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RSS stronger in newsUK headmaster in trouble over data protection
News Stead is spearheading a campaign to bring the use of CCTV in schools under the council's own guidelines - which Stead said were even stronger than national policy. The headmaster of a UK primary school in Portsmouth who planned to broadcast video... [16 Oct 1998]
Sun enjoys good Q1 sales
News Sun Microsystems has posted profits slightly above expectation thanks to stronger first quarter sales. For the period ended 27 September Sun made a profit of $113.9m on turnover of $2.49bn, up from $2.09bn for the same period last year. [16 Oct 1998]
Web portals team up to ward off privacy laws
News Nine of the World's largest Web sites have teamed up in a Privacy Partnership, to prove that the US does not need stronger data protection laws. Portal sites such as Altavista, Excite, Infoseek and Yahoo have pledged $3m worth of their banner... [07 Oct 1998]
Canada relaxes encryption laws
News The move contrasts with the situation in the US, where a back-door policy is in operation, and there is a strict limit on the export of products with security keys stronger than 40bit. The Canadian government plans to relax its export policy on... [02 Oct 1998]
56-bit encryption cracked in three days
News The EFF's stance will be backed up this Wednesday with a separate advertising campaign launched by lobby group, Americans for Computer Privacy, which will demand stronger export levels via print, broadcast and Internet media. [20 Jul 1998]
Silicon Graphics shuts 3D Web development centre
News But its Web presence has been overshadowed by proprietary technologies such as Real Networks' Real Player, and Macromedia Flash and Shockwave, which have stronger commercial backing. Silicon Graphics is to close down its Cosmo software division to... [09 Jul 1998]
