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RSS passportMicrosoft to investigate Passport security 'flaw'
News Microsoft is today investigating a potential flaw in its Passport authentication engine which could cast a shadow over the software giant's .NET strategy. Users are authenticated via the Passport engine. [29 May 2001]
Auction site in successful bid for .NET deal
News QXL will use the Passport authentication system and the .NET framework. Annabel Dangerfield, QXL spokeswoman, said: "Moving to Passport will make our services quicker and faster. Online auction house QXL Ricardo today revealed booming sales and... [25 May 2001]
Microsoft hopes McAfee will allay security fears
News As a first step in the strategic alliance, McAfee will integrate .NET technology into its net-based security subscription service and launch a new service integrated with Microsoft's Passport to provide a secure single sign-on service. [23 May 2001]
The best of 'Reader comments': Electoral liberties, 'rip-off Britain' and farewell to the paperclip
Comment Will the customs and excise be selling our passport photos to modelling agencies? The past seven days have seen outspoken reactions to a number of stories - with the Microsoft paperclip once again raising ire, and celebration of its imminent demise. [19 Apr 2001]
US sites dominate UK web viewing figures
News The corporate site Microsoft.com, the internet wallet Passport.com and branded UK site MSN.co.uk, had been visited by 22.9 per cent, 21.4 per cent and 18.9 per cent of surveyed users, respectively. Of the 8,500 active home internet users surveyed... [12 Apr 2001]
AOL tries to take away Microsoft's Passport
News The dispute has arisen over Passport, the authentication hub that will identify users and regulate access to many major Microsoft applications. Passport will be an essential component of Microsoft's .Net strategy for internet-enabled applications. [06 Apr 2001]
Bridget Jones is a load of old WAP
Comment At the heart of its .NET initiative is the Passport website. Passport has existed for a while, but is set to become the communications hub for most things you'll do online with Microsoft software in the future, including Hotmail and MSN Messenger. [06 Apr 2001]
All Hail Microsoft: Software giant storms in with .Net
News HailStorm employs the Passport user authentication system to secure an individual's identity and information, and Microsoft claims that its experience of running online services such as Hotmail demonstrate its ability to keep the online... [20 Mar 2001]
eBay makes .NET alliance with Microsoft
News It will also deploy Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Passport technologies. It is expected that by the end of the year, eBay will offer its commerce engine to developers as an XML-based web service. In return, Microsoft will be integrating eBay's... [12 Mar 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: Public sector IT, e-tail fulfilment, Radombet.com
Comment However, the immigration system disaster would be caught and the Passport Office system would have been too. Ian McCartney, our e-government minister, took an important step towards improving the public sector IT project record when he announced... [12 Mar 2001]
Public sector IT, e-tail fulfilment, Randombet.com
Comment However, the immigration system disaster would be caught and the Passport Office system would have been too. Ian McCartney, our e-government minister, took an important step towards improving the public sector IT project record when he announced... [11 Mar 2001]
Y2K experts refute Millennium Bug's damp squib image
News The passport office had problems which were probablyY2K problems and that was back in the summer of 1999. According to reports, 29 high-tech trains refused to start on the last day of 2000. The problem was temporarily fixed by putting back the... [02 Jan 2001]
UK armed forces to deploy Nortel Networks' equipment
News A Nortel spokesman said: "Core technology for Nortel is its Passport multi-service system, the 11 standard PABXs and terminals, base stack Ethernet and our Optivity network management system. Telecoms equipment maker Nortel Networks is to supply... [28 Nov 2000]
UK Treasury publishes PPP guidelines
News A spokesman for the Treasury said the report was issued in recognition of the fact that many IT contracts, such as those for the Passport Agency and the Air Traffic Control Centre, have gone badly wrong in the past. [30 Mar 2000]
Critical IT government report encourages new strategies
News The report also documents twenty-six cases of government IT projects that have encountered problems in recent years, including the passport agency fiasco last summer and the National Insurance computer systems. [05 Jan 2000]
