Go To Child Safety and Filtering Software News Chip Breakthrough by Intel (BusinessWeek.com) Describes a much smaller transistor developed by Intel, making much faster and smaller computers possible. 6-01 Chips - IBM Announces New Silicon Chip Breakthrough (CNET) Describes a new method for making computer chips much faster and use less power. 6-01 Fastest Computer Now From Japan (International Herald Tribune - Markoff) Describes a new computer for climate monitoring that was developed in Japan. 4-02 Goner Worm (CNN - Sieberg) Describes a very dangerous and powerful program that attacks computers. 11-01 Goner Worm - Getting Rid of It (McAfee.com) Describes a very dangerous and powerful program that attacks computers and provides instructions on getting rid of it. 11-01 Goner Worm - Getting Rid of It (Symantec - Norton AntiVirus) Describes a very dangerous and powerful program that attacks computers and provides instructions on getting rid of it. 11-01 Laser Breakthrough (Washington Times) Describes the new ultra-broadband quantum cascade laser. "The laser may soon help detect airborne toxins in spacecraft and nerve gases or explosives for public safety, as well as photographing molecules no one could see properly before." 2-02 Law to Stop Pornography in Libraries and Schools Is Challenged (NewsFactor.com - Gill) Describes why the American Library Association, Multnomah County Public Library (the Plaintiff), and others oppose a new law for filtering Internet content. 3-02 Papers Batteries - Paper Thin Battery Invented (ABC News) Announces a new battery that can be used as part of a "smart card" or even printed on paper. 11-01. DNA-Based Computer (BBC News) Describes a new nanocomputer developed at the Weizmann Institute in Israel by Professor Ehud Shapiro. A trillion of the computers will fit in a standard test tube. 11-01 Microsoft Announces Visual Studio.Net (ZDNet.com - Knorr) Announces new Web tools from Microsoft. 2-02 Rivals Unite to Set Web Services Standards (ZDNet.com - Wong) "The idea is to sell software as a subscription-based service over the Web instead of through traditional methods such as boxed copies at retail stores." 2-02 Smart Tags - New Microsoft Offering on XP Version (NewsFactorNetwork - McNeill) Describes Microsoft's new Smart Tags, included in its XP version of Office and Windows. In Office XP, Smart Tags will be active. In Windows XP, the user will need to turn Smart Tags on. Smart Tags allow Microsoft to place its choice of links to any word it wishes on anyone's Web pages or documents, without the authors' permission. For example, Microsoft could sell the word "education" so that every time a user of XP finds the word on anyone's Web pages or documents, the word "education" would link to Microsoft's customer. 6-01

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