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To: David who wrote (15308)	10/26/1999 3:06:00 PM
From: RickM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

From Steve on RB Rick = = = = To all, Can't get into SI so am posting this so as not to lose the story and link. Hoping this is Biologon... Intershop replaces passwords with fingerprint ID system October 1, 1999 Web posted at: 12:30 p.m. EDT (1630 GMT) by Mary Lisbeth D'Amico From... MUNICH (IDG) -- Intershop Communications' e-commerce software will soon have a new security twist. Instead of making users sign onto protected sites with a password, the new technology will verify their identity by their fingerprints. The new security technology, called Goldfinger, is the result of the German software vendor's partnership with Berlin-based Brain Trust Marketing. The product is designed to provide security for closed-user networks, mainly for business-to-business e-commerce applications, said Herwig Ehrenberger, a Brain Trust spokesman. Goldfinger will be available in the fourth quarter in Europe and later will be marketed globally, according to Ehrenberger. A biometric scanner connected to a computer, scans a user's fingerprint and compares it to an original scanned-in image of an authorized user's fingerprint. The person gains access to the online shop only if this match-up is accurate. Desktop users of the system receive a software plug-in that enables the client computer to send the fingerprint data to a central server, where the original fingerprint information is stored and evaluated. Brain Trust also installs and operates a server network for such systems. Goldfinger for Intershop will be available to anyone with the merchant or hosting edition of Intershop 4, the e-commerce vendor's most recent software version. BrainTrust plans to show Goldfinger for Intershop at Internet World and the Intershop Open users conference, both of which are being held in New York during the first week of October. cnn.com:80/TECH/computing/9910/01/goldfinger.idg/index.html steve

To: David who wrote (15308)	10/26/1999 3:56:00 PM
From: Rappin1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

Anyone have a feel for the next couple of days? Now that we appear to have survived the earnings announcement, is there a chance we see some news tomorrow that can be elaborated on at the meeting Thursday, maybe something comes out Thursday at the meeting, or do we hear nothing then fall back to earth as the price was being held up anticipating some news. Doesn't really matter if you're long, but I'm just hopeful that Randy and IR have put a plan together this time. A surprise would be so nice. Good Luck to all!