31.   First, the Digital Signature cyberlaw allows the use of electronic signatures instead of handwritten ones in legal and business transactions.

32.   In the technology area, the two chambers are close on bills to give legal validity to electronic signatures used in e-commerce.

33.   Now, they could get a boost from the federal electronic signatures law that took effect last year.

34.   On Tuesday, two Czech cryptologists said the software, Pretty Good Privacy, was vulnerable to hackers gaining access to the electronic signatures of other people.

35.   On the technology front, Congress successfully passed legislation to validate electronic signatures and make satellite television accessible to more Americans.

36.   Recognising fake signatures on paperwork is much simpler than recognising fake electronic signatures.

37.   The legislation would set national standards for electronic signatures and records and give them the same legal validity as written contracts and documents.

38.   The professor said his team disabled five of six electronic signatures, or watermarks, added to recordings as inaudible background noise.