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How Consumer <endeca_term>Online Privacy</endeca_term> Can Be Properly Managed

How Consumer Online Privacy Can Be Properly Managed

...of this paper is to discuss the main issues concerned with consumer online privacy and how best to tackle these issues and possible technologies to... Read more

28 December, 2011

Facebook may have taken a privacy-busting step too far

I have a personal attitude towards online privacy that would be entirely unacceptable by corporate security standards, but that... Read more

26 September, 2011

Security researcher claims feds 'fishing' with detention

...A security researcher who specialises in online privacy had his laptop and mobile phones temporarily seized after returning to... Read more

19 November, 2010 by Elinor Mills

GoDaddy pivots, now 'opposes' SOPA piracy bill

GoDaddy has reversed its stance on the Stop Online Privacy Act and now opposes the legislation, after supporting it, then taking... Read more

30 December, 2011 by Declan McCullagh
Clean Space 2012.07

Clean Space 2012.07

...remove your documents, but just tracks collected about you. It protects your online privacy and remove computer garbage Read more

23 May, 2012
Abine PrivacySuite 0.746

Abine PrivacySuite 0.746

...is a browser add-on that makes it easy to control your online privacy. PrivacySuite lets you control the information you provide to websites, protect... Read more

16 May, 2012
System Cleaner 6.03

System Cleaner 6.03

...re all set. And don't forget to take care of your online privacy while you're at it. System Cleaner also erase all of... Read more

30 April, 2012

Facebook tells employers to lay off login demands

The social network says companies demanding Facebook passwords from job applicants may run into trouble over discrimination, and is a breach of its terms Read more

26 March, 2012 by David Meyer

Google faces antitrust calls over search shake-up

...The head of a consumer online privacy watchdog says US regulators should look into Google's new personalised... Read more

12 January, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Shoppers' little helper: Brits relying on mobile phones to hunt down high street bargains

...quarters (77 per cent) prefer buying CDs, DVDs, books and video games online. Privacy vs freebies The KPMG research also flagged up how many Brits... Read more

6 December, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Web to get 'do not track' privacy standards

The World Wide Web Consortium has released the first drafts of standards that will let people opt out of being tracked as they surf the web, and give companies a way of showing they comply with those privacy choices Read more

15 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Cookie consent: It's not optional - it's the law, warns ICO

Advertisers and websites "in denial" about new privacy law... Read more

17 October, 2011 by Natasha Lomas
IP Hider 4.95

IP Hider 4.95

...harm or use inadvertently information on your computer, and provides a good online privacy protection by cleaning all online traces Read more

11 October, 2011

Vaizey knocks EC privacy proposals

...the Atlantic," Vaizey said. The US Department of Commerce has consulted on online privacy, and the Obama administration has set out principles for a privacy... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Data Protection Act loophole risks sensitive data

...the anonymity of sensitive data at risk for years, a seminar on online privacy has heard. The loophole in the act relating to data anonymising... Read more

24 March, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

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SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

2 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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Jake Rayson

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5 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

5 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

11 hours ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

1 day ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

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itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

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Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

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Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

3 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

3 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
songmaster

SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

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Chris Wortman

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

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PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

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