e-Clippings 8.29.00

"The New Economy, as I see it, is part of a larger
context in which we are redefining what it means to be
human."
--Rabbi Irwin Kula, Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
http://www.fastcompany.com/fast.take/online/38/one.html#kula


Cool Site #3 (new series)
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FreeNet
http://freenet.sourceforge.net/

FEED Magazine article: re: Ian Clarke
http://www.feedmag.com/re/re369_master.html


If industries which profit from copyright thought that Napster was
alarming and that Gnutella could be worse have not yet met their real
nightmare. It's called FreeNet and it could kill copyright.

From FreeNet's FAQ's: "Unlike the Web, information on
Freenet is not
stored at fixed locations or subject to any kind of centralized
control. Freenet is a single world-wide information store that
stores, caches, and distributes the information based on demand. This
allows Freenet to be more efficient at some functions than the Web,
and also allows information to be published and read without fear of
censorship because individual documents cannot be traced to their
source or even to where they are physically stored. To participate in
this system users will simply need to run a piece of server software
on their computer, and optionally use a client program to insert and
remove information from the system. Anyone can write a client (or
indeed a server) program for Freenet, which is based on an open
protocol. Reference implementations of these programs are being
written in the Java programming language."

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CIO Council goes on offense
The CIO Council plans to issue two memorandums within the next
two weeks to agencies and Congress that urge putting in place
policies that would better secure government computers.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0828/news-cio-08-28-00.asp

Web firms fret over FirstGov's fees
Fees running as high as tens of thousands of dollars each year
may make it too pricey for some Internet companies to link to
the federal government's planned Internet portal.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0828/news-fgov-08-28-00.asp


(Instat.com)
** U.S. Companies Invested $89 Billion on Internet Strategies in
1999,
Spending to Increase to $120 Billion in 2000,
http://www.instat.com/pr/2000/ebusiness_pr.htm


** Internet Economy To Employ 10 Million By 2002 - Report
http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/154326.html


PDA SALES TO DOUBLE IN 2000
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=18243
Sales of handheld computers are up, thanks to falling prices and the
new Handspring Visor.


IS GOVERNMENT'S FUTURE ELECTRONIC?
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=18244
Citizens can go online instead of standing in line, but security and
privacy are still concerns.

"After Babelfish"
Random acts of senseless beauty? FEED columnist Julian Dibbell takes
the
wonderful translation machine out for a spin.
http://www.feedmag.com/book2/essay_dibbell.html?alert


SPECIAL REPORT: GOVERNMENT & IT
(Source: Computerworld) The Microsoft case. Online privacy. H-1B
visas. Internet taxation. Whatever the federal government does with
these issues could affect your job, your company, even your industry.
http://www.e-businessworld.com/ic_232210_373_11111-11.html


** McAfee First and Only Anti-Virus Software to Protect Against
World's First Wireless Trojan
http://www.wugnet.com/


Dot-Coms Failed to Learn Old-Economy Lessons
- San Jose Mercury News
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/special/dotcom/docs/main08210
0.htm#continued
As the great dot-com shakeout moves beyond its initial
bubble-bursting phase, the pioneers of the New Economy are
discovering
that the Old Economy rules are fashionable again


Talking the Same Language
- Financial Times
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?
pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3KMYKWXBC
Who will end up controlling the language of electronic commerce?


BROADBAND UNCLOGGED
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/adeskb/adt0829/2620910:9649913
The pressure for fast Internet access has finally produced needed
innovation. There's a new way to offer broadband service in
metropolitan areas.
  It's so fast and cheap it may put the phone company out of business.


A CURE FOR E-MAILOVERLOAD
  (Source: Network World Fusion) 'Sieve' touts a simple, universal way
to create filters for sorting, deleting and forwarding e-mail
messages before they enter your inbox.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=304392


LET YOUR FINGER DO THE TRACKING
(Source: Macworld) Ever wondered how the Trackpad on your PowerBook
works? We have the  answer.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=304650


ELECTRONIC INK SHOWS ITS TRUE COLORS
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=18246
E Ink and Xerox are among the companies hoping to change the way you
use a pen and paper.


ADOBE OFFERS INK FOR E-BOOKS
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=18255
Adobe announces acquisitions and partnerships to craft PDF technology
into e-books you can print.

NewsFlashes 8.28.00

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INDEX OF STORIES

1. Kansas State University: K-State's information technology provides
students with interactive learning environment

2. Primedia`s Fire & Emergency Television Network Donates $40,000
Grant Helping International Association of Fire Chiefs Expand
Training
FETN, ICHIEFS Reinforce Outreach to Help Save Firefighter Lives
PRIMEDIA's Fire & Emergency Television Network and the International
Association of Fire Chiefs are unveiling a $40,000 grant program for
16 fire departments during the Fire-Rescue International
Conference ... [Business Wire]


3. Michigan Virtual University Announces 1,100 Advanced Placement
High School Scholarships in Time for Fall Start!
Even before they check into their lockers, top-performing high school
students should check into their principal's office this fall for new
options in Advanced Placement courses. [PR Newswire]


4. `Best of the Web` Winners Announced
North Carolina and Seattle beat out close to 200 state and local
government entries in the sixth annual Best of the Web contest
conducted by the Center for Digital Government and Government
Technology magazine. [Business Wire]


5. Information just wants to be Freenet
Rob Kramer and Ian Clarke's new venture, Uprizer, wants to be the Red
Hat of peer-to-peer networks. What's behind their wall of secrecy?

6. Why Intel's into P2P If peer-to-peer networking becomes the "next
computing frontier," guess who stands to benefit?
By Damien Cave

7. 'CHEAPER THAN FREE EDUCATION'
A new distance-education Web site in Brazil will offer noncredit
courses, such as preparatory classes for university entrance
examinations. (8/28/2000)

8. INTERNATIONAL STUDY WITHOUT TRAVELING
Online education is a godsend for adults in Mexico who have never
earned a college degree and now find it too expensive and impractical
to leave their families and their jobs to get one. (8/24/2000)


9. Learning needs a human face
By Eileen McNamara, Globe Columnist, 8/27/2000


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FULL STORIES

1. Kansas State University: K-State's information technology provides
students with interactive learning environment
August 25, 2000
MANHATTAN
Students in Kansas State University's beginning statistics course are
encouraged to play computer games during class -- games that simulate
traveling to another planet.

This class breaks from the traditional lecture format and encourages
an active learning environment, said Elizabeth Unger, vice provost
for academic services and instruction at K-State.

"They go out to another planet in our solar system; and they gather
the data; and they get dirty data; and they get people who slam the
door in their face when they go and collect a survey; and they get
missing data," Unger said. "They work with real world data collection
problems."

Unger said K-State has five of these classes, called studio
environments, used for beginning English, biology and physics
classes, and more are planned.

"It's been very successful," she said. "Students have been very
complimentary about what they've learned. "Statistics has gone from
dull and boring to something that students enjoy doing."

K-State began its step toward information technology classrooms when
it introduced 26 high-tech classrooms, the first in 1995.

"The reason for the introduction of information technology on campus
in such a robust way in the last decade is that the information
resources of the world have become available on an easy-to-use access
mechanism called the World Wide Web," Unger said.

K-State's high-tech classrooms have Internet access, which can show
live images or capture them before class. Presentation systems that
transmit 3-D imagery have replaced transparency projectors, and
digital music storage allows the use of compact discs and audio tapes
during class.

The introduction of audience response classrooms has guided and
helped stimulate class discussions by allowing students to reveal
their opinions before actually talking, Unger said. Entering class,
students are given powerful palm-top computing systems. After hooking
their palm-top computers into the network, students can talk freely
with the professor without other students knowing the conversation,
Unger said. Professors can respond privately or to the entire class.
Since the palm-top computers are also capable of configurations,
Unger said they work nicely in physics classes as well

"It has been a very powerful tool, "Unger said. "A professor can get
an anonymous opinion about what the class thinks about something. A
professor can send the entire class formulas to use and determine how
many students understand how to use them -- all without embarrassment
to the student."

K-State students aren't all going to class every day, either. The
classes are going to them.

Combining video and computer technology allows professors to teach
students in class, but also permits a distance learning environment
that enables a professor to simultaneously teach 40 or 50 students
across the state of Kansas, Unger said. Professors can videotape
class live or digitally store it for later use. On-campus students
can access this class from any campus television, while off-campus
students use a computer program called Desktop Video to respond to
professors, making the class more interactive.

Unger said K-State taught the first Internet 2 course in the nation --
  a plant pathology course taught by three professors in three states -
- at Oregon State University, University of Nebraska at Lincoln and K-
State.

The increased bandwidth, which allows more information to travel
faster at longer distances, allowed the professors and the students
to have a three-way conversation without breaks and pauses during the
transmission of sounds and visual images.

"The connection was so great that you could talk without this
transatlantic telephone call delay," Unger said. "We had three of the
world's experts teaching our students, which has got to be some of
the finest education they could get in the world. We want to do more
and more of that." Unger said Internet 2 classes are currently being
planned for master's and doctoral classes in agriculture and
engineering.

"Professors in our master's of agribusiness class will sit each
Saturday morning and talk to students all over the world," Unger
said. "We have students in China, Cambodia, Costa Rica, South Africa
and western Kansas. Saturdays, they discuss the week's learning they
experienced on the Web course they are taking."

K-State's Website is http://www.ksu.edu

Editors: A photo is available electronically. Contact news1@...
for a copy.

CONTACT: Elizabeth Unger
Tel: +1 785 532 6520
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2.

Primedia's Fire & Emergency Television Network Donates $40,000 Grant
Helping International Association of Fire Chiefs Expand Training


August 25, 2000
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2000 via NewsEdge Corporation -


FETN, ICHIEFS Reinforce Outreach to Help Save Firefighter Lives

PRIMEDIA's Fire & Emergency Television Network (FETN) and the
International Association of Fire Chiefs (ICHIEFS) are unveiling a
$40,000 grant program for 16 fire departments during the Fire-Rescue
International Conference at the Dallas Convention Center, Aug. 25-28.

FETN's $40,000 grant enables ICHIEFS to offer free satellite dishes
to 16 fire departments in the U.S. and Canada in order to receive
FETN's accredited fire and emergency training programs. The
departments will be selected based on criteria created by the
ICHIEFS' Professional Development Committee.

1999 had the highest loss of fire professionals' lives in the line of
duty with 122 deaths -- a 21 percent increase in just one year. To
help reduce firefighter fatalities and community losses, ICHIEFS and
FETN are collaborating to bring FETN's training programs directly to
fire stations via donated satellite dishes.

FETN's satellite programming allows firefighters to observe and gain
survival skills, plus learn life-saving lessons from viewing events.
FETN is continually upgrading its curriculum to include everything
from the drama of swift water rescues and aerial operations to
teaching professionals the very basics of fire suppression. Its
satellite and tape programs encourage professional development
through delivery of continuing education programs.

ICHIEFS' Executive Director Garry Briese said, "Better training is
required because the fire service has become an all-risk profession.
Preparedness gives responders an added safety margin, improving their
chances of safety and survival."

FETN President Ron Coleman said, "As a fire chief and fire
instructor, I know that training is a critical piece of reducing
firefighter injuries and fatalities. We are proud to collaborate with
ICHIEFS and are aggressively attacking issues impacting firefighter
safety."

ICHIEFS' Professional Development Committee will be developing
specifics regarding how departments can apply for the program and the
criteria involved. For more information, see ICHIEFS at Booth No.
3039.

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (ICHIEFS) provides
leadership to career and volunteer chiefs, chief fire officers and
managers of Emergency Services Organizations throughout the
international community through vision, information, education,
services and representation to enhance their professionalism and
capabilities. Its Web site is www.ichiefs.org.

PRIMEDIA's Fire & Emergency Television Network (FETN) is the
recognized leader in providing training, education and information to
fire and EMS departments worldwide. Its comprehensive multimedia
programming meets CEU requirements for fire and emergency personnel.
Its Web site is www.fetn.com.

PRIMEDIA Workplace Learning (PWPL), a PRIMEDIA (NYSE:PRM) company, is
the leading provider of distance learning for more than 1.6 million
viewers in the automotive, banking, fire, healthcare, industrial and
law enforcement markets. PWPL is a PRIMEDIA (NYSE:PRM) company, a
targeted media company with print, video and Internet businesses
focused on consumer and business-to-business audiences. The Company
owns and operates more than 300 Web sites and other Internet
properties. For more details on PWPL, visit www.pwpl.com.


CONTACT: FETN, Dallas | Amy Morenz, 972/309-4014 | amorenz@... |
or | ICHIEFS | Bill Hershman, 703/273-0911 | dircomm@...
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3. Michigan Virtual University Announces 1,100 Advanced Placement
High School Scholarships in Time for Fall Start!


August 25, 2000
LANSING, Mich., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation -

Even before they check into their lockers, top-performing high school
students should check into their principal's office this fall for new
options in Advanced Placement courses.

With funding approved in June by the Michigan legislature, the
Michigan Virtual University will award more than 1,100 one-semester
scholarships for Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Scholarships are
awarded to school districts that do not offer AP courses in the
subjects listed below. School staff decide which students are
eligible for Advanced Placement courses and who will receive them
free.

The scholarships are especially valuable to college-bound students,
who otherwise might spend $395 per course, because students who score
well on an independent test may earn college credit that would
typically cost much more. Testing is conducted by the College Board
and the Educational Testing Service; the $75 test fee is not covered
by the scholarships. (The Michigan Dept. of Education also has
federal funds to underwrite costs for low-income students.)

The courses for the 2000-01 school year, below, are made available
through a contract between MVU and Apex, a leading Internet education
service provider. The list includes courses developed separately by
Michigan State University faculty and courses authored through the
collaboration between Apex and Michigan State University, as well as
selections from Apex's catalog of award-winning offerings.

Calculus AB (two-semester course) U.S. Government & Politics

(one semester)

Statistics (two-semester course) Microeconomics (one semester)

English Composition (two semesters) Macroeconomics (one semester)

English Literature (two semesters) Human Geography (one-semester
course,

offered 2nd semester only)

Physics B (two semesters) Psychology (one-semester course,

offered 2nd semester only)

Chemistry (two semesters) U.S. History (two semesters)

In addition to the accredited online AP courses, students will have
access to Apex's award-winning online Exam Review.

Students interested in taking an online Advanced Placement course
should contact their high school principals, counselors or
coordinators of talented and gifted programs.

About Apex Learning (www.apexlearning.com )

Apex Learning, founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is a
leading Internet education service provider for the K-12 education
system. It provides online educational content, technologies and
services to states, school districts and other partners in the K-12
system. The company's online educational offerings are fully
accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. Apex
Learning is a privately-held company with significant investments
from such organizations as Edison Schools, Kaplan and Michigan State
University.

About Michigan Virtual University (www.mivu.org )

MVU is a private, non-profit corporation established in 1998 by Gov.
John Engler to provide online learning opportunities to Michigan's
citizens. MVU does not grant degrees or certificates or teach
courses, but acts as a broker of programs made available by
Michigan's public and private colleges, universities and commercial
training providers. In June 2000, Gov. Engler signed legislation to
fund the Michigan Virtual High School and Advanced Placement Academy,
and selected MVU and the program administrator. MVU selected Apex
Learning as its first partner in increasing learning opportunities
for thousands of Michigan students.

SOURCE Michigan Virtual University


CONTACT: Deborah White of Michigan Virtual University, 517-324-5357,
or dwhite@...

Web site: http://www.apexlearning.com

Web site: http://www.mivu.org

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4. 'Best of the Web' Winners Announced


August 25, 2000
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2000 via NewsEdge
Corporation -

North Carolina and Seattle beat out close to 200 state and local
government entries in the sixth annual Best of the Web contest
conducted by the Center for Digital Government and Government
Technology magazine.

Web entries were scored on their online innovation to deliver
government services, efficiency and time saved, economy, and
functionality for improved citizen access. Last year's winners,
Access Washington and Boston, were excluded from entering the contest
this year.

"North Carolina's portal illustrates a major shift for state
government as it becomes more entrepreneurial in its operations,"
said the state's Chief Information Officer, Ronald Hawley. "NC@Your
Service will help government leaders rethink the delivery of their
services for citizens as we move more services online."

Seattle officials were pleased with this honor and said their Web
site is just one example of the city's commitment to improve service
delivery to its citizens. "A tremendous amount of useful information
is available via Seattle's site and people know it," said Mayor Paul
Schell.

Judging the contest were the Center for Digital Government,
Government Technology magazine, Public Technology, Inc. (PTI), and
State Technologies.

"State and local governments have made huge progress in their online
applications," said Cathilea Robinett, executive director of the
Center for Digital Government. Robinett has been judging the contest
since its inception six years ago, and is impressed with the number
of Web sites that cater to their citizens. "Customer satisfaction is
obviously a priority to these state and local government sites. Most
of them provide comprehensive information and easy access to a
variety of online services."

Top State Government Web Sites: 1st place: North Carolina --
http://www.ncgov.com 2nd place: Georgia -- http://www.state.ga.us 3rd
place: Virginia DMV -- http://www.dmv.state.va.us

Top Local Government Web Sites: 1st place: Seattle --
http://www.cityofseattle.net 2nd place: Douglas County --
http://cltr.co.douglas.nv.us 3rd place: San Jose --
http://www.sjpermits.org

Winners will be recognized and awarded cash prizes at an executive
dinner held in conjunction with Government Technology Conference
(GTC) on Sept. 15, in Albany, New York.


CONTACT: Best of the Web Contest | Cathilea Robinett, 916/363-5000 |
or | Government Technology | Jodi Martinez, 916/363-5000 ext. 308 |
jmartinez@...
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5. Information just wants to be Freenet

Rob Kramer and Ian Clarke's new venture, Uprizer, wants to be the Red
Hat of peer-to-peer networks. What's behind their wall of secrecy?


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By Damien Cave

Aug. 28, 2000 | About a year ago, Rob Kramer read about Freenet and
wanted to get involved. The recording industry hadn't yet sued
Napster, "peer-to-peer" was still not a buzzword and Ian Clarke, the
creator of this Napster-like network called Freenet, was still an
unknown Irish programmer. But Kramer -- who had only recently sold
his stake in Moving Pixels, an animation company -- saw value in
Freenet's decentralized file-sharing network, and contacted Clarke
just days after finding the Freenet Web site.

Now the fruits of that correspondence can be seen. Or rather, they
can almost be seen. Uprizer, the company that Kramer and Clarke have
formed, remains mysterious. There is no Web site, and when I talked
to Kramer, who is the CEO, he refused to say when the Los Angeles
company would release its first product. He also refused to talk
about funding except to say, "We have some." Even the number of
employees remains a secret.

Is Uprizer trying to be the Transmeta of P2P? Kramer, 40, says that
he is reticent to talk because the details are still being worked
out. "Ian [Clarke] is only now on his way here to California," he
says.

Still, some things at Uprizer are set in place -- like what the
company is not, and what peer-to-peer will eventually be. Kramer was
more than happy to discuss these subjects.

What exactly is Uprizer?

Uprizer is a technology infrastructure company, which will leverage
the Freenet platform.

Leverage it into what areas?

I can't tell you that.

Well, are you taking the same tack as Scour.net, making deals with
the record and movie industry?

