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN) technology could spark wider adoption of such systems. VoWLAN promises to eliminate phone tag in companies, and SpectraLink's Ben Guderian says ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item13 "Taking Back the Net" Hackers are threatening the security of the Internet with viruses and worms, while spammers are clogging email with unsolicited ads that take time and money away from businesses. Major technologists argue that this could wake up enterprises, ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item14 "The Evolution of a Cryptographer" In his book, "Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World," Counterpane Internet Security CTO Bruce Schneier argues that physical security followers must adopt a systems perspective of security, and notes that the same methods ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item15 "Handicaps in CAPPS" The proposed second-generation Computer-Assisted Passenger Pre-Screening System (CAPPS II), in its current draft, would act as an automated "threat-assessment tool" to evaluate risks posed by air travelers by comparing their names, birthdays, home ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item16 "Can Anyone Make Wireless Work?" An eight-person panel debated the future of wireless technology at a symposium hosted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and noted the poor quality of cell-phone coverage in the United States, compared to Europe or Japan. ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0922m.html#item17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To review the Friday's issue, please visit http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2003-5/0919f.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