e-Clippings 02.11.02 Number 2 Catch-Up
"It takes networks to fight networks; whoever masters
the network form first and best will gain major
advantages."
-- from "Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror"
http://robin.fastcompany.com/cgi-bin/nph-t.pl?U=2420&M=69644&MS=20933
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Cool Site:

This issue has "Cool Site(s)", "News", an almost
totally PDA-based "Emerging Tech" section and a "Humor
and MISC."
Section.

The other issue has the "Trends" section, a non PDA-based
"Emerging Tech" section, a large "Security" section,
a small "Humor
and MISC." section and a section highlighting some
"Potentially Cool
Journals."

Phew!!

Refdesk Link of the Day is: Real Estate Glossary
http://www.homeglossary.com/
This site presents a dictionary of construction and real estate
terminology with over 10,000 definitions. With defined terms ranging
from basic to extremely specific, the resource is useful to
homeowners, first time homebuyers, real estate investors, realtors,
and construction professionals alike

Refdesk Link of the Day is: New York Times: Portraits of Grief
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/portraits/
Since September 11, this site by the The New York Times (free
registration required) has been publishing these glimpses of the
lives of some of the victims of the World Trade Center attacks.

Refdesk Link of the Day is: U.S. Blue Pages
http://www.usbluepages.gov/
Comprehensive directory of federal, state, and local government
office listings for all 50 states and the District of Columbia as
well as hundreds of cities and metropolitan areas throughout the U.S.
Includes listings grouped by twenty different topical areas -
from "Consumer Services and Safety" to "Money and Taxes" (though an
individual state must first be chosen to view listings). Also
includes useful "America Anywhere" listings for toll-free and other
frequently called customer service federal government numbers.

Refdesk Link of the Day is: 2002: Best U.S. Companies to Work For
http://www.fortune.com/lists/bestcompanies/
It's not easy being good these days, at least if you're an employer.
Suffering through the recession, American businesses have cut back on
everything, which means they've slashed perks and fired lots of
workers. In this dark time of cuts and layoffs, what makes a company
fit for FORTUNE's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For? This
site presents the full list.

Refdesk Link of the Day is: National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/
Findings by the National Center for Education Statistics, a U.S.
goverrnemnt agency that collects, analyzes and makes available data
related to education in the U.S. and other nations.

Refdesk Link of the Day is: Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/63/
With over 10,000 quotations from 4,000 sources organized into 25
categories and 60 sections, this comprehensive reference contains
words of wit and wisdom from such modern notables as Ezra Pound,
Henry Kissinger, George Orwell, Dorothy Parker, and Desmond Tutu.

Refdesk Link of the Day is: 2002 Olympic Winter Games
http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/
Official site of the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City. Opening
ceremonies scheduled for February 8, 2002
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HUGHES RELEASES E-LEARNING PLATFORM FOR INDIA: Hughes Network Systems
has released Direcway, a satellite-based e-learning initiative
targeted for India that lets users interact with instructors. In
addition, the company plans to deploy Spaceway, a project for
providing users with bandwidth-on-demand satellite communication,
high-speed Internet access, corporate intranets, and multimedia
broadcasting. Hughes intends to launch the service in the Asia
Pacific, to be followed by systems in North America, Europe, Asia,
and Latin America, says Hughes Chairman Pradman Kaul.
http://asia.internet.com/asia-news/article/0,3916,161_953801,00.html

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND REACHES OUT TO NAVAL COLLEGE STUDENTS: The
University of Maryland University College is now offering a new
online master's-degree program that will accept credits from a
program run by the United States Naval War College. Beginning in the
spring term, senior-level civilian staff members and military
officers who have completed the War College's Joint Professional
Military Education certificate program can transfer 18 out of 20
credits toward an online master's degree in management. A master's
degree is now expected of anyone wishing to join the ranks of senior
officers, says Maryland's James B. Cronin.
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/01/2002011601u.htm

Pentagon repair work ahead of schedule By Rudi Williams, American
Forces Press Service Workers are ahead of schedule in repairing the
huge hole sliced out of the Pentagon on Sept. 11 by a terrorist-
hijacked airliner. Brett D. Eaton, communications director of the
Pentagon Renovation Program, said 100 to 200 employees a week have
been able to return to the building as fast as workers rebuild
sections. More than 1,000 employees so far are back from leased
office space in surrounding communities, he said. More than 24,000
military and civilian employees fill the Pentagon every workday.
Thousands were displaced when the airliner slammed into the building,
killing 125 people on the ground, Eaton noted.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0102/013102afps.htm