That's always been Scour's main focus, but let's just say a majority
of our business model is not focused on content distribution. We are
not the next Napster. Everyone thinks that Ian is starting this
company for file-sharing; that because Ian is a stalwart for the
freedom of information, that's all he wants to focus on. We applaud
him in that, but that's not what Uprizer's all about. Uprizer is
about leveraging a technology that has powerful functions.

And there is a wireless play involved.

Wireless?

I can't tell you about that either.

Well then maybe you can tell me why you think the record labels won't
come after you just like they've gone after Scour.net and
MP3Board.com?

We're not a consumer play. Freenet is Freenet. We won't control and
can't control Freenet -- even if you put a gun to Ian's head, as he's
said. Freenet is out and it will do what it does the same way that
people will use videotape for legal or illegal purposes. We are not
the next Napster, therefore we are not trying to aid and abet a
Napster-like environment. We will support content consumer plays but
we will support them as a technology infrastructure company.

So you're hoping to let the consumer plays take the fall or at least
test the waters ...

We have no intention of breaking laws. We have no desire to do that.
We're not 19-year-olds; that is not our mission in life. Our mission
is to efficiently flow information through Internet, intranet,
extranet and closed-network environments.

Technology infrastructure is a broad term, though. Are you focusing
solely on selling to businesses, like Digital Island?

Uprizer is focused on both enterprise software and consumer
applications; it's both for business and the consumer. But I just
want to reiterate that Freenet is Freenet and Uprizer is Uprizer;
Uprizer is not the next Napster. Scour wants to be the next Napster;
AppleSoup wants to be the next Napster. That's not our goal in any
way, shape or form. We have a much different business plan.

We believe this could be an alternative, better, synergistic Akamai
[which minimizes Web congestion to sites like Yahoo and CNN by
regulating traffic through its servers]. It's a multi-level network.
Akamai has 4,000 servers; we could have millions of servers, servers
being a euphemism for computers.

And what would happen to Freenet if Uprizer becomes commercial? Will
additions and improvements to it remain open-sourced?

Freenet will stay open-sourced. We support that in the same way that
Red Hat supports Linux.

What advantage does Freenet have over Gnutella?

Freenet and Gnutella share only two things: They're both peer-to-
peer, and they're both decentralized. That's where the similarities
stop. Freenet is a very powerful peer-to-peer platform. The reason
it's so powerful is that it takes data onto the network, it migrates
the data toward demand and it mirrors that data so that it enables
high-bandwidth data to move efficiently through the system. Here's
the picture: With Gnutella, if someone wants something they go out
into the middle of the street and they say, "Does anyone have Britney
Spears," or "Does anyone have X document?" And if 1,000 people have
it, 1,000 people are going to shout back and it's going to get really
noisy. And when 1,000 people send it to you, they'll clog the
network.

With Freenet, someone says, "Hey, does anybody have it?" and the
information is sent to that person once. So, for instance, let's say
there is a request for information "A" in London -- a music file or a
piece of financial information -- and that info currently exists
around nodes in Chicago. When enough people request it around London,
the information will be sent once under the Atlantic. It will then
mirror itself and spread itself among multiple nodes so that when you
request in London it will be on a node that's closest to you. In
other words, if there are 1,000 people in London that request that
data, it's right there; whereas with the Internet or Gnutella, 1,000
requests translates to 1,000 messages that are sent under the
Atlantic. That's what makes today's World Wide Web so inefficient.
Freenet, you see, operates on the Internet, but outside the Web.

But when you make multiple copies, don't you run into another kind of
redundancy? Instead of clogging the network aren't you just filling
up hard drives? For example, how long does that piece of information
from Chicago stay on the computer in Piccadilly Square?

It will stay there on the basis of demand. The specifics can vary,
but popular data thrives on the network and unpopular data does not
thrive. It's very Darwinian. It's a very intelligent and adaptive
system; as Freenet learns the behavior of the flow of that
information, it will respond accordingly. For Gnutella to achieve any
of those things, as Ian would say, "They would literally have to
start from scratch."

OK, if Freenet is indeed better than Gnutella, how do you plan to
differentiate yourselves from other Uprizers, other Freenet-based
businesses?

We have not only the creative architect and founder of Freenet, we
also have a lot of the development team who are familiar with the
environment. We can't stop anyone from building on top of Freenet.
You can do it today. But I think we have a little more insight into
what the possibilities are based on the nuance of the architecture.

Ultimately, where do you think all of this is going? You've made
Freenet out to be the Internet's savior -- do you really think it can
re-architect the Net?

Well, the original Internet is peer-to-peer, but when the Internet
became commercialized it became centralized. The implications from a
bandwidth standpoint are less than spectacular because it's not an
efficient means of distribution. It doesn't handle high-bandwidth
data efficiently.

But whether we could re-architect the Net is a bigger conversation.
It's like the conversation about decentralized eBays, which sounds
like a good idea but there probably needs to be some central place
where the exchange is based, and that's eBay.

Really, the point is that the whole peer-to-peer story has been
focused so far on Napster, Gnutella, Freenet and how artists and
copyright-holders get ripped off. That's not the conversation that
Uprizer is having. Uprizer is having a technology conversation. We
believe peer-to-peer computing, distribution and infrastructure is
the wave of the future. Everyone's focused on music, on movies; I
think it's going to be 5 percent of the story relative to peer-to-
peer. We really believe there is a serious paradigm shift occurring
as we speak.


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About the writer
Damien Cave is a staff writer for Salon Technology.


6. Why Intel's into P2P

If peer-to-peer networking becomes the "next computing frontier,"
guess who stands to benefit?


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By Damien Cave

Aug. 28, 2000 | Intel stoked the fires of file-sharing hype last week
at its annual developer conference when CTO Pat Gelsinger declared
that "peer-to-peer computing could be as important to the Internet's
future as the Web browser was to its past."

But before you start trying to figure out the back-end technology of
Napster or its decentralized file-sharing clones like Freenet and
Gnutella, or before you join Intel's new peer-to-peer working group --
  you might want to consider not just the message, but also the
messenger. Intel is not some independent analyst, nor a disinterested
Walter Mossberg. Rather, it's a chip manufacturing giant whose
success depends on convincing the world to buy newer, faster
computers. Moore's Law dictates that chip processing power will
double every 18 months, but the best way to make us buy the new
computers (with Intel inside), is to convince us that we need them.

That's where peer-to-peer comes in. First, consider file trading,
which taxes your computer far more than some routine multitasking
between your browser, e-mail and PowerPoint. If you use Napster, the
more songs you save, the more work your computer has to do to find
and play them; and every time someone grabs a few Beastie Boys'
tracks from your hard drive, the computer acts like a server,
processing the request, the search and certain aspects of the
download. It all requires computing effort -- and could be speedier
with more processing power.

But beyond the performance issues, widespread file-sharing and
distributed computing bring up questions of interoperability and
security, which could be addressed in new computing architecture and
new chip designs. And wouldn't it be great for Intel if -- hooked on
file-sharing and eager to shelve our plans for a new company server
so that we might instead invest in desktop machines that could handle
our personal work as well as a piece of the old server's job -- we
all felt the need to buy a new computer with a flashy new processor?

There is, of course, nothing wrong with drumming up business, even if
it's not exactly what you expect from a CTO purportedly sharing his
technological vision with developers. And Gelsinger may be right when
he says peer-to-peer networks may represent "the next computing
frontier." Surely, the 22 million people who have downloaded
Napster's software point to peer-to-peer's potential. And distributed
networks like SETI@home, which use a million home computers to
process signals from outer space as it looks for signs of intelligent
life beyond Earth, could use more computing power.

But by making technological predictions that seem to be equal parts
wishful thinking for Intel's future and reality, Gelsinger diminishes
his own credibility. Come on Pat, we may not be as fast as your
chips, but we're quick enough to recognize a sales pitch disguised in
those predictions for the future.


- - - - - - - - - - - -

About the writer
Damien Cave is a staff writer for Salon Technology.



7. A Brazilian Web Site Will Offer Noncredit Distance-Education
Courses
By DANIELA HART

Sao Paulo, Brazil

A new distance-education Web site in Brazil, inaugurated last month,
will offer noncredit courses, such as preparatory classes for
university entrance examinations.

The site, Educativo, is expected to be offering 52 courses by
December, including courses for those entering the diplomatic
services and supplementary support for basic university courses.

Through Educativo, students will also be able to complete the
supletivo, a substitute course for secondary education, and they will
be able to receive the equivalent of a high-school diploma after
taking examinations in person in a traditional classroom.

Brazilian law does not permit students to earn credit for
undergraduate and graduate courses taken on the Internet.

Distance education via the Internet in Brazil started four years ago,
at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, and is now used by
various universities for extension courses and continuing education
for teachers.

But Wagner Horta, the co-owner of Educativo, said none of them make
full use of multimedia resources. By contrast, he said, Educativo
provides instant correction of all work, as well as chats and online
discussions.

"This is the first site actually offering distance education, as
opposed to distance reading, which is what existing sites do." said
Mr. Horta, a professor of sociology and education in Brazil. "Our
courses are fully interactive, offering a similar structure to
classroom study."

Educativo course contents are prepared by a team of around 50
professors; 12 professors are available to work with the students.

"We will be taking quality education to the whole country with
minimum costs," said Mr. Horta, adding that this is particularly
important in a large country like Brazil, which has many regional
differences. "Paradoxically, Educativo courses will be even cheaper
than free education, which involves students paying for transport,
books, and stationery," he said.

Paulo Renato Souza, Brazil's minister of education, praised Educativo
as "a pioneer initiative" and said that information technology could
improve learning conditions throughout the nation.

Prices for Educativo courses will vary from a $8.50 a month for the
preparatory course for university entrance examinations to $80 a
month for the specialized course for those entering the diplomatic
services.

Educativo will offer free courses for parents and teachers, such as
orientation courses on drug use among young people and courses for
teachers in special education.

Brazil currently has seven million to eight million Web users, but
the potential education market is over 60 million, according to
Educativo staff members. Mr. Horta also plans campaigns to bring
second-hand computers to Brazilians who otherwise could not afford
them.


8. A Massachusetts College Finds Hunger for Distance Education in
Mexico
By RHONA STATLAND DE LÓPEZ

Mexico City

Eloisa Bueno de Cudney has been an educator for nearly 30 years. Ms.
Cudney -- who coordinates English instruction at the Oak Tree School
here -- will be sharing her experience with others this month by
teaching a course called "Methods of Teaching English" at the
Universidad Anahuac.

But the teacher wants to be a student, as well. Ms. Cudney says she
is eager to take education classes through a distance-education
program being established by Endicott College, in Beverly, Mass.

The reason? Ms. Cudney does not yet have a college degree.

Online education is a godsend for the many adults in Mexico who, like
Ms. Cudney, have never earned a college degree and now find it too
expensive and impractical to leave their families and their jobs to
get one.

In response, American colleges are flocking to attract Mexican
students. This fall, for example, Endicott plans to equip a classroom
with sophisticated teleconferencing equipment so that students here
can interact with professors in Massachusetts.

But the boom in distance education also creates new instructional
challenges -- in part, simply because it brings together students
from different cultures and educational backgrounds. And it
challenges the very ethos of international study, in which a student
immerses himself or herself in another culture.

A recent push to upgrade teachers' qualifications is helping fuel the
demand for online instruction here. Only a decade ago, few teachers
of elementary or high school in Mexico were college graduates. In the
1990's, a greater emphasis was placed on educators' having college
degrees. Teachers and administrators who have many years of
experience now want to earn degrees, and distance education is a
convenient venue for earning one.

"We have adults who are taking a traditional master's in education
without credit because they have never earned their bachelor's
degree," says Vivian Antaki, dean of Endicott College's campus here.

Endicott has operated the campus here since 1996 -- before the boom
in online education. Since the campus opened, students have studied
for two years here before going to Beverly to complete their
bachelor's degrees.

But now Endicott also allows students -- in Mexico and elsewhere --
to earn a bachelor's degree online by taking courses from a variety
of colleges through Virtualstudent.com, an online-education portal.
Endicott requires that students take an "integrative course," taught
by Endicott, after every four online courses. The integrative courses
can be taken at the Mexico City campus as well as in Beverly.

Endicott officials believe that teleconferencing will be a key part
of attracting students in Mexico. A digital broadcast studio in
Beverly is equipped with advanced production equipment that is in use
at only a handful of television stations.

The equipment permits one person to replace the team of people -- a
producer, engineers, and camera operators -- that is ordinarily
needed to produce a television broadcast of a professor's lecture.
For example, the professor wears an electronic chip around his or her
neck that allows the camera to follow the professor around the room
without assistance from a human camera operator.

Using the technology, a professor in Beverly can teach students in
Mexico City by long distance. When similar equipment is installed
here, faculty members in Mexico City will be able to teach students
in Massachusetts as well.

The teaching is interactive, with students in Mexico City being able
to ask questions live and get answers from the professor. In
addition, a class at Beverly will be able to interact with a class in
Mexico.

"We intend to begin broadcasting simultaneous courses in Mexico City
and Boston by late October," says Robert Boose, vice president of
Endicott College and dean of its graduate school. "Students in both
countries will be able to study subjects and work on group projects
together."

Having instant interaction is important to many potential students
here. Beverley Blount de Perez-Palma, owner and director of the
Christa McAuliffe Elementary School in the outskirts of Mexico City,
started an online program with a Mexican university that, she says,
had a "snail-mail mentality." Ms. Perez-Palma got the assignments
online but had to mail her completed work to the university.

Since Mexican mail service is often slow and unreliable, the courses
dragged on and she finally gave up, Ms. Perez-Palma says. "I didn't
want distant education. I wanted instant education."

The broadcast technology will help to overcome the problem facing
students of English as a Second Language, who often rely on facial
expressions and hand gestures as cues to what the speaker means,
Endicott officials say. Being able to see the students on the other
campuses will be helpful for Mexican and Spanish students seeking to
improve their language skills, as well as for Spanish majors at
Endicott hoping to perfect their accents.

Endicott officials are considering broadening the program to include
a number of different countries in Central and South America. "We see
Endicott/Mexico as a platform for Latin American students who would
find it easier and cheaper to go to our Mexican campus for the
integrative courses than to travel all the way to Beverly," says
James L. Citron, dean of international studies and programs at
Endicott.

Endicott already has added a new branch in Spain, using the campus of
the College of International Studies, which may eventually serve as
Endicott's European base. "Madrid will be added to the broadcast in
the spring," allowing three-way videoconferencing of faculty meetings
and other cross-cultural exchanges, Mr. Boose says.

However, Endicott officials see some challenges facing distance
education here. Ms. Antaki, the dean of the Mexico City campus,
predicts that some Mexican students may have difficulty in adapting
to American learning styles.

"Since people haven't had the practice of doing research because of
lack of material, they are used to rote learning," she says. "In the
U.S., students learn to use information, whereas in Mexico, students
are used to being receptacles of information."

Ms. Antaki is also concerned that internationalizing education may
actually mean Americanizing it, since the United States is the
dominant online-education purveyor. "Americans are not yet aware of
the different learning styles and expectations in other countries,"
she observes.

Endicott is trying to address the problem by seeking to "tropicalize"
some courses, making them more relevant to the Mexican reality. In
teaching ethics, for example, "we would probably add some outstanding
Mexican writers, such as Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes, who speak
directly to the Mexican condition," says Ms. Antaki.

Some administrators even worry that students may not be getting via
technology what they used to get out of face-to-face
encounters. "We're shrinking the distance and eliminating some of the
barriers by using the newest technology, but students may end up with
the sense of mastering a culture simply with the flick of the wrist
on their computer," says Mr. Citron, the international-studies dean.

Acquiring a bachelor's degree online eliminates the hidden curriculum
of study abroad -- what students learn above and beyond the knowledge
they receive in the classroom. By studying online, says Mr.
Citron, "students might never know what it is like to go through
customs or to live with a roommate from another country."

"They will miss the chance to develop the self-esteem and
independence that comes with making your way in a new cultural
environment," he says. "Knowledge can be transmitted by technology,
but cultural interaction cannot. It is paradoxical that by
encouraging globalization through technology, we may be losing the
essence of international education."


9. Learning needs a human face
By Eileen McNamara, Globe Columnist, 8/27/2000


emember correspondence courses that promised you the equivalent of a
Harvard education ''from the comfort of your own home?''


A new brand of the old hucksterism was legitimized last week when the
Massachusetts Board of Higher Education gave degree-granting
authority to the first for-profit, online college in the Northeast.


Harcourt Higher Education is a subsidiary of the Newton-based
publishing conglomerate, Harcourt General Inc. It is not affiliated
with any accredited college. It has no track record in teaching. It's
a start-up, gambling that there is profit to be mined in the public's
infatuation with new technology.


You don't have to be a computer-phobic Luddite to have some doubts
about a university without classrooms and a faculty without faces.
The rush to embrace this virtual college - the board approved a
November start date with little input from educators - reflects the
kind of thinking that has elevated the standardized test to god-like
status. The Internet, like the MCAS, is a tool to supplement
traditional education, not supplant it. Computers are an efficient
means of delivering facts to students, just as standardized tests are
a handy method of retrieving them. But education is more than
information gathering.


Harcourt paints a cyber-world in which chat rooms will be electric
with critical analysis and impassioned debate, where shy students
will blossom behind computer screens, where e-mail exchanges will
trump the human interactions of the classroom. Maybe, but it is hard
to imagine a substitute for the spontaneous magic that happens when
an idea catches fire, when one student's analysis sparks another's re-
interpretation, when one student hears her unarticulated thoughts
voiced, and validated, by that very real fellow across the room. How
do you go out for coffee after a virtual class to continue the
discussion?


The most reputable universities are experimenting with online
courses, but not because they are better. They're cheaper. Watching a
lecture on line is also more convenient than having to show up at an
appointed place and time and run the risk that the professor is
having an off day. But pre-taped lectures preclude the random
thought, the tangential aside, the relevent anecdote, that occurs to
the lecturer in midstream.


At base, this enterprise is about money. Why else would Harcourt
insist that its ''professors'' use Harcourt-published texts, easily
downloaded from the Harcourt database, in their ''classes''? This
company did not have $2.1 billion in sales last year for lack of
interest in the bottom line. But Harcourt is selling its college as a
noble act of outreach to the elderly, the disabled, and the working
poor. Why should college be accessible only to the young, the
healthy, and people of means? Good question. But if cyber-learning is
the equal of a world-class education, why hasn't Harvard put those
ivy-covered bricks on the block and John Kenneth Galbraith on
videotape?


Clifford Stoll, an astronomer and self-described ''computer
contrarian,'' bristles at inflated claims for the instructional value
of cyberspace. ''Who'll get the live teachers?,'' he asked last year
in his book, ''High Tech Heretic.'' ''The affluent, of course.''


Stoll recounts the experience at Vanderbilt when the university
enrolled 250 students in technology workshops over the Internet. Only
one completed completed the work, but the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
renewed the project's grant to build more cyberspace courses. ''No
pilot project in educational technology has ever been declared a
failure,'' Stoll wrote. '' ... most [educators] have been cloyed by a
river of money flowing into such `research' projects. Who do you
think gets the grants: those who promise wonders from electronic
classrooms or those who challenge the results?''


