EDUPAGE> Edupage, April 26, 2004
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:32:56 -0600
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Subject: Edupage, April 26, 2004
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TOP STORIES FOR MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2004
IBM and Stanford Team Up on Spintronics
Study Shows Decline in Music Downloads
Organizations Reap Reward from Security Training
IBM AND STANFORD TEAM UP ON SPINTRONICS
IBM and Stanford University will open a joint research center to study
the promising field known as spintronics. The IBM-Stanford Spintronic
Science and Applications Center, or SpinApps, will include lab space
and hardware at the Stanford campus in Palo Alto and the IBM Almaden
Research Center in San Jose. Rather than studying how electrons
transmit electrical charge, those involved in the field of spintronics
are concerned with manipulating the spin of electrons. Spintronics
holds the promise of smaller electronic devices that require less power
and generate less heat than devices that transmit electrical charges.
The new center also highlights the growing importance of partnerships
between corporate and academic organizations following a decline in
corporate funding for such research. According to Stuart Parkin of
IBM's Almaden Center, "[The partnership is] something we need to do
more of since support for basic physical science research at IBM has
shrunk."
New York Times, 26 April 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/26/technology/26ibm.html
STUDY SHOWS DECLINE IN MUSIC DOWNLOADS
A new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project indicates
that significant numbers of Americans have stopped downloading music
over the Internet. According to the survey conducted in February, 17
million U.S. Internet users have stopped downloading music, in large
part because of lawsuits filed by the entertainment industry against
individuals suspected of violating copyright. One-third of those who
have stopped downloading said the lawsuits were the reason. A majority
of those who have never downloaded music said they probably never would
because of the lawsuits, and 38 percent of those who continue to
download said they do so less frequently as a result of the lawsuits.
Overall, the percentage of Internet users who download or share music
rose slightly since December, but that percentage was still less than
it was a year ago.
Wall Street Journal, 26 April 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB108299137503793510,00.html
ORGANIZATIONS REAP REWARD FROM SECURITY TRAINING
A survey from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA)
indicates that most organizations reap significant benefits from
security training and certification programs. [CompTIA is a trade
association that offers a number of IT certifications, including one
for security. --Ed.] According to the survey, organizations in which at
least 25 percent of IT staff have had IT security training reported
nearly 20 percent fewer security breaches. Of those organizations that
offered IT security certification programs, 70 percent reported
increases in security. Fifteen percent of the organizations surveyed
require all IT staff to have security training, up from 11 percent last
year, and 31 percent require at least half of their IT staff to have
such training, up from 22 percent.
Internet News, 23 April 2004
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3344971
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