http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000317/tc/eu_spying_1.html
EU to Set Up Major Probe Into U.S. 'Spy' Charges
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament is set to announce next
Wednesday that it will set up a special inquiry committee into
allegations that the United States uses an electronic surveillance
system for industrial espionage.
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The Parliament very rarely sets up such committees; the last time it
did so was to probe mad cow disease.
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http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000317/tc/tech_sony_3.html
Sony Embarrassed by Another PlayStation2 Flaw
By Yuka Obayashi
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Sony's game making unit Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) said it had
found users of PS2, launched two weeks ago in Japan amid huge
publicity and frenzied demand, could manipulate it to watch digital
video disk (DVD) software sold overseas.
That is in breach of an agreement among DVD player makers worldwide
that stipulates machines can only play domestically sold disks
equipped with disenabling codes.
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