Harcourt expects 1,000 students of health sciences, technology, and
business to enroll the first year, 20,000 in five years. It doesn't
say how many it anticipates will actually earn a two-year or four-
year degree. Like those correspondence courses before it, Harcourt
can make as much money from the dropouts as the graduates.


Harcourt may sell itself as a real college but the buyers are likely
to be the same people who thought that ''Survivor'' was ''reality-
based'' television.


Eileen McNamara's e-mail address is mcnamara@...


This story ran on page B01 of the Boston Globe on 8/27/2000.
© Copyright 2000 Globe Newspaper Company.

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"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative
expression
and knowledge."
  - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)


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OLD BUDDY LISTS FOR NEW USERS
  (Source: Computerworld) When a Microsoft Hotmail account expires, the
Instant Messenger buddy list remains active, so anyone who registers
with the address has access to the previous user's buddy list.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=304214

GSA STUDIES SMART CARD VALUE
  (Source: FCW) The General Services Administration has hired a
contractor to study the cost and benefits of using PKI-enabled smart
cards for federal applications.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=303805

No, Newbies, There's No Email Tax (Culture Friday)
  http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38418,00.html?tw=wn20000826
  The dreaded email tax bill is alive and well, according to an email
circulating through people's inboxes. Of course it's a hoax. Why has
it
resurfaced after two years? By Farhad Manjoo.

Posted on IFETS:
"Warren, K. and Rada, R. (1997). Sustaining computer-mediated
communication
in university courses through computer-managed messaging systems.
Journal
of computer-assisted learning, 14, pp. 71-80.

Warren, K. & Rada, R. (1999). Manifestations of quality learning in
computer-mediated university courses. Interactive Learning
Environments, 7
(1), 57-80.

My doctoral dissertation (University of Idaho 1999), which
incorporates
both of these, along with a supplementary literature review, is called
"Peer Interactions and Quality Learning in Text-Based Computer-
Mediated
Communication Systems," UMI Microform 9954099"


2600 Responds to the DeCSS Legal DecisionEmmanuel Goldstein, the
editor of 2600, discusses the recent decision forcing them to remove
links to DVD decryption code. He points out that by merely pointing a
big fat finger at the DVD decryption problem, the magazine came under
threat of a lawsuit based on a profoundly flawed piece of
legislation - the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The well thought
out piece illustrates the profound clash between the world views of
the forces of commercial monopolization and the anarchic contingent
of Net dwellers. Good reading.
http://www.2600.com/news/2000/0821.html


PCWORLD.COM HOW-TO: Make Your PC Hacker-Proof.
  Our test of six personal firewalls finds the best ones for keeping
uninvited guests out of your office or home system.
http://www.pcworld.com/r/cx/1%2C2061%2Ccx-081700B17759%
2C00.html


Lessons from the Virtual Marketplace
To succeed in e-Business, think out of the box, question
Traditional business thinking and operate from the
customer's point of view.
http://digitrends.flonetwork.com/cgi-bin8/flo?y=eBRw0FKBu0Cf0BITz


Recreate your business culture
http://www.computeruser.com/newsletter/3706.html
Which cartoon character best depicts your company? Elmer
Fudd? Fred Flintstone? Tweety Bird? There are significant
cost savings, productivity gains and competitive advantages
to be found in re-creating the culture of your business.


TRUSTE LEARNS A PRIVACY LESSON THE HARD WAY
  (Source: IDG.net) TRUSTe, a nonprofit privacy watchdog organization,
learned a jarring lesson on privacy itself, when it downloaded free
visitor tracking software from TheCounter.com two weeks ago.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=304213

THWART HACKERS WITH A XYLOC WRISTWATCH
  (Source: PCWorld.com) Ensure Technologies will integrate its
proximity-based PC security system into wristwatches.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=304221


THE SPEED OF MONEY
(Source: Computerworld) The Internet is bringing about massive changes
in the way capital flows, which could translate into an economic boom
of global proportions.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=303789


'Hey, All You E-Holes Out There' (Business 3:00 a.m. PDT)
  http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38426,00.html?tw=wn20000826
  You've heard of yuppies and geeks. How about Dipsows? That's one of
several catchwords proposed for stereotyping folks in the Internet
business. By Joanna Glasner.


Building a Jetsons-like Community (Culture 3:00 a.m. PDT)
  http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38411,00.html?tw=wn20000826
  A new community in a Seattle suburb isn't exactly duplicating the
technology of Bill Gates' whiz-bang estate, but developers say it's
the
nation's first 'digital housing development.' Manny Frishberg reports
from Seattle.

VIBRATING MOUSE SHAKES UP YOUR SURFING
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=18223
AVB unveils pointing device that jumps when your PC makes a noise.

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Israeli army grads lead business revolution
Israel's military elite has helped make the country a technology
powerhouse.
http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue82/mag-education-82.html


JAMES R. MINGLE
Developing methods to judge the effectiveness of teaching is a major
challenge for assessing the quality of online education, says James
R. Mingle, a senior policy adviser for the Southern Regional
Education Board's Distance Learning Policy Laboratory. (8/25/2000)
http://www.chronicle.com/free/2000/08/2000082501u.htm


CVU 2.0
Leaders of California's latest statewide effort to promote online
learning -- the California Virtual Campus -- have dusted off and
expanded the distance-education catalog that was the core of the now-
defunct California Virtual University. (8/23/2000)
http://www.chronicle.com/free/2000/08/2000082301u.htm


SEEKING A PIECE OF THE ACTION
The U.S. Army's plan for a $600-million program for the distance
education of soldiers is attracting interest from established
distance-education institutions as well as others that wish to make a
first leap into online instruction. Louis Caldera (left), the
secretary of the Army, says the program will draw from many
institutions to give soldiers a range of educational choices.
http://www.chronicle.com/free/v46/i50/50a03501.htm


MILITARY TRAINING
The Defense Department's appropriations bill for the 2001 fiscal year
includes some small but notable expenditures for distance education.
http://www.chronicle.com/free/v46/i50/50a03601.htm


DON'T CATCH 'EM AT ALL
(Source: PCWorld.com) The new Pokemon virus -- or 'Pokey' -- works
just like the Love Bug, but isn't as dangerous or as quick to spread.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=302520

INTEL BACKS PEER-TO-PEER WORK
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=18212
Chip maker spearheads industry group to set standards for
reliability,
security.


Scientists Advance on Path to Make Electronics Tinier
- New York Times (free registration required)
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/biztech/articles/18mole.html
Chemists at the University of California at Los Angeles are reporting
a further advance in the effort to produce electronic circuitry on a
molecular scale.


IS YOUR CELL PHONE FRYING YOUR BRAIN?
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/adeskb/adt0825/2619763:9649913
That cell phone you press to your ear could be hazardous
to your health. Or is it? I'll cut through the hype
and lay out the facts. And show you some common-sense
solutions to possible dangers.


Ideaviruses IS a Big Idea
Readers admit that Seth Godin's proposed idea of using
ideaviruses to generate hysteria won't work with every
product or service, but also say it does work.
http://digitrends.flonetwork.com/cgi-bin8/flo?y=eBRL0FKBu0Cz0BH66

NINTENDO UNVEILS 2G CONSOLE, NEW GAME BOY
(Source: IDG.net) Nintendo enters the next-generation game console
market with its Gamecube, which will sell in Japan in July and in the
U.S. in October 2001.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=302523

AMD BROWSES FOR A NEW LINE
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=18205
Chip maker teams up with Opera to develop embedded browser
technology.


High-Tech Jobs Come to Logging Country
- New York Times (free registration required)
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/biztech/articles/21oregon.ht
ml
In Oregon, Paul Bunyans are settling Into cubicles.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Governments can carve out space if they want on the Internet and
warrant influence out. But if they do, they aren't going to be part of
the Internet."
  Esther Dyson, outgoing ICANN chairwoman and digerati
extraordinaire.   Read it here -->
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=301827
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Nintendo to Add Web Access to Games
By Ronna Abramson and Kenneth Li
The company unveils plans to sell a modem attachment to connect
players to the Internet.
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17966,00.html?nl=dnt


Superpower status risks cyberattack
Cyberwarfare comes with the territory when your country is the
world's only remaining superpower, Defense Secretary Cohen said.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0821/web-cohen-08-24-00.asp


Global governments shape e-economy
A report from an international policy and technology consulting
firm looked at foreign nations' "e-readiness" -- five strengths
needed for an economy to function in an IT world.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0821/web-global-08-24-00.asp


*      T  I  P     O  F    T  H  E    D  A  Y      * *
If Windows fails to boot properly, press F8  while it boots for the
Windows StartUp menu, and pick the Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT)
option. It attempts a normal boot but records the status of every step
Windows takes during the process. You can use this option to
log a failed boot. Then, reboot to Safe mode if necessary and
use a text editor to open BOOTLOG.TXT (in your root directory).
Search for "fail" to find the boot steps Windows had trouble
with. Failed steps are often excellent clues to the cause of
the problem.

THREE LETTERS MAY CHANGE THE WEB FOREVER
      (Source: Macworld) Few people know that XML stands for Extensible
Markup Language. Read this article and get a crash course in XML.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=301741


SITE 2001
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
International Conference
March 5-10, 2001  *  Orlando, Florida
Holiday Inn International Drive Resort
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - DEADLINE: OCT. 5, 2000
Co-sponsored by  Univ. of Central Florida,  Univ. of Florida
Organized by Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
(SITE)
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                         http://www.aace.org



MOTOROLA SCHEDULING DESTRUCTION OF IRIDIUM NETWORK
(Source: InfoWorld.com) Motorola finalized a schedule to destroy 66
satellites of Iridium LLC because the bankrupt satellite telephone it
backed failed to find a buyer.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=302335


Silicon VC Firm Plans D.C.-Area Office
By Lark Park
Mohr, Davidow says it will expand into northern Virginia to get closer
to network services talent.
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17964,00.html?nl=dnt


Pentium 4 notebook chips on way
And how Intel met the French army
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/12767.html

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  motive, which, as it stands in view of the mind, is the
  strongest, that determines the will.'"
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Home Is Where the E-Classroom Is (Culture 3:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38161,00.html?tw=wn20000822
As traditional schools struggle to get classrooms online, home-school
families are on the vanguard of computer-assisted education.
Connectivity opens up new opportunities to learn and teach at home. By
Kendra Mayfield.

CLEARINGHOUSE SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL CONTENT
(BELGIUM) -- Info2clear offers content providers a way to
protect digital information from illegal reproduction by
providing a clearinghouse function for buyers and sellers of
copyrighted works. The company operates a get-a-seal.com
service that allows content creators to register their
intellectual property, set the rules for reproduction, and
receive a time-stamped get-a-seal certificate that serves as
proof of ownership. Meanwhile, Info2clear deploys its
get-a-copy.com service to manage and clear the rights to
such digital publications. Every possible form of content
can be provided with a Info2clear icon. Info2clear estimates
that 90% of potential revenues, or approximately US$18
billion, are lost each in copyright business due to the lack
of an efficient clearance infrastructure. (Corporate
communication 8 Aug 2000)
http://www.info2clear.com


  17 August 2000  GAO Security Advice
"A lack of institutional will" to maintain Internet security can be
far more destructive than any technology or hacker's efforts,
according to Rahul Gupta, assistant director in the Office of the
Chief Technologist at GAO. The Internet, he told a national
conference of CPAs, is not secure for a reason. "It was designed to
share information, not protect it from something."
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0800/081700td.htm

Readers pay for online book
Stephen King is quickly realizing that putting his work up
for sale on the Net could actually pay off. Despite
continual problems collecting money from readers
downloading books written by Maine's hardest-working
writer, the cash is rolling in for King's newest online
writing project. Matt Berger has more in Executive Briefing.
http://www.upside.com/Executive_Briefing/39a309b20.html


It's easy to change shortcut icons. Although this tip
applies to Win9x, it works better in Win98, because
Microsoft added to and refined its icon library. To change
the icon for a specific shortcut, right-click on it, choose
Properties, then click on the Change Icon button in the
Shortcut tab. Enter C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL in
the File Name box, and select an icon from those in the palette.
You can also use the Browse button to search through ICL, DLL,
ICO and other files on your hard drive that may contain icons.
Click on OK to change to the new icon.

E-COMMERCE/ MARKETING
Mixing Sex and Technology
Adult site operators pushed the online technology envelope, and got no
credit.
http://ecommerce.internet.com/opinions/article/0,1467,3551_442281,00.h
tml

DRAWING A LINK IN THE SAND ---
We could soon witness the dawning of a new link-age
as a recent court ruling hints at broader ramifications.
In the recent DVD encryption case, the judge ordered a site
to cease the distribution of illegal software. The judge also ordered
the defendant to stop even linking to sites where the software could
be found. If linking is viewed as some kind of partial responsibility,
the decision could have an impact on the way content sites choose to
direct users (or not direct them) to other online destinations.
http://www.wirednews.com/news/politics/0,1283,38360,00.html

READY, AIM, DOWNLOAD  ---
A U.S. national coordinator for security is calling on
private corporations to do their part in protecting the
digital infrastructure from outside attack: "If the United States
goes to war again ... our movements of troops, our movement of
aircraft, our lines of supplies will probably be attacked not by
bombs, not by bullets but by bytes." Actually, among the three,
I tend to prefer bytes...
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2618582,00.html


FROM RAGS TO RICHES ... TO RIDICULE  ---
Maybe the hype went too far, maybe there was a
perception of greed, maybe it is just human nature -
but it is pretty clear that there is a segment of the population
that is greeting every dot com flop with open arms and
a few one-liners.
http://www.latimes.com/business/updates/lat_glee000823.htm


ASCII AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE  ---
So far, domain names are limited to those that use
ascii (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
characters. Network Solutions plans to change that in the near
future. According to a spokesperson, "People who write in Urdu
or Chinese should be able to use the functionality of the Internet."
http://www.idg.net/ic_227744_1794_9-10000.html


16 August 2000  Napster Supporter Defaces Web Sites
A cracker defaced about 60 web sites with pro-Napster propaganda and
left an e-mail address for webmasters to contact him to learn how to
fix their sites.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2616266,00.html

Intel's Future: Is It Out There? (Technology 3:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38373,00.html?
tw=wn20000823
While some believe silicon chips will soon be obsolete, Intel's
research chief says there's plenty of life left. Leander Kahney
reports from San Jose, California.


A City With a Broadband Future (Culture Tuesday)
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38346,00.html?tw=wn20000823
A prestigious trade association presents its award for this year's
'most intelligent' city -- the community best equipped for the
broadband age. The winner may surprise you. By Michelle Delio.


Today's Reference Pick of the Day is: MedTerms
at: http://www.medterms.com/
Site features encylopedic dictionary of over 9,000 classic and
contemporary medical terms. Written entirely by physicians for both
professional and non-professional readers site assists  everyone
concerned about health -- their health and the health of those that
matter to them.

Today's Reference Pick of the Day is: Airline Flight
Arrivals/Departures
at: http://www.flightarrivals.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Flights
Site offers real-time arrival and departure info for all commercial
airline flights over the US and Canada.

Today's Reference Pick of the Day is: 1stHeadlines-News
at: http://1stheadlines.com/
Current headlines from over 300 newspaper, broadcast & online sources
around the world are included in this site.

U.S. vs. Microsoft: The E-Story (Business 3:00 a.m. PDT)
  http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38343,00.html?tw=wn20000822
  McGraw-Hill simultaneously releases the first book on the landmark
case in both print and e-book versions. Also from M.J. Rose's e-
publishing notebook: E-books go bricks and mortar; tipping encouraged;
and some sticky ideas.

Sniffing Out Chemical Warfare (Technology 3:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38306,00.html?
tw=wn20000822
  Scientists develop a portable device that can be used to detect sarin
and other deadly nerve gases. University of California researchers
hope
to shrink the prototype to the size of a cellphone. By Mary Ann
Swissler.

Hello all!

Thanks for the emails from folks welcoming e-Clippings and me back to
the cyber-scene. I'm glad I'm back too!

I thought that before we really got back into the swing though, I
should probably take you on a little tour of e-Clippings' new digs.
So, everyone please stay with the group...

First, you do not have to join eGroups or do anything else to
continue to get the newsletters. The features that are restricted on
the Web site to people who are "eGroups members" are the chat area,
the polls and the calendar. Those are settings I can not affect.
Everything else I have set to the "public" setting. While the chat,
polls and calendar are not critical, I think they can be a lot of
fun. Also, eGroups is a member of TRUSTe, a group which sets out to
hold sites to a strict privacy policy regarding the use of
demographic data.

Starting at the front page (http://www.egroups.com/group/eClippings)
please note the "message archive" bar running from left to right. The
blue numbers indicate the number of messages archived for that month.
I hope eventually to have all the back issues up, but we're not there
yet. If you click on one of the blue numbers, you go to that month's
archive, but if you click on "messages" in the left-hand nav bar, you
go into the archive at the beginning. I did want to point out on the
archive page, the search capability which will allow you to search
the entire archive by keyword.

Back on the front page, underneath the message archive bar, you can
see the number of current members. In the past I actively sought to
keep the list small since I was basically using my own email program
to run it. Now that I am using a more robust system, i.e. someone
elses', I would love to get that number as high as possible. So,
please feel free to pass along the emails and point people to the
site. Enough on that.

Underneath "messages" in the left-hand nav bar, you'll see "files."
This is a neat feature. Using this, I can upload files to the site
and the site automatically sends an email out to the list alerting
you to the upload. This will be fun for industry reports, longer
stories and even pictures or graphics. Kind of as test cases, I
currently have two New Years 1999 pictures up there now, along with a
graphic showing that kids who use the Internet actually read more
books than those who don't surf. I am interested in your ideas as to
what you find useful to have uploaded here. Also, while I am the only
one who can upload, please feel free to send me things you'd like to
see up there and within the bounds of space and taste, I'll do my
best to accomodate you.

The "links" section is fairly self-explanatory. I'll be posting all
the "Cool Site" links there as well as others that I think will be of
interest. Please feel free to nominate sites you feel would interest
the group.

I guess that's about it. Regular, news-packed emails will resume
tomorrow, and thanks for reading!

Mark Oehlert

e-Clippings

"I may be wrong, but I'm never in doubt."
Marshall McLuhan
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The Mission Statement Generator:
http://www.bright.net/~flounder/mission.html

O.K. This one is a life-saver! Now when the boss gives you the task
of writing the new corporate mission statement, tell them you need
some quiet to work in and head home! One visit to this site and
you'll be done. The best part is, the boss won't understand a word of
it and your stock will rise even higher.
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Business 2.0
http://www.business2.com/content/magazine/indepth/2000/08/08/15450
The foremost business thinker of our age tells what is wrong (and
right) with the New Economy. (Peter Drucker)


WHEN META-TAGS ARE TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT
      (Source: Computerworld Hong Kong) ANALYSIS | What better way to
increase traffic to your site while cornering your market place by
including meta-tags suggestive of your competitors?
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=300288

E-TRAINING MAXIMIZES SKILLS
      (Source: Publish.com) Through their respective new e-learning
courseware, DigitalThink and University.com are expected to produce
technically skilled employees with "real-world" experience.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=300289


THE NATION'S BEST AND WORST JOBS
      (Source: IT World) Based on data gathered during the second half
of last year and recently published in "Jobs Rated Almanac."
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=299943


Musical Interns Mock MS (Culture 3:00 a.m. PDT)
  http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38220,00.html?tw=wn20000819
  Six wacky college interns at Microsoft formed an a cappella group to
sing parodies of the company such as Sue Me Baby One More Time. Now
they've cut a CD to raise money for music education in local schools.
By Katie Dean.


