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Network World's Standards and Regulations News Alert

Senators question e-voting paper trail, 06/21/05

Calls for the U.S. government to mandate a voter-verified paper
trail with electronic-voting machines ran into opposition
Tuesday from two powerful members of a Senate committee, with
one senator objecting that a printout would discriminate against
blind people.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062105-e-voting.html?nl>

Europe's harmonized patent rules take a step forward, 06/21/05

The European Parliament's legal affairs committee has voted in
favor of proposed legislation to harmonize the rules for
awarding patents across the 25-member European bloc, a result
seen by some as favorable to big IT vendors.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre2782>

Tech Update: SLRRP spurs large-scale RFID rollouts, 06/20/05

Radio frequency identification readers were originally operated
as peripherals typically connected to a host computer via a
serial port to support a dedicated application. This works OK
for deployments involving modest numbers of readers performing a
specific targeted business function, but to accommodate
large-scale RFID production environments, readers are evolving
to support TCP/IP stacks connected via wired or wireless
networks.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre2783>

Sanyo quietly joins Blu-ray Disc group, 06/16/05

Sanyo Electric has joined the Blu-ray Disc Association, the
standards-setting group behind the Blu-ray Disc optical disc
format, but says its membership hasn't changed the company's
plan to produce disc players based on the rival HD-DVD format.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061605-sanyo-blu.html?nl>
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