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ST. LOUIS -Sept. 18, 2003- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has completed installation of new mission computers and other hardware and software on the Royal Saudi Air Force's fleet of five AWACS aircraft.The contract upgraded the aircraft's mission computer and software to the same level currently in use by the U.S. Air Force AWACS fleet. This enhancement improves operator capabilities and equipment reliability. Additionally, Boeing provided RSAF operator training and logistics support and an improved identification friend or foe system.Erwin Mollnar, Saudi AWACS program manager for Boeing, said, "This modernization not only increases the effectiveness and reliability of the Saudi AWACS fleet,...

update WASHINGTON--Copyright owners would be able to legally hack into peer-to-peer networks, according to a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on Thursday. As previously reported by CNET News.com, the measure would dramatically rewrite federal law to permit nearly unchecked electronic disruptions if a copyright holder has a "reasonable basis" to believe that piracy is occurring. The bill, sponsored by Reps. Howard Berman, D-Calif., and Howard Coble, R-N.C., would immunize groups such as the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) from all state and federal laws if they disable, block or...

<p>LACEY, Wash. It is difficult not to be alarmed by the mountain of serious problems bedeviling the world right now.</p> <p>A global network of terrorists has all of us in its crosshairs. A number of local wars and near-wars burn - some with nuclear weapons at hand. A web of international criminals markets drugs, weapons and corruption. Several deadly pandemics overlay the poverty of nearly half of humankind.</p>