E-Clothes Here, So Is Fear (Technology Friday)

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38288,00.html?
tw=wn20000819
  The first commercially available electronic clothing goes on sale in
Europe next month. Does radiation from the devices create a health
risk? No data exists, so buyers will have to wear and see. By Joyce
Slaton.

**Be sure to grab the whole URL if you are cut&pasting.


Transmeta Joins IPO Brigade (Business Friday)
  http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38304,00.html?tw=wn20000819
  That vast yawning noise on Wall Street is the sound of the IPO market
taking its annual summer break. But after September, chipmaker
Transmeta and a load of others are eagerly planning debuts. By Joanna
Glasner.

JUDGE RULES DVD-HACKING CODE ILLEGAL
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=299845

COURT BARS HACKER FROM POSTING CODE
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=18107

The New Economy Meets the Old South
By Sandra Stewart
The Internet may be revolutionizing the economy, but in Atlanta, the
conservative business culture is teaching Net firms a thing or two
about how to make a buck.
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17730,00.html?nl=int


New Toys for Cheating Students (Culture 3:00 a.m. PDT)
  http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38066,00.html?tw=wn20000818
  The proliferation of mobile devices gives students more ways to cheat
on tests. But the teachers are on to them. By Elisa Batista.


  Online Schools Mean Business (Business 3:00 a.m. PDT)
  http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38262,00.html?tw=wn20000818
  Though online classes are offered from kindergarten on up, most of
this year's virtual classrooms are crammed with working professionals,
not traditional students. By Elisa Batista.


INDIANA CREATING TRUE 'SUPERHIGHWAY'
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=299469


Air Force rebuilding CIO
The Air Force is restructuring and strengthening the functions
of its chief information officer, in part by creating a new position
to take charge of the service's multibillion-dollar information
technology budget and oversight of information systems.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0814/web-cio-08-17-00.asp


The Principal Is Your Virtual Pal (Culture 3:00 a.m. PDT)
  http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38077,00.html?tw=wn20000817
  Julie Young heads a virtual high school in Florida where the motto
is,'Any Time, Any Place, Any Path, Any Pace.' She argues there is
often more interaction over email and the telephone than in many on-
campus situations. By Robin Clewley.


Iconoclast Says Show, Don't Tell (Culture 3:00 a.m. PDT)
  http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38169,00.html?tw=wn20000817
  Roger Schank believes that education as we know it is the wrong
approach to learning. Schank says students learn better through real-
world experiences, and he's creating software that simulates such
environments. By Katie Dean.


Costs Do Not Compute (Culture 3:00 a.m. PDT)
  http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38079,00.html?tw=wn20000817
  Education guru Bill Rukeyser, head of Learning in the Real World,
believes schools spend too much money on technology that hasn't been
proven to promote academic achievement. By Kristen Philipkoski.


  Clinton's Right-Click Woman (Culture 3:00 a.m. PDT)
  http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38078,00.html?tw=wn20000817
  Linda Roberts, director of the Office of Educational Technology, is
in
charge of the administration's goal of bridging the 'digital divide.'
By Peter Catapano.

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***Pardon me for a big "I told ya so!"
If you don't have an ethnographer on staff yet at your company, you
may want
to prepare for the day when your CTO brings one on board as a key
member of
your product development team.
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/05/29/000529hnhuman.xml
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**Great security tip for Outlook users from TipWorld:
However, even though those who don't use Outlook don't have to worry
about spreading Outlook-specific worms, all users of Windows 95 and up
still risk infecting their PC by thoughtlessly clicking an infected
file attachment. Since virus vandals often use VBS (Visual Basic
Script) files, you should turn the Windows Scripting option off if you
haven't done so.

Click Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Next, click the
Windows Setup tab, then Accessories. Uncheck Windows Scripting Host if
it is checked, then click OK to save your changes--or just click
Cancel if this box is not checked.
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ENGLISH-ONLY SITES ARE A TOUGH SELL OVERSEAS
(Source: Computerworld) The days when English-only Web sites could
suffice internationally appear to be nearing an end, according to
analysts and other industry observers.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=268064


STREAM WEB APPS TO YOUR PC
(Source: PCWorld.com) A newcomer to Internet-based applications is
unveiling
a service designed to support the consumer and the small business
that might
be logging on through dial-up.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=267398

WEB SITES SPENDING ON THEMSELVES
      (Source: The Industry Standard) Some Web sites spent more than
20% of
their ad revenue to advertise themselves last year, a report states.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=266944



INSTANT MESSAGING: GOOD FOR E-COMMERCE?
      (Source: Computerworld) Instant messaging offers fast, convenient
communication and expands the possibilities for customer service. Now,
if only everyone could agree on a standard.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=266945


SCIENCE, SPACE GET BUDGET PUSH
(Source: FCW) Budget boosts for NASA and the National Science
Foundation are included in a $101 billion fiscal 2001 spending bill
approved Tuesday by the House Appropriations Committee's subcommittee.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=266984


TAKE OFF. LOG ON.
      (Source: IDG.net) Boeing now says the time has come to invite
people to
log on while they're airborne because books, newspapers, magazines and
movies just aren't supplying enough in-flight entertainment to the
ever-connected flying public.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=269505


SPACE JAM
(Source: FCW) Military users relying on location and navigation
information from the 24 Global Positioning System satellites "should
be terrified" about the possibility of jamming, a top official of the
U.S. Space Command warned.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=266989


FBI, DOJ ISSUE LIST OF WORST NET THREATS
(Source: The Industry Standard) The FBI and the Department of Justice
are
jointly releasing a list detailing the 10 most critical Internet
security
threats and how to eliminate them.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=269067


IS IT OK TO HACK BACK?
(Source: Network World Fusion) Virtual vigilante or packet pacifist?
Network
executives have mixed feelings about whether to retaliate against an
attack.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=269069


ANALYSIS: WONDERING ABOUT WAP
(Source: The Industry Standard) American companies have been slow to
adopt the Wireless Application Protocol. Will it hurt them in the long
run?
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=266946


FLAW EXPOSES REAL SERVERS
A flaw in RealNetworks streaming video servers leaves them vulnerable
to an
attack that causes the servers to stop functioning. Attackers can
exploit a
problem with the "View Source" technology by sending a single URL that
cripples the server. "View Source" allows content and media file
information
to be displayed in a browser instead of a stand-alone player. Real
said
administrators concerned about the flaw can protect themselves by
shutting
off the "View Source" option.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2581610,00.html


SONY SHARES PLAYSTATION: The maker of the PlayStation 2 games console
says it will sell the PS2 chip set--the brain of the PS2 machine--to
other vendors. That may broaden support for PS2 gaming in other
consumer electronics products, possibly including televisions and
set-top boxes.
http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,17010,00.html


YOU'VE GOT TRANSMETA: Gateway and AOL will use Transmeta's Crusoe
chips and Mobile Linux in upcoming Internet appliances. Aimed to
provide easy Internet access, the Net appliances include a small
kitchen "countertop appliance" with a flat-panel touch screen and a
wireless Web pad. You'll see them later this year, also running
Instant AOL and Netscape's Gecko browsing engine.
http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,16966,00.html


PUMP YOU UP!
With just some dedicated palm-squeezing, the
Aladdinpower handheld generator will recharge your
mobile phone. Warning: not for girlie-men!
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?
cid=20670&bx=http://www.thestandard.com/



QUESTIONS ABOUND AT BOOK EXPO
Does anybody really know what effect e-books will
have on the publishing industry?
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?
cid=20654&bx=http://www.mercurycenter.com/


NO MORE SECRETS
The Internet isn't quite as anonymous as you think, thanks to a Miami
court
ruling requiring Yahoo! and AOL to reveal some users' identities. Law
Guide
Paul Reed explores what this means for the Web community.
http://law.about.com/library/weekly/aa053000a.htm


The Corporate Logic
- MIT Tech Review
http://www.techreview.com/articles/may00/buderi.htm
Alternatives to silicon-based computing are long shots. Knowing that,
why do many big tech companies spend their time and dollars doing the
research?


IT'S THE CONTENT, STUPID
Media companies that merge content with
distribution hold the key. Some picks: Viacom,
Liberty Media, AOL, News Corp. BusinessWeek Q&A
interview with analyst.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?
cid=19803&bx=http://www.businessweek.com/


MIND YOUR TECH MANNERS
You may know how to use your Palm, but do you know
when to use it? Welcome to the world of tech
etiquette.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?
cid=20661&bx=http://www.mercurycenter.com/


Linguists leap to the Net
Traditionally, a linguistics degree has been among the least
marketable of
academic credentials, but now dozens of technology start-ups are
commercializing linguistics research, and competing for hires.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/413810.asp


Friday, June 2, 2000
Marketing By Word Of Mouse
Carl Christensen, of Domino Systems
Excerpt: Organizations are allocating larger budgets than ever before
to
market
their brands online and develop new channels to market and to Web
enable
their
enterprises in the new millennium
http://www.internetday.com/archives/060200.html


Wednesday, May 31, 2000
Know Your Statistics
Dave Roekle, of FSCI, Inc.
Excerpt: There is more to registering a domain name, building a web
site,
uploading
it and waiting for the visitors to come. It takes a lot of promotion,
both
online
and offline to help drive traffic to your site. How can you tell what
method
of
promotion is working and what is not? One of the most important and
often
overlooked sources of web site promotion information is right under
your
nose.
It is called a Stats Program! The stats program, available on most web
servers,
can be one of the most valuable sources of information about your
visitors
and
their viewing patterns. A stats program can reveal the total number of
unique
sessions, page views, most and least viewed pages, entry pages, exits
pages,
error pages, referrers, and more.
http://www.internetday.com/archives/053100.html

from: Tipworld
MP3-PLAYING WRISTWATCH
Down the road, the Dick Tracy videoconference watch will no doubt
become a reality. But today Casio offers a funky variation on this
theme--the digital music watch. The $250 WMP-1V Wrist Audio Player,
available this month, is the first MP3 player in the form of a
wristwatch. The player offers three levels of audio playback and, due
to the amount of data each mode requires, three different storage
capacities--CD Quality (a total of 33 minutes of audio), Near CD
Quality (44 total minutes), and FM Broadcast Quality (66 total
minutes). The WMP-1V comes with earphones and features a USB port for
connection to a PC.
Casio
http://www.casio.com
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Here are two for the kids. Didn't want people to get the impression
that
there were no quality offerings for the children out there in
cyberland.

from: TipWorld
CHILDREN'S TELEVISION WORKSHOP
http://www.ctw.org

A few decades ago, these folks harnessed the power of a new medium and
created the first truly educational TV show, Sesame Street. So it's no
surprise that they've been quick to embrace the Internet with the same
enthusiasm. Their Web site is a great resource for both parents and
children. Kids will dive into all sorts of games and online activities
without even realizing that they are learning. Parents can peruse
interesting resources like the Sibling Rivalry Quiz, and The ABCs of
Child Care: A Sesame Street Research Report. Bored of peek-a-boo? CTS
has suggestions for similar but more inventive learning games. Of
course, you can never underestimate the nostalgia value of a site like
this. People who grew up watching Sesame Street can visit all their
old friends in the Golden Grover Awards section. You can even email
virtual Sesame Street greeting cards to your pals. As Snufflupagus
would say, "Ohhhh, deeeeear!"

from: Internet News Bureau
By Kids, for Kids, the ZOOM Web Site is Powered by the
Million Plus ZOOMers Who've Sent in Their Jokes, Games,
Movie Reviews, Recipes, Letters, and More
June 5, 2000 (INB) -- Kids who visit the ZOOM Web site at
http://www.pbskids.org/zoom can explore a state-of-the-art
online community where their ideas create the content of the
site. Kids can voice their opinions, express their
creativity, try out activities they see on the ZOOM
television show, learn more about the ZOOM cast, and much
more. Like the kid-powered television series, everything on
the site is based on viewer contributions - now numbering
over one million!


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Associated Press
June 5, 2000 | The next phase of the Internet will allow users to
gather
information from multiple places and control the manner and timing of
how
they receive it, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said Monday.
http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2000/06/05/ms/index.html

SUPERCOMPUTERS HAILED
(Source: InfoWorld.com) IBM stresses the importance of parallel
systems to the future of e-commerce.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=270630


'I NEED TO REBOOT MY SUIT'
Find out how far MA (Mobile Appliance) wearable
computers have come--and will go--with companies
like Xybernaut at the helm.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=20561&bx=http://www.zdnet.com/


STUDY SHOWS INTERNET ALTERING ECONOMY
From large increases in worker productivity to
millions of new jobs, Commerce Department study
shows how Internet is changing U.S. economy.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=21049&bx=http://news.cnet.com/


SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE
(Source: Network World Fusion) Distributed firewalls, still in their
infancy
in terms of reporting,  configuration and management
capabilities, are gaining more attention.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=270632


  WEB COMPANY OFFERS DATA SAFE HAVEN
  Risky, subversive and plain old anti-establishment data may find
virtual
asylum with HavenCo.com. The web hosting provider is located on the
Principality of Sealand, an independent state six miles off the
English
coast.  MORE:
http://www.emarketer.com/enews/20000605_haven.html?ref=wn


INTEL GROWS ITS WIRELESS LINE
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=17028
Pro/Wireless notebook card and wireless hub support 802.11b standard.

BLUE COLLAR HIGH TECH
(Source: The Industry Standard) Auto mechanics tinker their way into
the Internet economy.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=270366


**OOps, didn't I put this in yesterday too?**
OH, YEAH, PEOPLE USE THESE
      (Source: InfoWorld.com) If you don't have an ethnographer on
staff yet
at your company, you may want to prepare for the day when one is a key
member of your product development team.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=270372

**Fear this more than a rogue missile**
A Rogue Hacker State in the Making?
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,15712,00.html?nl=dnt


from PC Wepopaedia:
term: WAP
The Wireless Application Protocol is a secure specification that
allows
users to access information instantly via handheld wireless devices
such
as mobile phones, pagers, two-way radios, smartphones and
communicators.

WAP supports most wireless networks. These include CDPD, CDMA, GSM,
PDC,
PHS, TDMA, FLEX, ReFLEX, iDEN, TETRA, DECT, DataTAC, and Mobitex.

WAP is supported by all operating systems. Ones specifically
engineered
for handheld devices include PalmOS, EPOC, Windows CE, FLEXOS, OS/9,
and
JavaOS.

WAPs that use displays and access the Internet run what are called
microbrowsers--browsers with small file sizes that can accommodate
the low
memory constraints of handheld devices and the the low-bandwidth
constraints of a wireless-handheld network.

Although WAP supports HTML and XML, the WML language (an XML
application)
is specifically devised for small screens and one-hand navigation
without
a keyboard. WML is scalable from two-line text displays up through
graphic
screens found on items such as smart phones and communicators. WAP
also
supports WMLScript. It is similar to JavaScript, but makes minimal
demands
on memory and CPU power because it does not contain many of the
unnecessary functions found in other scripting languages.

Because WAP is fairly new, it is not a formal standard yet. It is
still an
initiative that was started by Unwired Planet, Motorola, Nokia, and
Ericsson.


TOP 10 SECURITY HOLES REVEALED
  In order to help sysadmins secure office networks, Systems
Administration
Networking and Security (SANS) Institute published a list of the ten
exploits most widely used to gain illicit access to computers.
CLICK: ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2580728,00.html


BOOKMARK
ONLINE PEDAGOGY
A new World Wide Web site offers a guided tour of virtual classrooms
throughout cyberspace, highlighting a range of interactive components
that
professors can use in their own online courses.
http://www.chronicle.com/free/v46/i40/40a04701.htm


GURUNET GETS $28 MILLION
GuruNet founder Bob Rosenschein is told by ICQ
founder, 'You're sitting on 9/10ths of a killer
app.' VCs seem to think 10/10ths.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=21030&bx=http://www.herring.com/


TOP PDA SOFTWARE PICKS
ZDNet looks back at the year in Palm and CE-based
software offerings.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=20845&bx=http://www.zdnet.com/


from: Salon
Technology Log: Dot-com deathwatch A new site rewards those who bet
on the
new economy's losers.
By Janelle Brown [06/06/00]
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/06/06/deadpool/index.html


AMD LAUNCHES T-BIRD: Advanced Micro Devices releases Monday its
improved Athlon processor, code-named Thunderbird. Featuring an
integrated level-2 memory cache, early PC World tests suggest the new
processor may offer better performance than existing Athlons. Read on
for a look at our exclusive test results.
http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,17016,00.html
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The 59th: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse:

http://www.mindmanager.com
Mind Manager

http://www.thebrain.com
The Brain.com

Both of these sites feature free downloads of something known as
"mindmapping" software. No, it doesn't involve your head and a
scanner but
it does involve apps that attempt to allow you to "map" out projects
or
thoughts on your computer, the same way they exist in your head. By a
strange coincidence, two of the articles in NewsFlashes today are
about
mindmapping. Weird huh?

You should probably look at both programs, they both do roughly the
same
thing, but feature different look and feels. Here is the word of
caution
however, they organize things differently than you are used to. This
means
that to really explore whether or not these will work for you, you
will need
to use them a few times, maybe even leaving them alone after the
first try
and then coming back later. You need to get past the "comfortable
way" of
doing things in order to determine if either of these programs offers
you a
better way to organize whatever you need to organize.
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MS Judge Likes 3-Way Breakup (Politics 8:30 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36551,00.html?tw=wn20000524
Judge Jackson says he thinks an independent proposal to break up
Microsoft into three parts is a great idea after he rejects a company
lawyer's request to dismiss the government's two-way breakup proposal.


