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Do-not-track list: Has a Web cookie ever interrupted your dinner?

Do-not-track list: Has a Web cookie ever interrupted your dinner?Actually, they CAN get your address...Ever buy anything on the internet? Ask for something to be sent to you? Put in your phone number? Age? Those are all opportunities for data sharing with ad networks which can use the info to...

Tags: eBay Inc., advertisement, Do-not-track, Web-cookie, AdBlockPlus

Discussion threads 2007-10-31

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Google's Chrome browser: It's all about the ads and cookie files stupid!

Google's Chrome browser: It's all about the ads and cookie files stupid!Yes, it is about ads and cookies, but also a whole lot more.With this, Google can bring us into the 21st century all based on standards and open source. Microsoft wants to keep the browser in the 20th century,...

Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., cookie, Google Chrome, Web browser, advertisement, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

News still hasn't seen the money from open source

News still hasn't seen the money from open sourcewww.adblockplus.orgMy trusty Adblockplus (an add-on to Mozilla Firefox) reports your ZDNET page has 120 'items', of which 40 'items' are blocked advertising items that I am not seeing. A selection of the blocked items:http://dw.com.com/rubicsimp/...http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/Ads/common/ad_feedback_120x10_trans.gif#divmacadhttp://adlog.com.com/adlog/i/....http://adimg.zdnet.com/Ads/...#div(id^=powerP)http://news.zdnet.com/html/z/smb/ads/...http://bwp.zdnet.com/search#div(class=hotspot)Over the coming years more people are going to...

Tags: advertisement, open source

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

Why Google, Yahoo and Microsoft should worry about Countrywide's takeover

Why Google, Yahoo and Microsoft should worry about Countrywide's takeoverI do not like BOA,but I guess they will be buying my Mortgage, I know I can refinance but that can cost 3-6 thousand dollars. I know Ditech has a flat fee of $349, but at a much higher interest rate.What...

Tags: Financial services, Countrywide, Google Inc., advertisement, Goog, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-01-11

Google's new mantra: Making the Web a better platform for all

Google's new mantra: Making the Web a better platform for allTranslationTranslation: Google is happy to open source anything that will keep people using their APIs and turning over data for them to aggregate together into Internet usage patterns so they can better track people with Google analytics, urchin.js, Google checkout,...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, government, Web, Google Inc., advertisement

Discussion threads 2007-10-26

Berkeley scientists work scrap metal for Darfur

Berkeley scientists work scrap metal for DarfurPictures?Put a little work into the story. Where are the pictures? You have a half page of ads, its sad you cant even put in one small picture.Mozilla Adblock ONBrowse without ads! http://adblockplus.org/en/I thought I would throw that in.KieranMullen

Tags: Darfur, Berkeley

Discussion threads 2007-08-13

Mozilla extends Firefox 1.5 support

Mozilla extends Firefox 1.5 supportNice[i]The original end-of-life date for Firefox was April 24th, we decided to extend that out by a couple of weeks in order to allow for an additional Firefox 1.5.0.x release that incorporates the ability to accurately offer the user a chance to perform a major update...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Yahoo! Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-24