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The article focuses on the trial of Roger Duronio, a former systems administrator of UBS PaineWebber Inc. who faces computer sabotage charges in a U.S. District Court in New Jersey. Special Agent Gregory O'Neil has told the jury how 14 agents search Duronio's house that led them to a printed hardcopy of the said malicious code that took down about 2000 servers, including UBS' main host server. Prosecutors have said that the printed paper had the code for the logic bomb's trigger mechanism.

The article reports on the grant of second-round funding for Krugle's effort of increasing its staff and in building its product. The total amount of funding totaled $ 6.1 million. The company's product is intended to help programmers get their hands on code and other technical information. Searchable items include source code, technical terms and white papers.

The article features the automobile personal computer called Windows EXP Tablet PC software, the latest version of the device, the 01+. The functions of the device are advanced handwriting recognition, E-ink electronic paper, a 1-GHz processor, 512 Mbytes of memory and a 30-Gbyte hard drive. The product is priced at 2,100 dollars from OQO Inc.

The article introduces the Windows Live Academic Search for academic journals by Microsoft Corp. The search engine lets users examine thoroughly the Web for academic papers, notes and articles under computer science, electrical engineering and physics. Association for Computing Machinery and Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers was selected to index the content of the journals. This move represents the effort of the company to compete with Google Inc.

The article reports that the U.S. Census Bureau will use global positioning system (GPS)-enabled hand-held devices in its 2010 population count. Major part of the data will still be gathered through mailings of paper forms, the Internet, and telephone calls. Census takers will go to households that have not responded to surveys to get information and verify addresses and corresponding GPS coordinates. It is intended to improve accuracy of census. Census data is used to determine the federal grants to each state and its number of Congressional representatives.

The article introduces the latest USB flash driver, the JumpDrive Mercury from Lexar. The flash drive breaks new ground with its paper-thin, shatter-proof meter, based on electronic-display technology that reports how much room remains. It will be available soon with one or two Giga bytes of storage.

This article presents information on some new Web services offered by SCO Group Inc. Last week, it launched a new division, Me Inc., and a set of Web services designed to let companies tie smart handheld devices that act both as cell phones and mobile desktops to back-end applications and data. Musco Food Corp., a distributor of Italian food that's steeped in old-school ways of doing business, recently tapped SCO and reseller Ask Technologies Inc. to upgrade the company's paper-based methods of order processing.

This article reports that a good argument for why health-care providers should adopt electronic medical-record systems can be found in the tens of thousands, if not millions, of pages of paper files and charts that were destroyed in doctors' offices, clinics, and hospitals across the Gulf Coast states because of Hurricane Katrina. It's estimated that less than 20 percent of hospitals in the U.S., and even fewer doctors' practices, have adopted electronic medical-records systems. Kindred Hospital New Orleans is one of those few. The 54 patients who were evacuated from the long-term, acute-care hospital a few days after the hurricane--with protection from military guards because of reports of looters and snipers--were able to have their digitized records electronically sent to the other Kindred facilities in Houston and Baton Rouge where the patients were transferred.

The article presents information about an initiative by Microsoft Corp. that sniffs out Web sites hosting malicious code and hands the information to other parts of the company to develop patches or to launch legal action. The effort is called the Strider HoneyMonkey Exploit Detection System and was outlined in a paper released last week. The honeymonkey concept is different from the better-known honeypot approach to searching for malicious exploits, says Yi-Min Wang, manager of the Cybersecurity and Systems Management Research Group.

The article presents information on the business plans of Colgate-Palmolive Co. About 70 per cent of Colgate-Palmolive's $1.32 billion net income on more than $10.6 billion in annual revenue last year came from sales outside the United States. With so much business being done outside U.S. borders, the company is taking greater advantage of the Advanced Planning and Optimization module, a component of mySAP's supply-chain software that includes demand and production planning. The module will help Colgate-Palmolive move to regional-procurement systems for the direct materials it uses to manufacture products from toothpaste to pet food and for indirect products used throughout the company, such as computers and paper. On Colgate's plate now is upgrading to SAP's NetWeaver integration technology.

The article provides information on a new file format, code-named Metro introduced by Microsoft Corp. This new file format could move the company into the market for electronic paper. Metro will be part of Microsoft's upcoming Longhorn operating system for portal computers (PCs) and servers, due in a public test version this summer, said chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates in a speech at the conference. PC users are generating more advanced graphics with PowerPoint and other applications, and the trend will accelerate, says Microsoft group product manager Greg Sullivan. Metro fits into a larger Microsoft tech initiative called XAML, a markup language the company is testing for writing rich Internet applications.

Reports that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enlisted systems integrator GlobalNet Services Inc. and supplier of collaborative-business software Cyclone Commerce Inc. to develop a system to centralize the submission of documents to the FDA from pharmaceutical manufacturers and other federal agencies. Potential pivotal role of the electronic-submissions gateway in the health-care and pharmaceutical industry's move from paper-based processes to electronic ones.