GATES SELLS 'PHASE 3' OF INTERNET TO CEOS
(Source: InfoWorld.com) Bill Gates spoke to 160 CEOs about a future of
technology and the Internet that will emphasize personalization and
desktop-free computing.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=266152


MS opens NexGen Windows Megaservices kimono
http://www.theregister.co.uk/000524-000007.html


House defense bill targets quality of life, readiness
http://www.af.mil/news/May2000/n20000524_000795.html


THE WORLD WIDE WEB IS MISSING LINKS
(Source: PCWorld.com) An intensive study undertaken by AltaVista,
Compaq, and IBM reveals that not all pages on the World Wide Web are
as well connected as we think.
http://www.e-businessworld.com/go.cgi?id=266643


QUANTUM COMPUTER ALGORITHM GETS RESULTS
A new algorithm has been developed that will put
the speed and imprecision of common search engines
to shame.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=19017&bx=http://www.wired.com/


E-COMMERCE/ MARKETING
Cold War: Should You Use NT or Linux?
If you're considering running your Web servers on yet another Windows
NT platform, take heed. The number of freedoms and advancements that
come with open source systems such as Linux make it a valuable if not
more robust solution in the race to build a better OS.
http://ecommerce.internet.com/solutions/e-consultant/


(Usatoday.com)
** Debate On Software License Laws Continues
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/crh162.htm


**Really amazing article on a specific culture's reaction to the
introduction of new technology.**
Thanks to a stunningly effective ear implant, thousands of deaf kids
can
hear. But, Art Allen reports, the deaf community is in an uproar
about it.
http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/05/24/cochlear/index.html


DOT-GOV GOES DOT-COM
(Source: Civic.com) Dot-com companies are offering federal agencies
this
deal: Turn over the day-to-day operations of your Internet
applications and
we will show you how it's done.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=265960


GOVERNMENT OUTSOURCES GLOBALLY
(Source: FCW) Similar to the "Dulles Corridor" outside Washington,
D.C., a cluster of high-tech companies has taken root outside
Brussels.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=266150


++++
from: Vertical View
FAST STATS:
-More than three-quarters of US Internet users have watched
  entertainment on the Internet, a figure that will reach
  more than 90 percent by the end of 2000. (Gemini Consulting
  and Honkworm International)

-Approximately 29 percent of viewers who have tuned in to online
  entertainment (excluding games and Internet TV) have actively
  sought out such programming. Most viewers (64 percent) come
  across online entertainment programming through random
  surfing. (Gemini Consulting and Honkworm International)

-Adult material accounts for 69 percent of the $ 1.4 billion
  pay-to-view online-content market, far outpacing video games, at
  4 percent, and sports, at less than 2 percent.
  (US News & World Report)

-More than 70% of college student surveyed use the Napster music
  service at least once a month.  A majority of those students
  said they would be willing to pay $15 a month to use the service.
  (Webnoize)

-Last year, BPI Communications, publisher of Billboard, Media Week,
  and The Hollywood Reporter, had combined revenues of $600,000
  for their daily online and fax bulletins. (Business 2.0)
++++

THE SECOND-FASTEST PIII EVER: Intel launched its 933-MHz Pentium III
processor on Wednesday, and while it's not as glamorous as its 1-GHz
sibling, PC World tests prove it packs plenty of punch. In some ways
it's even better than the 1-GHz chip: That because 933-MHz systems
should be easier to find, and they should cost less.
http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,16881,00.html


WELCOME TO THE FUTURE
Are you kidding? A pen-sized device that
de-contaminates a liter of water in 10 minutes?
It's true.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=19034&bx=http://www.wired.com/


If a Phone Rings in the Desert... (Business 3:00 a.m. PDT)
  http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,36542,00.html?tw=wn20000524
  A phone booth in the remotest reaches of the Mojave Desert. A number
on the Internet. The ringing shrine attracted too many visitors to an
environmentally sensitive area, the Park Service says. Nonsense, say
fans of the Lonely Phone. By Leander Kahney.
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The 60th: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse:
http://www.nowdocs.com
NowDocs

The skinny - upload your files to NowDocs and they'll print, bind and
deliver your stuff - nationwide - in as little as 2 hours - when it
absolutely positively has to be there by COB!

I am still noodling through the implications and uses of this
service, but
at first glance it seems like a roll-up of Kinko's and FedEx. They do
seem
full-service, e.g. color, 2-sided and transparencies. I see leaving
the
presentation files behind...I see calling the office and having
someone send
me the docs through NowDocs so I don't have to scramble on my end
looking
for a Kinko's or paying some hotel's inflated cost for copier use....
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Spud story fools the Big Boys
Slashdot, Ananova, and the BBC all ran a media prank story
about a Web server powered by potatoes. (The Register)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/000525-000013.html


YET ANOTHER VIRUS
This one's disguised as a resume. You don't want
this employee.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=19479&bx=http://www.zdnet.com/


INTERNETNEWS.COM
IBM, Zero-Knowledge Systems to Power Global Privacy Infrastructure
http://www.internetnews.com/intl-news/article/0,,6_379961,00.html


Brits: Net Monitor Is Not a Spy (Politics 6:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36614,00.html?tw=wn20000526
England's controversial RIP bill calls for the monitoring of Internet
traffic, but government officials say that's not the same thing as a
cyberspace spy.


from: Salon
21st Challenge No. 33 Results "Warning: Exiting womb" and other real-
life
dialog box alerts.
By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau [05/06/00]
http://www.salon.com/tech/chal/2000/05/06/33_results/index.html


Need A WebBrain to Net Search? (Technology 3:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,36600,00.html?
tw=wn20000526
A new, slick-looking interface called WebBrain can be placed on top of
any indexable and searchable database. It may actually find what
you're
looking for. By Andy Patrizio.


FCW's Dot-Gov Thursday column explains why ongoing, online adult
education will be necessary as technologies continue to accelerate
and converge.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0522/web-dotgov-05-25-00.asp


Giving PCs a New Dimension (Technology 3:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,36433,00.html?
tw=wn20000526
It's not just for gaming anymore -- 3-D is coming to everyday PC
interfaces. A free utility gives users a taste of seeing files and
Internet content in a 3-D environment. Tania Hershman reports from Tel
Aviv.


from: The Chronicle of Higher Ed
HELP AROUND THE CLOCK
Should students in distance education be able to receive technical
help on a
24-7 basis? How can colleges meet the demand for such assistance
without
breaking their budgets? Read a transcript of an online discussion
with Mary
Beth Susman, chief executive officer of the Kentucky Commonwealth
Virtual
University. (5/25/2000)
http://www.chronicle.com/colloquylive/


BLACK ROCK CLAN
(Source: IDG.net) Many of the same people who paved the Internet are
the
engineers of the Burning Man community. Connection, allegory, or
coincidence? The facts are here.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=266329


- eTRAINING ON THE WAY?
  If e-commerce can accelerate business, why shouldn't e-learning cut
training costs? A growing number of companies examine the
possibilities of
this fledgeling educational process.  CLICK: Information Week
http://www.informationweek.com/787/learn.htm


HOW TRANSMETA DID IT
  Earlier this year, high-profile but stealthy startup Transmeta
Corporation
unveiled the product of $100 million and five years of secret toil:
fast,
low-power chips that could very well revolutionize the mobile
industry.
Tech-heavy, but captivating.  CLICK: IEEE
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/publicfeature/tran.html


Click2learn.com's Latest System Heads for Wisconsin
http://www.internetnews.com/news/article/0,,3851_379851,00.html


* INTERNET CONNECTIVITY (THE HUMAN KIND)
According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, in the last
six
months, a surge of more than 9 million women coming online has led to
gender
parity on the net. The Pew study found considerable evidence that
women's
use of the net, especially in regard to maintaining personal
relationships
differs from men's. FOR MORE, CLICK:
http://www.emarketer.com/estats/20000523_pew.html?ref=wn


  * THE BUSINESS READER REVIEW
  Looking for some good, albeit industry-related beach reading?
Theodore
Kinni offers capsule summaries of this month's new and noteworthy
business
books.  MORE:
http://www.emarketer.com/enews/052900_book.html?ref=wn


  MITNICK GAINS HIGH-POWERED LEGAL AID
  Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick will get high-powered help as he
challenges a
condition of his release that bars him from writing or speaking about
the
computer industry. Publisher Steven Brill, who may hire Mitnick as a
consultant for his Contentville site, retained the attorney.  CLICK:
C/NET
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1951220.html?
tag=st.ne.1002.bgif.ni


Filters Kowtowing to Hate? (Politics Saturday)
  http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36621,00.html?tw=wn20000529
  Blocking software firms gladly say individual homophobic sites are
off-limits for kids or corporate users. But they're suspiciously
hesitant to block powerful groups like Focus on the Family -- even if
the anti-gay and anti-lesbian statements are exactly the same. By
Declan McCullagh.
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The 61st: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse:

Systran Translation Software
http://www.systransoft.com/

Ever got a letter written in French? Don't speak French? How about if
you
want to send someone a message in German, Italian, Portuguese or
Spanish but
you didn't quite master all those languages? Wel let me introduce you
to the
closest thing I have yet to see to the "universal translator" from
Star
Trek - Systran Translation Software.

This is Web-based, and if you go their site, you can enter all the
text you
want translated into the box, click the appropriate languages and off
you
go. Is it it fool proof? No, but it gets pretty close. You can even
add
Systran links to your Web site and allow those international visitors
to
your site to view it in their native language.

For a bit of a hoot, try translating some of your favorite Web sites.
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Gamers Can Share and Swear (Culture 3:00 a.m. PDT)
  http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,36687,00.html?tw=wn20000601
  A new utility enables those who like to thrash each other online to
trash each other verbally. Socket combines instant messaging with
multi-player gaming. By Andy Patrizio.


1. What's Hot Today
INTERNET TECHNOLOGY
Two New Killer Apps Gain Momentum
A flurry of news last week convinced us that two unheralded killer
apps for Net devices are finally emerging. We're not talking about
e-mail, which is, indeed, a killer app. We're talking about e-books
and device-to-device payment capabilities. Are you ready?
http://www.allnetdevices.com/analysis/000529killerapp.htm


. What's Hot Today
WEB DEVELOPER
The New Math: Bandwidth Math
Love multimedia, hate math? Me too. That's why you and I are not
accountants. But your media won't stream well unless you know a bit
about Bandwidth Math. Take this easy intro and start smoothing your
streaming solutions!
http://www.streamingmediaworld.com/symm/tutor/bandmath/


from: Ditherati
"We view our revisions to the government's plan as putting lipstick
      on a pig. It's still irresponsible, it's still excessive, it's
      still damaging to the high-tech economy."

          Microsoft spokesperson Mark Murray, leaving unexplained the
link
          between cosmetics on farm animals, antitrust suits, and the
U.S.
          economy, Wired News, 1 June 2000

        http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36706,00.html


   "If the Internet should require an unfair and unjust paradigm to
      perpetuate itself, then it too will crack, crumble and collapse,
      and it won't take five decades of Cold War politics for it to
      happen."

          Seagram CEO Edgar Bronfman, comparing dot-communist music
pirates
          to Reagan-era bugaboos, Variety, 29 May 2000

        http://news.excite.com/news/r/000529/21/music-bronfman



      "I believe I'm creating the business magazine of the 21st
century.
      But it's kind of strange being a rock star because it blurs the
      boundaries between writing the story and being the story."

          Red Herring editor Jason Pontin, exploring his boundary
issues in
          public, The Independent, 29 May 2000


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/Digital/Digerati/2000-
05/pontin290500.shtm
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Senate eyes Guard for info security
************************************************************
The Senate this month urged the Pentagon to study how it might
use the Army National Guard to make up for the shortage of computer
programmers and information security specialists.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0529/web-army-05-31-00.asp



Education tops security agenda
************************************************************
Congressional funding to curtail cybercrime has focused on law
enforcement and existing programs, but the real solution will come
from education and research and development programs, federal
officials said.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0529/news-secure-05-29-00.asp


GAO drafts IT guide
************************************************************
The General Accounting Office has drafted a "how-to" guide for
federal agencies to develop a management process that will help
them see a maximum return on their IT investments.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0605/news-gao-06-05-00.asp



Weapons of Mass Destruction: DOD's Actions to Combat Weapons Use
    Should Be More Integrated and Focused. NSIAD-00-97. 29 pp. plus 7
    appendices (41 pp.) May 26, 2000.
    http://www.gao.gov/new.items/ns00097.pdf



SCALE OF 1 TO 5
If your peers reviewed your course Web site, how would it rate? You
might
soon find out, thanks to a new guide to online teaching materials
that is
systematically rating academic Web sites -- and allowing users to add
their
own comments. (6/1/2000)
http://www.chronicle.com/free/2000/06/2000060101u.htm


COMPETING WITH COMPANIES
George Washington U. is pitching to other colleges the software that
it
created to put its own courses online.
http://www.chronicle.com/free/v46/i40/40a04702.htm


Joint forces seek collaboration tool
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Looking toward future operations that will put a premium on being
light and fast, the Joint Forces Command is seeking a collaborative
planning tool to coordinate experiments among the military forces
and coalition partners.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0529/web-joint-05-31-00.asp


Access denied
************************************************************
Prompted by fears that easy access to information is putting
Americans at risk, agencies and Congress are tightening controls
over federal Internet sites.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0529/cov-access-05-29-00.asp


Canada Scraps Citizen Database (Politics Tuesday)
  http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36649,00.html?tw=wn20000531
  Hundreds, if not thousands, of pieces of information on each of
Canada's citizens was compiled in a huge database. This aroused the
wrath of its people and privacy commissioner. The pressure worked.


SOCIAL LIFE OF INFORMATION
Distance education earns mostly low marks from John Seely Brown and
Paul
Duguid in their new book, The Social Life of Information. The book
tries to
get people thinking about what the authors say is "the important role
that
human sociability plays in the world of bits." (6/2/2000)
http://www.chronicle.com/free/2000/06/2000060201u.htm


from: Ditherati
   "The miserable quality of Web content also counts as a major defeat
      for the Alertbox. I have repeatedly campaigned for a new writing
      style that is optimized for the Web."

          Web usability Cassandra Jakob Nielsen, on his site's leading-
edge
          role in discouraging interesting content on the Web,
Useit.com, 28
          May 2000

        http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000528.html


DOD redefining info ops
************************************************************
Based on the lessons learned from the 78-day air war in Kosovo,
Defense Department officials are seeking to redefine the emerging
field of high-tech information operations, a senior DOD official
said last week.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0529/news-nato-05-29-00.asp


Access denied
************************************************************
Agencies say the World Wide Web is a little too public for some
public information.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0529/cov-access-05-29-00.asp


  Bush: In War, Tech We Trust (Politics Wednesday)
  http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36668,00.html?tw=wn20000601
  The presumptive Republican presidential candidate says that, if
elected, the U.S. will have technological superiority on the
battlefields of the future.

Cyberspook Tomlinson Defiantly Speaks His Mind
Western intelligence agencies face little difficulty in
intercepting Internet communications, but analyzing all
of the traffic is another matter, said Richard Tomlinson,
a former officer of Britain's foreign intelligence
service, MI6.
http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/CWFlash/000529E35E


Book Confab Techno-Crazed (Culture 3:00 a.m. PDT)
  http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,36726,00.html?tw=wn20000603
  What are those quaint stacks of paper bound by wood pulp amidst all
the e-books and digital publishing companies at a Chicago convention
center? Why, they're books, at the Book Expo America. M.J. Rose
reports
from Chicago.

The dos and don'ts of mobile phone etiquette
http://www.theregister.co.uk/000601-000003.html
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The 63rd: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse:

http://freerealtime.com
Free RealTime.com

I don't even know why I am passing this one along because I know that
no one
out there would ever think of using a computer at work to check on
PERSONAL
stock prices but anyway..

Freerealtime.com actually offers you stock market quotes, you guessed
it, as
they happen! The price you pay is information. The quotes require
registration and that process is a bit probing but the service at the
other
end is fine and as opposed to some other sites which demand personal
info,
this one actually has a payoff.
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Worm spams mobile phones
http://www.theregister.co.uk/000606-000018.html


VIRUSES AREN'T JUST FOR PC'S ANYMORE
Timofonica worm reaches out and touches cell
phones in Spain. Is anything safe?
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=21255&bx=http://www.zdnet.com/


CRUSOE IN AQUA: First International Computer will use Transmeta's
Crusoe processor in its new Internet appliance, called the Aqua. The
unit will include a 7.4-inch display, 64MB memory, and 802.11b
wireless networking. It will run Mobile Linux and will feature
Netscape's Web browser software.
http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,17047,00.html



ERICSSON CUTS WIRES: Ericsson says its new T36, shipping later this
year, is the first mobile phone with built-in Bluetooth wireless
technology. Bluetooth uses low-frequency radio waves to avoid cables
by connecting devices. The T36 also has a WAP browser and can be used
on networks in Europe, the Asia/Pacific region, and the Americas.
http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,17052,00.html


A PORTAL THAT'S ALL BUSINESS
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=17050
Business.com promises only work-related content, but that's not all it
delivers.


MICROSOFT OUTLOOK PATCH DELAYED
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=17042
Bug fix for e-mail clients still in development for release this
month.


Senate shores up DOD security
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Looking to strengthen the security of Defense Department systems,
the Senate urged the Pentagon to study how it might use the Army
National Guard to make up for the shortage of qualified computer
programmers and information security specialists throughout the
military.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0605/pol-dod-06-05-00.asp


Security holes going unpatched
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The CIO Council is asking every federal CIO to find and fix the
lapses that made a top 10 list of critical Internet security threats.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0529/web-topten-06-02-00.asp


THE FUTURE OF WEB-BASED E-MAIL
(Source: Network World Fusion) Web-based e-mail systems are associated
primarily with consumer-oriented e-mail, but there is a growing trend
toward
using Web-based e-mail for enterprise messaging.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=271353


XML: OASIS OF INTEROPERABILITY
(Source: InfoWorld.com) The XML.org registry and repository is set to
debut
next week for cross-industry, cross-vendor cooperation.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=271359


READ NOVELS ONLINE
(Source: The Industry Standard) A remarkable collection of free
electronic books online is now available online ... but you'll have to
put up with lots of advertising.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=270923


IT'S OFFICIAL: THERE REALLY IS A 'DIGITAL ECONOMY'
(Source: Computerworld) Economists at the U.S. Department of Commerce
issued
a report Monday that officially acknowledges the "digital economy" as
a
reality and not just a fad.
http://www.e-businessworld.com/go.cgi?id=271452


GORE PROPOSES 'E-GOVERNMENT'
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=270888


Search the Web -- And Users' PCs (Technology 3:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,36760,00.html?
tw=wn20000606
A typical Web search scans millions of servers, but that's nothing
compared to the Web search Pointera envisions. Taking a cue from
Napster, the company wants Web searching to extend to every hard disk
on the network. By Chris Oakes.


Burning Man culture clash Is the National Geographic Society trying
to wipe
out an already-extinct tribe of revelers?
By Katharine Mieszkowski [05/31/00]
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/05/31/irrational_geographic/index.h
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"I may be wrong, but I'm never in doubt."
Marshall McLuhan

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The 64th: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse:

http://www.zooba.com
Zooba.com

No I don't know how they got the name or if it means anything. What I
do
know is that I subscribe to roughly 250+ news sources and I see most
of
those on a daily basis. thus it was with slightly jaded eyes that I
cast my
view towards Zooba. I have however, been pleasantly surprised.

Rather than just another news wire (not that there is anything wrong
with
news-filled emails!!) Zooba attempts to straddle the line between
timely
news and deep-thinking pieces. My Zooba email on "Theories and
Discoveries"
discussed Galileo and my Zooba email on American History discussed
MLK,
Jr.'s "Letters from a Birmingham Jail." They do this in either plain
text
with links or an HTML format. I recommend that you enable your email
client
to accept the HTML version. For every topic, if you want more info,
you can
sign up for a mini-series of email (3-8) dealing with just that
topic. Zooba
does rely on ads so you will find product info down the right-hand
side of
the HTML email but for once the products are related to the topic,
i.e.
books on Galileo or MLK, Jr.

