Internet encryption's password is 'slow'

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Tools for advanced computer encryption have proven to be slow, hard to install and incompatible with other systems. Last year, $198 million was spent on security software, public key infrastructure, and may double this year but with potential problems galore, so many businesses are waiting to buy until software (and there is not standard software) proves faster and simpler to use.

Data Encryption Software Pkgs, Services information, Analysis, Data encryption, Encryption software, Technology application, Public key encryption

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A plan to track Web use stirs privacy concerns

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The computer software company Predictive Networks Inc. has developed tracking software that can create profiles of individual Internet users' Web site visits. The Boston, Massachusetts-based concern, believing Web surfers would exchange their privacy for cheaper Internet access rates, has contracted with Internet service provider IDT Corp. to use its profiling and modeling software. Privacy advocates are concerned such software could be used to attract low-income Internet users and create profiles of their Web usage.

Telegraph & other communications, Internet service providers, Contracts, Internet service provider, Internet access software, IDT Corp., IDTC, Predictive Networks Inc.

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Microsoft's new Windows sparks real-estate rush; icons are gone from 'desktop,' raising stakes for placement on revamped 'start' menu

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Available October 25th, Microsoft's new Windows XP will have a clean look upon installation. Reviewers say all the icons are gone from the desktop; the revamped 'start' menu will be two columns. In these two columns the programs that the consumer uses most are the programs that will hold a spot in the list; however, the desktop can be customized with icons, if desired. In fact, it can be made to look just like the Windows 2000 desktop, if that is what the user wants. New features include 'a snazzy new instant-messaging system complete with audio and video.'

Product development, Systems Software Pkgs (Micro), New Products/Services, Microsoft Corp., Operating system, Operating systems (Software), Operating systems, MSFT

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