TECH GIANTS TEAM TO STANDARDIZE WEB SERVICES
Microsoft, HP, and IBM are among those promising to use the same
standards, but will products really interoperate?
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,83064,tk,dn020702X,00.asp

**Anybody out there think we shouldn't pay attention to this one?
WOZNIAK PURSUES MYSTERY VENTURE
Apple cofounder turns Wheels of Zeus in funded venture developing
digital devices.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,81124,tk,dn012302X,00.asp

U.S. MILITARY PREPARES FOR CYBERATTACKS
Our armed forces must change to defend against new and unconventional
threats, Secretary of Defense says.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,82363,tk,dn020102X,00.asp

THREE MINUTES WITH GOOGLE'S ERIC SCHMIDT
Google boss discusses the company's future and mastering the art of
the Internet search.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,81685,tk,dn013002X,00.asp

Navy appoints single leader to manage multibillion intranet project
By Joshua Dean: The Navy has appointed an admiral to manage the Navy
Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), one of the largest information
technology projects in the federal government. Rear Adm. Charles L.
Munns, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.,
currently commands Submarine Group Eight and is expected to begin
managing the complex NMCI rollout in mid-February. Munns was involved
in the early stages of developing NMCI and will be able to come in
and hit the ground running, said Capt. Chris Christopher, the
Navy's deputy program executive officer for information
technology
and director of NMCI services.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0202/020702j1.htm

JOINT CHIEFS: BANDWIDTH IS TOP IT NEED IN AFGHANISTAN: The biggest
technology challenge for warfighters in Afghanistan is getting
adequate bandwidth, said Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles E. Croom, vice
director for command, control, communications and computer systems
with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
http://www.gcn.com/21_2/dod/17777-1.html

FOR ARMY RECRUITERS, PAPER GOES THE WAY OF THE DINOSAUR
The Army Recruiting Command is throwing out paper procedures and
automating how it manages information about recruits.
http://www.gcn.com/21_2/dod/17776-1.html

NAVY TESTS TELEMAINTENANCE FOR CRUISE MISSILES: It can cost a bundle
and take days for technicians to fly out to an aircraft carrier
group, make their way to a designated ship and help with maintenance
and repair of a Tomahawk cruise missile launching system.
http://www.gcn.com/21_2/dod/17778-1.html

MILITARY SHOULD ADOPT TECHNOLOGY FASTER, ADMIRAL TELLS AFCEA WEST
SAN DIEGO -- The military needs to improve its acquisition process
and the speed with which it implements new technologies, the
commander of the Pacific Command says.
http://www.gcn.com/21_2/news/17817-1.html

NET GUARD WOULD BE A VOLUNTEER EXPERT FORCE: A force of volunteer
technical experts from the public and private sectors would have made
a big difference after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by rapidly
restoring telecommunications and computer networks, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-
Ore.) said last month.
http://www.gcn.com/21_2/news/17821-1.html

CALIF. WELFARE CONSORTIUM TAPS EDS FOR DIGITAL LEARNING
Electronic Data Systems Corp. has won a three-year contract to
provide Californias Welfare Client Data System Consortium with a
digital learning program to train its employees.
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/17730-1.html

Philips Burning on Protection (Politics 2:00 a.m. PST) Philips, the
Dutch electronics manufacturer, appears on a collision course with
the record labels over its objection to copy-protection codes burned
into CDs. The fight could be the format's death knell. By Paul Boutin.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50101,00.html?tw=wn20020204

Google Down on Pop-Up Sneaks (Business 2:00 a.m. PST) Some search-
engine visitors are receiving ads instead of answers. Stealth
advertising software Flash Track is intercepting queries, and irate
users are looking for its source. By Paul Boutin.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50264,00.html?tw=wn20020207

Keeping an Eye on Your Image, Online: If someone is tearing apart
Burger King's latest promotion in an Internet chat room, Pete Snyder
wants to know about it. Likewise if Web chatters are trashing the
star of an upcoming Paramount Pictures film. -The Washington Post
http://www.washtech.com/news/emerging/14889-1.html

