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MAXA Cookie Manager 5.3

MAXA Cookie Manager 5.3

...Silverlight cookies together with conventional cookies of all major browsers and recognizes web bugs among them. The white and black lists allow to automatically manage... Read more

12 December, 2011
Ghostery 2.7.2

Ghostery 2.7.2

Ghostery alerts you about the web bugs, ad networks and widgets on every page on the web. Web... Read more

12 March, 2012
Ghostery (Chrome) 3.0

Ghostery (Chrome) 3.0

...who's tracking your web browsing with Ghostery. Ghostery alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and widgets on every page on the web Read more

8 March, 2012
Abine TACO 4.44

Abine TACO 4.44

...and covering browser, DOM and flash cookies. In addition, many companies use web bugs and trackers to dynamically track your browsing behavior across multiple websites... Read more

6 December, 2011
Ghostery 1.1

Ghostery 1.1

...for iOS, you can:DETECT:Ghostery sees the "invisible" web, detecting trackers, web bugs, pixels, and beacons placed on web pages by Facebook, Google Analytics... Read more

27 October, 2011
World's Words Free -- Free 1.2

World's Words Free -- Free 1.2

...Just listen, its OK. Its better to pronounce by yourself.--ver1.1 Web /-Bugs were fixed. -You can play MP3 stream from our web site... Read more

3 September, 2011
World's Words -- 1.2

World's Words -- 1.2

...the word was changed. You can save your configuration correctly.--ver1.1 Web /-Bugs were fixed. -You can play MP3 stream from our web site... Read more

3 September, 2011
Free Mail Commander 10.61

Free Mail Commander 10.61

...worst HTML-borne virus and trojans, and protects your privacy by intercepting web bugs. Change message statuses, color, read/unread status, priority and other advanced... Read more

15 August, 2011

No easy way to exterminate 'Web bugs

Consumers worried about privacy won't get a good solution to Internet "Web bugs" any time soon, privacy and security experts said Thursday. Web bugs... Read more

1 September, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Privacy group shines light on Web bugs

...release comes as an increasing number of Web sites and marketers adopt Web bugs. Many site operators and Net advertising companies place these tracking tags... Read more

8 June, 2001 by Stefanie Olsen

Web bugs 'stalk' Microsoft users

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31 August, 2000 by Sally Watson

HP's email bugging secrets revealed

...service on the Internet." In short, ReadNotify uses more technologies than simple Web bugs, Drake said. "All good email programs have blocked these now and... Read more

29 September, 2006 by Joris Evers
FilterGate 5.21

FilterGate 5.21

...blocking pop-up and pop-under windows, banner and tower ads, JavaScript, Web bugs, referrers, rogue cookies, graphics, music, blinking text, and applets. Also, when... Read more

16 May, 2006
SpyBlocker Pro 2.1

SpyBlocker Pro 2.1

...about you, your machine, and your browsing habits by using single-pixel Web bugs and other methods. SpyBlocker monitors this type of Web activity and... Read more

14 March, 2006

US Government Web tracking under scrutiny

...the Air Force to the Treasury Department, government agencies are using either "Web bugs" or permanent cookies to monitor their visitors' behaviour, even though federal... Read more

5 January, 2006 by Anne Broache and Declan McCullagh

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

6 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

6 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

8 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
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...

11 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
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...

12 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...

12 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

15 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?

15 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
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...

15 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.

18 hours ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days 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...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
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...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

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

2 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
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...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
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

3 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
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...

3 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
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