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TOP STORIES FOR FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2005
Journals Using Software to Uncover Plagiarism
VeriSign to Add DNS Servers
FCC Requires 911 for VoIP
Feds Conduct Searches Related to Data Thefts
JOURNALS USING SOFTWARE TO UNCOVER PLAGIARISM
Software designed to uncover plagiarism is increasingly being used not
only for student papers, where it got its start, but also for academic
journals, where it is turning up instances of self-plagiarism as well.
Although some dismiss self-plagiarism as unimportant relative to
plagiarizing another's work, the practice of republishing one's own
work in various venues strikes others as similarly objectionable.
Christian Collberg, assistant professor of computer science at the
University of Arizona, characterized self-plagiarism as vita padding
and said that self-plagiarists who are funded from public sources are
misusing taxpayer money. Collberg is working on a software application
specifically designed to uncover instances of self-plagiarism. Though
not as concerned about self-plagiarism, Cornell University is testing a
plagiarism-detection application on an archive it maintains of articles
in physics, math, and computer science. Among the 300,000 articles in
the archive, the tool has found a few thousand instances that warrant
further investigation.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 19 May 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2005/05/2005051901t.htm
VERISIGN TO ADD DNS SERVERS
VeriSign announced plans to add replicas of the Domain Name System
(DNS) servers that it maintains. DNS servers are responsible for
translating textual Web addresses into the numeric addresses necessary
for computers to locate specific Web sites. VeriSign is one of several
organizations that currently maintain 13 root servers in about 80
locations. VeriSign is responsible for two root servers and currently
has replicas operating in 18 locations. Within a year, the company
plans to increase the number of replicas by as many as 100, in
locations including South Africa, Taiwan, Spain, Poland, Brazil, and
unnamed spots in the Middle East. VeriSign ultimately plans to have
root server replicas running in more than 200 separate locations.
VeriSign's Aristotle Balogh said that adding replicas to its stable of
root servers will increase stability of the Internet, making it harder
for hackers to bring it down, and will shorten the physical distance
for many Internet users to the nearest DNS server, speeding the
transfer of data.
ZDNet, 19 May 2005
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5714319.html
FCC REQUIRES 911 FOR VOIP
In a unanimous decision, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
ruled that providers of Internet phone service, also known as voice
over Internet protocol (VoIP), must have functioning 911 service for
their customers. With VoIP, calls are made and received on typical
phone equipment, but the signal is carried on the Internet rather than
on telephone networks. The 911 network is its own network, and the
challenge for VoIP providers has been gaining access, through local
telephone companies, to the 911 network. As part of its ruling, the FCC
ordered local phone companies to work with VoIP providers to establish
the necessary link. Meanwhile, Vonage, one of the leading providers of
VoIP service, announced it has reached deals with two of the local
phone companies, BellSouth and SBC, to provide 911 services to Vonage
customers. Questions remain about how to allow VoIP customers to move
their phones and yet keep network operators aware of the location of
those phones so that emergency services can be sent to the proper
location.
New York Times, 19 May 2005 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/19/technology/19cnd-voip.html
FEDS CONDUCT SEARCHES RELATED TO DATA THEFTS
Federal authorities investigating the theft of personal information
from LexisNexis this week conducted raids and searches at several
locations around the country. LexisNexis, which collects and aggregates
information on millions of people, recently reported that information
on nearly 300,000 individuals had been stolen by hackers. Investigators
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Secret Service
searched the homes and computers of close to one dozen people,
resulting in at least three arrests. Spokespersons for the agencies
conducting the raids as well as for LexisNexis declined to give many
details other than that the investigations are ongoing.
Wall Street Journal, 20 May 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111653162281238311,00.html
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