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========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Small Business FREE double memory on select Dell (TM) systems! http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151632-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: FDA Posts Rules to Fight Counterfeit Drugs with RFID 2. News: Judge Still Weighing PeopleSoft's Poison Pill 3. Opinion: FCC Wields Too Much Tech Power 4. News: Evidence May Be Tossed in MS EC Case 5. Opinion: Finance 2004: Dancing with Regulations Visit eWEEK.com's Government Industry Center http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151635-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Government Update ========================================================= 1. News: FDA Posts Rules to Fight Counterfeit Drugs with RFID FDA guidelines say the RFID tag must not contain info about health care providers or patients, not substitute for other labeling control systems or linear bar codes. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151638-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Judge Still Weighing PeopleSoft's Poison Pill A Delaware Chancery Court judge schedules more hearings for mid-December on PeopleSoft's "poison pill" anti-takeover measures. Get the latest in this ongoing saga. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151641-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Opinion: FCC Wields Too Much Tech Power It's time to tell lawmakers that the FCC works for Congress and the people, not the other way around. Jim Rapoza examines the growing role of the FCC in the tech sector. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151644-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Evidence May Be Tossed in MS EC Case A European judge will hold a closed-door meeting to discuss the lifting of sanctions by the EU in its anti-trust ruling against Microsoft following the withdrawal of Novell and the CCIA. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151647-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Opinion: Finance 2004: Dancing with Regulations Bigger, faster, better, cheaper--or at least one step ahead of the feds. Those were the main themes for financial industry IT during 2004. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151650-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151653-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151656-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151659-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151662-0-0-0-1&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151665-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151668-0-0-0-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1370-31-89-59-151671-0-0-0-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