Highlights the Controlled Substance Ordering System, developed by PEC Solutions Inc. to replace paper-based order forms by electronic transactions in the pharmaceutical industry in the U.S. End to a time-consuming and expensive process using the Drug Enforcement Administration's Form 222; Issuance of digital certificates to individuals at pharmacies or distributors who are certified to order schedule II drugs; Requirement of technology investments throughout the industry.

Global Logistics Technologies Inc. has updated its Global Command and Control Center logistics and transportation software, adding features to support inventory and international trade management. The software, which provides a single platform for planning and executing the movement of goods, now also provides documentation monitoring and workflow management to speed shipments across borders. Third-party providers still use a lot of people and paper for international logistics, says product marketing director John Murphy, so there's room for improvement in the process.

Announces the introduction of request-for-quotes platform to define parts-purchase specifications for suppliers of Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. in the U.S. Significance of the new platform to standardize ordering by factories; Replacement of the paper process of the company with the new platform; Ability of the portals to reduce costs and to improve overall quality management.

Reports on the plan of the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ask Congress for funds to upgrade systems for data collection and sharing systems. Efforts to eliminate antiquated paper-based reporting systems and implement a nationwide initiative to automate and synchronize the collection and sharing of data on traffic-related deaths and accidents; Department's need for wireless communication equipment to facilitate electronic data collection and transmission during traffic-safety stops. INSET: SAFER DRIVING.

Reports that Accenture Technology Labs has developed a prototype patient-charting system that features a digital pen, special encoded paper, digital camera, and a computer to transmit the data to a central Web server. Display of information on a secure Web site; System requires no special training to use; System testing in European and American hospitals in the near future.

Reports on the imaging needs of the business enterprises in the U.S. Reduction of paper and manual processing; Integration of information contained in documents into complex business applications; Customer services.

Features the Web site of John C. Fitzpatrick documenting the life and works of former U.S. President George Washington in the U.S. Number of personal letters and papers on Washington available; Volumes of the text; Insights provided on the personal and political life of Washington.

Discusses several issues on information technology (IT). Views of Rob Hassell, retiring chief information officer of Freightliner, on IT management; Employment problem of Roger Behnke, who is being retired from a paper products manufacturing plant in Appleton, Wisconsin; Ways that computer software product WiseWan is being marketed by NetReality.

Reports that ServiceBench Inc., a Fairfax, Virginia-based application service provider, will supply Whirlpool Corp. with a Web-based system that repair companies will use to submit repair claims electronically. Advantages of using the system; Information on Whirlpool's paper-based systems; Number of warranty repair providers that are expected to be live on the system by April 1, 2002.

Reports on the proprietary servers that are backbone for Knight Ridder Incorporated's circulation systems and call centers. Result of using WRQ Incorporated's Web-to-legacy emulation software by its `Miami Herald' paper; Amount the company saved on every transaction that comes in over the Web; Impetus for the system upgrade.

Reports on the development of a paper-thin plastic display at Sarnoff Corp. that can be wrapped around curved surfaces or rolled up and stored like a movie or video projection screen. Call for the use of plastic film to create display technology; Advantages of plastic screens.

Provides information on the report by Zona Research about online billings. Cost comparison of paper-based billing and E-billing; Companies that provide E-billing services; Perceived benefits of E-billing.

Offers business-related news briefs in the United States (U.S.) as of May 2001. Features of the 9000 Series Fibre Channel Fabric Switch from Vixel Corp.; Solution offered by Backplane Inc. to several paper bills released by businesses in the United States; Warning of security experts on skirmishes between U.S. and Chinese hackers.

Deals with the problem being faced by online business trades in the United States for the lack of technology that drives efficiencies in supplier and channel-customer relationships. Comments on Extensible Markup Language; Remarks from Greg Dismuke, a business-process analyst at the J.R. Simplot Co.; Components of solutions for the integration of electronic and paper world.

Reports on the plans of Hewlett-Packard company and United Parcel Service of America Inc. to develop a secure Internet process for sending and tracking paper documents. Merger of their technologies; How the service will work.

Presents information on a report released by the Securities Industry Association regarding the contingency plans for the industry in the event the year 2000 computer problems occur. Reason for putting up the paper; Recommendation of the panel.

Reports the plans of the National Footfall League's New York Jets to augment their paper playbooks with networked streaming video from Endeavour Software. Information about the computer application; Contribution of Carl Banks, Jets' director of player development in the development of the application; Advantages of the networked application; Comment on the computer graphics analysis used by the National Broadcasting Company during its Super Bowl telecast.

Reports that Unisource Worldwide Inc., a distributor of paper products, will write off $168 million in costs related to an abandoned nationwide implementation of SAP enterprise software. Completion of the Unisource's implementation of SAP human resources, financial, and distribution modules; Plan of the company for its integrated R/3 system; Estimated cost the company will spend to make the existing system compliant to year 2000.