I think that Zooba has found an interesting niche and I hope you try
it out,
we all need to do some reading outside of the 30-second mode (after
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****The Microsoft Story****
MS SPLIT IN TWO!
Judge orders MS to create a Windows company and an
Internet/applications company. Gives MS four
months to submit plan.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=21602&bx=http://www.zdnet.com/


Microsoft still whining about breakup
CEO Steve Ballmer is crying in his beer. (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/2000/06/08/companies/ballmer/


JUDGE ORDERS SPLIT: To protect consumers and the computer industry,
Microsoft should be broken into two companies. That was the ruling
from Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson Wednesday, ending the latest phase
of a two-year trial. Of course, it isn't over: Microsoft vows to
appeal.
http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,17069,00.html
http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,17070,00.html


THE SAGA IN SOUND BITES
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=17070
Travel in time through the long-running Microsoft antitrust trial with
these quotes of note.
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**Bluetooth Watch**
ERICSSON DEMOS FIRST BLUETOOTH PHONE
      (Source: IDG.net) Vendor L.M. Ericsson Telephone demonstrated its
Bluetooth mobile phone, the tri-band and WAP (Wireless Application
Protocol) ready T36, at the CommunicAsia conference and exhibition.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=271559


PHILIPPINES DROPS CASE AGAINST 'LOVE BUG' SUSPECT
(Source: The Industry Standard) The state prosecutor said there was
no law
under which he could prosecute one of the suspects.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=271807


UTV PROMISES FREE NET SERVICE FOR IRELAND
      (Source: IDG.net) Ulster Television (UTV) is launching an
Internet
service for all of Ireland -- the British province as well as the
Republic
of Ireland.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=271808



IBM DISCOVERS CRUSOE
In New York, IBM demos a Crusoe-powered ThinkPad,
the first major PC product running Transmeta's
next gen chip.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=21578&bx=http://www.upside.com/


DSL FORUM DEMONSTRATES INTEROPERABILITY
      (Source: IDG.net) Forty-two DSL vendors are demonstrating for the
first time publicly at SuperComm the "any-to-any" interoperability of
their DSLAMs to their CPEs.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=272163


NOKIA INTRODUCES WIRELESS BROADBAND ROUTERS
      (Source: IDG.net) Nokia on Tuesday introduced wireless broadband
routers and network bridges that are designed to perch on rooftops.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=272165


KNOW THY USER(S), WORLDWIDE
Conducting multi-national user research could help prevent
costly cultural errors in the design and promotion of your
Web site.
http://digitrends.flonetwork.com/cgi-bin8/flo?x=dAoomEBgEwAKmouB


OXYGEN SENDS EMPLOYEES ON 'SUMMER VACATION'
Internet and cable-TV company putting two shows
'on hiatus' for the summer. Joins ever-growing
list of content companies feeling the squeeze.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=21687&bx=http://news.cnet.com/


Wireless experts peer into future
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In spite of the differing backgrounds and philosophies
toward wireless in particular, most of the attendees at
today's Supercomm panel on the wireless networks of the
future say the opportunities ahead outweigh whatever
discrepancies the industry players might have. Rex Crum is
at Supercomm, checking out the latest.
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http://www.upsidetoday.com/News/393e69d00.html


QUANTITY, NOT QUALITY
'Technology agnostic' was the buzzword at
Atlanta's Supercomm 2000 convention. It means:
First, get customers in the door. Second, figure
out what to do with them.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=21655&bx=http://www.herring.com/



7 ENDURING PRINCIPLES FOR E-BUSINESSES
The "New Economy" does not do away with "value creation",
customer satisfaction and solid corporate models. In fact,
they're required.
http://digitrends.flonetwork.com/cgi-bin8/flo?x=dAoomBAEhwAKmuuh
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The 6th: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse
PC Magazines Free Utility Download site:
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/utilities/
I have included stories on and links to three handy downloads but rest
assured there are hundreds, nay thousands more available from PC
Magazine.
Some of these are handy, some are not, but you should certainly take a
stroll through their file library.

Great utility available for free at
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/solutions/0,8224,2385358,00.html

The size of program and data files doesn't usually matter, but if you
need
to move these files from one machine to another, size can become a
huge
obstacle. If machines aren't networked, "sneakernet" is one of your
only
options, which means the files must fit on removable media like
floppy disks
or Zip disks. Smaller files are also preferable for online
distribution
because of data errors and lost connections. This issue's utility,
Slice32,
lets you slice files into manageable pieces for easy transport and
distribution. Slice32 is an update to the PC Magazine utility Slice,
a DOS
program first published on May 16, 1989.


Yet another handy freed download:
http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?
fcode=0012R
F&b=pcm

Remember the old DOS program TREE.COM? It displayed the directory and
file
structure, and you could pipe the output to a file or printer.
TREE.COM was
never updated to support long filenames, and it disappeared with
Windows 95.
This utility from PC Magazine, TreePrint, is a TREE.COM replacement
that you
access from within Windows Explorer. Simply right-click on a folder
or drive
and use the TreePrint menu to print the directory tree or save it to
a file,
starting at that point. Options let you control the number of levels
and the
amount of indentation for each level, choose whether or not to include
filenames, and request that the tree be sorted alphabetically.
TreePrint is
especially useful for documenting the contents of archive media such
as
CD-Rs. TreePrint was written by Steven E. Sipe, and first appeared in
PC
Magazine October 19, 1999 (v18n18). Source code is included.


Can you believe another free download??!!:
http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?
fcode=0012E
I&b=pcm

As you use your computer, your hard disk becomes cluttered with 'junk
files'
that take up space and serve no purpose. For example, many programs
save the
previous version of a document with the extension .BAK. ScanDisk can
leave
files with the .CHK extension in the root folder of any drive, and
these are
rarely useful. Cache directories are often filled with files meant to
speed
access to sites you will never revisit. It's time-consuming to delete
these
files manually. HDValet automates the process. Just select the junk
file
types you want to eliminate and click the 'Clean up' button. Junk
file types
are configurable, and you can add them as needed. A confirmation
process
protects against mistakes. HDValet was written by Neil J. Rubenking,
and
first appeared in PC Magazine October 5, 1999 (v18n17). Source code is
included.

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"The gap between the Internet 'haves' and the Internet 'have-nots'
      is widening. The goal should be to make technology accessible to
      everyone ... by creating a digital bridge."

          Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, on her plans to make
money off
          the digital divide, San Francisco Examiner, 17 January 2000

        http://eXaminer.com/000115/0115outlook.html


New ruling foils cybersquatters
(Source: PC World Online) A first-of-its-kind United Nations agency
raises a
red flag for cybersquatters who seek to profit by swiping domain
names or
abusing trademarks on the Internet.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=213850


U.S. missile defense test fails
In an apparent setback for the Pentagon's drive to develop a
national missile defense system, a prototype missile interceptor
failed to hit a mock warhead in midflight during a crucial test
Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman announced.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/358973.asp




'The robot knows when you are ready to get dressed because it watches
you'
(Source: CIO) Kids' predictions for the future -- fifth graders share
their
views on the future of technology.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=212166


Choose your technorealism. William Mitchell's *e-topia* and Douglas
Rushkoff's *Coercion* take starkly differing views of the Information
Age. Harvey Blume looks at both books and talks with the authors
about where the digital revolution is leading us.
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/digicult/dc2000-01-13.htm


Feds prefer Microsoft breakup
(Source: The Industry Standard) A consensus appears to be emerging
among
government prosecutors in settlement talks with Microsoft that they
propose
the company be broken up, as opposed to proposing behavioral
modifications,
a state source confirmed Wednesday.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=212286


The future for mobile phones
(Source: PC World Online) Functionality, ease of use, and memory
capacity
expected to boom.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=212248


First Windows 2000 virus discovered
(Source: IDG.net) Antivirus software vendor F-Secure has received a
sample
of the first virus written specifically to operate under Microsoft's
forthcoming Windows 2000 OS.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=212254


Gov't wooing best and brightest for cyberdefense mission
(Source: FCW) Don't want to join the Navy and see the world? Then how
about
hitching up with the Federal Cyber Services (FCS) and defending the
nation's
information systems?
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=212256


If you forget your Win95 password, just press Escape at the
password box, bring up the MS-DOS Prompt and enter dir *.PWL
at the WINDOWS folder to find your .PWL files. Delete the one
with your name in front of it. Restart your system and enter a
new password when prompted.


We all know that the information revolution has made our lives easier
right?
I mean, now with computers, the amount of stuff we have to carry has
fallen
off to a minimal level right? Well, if you occasionally feel the total
opposite, like an Information Pack Mule here are some recommendations
from
PC Magazine on tech-luggage.

Best affordable shoulder bag. The Kensington Sky runner
(www.kensington.com,
800-235-6708). The nylon fabric looks expensive, but it's only $69.99
list
and, at 2.4 pounds, is a pound less than some nylon bags.

Best affordable backpack bag. The Kensington Saddlebag looks great,
converts
to a shoulder bag, has a nice padded handle, holds a lot, and doesn't
look
like a computer bag. What more could you want for $89.99 list?

Best high-end bag. Most anything from Hartmann (www.hartmann.com,
800-331-0613) or Tumi (www.tumi.com, 800-322-8864). Hartmann bags are
especially light in ballistic nylon. Try the Hartmann Deluxe Computer
Organizer 517 ($325 list in nylon, $595 in leather) or the smaller
Hartmann
Ultra Computer Brief ($295 list, $555 in leather). Note that you
can't use
the smaller one for 15-inch-LCD notebooks. Tumi uses heavier
materials and
nylon slings, which make its bags - such as the Tumi Safecase
Adjustable
Computer Brief 2632 ($395 list in nylon, $550 in leather) - heavier
and
taller than the Hartmann bags.

Best high-end backpack. The top of the Tumi Safecase Deluxe Computer
Briefpack 2640 ($295 list in ballistic nylon, $495 in leather) is a
zippered, 4-inch-tall domed pocket for the small items that otherwise
fall
to the bottom and get lost. A U-shaped elastic sling holds a 14-inch-
LCD
laptop without taking up much room (bigger notebooks fit, but barely).

Best higher-than-high-end bag. Glaser Designs (www.glaserdesigns.com,
800-234-1075), an eight-person San Francisco shop, makes bags that
exemplify
the breathtaking work you can still get from skilled craftspeople. The
Glaser A4 City Tote ($600 direct, plus $90 for padded inserts) is
spacious
without being too big; women may like it in black leather with nickel
hardware.

Most rugged bag line. Overall, we were most impressed with the Tenba
line
(www.tenba.com, 718-222-9870), but you'll be giving up internal space
to the
well-padded corrugated-plastic inserts. Tenba has a neat accessory
backpack
harness for its shoulder bags that looks like Brandi Chastain's
sports bra.
Hartmann and Tumi bags should also hold up well. We also liked the
more
affordable if less exciting ballistic nylon lines from Brenthaven
(www.brenthaven.com, 800-803-7225) and Codi (www.codi-inc.com,
800-263-4462).

Outdoorsy bags. Every bag we saw from direct suppliers Eddie Bauer
(www.eddiebauer.com, 800-789-1386), Lands' End (www.landsend.com,
800-356-4444), and L.L. Bean (www.llbean.com, 800-221-4221) was well
made
and well priced. We especially liked the L.L. Bean Sportsman's Deluxe
Computer Briefcase ($139 direct) and the convertible Eddie Bauer
Laptop
Backpack Briefcase, a bargain at $58 but a tight fit for 15-inch-LCD
notebooks.

Overrated. Market leader Targus took over Port (www.port.com, 800-242-
3133),
an innovator in protective cases. High-end bags such as the Port Sport
Classic are still good, but the Port Computer Backpack ($79 list),
with a
domed pocket (like the Tumi backpack's), felt stiff, and the zippers
were
hard to work. The CourierWare Super Deluxe Courier Bag
(www.courierwareusa.com, 800-678-2247) was well constructed, and the
available colors were neat - but we're perplexed that The Wall Street
Journal top-rated it recently. There aren't many inner pockets; the
optional
insert is more like a padded envelope; and although the basic bag is
$95,
you'll need to spend another $45 for the insert and $12 for a
shoulder pad.

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The 5th: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse: The new
adlnet.org
That's right - today's site is brought to you by shameless self-
promotion!
The home page for the ADL initiative (http://www.adlnet.org) has
begun its
migration to a totally new site with increased functionality and new
levels
of user friendliness. The first step is now on-line and shows the
direction
of the new look of the site. We expect the new new site to live
within 30
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"I might be threatening to write code."

  Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, on his decision to hand the CEO
  title to Steve Ballmer so he can yell at his programmers full-time,
  News.com, 13 January 2000
  http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1522563.html


GATES STEPS ASIDE
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=14773
Ballmer takes CEO post; Gates still chair, becomes chief software
architect.


MICROSOFT'S NEW CEO WILL WASH WINDOWS
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=14779
Next-generation Windows gives Gates a chance to be 'chief geek.'


Print out all the fonts on your system by opening Control Panel,
double-clicking the Fonts icon, then on the font of your
choice and clicking on the Print button.

Across the generational divide
(Source: CIO) When it comes to being a good CIO, graybeards and
whippersnappers have a great deal of career advice to give each other.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=211512


Getting larger than life online
(Source: PC World Online) Create your own posters and calendars
online,
complete with your company logo.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=211515



Computer chips with a genetic twist
Scientists have created a "DNA computer" from strands of synthetic
DNA they coaxed into solving relatively complex calculations.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/356279.asp


Hockenberry: Who's running the country?
Watch the politicians debate and then watch the AOL-Time Warner
announcement. Then ask yourself: Who's really in touch with what's
happening in America?
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/356124.asp


E-MAIL FOR YOUR PALM
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=14772
Actual Software adds larger file support and printing to MultiMail
Pro.


PCS HIT THE ROAD
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=14778
Talk to your radio, check e-mail, and entertain the kids in the back
seat
with a car PC.

Fahrenheit 451, Jerusalem Style
A council of ultra-Orthodox rabbis decides to ban the Internet, and
barely a
whimper is heard -- except from those who bemoan the loss of its
educational
worth. Tania Hershman reports from Jerusalem.
in Culture
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,33583,00.html


DMV Can't Sell Personal Info
The US Supreme Court, surprisingly led by Justice William Rehnquist,
upholds
the constitutionality of a federal law restricting access to drivers
license
information. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington.
in Politics
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33611,00.html


Hackers Target Weapons Labs
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_599000/599753.s
tm


Optical fiber cometh
(Source: Network World Fusion) Start-ups are upping the ante about
how much
bandwidth you can distribute affordably.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=212133


-- 10 January 2000  December's Virus Figures
Sophos' December count of viruses places Marker Word at the top of the
list of most frequently reported viruses.
http://www.currents.net/newstoday/00/01/10/news2.html


INTERNET TECHNOLOGY
Weekly CPU Prices
This week sees the entrance of the Athlon 800MHz, which as we
speculated was to be released in the middle of January.
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/weekly_cpu/

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The 4th: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse
O.K., I'm already breaking my intention with this feature which was
to clear
my backlog of unreviewed cool sites. I straying to provide you a site
which
I just found today and thought it was important enough to pipe out
right
away. We can get so down in the details that we occasionally forget
to look
at the big picture, well John Brockman has helped us out. As editor
of the
edge.org, Brockman asked 100 top thinkers (Freeman Dyson, Kevin
Kelly, e.g.)
what the most important and underreported story was today. Their
illuminating answers are available at http://www.edge.org/





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### Required reading for anyone using Norton/Symantec products ###
Potential
security problems
Last issue's coverage of three serious issues with Norton products
(see
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2000/jan-10-00.htm) brought a flood
of
email--- so much so I've started a separate file and am trying to sort
things out.
Meanwhile, Steve Gibson is all over this: See his excellent
explanation
here:
http://grc.com/faq-shieldsup.htm#017

And Dave Methvin at WinMag has a good overview at
http://www.winmag.com/fixes/nav2000.htm


Most Y2K fixes included a fix for the leap-year bug, so if you got
through
Y2K all right, you're probably OK for the leap year bug.
But why guess? It's easy to check on your own: Just use the procedures
detailed in http://www.winmag.com/library/1999/0101/fea0061.htm  but
use
Feb 28th as the critical date, instead of Dec 31. If your system is
OK,
you'll roll over to Feb 29th with no problem.
There are other problem dates coming up too: See
http://www.winmag.com/library/1999/0101/fea0061k.htm for a list of
some of
the biggies.


US frees up encryption export policy
(Source: IDG.net) New encryption export regulations finally ease up
after
years of pressure by U.S. software companies.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=211562


Flatlining
(Source: Civic.com) Despite progress in technology, funding and policy
issues are hampering rural telemedicine
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=211571


BEHIND THE SCENES AT EBAY
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=14749
Meg Whitman pushed eBay from a great idea to a technological
innovation.


o  "Students' Frustrations with a Web-Based Distance Education
Course" by Noriko Hara and Rob Kling of Indiana University:
http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue4_12/hara/index.html#author

o  "The Future of Multimedia in Education" by Allyn J Radford,
senior research fellow at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia:
http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue2_11/radford/


INTERNET LISTS
The List
Are you paying too much for Internet access? Compare ISP prices and
services in your area.
http://thelist.internet.com/

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Trend World Virus Tracking Center

http://wtc.trendmicro.com/wtc/wmap.html

Trend Micro is a maker of anti-virus software. They have added a cool
new
touch to their site with an interactive map that allows you to follow
the
path of a virus around the globe. Clicking on a virus name provides
you a
short history of that virus. Another useful click here is the "Free
Tools"
section at the top. Trend Micro makes several free products that
allow you
to conduct virus scans of your hard drive or Outlook files through
your Web
browser or via a small downloadable program. They also have a great
section
on virus hoaxes that everyone should check before forwarding that
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HANDSPRING GETS EVEN HANDIER
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=14690
Slick Palm-compatible does everything from playing your MP3s to
interacting
with your appliances.


THE FATHER OF THE FUTURE?
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=14687
Sun's McNealy irks privacy groups by advocating locator chips, smart
cards.


White House to release federal network security plan
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=208963


The future of the Internet and us
(Source: SunWorld) With transfer between research and industry moving
at
lighting speed, is there adequate time available to know if change is
good
for us as a society?
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=208854


ACRONYM FINDER

http://www.mtnds.com/af/

Remember when Y2K threatened to be TEOTWAWKI? Uh, what? In today's
increasingly confusing world, acronyms are common in conversation.
Sometimes--as in the sentence above--a combination of them can be
pretty overwhelming. The next time somebody spouts alphabet soup,
you'd do well to stop into the Acronym Finder to decipher what it is
he or she is saying. The interface is simple. Type in the acronym and
the site searches through nearly 70,000 known acronyms and returns
what it finds. We tried to stump it on computer arcania and scientific
esoterica, but it had us in every instance. A valuable bookmark.


A'Hacking the Military Will Go
The US Space Command is now on the job of protecting Defense
Department
computers from hacker attacks. Its plans to disrupt enemy computer
systems
raise some thorny policy questions, however. Declan McCullagh reports
from
Washington.
in Politics
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33443,00.html


A look at the history of the automobile offers a glimpse of the PC's
future
(Source: InfoWorld.com) OPINION | The automobile and the third
empowering
technology, the personal computer, have many parallels. [Bob Lewis]
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=208113



The future according to analysts
(Source: PC World Online) IDC analysts spout out their 5th annual
Internet
predictions.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=208116

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In honor of the new year, I have also included two great pictures
from the
New York Times. <<These are available in the "Files" section>>

Enjoy.

