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	Friday, October 29, 2004

Cisco buys network security company Perfigo. Latest Cisco news. [Network World on Routers and Switches] 1:01:07 PM    comment []

UK Gives Open Source The OK. A UK government report encourages public agencies to consider using Linux and other open-source alternatives to commercial software. [Linux Pipeline] 1:00:48 PM    comment []

Web-Based Tool Helps Voters Find Polls. With most states reporting massive new voter registrations and many political observers worrying about potential voter confusion and allegations of fraud on Nov.2, one organization has created a Web-based tool to answer questions and provide information. [InternetWeek] 1:00:34 PM    comment []

Secret Service busts online organized crime ring. In what it called an "Information Age undercover investigation," the U.S. Secret Service has arrested 28 people from eight U.S. states and six countries allegedly involved in a global cybercrime ring. [Computerworld Cybercrime News] 1:00:13 PM    comment []

Newsday columnist Ellis Hedican asks a good question: If we can trust banks to get millions of ATM transactions correct with a paper receipt every single time, why can't we trust the process of counting our votes? A big computer somewhere in the bowels of Citibank recorded my every twitch. I am sure of it. One hundred dollars is gone from my checking account. The date, time and place of my transaction are recorded for eternity. And when the monthly statement is mailed to my apartment, every last detail will be right there in black and white. I know this from experience. [Workbench] 12:59:54 PM    comment []

Lurking threats cast shadow on Net. The Bagle worm shifts shape to outsmart antivirus software. Plus: Media player patches and Feds' fraud crackdown. [CNET News.com] 12:59:34 PM    comment []

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