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RSS breachHotmail continues to suffer security scares
News Microsoft's free email service, Hotmail, is still struggling with security gremlins that caused a systems' breach at the end of August. The software giant is investigating a glitch that allows a bogus password entry... [23 Sep 1999]
Hackers deface Nasdaq-Amex site
News The systems breach, which occurred just after midnight, is the latest in a wave of attacks targeting high-profile Web sites in recent weeks. The Nasdaq and American Stock Exchange Web site was reportedly hacked yesterday... [16 Sep 1999]
Microsoft lawyers accuse Sun of confusion
News The Seattle giant's lawyers claim Sun is accusing it of breaking both copyright infringment and breach of contract laws. But, they say, this is merely plunging the case into confusion because the penalties under... [15 Sep 1999]
Hemmington Scott sues III
News III removed the offending material from their site on Monday afternoon, just hours before Hemmington Scott served the writ for breach of copyright and database rights. Business Analysts Hemmington Scott is suing... [08 Sep 1999]
Win2000 falls to the hackers
News In spite of the security breach, Microsoft claimed the exercise had been a success since it helped to prove it could keep the server running despite the attack. Hackers have successfully defeated security features... [06 Sep 1999]
Strategic Vision: Giga Information Group on... ebusiness
Comment A number of smaller, mostly start up, vendors (Jyra Research, FirstSense Software) leapt into the breach, particularly in the area of measuring end-user response time and availability but lacking true integration with a... [31 Aug 1999]
Oftel sets rules on personal calls in workplace
News Oftel warned that companies that do not provide some kind of private line for their employees could be in breach of Article 8 of the Europe Convention on Human Rights. The guidelines were provoked by a European Court... [20 Aug 1999]
Xerox triumphs over HP in chips hearing
News HP claimed breach of contract and stopped shipping more chips to Xerox, threatening the production of the DocuPrint NC60 colour printer. Hewlett-Packard (HP) has failed in its attempt to stop Xerox using HP TrueRes chips... [13 Aug 1999]
Emap loses copyright court battle
News For example, listing journals relating to fishing under the heading 'Fishing' - in the same way as BRAD - shouldn't constitute a breach of copyright, the firm said. UK publisher, Emap, this week lost a copyright court... [13 Aug 1999]
Lack of data protection savvy puts UK firms at risk
News It's a breach of Principle 8 of the new Data Protection Act 1998," warned Rigby. UK businesses are putting themselves at risk of prosecution because of ignorance about data protection laws on the Internet, according to... [01 Aug 1999]
Loss of Earthlink leaves Microworkz floating in space
News A spokeswoman from Earthlink - quoted in the New York Times - has accused Microworkz of breach of contract. Microworkz, one of the first companies to offer cheap PCs tied to Internet access deals, has fallen out with its... [30 Jul 1999]
Silicon.com: Making sense of IT, one year on
Comment One attendee said a "champion" is needed on companies' boards to breach the gap between the technical and business requirements. Exactly 12 months ago today, Silicon.com went live. Since then, companies have merged and... [05 Jul 1999]
UPS and HP launch secure online courier service
News Martha Bennett, VP of European Research at Giga Information, told Silicon.com: "Passwords and encryption are fine for dealing with documents where a security breach is not a huge risk, but if it's confidential, you need... [03 Jun 1999]
Hacker attack? Send for the Cavalre
News Depending on which level of service a company buys - basic, gold or platinum - it will receive a personalised response program advising how to control the security breach, prevent further damage and meet the strict legal... [02 Jun 1999]
France Telecom takes legal action against DT
News France Telecom yesterday announced that it is taking "major arbitration proceedings" against Deutsche Telekom (DT) for a fundamental breach of their partnership agreement following DT's proposed merger with Telecom Italia. [18 May 1999]
