[A2k] copy protection wins EU Prize

[Michelle Childs]

PRESS RELEASE
Dutch, Danish and French enterprises win European Information Society
Technology Grand Prize 2006
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    /(23 March 2006)/ A computer memory that can survive radiation and
    temperatures up to 200?C, a security system that recognizes your
    face, and a digital content "finger-printing" system to deter
    multimedia pirates are the winners of the European Information
    Society Technology Grand Prizes for 2006, announced in Vienna on 22
    March. French, Danish and Dutch firms won the three Grand Prizes,
    worth EUR 200,000 each. Seventeen more prizes, of EUR 5,000 each,
    were awarded to ground-breaking technologies from 12 countries. One
    Spanish company, NextLimit, won two prizes for different projects.
    The top 20 projects were selected by the European Commission on 16
    March from a total of 213 applicants from 28 European countries.

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