Will the new, improved Concorde take off?
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Japanese, Russian and Italian designers are working with the Anglo-French Concorde team to develop a new supersonice aircraft. The successor would be quieter and have a 5,500-mile range. The provisionally-named Alliance could seat 300 and travel to Australia in four hours. The market would have to be global with 500-1,000 aeroplanes. The supersonic boom could be adjusted but could not meet environmental regulations to fly over land. Engineers intend to use a dual-purpose engine with a variable cycle and reduced emissions.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1993
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Systems safeguards to lock out intruders
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The replacement of mainframe computers by mid range systems is making it easier for hackers and criminals to access private information. These mid range systems are smaller local computers each holding its own, possibly sensitive, data and are less likely to be looked after and protected by a central service responsible for the whole system. There are encryption methods available involving both software and hardware and this can be applied both to disc and to CD-ROM storage.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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