Defense-Heavy Budget to Benefit Local Tech Firms: President Bush's
State of the Union address tonight could mark the kickoff of a
windfall of funding for Washington-area technology firms that develop
software and products that can help bolster security against
terrorist attacks. -Washtech.com
http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/14915-1.html

Budget a Boon for Area Defense, Health, Tech Industries: The budget
unveiled by the president promises to return the region to the
economic boom times of the 1980s, when major increases in military
spending fed the growth of scores of Beltway area contractors. -The
Washington Post
http://www.washtech.com/news/govtit/15003-1.html

MS fixes Win2K with 17MB security patch Only 39 million lines of code
to go....
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23909.html

NY sues NAI so you can say McAfee sucks: Outrageous EULA challenged
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23981.html

RUMSFELD: CYBERWAR AMONG POSSIBLE THREATS FACED BY U.S.: Posted
February 01, 2002 02:54 Pacific Time TOKYO -- THE vulnerability of
U.S. information networks and a belief that a future attack against
the U.S. may be launched in cyberspace is high in the mind of U.S.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as he plots to change the U.S.
armed forces so they can better defend against unconventional
threats. "Our challenge in this new century is a different one,"
Rumsfeld told an audience at the National Defense University in
Washington, D.C., on Thursday, according to a transcript. "It's
really to defend our nation against the unknown, the uncertain and,
what we have to understand, will be the unexpected. That may seem on
the face of it an impossible task but it is not."
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/02/01/020201hnrumsfeld.xml
?0201fram

SPEECH VENDORS SHOUT FOR STANDARDS: Posted February 01, 2002 05:41
Pacific Time
THE BATTLE FOR speech technology standards is set to escalate next
week when a collection of industry leaders submits to the World Wide
Web Consortium (W3C) a proposed framework for delivering combined
graphics and speech on handheld devices. The VoiceXML Forum, headed
by IBM, Nuance, Oracle, and Lucent will announce a proposal for a
multimodal technology standard at the Telephony Voice User Interface
Conference, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/02/01/020201hnspeech.xml?
0204mnam

Vatican - Pope thinks the internet is a _wonderful instrument_: But
the internet doesn't always provide wisdom and could easily be
perverted to demean human dignity.
http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=7890

From: Syllabus
e-Learning Firm Readies Section 508 Compliance: e-Learning software
developer SmartForce said 5,000 hours of its e-learning content
conforms with the accessibility standards under Section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act. Section 508 requires government agencies to
ensure its employees and other people with disabilities have equal
access to IT services. The company has worked with Octavia Corp.
since last June to make its content and "learning paths" accessible
using screen readers and other assistive technologies. The
partnership will yield other accessibility approaches, including
accessibility reviews, consulting, training, and legacy content
conversion and remediation, the companies said.

Higher Ed Partnership Builds E-Bridge to Feds: Several higher
education organizations have formed a partnership to standardize on
technology for electronic transactions between universities and the
federal government. Under the auspices of the Higher Education
Bridge Certification Authority (HEBCA), university researchers will
be able to securely submit documents -- financial statements, student
loan agreements, registration and attendance for Internet-based
distanced learning -- to federal agencies. The HEBCA
partnership,including Educause, the higher education technology
association, the Federal Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Steering
Committee, and the National Institutes of Health, chose RSA
Security's Keon digital certificate management software to secure
transactions.
<http://www.educause.edu/>.

OCLC Finishes Purchase of netLibrary eBooks: OCLC Online Computer
Library Center, a nonprofit that provides computer-based cataloguing,
reference, and preservation services, has purchased the assets of
netLibrary, a provider of eBooks for academic and corporate
libraries. The sale includes the eBook division, which will become a
division of OCLC, and the MetaText eTextbook division, which will
become a for- profit. Meanwhile, MetaText, which has partnered with
leading textbook publishers to place textbooks online, unveiled a new
e-textbook interface designed to make electronic texts easier to use.
http://www.oclc.org

Western Governors University Meeting Access Goals: The Western
Governors University released its annual report, which said the
private, non-profit university, founded by 19 western governors, is
achieving its goals to expand access to higher education, especially
for working adults. WGU President Bob Mendenhall said, "the
constraints on time due to work and family commitments are access
issues ... so the flexibility provided by WGU's online, competency-
based model is very appealing to a broad spectrum of students." WGU
currently has about 2,500 students enrolled, up from 500 students one
year ago. The average WGU student is 40 years old, and over 90
percent work full-time.
http://www.wgu.edu

