Sending most of EduPage today: > > ************************************************************ > > Edupage, 4 August 1998. Edupage, a summary of news about information > > technology, is provided three times a week as a service of EDUCAUSE, > > a consortium of leading colleges and universities seeking to > transform > > education through the use of information technologies. The > organization > > has offices in Boulder, Colorado and Washington, D.C. > > ************************************************************ > > > > > > SEC SCOLDS COMPANIES ON Y2K DISCLOSURE > > The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a statement last week > chiding > > companies for their lack of candor in disclosing Year 2000 problems > to their > > stockholders. "While the number of companies disclosing year 2000 > issues > > has increased dramatically, many companies are not providing the > quality of > > disclosure that we believe investors expect." The SEC has posted a > document > > on its Web site, <http://www.sec.gov>, that compares "meaningful Y2K > > disclosure" with "boilerplate Y2K disclosure," but an agency task > force > > recently found that most companies have opted for the latter, just > inserting > > some meaningless legalese into their financial reports. (Los > Angeles Times > > 3 Aug 98) > > > > MIT'S MANAGEMENT SCHOOL SAYS NO MORE PAPER APPLICATIONS > > MIT's Sloan School of Management says it will no longer accept paper > > applications, opting instead for a fully electronic application > process. > > School officials say the move will save thousands of dollars in > processing, > > printing and postage costs, plus hundreds of hours of staff time. > The > > school will, however, stick with snail-mail for the back end of the > process > > -- acceptance and rejection letters will be shipped via the U.S. > Postal > > Service. (Investor's Business Daily 4 Aug 98) > > > > IBM'S NEW CHIP-MAKING PROCESS 35% FASTER > > IBM has developed a new chipmaking process known as > "silicon-on-insulator" > > (SOI), which will result in chips that operate up to 35% faster, and > require > > about a third less power than current models. The new process acts > as a > > sheath for the millions of transistors on a chip, reducing the > amount of > > leakage on the chip and boosting chip performance. The company, > which has > > about 30 patents on the process, says it can produce the chips for > only > > about 10% more than conventional chips. This is the second > breakthrough in > > chip-making technology the company has made in a year. Last > September IBM > > became the first company to announce it will begin using copper > rather than > > aluminum wiring for its chip circuitry. "IBM has again stolen the > march on > > the industry," says an analyst at Dataquest. "If their copper > process is > > like tuning the transmission of a car to get better performance, SOI > is more > > like modifying the engine to get better speed at lower fuel > consumption." > > (Wall Street Journal 3 Aug 98) > > > > ====================================== > > > > FCC TO HOLD HEARINGS ON DISPARITIES IN TECHNOLOGY ACCESS > > The Federal Communications Commission will hold hearings this fall > to try to > > determine why minority groups are less likely to have telephone > service or > > own a computer than white families. A U.S. Commerce Department > reports > > indicates that 96% of white households have basic phone service, > compared to > > about 86% of black households and Hispanic households; similarly > about 41% > > of white families own a computer, compared to about 19% of black and > > Hispanic families. FCC chairman Bill Kennard says, "Does this gap > in access > > to technology matter? You bet it does. How can you look for a job > without > > a phone? How can you demonstrate that you have the skills to > compete if you > > don't know which side of a diskette goes in first?" (AP 3 Aug 98) > > > Kathy E. Gill Business Process Information Visibility, http://process.ca.boeing.com/ BCAG Process Management, http://bpm.ca.boeing.com/ -- 425.234.2004 Empty pockets never held a man back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. - Norman Vincent Peale Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire! ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
