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To: rudejake who wrote (2)	3/8/1999 10:55:00 AM
From: Kelton	of 5

Big Bad News! Microsoft's Windows to your world Last Update: 8:32 PM ET Mar 7, 1999 NewsWatch Thom Calandra's StockWatch WASHINGTON (AP) -- Microsoft Corp., whose software runs most of the world's personal computers, admitted Sunday that its latest version of Windows generates a unique serial number that partly is planted within electronic documents and could be used to trace the authors' identities. In a disclosure with enormous privacy implications, Microsoft (MSFT) also said it is investigating whether it is collecting the serial numbers from customers even if they explicitly indicate they didn't want them disclosed. cbs.marketwatch.com

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