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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 07:50:57 -0600
From: "Swisher, Bob" <bswisher@ou.edu>
To: "'it-fyi@ou.edu'" <it-fyi@ou.edu>
Subject: Edupage, 26 October 1997
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> Edupage, 26 October 1997. Edupage, a summary of news about
> information technology, is provided three times a week as a service by
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> TOP STORIES
> U. Of California Plans New Online Library
> 10 Million Kids Online
> Proton Memories
> NEC Develops 128-Bit Encryption Technology
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> ALSO
> Lucent Technologies Tackles Spam
> Telecommuting On The Rise
> Live, Streaming Educom97
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> U. OF CALIFORNIA PLANS NEW ONLINE LIBRARY
> The University of California System will create a completely digital
> library, with the entire collection available online. The California
> Digital Library will concentrate initially on building a collection of
> materials related to science, technology and industry. One goal of
> the digital system will be to encourage professors to publish their
> research online. "We would like to change the way information is
> disseminated for scholarship," says the Digital Library's first
> librarian. (Chronicle of Higher Education 24 Oct 97)
>
> 10 MILLION KIDS ONLINE
> A new report by FIND/SVP and Grunwald Associates, based on a survey of
> 2,000 households, reports that almost 10 million children are using
> the Internet -- 14% of the approximately 70 million children under 18
> in the U.S. Nearly half of the children currently access the Internet
> from school, and most of them use it for school or homework as their
> primary Net activity. "There will be a fundamental shift in the
> market in late 1998/early 1999 when more children will go online at
> school than at home," says Peter Grunwald, president of Grunwald
> Associates. "This is a result of government and private initiatives
> to wire classrooms." For more information, call 1-800-346-3787.
>
> PROTON MEMORIES
> A team of scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and France
> Telecom has developed a prototype digital memory device that uses
> protons to save crucial information, even in the event of a power
> outage. The work stems from research for the Defense Advanced
> Research Projects Agency, which is seeking radiation-hardened,
> low-voltage chips that could survive a nuclear
> event. Researchers report that the protonic device is simple to
> produce, low-powered, and inexpensive -- characteristics that could
> finally bring so-called static memory devices to the commercial
> marketplace. (Popular Science Oct 97)
>
> NEC DEVELOPS 128-BIT ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGY
> Japan's NEC has developed 128-bit key encryption technology that makes
> use of an algorithm to create fake keys, which are then substituted
> for the real encryption keys when a potential hacker tries to crack
> the code. Under Japanese law, the product cannot be exported from
> Japan. (InfoWorld Electric 22 Oct 97)
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> LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES TACKLES SPAM
> Lucent Technologies' Personalized Web Assistant offers a filter
> between users and unsolicited bulk e-mail. The service originally was
> intended as a privacy screen for users filling out Web-based
> registration forms, but by adding an intermediate proxy server between
> users and any Web site they might be visiting, the Personalized Web
> Assistant can filter incoming mail; if users are being bombarded with
> junk, their addresses can be shut down or they can trace the source of
> the spam. "The concept was to give the user a system that manages
> e-mail and identities on his behalf," says a research scientist at
> Lucent's Bell Labs. "The antispam feature was sort of a consequence
> of how we generate e-mail addresses. You can use your own e-mail
> filters to handle spam domain names, but domain names can change.
> We've found that if they really want to get to you, spammers can
> easily adapt to crude filters." Lucent plans to release a commercial
> version of the Personalized Web Assistant next year, and is
> considering offering it to ISPs as a value-added service for their
> subscribers. (InternetWeek 24 Oct 97)
>
> TELECOMMUTING ON THE RISE
> A study from Telecommute America, an organization formed to promote
> telecommuting, indicates that 62% of 500 companies surveyed have more
> employees working at home than they did two years ago. The survey
> defined a telecommuter as an employee who works at least one day a
> week at home, a satellite office, or while on the road, keeping in
> touch via computer. (USA Today 24 Oct 97)
>
> LIVE, STREAMING EDUCOM97
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> Medal awards and address by Eli Noam), 9:45 am October 30 (address by
> Sherry Turkle), and 11:15 am October 31 (address by John Perry
> Barlow).
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