From: Mustafa Akgul (akgul@Bilkent.EDU.TR)
Date: Tue 19 Nov 2002 - 09:42:03 EET
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 16:52:11 -0700
From: EDUCAUSE@EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Edupage, November 18, 2002
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TOP STORIES FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2002
Federal Court Approves Increased Surveillance
Cybersecurity Comment Period Ending
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California Unveils Plans for Optiputer
Lindows Operating System Now Available
.Net Server Postponed
FEDERAL COURT APPROVES INCREASED SURVEILLANCE
A three-judge panel of the federal appeals court ruled Monday that the
increased surveillance measures indicated by the USA Patriot Act are
not unconstitutional. The ruling overturns a decision by the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court in May, ordering that court to issue a
new ruling approving the surveillance. The intelligence court was
created in 1978 to monitor federal government surveillance done for law
enforcement reasons. The American Civil Liberties Union, which had
sought restrictions on the new governmental powers, was disappointed
with the ruling, saying it suggests that the intelligence court "exists
only to rubber-stamp government decisions."
Wired News, 18 November 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56454,00.html
CYBERSECURITY COMMENT PERIOD ENDING
Monday is the deadline for submitting comments on the Bush
administration's cybersecurity draft plan, but there is no word yet on
when the final plan will be released to the public. The final was
originally scheduled for release on September 18, but at the last
minute the plan was declared a draft, and a 60-day comment period
followed. Public comments will be added to the plan, with names
removed, and the final report will be delivered to the White House next
month. A date for the public release of the report, however, has not
been announced.
Washington Post, 18 November 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6152-2002Nov18.html
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CALIFORNIA UNVEILS PLANS FOR OPTIPUTER
The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information
Technology will use optical connections to build a supercomputer in
which communications lines are faster than the processors--the opposite
of traditional supercomputing designs. The idea for the new computer
came from the San Diego Supercomputer Center, a research partnership
between the University of California at San Diego and the University of
California at Irvine. The "optiputer," which will be located at the
University of California at San Diego, will initially consist of 500
processors connected with the optical router, which is a product of
Chiaro Networks in Richardson, Texas. The system is based on Intel
processors running the Linux operating system.
New York Times, 17 November 2002 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/18/technology/18OPTI.html
LINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM NOW AVAILABLE
Previously only available installed on low-cost PCs, such as those from
Wal-Mart, the Lindows operating system 3.0 is now available separately.
For about $129, customers can get the Lindows operating system, Sun
Microsystems's StarOffice 6.0 word processor, and access to other
applications, such as MP3 players, through a Click-N-Run service. Users
can install Lindows on multiple machines for the same price. The
Lindows company hopes that its low price will allow it to make some
headway into the desktop market, which is still largely dominated by
Microsoft despite significant progress for Linux in the server market.
CNET, 18 November 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-966183.html
NET SERVER POSTPONED
First scheduled for release in the second half of 2001, Microsoft's
Net server has been put off again and will be available in April 2003,
according to comments from Bill Gates at Comdex. The new server
software is an important part of the company's .Net strategy; four
versions will reportedly be available. Plans and dates for successors
to Windows 2000, including systems named Longhorn and Blackcomb, have
changed several times, and Microsoft will no longer commit to dates for
those systems. Some analysts pointed out that this latest delay isn't
a significant problem because currently there is not strong demand for
high-end servers.
ZDNet, 18 November 2002
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-966174.html
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