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FW: ITAA Fires Back At E-voting Critics
[Note: Computerworld editor Sharon Machlis wrote in favor of paper trail on
July 5, 2004; see
http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/story/0,10801,94255
,00.html]
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Computerworld Morning Update
July 16, 2004
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In this issue:
* ITAA Fires Back At E-voting Critics
* E-voting Debate Heats Up In California
* Los Alamos Lab Again Missing Computer Disks With Classified Data
* New Bagle Variant Seen In The Wild
* New Dell CEO Greeted With Increased Q2 Guidance
* Secure Computing Rejects CyberGuard Takeover Bid
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ITAA Fires Back At E-voting Critics
The debate over electronic voting security and the need for paper audit
trails has taken a new turn, catching the open-source software
community by surprise.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,94584,00.html?nlid=AM
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E-voting Debate Heats Up In California
A California political candidate who lost a March race for Riverside
County Board of Supervisors by just 45 votes filed a lawsuit today
against the county after being denied access to the memory and audit
logs of the e-voting systems used in the election.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,94585,00.html?nlid=AM
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Los Alamos Lab Again Missing Computer Disks With Classified Data
For at least the third time since 2000, two removable computer disks
containing classified nuclear weapons data are missing from the Los
Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
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New Bagle Variant Seen In The Wild
Known as Bagle.AF or Beagle.AB, the latest version of the persistent
Bagle virus arrives as a password-protected .zip file and is similar in
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http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,94583,00.html?nlid=AM
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New Dell CEO Greeted With Increased Q2 Guidance
Dell's positive outlook for the quarter continues its growth trend and
comes on the same day that company founder Michael Dell will formally
pass his mantle as CEO to Kevin Rollins.
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Secure Computing Rejects CyberGuard Takeover Bid
Network security firm Secure Computing rejected a one-for-one stock
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