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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 12:03:16 -0600
From: "Swisher, Bob" <bswisher@ou.edu>
To: "'it-fyi@ou.edu'" <it-fyi@ou.edu>
Subject: Edupage, 4 December 1997
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> TOP STORIES
> Intel Will Develop NC
> NCs: Not Ready-For-Primetime?
> HP & EDS Join In Internet Banking And Commerce Plan
> U.S. Calls For International Fight Against Cyberporn
>
> ALSO
> Computer Security Issues
> Surfing At The Mall
> Program Detects Software Plagiarism
> Rossetto Steps Down To Help Wired Grow Up
>
> INTEL WILL DEVELOP NC
> Intel plans to develop its own version of a low-cost (below $500)
> network computer, which will be able to use several different
> operating systems, including Microsoft's Windows CE, IBM's Workspace
> on Demand, Citrix's Winframe, Novell's NetWare, two programs from
> Oracle's Network Computer Inc. affiliate, and Unix-based software from
> Santa Cruz Operation Inc. The machines will be powered by Intel's
> original Pentium microprocessor, and will retrieve data and
> applications programs from servers running on Pentium II or Pentium
> Pro chips. "It's an Intel solution from one end of the network to the
> other," says an Intel VP. (Wall Street Journal 3 Dec 97)
>
> NCs: NOT READY-FOR-PRIMETIME?
> A new study by the Gartner Group says that despite all the hype
> surrounding network computers, businesses are not yet ready to adopt
> them, primarily because most corporate networks will need significant
> upgrading and increased maintenance to accommodate NCs. "Everyone
> was talking about computing and nobody was looking at the network,"
> says one of the study's authors. "Who cares if the desktop is cheap
> if the network is expensive?" According to "Network Computing: The
> Rest of the Story," few companies have any idea how much money it will
> take to increase the bandwidth and add more network support staff to
> successfully maintain an NC network. "Vendors say there will be plenty
> of bandwidth. I just don't see that in the next five years."
> (TechWeb 3 Dec 97)
>
> HP & EDS JOIN IN INTERNET BANKING AND COMMERCE PLAN
> Hewlett-Packard and Electronic Data Systems are joining with financial
> institutions Citibank, Mondex, Paymentech, Royal Bank of Canada,
> Sistema 4B, Sumitomo Credit, Visa International and Wells Fargo plan
> to develop and promote Internet banking and commerce. An HP executive
> called the alliance "a rare opportunity for cross-industry cooperation
> to change the way people will interact with their financial
> institutions and purchase goods and services." (Financial Times 3 Dec
> 97)
>
> U.S. CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL FIGHT AGAINST CYBERPORN
> Attorney General Janet Reno has called a two-day conference to get
> cooperation with foreign law enforcers to fight cyberporn, saying:
> "The rapid and global growth of the Internet raises a host of complex
> issues involving criminal law enforcement that expand beyond national
> boundaries." The meeting will include participation by justice and
> interior ministers from Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada, France
> and Russia. (AP 3 Dec 97)
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> COMPUTER SECURITY ISSUES
> WinMagic Chief Executive Chau Thi Nguyen-Huu warns that the secrets of
> banks, government agencies and other institutions and individuals who
> have used certain popular encryption software may not be so safe after
> all, and says he has observed security flaws related specifically to
> the two most popular data encryption software: Symantec's For Your
> Eyes Only, and Data Security's SecurPC. Symantec officials
> acknowledged the bug, and a fix to the problem can be ordered from the
> company's Web site for delivery within five to seven days. Data
> Security spoke with Nguyen-Huu, but said further tests will have to be
> conducted to determine whether a bug exists. (Toronto Globe & Mail 4
> Dec 97)
>
> SURFING AT THE MALL
> The Simon DeBartol Group, a developer of mega-malls, is planning to
> provide Internet access to the 28 million people who shop on its
> properties. The malls will offer their customers a CD-ROM, released
> monthly with pictures of all the merchandise so that they don't have
> to spend time downloading pictures online; a local dial-up number; and
> Microsoft Internet Explorer to browse the Net. A company executive
> says: "If we take a look and see what the trends are in the industry,
> they're for more convenience and more service. Perhaps we could make
> a combination of what was the Web and what was the malls and create a
> product that would be the best of both worlds." (News.Com 3 Dec 97)
>
> PROGRAM DETECTS SOFTWARE PLAGIARISM
> An associate professor of computer science at the University of
> California at Berkeley has developed a software program that can
> identify plagiarism in computer programming coursework. The "Measure
> of Software Similarity" program compares lines of code in students'
> assignments and flags those that contain similar code. The software's
> creator hopes his product will become a deterrence factor for students
> who are tempted to cheat: "There are places that find 10% of their
> students cheating. That's a lot more common than you'd like it to
> be." < http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~aiken/moss.html > (Chronicle of
> Higher Education 5 Dec 97)
>
> ROSSETTO STEPS DOWN TO HELP WIRED GROW UP
> The founder and chairman of Wired Ventures is stepping down as
> publisher of Wired magazine, a move he describes as "part of the
> process of this magazine growing up." The magazine, founded five
> years ago, became profitable this year, but Wired Ventures, the parent
> company, has failed in two attempts so far to launch a public stock
> offering. (New York Times 4 Dec 97)
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