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Three-quarters of US bank sites insecure, says university

News Banks need to start using SSL on all pages on their websites, researchers from the University of Michigan have argued [24 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• Study,
• Banking,
• Boxes,
• Websites

Major ISPs to issue file-sharing warnings

News The BPI has signed a deal with the six largest internet service providers in the UK that will see 'hundreds of thousands of informative letters' sent to customers suspected of illegal file-sharing [24 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• Account,
• Signed,
• Isps,
• Responsibility

Attack code released for Kaminsky DNS flaw

News Security vendor Websense says IT pros will have their work cut out following the release of exploit code for a DNS flaw that affects multiple vendors [24 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• Method,
• Packet,
• Vendors,
• Entry

Scientists' plea for Bletchley Park

News Senior scientific experts are calling for the site to be saved, asking for Bletchley Park 'to be provided with the same financial stability as some of our other great museums' [24 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• War,
• Trust,
• Funding,
• Buildings

BT joins enterprise open-source community

News As a strategic partner to FossBazaar, BT joins companies like Google, HP and Novell in promoting free and open-source software in the enterprise [24 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• Foundation,
• Bt,
• Open Source Software,
• Joined

Major ISPs to issue file-sharing warnings

News The BPI has signed a deal with the six largest internet service providers in the UK that will see 'hundreds of thousands of informative letters' sent to customers suspected of illegal file-sharing [24 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• Account,
• Signed,
• Isps,
• Responsibility

Scientists' plea for Bletchley Park

News Senior scientific experts are calling for the site to be saved, asking for Bletchley Park 'to be provided with the same financial stability as some of our other great museums' [24 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• War,
• Trust,
• Funding,
• Buildings

Google launches Wikipedia rival Knol

News The company expects Knol to avoid the accusations of inaccuracy that have often plagued Wikipedia entries [24 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• Authors,
• Edit,
• Subject,
• Magazine

Indian outsourcing giants see sluggish growth

News Despite record-breaking spending on outsourcing so far in 2008, Infosys, TCS and Wipro have reported slow first-quarter growth [21 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• Last Year,
• Revenue,
• Indian,
• Growth

Court rules university can publish Oyster crack

News Radboud University has been given the green light by a Dutch court to publish details of the cryptographic cracking of the Oyster smartcard [18 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• Freedom,
• University,
• Classic,
• Card

Open source 'lacks enterprise-grade security'

News A new study finds lax or non-existent security processes in open-source development, serving as a warning to businesses [21 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• Mozilla,
• Bugs,
• Practices,
• Kernel

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E-voting flawed in London election, say campaigners

News The Open Rights Group has again said the result of the 2008 London mayoral election may have been skewed by flaws in the e-voting system [18 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• Rights,
• Errors,
• London,
• Examine

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HMRC delays Paye system rollout

News A computer system for handling all Paye tax claims has had its launch suspended due to uncertainty over whether it can cope with the task [22 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• Contract,
• Collection,
• Tax,
• Programme

1 Talkback

Taxpayer to foot bill for HMRC disc search

News The Metropolitan Police Service aims to recover from HM Revenue & Customs the full £473,544 cost of the search for the missing child-benefit CDs [21 Jul 2008]

• Tags:
• Police,
• Revenue,
• Buildings,
• Discs

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