Court Rules 'Thumbnail' Images OK, Full-Sized Copies Not: In an
important decision for the application of copyright law on the
Internet, a federal appeals court has ruled that while Web sites may
legally reproduce and post "thumbnail" versions of copyrighted
photographs, but displaying full-sized copies of the images violates
artists' exclusive right to display their own works. The Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed and reversed in part a district
court decision in a case brought by Leslie Kelly, a professional
photographer who sued Web search engine Arriba for carrying his
pictures on its site.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174326.html

E-LEARNING FACILITIES MAY BE CRUCIAL TO WTC AREA'S REBIRTH
Though debate over how to rebuild the World Trade Center area in New
York is still in its early stages, many agree that a state-of-the-art
communications infrastructure--including on-site videoconferencing
and e-learning facilities--is essential to the area's
revitalization. "There needs to be a mind-set among developers, city
and state government, and telecommunications providers...to wire the
area for 21st-century business needs," says Jonathan Bowles, research
director at the Center for an Urban Future, an economic think tank on
Wall Street.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020104S0008

TRENDS SECTION

EMERGING TECH SECTION

New Palm Wireless Woos Workplace (Business 2:00 a.m. PST) Analysts
give Palm's new wireless device a thumbs up: It introduces the
company to business users -- plus it's a practical gadget. By Elisa
Batista.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50040,00.html?tw=wn20020128

Palm releases next-gen wireless PDA
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-824162.html

PocketPC, Nokia threaten Palm lead in Europe: Still ahead, but it's
looking a tad ominous
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/23898.html

An Anthrax Test In Your Palm (Med-Tech Center 2:00 a.m. PST) A
Danish company is developing a PDA application that can analyze a
blood sample to detect traces of anthrax, and deliver the results in
10 minutes. Medical labs are concerned. Michael Stroud reports from
Copenhagen.
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,50018,00.html?tw=wn20020129

Psalm's New E-Book Reader (Culture 2:00 a.m. PST) Prayers, hymns and
psalms are but a click away. Also: The demand for print on demand ...
e-book publishing rights redux ... and more, in
M.J. Rose's notebook.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50023,00.html?tw=wn20020129

Palm: OS, hardware don't mix
http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=f4-Y-CEQ0shGpw91DxkUY2cM9hP

VOICE-ENABLED PDA ON HORIZON: Posted January 24, 2002 04:01 Pacific
Time
RESEARCH IN MOTION is set to release by the end of the year a
handheld device that would include both voice and data capabilities,
thanks to an agreement with Nextel Communications and Motorola. The
PDA (personal digital assistant) will use RIM's wireless e-mail
technology and Motorola's iDEN (integrated digital enhanced network)
technology on Nextel's nationwide network in the U.S., offering voice
and two-way radio service, text and numeric
paging and Nextel Wireless Web online services, RIM said in a
statement.
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/01/24/020124hnpda.xml?
0125fram

RIM, Motorola to give BlackBerry a voice
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-822870.html

Much Riding on Palm's New OS (Business 2:00 a.m. PST) The new Palm
operating system, the beta version of which will be unveiled Tuesday,
could make or break the company, analysts say. By Elisa Batista.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50163,00.html?tw=wn20020204

LOW ON CASH? HERE'S 4 GREAT HANDHELDS YOU CAN AFFORD: Not ready to
spend $400 or more on the latest Palm i750 or Handspring Treo? Janice
has some deals for you. She shopped
around and found several inexpensive PDAs that still have all the
features you need.
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/adeskb/adt0131/2843953

POSH PDAS FOR BIG SPENDERS: (Source: PC World.com) The Sony Clie PEG-
T415 and the Compaq Ipaq H3850 will appeal to corporate travelers.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaagUiaaQ7cEa9nkbob/

IDC: PALM REGAINS EUROPEAN PDA MARKET LEAD
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaafYtaaQ0f7a9nGBIb/

PALM COMPLETES SPLIT OF HARDWARE, SOFTWARE UNITS
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaafYtaaQ0gfa9nGBIb/

TOOLS FOR SECURING YOUR PDA: (Source: ITworld.com) To describe
security on handheld devices like the Palm and Pocket PC as low key
is like describing Harry Potter as a popular film; a free, easily-
downloaded program called No Security can bypass the Palm's security
application, exposing all of your private records.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaguqaaQ2Lfa9nkbob/

