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Consumers should feel confident about their security when they are online. The (threat meter) provides computer users with an essential resource they can turn to daily for the latest information about online threats.

What we saw in the fourth quarter was that Pfizer has a lot of flexibility in terms of cost-cutting. That helped them achieve the numbers they did. But it's not like they're out of the woods. They won't be out of the woods for another two years.

The quarterly numbers were very encouraging but we're still waiting to see what their expectations are for 2006.

For this year, hopefully, it's the beginning of the recovery. In the meantime, it probably will be lukewarm.

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