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========================================================= Sponsored by Panda Software Panda Launches New Appliances for Corporate Layered Protection! Are your traditional antivirus solutions really protecting your network? Are you having problems with spyware? Are viruses still getting through? GateDefender scans six protocols, and stops spyware before it gets into your network (no more hopping from workstation to workstation to get rid of it). Panda's new highly scalable, simple to use GateDefender 8000 Series gives exceptional performance while using minimum resources. For more information, visit Layered Protection. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1478-31-89-59-164595-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: LA Police Dept. Studies Facial Recognition Software 2. News: Donated Intranet Service Helps Troops Stay Connected 3. News: Groups Debate Use of Dead Persons' Digital Information 4. News: Computer System Might Have Reduced Tsunami Toll 5. Opinion: Stock Option Bill Tops Tech's 2005 Legislative Agenda Visit eWEEK.com's Government Industry Center http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1478-31-89-59-164598-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Government Update ========================================================= 1. News: LA Police Dept. Studies Facial Recognition Software The Los Angeles Police Department is experimenting with facial-recognition software it says will help identify suspects, but civil liberties advocates say the technology raises privacy concerns and may not identity people accurately. Do you agree? Talk back! http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1478-31-89-59-164601-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Donated Intranet Service Helps Troops Stay Connected Intranets.com offers free access to its hosted communications tools, giving troops a better way to share e-mail, photos and documents with family and friends. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1478-31-89-59-164604-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Groups Debate Use of Dead Persons' Digital Information Family members, estate attorneys and online service providers are increasingly grappling with what happens to information bits when their owners die. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1478-31-89-59-164607-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Computer System Might Have Reduced Tsunami Toll The catastrophic death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced had India and Sri Lanka been part of an international warning system designed to warn coastal communities about potentially deadly waves, scientists say. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1478-31-89-59-164610-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Opinion: Stock Option Bill Tops Tech's 2005 Legislative Agenda Although the Federal Accounting Standards Board said last week that it would implement a new policy requiring companies to treat options as expenses as of June 15, 2005, the game ain't over. In fact, it might just be getting started. This time for real. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1478-31-89-59-164613-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Job Search http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1478-31-89-59-164616-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= The Channel Insider http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1478-31-89-59-164619-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1478-31-89-59-164622-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= 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=186-1478-31-89-59-164625-0-0-0-1&[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=186-1478-31-89-59-164628-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1478-31-89-59-164631-0-0-0-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1478-31-89-59-164634-0-0-0-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