Internet-enabled passenger trains: Amtrak and Yahoo have partnered to
bring us wirelessly connected railway cars. Compaq iPAQ Pocket PCs,
mounted in special purple-and-yellow coaches and cafe cars, will
provide free Internet access to passengers. The three trains (the
Acela Regional between Washington DC and Boston; the Capitol between
Sacramento, Oakland, and San Jose; and the Hiawatha between Chicago
to Milwaukee) will run for up to six months.
http://www2.pdabuzz.com/Forums/showthread.php?threadid=32189

Tip #104: Pocket PC 2002--Store Themes on Storage Card: You can store
your Theme packages on a storage card if you put them in a folder
named My Documents at the root level of your storage card. Don't put
them in a subfolder in My Documents, though, or they won't be visible
to the system.

FUJITSU PACKS POWER INTO NEW PDA
Upcoming handheld device will feature a "super-fast" processor and
built-in Bluetooth support.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,82763,tk,dn020502X,00.asp

IBM DEALS UP A CARD-SIZE COMPUTER
Meta Pad is a 'radical experiment,' but not a future Big Blue product.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,83124,tk,dn020702X,00.asp

New Pocket PC 2002 from Fujitsu: The Pocket LOOX, a new Pocket PC
2002 device from Fujitsu, will feature a Type II Compact Flash slot,
an SD slot, and built-in Bluetooth. Unconfirmed rumor has it that the
LOOX will utilize a new a 300MHz XScale processor from Intel.
http://www.infosync.no/news/2002/n/1380.php

ADB Weather II: Get weather forecasts for the week on the Today
screen of your Pocket PC. ADB Weather II has two components. The
desktop component lets you select the place for which you want the
weather forecast, and offers help and an uninstall option. The Pocket
PC component displays the weather forecast on the "Today" screen and
refreshes the data from the desktop PC. You can run the animation of
the week's weather forecast or stop the animation to display the
forecast for a particular day. You can refresh the data by tapping on
the refresh icon. Price: $1.34
Download a trial version here:
http://www.PocketPCmag.com/wklysoftware.asp

Tip #105: *Find* Out Who Called You: You can use the Find feature of
your Pocket PC or Pocket PC 2002 as a "reverse directory" for your
Contacts. If you've missed a call on your cell phone, or if you have
just a number from your pager or your caller-id, you might want to
see who it belongs to before returning the call. Tap Find in the
Start menu, enter the number, and select Contacts as the data type.
If the number is in your Contacts database, you will soon know who
called you.

SECURITY SECTION

HUMOR AND MISC. SECTION

SICK OF SLOWDOWNS? HERE'S HOW TO BRING YOUR PC UP TO SPEED: If you
want to get your computer running at peak performance, first you have
to know what's going on inside it. Need help? Try these three
programs Preston found. They'll locate your PC's slow spots--and help
you speed them up.
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/adeskb/adt0208/2846216

HOW TO STICK IT TO YOUR PHONE COMPANY: Your response was
overwhelming: Most of you are outraged that your phone company
overcharges for services. What can you do? Vote with your dollar by
canceling long distance, or using a cell phone. David sums up your
comments.
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/adeskb/adt0207/2845918

ESSENTIAL GEAR FOR A HOME OFFICE: (Source: PC World.com) From a comfy
chair to a business card scanner, here's a wish list than can come
true.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaguqaaQ2Lga9nkbob/

STUPID WINDOWS TRICKS THAT AREN'T SO STUPID: (Source: PC World.com)
PC World's resident Windows Tips wizard, Scott Dunn, presents a
dazzling array of secret shortcuts, speed
tricks, and special settings that can help you transform your
operating system.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaguqaaQ2Lha9nkbob/

The Art of the Meal (Culture 2:00 a.m. PST) A gigantic simulacrum of
the human digestive system eats, digests and expels two meals a day.
The creator says it's all about art, not about
science. Heather Sparks reports from the New Museum in New York.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49606,00.html?tw=wn20020126

Pac-Man's Trek From Arcade to PC (Games 2:00 a.m. PST) The long-
running MAME project transforms your home computer into a virtual
video arcade. For some, this isn't enough. So they are turning their
homes into actual arcades. By Brad King.
http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,49969,00.html?tw=wn20020126
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