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US and ROC agree on export inspections
Computer
June 1993
US and ROC agree on export inspections It is reported
in the
China
Post that
an
Fraud & Security Bulletin
these cheques before obtaining clearance, allowing Webb and his associates to withdraw the money before the banks discovered the deposits were worthless.
agreement has been reached between Taiwan and the US which enforces an inspection system on export of computer software products. This calls for the Institute of Information Industry to replace the Board of Foreign Trade in the supervision and issuance of export permits. It is hoped that this system may be dropped when piracy of the products eases. It is estimated that this will cost the industry US$1.2 billion per year.
Yeltsin announces ruling on protection of software The Russia Express reports that the Russian Agency for Legal Protection of Computer Programmes, Databases and Integral Microsystems Topologies is to operate under the Russian
Taiwan seeks to introduce intellectual property guidelines The Taiwan Government, in an effort to avoid future US trade sanctions, is to draft a set of guidelines designed to protect intellectual property rights. As reported in the China Postthe Government will crack down on violators, enhance copyright registration management, work quickly to amend bills relating to copyright protection, and intensify education and publicity efforts. The Government is working to improve the country’s image by countering US criticism. It is proposed that a special unit be set up to supervise enforcement of intellectual property rights protection. Enactment of the guidelines will mean that the Taiwan government will no longer have to conduct lengthy annual copyright talks with the US.
ATM scheme arrests A conspiracy utilizing automatic teller machines has cost three Michigan banks $200 000. It has been reported in the Free Press that Federal authorities have indicted 30 people including David Webb, 22, who was believed to have masterminded the scheme. Webb and his co-conspirators are charged with opening accounts at Comerica Bank, Michigan National Bank and First Bank of America, where they used automatic teller machines to deposit worthless cheques. Subsequently the banks would credit
01993
Elsevier Science Publishers
Ltd
Federation
Committee
for Patents and
Trademarks. President Yeltsin has decreed that the Justice Ministry, the Finance Ministry and the State Committee for the Management of State Property submit proposals on the composition, legal status and functions of the organizations forming part of a unified state patents service.
Computers speech
learn to understand
As reported in the Globe and Mail, calling-card fraud costs Bell Canada, a Montreal-based company, $250 000 a day in lost revenue. The problem is so great that the carrier has been forced to cancel its calling-card service to the Caribbean. Tony Rothschild of Phonetix Corp suggests that voice verification may be the answer. Voice verification is the latest development in an industry known as speech recognition; the ability of computers connected to telephone systems to understand speech. A voice print is taken and stored on computer when a calling card is issued and when on a long-distance call the caller must then say their name; if the caller is an imposter the call will not go through. It is also possible to obtain specific information from a computer by saying, for example, your social insurance number and date of birth. The most extensively used interactive-voice-response network is based on touch-tone technology, whereas speech-controlled systems are still in their
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June 1993
US and ROC agree on export inspections It is reported
in the
China
Post that
an
Fraud & Security Bulletin
these cheques before obtaining clearance, allowing Webb and his associates to withdraw the money before the banks discovered the deposits were worthless.
agreement has been reached between Taiwan and the US which enforces an inspection system on export of computer software products. This calls for the Institute of Information Industry to replace the Board of Foreign Trade in the supervision and issuance of export permits. It is hoped that this system may be dropped when piracy of the products eases. It is estimated that this will cost the industry US$1.2 billion per year.
Yeltsin announces ruling on protection of software The Russia Express reports that the Russian Agency for Legal Protection of Computer Programmes, Databases and Integral Microsystems Topologies is to operate under the Russian
Taiwan seeks to introduce intellectual property guidelines The Taiwan Government, in an effort to avoid future US trade sanctions, is to draft a set of guidelines designed to protect intellectual property rights. As reported in the China Postthe Government will crack down on violators, enhance copyright registration management, work quickly to amend bills relating to copyright protection, and intensify education and publicity efforts. The Government is working to improve the country’s image by countering US criticism. It is proposed that a special unit be set up to supervise enforcement of intellectual property rights protection. Enactment of the guidelines will mean that the Taiwan government will no longer have to conduct lengthy annual copyright talks with the US.
ATM scheme arrests A conspiracy utilizing automatic teller machines has cost three Michigan banks $200 000. It has been reported in the Free Press that Federal authorities have indicted 30 people including David Webb, 22, who was believed to have masterminded the scheme. Webb and his co-conspirators are charged with opening accounts at Comerica Bank, Michigan National Bank and First Bank of America, where they used automatic teller machines to deposit worthless cheques. Subsequently the banks would credit
01993
Elsevier Science Publishers
Ltd
Federation
Committee
for Patents and
Trademarks. President Yeltsin has decreed that the Justice Ministry, the Finance Ministry and the State Committee for the Management of State Property submit proposals on the composition, legal status and functions of the organizations forming part of a unified state patents service.
Computers speech
learn to understand
As reported in the Globe and Mail, calling-card fraud costs Bell Canada, a Montreal-based company, $250 000 a day in lost revenue. The problem is so great that the carrier has been forced to cancel its calling-card service to the Caribbean. Tony Rothschild of Phonetix Corp suggests that voice verification may be the answer. Voice verification is the latest development in an industry known as speech recognition; the ability of computers connected to telephone systems to understand speech. A voice print is taken and stored on computer when a calling card is issued and when on a long-distance call the caller must then say their name; if the caller is an imposter the call will not go through. It is also possible to obtain specific information from a computer by saying, for example, your social insurance number and date of birth. The most extensively used interactive-voice-response network is based on touch-tone technology, whereas speech-controlled systems are still in their
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