Deals with artifacts, memorabilia and papers donated to Stanford University by Apple Computer. Interesting memo found by the technology curator; Computer prototypes.

Reports that Entex Information Services Inc. has signed a contract to provide life-cycle desktop- and network-management services to Sonoco Products Co., a maker of paper and plastic packaging. Terms of the contract; Advantage of the contract to Entex; Expected growth of desktop services market in 1997.

Reports that Medline Industries is suing Andersen Consulting for breach of contract, negligence and fraud in connection with Andersen's implementation of SAP R/3 enterprise software at Medline. Charges of Medline according to court papers filed; Amount of damages suffered by Medline; Response of Andersen on Medline's allegations. INSET: Medline's claims..

Focuses on a paper presented by ergonomic researchers Dennis Ankrum and Kaoru Suzuki that contradicts wisdom on computer monitor-placement. Monitor placement that allows most people to cope with stress; Other result of that placement.

States that on-screen help is no substitute for paper-based introduction and assistance. Reasons why manuals have shrunk, deteriorated and began to disappear entirely; Functions of on-screen design; Difficulties of the users on buying manuals; Why computers cannot replaced books.

Presents the Professional Edition of Wang Software's upcoming software Imaging for Windows, which can incorporate paper documents into enterprise applications. Features and functions of the Professional Editions and its optical character recognition (OCR); Testing of the OCR capability with specification on hardwares and documents that is used in the testing; Results of the testing. INSET: At a glance..

Focuses on the impact of network printers on office use of paper. Hewlett-Packard's introduction of its HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier, a printer capable of producing multiple copies of documents; Impact on copiers.

Focuses on the growth of Internet advertising. Implications of the decision of `USA Today' and `The New York Times' to offer their papers for free on the World Wide Web; Concerns on Internet's advertising capabilities.

Reports on General Magic's release of Active Paper's Presto!Links and Presto!Mail 1.5 applications for its Magic Cap operating system. Key features and components of the Web browser and the E-mail software; Other personal data assistants based on the Magic Cap operating system.

Reports on the Bolero Association's meeting last March 1996 to discuss the results of a test project for converting paper-based commercial transactions. Group's successful completion of an electronic commerce pilot project.

Suggests that the concepts that shaped our country should also apply to the information and technology (IT) world. The book, `The Federalist Papers'; How federalism balances central control with local autonomy; How the IT world has tried to govern through monarchy, sometimes succeeded by anarchy; Federalism as a model for managing large organizations.

Reports that The Richard Nixon Presidential Library has gone online. Web site; Access to foreign policy papers.

Focuses on the apparent loophole in the consent decree between the Justice Department and Microsoft that could allow the software company to engage in anticompetitive licensing practices. Papers filed by a personal computer manufacturer a group of anonymous Microsoft competitors alleging the consent decree as `expressly excluding' Microsoft's Windows NT operating system from the safeguards that apply to Windows licensing.

Presents excerpts of the article in `Crain's New York Business' on the boost to online advertising by rising postage and paper costs.

Reports that Caere Corp. is changing its product line to appeal to large corporate users with client-server environments and a need to manage paper-based information. Addition of document management software; Release of OmniPage Professional; Reaction of users.

Features Xerox Corp.'s SmartPaper Toolkit, a software package that will help developers enhance their applications with the ability to produce and read paper documents that incorporate encoded data. Use of the package in forms processing and direct marketing.

The article presents several letters to the editor related to information technology. In response to the article "Survey: Employees Steal Office Supplies," published in the November 17 issue of the journal "Information Week," a reader has written that since an employee is giving up personal time to do job-related work at home, it seems only sensible that he or she should take job-related materials home to do the work with. The article "U.K.'s Health-Care Modernization Program Limps Along" paints a gloomy picture of the National Health Service program.

The article reports on the innovative systems for efficient office management. It introduces office hoteling as an effective platform in business setting that provides fewer desks than people, enabling employees connect to phone line and Web connection using cordless phone standard and Wi-Fi access. Introduction of movable, programmable key from Ergodex, used in place of conventional keyboards that eases the use of software applications is presented.

The article introduces an ergonomic seat from EMA Innovation. The price of the seat is 2,500 dollars. The seat reclines and vibrates, the headrest adjusts and the keyboard tray and monitor move to suit the person using it.

The article presents information on the Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (HP's) products used by the law firm Hooper Lundy & Bookman Inc. The Los Angeles, California-based law firm provides specialized services in more than 10 health-related practice areas and is under constant pressure to respond to their clients. Underpinning the firm's legal practice is a computer network comprised of more than 70 HP Compaq desktop PCs, 15 HP notebook computers, nine HP ProLiant servers and 20 HP multifunction, inkjet and laser printers. Wayne Myers, IT director of Hooper Lundy & Bookman, said that the main reason they use HP equipment is their reliability.