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http://www.gurunet.com/
Gurunet.com . This product is still in beta but I think it's
seriously cool.
You download the programs and it works whenever you are connected to
the
Internet. It allows you to click on any word in a document, not just
a Web
page, and recieve contextually relevant information such as
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I2: The Internet for humans
(Source: SunWorld) Informed speed, deliberate delivery -- tackling the
sociopolitical implications of Internet2.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=210848


Living with the Internet
(Source: PC World Online) Sure, you've got information close at hand,
but
what's it do for your quality of life?
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=210849


Meganoise
(Source: The Industry Standard) A day in the life of a pair of self-
anointed
cybergurus.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=210850
**Read this one for a scathing and disturbing review of John
(Megatrends)
and Nan Naisbitt's new book "Hogh Tech, High Touch: Technology and our
Search for Meaning."


In the year 2525
(Source: CIO) Futurists try to predict who will run computers and
networks,
if technology help us work more hours or less and what will remain
constant.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=210853


Dealing with the overload
(Source: InfoWorld.com) Feeling paralyzed by too much information?
Here's
what to do.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=210854


Be ready for these points of confusion, cautions Carliner, who
teaches human factors in information design at Bentley College in
Waltham, MA.

o  Online delivery is about more than training. Carliner discerns
     these functions as well: education (distinct from training),
     performance support, knowledge management and collaboration.


"We are using a 500-year-old system to make decisions
in a complex business environment in which the
essential assets that create value have fundamentally
changed." -- Baruch Lev, Philip Bardes Professor of
Accounting and Finance at New York University
http://www.fastcompany.com/fast.take/online/31/lev.html


The typical manager spends 17 hours every week in
meetings -- and more than six hours preparing for them.
http://www.fastcompany.com/fast.take/online/13/m4me.html

Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908, invented
the assembly line in 1913, instituted the $5 day in
1914, and was a billionaire by 1922.
http://www.fastcompany.com/fast.take/online/01/fordtv.html

Hi Folks:

Usually I don't forward entire chunks like this one from FEED, but I
though
that all the articles were interesting enough that I probably would
have
included them anyway, so please read and enjoy.

Mark Oehlert
E-Clippings/NewsFlashes Editor

Subject: FEED Alert: The Future Of Invention


11.12.99

Q U O T E  O F  T H E  W E E K

To pick the landmark inventions out of the clutter, to examine what
makes
them
happen and how they can be encouraged, FEED turned to scientists,
engineers,
authors, investors and visionaries who all share a spirit of
defiance, and
who
understand that invention must be far more than the repackaging of old
ideas.
How much does the current surplus of funding affect the quality and
consequence
of inventions? What happens to the art of invention when it is largely
mediated
by corporate cash? How can we distinguish the inventors from the
showmen?
What
will be the ideal climate for invention in the future?

-- From the Introduction to "Works in Progess," FEED's Special Issue
on 21st
Century Inventions

R E C E N T   F E E D  A R T I C L E S

WORKS IN PROGRESS
FEED'S SPECIAL ISSUE ON 21st CENTURY INVENTIONS

INTRO | 11.08.99
Introduction
Amanda Griscom and Hillary Rosner introduce FEED's Special Issue on
twenty-first century inventions.
http://www.feedmag.com/invent/index.html?alert

ESSAY | 11.08.99
Thinking Small
Mark Pesce on molecular-scale manufacturing, the gray goo problem,
and how
nanotechnology will change the world as we know it.
http://www.feedmag.com/invent/pesce.html?alert

INTERFACE | 11.09.99
Tomorrow's Desktop
Steven Johnson asks some of the industry's leading figures: what will
our
computer screens look like ten years from now?
http://www.feedmag.com/invent/interface.html?alert

ESSAY | 11.10.99
The Spy Who Financed Me
Why is the CIA turning its long history of covert invention into a
venture
capital project? Mark Boal reports.
http://www.feedmag.com/invent/boal.html?alert

ESSAY | 11.11.99
Xerox's Proving Ground
When the marketplace is king, can a corporate research outfit like
PARC
remain a real innovator? Gary Rivlin reports.
http://www.feedmag.com/invent/parc.html?alert

BRIEFINGS | 11.11.99
Immaculate Contraptions
FEED offers a sneak preview of the inventions that may transform the
next
century.
http://www.feedmag.com/invent/brief.html?alert

Coming soon...
An interview with Nobel-prize winning chemist Kary Mullis... and more!


R E C E N T  F E E D  D A I L I E S

Josh Glenn on Truth versus Beauty
http://www.feedmag.com/daily/dy111299_master.html?alert

Chris Lehmann on The Insider
http://www.feedmag.com/daily/dy111199_master.html?alert

Chris Fujiwara on the deaths of Ian Bannen and character drama
http://www.feedmag.com/daily/dy111099_master.html/?alert

Matthew DeBord on the LAPD's bum rap
http://www.feedmag.com/daily/dy110999_master.html?alert

Clay Shirky on the fall of Microsoft
http://www.feedmag.com/daily/dy110899_master.html?alert

Ana Marie Cox on "The Real World"'s psychic body slams
http://www.feedmag.com/daily/dy110599_master.html?alert

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Trend World Virus Tracking Center
http://wtc.trendmicro.com/wtc/wmap.html

Trend Micro is a maker of anti-virus software. They have added a cool
new touch to their site with an interactive map that allows you to
follow the path of a virus around the globe. Clicking on a virus name
provides you a short history of that virus. Another useful click here
is
the "Free Tools" section at the top. Trend Micro makes several free
products that allow you to conduct virus scans of your hard drive or
Outlook files through your Web browser or via a small downloadable
program. They also have a great section on virus hoaxes that everyone
should check before forwarding that latest virus alert, especially
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"Our intent is inclusive -- to humanize and democratize
the Internet. Too much of life is whom you know. We're
trying to open that up a little more."
-- "craigslist" community organizer, Craig Newmark
http://www.fastcompany.com/fast.take/nc/002/026.html


Babylonia virus can update itself
European researchers have discovered a new computer virus clever
enough to sneak onto your computer in pieces and update itself with
fresh code.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/343654.asp


BABYLONIA VIRUS MASKS ITSELF AS Y2K FIX

Virus attacks masquerading as fixes to year-2000
related problems continue to plague networks, but
the latest attack allows the virus' creator to
install potentially damaging applications onto an
infected machine.

Disguised as a year-2000 bug fix for the popular
Internet Relay Chat (MIRC) system, a new worm-style
virus called W95. Babylonia is currently infecting
systems via newsgroup chat sites.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/en/xml/99/12/07/991207enbabylon.xml


Greatest innovations? There are no right or wrong answers
from the San Jose Mercury News
http://www.mercurycenter.com/special/mill/innovation/

Self-destructing e-mail <http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=195971>
(Source: Network World Fusion) Ever shoot your mouth off and want to
take it back? The e-mail industry is on the verge of granting this
desire, in the form of "self-destructing" e-mail.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=195971

INTEL PREVIEWS BLUETOOTH ON NOTEBOOK
<http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=14179>
Wireless technology is up and running, and headed for notebooks next
year.

NSA: 'We Won't Spy on You'
<http://www.wired.com/news/reuters/0,1349,32941,00.html>
No satellites or other surveillance devices will be used by the
National
Security Agency to spy on Americans in the US, the agency promises.

Cell Phone Crypto Penetrated
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,32900,00.html>
Design flaws in the voice scrambling technology used in millions of
cellular phones have put the world's privacy at risk. If you've got a
GSM phone, your neighborhood hacker may be getting an earful. By
Declan
McCullagh.

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New Feature: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse

In a desperate bid for me to finally wade through all those Web sites
that I keep meaning to check out, I have decided to add the results of
my efforts to E-Clippings, this way you can play along at home. I
promise I won't pass along all the duds but hopefully I will pass
along
some sites that are interesting or helpful and maybe even both! As
with
all things in both E-Clippings and NewsFlashes, if you have any
comments, complaints, etc. please feel free to pass them along!
*Also, since we just don't feel comfortable without acronyms, if
anybody
can come up with a name for this new feature, I'll run it by the huge
editorial staff here and maybe even adopt it!

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Keirsey Temperament Sorter and Keirsey Temperament Theory
http://www.keirsey.com/

Just in time for the holidays, come to this site and try out their
handy
personality test based on the widely available and hugely popular
paper
version by the same name. The Personality Sorter nailed me pretty
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"It used to be that the senior people decided what it was that you
      needed to know. The information was metered to you. But the
modern
      warfighter has to be able to craft his own information domain."

          Vice Admiral Arthur Cebrowski, on the U.S. Navy's new
          "network-centric" strategy, Wired News, 1 December 1999

        http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,32347,00.html

Putting IT into the three Rs <http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=191497>
(Source: Civic.com) A high school in Virginia is graduating students
certified nationally in networking and computer repair.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=191497

Geek dictionary <http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=195350>
Source: CIO) Impress your friends and family by sputtering up the
latest
technological jargon.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=195350

The digital century <http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=192551>
(Source: PC World Online) 100 of the best, worst, and weirdest events
in
computing history.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=192551

The code of cyberspace <http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=192552>
(Source: The Industry Standard) The Internet will not cause the
'withering away of the state.' If we're not careful, government could
instead wither the Net.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=192552

21st century toys <http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=192553>
(Source: FEED Magazine) INTERVIEW | Steven Johnson talks to the MIT
Media Lab visionary about 21st century toys.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=192553

U.S., Nato planning crisis-management network
<http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=192920>

http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=192920

Real-World Reviews for E-Books
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,32723,00.html>
A publisher will start placing e-book reviews in its paper magazine.
E-book publishers take it as a good message for the medium. By M.J.
Rose.


Get smart! <http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=195351>
(Source: PC World Online) These 16 sites can help boost your
brainpower.

http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=195351

Microsoft, Lotus battle hits Marines
<http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=194848>
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=194848

A guide to rights in Net content <http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=194544>
(Source: CIO) A straightforward guide to posting audio and visual
content on the Web.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=194544

Understanding XHTML 1.0 <http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=193984>
(Source: SunWorld) A look at the proposed recommendation for XHTML 1.0
and the advantages XHTML has over HTML.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=193984

Netpliance offers one-button browsing
<http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=195398>
(Source: PC World Online) You can get e-mail and news on an i-opener
anywhere you have a phone.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=195398

Fight spam with CommuniGate Pro <http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=195409>
(Source: Linuxworld) CommuniGate Pro gives you an impressive arsenal
against all kinds of spam.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=195409

Fight spam with CommuniGate Pro <http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=195409>
(Source: Linuxworld) CommuniGate Pro gives you an impressive arsenal
against all kinds of spam.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=195409

PLAY THE DOMAIN NAME GAME
<http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=14146>
How do you get that great URL, and does your business really need it?

European Web users favor portals
European Internet users seem to share Web surfing habits with their
American counterparts as they frequent the growing number of Internet
portal sites on the Web, a new survey reports. The sites of Yahoo
(YHOO), Excite (ATHM) and America Online were among the 10 sites most
frequently visited by European Web users, according to research
released
Monday by Media Metrix (MMXI). FreeServe (FREE), the United Kingdom's
biggest Internet service provider, is No. 2 among Web users in Great
Britain. Teutonic local service provider T-Online is tops in that
Germany and France Telecom's Wanadoo.fr is premier in France. The
research showed Germans are the most active, spending about five
hours a
month online - almost as much as U.S. Internet users, Media Metrix
general manager Doug McFarland told CBS.MarketWatch.com. He added the
research firm plans similar ratings reports within the next few months
for Australia, Canada and Japan.

Comdex Fall 99: Picks and pans <http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=188903>
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=188903

Can't we have a brighter IT future?
<http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=189797>
(Source: IDG.net) Take virtually any movie about technology in the
future and you can predict the scene: it's dark and raining, the
quality
of life sucks and someone is always watching you.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=189797

Inflightonline.com, Lycos offer Web access from the air
<http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=189806>
(Source: Computerworld) Inflightonline.com, a provider of in-flight
Internet and intranet services, has joined forces with Lycos to
provide
limited Web access to airline passengers.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=189806

Web in a box <http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=190286>
(Source: The Industry Standard) Flatiron Partners believes Internet
access can be brought to any device, portable or otherwise, that has a
display.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=190286

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The 40th: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse:

Search Engine Showdown
http://searchengineshowdown.com/

The real kick isn't knowing that all that information is out there on
the
Web, it's knowing how to find the right piece of information in the
midst of
all that other...stuff. Thus we turn to search engines. Where once
there was
only Yahoo! and Altavista, there is now a veritable plethora of search
options.

Enter the Search Engine Showdown. This is a very helpful site in
comparing
the structure and capabilities of a number of the various engines.
You can
also see comparisons of the performance statistics of the engines,
including
database relative size, total size, unique hits, dead links and more.

And for no additional cost, here are a couple of my favorite engines:

http://www.google.com 	            Google
http://www.dogpile.com/   	            Dogpile
http://www.searchmil.com/              Searchmil
http://www.thrall.org/proteus.html     Proteus

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"The harder you chase something, the faster you go --
and the less you're able to let life meet life. If
you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then
slow down ... Creativity exists in the present moment.
You can't find it anywhere else."
-- Natalie Goldberg, author
http://www.fastcompany.com/online/32/one.html


Mainstreaming Conspiracies (Business 3:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,35358,00.html?tw=wn20000404
Richard Metzger -- chief conspiracy theorist behind Disinformation, a
site that culls fringe culture -- would have you believe everything
you
know is wrong. Hear his conversation with the NetSlaves.


Network access made simple, secure
As part of its multifaceted network security strategy, the Army is
studying the ethical and legal implications of replacing personal
passwords with devices that can read fingerprints, recognize voices
and faces, and capture a host of other personal biometric information.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0403/tec-mouse-04-03-00.asp


Mariana Danilovic, founder of The Digital Media Incubator, spies big
opportunities.
http://www.internetworldnews.com/idx_article.asp?
inc=040100/4.01FastForward1
&issue=4.01


Stop the Fight | by Pamela Kruger and Katharine Mieszkowski
It's time for twentysomethings and fortysomethings to
stop brawling and start learning from each other. These
new-economy heavyweights have put down their gloves and
embraced the best of both generations.
http://www.fastcompany.com/online/17/stopfight.html


ScanMail broadens virus fight
Trend Micro Inc. last month released the latest version of its
antivirus software for Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange, which for the
first time can scan both incoming and outgoing e-mail for viruses.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0403/tec-shf-scn-04-03-00.asp


On the Web, edgy content is what sells.
http://www.internetworldnews.com/idx_article.asp?
inc=040100/4.01EBusiness1&i
ssue=4.01


Security survival training
The pace of development in information technology has so altered
the security landscape that training has become a matter of survival,
according to the Army's chief information officer.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0327/mgt-survive-03-27-00.asp


GEEK IS CHIC: You don't need to hide the fact that you're a geek;
instead, it's time to revel in it. Last weekend saw the first annual
Geek Pride Festival hit Boston, with thousands meeting to celebrate
and pay tribute to their heroes. If you missed this event, don't
worry: a Geek Pride Tour could soon bring the festival to a city near
you.
http://www.pcworld.com/r/pcw/1%2C2061%2Cpcw-0304digest7%2C00.html


ALLCHIN ACKNOWLEDGES REPORTS THAT WHISTLER CODE WAS RELEASED
(Source: InfoWorld.com) The head of Windows development said Thursday
that Microsoft was convinced that a copy of Whistler, the
next-generation version of consumer Windows, had been posted to the
Internet for download, as reported earlier this week.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=246723


NET INFRASTRUCTURE TAPPED TO DELIVER LIBERTIES
      (Source: IDG.net) A model has surfaced at the Computers, Freedom
and
Privacy conference to let control and individuals' civil liberties
flow from the Net's infrastructure itself.
http://www.e-businessworld.com/go.cgi?id=246621

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"Our Age of Anxiety is, in great part, the result of trying to do
today's
jobs with yesterday's tools."
-Marshall McLuhan

**To ALL: The wonderfully stable MS Outlook 2000 recently decided
that it
did not like my News Group distro list and so it emptied its
contents. I
have struggled to rebuild the list this morning but mistakes may have
been
made. If I have inadvertently added you to this list or added you at
an
incorrect email address, please let me know and I will fix the problem
immediately.

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The 41st: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse:

The DotComGuy
http://www.dotcomguy.com/

Ever wonder how far this whole "Internet-thing" could go? This site
offers
an example of someone living on the far edge of the Web revolution.
According to the site's explanation, the "Guy's" idea was to prove
that
someone could live entirely through e-commerce. The deal is that he
will not
leave the house he entered on 1 Jan. 2000 until 1 Jan. 2001 and will
arrange
for all his needs online. He's even taking the step of actually
changing his
name to "dotcomguy." I'm not sure what that's supposed to prove...

Anyway, you can go to his site, watch him live through Web cameras,
chat and
instant message with him. Viva la difference!
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**for Don: There's an opening!
Starbucks founder steps down
He'll have a nonfat latte to go. (ABC)
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/starbucks000407.html


"What links all this together is content. Consumers will not stand
for the mediocre, biased or the uninteresting."
AOL chairman Steve Case, on how his Internet strategy is bolstered
by the acquisition of Time Warner's vast storehouses of bland
content, CBS MarketWatch, 5 April 2000
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/20000405/news/current/aol_case.htx


Valley to Bill Joy: 'Zzzzzzz' (Technology 3:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35424,00.html?
tw=wn20000405
The information revolution's giddy rush to worship science gets a
drubbing from critics such as Bill Joy, who says we're ignoring the
little things -- like ethics. The Valley, of course, disagrees.  By
Lakshmi Chaudhry.

Virtual Teams Light Up GE
General Electric is rapidly rolling out real-time collaboration tools
to all
340,000 of its employees. Executives say the program will
fundamentally
change the way the company interacts with suppliers and customers.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000406S0004

**Question: How much learning can you put on 500 Mb?
More Head-Bang for Your Buck (Technology Wednesday)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35287,00.html?
tw=wn20000406
New matchbook-sized optical storage discs for audio players and cell
phones hold 500MB for $10. By John Gartner.


B2B on the Internet
C'mon, get with the program! (ABC)
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/TheStreet/b2b000405.html

Gartner: B-to-B e-sales will exceed B-to-C by tenfold
next year. By 2004, the worldwide business-to-business e-commerce
market will be worth $7.3 trillion, or 6.9% of the global
economy, according to Gartner Group.
http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/CWFlash/000403D192


(Mercury Center)
** Intellectual Property Laws in Flux
http://www.zdnet.com/special/stories/defense/0,10459,2522918,00.html



ASKME.COM ANYTHING: Why sift through thousands of Web sites looking
for answers when you can get live people to help with your problems?
AskMe.com has 44,000 "experts" online. These people don't have to earn
expert status--anyone can sign up and start handing out advice. We put
a few to the test.
http://www.pcworld.com/r/pcw/1%2C2061%2Cpcw-0406digest2%2C00.html


CAN YOU COUNTER-ATTACK HACKERS?
(Source: Network World Fusion) If you can disarm a knife-wielding
mugger, why can't you disarm your electronic mugger?
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=247677


FRISKING COMPUTERS AT THE DOOR
(Source: Network World Fusion) E-commerce companies fed up with
visitors unknowingly transmitting viruses are employing
intrusion-detection applications to scan the visitor's PC.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=247123


IN SYNC: Chances are you have a PC at home, another at the office, and
possibly a third you take on the road. Getting all your PCs in sync
can be a hassle. On May 1 look for FusionOne's free Internet-based
service to help synchronize data from multiple PCs.
http://www.pcworld.com/r/pcw/1%2C2061%2Cpcw-0406digest5%2C00.html


SEGA UNVEILS ONLINE GAMES, FREE CONSOLES
(Source: PC World Online) Sega of America will unveil on Tuesday a
radical
shift in its business strategy by offering its own Internet
service and giving away to subscribers its Dreamcast video console via
a $200 rebate.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=246764


CAN ZERO-KNOWLEDGE HUSH UP THE NET?
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=16073
Utility protects your privacy by letting you surf the Web under a
pseudonym.


