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US Report: W3C acknowledges Vector Markup Language proposal
News [29 May 1998]
US Report: Lucent IP technology ousts Cisco
News [28 May 1998]
Royal Mail to do secure email and e-commerce
News The Royal Mail is preparing to launch a secure email and e-commerce service on the Internet by the Autumn. [26 May 1998]
News Burst: CA boss is good for a tenner
News The boss of US software house, Computer Associates (CA) is reportedly grinning from ear to ear. [21 May 1998]
News Burst: Technology group launch 'Bluetooth'
News A group of industry leaders, including Nokia, IBM, Intel and Toshiba have introduced a low cost, short range, radio technology designed for personal and business mobile devices. [20 May 1998]
US Report: Citibank licenses Netscape software
News In a major agreement, Citibank will license a line of Netscape software as the foundation for an electronic-commerce infrastructure, the companies announced last night. [20 May 1998]
Bad day for bugs
News Symantec and IBM said last night they will combine their anti-virus efforts. [20 May 1998]
News Burst: Symantec and IBM in anti-virus alliance
News Symantec and IBM will this evening announce an alliance on anti-virus technology. [19 May 1998]
Global DSL standard heralds UK datacomms revolution
News British Telecom has joined the Universal ADSL Working Group (UAWG) and revealed its plans for domestic and corporate data communications for the next two years. [18 May 1998]
US Report: Lawsuit filed against Intuit charges Y2K issue
News A group of consumers has filed a lawsuit against Intuit maker of popular financial software Quicken, over Year 2000 complaints. [15 May 1998]
Analysis: E-firms redefine the competitive landscape
News [14 May 1998]
US Report: HP Unveils E-Commerce Applications
News [13 May 1998]
US Report: Senate bill would lift bans on overseas crypto
News After years of trying to get some form of legislation passed, a group of pro-Internet U.S. senators will introduce yet another attempt to lift federal export controls on data encryption software. [12 May 1998]
Exclusive: Borland announces new name and new strategy
News Middleware and tools company Borland International, is today attempting to reinvent itself once again by changing its name to Inprise, in what one analyst described as a "survival" strategy . [29 Apr 1998]
Encryption U-turn slammed as naive and foolish
News The government's plan for encryption policy, unveiled yesterday, has been condemned as a naive and foolish U-turn reminiscent of a similar Internet security fiasco in the US. [28 Apr 1998]
One Year Ago: Symantec says McAfee stole its code
News This story first published April 24, 1997 [24 Apr 1998]
US News Burst: RSA proposes new crypto standard
News [16 Apr 1998]
Royal Mail and MS plan US launch for RelayOne
News The reasoning behind the Royal Mail's, 'RelayOne' joint venture with Microsoft became clearer this week, as details of plans to roll out the service across the US were revealed. [09 Apr 1998]
Browser made secure in record time
News [08 Apr 1998]
Civil liberties group opposes Clinton's spy plans
News [24 Mar 1998]
CA hostile bid for CSC appears doomed
News Computer Associates (CA) today looked to have called off its hostile bid for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), at least for the time being. [05 Mar 1998]
HP secures crypto export
News Hewlett-Packard Co. today added its name to the roll of companies that have received permission to export strong encryption. [02 Mar 1998]
56-bit encryption cracked in 40 days
News RSA Data Security said a group of computer programmers known as distributed.net has cracked the company's 56-bit key DES encryption code in the latest of a series of contests. [26 Feb 1998]
Managers are committing computer crimes - report
News Managerial staff are committing computer-related crimes almost as much as administrative staff, according to a report from the Audit Commission. [19 Feb 1998]
CA gets heavy in bid for CSC
News Computer Associates (CA) has today upped the stakes in its bid for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) by formally launching a $9.8 billion hostile takeover move. [17 Feb 1998]
