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***************************************************************** Edupage, 25 January 1996. Edupage, a summary of news items on information technology, is provided three times each week as a service by Educom, a Washington, D.C.-based consortium of leading colleges and universities seeking to transform education through the use of information technology.
INSECURITY FEARS A North American study on Internet security by Ernst & Young says that companies fear doing business via the Internet. Companies with a direct Internet connection are concerned that outsiders can gain access to their systems and data bases, and companies that transmit sensitive financial information worry about the security of these transactions. (Toronto Globe & Mail 25 Jan 96 B5) -------------------- If they're actually seriously becoming paranoid about this, it's an opportunity to press cryptography. Anyone seen the original study? --------------------
TELECOM "GIVEAWAY" CONTROVERSY MAY BE DEFERRED Senate Commerce Committee chair Larry Pressler (R., SD) is suggesting that a controversial provision of the telecommunications legislation be removed from that legislation and addressed in a separate bill. The provision has been attacked by Senator Bob Dole and other Republicans as a "giveaway" of valuable airwaive spectrum to TV broadcasters for uses such as high-definition television. (New York Times 25 Jan 96 C6)
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