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RSS codesNetscape backs standard designed to cut site development costs
News The project was concerned that incompatibility between different codes was fragmenting the Internet. Netscape Communications has signed up to a set of software code standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium. [29 Oct 1998]
UK health service gives Read Codes a second chance
News The NHS Executive is rethinking its strategy towards the controversial Read Codes because the UK health service can't cope without them, according to a source close to the situation. The Read Codes were... [07 Oct 1998]
Governments urged to soften encryption stance
News JCP security software consultancy today claimed the US announcement is simply a "PR stunt" and won't benefit businesses because even 56bit codes are easy to crack. A human rights consortium - headed by the Human Rights... [22 Sep 1998]
UK schoolboy breaks encryption laws
News Chris Phillips, a spokesman for security software company, JCP, said it is unremarkable how easily the codes could be distributed. Governments across the world are trying to ban the distribution of codes... [10 Aug 1998]
NHS Executive criticised over £32m system
News The Read Codes - a clinical coding system developed by Dr James Read in the early 1980s - has cost the NHS £32m so far, and only 12 hospitals are using it. He was a chief executive in the NHS when he was paid £1.25m for... [10 Aug 1998]
In brief: PC vendors thrash out desktop security standards
News The standardised security features will include the capacity to store private keys that encode and authenticate secure transactions and theft prevention codes. Leading PC vendors are joining forces to agree a set of... [04 Aug 1998]
In brief: Tax office gets high-volume call centre
News Racal Telecom is to supply the managed voice service which automatically routes calls to the correct attendant according to tax codes. The Inland Revenue is to equip its Salford head office with a call centre that will... [13 Jul 1998]
In brief: SGI claims Cray SV1 outclasses rivals
News The company claims the SV1 offers up to eight times the performance of competitive systems, while maintaining a compatible upgrade path for customers with vectorised codes. Silicon Graphics has released the Cray SV1... [26 Jun 1998]