PRIVACY ADVOCATES HAIL CRYPTO RULING
(Source: Computerworld) A U.S. Appeals Court judge has ruled that
encryption source code is constitutionally protected speech and not
subject to prior restrictions imposed by the U.S. Export
Administration.
http://www.e-businessworld.com/go.cgi?id=247705

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MICROSOFT RENEGES ON WEB STANDARDS
The Web Standards Projects--A grass-roots software
developer group--is fuming over Microsoft's
apparent turnaround on industrywide technical
standards in its new Web browser...to promote its
own technology instead.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=9685&bx=http://www.zdnet.com/




Time Digital 50
http://www.time.com/time/digital/digital50/index.html
Who had the most impact on wired life this year?


The Math Whiz behind Akamai's Net-Speeding Algorithms
Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com/ebiz/index.html
Tom Leighton led his MIT team to a solution for Web congestion, and
that has won him acclaim and wealth.

MOST 'WIRED' CITIES NAMED
A new study shows San Francisco, San Diego, and
Washington, DC as the top three U.S. cities with
the highest Internet usage.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=9988&bx=http://www.zdii.com/



Sony Wielding a Smaller Stick (Technology 6:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35646,00.html?
tw=wn20000413
The consumer electronics company cuts the size of its Memory Stick
data chip by 50 percent. The 32- and 64-megabit devices for digital
audio players and cameras will debut in spring 2001.


Back door found in Microsoft software
Evidently the password has something to do with Netscape
engineers being "weenies." (Slashdot)
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/04/14/0619206.shtml


"People have actually started using their phones. That has stressed
our system."
AT&T Wireless vice president Bruce Martin, on the threat posed to
his operation by customers who actually use the service they've
paid for, The Washington Post, 12 April 2000
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1206-2000Apr12.html


ANONYMOUS FILE-SWAPPING AIDS PIRACY AND PORN?
The AOL-developed (and then AOL-withdrawn)
Gnutella allows for Internet users to share files
in personal networks that are unable to be
tracked.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=10260&bx=http://www.zdnet.com/


IBM tells staff not to run Windows 2K
Not exactly good news for Microsoft. (The Register)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/000412-000014.html


Today's Reference Pick of the Day is: Sink Spam
at: http://www.e-mps.org/en/
Come to this site to tell advertisers you don't want any more
unsolicited
commercial e-mail, or spam. It's a free service sponsored by The
Direct
Marketing Association.


WIRELESS ENCRYPTION 'CRACKED': THE GOOD NEWS
An international team breaks the code of
encryption thought to be the best way to secure
new generations of wireless devices. But it took
them four months. Some say: maybe the
collaborative effort is the real pay off.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=10282&bx=http://www.zdnet.com/


NO-TUITION COMPUTER SCHOOL TO LAUNCH THIS FALL
ArsDigita University, based in Cambridge, is the
brainchild of the ArsDigita Foundation and will
have MIT faculty as part-time instructors.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?
cid=10379&bx=http://www.mercurycenter.com/NO-
TUITION COMPUTER SCHOOL


and now for a little perspective...

"There are worse things than having your privacy violated ... like
murder."
FBI agent Paul George, winning friends and influencing a crowd of
technolibertarians at the tenth annual Computers, Freedom and
Privacy conference in Toronto, ZDNN, 6 April 2000
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2522568,00.html



MAKER OF 'SHOPPING CART' UTILITY ACCUSED OF HACKING
Developer is said to have created a 'backdoor' to
servers that offer (to more than 200 e-commerce
sites)the program that allows online shoppers to
pile up goods to be purchased.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?
cid=10383&bx=http://www.internetnews.com/


NET BUNKER BOMBS
The opening of a 'top-secret' and highly-secured
shelter for the Internet goes off without much
fanfare. Some question the need for a physical
structure and how effective it will be in warding
off terrorist attack...from the outside.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=9737&bx=http://www.wired.com/






QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Girls are saying, 'We can do these things, but we don't want to.'"
      -- American Association of University Women's director of
research, on
girls' interest in technology
(Read it here --> http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=249143)


WARY OF U.S., EC OFFERS NET RECOMMENDATIONS
      (Source: IDG.net) Reflecting concerns about the continued
dominance
of the U.S. and U.S.-based Network Solutions Inc.   (NSI) over the
registry of Internet domain names,   the European Commission announced
on Tuesday a   series of recommendations to improve the   functioning
of the Internet.
http://www.e-businessworld.com/go.cgi?id=248853


POLAND LEADS CENTRAL EUROPE'S WEB MIGRATION
      (Source: The Industry Standard) A gray market in computers and an
early break from Soviet rule helped Poland get a jump-start onto the
Web.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=248726


PLEASE FORM A SINGLE LINE
      (Source: The Industry Standard) OPINION | When it comes to issues
involving the Internet in the U.S., the old definitions of left and
right are useless. [Jonathan GS Koppell]
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=248729


TOP 10 FREE E-BOOKS
      (Source: PC World Online) Create a virtual library on your PC
with
these downloadable electronic books.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=248567


GROUP BLASTS IE 5.5 FOR LACK OF WEB STANDARDS
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=248354


ON THE ROAD WITH KLAUS THE DRIVING ROBOT
      (Source: PC World Online) Klaus, designed by Volkswagen, can
drive with
the help of an onboard computer that judges distances and avoids
obstacles.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=248417


LEARN MORE ABOUT ... MOLECULAR-LEVEL DIGITAL STORAGE
      (Source: IDG.net) Once again it's time to learn stuff. Impress
your
friends with your knowledge of ultra-high density storage devices the
size
of a fingertip.
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=248419


LUCENT INVESTS $150M IN IRISH OPTICAL NETWORKS
      (Source: IDG.net) Lucent Technologies on Wednesday announced
plans
to build a $150 million optical networking   provisioning center in
Dublin, Ireland.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=249241


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The 42nd: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse:

http://www.betanow.com
Betanow.com

I really should be a reliability tester for things like browsers,
networks
and hard drives. I seem to have transferred the energy I directed to
wearing
out the knees in my jeans to wearing out various systems parts. My
favorite
tool to use to do this is "beta software." This is software that
is "almost
ready" which means "it still has problems." The upside is that you
can get
nearly-ready versions of some programs for free  the downside is that
there
are still bugs in the program.

If your spirit of adventure outweighs your fear, then this site is
for you.
They index all the currently available software. Download a little,
download
a lot! See how many icons you can cram into your system tray at
once!  Try
"Nelson" for help in organizing your Outlook email.
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YOUNGER ARMY OFFICERS 'LEAVING IN DROVES'
Why are so many younger U.S. Army officers,
especially captains, quitting the military?
Some say it's because senior leaders care more
about advancing their careers than they do
about their subordinates.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?
cid=10605&bx=http://www.washingtonpost.com/


RAGS TO RICHES, IRISH STYLE
(Source: TechInformer) So I'm in a bar with some friends and my
roommate is gloating over his stock options and how his company is
about to file for its IPO...
http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=250821


IRELAND TO LOWER ENCRYPTION EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
(Source: IDG.net) The world's largest software exporter has relaxed
regulations for exporting mass market encryption products.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=250463


First Bluetooth SDK Now Available
http://www.computeruser.com/newsletter/2830.html


Battle of the Broadbands
The Red Herring
http://www.herring.com/mag/issue75/mag-broadbands-75.html
Cable and DSL services wire the local loop.


JAPAN FEARS PLAYSTATION 2 COULD LAUNCH REAL MISSILES
The Japanese gov't enables stricter export
controls on Sony's latest gaming console in
fear that it could be used for military purposes
abroad.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=10537&bx=http://www.zdnet.com/


House Leader Promises to Extend Net Tax Ban
http://www.computeruser.com/newsletter/2834.html


IBM BOOSTS POCKETPC STORAGE
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=16281
Tiny hard drive can add 340MB of storage to PocketPC devices.


BUILDING SUPERCOMPUTERS WITH OFF-THE-SHELF HARDWARE
(Source: Linuxworld) Combining Linux and standard hardware offers a
way around many of the problems facing supercomputing today.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=250387


HOW IT CAN SAVE THE PLANET... AND BOOST PROFITS, TOO
(Source: CIO) IT has great potential to help create a new, improved
world,
but too much of its power is still focused on enabling us to consume
more
and do more dumb things faster.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=250844


  Web-Based Procurement Saving Dollars
The costs of existing procurement processes can average a hefty $50 to
$250 per transaction, but these costs can be reduced to the $5 to $20
range per transaction using Web-based procurement processes, according
to a study by Zone Research.
http://cyberatlas.com/markets/professional/article/0,1323,5971_337681,
00.htm
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MICROSOFT 'BACKDOOR' JUST A PEEPHOLE
Microsoft admits 'product vulnerability' but
confirms no security flaw was created in their
FrontPage server software as a means for 'illicit
access.'
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=10653&bx=http://www.zdnet.com/


Bill Would Shelter Firms Sharing Hacking Info
http://www.computeruser.com/newsletter/2837.html

HUMANIST-TECHIES RETORT
Here's a counter-argument for Bill Joy's recent
doomsday report that technology will render humans
obsolete.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?
cid=10551&bx=http://www.thestandard.com/

Internet Is "Great Leveler" of the World
http://www.computeruser.com/newsletter/2842.html


25 WOMEN WHO ROAR ON THE WEB
Upside hails the 25 most influential women on the
Internet.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=10623&bx=http://www.upside.com/


Many PDAs to Be Free by 2003
http://www.computeruser.com/newsletter/2845.html


from Netsurfer Digest:
Windows 2000 Security Little Black Book
Ian McLean, Edward Austin (Editor)
The Coriolis Group; ISBN: 1576103870
This complete reference book covers all aspects of configuring and
maintaining Windows 2000 security. The Little Black Book series is
fast
coming to rival O'Reilly's books in usefulness and this entry
continues the
trend. Good, solid, well focused manual for syadmin pros who need to
secure
their Win2K machines and networks.


Govt. workers take day off as neo-hippies protest IMF
Globalization bad, day off good. (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/04/17/dc.protests.01/index.html





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The 43rd: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse:

http://www.soontobereleased.com/
Soon To Be Released

Want to be sure you get that Pink Floyd- The Wall Live CD before
anybody
else? Perhaps the latest literary offering from Minnesota governor
Jessie
Ventura, "Do I Stand Alone? Going to the Mat Against Political Pawns
and
Media Jackals." Well, this site will help. Soon to be Released
compiles
release dates and details for books, music, videos, DVDs, movies,
software
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Online training takes off
Online training courses designed to meet an agency's specific needs
are gaining popularity among federal managers struggling to balance
a skills- and worker-shortage with decreasing funds for training
and travel.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0417/tec-train-04-17-00.asp

Navy adjusts terms of intranet deal
The Navy held a closed-door meeting last week with officials from
the four potential prime contractors vying for the Navy's $16 billion
intranet contract to map out what sources on Capitol Hill say could be
a major change to the contract.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0417/news-navy-04-17-00.asp


Free For All
Internet access at no cost?  It's happening right in front of AOL's
eyes.
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/00/0501/6510140a.htm


NEW RUSSIAN PRESIDENT TO DEBUT MEMOIRS ON WEB
Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin will
simultaneously post his translated memoir 'First
Person' on the Internet as it reaches store
shelves in the U.S April 29 and 30.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=10814&bx=http://www.zdnet.com/


POCKET PCS READY TO POP
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=16292
Microsoft has high hopes for the new Windows CE, formally debuting
Wednesday.v


'TELLME' ABOUT IT
Mossberg raves about a new telephone service that
connects you to various categories of real-time
information on the Internet.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=10718&bx=http://ptech.wsj.com/


  Governors debate online taxation - online
Should Internet transactions be taxed? It's the question we posed to
Gov. Paul Cellucci of Massachusetts, a state best known for its high-
tech industry, and Gov. John Engler of Michigan, a state better known
for its more traditional smokestack industries. Read their opening
statements, then jump in with your comments and questions for the
governors.
DocFinder: 7723
http://www.nwfusion.com/cgi-bin/WebX.cgi?230@@.ee6e78a


MS' U.K. Lab: Litigate? Innovate! (Business 3:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,35644,00.html?tw=wn20000417
Microsoft researchers in Britain throw open their lab doors in an
effort to show off new technologies and do a little PR for the
beleaguered company. Karlin Lillington reports from Cambridge,
England.


The Icebergs Breaketh (Technology 3:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35586,00.html?
tw=wn20000417
Four huge icebergs have broken free in Antarctica in recent weeks. New
technology is letting scientists and Web users watch. Kim Griggs
reports from Wellington, New Zealand.

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<b>The 45th: Mark's Potentially Cool Site Clearinghouse:</b>

http://zaplet.zaplet.com/index.jsp
Zaplet by FireDrop

Email has been described as the ultimate "killer app" on the Net/Web.
Several companies are now expanding on that concept by finding new
ways to
put richer media in our inbox. In the past we have been limited to
plain
text, rich text or HTML. Plain text is great (this newsletter loves
it),
Rich Text is visually appealing but not everyone can get it and HTML
is good
and offers some advantages but also offers some drawbacks. Two new
offerings
try to bring us the best of all these in separate formats.

Zaplets by FireDrop are a curious new email species. They are a blend
of
static and dynamic content. They are not email but they look like it.
They
actually reside on top of email but act like a Web page. You can
actually
send a Zaplet out to several folks to poll them on an issue, they
vote on
the Zaplet in their inbox and the results can displayed throughout the
group, all through one "email." There is also a Zaplet which allows
you to
collect address, phone, etc - kind of info from people; they get the
Zaplet,
add their info and hit an "update" button and the info appears on the
Zaplet
in your inbox. I would be interested to see someone try one who might
have
firewall issues. It looks pretty neat though.

http://www.radicalmail.com/
RadicalMail

This falls much more into the advertising and/or PR realm than
Zaplets. This
actually offers a way to stream multimedia into an email, all with no
plug-in required. Say the CEO of a company wanted to send a video or
audio
message out to the troops, well, here you go. Maybe someone wanted to
pipe
out a bit of instruction to folks via email, here ya go. To really
experience this one, go to the site and they offer the option to email
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**THE technology to watch!
WIRELESS BLOOMS WITH BLUETOOTH
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=16363
Using secure radio transmission, Bluetooth frees wireless devices from
their restraints.

Cisco describes itself as a company that powers
the web. They are also a company that uses the web
for almost everything. In February, 97% of their
sales orders came via the net and that is only the beginning.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/396941.asp


BALLMER PUSHES XML: Even the government uses XML. At FOSE, a trade
show for federal agency technology buyers, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
said XML, not Java or Corba, will enable the government's
participation in the digital revolution. Ballmer offered several
examples of successful implementations and made some recommendations
of future use.
http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,16340,00.html


COLUMN | 04.12.00
Play It As It Learns
Breeding software used to be the stuff of science fiction and esoteric
artificial intelligence research. Now it's coming to a videogame
store near
you.
What happens when Darwin meets Mario? Steven Johnson reports.
http://www.feedmag.com/dna/playit.html?alert


Agencies pushed toward PKI
Amid the drive to put more government services on the Internet,
federal officials are urging agencies to secure information systems
and are providing the technical and legal tools to help.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0417/news-pki-04-17-00.asp


Vendors tighten security offerings
Spurred to action by presidential directives and hacker threats,
many agencies are eager to beef up their security but are short on
the skills to do it.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0417/tec-iss-04-17-00.asp


PALMS HIT THE ROAD
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=16345
Palm and Delphi Automotive partner on messaging technology for the
car.


VERTICAL VIEW: PORTAL SITES
-In February, the three most popular portal sites were Yahoo.com,
  with 44,709,000 unique visitors; Msn.com with 35,885,000;
  and Lycos.com, with 26,921,000. (Media Metrix)

-Overall, AOL was the most popular property, with 25,339,000 unique
  visitors to its subscriber-only gateway as well as 31,853,000
  visitors to its open Website.  (Media Metrix)

-Approximately one-third of all web surfers access sites through
  a portal. Two-thirds also click on entries in their bookmarks
  file, while 63 percent simply type known addresses into their
  browsers' URL window. (Ernst & Young)

-AOL was the top retailer in March, with 14.8 million unique users
  and 1.1 million projected buyers. CDNow.com ranked second with
  6.6 million unique users and 682,000 projected buyers.
  (PC Data Online)

-Roughly $3 billion was spent on Internet ads in 1999, compared
  with $18 billion of e-commerce revenue during the year.
  (Forrester)


Making passwords secure
When system users can select their own passwords, they naturally opt
for easily remembered constructions. This leads to two related
problems:
easily guessed passwords and the use of dictionary words.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0410/tech-passwd-04-10-00.asp


13 April 2000  Elliptic-Curve Cryptography Cracked
In an enormous collaborative effort, a French research agency has
managed to crack a 108-bit encryption key.  The endeavor utilized
9,500
computers around the globe.  The encryption method, known as elliptic-
curve cryptography, is expected to be used in wireless security
applications.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/394731.asp?0m=N21F
[Editor's Note (Murray): Only a challenge key was found.  The popular
press may incorrectly interpret this as a break in the algorithm.]


Special Report: Scanning for security holes
How secure are your agency's networks? New software scanners that
mimic hacker attacks can help you find out.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0410/sec-scan-04-10-00.asp


Special Report: Training the security troops
New sources for security training and education are helping agencies
close the skills gap.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0410/sec-train-04-10-00.asp


ANALYST SLAMS DOT-COM CEO'S
Head of Forrester Research interviews a number
of Internet chief execs and concludes: they're
'greedy' with no idea how to make their companies
last or maintain real value.
http://www.backwire.com/go.asp?cid=11143&bx=http://www.zdnet.com/


WineShopper.com in High Spirits
By Miguel Helft
The online retailer uncorks its Web site and announces a deal with
Amazon.com.
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,14279,00.html?nl=dnt


BROADBAND MEDIA GOES DEEP
http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=16342
You can now get a reasonable selection of Web video, audio, and
animation with decent performance.


  10 April 2000  Cyber Attack Information Sharing
Government and industry representatives appear to agree that
legislation
is necessary to pave the way to effective data sharing about cyber
attacks.  Private companies are reluctant to share information with
the
government because they fear that such information would be subject to
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).  Legislation that may soon be
introduced would shield trade secrets and intellectual property
information from the FOIA in such cases.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0410/pol-foia-04-10-00.asp
[Editor's Note (Paller): FOIA exemptions will not overcome corporate
executives' reluctance to share evidence that their computers were
compromised. Their reluctance is based on a simple survival rule
embraced by many business executives: don't share information about
corporate errors or weaknesses with anyone.]
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"Our Age of Anxiety is, in great part, the result of trying to do
today's
jobs with yesterday's tools."
-Marshall McLuhan