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...boards that may list stolen access codes enjoy protection under the First Amendment? That was one of the thorny questions raised last week at an unusual gathering of computer hackers, law-enforcement officials and legal scholars sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. For four days in California's Silicon Valley, 400 experts struggled to sort out the implications of applying late-18th century laws and legal principles to the fast-changing technologies of the late 20th century...
...water are seeking ways to use less. Kelco, a San Diego-based chemical producer, aims to cut water consumption 40% over the next three years by recycling more of what it needs to process the seaweed it uses as a raw material. Semiconductor manufacturing uses loads of water, so Silicon Valley's Intel, a leading maker, is also looking into recycling methods...
Scientists will point out that almost every one of the program's premises is subject to debate, from its assumption that life must be based on carbon (rather than, say, silicon) to its noticeable bias against nuclear energy. The program also assumes that technology always advances and that intelligence always confers an evolutionary advantage. "We may be flattering ourselves," says the program's designer, Will Wright...
...repossessed, why not computer software? The Silicon Valley firm Logisticon, which has been locked in a dispute with Revlon over a $180,000 bill and licensing rights for custom software, decided that the cosmetics company should not use what it had not paid for. Without letting Revlon know in advance, Logisticon programmers used a telephone connection earlier this month to enter Revlon computers and disable the disputed software. The message got through. For three days, Revlon claims, hundreds of workers sat idle as two warehouses were unable to ship as much as $60 million in goods. "Software companies have...
...chancellor's office is already getting calls from researchers and companies all over the country, from Boston to Silicon Valley in California, who are interested in using or being near the lab, Riordan said...